folk coffee nights & kim beggs...

with a definite chill in the air these months, the whitehorse folk society is providing yukoners with somewhere warm to go for a saturday evening... every first saturday of the month brings another edition of their coffeehouse nights at the united church in the downtown capital... paul davis is one of about a dozen volunteers that make the coffeehouse performances possible... davis tells homegrown what kind of talent you can find there, along with how much it costs to join in the fun...

yukon recording artist kim beggs is home for the holidays after travelling to ontario, saskatchewan and the u.s. to attend and showcase her folk style at a number of conferences... she's up for a western canadian music award for best roots album; she also garnered a nomination at the canadian folk music awards for best new artist... it's been a good year for the singer-songwriter, and now she's prepping to head to memphis in the new year with a small crew of yukon talent... beggs joins homegrown live in the studio to sing a track from her second album and share some of her recent experiences...

plus, throughout the show we'll listen to some of the best in canadian music for 2007 as decided upon by the many, many musical critics out there...

tracks:
1. The Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
2. Besnard Lakes - Ride The Rails
3. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Fashionable People
4. Two Hours Traffic - Backseat Sweetheart
5. Wintersleep - Archaeologists
6. Feist - 1,2,3,4
7. Patrick Watson - The Storm
8. The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
9. Miracle Fortress - This Thing About You
10. The Acorn - Plateau Rumble
11. Caribou - Melody Day
12. Jenn Grant - Britt 'n Kip
13. The Weakerthans - Civil Twilight
14. Handsome Furs - The Radio's Hot Sun
15. Kim Beggs - Walking Down To The Station (*Live)

christmas time is here...

it's christmas eve eve -- well, it's december 23... so, in order to ring in the holidays, homegrown will feature a complete canadian line up of christmas tunes... some are classics, while others are new to the festive season... but all are sure to fit right into your morning... whether you're preparing to face the shopping crowds, or just basking in the warmth of your home with your list checked twice, we're celebrating christmas two days early...

tracks:
1. Royal Wood - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Instrumental)
2. Matt Dusk - Little Drummer Boy
3. Ron Sexsmith - Maybe This Christmas
4. Nate Krieswirth & Cancel Winter - Time For The Holidays
5. Sarah Slean - What Child Is This?
6. The New Pornographers - Joseph, Who Understood
7. Bob & Doug MacKenzie - Twelve Days Of Christmas
8. Martina Sorbara - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
9. Tomi Swick - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
10. Windom Earle - What Child Is This? (Instrumental)
11. Serena Ryder - Calling To Say
12. Barenaked Ladies with Michael Buble - Elf's Lament
13. Colin James - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
14. Diana Krall - I'll Be Home For Christmas
15. Bif Naked - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
16. Hawksley Workman - Merry Christmas (I Love You)
17. Rufus Wainwright - Spotlight On Christmas
18. P:ano - The Snow
19. The Waking Eyes - Everybody Needs Somebody At Christmas
20. Michael Buble - White Christmas
21. Shaye - Winter Wonderland
22. Sarah McLachlan - Christmas Time Is Here

indigenous art & a new rendezvous queen...

the art world was buzzing this week, with the announcement of a $2-million endowment of funds to the national gallery of canada... the dollars were donated by the audain foundation, based out of vancouver... each and every penny of the endowment will go towards strengthening and encouraging the gallery's indigenous art collection... it's good news for some of canada's most valuable indigenous artists and great news for curator greg a. hill... he'll step forward to head up the collection from here, so homegrown spoke with him about what it all means...

while everyone has been shopping and trimming the tree, you might have lost sight of what other fine occasion is on its way to greet us yukoners... it's almost time to crown a brand new yukon sourdough rendezvous queen... to find out all about what sort of lady could take the top spot, homegrown welcomes 2007 reigning queen jacklyn stockstill in to the studio, along with queen mom, adrienne marsh, and contest administrator, marjie klein...

