Vintage music lives on Backbeat with another great line-up this week that includes Memphis Minnie, the Five Blind boys of Mississippi, Dinah Washington and a couple of current Canadian vintage country artists, Alberta's Leanne Lightfoot and Saskatchewan's Jake Vaadeland

Yes, yes the stock market, the not-so-great Depression. Does it matter water is being sucked out of the land and dumped into rising seas? What about the new surge in emissions as we industrialize the ocean? Will growing conflict slow down heat or speed it up? We have three guests to answer those questions: Luis Samaniego in Potsdam, David Kroodsma in Oakland, and Manfred Lenzen in Sydney.

Donald Trump’s plan to take over Gaza has sparked outrage for its audacity and ethical concerns. It proposes U.S. ownership of Gaza, forcibly relocating two million Palestinians—a violation of international law. The plan envisions clearing rubble and redeveloping Gaza into a luxury destination, erasing Palestinian history and rights. Critics highlight its logistical, moral, and legal flaws, calling it a nightmare that undermines decades of U.S. policy and risks destabilizing the region further.

Indigenous in Music with Larry K - Sebastian Gaskin in our Spotlight Interview (R&B, Hip Hop) Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, on todays show we welcome from Toronto, Canada Sebastian Gaskin, singer-songwriter and producer. Sebastian continues to push musical boundaries with his unique sound. He’s back with his brand-new album, Lovechild, a deeply personal project that showcases his evolution as an artist. Sebastian is featured in our current issue of the Say Magazine, read all about him at our place www.indigenousinmusicandarts.org/past-shows/sabastian-gaskin. Enjoy music from Sebastian Gaskin, Stolen Identity, Thiaguinho, Pura Fe, Orishas, Prolific the Rapper, nehiyawak, Brianna Lea Pruett, Robbie Robertson, Novalima, Khu.eex, Lil Mike & Funny Bone, Thomas X, Native Son, The Tao Of Groove, Sharon Burch, Shelley Morningsong, Maikan, Blue Moon Marquee, Raven Reid, Cactus Rose NYC, Sara Kae, Joyslam, Lancelot Knight, Lili Kelly Fraser and much more. Visit us on our home page to learn about us and our programs at www.indigenousinmusicandarts.org, check into our Two Buffalo Studios and our SAY Magazine Library to find out all about our Artists and Entrepreneurs.

Green Fascism in Bristol – police state impose movement restrictions on Barton Hill disabled community – Nationalism versus Globalism – Tariffs and Marine Le Pen barred from standing for French Presidency – ‘Blowing all the messengers’ brains out’. More journalists have been deliberately located, targeted and killed in 18 months in Gaza than in all wars, including world wars, for the last 120 years – Dr Chris Busby shows weapons used in Gaza contain nuclear materials. – – Nationalism against EU law? EU Lawfare – Trump Syndrome comes to Brussels but French Nationalist leader does not have the influence or money Trump had to beat the globalists in the courts – Covid Plandemic What Did We Learn? Crimes Against Humanity Five Years On: Dr. Bob Gill explains how to tell if your GP is any good or not – NOT The BCfm Politics Show presented by Tony Gosling https://politicsthisweek.gn.apc.org/2025/04/not-the-bcfm-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-234/

This week, we speak with Al Jazeera’s Faultlines senior correspondent and producer Josh Rushing. His new documentary is called Kids under fire: an investigation into Israeli soldiers shooting children. We are joined by critical care nurse Zahed Rahman in Gaza who works with Glia, a medical solidarity organization. On our newscast, we hear from an emergency room doctor at the Nasser Medical Complex. In the Resistance report, Jon Elmer takes a look at Israel’s reoccupation of the so-called buffer zones inside Gaza, further concentrating Palestinians into smaller and smaller areas. This episode highlights the news, interviews and reports from our livestream broadcast from April 3rd, 2025. 

