Del Barber performs live on Q with Jian Ghomeshi - CBC Radio

Arun Chaturvedi talks about getting the best from your singer (flip to p59). - Canadian Musician

Composer Robert Turner's music legacy celebrated. - CBC Manitoba Scene

JD Edwards helps celebrate Woody Guthrie's 100th. - Uptown

A tour de force from Imaginary Cities. - MXDWN.com

The whole city's a stage for The Dusty Roads Band - Winnipeg Free Press 

The Sturgeons swim downstream. - CBC Manitoba Scene

Romi Mayes gets lucky with new record. - The Record 

A conversation with teenage singer/songwriter Cassidy Mann - Indian Country Today Media Network

Jeff Presslaff in Miles Davis homage conjures a "Rebirth of the Cool". - Edmonton Journal

JP Hoe CD Release review - Square Peg City 

Ingrid Gatin: Have accordion, will travel. - The Telegram

Exclaim! reviews Jenny Berkel's Here on a Wire. - Exclaim!

The WECC's Jason Hooper talks Bands Vs. Filmmakers. - Citytv

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The Prairie Playlist had another diverse offering of Manitoba songs this week. Listen to Up To Speed every weekday between 3 and 3:30 p.m. for Ismaila Alfa's pics and hear them all on SCENE On Air every Saturday at 5 p.m., CBC Radio One. Check out this week's tunes after the jump...

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Manitoba Music is gearing up to take over legendary Toronto music venue The Rivoli on November 17 for an event showcasing Aboriginal artists. The event, produced through Manitoba Music's Aboriginal Music Program, includes two Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards (CAMA) nominees, Vince Fontaine and Ali Fontaine, as well as buzz-worthy up-and-comers Lorenzo and Cassidy Mann. The CAMAs will be handed out on November 18 at Toronto's Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

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