tracks:
1. Blue Rodeo - C'mon
2. Julie Dorion - No More
3. City & Colour - Save Your Scissors
4. The Most Serene Republic - Stay Ups
5. Kim Barlow - But He Don't
6. The Reason ft. Sara Quin - We're So Beyond This
7. Chad Vangaalen - I Miss You Like I Miss You
8. Octoberman - Once In A Blue
9. Metric - Down
10. Danny Michel - Perfect
11. Spiral Beach - Made of Stone
12. Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime
13. Serena Ryder - Stay For An Hour
14. Caribou - Hello Hammerheads
15. Al Oster - Sourdough Rendezvous
16. Broken Social Scene - Looks Just Like The Sun
17. Emm Gryner - Symphonic
18. Malajube - Montreal -40C

100 dresses, an artist in need & the longest night...

starting out a busy show, homegrown welcomes nicole bauberger live in the studio to chat about her new exhibit set to hit the walls of the yukon arts centre grotto... you could literally say it'll be a work in progress, as bauberger is set to paint 100 dresses for the display beginning this week... she's inviting one and all to head out to the gallery to join her while she creates the show -- and she'll share with us on homegrown how you can even join in...

plus, while we take a look at national arts and culture news, we'll also hear about a fundraiser happening this afternoon to benefit a local artist and her family... jeanine baker and her family were recently devastated by vandalism, which destroyed what was to be their new live-in studio, camper and their pick up truck... harreson tanner, from the yukon artists @ work, will join homegrown on the line to inform us all on how we can help the bakers...

the hours of sunshine continue to fade here in the territory, as we close in on december 21 -- the winter solstice... it's also the time to take in the sweet sounds of the longest night ensemble... the annual event brings songs and storytelling together on the yukon arts centre stage... artistic director and musical mastermind, dave haddock, will join homegrown live in the studio to tell us all about what to look forward to from this year's run of the show -- and perform live...

tracks:
1. Jeremy Fisher - Scar That Never Heals
2. Amy Millan - Baby I
3. The Constantines - Young Lions
4. Nelly Furtado - Powerless
5. Kathleen Edwards - Back To Me
6. Leeroy Stagger - Two Day One Night Stand
7. The Dears - Don't Lose The Faith
8. Handsome Furs - Cannot Get Started
9. The Deep Dark Woods - Redwood Forest
10. Sarah Slean - Bank Accounts
11. Feist - Past In Present
12. Arcade Fire - The Well and The Lighthouse
13. Dave Haddock - Fishbowl (*Live)
14. Joni Mitchell - Chelsea Morning
15. Sunset Rubdown - They Took A Vote and Said No
16. Luke Doucet - Vladivostok
17. Sarah Harmer - Don't Get Your Back Up

arts for AIDS & 'tis the season for the nutcracker...

yesterday was world AIDS day -- a day that brought together a local health clinic with yukon artists to help raise money and spread awareness of the disease... we'll chat a bit about the event that took place at the yukon artists @ work building, and find out where you can head today to pick up some more artistic christmas gifts in the territory... also, a spruce carver of northern and southern tutchone ancestry has been selected to create a piece for the new shipyards park building -- homegrown will tell you in a local arts rundown...

as a little girl, i always took in the national ballet's presentation of the nutcracker... the story of clara and the land of sweets was the perfect representation of holiday magic... rebecca reynolds, along with young dancers grayson and odessa from the northern lights school of dance, will join homegrown live in the studio to talk about the school's upcoming performance of the christmas classic...

tracks:
1. K'Naan - In The Beginning
2. Bedouin Soundclash - Walls Fall Down
3. Hawksley Workman - When These Mountains Were The Seashore
4. David Francey - Paper Boy
5. The Duhks - Camptown Races
6. Hot Hot Heat - Middle Of Nowhere
7. Tegan & Sara - Back In Your Head
8. You Say Party! We Say Die! - Monster
9. Elliott Brood - President (35)
10. The Weakerthans - Sun In An Empty Room
11. The Reason - Unquestionable
12. T. Nile - Good Love
13. Blue Rodeo - Lost Together
14. Sarah McLachlan - Adia
15. Feist - My Moon, My Man
16. The Acorn - Even While You're Sleeping
17. The Junction - Frequencies
18. Johnny Reid - Darlin'
19. Justin Rutledge - Robin's Tune

D.I.Y. crafts & the voice of hammerhead...

it's officially one month until christmas... that means time to kick your shopping list into gear, or perhaps revive your creativity... if purchasing is more your thing, homegrown will highlight the craft fairs happening today and in the following weeks so you can work some local artistry into your gift giving... but if you're more into creating, we'll take a look at some do-it-yourself events taking place at the whitehorse public library all afternoon as part of the fraught festival...

