Mulligan Stew

Iconic Canadian broadcaster Terry David Mulligan has conducted some truly memorable interviews over the span of his 50 year career. The Mulligan Stew podcast features some of Terry's best interviews, past and present. Expect intimate and engaging conversations with compelling characters from the world of music, film, wine, food and beyond.

EP 302 | Bahamas in Nashville: Bootcut Interview with Afie Jurvanen 04/13/2024

EP 301 | Adrian Sutherland returns with Precious Diamonds (And hidden guest) 04/06/2024

EP 300 | Nardwuar The Human Serviette, our First Guest and 300th! 03/30/2024

Eo 298 | Shotgun Sandra Oldfield - Alberta-BC Wine War 03/17/2024

EP 297 | Grant Lawrence-His tour his Stories and Songs Live Interview 03/10/2024

EP 296 | Remembering Jeff Healey and Celebrating Wine with Harry Hertscheg! 03/02/2024

Ep 295 | Corb Lund New Album 'EL VIEJO' 02/24/2024

EP 294 | Dominique Fils-Aime Interview New Album 'Our Roots Run Deep' 02/17/2024

EP 294 | Dominique Fils-Aime Interview New Album 'Our Roots Run Deep' Dominique Fils-Aimé presents her fourth album Our Roots Run Deep. Dominique Fils-Aimé is a JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter from Montreal. Her new album invites us to deep dive into the roots of her soul with a strong desire to connect with one's higher self and the desire to surround you in a soothing aural embrace. On stage, whether in Canada, in Europe or the USA, Dominique Fils-Aimé’s magnetic presence on stage leads the audience on a transcendent journey. The Montreal-based JUNO award-winning singer-songwriter put the history of African-American musical culture into the heart of her work, reflecting on the social realities that influenced the genres of blues, jazz and soul. Her previous trilogy shed light on the history of Afro-American music, inspired by soul icons such as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Etta James. 2018's Nameless, was about confronting historical silences and sorrows. This blues-tinged album led to two sold-out shows at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2018. Her second album, Stay Tuned! was a call for revolution. This album won the 2020 JUNO Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. Dominique Fils-Aimé [FEES-em-AY] closed the final chapter of the trilogy with Three Little Words, a call for reconciliation. The record received rave reviews in prestigious publications all around the world. It made the Polaris Short List and claimed the #1 spot for best-selling album in Quebec and #2 in Canada. In her fourth album entitled Our Roots Run Deep, Dominique crafts her latest album with a loose, dreamlike narrative structure that tells a story of growth. For Dominique, nature acts as an anchor and creates the unique but interconnected journey of a human being. "Just as we cannot see the mycorrhizal network that allows trees in a forest to communicate with each other underground," says Dominique. "I believe our souls do the same and that music can be a fertilizer for this invisible communication network." Dominique! Saturday night Feb 17 Dominique is appearing at Calgary’s Block Heater festival at Central United Church. When she takes the stage at 8:55 Dominique will not only charm the audience in the Church but will be streamed live on the CKUA Radio Network. Province-wide in Alberta and heard on the CKUA App. /episode/index/show/mulliganstew/id/29997748

EP 292 | Alan Doyle Interview and New Album ‘Welcome Home’ 02/10/2024

EP 291 | Paradigm 2022 Heritage Collection - Canadian Whisky of the Year 02/07/2024

EP 290 | The 18th Annual Victoria Whisky Fest & Canadian Whisky Awards - Part 1 01/27/2024

