Road Poets Radio

Road Poets Radio Theme radio shows by musician’s with great lyrics set to country/rock/blues/folk/bluegrass Lately I record my show at my home near Silva Bay.

I used to drag my tired body down Gabriola Island, wait for a ferry, ride a ferry, walk through Nanaimo, jump into the control booth and go live to air for one hour playing the music that I love. Than I whittle it down and make a podcast(coming soon) so that you can enjoy it at your leisure. Genre Defining Legends: Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Hank Williams, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Charlie Louvin
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anadian Mainstays: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Corb Lund, Fred Eaglesmith, Wailn' Jennys, Stephen Fearing, Lynn Miles, Ray Bonneville,
Be Good Tanyas, Skydiggers
American Mainstays: Greg Brown, Dave Alvin, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams, Todd Snider, Wilco, Son Volt, Drive By Truckers
Famous dudes, but true to spirit: Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris
Vancouver Island Locals: Trinitude, Diamond Joe White, Roddy Davis, Brian Plummer, Riki Gee, David Essig, Rick Scott
Emerging Canadians: Tannis Slimmon, Romi Mayes, Justin Rutledge, Steve Dawson, Cara Luft,
Texas Artists: Eliza Gilkyson, Jimmy Lafave, Gurf Morlix, Ray Whylie Hubbard, Mary Gauthier, James McMurtry, Terri Hendrix, Slaid Cleaves, Rodney Crowell, Joe Ely, Flatlanders, Micky Newberry . . Emerging Americans: Danny Schmidt, Sam Baker
Australia: Kasey Nicholso

03/12/2026
One more reason to love this man, never mind how great his music is.
02/26/2026

One more reason to love this man, never mind how great his music is.

My geezer glam get up from last night’s State of the Union show in honor of USA Women’s Hockey, who just brought home their third Olympic Gold, and have never failed to medal since 1998, the first year they were allowed to compete.

I’ll be at Continental Gallery with BettySoo tonight. Probably wear guy clothes, but we’ll see. Kinda fun being different.

02/13/2026

So today is world radio day. Road Poets Radio goes live at 8 PM tonight on CHLY 101.7 FM.
 I chose the song “ The Ballad of Charles Lawrence Hannah” by the The Kramdens as the final song on today’s show on Road Poets Radio. A great story tune about a man who collected radios. Wow, 🥲what a a tune! Check it out.

The theme tonight is lies. Inspiration comes from the brand new album by Eliza Gilkyson called dark ages. Check it out. ...
06/13/2025

The theme tonight is lies. Inspiration comes from the brand new album by Eliza Gilkyson called dark ages. Check it out. It’s one powerful piece of art.
Tonight’s show goes live at 8 PM, and gets repeated on Sunday at 7 AM on CHLY. It gets replayed on Hornby radio Wednesday at 1pm.

Road PoetsRadio on CHLY- FM in Nanaimo (101.7 FM and www.chly.ca) .chly.ca) A theme based show of contemporary folk and Americana music.

Road Poets Radio is going 100% Canadian. My last two shows have pretty much been. Check it out at 101.7 FM in Nanaimo, o...
04/02/2025

Road Poets Radio is going 100% Canadian. My last two shows have pretty much been. Check it out at 101.7 FM in Nanaimo, or on the Internet at chly.ca. I personally stream through my Sonos app. Theme based music, you won’t hear anywhere else. Keeping terrestrial radio alive.

CHLY 101.7 FM is the campus-community radio station of Nanaimo broadcasting news, and an eclectic mix of independent rock, pop, alternative, hip-hop, R&B, reggae, electronic, jazz, folk and blues. Run by a small staff supported by volunteers from Vancouver Island University (VIU) and the mid-Van

I don’t usually chime in when an artist passes, but for me this album was a door opening. It became a soundtrack for som...
09/30/2024

I don’t usually chime in when an artist passes, but for me this album was a door opening. It became a soundtrack for some fun high school years too.

The Silver Tongued Devil and I is the second studio album recorded by singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson. It was produced by Fred Foster, released in July 1971 on Monument Records and followed his critically acclaimed debut Kristofferson.

Big thanks to Tom Aldora from Aldora Britain Records Community who interviewed me recently:ALDORA BRITAINRECORDSThe Glob...
09/27/2024

Big thanks to Tom Aldora from Aldora Britain Records Community who interviewed me recently:

ALDORA BRITAIN
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The Global Independent & Underground Music E-Zine
Issue 205, Thursday 5th September 2024
“Tomorrow’s Music Today”

09/14/2024

ANNOUNCEMENT: Cheatham Street Warehouse will celebrate its 50th Anniversary on Sunday, October 20th with an outdoor street party featuring some of the biggest acts in Texas Country music. Tickets go on sale this Friday 9/13 at 10am. Tickets and more information at CheathamStreet.com.

09/14/2024

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Friday 8pm - 9pm
Sunday 7am - 8am

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