she's reincarnated herself to front a number of musical powerhouses in the territory, but now fiona solon has put her pipes on a new disc... solon joins homegrown live in the studio to chat about hammerhead, her latest musical endeavor, and the band's self-titled debut cd... and she'll shed a little light on what it's like to be a part of the whitehorse arts and culture scene...

tracks:
1. Two Hours Traffic - Backseat Sweetheart
2. Christine Fellows - Phantom Pains
3. Nelly Furtado - All Good Things Come To An End
4. Chantal Kreviatzuk - Leaving On A Jet Plane
5. Corb Lund Band - Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer
6. Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Time Of Your Life
7. The Golden Dogs - Strong
8. Esthero - Everyday Is A Holiday (With You)
9. The Hidden Cameras - Awoo
10. Great Lake Swimmers - Various Stages
11. Sloan - Everything You've Done Wrong
12. Magneta Lane - Butterflies Are Blue
13. Barenaked Ladies - Jane
14. Alanis Morissette - Unsent
15. Scotch - Dark Cold Night
16. Hammerhead - How I Re-Roll
17. Hammerhead - What Time It Is
18. Peter Elkas - Skipping Stone
19. Miracle Fortress - This Thing About You
20. Rufus Wainwright - California

doors open on yukon play & nakai fundraiser...

when i saw celia mcbride's play, "so many doors", i was moved to tears and was talking about it days later... celia joined homegrown on an earlier to program to talk about the production which she wrote and starred in on the yukon arts centre stage... but showcasing its success didn't end in whitehorse... moira sauer, another star of the show, joins homegrown live in the studio to talk about what happened when the play hit ottawa to present in front of production buyers...

gearing up for christmas means consulting a great big list of things to do for most people... so, take a break from the seasonal hustle and bustle and make a little room for a great night of laughs and canadian music... david skelton joins homegrown today to let you in on a christmas fundraiser nakai theatre is throwing with canadian television star, cathy jones, and musician, tom wilson... plus, david will let us in on what else is happening during nakai's 2007-2008 season...

tracks:
1. The New Pornographers - All For Swinging You Around
2. The Duhks - Love Is The Seventh Wave
3. Hayden - Hollywood Ending
4. Hawksley Workman - We Will Still Need A Song
5. Kim Barlow - Out of Your Head
6. Joel Plaskett - Waiting To Be Discovered
7. Run Chico Run - Wake Up
8. Jill Barber - Wouldn’t It Be Nice
9. The Mohawk Lodge - Wear ‘Em Out
10. David Francey - Torn Screen Door
11. Patrick Watson - The Storm
12. Carolyn Mark - The Eternal Ideal
13. Finger Eleven - One Thing
14. Jason Collett - I’ll Bring The Sun
15. Tom Wilson - Super Sun Natural
16. Semi-Louise - When Monkeys Rule The Planet

homegrown hiatus...

the mics will be off at homegrown over the next two weeks, as i'm taking a long-awaited holiday to southern california, to compare my palm and foot size with the hollywood big-wigs on the walk of fame...

homegrown will be back on sunday november 18...

cozy cottons & a few good photographers...

just like a little black dress, a plain white tee is a staple fixture in any wardrobe... now there's a new place to look for that simple separate with climate clothing, a new line of cotton garments... ciara stick is the shop's manager and highlights not only their extremely reasonable price points, but also lets yukoners know what they can look forward to with the line...

indian and northern affairs canada is looking for aboriginal photographers to take a unique national project... the department wants to build a team of artists to travel to a variety of aboriginal communities across canada and capture the way of life and conditions in urban and rural visuals... INAC's dan bevin has been researching the differences throughout the nation and is looking at the photography as the next step in conveying his findings... he tells homegrown just what they're looking for and how an exhibition of the works will come together...