EP 290 | The 18th Annual Victoria Whisky Fest & Canadian Whisky Awards - Part 1 “Friendship is like Whisky – the older the better” Yes, my friends, it's our annual trek to Victoria’s inner harbour for the 18th annual Victoria Whisky Festival and the Canadian Whisky Awards. It was the founder of the awards who whispered in my ear wondering why I wasn’t attending or tasting or writing about his Whisky Awards. On second thought I think the voice in my ear was me saying “How could you possibly miss this?” just after I had missed the events about 6-7 years ago. I knew almost nothing about Whisky but my thinking was the same as wine – 17 years ago – every interview is going to be a master class. Pay attention and you could learn all about wine and pass it on to the listeners. I’m pleased to welcome to Tasting Room Radio – Davin de Kergommeaux – founder of the Canadian Whisky Awards. The Canadian Whisky Awards, held annually with the Victoria Whisky Festival, is the first and only competition dedicated solely to Canadian Whisky. The Awards have become the first stop for whisky producers, distributors, retailers and fans looking for the very best Canadian whiskies. Davin is the world’s leading authority on Canadian Whisky. He also has three books available on Canadian Whisky with a fourth coming in March! Davin assembled 10 judges and sent them nearly 200 competing whiskies to blind taste. Davin announces the winner in his interview. We talk to the winners next week. [caption id="attachment_28306" align="alignnone" width="800"] Graeme Macaloney[/caption] Dr. Graeme Macaloney PEng, PhD. – Macaloney’s Island Distillery (Saanich) Proud owner of 5 world whisky awards including World best Potstill – Kildara. They are a non-chilled, filtered, no colour-added distillery. In our 8-10 minute interview, I think I asked 3 perhaps 4 questions – Dr. Graeme handled the rest. It was like a masterclass. A charming man in a Cameron Kilt. He won Gold for his 54ppm Peat Project. Tish Harcus – Manager Canadian Club Whisky since 1988. Canadian Club itself since 1858. James Neil – Bowmore Distillery. The oldest distillery in Islay. On the shores of Lochindaal since 1779. Also home to one of the world’s oldest Scotch maturation warehouses – The No. 1 Vault. James poured Bowmore 22 Aston Martin They took part in the Great Whisky Debate with Micah Dew from Maker’s Mark. Words flew, one-liners were exchanged and they still remain long-time friends. Micah was busy with a masterclass but we thank Tish and James for coming by. Chris Read –Shelter Point Distillery. Campbell River. Distinctly Vancouver Island. Uniquely Shelter Point. By the time Chris sat down we knew Shelter Point had won 2 Bronze medals for their Oak Cask Single Malt (smoke, spices, honey, leather and a wiff of ocean) and their flagship Evans Family Reserve. (vanilla, tannins, dark chocolate, coconut, citrus, berries, cloves.) Chris explained the unique influences in their island location. It was like poetry. /episode/index/show/mulliganstew/id/29675888

EP 289 | Double Feature: Russ Kunkel (The Immediate Family) And The 2024 Critics Choice Awards Round Table 01/14/2024

EP 288 | Remembering Winemaker Mike Grgich - The man who changed the World of Wine 01/06/2024

EP 288 | Remembering Winemaker Mike Grgich - The man who changed the World of Wine Mike Grgich – His 1976 Napa Chardonnay in USA/France blind tasting in Paris was The Shot Heard Round the World. Winemaker Mike Grgich died Dec 13th 2023. He was 100 years old. This is his story, as told to yours truly into a nasty microphone in the lobby of the Hotel Vancouver 2016. He had just released his memoir A Glass Full of Miracles. (Note – on his way from Croatia to Napa he travelled across the Atlantic and by train across Canada to Vancouver for a lumberjack job he had applied for. The job was gone by the time he reached the west coast. So, Mike washed dishes until he heard of a winemaking job in Napa and South he went) Steven Spurrier, a wine expert from England who ran a fine wine shop in Paris, decided it would be fun to organize a blind tasting to coincide with America’s Bicentennial celebrations in 1976. For the tasting, he gathered together the best French judges, and the finest French wines, and to salute America on its 200th anniversary he added in a few wines from some upstart winemakers in California. Steven hoped the tasting would bring favourable attention to his wine shop. But he didn’t have any idea of the impact that his Bicentennial tasting would have on the world of wine. André Tchelistcheff, along with Jim Barrett, had hand-carried an armload of California wines to Paris for the competition. The blind tasting was held at the InterContinental Hotel in the center of Paris. The morning competition was devoted to white wines and the afternoon to reds. And Steven Spurrier brought together the very best white wines of Burgundy: a 1973 Meursault-Charmes, a 1973 Beaune Clos des Mouches, a 1973 Bâtard-Montrachet, and a 1972 Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles. Alongside these French legends, there was the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay crafted by Mike Grgich, and other Chardonnays from California that the French judges had never heard of either. The judges expected to sniff and gag when they tasted the California wines. But it didn’t happen that way. The nine French judges blind-tasted the white wines and graded each of them. The winner was the Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that Mike Grgich had made, with 132 points, the highest total scored of any of the wines, red or white, in the tasting. It was the champion! Then, to add insult to injury, the third and fourth places went to Chalone Vineyard and Spring Mountain Vineyard. In the afternoon tasting of the red wines, the French judges gave their top ranking to Warren Winiarski for his 1973 Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon, beating the best wines of Bordeaux, among them a 1970 Château Mouton-Rothschild, a 1970 Château Haut Brion, a 1970 Château Montrose from Saint-Estèphe, and a 1971 Château Léoville-Las-Cases from Saint-Julien. The judges were shocked as was Steven Spurrier. Upstarts from Napa Valley had won both categories, against the very best wines of France. The French judges were speechless and a few tried to suppress the results, but without success. The following week, George Tabor’s story in Time magazine announced the American triumph, and it sent shock waves throughout the world of wine. Mike received the news that they had won by a congratulatory telegram from Jim Barrett in Paris. That was the first he learned that his wine was even in the competition. Soon, though, the importance of what had happened began to sink in.. On July 4, 1977, Mike Grgich and Austin Hills, of the Hills Bros. Coffee Company, broke ground to start Grgich Hills Cellar, which from the start sold wines that were in high demand, based on Mike Grgich’s reputation as the winemaker who won the Paris Tasting. Gradually, the winery purchased 366 acres, spread over five vineyards within the Napa Valley, allowing all Grgich Hills wines to be produced solely from estate-grown grapes. In recognition of that significant achievement, the winery changed its name to Grgich Hills Estate. The Paris Tasting revolutionized the wine world, establishing Napa Valley’s reputation as a world-class wine region! First, it shattered the myth that only French soil can produce world-class wines. For decades New World winemakers had all been stuck in that mindset and this finally broke through it. Second, the victory pumped new energy into the California wine industry, particularly in Napa Valley. Vintners were proud to be part of what was a revolution in American wine but they still had a long way to go. So they redoubled their efforts to make better wines each year. California’s victory also inspired other winemakers in different parts of the world. Breaking the myth of French superiority gave new hope and energy to winemakers in South Africa, Italy, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, and even in Mike’s native Croatia. Now they joined the race to make world-class wines, and as the years unfolded California winemakers also shared with them their technology and know-how. As part of that effort, Mike returned to Croatia in 1996 and started a new winery in order to share what he had learned with young winemakers in his homeland. George Taber, the Time magazine journalist who first reported the tasting, in 2005 wrote a detailed account of the event and its impact in his book, “Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine.” As a result of his historic contributions to making world-class wine in California, Miljenko “Mike” Grgich was inducted into the Vintner Hall of Fame in 2008. A Hollywood version of this story was true but not by much. It was called Bottleshock. We salute the great Mike Grgich. /episode/index/show/mulliganstew/id/29369788

