Home Routes Radio is dedicated to celebrating Folk Music, the origins, the roots and the artists.
The Podcast is also a champion of the Home Routes – Chemin Chez Nous House Concert circuits across the country connecting hosts, audiences and artists across the country. Check out www.homeroutes.ca for more info.
Mitch Podolak is a living breathing Folk Music Encyclopaedia with the first hand experience in the Folk Music World that is renowned across the Country and beyond.
The Wednesday Night Folk Show with Mitch Podolak is a production of Home Routes Radio. The weekly podcast is produced to connect the Home Routes hosts, artists and fans under one roof so that we can share music, ideas, and news about our growing Home Routes House Concert Circuits. The podcast is hosted by Mitch Podolak, creator and founder of Home Routes.
Join Mitch and his guests each week to learn what he has in store for you, the Home Routes community.
In the final instalment, we discuss how deeply impactful live music is for the soul.
20 Apr 2022
The Founding of Home Routes
Today’s episode is about the vast network of people that underpins the whole Home Routes operation. Folks who embody the will to sacrifice and the generosity to share their resources openly.
8 Apr 2022
The Deep Roots of Creating a Cultural Renaissance
In this episode, we discuss the glory of festival workshop sets, and how Home Routes went from concept, to reality.
6 Apr 2022
Virtually Home Routes - The Road Forward
When a worldwide pandemic cancelled all of their programming, Home Routes quickly adapted to the virtual world, introducing online renditions of their concert series.
6 Apr 2022
Traveling Good Time Medicine Show - A History
To celebrate their 15th anniversary, Home Routes is rekindling the 1980 tour that started it all, The Travelling Good Time Medicine Show.
5 Apr 2022
The Travelling Good Time Medicine Show : Trailer
Welcome to the Travelling Good Time Medicine Show podcast.
The objective of this episode is to give you some insight on Home Routes, the Travelling Good Time Medicine Show, and why we’re creating this podcast in the first place.
30 Mar 2021
Season Finale, Keri Latimer
Join Jaxon Haldane in conversation with Keri Latimer in this season’s Home Routes Podcast finale, as they discuss coping strategies used over the past year, what new opportunities arose from the lockdown and what the new live show reality might look like. Also Keri talks about her passion about the history of synthesizers, about laying […]
17 Mar 2021
Open, Honest, Frank Conversations with Cara Luft
Jaxon and Cara discuss the realities of a post-pandemic future as Canadian touring musicians. Cara talks about her tiny house-on-wheels tour plans for this summer. Juno award winning singer-songwriter-musician extraordinaire Cara Luft is that rare artist steeped in folk and traditional roots music almost from birth, yet willing to alter the fabric, stretch the boundaries […]
28 Jan 2021
Everyday Moments with Connie Kaldor
Join Jaxon in conversation with one of Canada’s finest songwriters whose iconic songs and stage magic have built a devoted fan base across North America. Connie can write; she can sing and her songs have helped define how folks think about the prairies, women and themselves. She weaves the sublime and the ridiculous into the […]
7 Dec 2020
A Walk In My Dream with Mike Stevens
Join Jaxon in conversation with one of Canada’s most established, prolific and respected musicians – Mike Stevens. Mike Stevens is an award winning musician, composer and author living in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He is the founder of ArtsCan Circle, a non profit organization that builds relationships with Northern Communities across Canada and Alaska using the […]
15 Nov 2020
A Prairie Girl’s Song with Kate Ferris
This episode of the Home Routes Podcast features an interview with Kate Ferris, who along with being an active musician, is also our Home Routes Ukulele teacher! Join Jaxon and Kate as they discuss dealing with Covid-19 realities pivoting to online classes, and more. ABOUT KATE FERRIS: Manitoba musician Kate Ferris has been performing since […]
23 Sept 2020
Playing on the Edge with Natalia 'Saw Lady'® Paruz
Join Jaxon Haldane as he talks with Natalia ‘Saw Lady’® Paruz about her new album ‘Playing on the Edge’. Natalia ‘Saw Lady’® Paruz has spent more than two decades bringing the rare art form of playing music on a carpenter’s saw to audiences around the world. Her playing can be heard on movie soundtracks such […]
10 Sept 2020
Amber Rose & Richard Inman
This week on the Home Routes Podcast, we converse with Amber Rose & Richard Inman! Amber Rose is a singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a founding member of Winnipeg group Sweet Alibi. Richard Inman is quickly becoming a staple of Winnipeg’s folk and country scene. with a rich baritone voice and delicate musical touch, […]
28 Aug 2020
Edge of Blue, Roy Forbes
Join Jaxon and Tim in conversation with Roy Forbes, a Canadian songwriting and performing icon who has thrived in the Canadian music scene for almost half a century. Roy talks about his new album “Edge of Blue”, the songwriting process, record collecting (thousands of 78s), memories of the Winnipeg Folk Festival and much more. Roy […]
20 Aug 2020
“Banjo Man” – Rik Palieri
Multi-instrumentalist troubadour Rik Palieri has lots to talk about, from his new book Banjo Man, to his time on the road and on stage with Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips and Jimmy Driftwood. Join us in this interview full of anecdotes, music and stories from Rik’s overflowing vault of memories
13 Aug 2020
Yukoner’s Episode
This week Jaxon hosts an interview with three of the Yukon’s most prominent Producers. Duncan Sinclair, President of JazzYukon, Peter Menzies, KIAC, Dawson City Music Festival and long-time Home Routes Host and Angela Drainseville, Producer of the Kluane Bluegrass Music Festival and Home Routes Board Member. Join this conversation as they discuss getting through the […]
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