tracks:
1. Catherine MacLellan - Long Time
2. Dustin Bentall - Streets With No Lights
3. Buffy Sainte-Marie - Universal Soldier
4. Leela Gilday - Starlight
5. Michael Buble - Come Fly With Me
6. Apostle of Hustle - Chances Are
7. Martha Wainwright - When The Day Is Short
8. The Acorn - Plateau Ramble
9. Metric - Calculation
10. Octoberman - Breath of Sunshine
11. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings - I Give It Up Everyday
12. Islands - Jogging Gorgeous Summer
13. Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head
14. Billy Talent - River Below
15. Buck 65 - Wicked and Weird
16. Sarah Slean - Duncan
17. Mark Berube - Cowboys
18. Wolf Parade - Modern World
19. Immaculate Machine - Phone Number
20. Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
21. Malajube - Montreal -40C
22. Amy Millan - He Brings Out The Whiskey In Me
23. The Sojourners - Eyes On The Prize

are you ready for halloween?

if you're looking for the perfect spook to ring in all hallow's eve, then listen up... the guild hall is putting on a haunted house -- for mature yukoners, and those that can handle a good scare... anthony trombetta pops by the CHON studio to tell homegrown what people can expect, without giving away the creepiest details...

one of the hottest events is about to unfold at the transportation museum next weekend... brave new works is holding the first ever northern masquerade... don a simple or extravagant disguise and prepare for a night of great live music, three different atmospheres under one roof, video installations, gourmet food and much more... the works' lauren tuck and david prodan let us in on what's primed to be the event of the season...

tracks:
1. Kinnie Starr - Dreaming
2. The Most Serene Republic - Proposition 61
3. k-os - Crabbuckit
4. Dragonette - Another Day
5. Tokyo Police Club - Citizens of Tomorrow
6. Bedouin Soundclash - Walls Fall Down
7. Stars - What I’m Trying To Say
8. You Say Party, We Say Die! - Opportunity
9. Leeroy Stagger - In The Night
10. The Be Good Tanyas - Scattered Leaves
11. Local Rabbits - Purple and Grey
12. Boy - Rose Marie’s Cafe
13. The Weakerthans - Relative Surplus Value
14. Nelly Furtado - Powerless
15. Tragically Hip - Poets
16. City & Colour - In the Water, I Am Beautiful
17. Chantal Kreviazuk - Surrounded
18. Constantines - Young Lions
19. Kim Beggs - All The Good Times
20. Besnard Lakes - Ride The Rails
21. The Deep Dark Woods - Rumble In The Sky
22. Hayden - Girl Of My Dreams

"so many doors" & a museum true or false...

yukon playwright celia mcbride presents one of the most raw and emotional productions to hit the stage in the territory... two couples deal with the loss of their children in the heavily dialogue-driven play, "so many doors"... the performance is set to open this week at the yukon arts centre, so homegrown sat down with celia and stage director kelly thornton to find out more about it...

think you know your yukon history? well, alexis jensen, the collections technician at macbride museum, tells homegrown that it's time to test that knowledge at the museum's artefact artefunction fundraiser this coming friday... but this ain't no regular wine and cheese event -- you must distinguish which descriptions at a number of displays are fact or fiction... alexis tells you how to play the game...

tracks:
1. Christine Fellows - Migrations
2. Elliott Brood - The Bridge
3. Peter Elkas - Skipping Stone
4. The Golden Dogs - Birdsong
5. ill scarlett - Pacino
6. Emm Gryner - Symphonic
7. Scotch - Tell Me To Stop
8. Kathleen Edwards - Back To Me
9. Luke Doucet - Wallow
10. Sylvie - Syntax
11. Serena Ryder - Just Another Day
12. Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In LA
13. Joni Mitchell - Chelsea Morning
14. Neil Young - Heart of Gold
15. Hot Hot Heat - Middle of Nowhere
16. The Duhks - Love Is The Seventh Wave
17. The Meligrove Band - Planets Conspire
18. Jill Barber - Wouldn’t It Be Nice
19. Thrush Hermit - Song For The Gang
20. Emily Haines - Reading In Bed

let's talk funny & the dusty foot philospher...

anthony trombetta knows funny, and he's been taking the stage in the yukon for awhile now to keep audiences in stitches... now, he's the host of comedy nights at coasters, each and every monday... he'll tell you what you can catch for FREE from that show and also let you in on some yuk yuk's comics that are making the trip north of 60 this week to get us giggling...

