Episodes

Jolie is here to share her story and her songs, on record and live at Wild Woods Blue, in conversation with Jeff Woods. "Jolie Anastasia is a folk and Americana/Canadiana singer-songwriter whose music feels like a conversation around a fire—intimate, timeless, and rooted in the human spirit. With a voice that carries both tenderness and grit, she weaves stories of love, resilience, and belonging. From Ontario to open skies far beyond, Jolie’s melodies echo the traditions of the folk greats while...

Rather self evident from the title, in this episode featuring stutter rock classics from British Invasion bands like Beatles, Kinks, and the Who, to Bowie, plus Zeppelin, 3 American bands, and a Canadian Prairie band who stuttered their way up the North American charts to #1. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Another in the recurring theme takes you back to the spring of '75, when out came albums including the one that found a pre-Steve Perry Journey fronted by a former Santana singer, plus a fourth from ZZ Top, a fifth from The Doobies, a sixth from Nazareth, the BIG one from Aerosmith, #9 from Elton, and appearances from McCartney, WAR, Neil, and the rockstar who take away your worries of today and leaves tomorrow behind. All aboard for this 22 minute flashback with Jeff Woods. See Privacy Policy ...

A favourite album of other artists, and Jeff's too, we go back to 1994 with the landmark Columbia label release that put the name Jeff Buckley into the world and his music into the hearts and minds of fans who this time get to hear the reflections shared after his passing, by Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace, and by Jeff Buckley's mom, Mary Guibert, plus Jeff Woods' own reflections of a special time in music history, when Buckley and his friend Chris Cornell roamed the earth and sang like nobody do...

Special Zeppelin episode featuring a set up from Jimmy Page and then Robert Plant, in conversation with Jeff, about the magic of the mighty Zep, and what it was about the blues that attracted them, and then in the spotlight: every one of the fifteen songs over the four sides of the classic double album of 1975 -- Physical Graffiti. Jeff gets into how it got made, where each song was recorded and when, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at ...

A second take at the rich history of rock artists happy every once in a while, to head to the country.

Jeff has adeptly managed to condense the influence on rock artists, of country music, to one hour, and this is the first half of the passionate investigation.

This is a must for fans of Van Morrison -- a dive into his first American recording sessions for Bang Records.

A retrospective look at records out in the first three months of '75. The first in a four-parter.

Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans, as John put it best, and this time, one more look at endings planned, and those that were not at all that. The music really hits in this conclusion of our look at Swan Songs.

Famous final scenes this time, in the 2nd of three parts celebrating endings -- some planned and others that would take fans completely by surprise.

From the ancient Greek and the metaphorical phrase denoting a final gesture, effort, or performance, select Swan Songs this time.

The swagger and artistry of Steve Earle in the spotlight this time!

Jeff pays tribute to the last man standing in the band known as the Band - Garth Hudson.

It's fun and oftentimes a revelation to go back and hear the original versions of songs that became famous in the hands of people that didn't write them or record them first. Come under the covers!

The second of our two part tribute to the music makers we lost in 2024.

A tribute in 2 parts to the music legends we lost in 2024.

Jeff's select classic albums of October, November and December 1974.

This episode is filled with songs featuring the trippy jet-like effect known as phase-shifting.

This time it's all in the way you hold your mouth, in an episode starring rock's talk box classics.

Let's get a bit weird with the opener to this 3 part mini-series that finds artists experimenting inventing, and innovating their way into rock history.

When you think of songs about the "day", we're betting that a couple that first come to mind are a couple that also came to JW. Here's a dozen or so and background to go with.

An episode about night songs because why not.

The episode title says it all. And some would title the album from which they came, the very same.