The Once Vinyl Cafe

The vinyl cafe was an hour long radio variety show hosted by stuart mclean that was broadcast on cbc radio and was syndicated to approximately 80 u s.
The once vinyl cafe. Public radio stations through public radio international. From 1994 to 2016 the vinyl cafe took listeners along for the ride across canada and the u s with writer and host stuart mclean. The following is a list of stories written by stuart mclean featuring his popular fictional characters dave and morley from the radio program the vinyl cafe. That choice of music reflected taste growth and personality.
Mclean s hilarious stories are. The program is also available as a podcast although the podcasts are usually just mclean s stories for studio episodes because of copyright restrictions on recorded music. During a series of concerts mclean collected stories about real people in the real places they lived mostly focused around mclean s fictional character dave owner of a second hand record store called the vinyl cafe. Vinyl cafe toronto on.
Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Vinyl records once defined nearly all social life and extended to jukeboxes in every restaurant and cafe. The vinyl cafe was a radio show written and hosted by stuart mclean. First read on air in 1994 many of the stories were eventually compiled in book form followed by audio recording compilations from the program.
Featuring canada s favourite storyteller the late stuart mclean the vinyl cafe is a blend of stories essays and music recorded at live concerts across canada. Numerous other stories have been written and read out loud on the radio show but are not current. The vinyl cafe stories are about dave owner of.