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he was involved with a community radio station called CICK. I could tell Ken had a deep appreciation of music and through a great conversation, I ended up sitting in with him during one of his shows. Shortly after that I had my own show. November 28, 2012 was my first show on CICK; the first song I played was from my favourite Tony Rice album called Manzanita. [sic]: What’s your show name/idea/concept? TS: My sho w is called The Bluegrass Connection and the idea is to mak e connections through acoustic music. It amazes me ho w, in the b luegrass music world, there’s an incredible level of collaboration and support between musicians. It seems to me the musicians are playing music for the lo ve of it and end up pla ying on other ar tists’ albums as collabora tors and suppor ters. If you pick up any modern bluegrass CD and read the credits, you often discover amazing connections between musicians that come up over and over again. It’s a wonderful thing. I try to show listeners some of these connections dur ing the songs I play on my show. station and the way I see it, people expect volunteers in the community to be themselves. I’ve become much more relaxed and ha ve a hoot w eek after w eek. I especiall y love being in the studio—the train car. It’s a cool feeling knowing the rail car had pr obably been back and for th across the province or even Canada a few hundred times. I have to acknowledge the CICK board of dir ectors and all the community sponsors for making this whole thing possible. CICK is a very cool gig. [sic]: Can you pick out a highlight experience you’ve had and describe what it was like? TS: I’ve had a few cool exper iences on the sho w. The first was when Jenny Lester was a guest. She brought her guitar with her and pla yed four or fiv e songs on the air , and we talked about music for almost the entire show. It was a memorable experience listening and watching her play an old favourite song of mine called Bury Me Beneath the Willow Tree. Jenny is incredibly talented and I lo ve her voice and guitar playing. Her songs can br ing you to tears they are so beautiful. I felt lucky to be a part of the moment. Also, Jason and Pharis Romero were guests on [sic]: How has the sho w evolved since y ou first started my show earlier in 2014. They pla 啐