The Travelling Goodtime Medicine Show

Proudly presented by Home Routes: The Travelling Goodtime Medicine Show, a series of 5 concerts each featuring a variety of amazing Canadian talent

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Episodes

The Impact of Home Routes

Episode 5 is here, and our illustrious host Jaxon Haldane along with our guests talk about how deeply our roots have penetrated into the hearts, and souls of our staff, volunteers, hosts, and artists. Guest Interviews: Jeffery Straker (2:40) Jason Arkley (3:57) Ava Kobrinksy (6:26) Shari Ulrich (9:48) Caroline Brooks (12:30) Russ Kelley (25:00) Leonard Podolak (31:40) Musical Guest: Double The Trouble (17:00) ______ Tickets to the 2022 Travelling Good Time Medicine Show Concert Series can be pur...

Apr 29, 2022•38 min•Ep. 5

The Founding of Home Routes

Episode 4 is all about the life-blood of Home Routes, our hosts and volunteers. Host Jaxon Haldane along with our guests talk about developing the Home Routes touring circuits, and the volunteers that make it all possible. Guest Interviews: Ava Kobrinksy (2:20) Tim Osmond (3:20) Leonard Podolak (4:35) Tim and Elly Spencer (5:10) Musical Guest: Good Lovelies (9:16) ______ Tickets to the 2022 Travelling Good Time Medicine Show Concert Series can be purchased here April 22 @ 8 PM ET National Music ...

Apr 20, 2022•25 min•Ep. 4

The Deep Roots of Creating a Cultural Renaissance

In Episode 3, host Jaxon Haldane talks about the glory of workshop sets at Canadian Folk Festivals and how the spirit of the spontaneous jam not only bring new life and excitement to the stage, but was instrumental in the formation on Home Routes. Guest Interviews: Leonard Podolak (4:24) James Keelaghan (5:30) Tim Osmond (7:49) Russ Kelley (17:36) Musical Guest: Jeffery Straker (9:44) ______ Tickets to the 2022 Travelling Good Time Medicine Show Concert Series can be purchased here April 15 @ 8 ...

Apr 08, 2022•22 min•Ep. 3

Virtually Home Routes - The Road Forward

In Episode 2, host Jaxon Haldane sits downs with the Home Routes team to recount the days following the harsh realty of a global pandemic, and how they quickly overcame the obstacles to bring Home Routes into the emerging digital world. Guest Interviews: Ava Kobrinksy (2:36) Leonard Podolak (3:19) Graham Lindsey & James Keelaghan (11:43) Musical Guest: Ostwelve (4:50) ______ Tickets to the 2022 Travelling Good Time Medicine Show Concert Series can be purchased here April 8 @ 8 PM ET Blue Fro...

Apr 01, 2022•17 min•Ep. 2

Traveling Good Time Medicine Show - A History

In August 1980, Winnipeg Folk Festival founders Mitch Podolak and Ava Kobrinsky produced a tour across Alberta called The Travelling Goodtime Medicine Show. The tour was a school bus full of now legendary musicians - Sylvia Tyson, Stan Rogers, Connie Kaldor and Jim Post - travelling from town to town, bringing one-day mini-festivals to each of these communities. This tour was an important catalyst for the founding of The Calgary and Edmonton Folk Festivals, also laying the theoretical framework ...

Mar 25, 2022•19 min•Ep. 1

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In August 1980, Winnipeg Folk Festival founder Mitch Podolak co-created and produced a tour across Alberta called The Travelling Goodtime Medicine Show . The tour was a school bus full of now legendary musicians – Sylvia Tyson, Stan Rogers, Connie Kaldor and Jim Post – travelling from town to town, bringing one-day mini-festivals to a string of host communities. This tour was an important catalyst for the founding of The Calgary and Edmonton Folk Festivals, also laying the theoretical framework ...

Mar 22, 2022•1 min

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