Vinyl Cafe

  • Location: Toronto, Canada

Tune into The Vinyl Cafe to hear the misadventures of Dave, owner of the Vinyl Cafe – the world’s smallest record store where the motto is “We May Not Be Big, But We’re Small.” The show features Dave and his wife, Morley, their two children Sam and Stephanie and assorted friends and neighbours. The program is hosted by Stuart McLean, Canada’s answer to Garrison Keillor. In addition to stories The Vinyl Cafe also features music - both live and recorded. We travel across the country searching for new, undiscovered musicians and visiting with old friends. Host Stuart McLean is a best-selling author, award-winning journalist and humorist, in addition to being the host of CBC Radio's The Vinyl Cafe. Since 1998 Stuart has taken the show on the road, performing in large and small towns across Canada from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Whitehorse in the Yukon. The Vinyl Cafe is one of CBC Radio's most popular radio programs. More than 750, 000 North Americans listen to The Vinyl Cafe every weekend. The show is currently heard across Canada on CBC Radio 1 & 2, on BBC 7 in the UK and on KUOW in Seattle. The first volume of stories from the Vinyl Cafe, Home from the Vinyl Cafe, is published by Simon & Schuster in the USA.

People who work with Vinyl Cafe

Jess Milton (Admin) Producer, The Vinyl Cafe Chelsea, QC, Canada
Caption: PRX default User image Meg Masters Story Producer Toronto, Canada

Pieces

Three segments, each with a Vinyl Cafe story, to help you with your spring fund drive.

Bought by WUCX


  • Added: Feb 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:32:24
  • Licenses: 1
Today on the show Stuart McLean presents his list of the top ten Canadian singles … ever.

Bought by Northwest Public Radio, KBBI, and WPTC


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Licenses: 3
Join host Stuart McLean and special musical guests The Once from Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador. This town of less than 10,000 people is home to ...

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KBBI, and WCPN


  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:01
  • Licenses: 3
Today, in honour of Valentines Day, we play songs about love; lost love, new love, and unrequited love.

Bought by Jefferson Public Radio, Northwest Public Radio, WFYI, WBEZ, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Licenses: 10
Join host Stuart McLean and special musical guests Bob King and Dala from the small prairie community of Winkler, Manitoba. Stuart finds out why Wi...

Bought by Nevada Public Radio and KBBI


  • Added: Jan 22, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:59
  • Licenses: 2
Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Cafe Orchestra return to Minnedosa, Manitoba for the first time in a decade.

Bought by KUCB, Nevada Public Radio, KBBI, and WCPN


  • Added: Jan 21, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:59
  • Licenses: 4
Join host Stuart McLean and special musical guests The Weakerthans from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio and KBBI


  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:59
  • Licenses: 2
Join host Stuart McLean and Maritime musicians Matt Andersen and Meaghan Smith.

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:59
  • Licenses: 2
Join host Stuart McLean and special musical guests Nathan from Minnedosa, Manitoba. Stuart goes curling for the first time in his life and tells a ...

Bought by WUCX, North Country Public Radio, KWMR-FM, WTIP, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:58
  • Licenses: 16
Stuart has an ant living in his bathroom sink. He sees it every morning when he goes into the bathroom to brush his teeth – and he sees it again at...

Bought by KUCB, WPTC, KWMR-FM, Jefferson Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Licenses: 17
Away on a short holiday, Dave visits the hotel fitness room and gets trapped on a pre-programmed treadmill.

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:58
  • Licenses: 17
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It's wintertime and the living ain't easy. Today on the show: stories about winter. Including our favourite winter treat, our instructions on how ...

Bought by KTRL, WUCX, WPTC, KWMR-FM, KBBI and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Licenses: 15
Join special Stuart McLean and special musical guest Hayden today from Keswick, Ontario.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, WFYI, KWMR-FM, North Country Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Licenses: 18
Today on the show, it is Letters From Away. In honour of all of the Canadians living abroad, wishing they were home for the holidays we read a few ...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WFYI, KUOW, Jefferson Public Radio, KWMR-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2009
  • Length: 00:54:01
  • Licenses: 17
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This is a brand new fundraising show for fall 2009. It is comprised of 3 segments.

Bought by WFYI, KUOW, WCPN, WUCX, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 00:39:50
  • Licenses: 6
Stuart shares two Dave and Morley stories and asks listeners to contribute.

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 00:39:57
  • Licenses: 7
Morley has to go shopping for a jock strap for her seven-year-old son.

Bought by WUCX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 00:09:16
  • Licenses: 1
Dave is sure he has swallowed a fly and goes to extreme measures to flush the disease-ridden pest from his lungs.

Bought by KUOW and WUCX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 00:18:49
  • Licenses: 2
When a rare bird, a Summer Tanager, arrives in Dave’s back yard, his family’s home becomes a Mecca for bird enthusiasts for miles around.

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 00:17:46
  • Licenses: 1
Dave and his neighbour and arch-nemesis, Mary Turlington, are both caught in embarrassing and compromising positions when Dave gets locked out of h...

Bought by KUOW and WUCX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 00:16:23
  • Licenses: 2