EP 287 | Christmas in The Round 2020 Revisited 12/22/2023

EP 286 | Christmas in the Round 2018 Revisited 12/17/2023

EP 285 | Matt Layzell-The Matinee new Album 'Change Of Scene' 12/10/2023

EP 284 | Devin Cuddy & New Album 'Dear Jane' 12/03/2023

EP 283 | Robbie Revisited and the 47th Anniversary of the Last Waltz 11/25/2023

EP 282 | The Trans Canada Highwaymen 11/18/2023

EP 281 | Tom Cochrane Songs & Stories.The Duo. Canada West Tour 11/12/2023

EP 280 | 2 Guests Jeremy Dutcher and Susan Tedeschi 11/04/2023

EP 278 | Barney Bentall (Cariboo Express) 10/21/2023

EP 278 | Barney Bentall (Cariboo Express) This weeks terrydavidmulligan YouTube is a tour with music from the heart. Every year, just about this time, Barney Bentall gathers up friends and hits the road with a travelling barn burner. Everyone on stage is the leader of their career or a band. There are at least 16 artists in this years Express. AND best of all, they’re raising funds for the charities listed below. Barney Bentall writes his own introduction. This was his newsletter a week ago. Hi ya all. Gearing up for the Cariboo Express shows. Depending on how we mark the birth of this whole thing, it’s the 18th or 19th year! I think for all of us that play in this big ol’ bad ass band, it is a musical highlight of our year. With the help and hard work of some worthy charities, we’ve managed to raise over 5 million dollars over the years. Here are the dates: Come on out! There are always great guests that show up along with all the regulars. For those of you in the Toronto area, spread the word. This will be our second year and we want to keep coming back and develop what we have going out west. We are supporting Classroom Champions at the Glenn Gould show. Cheers and see you soon! Barney 𝙈𝙀𝙀𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘽𝘼𝙉𝘿 ☟ 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡 ⭒ 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 ⭒ 𝘿𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡 ⭒ 𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙩 ⭒ 𝙒𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙮 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙮 𝙆𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙖𝙣 ⭒ 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩 𝙎𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙝 ⭒ 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙍𝙤𝙗 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙆𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙡𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙭𝙞𝙚 ⭒ 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 ⭒ 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 ☟ ISLAND COMMUNITY SERVICES FOOD BANK: DELTA FIRE FIGHTERS HEALTHY SNA Friday Oct 27 Bella Concert Hall – Calgary (special guest William Prince) Saturday Oct 28 Festival Place Sherwood Park Edmonton Thursday Nov 2 Glenn Gould Studio Toronto (Special guest Terra Lightfoot and Tom Wilson) Rest of the dates can be found at /episode/index/show/mulliganstew/id/28384253

EP 277 | Buffy Sainte Marie & Tom Wilson 10/15/2023

EP 276 | Wide Mouth Mason & Colleen Rennison two Great New Albums 10/08/2023

EP 275 | Art Bergmann New album ShadowWalk 10/01/2023

EP 274 | Marc Jordan New album 'Waiting for The Sun To Rise' 09/23/2023

EP 273 | Craig Northey brings Odds: Crash the Time Machine 09/16/2023

EP 272 | Ariel Posen New Album 'Reasons Why' 09/09/2023

EP 271 | Bob Rock on Gord Downie and their album Lustre Parfait-Revisited 09/02/2023

EP 270 | Jill Barber Interview and Kelowna Fire Special 08/26/2023

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