Episodes

Aug. 31, 2023

191: Dani Strong Special

Strong is exactly what she is. Strong voice, strong guitar playing, strong songwriting. Dani Strong joins Jeff with sheer buoyancy of story-telling and performances, plus cuts from her 3 albums so far including her fall 2023 album release.

Aug. 7, 2023

190: Mobius Radio World Album Premiere Special

This is such a strong album presented in an old-school radio special way, it's the World Album Premiere Special, of MOBIUS RADIO, from the fertile musical mind of Dylan Hennessy who invited me to contribute spoken word bits, intros and interludes. Enjoy!

July 27, 2023

189: Bob Wegner and the Definitive Book on Max Webster

This is a music fan's wet dream, if music from the 60s and 70s and 80s is your bag, because Bob Wegner has some of the best of the eras in his veins. He tells of his brushes with Queen, and Genesis, and RUSH, and more than those, his affinity for MAX WEBSTER, the classic Canadian band about whom h…

July 6, 2023

188: Mike McCarthy Band Talk To Me Special

A words and music album premiere special with 45 minutes of Mike McCarthy and Jeff Woods, unveiling "Talk to Me".

June 29, 2023

187: The Kings Always Off the Deep End Special

The Kings are here, with new music and the “Always Off The Deep End” Special, featuring the single of the same name and more of their latest songs that sound as great as their timeless hit “This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide”, It's a fantastic nearly hour of music and stories of a Toronto band w…

June 14, 2023

186: Four Winds Music Fest Preview Special

Jeff welcomes special guests Craig Smith and Ariana Dalie of Four Winds Music Fest for a preview of the July 14-16 2023 concert festival brought to you by The Happiness Mafia in partnership with Elephant Thoughts, at Riverstone Eco Retreat near the Town of Durham, Ontario.

June 9, 2023

185: Amy Gabba Screaming at the Top of My Lungs Album Premiere

The Toronto vocal powerhouse of stage and studio, Amy Gabba comes with a new album for June 2023 and goes track by track with Jeff, throwing to studio cuts, performing live, and chatting it up like old friends. The music is a full-on energetic ska, pop and rock romp.

May 31, 2023

184: Classic Albums of 1973 Part 2

In Part 2 of a recurring themed 4-parter, we're flashing back to the records on the racks from April, May & June of 1973.

May 25, 2023

183: New York Stories Part 2

We're headed back to New York City for the conclusion of a 2-parter that's taking a bite of the big apple.

May 19, 2023

182: Justin Rutledge "Something Easy" World Album Premiere Special

Welcome to the World Album Premiere of “Something Easy” from Justin Rutledge. From Jeff Woods' Wild Woods Blue Studio, cut by cut, we move through the record and the stories behind each song, and Justin picks up his guitar and plays a live performance of “Head for the Hills”.

May 18, 2023

181: New York Stories Part 1

We're off to the North American mecca of art and entertainment, culturally rich and musically diverse, a city that not only produced but affected countless legends, and one way or another, you and I too. And you don't have to move a muscle to get there. All you have to do, is turn it up.

May 11, 2023

180: Happy Accidents. Rock's Unplanned Classics

Stories about some of rock's unplanned classics, with Bowie, Zeppelin, The Who, a stutter-rock #1, and rock's MOST legendary yodeling (is there more than 1?) smash. And more. There's always more.

May 4, 2023

179: Bike Week - Get On Your Bikes and Ride

Here comes an episode featuring motorcycle anthems, mostly.

April 27, 2023

178: Even More Weird and Wicked Covers

Songs done by people who didn't write them. Some super weird, others wicked sick.

April 20, 2023

177: Mando Music

Mandolin music this time, comes with wind, rain, love in vain, and someone in the corner, losing it, so to speak. It'll all make sense in the next 20 minutes.

April 13, 2023

176: Rockstars Favourite Beatle Songs and Why

Jeff poses the question What's Your Favourite Beatles Song and Why, to 15 artists from England to America and Canada.

April 6, 2023

175: Classic Albums of 1973 Part 1

The first of Jeff's 4 part recurring series, featuring music from albums out in the first three months of 1973.

March 23, 2023

174: Mattie Leon 'Backroad Medicine' Album Premiere Special

Mattie Leon brings his acoustic guitar, and an elpees worth of tunes produced by Mark Howard (Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, The Tragically Hip), and Mattie and Jeff dig into the songs with stories behind them, and Mattie plays two key cuts live at Wild Woods Blue.