Nathan Rogers sets out on his own musical road, as well as keeping the folk traditions alive established by his famous family of musicians.

Earlier

Nathan Rogers

Kensington Prairie is featured this week: solo project for Rebecca Rowan, who is the lead singer in the group Maplewood Lane.

Kensington Prairie

Local BC artist Laurie Biagini has played at IPO festivals and even The Cavern Club in Liverpool with her 60's style of classic pop music. This special episode includes her song "Vancouver Rain", and an interview with Laurie from the lobby of her day-job downtown Vancouver office building. www.lauriebiagini.com

Laurie Biagini

A band that needs no introduction, the Junkies are about to release their last in their Nomad series at the end of March, and we revisit a classic from their catalog.

Cowboy Junkies

Halifax's Rose Cousins continues to make a big impact with her latest album We Have Made A Spark...and if you like that, you'll also enjoy the track today from her previous album The Send-Off.

Rose Cousins

The husband and wife duo of Ken and Roberta Harrison have recording and performing for over 20 years, and their latest project is called GO: writing songs for every stop on the GO train line.

Wild Strawberries

Back to the 80s again with a great tune from smart power popsters The Pursuit of Happiness!

The Pursuit of Happiness

New-wavers Blue Peter, who only recorded one album before breaking up in the mid-80s, but made a significant impact with their hit "Don't Walk Past".

Blue Peter

Lori Cullen is one of Canada’s most interesting interpreters, specializing in original jazzy arrangements with a wide range of influences (Joni Mitchell to King Crimson). We feature one of her original songs from her Buttercup Bugle album, where she worked with her friend, the late Chris Dedrick from the Free Design.

Lori Cullen

Singer songwriter Lynn Miles has been writing and recording her very personal and insightful songs for nearly 20 years now, and her latest album Fall For Beauty is one of her best.

Lynn Miles

The vancouver group Cogent Project, an experimental side project of Film and TV composer Adam Lastiwka. The 'project' was meant as a place for the non-soundtrack music to live, but the results have definite 'soundtrack' feeling.

The Cogent Project

A new artist discovery, although Joel Willioughby has been around awhile as the drummer Maplewood Lane. He went solo a couple of years ago, recently released an earwormy single, showing that he knows how to write a 'radio-friendly' tune

Joel Willioughby

A Boxing Week special preview of some of Lee’s favourite Canadian albums of 2011 featuring Kim Stockwood, Kurt Swinghammer, Brave Irene and Mae Moore.

Best Canadian Albums of 2011 Sampler

Playing Christmas and holiday-related tunes on the Earlier program, so it's time for a little seasonal song from BC's The Hooper Family featuring Tom Hooper and Suzanne Little.

The Hooper Family

Kelowna’s Kim McMechan has just released her second album of tunes in the classic singer-songwriter vein, produced by Colin Linden. She also uses her blog regularly to post new music as well as photos and writings at kimmcmechan.com

Kim McMechan

Once a week, Earlier host Lee Rosevere features a new discovery or classic favourite Canadian artist from his personal playlist. Updated Tuesdays.