STUART McLEAN is one of Canada's most beloved storytellers and a best-selling author. His hit CBC radio show "THE VINYL CAFE" premiered in 1994, and each week close to 1 million listeners tune in to hear stories about Dave, owner of the second hand record store where the motto is: “We May Not Be Big, But We're Small".
The stories also feature Dave's wife, Morley, their two children, Sam and Stephanie, and assorted friends and neighbours.
The show also features live and recorded music by both up-and-coming and established Canadian musicians. Increasingly it is becoming a place where Canadians go to find new, undiscovered talent.
In the past few months Stuart has released a brand new Vinyl Cafe CD: Planet Boy AND a new book: Extreme Vinyl Cafe. Extreme Vinyl Cafe is a Canadian Best Seller.
In fact, all of Stuart’s books have all been national best sellers. They are: The Morningside World of Stuart McLean (1989), Welcome Home: Travels in Small Town Canada (1992), Stories from the Vinyl Cafe (1995), Home from the Vinyl Cafe (1998) The Vinyl Cafe Unplugged (2000), Vinyl Cafe Diaries (2003) and Secrets From the Vinyl Cafe (2006). Home from the Vinyl Cafe, Vinyl Cafe Unplugged and Secrets From the Vinyl Cafe have all received the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, and The Vinyl Cafe Diaries (2003) was chosen as the best short story collection of the year by the Canadian Author's Association. Stuart has sold over 1 million books in Canada.
Stuart has also released nine Vinyl Cafe recordings on compact disc including Vinyl Cafe: Stories, The Vinyl Cafe On Tour, Odd Jobs, Coast To Coast Story Service, Vinyl Cafe: A Christmas Collection, Stuart McLean’s History of Canada, An Important Message, Vinyl Cafe Storyland and the brand-new collection: Planet Boy. The album Coast to Coast Story Service has gone Gold in Canada
The Vinyl Cafe Spring Tour 2009 will feature two brand new stories about Dave and his family as well as music by The Vinyl Cafe Orchestra and up-and-coming Canadian musicians.
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