Tony Lucca, Singer/Songwriter, Contestant on The Voice

We’re placing our forecast here!  Our prediction? Tony Lucca will make it to the final cut on The Voice!

We interviewed him long before he debuted his amazing talent on the 2012 season of The Voice (Dec 14th, 2010 to be exact), where it took a while for past Mickey Mouse Club co-star, Christina Aguilera, to recognize him from their pre-teen glory days.  Let’s face it – a lot has changed since then!

His voice and original songwriting abilities are impressive to say the least, and the road has seasoned him for a time such as this. It is our belief that Lucca is destined for greatness, regardless of what happens at the end of the season.

Click here to “hear” what we heard from Tony in December – two years ago.

It’s True!

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Our next issue of InRetro Magazine is comes out March 1st, 2012.  And while we were putting together this issue, we noticed that a lot of people – communities, families, and even institutions, seemed to be in need of a little TLC.

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The Soul Project.

If you love Etta James, you’ll not want to miss this! This past Friday, January 20th, 2012, the world lost the great Etta James.  From “I Just Want to Make Love to You,” to “At Last,” and her latest music from the album just released in November, 2011 – this is our tribute.  Enjoy!

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Rick Perry - "Stumped"

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Find out how we end with up “Starting Over” with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

If you love Etta James, you’ll not want to miss this! This past Friday, January 20th, 2012, the world lost the great Etta James.  From “I Just Want to Make Love to You,” to “At Last,” and her latest music from the album just released in November, 2011 – this is our tribute.  Enjoy!

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Fodder for Comedians! The Comedic Highlights of American Politics

So I have to ask – have you been tongue tied at the most inopportune time?? Have you said something completely inappropriate and it turned out to not be what you meant to say in the least?  That’s the thing about speech – once it’s left the gate you can’t put it back!

Of course we know that our neighbours to the south (a quick shout out to our American listeners – hey) are in the midst of choosing a leader for their Republican Party.  And as in all good races, there are blunders along the way… it happens here too – it’s all part of the journey.  Join us as we compare the parties – and listen to the types of things we say when under pressure!

She is renown for turning “At Last” into a timeless classic that will forever adorn the dance floors of North America – however big or small.

It was the same song that was controversially sung by Beyoncé Knowles, as opposed to Ms. James, for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball in 2009.  Nevertheless, this iconic music figure will be missed greatly for her contribution to so many memories accompanied by her ageless sound.

Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, the music career of Etta James included six Grammy awards as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. James announced her retirement just prior to the release of her final album, “The Dreamer,” in November 2011.  She died at the age of 73 on Friday, January 20^th from a host of ongoing health ailments, including kidney failure, leukemia, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Click here to listen in as InRetro pays tribute to this special ‘woman of song‘ in the next InRetro LIVE show which airs Saturday, January 21st at 3 PM Eastern.

Rest in peace Etta James.  Long live your music, and may it continue to inspire the memories dreams are made of for years to come.

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Riot: From the Streets of Vancouver, BC

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This Week in History

Find out how we end with up “Calling the Whole Thing Off” with Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.

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Interview with International Parenting and Teen Expert, Rosalind Wiseman

If you’re a parent of a teen – you’ll want to tune in to this podcast as we speak with Rosalind Wiseman, an internationally recognized expert on youth and parenting, social justice, and ethical leadership. Not only will we talk about your teens, but we’ll also be talking about the youth who were involved in the recent Vancouver riots and to try and make sense of all this behaviour and what can be done about it.

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Top 3 Song Pics of the Week
This week our Top 3 Song Pics were chosen by one of our listeners – A special thank you to Maggie Foster   ~ If you want to let us know what your songs pics would be, email us at music@inretro.ca!

According to Bill Ford, great grandson of Henry Ford, the “average driver in Beijing has a 5 hour commute.” And “last summer, there was a 100 mile traffic jam that took 11 days to clear in China.”

That’s a worldwide problem.

It’s anticipated that by 2050, with an increase in population to 9 billion people, there will also be an increase in cars from the current 800 million to 2 – 4 billion.  And that could only mean more time spent in traffic jams and subsequently much longer commutes.  So how is Bill Ford proposing we solve this problem? Ford envisions smarter cars to go along with smart roads, smart parking, and overall smarter transportation systems that are integrated to use real time data to obtain greater efficiency. In other words, he wants transportation systems and parking facilities to be able to communicate directly with your car. And for cars to communicate among themselves.  This almost sounds like a Disney movie, but not far out of reach.  For instance, if you’re on your way to see a play in whatever downtown city you live in, your vehicle would be able to reserve a parking spot ahead of time.  If the vehicle ahead of you is coming up to a traffic jam, it would alert your vehicle, which could then calculate an alternate route before it too becomes part of the jam.  Ford believes much of our fuel inefficiency is spent simply looking for parking – and idling in traffic.  He calls this movement ‘the connected car network.’

Car manufacturers may benefit from making even smarter cars by way of sales. So in that sense, there is the business will for these vehicles to be built into the future. But unless entire transportation systems are improved and built to meet future and current demands on a public level, what good will any of this do?   We will still have more cars and more people spilling over into less and less space.  Governments at all levels need to establish the political will to get the job done when it comes to making transportation a priority.

Entire communities are separated by space.  High tech communications aside, personal and business freedoms are still limited by movement.  We are still a society that likes to do its living – in person – and a virtual reality can only take us so far.  We want to breath the fresh air in the Colorado mountains in person.  We want to visit with far off friends and families – in person.  Many of us rely on jobs a distance away from our homes that we still need to get to in person.  We want the freedom to explore, do business, travel – all in person.  But we also want to breath easy (literally) when we get there.

To tune in to a specific section of our show, the time stamp for each is posted below. Simply click on the play link above and go to the time for the desired section you wish to listen to – or just listen from start to finish. Enjoy!

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This Week in History

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Interview and Music with Singer/Songwriter Jory Nash

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Interview and Poetry from Roxane Tracey

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Top 3 Song Pics of the Week

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