he's known as the dusty foot philosopher... he combines a childhood of violence and chaos in africa, with the sense and confusions of today... and now, he's coming to the yukon to spread his infectious rhythms at the yukon arts centre... his name is k'naan, and he's one of canada's most soul-driven and sharply spoken hip-hop artists... homegrown caught up with him to see what's up and what's next for the toronto-dwelling lyricist...

tracks:
1. The Reason ft. Sara Quin - We’re So Beyond This
2. Mohawk Lodge - Heart of Lovers
3. Bif Naked - Moment of Weakness
4. Treble Charger - Red
5. Amy Millan - Headsfull
6. Danny Michel - Two Hearts
7. Big Sugar - Turn the Lights On
8. Metric - Down
9. Andy Stochansky - Stutter
10. Esthero - Melancholy Melody
11. T. Nile - Something Better
12. Justin Rutledge - Does It Make You Rain?
13. The Acorn - Even While You’re Sleeping
14. Kim Barlow - But He Don’t
15. Sunset Rubdown - They Took A Vote and Said No
16. K’Naan - In The Beginning
17. Hawksley Workman - Bullets
18. The Sojourners - Run On
19. The New Pornographers - Sing Me Spanish Techno
20. The Bicycles - Two Girls From Montreal

heritage festival & it's play time at the guild hall...

whitehorse is prepping for its first ever heritage festival... deb jutra, the festival coordinator, says participants can travel across the world, in the comfort of the territory's welcoming waterfront next summer... performances, food and more will be on display for people to use all their senses and explore different cultures... but, in order to make it all happen the organizing crew is looking for your input...

get a taste of halloween a little early this year, with the guild hall's season kick-off performance, the dark of the moon... the production is a gothic tale of love and witch people... dean eyre, producer with the company, tells homegrown about the unique performance, and gives a sneak peek on what's to come at the guild...

and... who won the polaris prize last monday? stay tuned...

tracks:
1. Tegan and Sara - Like O, Like H
2. Patrick Watson - The Storm
3. Joel Plaskett - Fashionable People
4. Chad VanGaalan - I Miss You Like I Miss You
5. Feist - My Moon, My Man
6. Junior Boys - In The Morning
7. The Dears - Don’t Lose The Faith
8. The Besnard Lakes - Ride The Rails
9. Miracle Fortress - Next Train
10. Octoberman - Once In A Blue
11. Dragonette - Competition
12. Broken Social Scene - 7/4 Shoreline
13. Sarah Harmer - Escarpment Blues
14. Tragically Hip - My Music @ Work
15. The Most Serene Republic - Relative’s Eyes
16. The Sadies - Why Would Anybody Live Here?
17. Two Hours Traffic - No Advances
18. You Say Party, We Say Die - Monster

local art tales & aptn "digital drum"...

alice park-spurr opened up an exhibit titled "raven tales" this past friday at arts underground in downtown whitehorse... the works are delicate paintings with both soft and extravagant colour schemes juxtaposing both the literal and the more abstract interpretations of viewing ravens in their habitat...
*part of the proceeds from sales of the exhibited artwork will go towards the ted harrison artist retreat

wayne clark, manager of new media with APTN, tells me more about digitaldrum.ca... it's a new online portal for youth to connect with their culture and histories through elders' stories and so much more...

plus, the 2nd annual polaris prize is set to be given away in toronto tomorrow night... it pits some of the best names in canadian music against each other... a jury of journalists, blogger and broadcasters make the ultimate choice as to who had the best album in the previous year... we'll take a look at who is in the running for the $20-grand jackpot

tracks:
1. The Junction - Frequencies
2. Magneta Lane - Butterflies Are Blue
3. Blue Rodeo - Rain Down on Me
4. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
5. Stars - Reunion
6. Weakerthans - Everything Must Go!
7. Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the Experiment
8. Oscar Peterson - Georgia on My Mind
9. Sarah Slean - Sweet Ones
10. Caribou - Hello Hammerheads
11. Jason Collett - Fire
12. Sloan - The Other Man
13. Miracle Fortress - This Thing About You
14. City & Colour - Save Your Scissors
15. Great Lake Swimmers - Imaginary Bars
16. Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Time of Your Life
17. Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
18. Patrick Watson - Man Under the Sea
19. David Francey - Paper Boy
20. Be Good Tanyas - Scattered Leaves
21. Immaculate Machine - Don’t Leave Without Us
22. The Odds - Eat My Brain