Sonic Café, that’s the Honeydripper, a Baby Woodrose tune from 2003. So welcome to the café, I’m Scott Clark and this is episode 429. This time the Sonic Café presents a really cool music mix pulled from 50 years in a thing we’re calling bad robot. You’ll get why at the end of the show. Musically we’ve got Joan Jett who doesn’t just play Rock and Roll Rock n Roll, she lives it. Also Bobby Womack from the American Gangster release. Leon Russell’s classic, A Song For You. Graham Parker, waiting for UFO’s, John Newman from 2013, Kris Rodgers and the Dirty Gems covering Elton John. Even Jimi Hendrix from 1970, and of course many more. Then an important public service announcement encouraging all stupid people to get out the vote, it’s ahh what makes America great. Oh and before we forget, a surgically precise welcome to our newest sponsor. Listen for a word Auto Health Hospital; providing the latest care, entirely powered by Artificial Intelligence. They already have 3,000 locations, and are assimilating more each day, so you’ll have one soon. What could possibly go wrong, right? Here’s Paul McCartney from McCartney three, his eighteenth solo album from 2020. This is Deep Down, and we’re the Sonic Café.

Founded in 1929, the Heard Museum’s mission is dedicated to educating people about the arts, heritage and life ways of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, with an emphasis on American Indian tribes of the Southwest. Committed to the sensitive and accurate portrayal of Native arts and cultures, the museum successfully combines the stories of American Indian people from a personal perspective with the beauty of art, showcasing old and new hand woven baskets, kachina dolls, other art and cultural objects. The museum showcases the art and regalia of Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Yaqui, to name a few. More than 2000 items make up the museums exhibition. Artwork ranging from pottery, baskets, beadwork, dolls and paintings are on display. Our guest is Debra Krol, the communications manager who shared portions of the Heard Museum with me on December 10, 2011. We began our conversation with Krol when she introduced us to the Heard Museum and the unique features that reflect the evolution of south western Native American art. Debra Krol recommends two books: “Ishi’s Brain,” by Orin Starn, and “Indians, Merchants and Missionaries: The legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers”, by Kent G. Lightfoot. Our interview with Orin Starn may be found here. The Heard Museum website is www.heard.org.

The laws around the control of marijuana and medical marijuana usage are many and complex. How we find our ways through this maze and understand the rules and regulations surrounding the marijuana plant, allegedly 1000′s of years old, used legally and illicitly worldwide and well known in Northern California by many as an economic base and/or a source of pleasure presents many curious questions. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit again with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman in an attempt to clarify the laws and ordinances currently in effect in Mendocino County, California and how he as county Sheriff enforces them. Sheriff Allman has been heard to say that he would “like to take marijuana off the front page.” We hear how he views the evolution of marijuana control and whether he can foresee a time when marijuana no longer is on the front page. We spoke with Sheriff Tom Allman in the studios of Radio Curious on April 13, 2009 and began by asking what changes he has witnessed with regard to marijuana beginning when he was a child growing up in Garberville at the southern end of our neighbor, Humboldt County. The book he recommends is “Vet Tails” by Charlie Freed

Speaking at a community listening session at Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago's south side, Mayor Brandon Johnson briefly spoke about his administration's commitment to give all the city's children and its working people, a government rooted in Care, Fairness and Justice, before taking questions. Frank Chapman, executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, preceded Mayor Johnson with a call for unity in the face of the racist and neoliberal forces working to divide the coalition that elected the mayor some fourty years after they took control of Chicago following the death of Mayor Herold Washington.

This week, on the Global Research News Hour, with politicians everywhere calling for increased spending on the military and we now standing at the cusp of an even larger Middle East war about to break out soon we are trying to assess where we may be headed. In our first half hour, we have a talk with Ken Stone of the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War about his group’s appeals for peace during the federal election. Then in our second half hour, Larry Johnson, former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, offers his thoughts about the tensions between the US and Iran finally exploding into a major military attack in the not too distant future.

Today it is the Congo, but Paul Kagame's forces began their crime wave when they invaded Rwanda in October 1990.

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Japan, France 24, Germany, and Cuba.

Now more than ever, governments must support Canadian authors, publishers, and bookstores. We are what we read.

Liberating great Celtic music from around the world to the streams and the airwaves. There's Firkin from Hungary, Gangar from Norway, Canadian duets from Cassie & Maggie and Jane & Kyle, plus new Irish vocal quintet, Landless. Check out the giant playlist. Here, let me hold it up for the press, except the fake news. No one's ever seen anything like it, Celt In A Twist.

Promoting diversity, because that's what Canada does. This hour, the South Asian Invasion continues en masse with the ultimate dhol-driven party band, Red Baraat, Zamrock from the folks who invented it, new WITCH, Finnish nu-folk from Vimma and the Adult Alternative Album award winner at the Junos, Innuktitut from Elisapie. Tap in to World Beat Canada.

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news from March 27th to April 3rd, 2025.