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This week on the Performance Hour

Music for the Holidays

December 22: Not Your Typical Christmas Song
Local artists and musicians offer a fresh take on holiday music in an all-request show that includes neglected Christmas classics by Hawksley Workman, Bill Monroe, and the Green's Harbour Carolers.

December 29: The Most Curious CD Collection in the Bay of Islands
From the Beatles gone bluegrass to an Irish-German take on Neil Young, Ivan Emke plays favourite songs from his vast and mysterious music library.

January 5: The David Occhipinti Quartet
His guitar has been called one of the most distinctive, cutting-edge sounds in Canadian jazz. Hear David Occhipinti and his band recorded in concert at the LSPU Hall in St. John's.

Hear the Performance Hour Online
The best of the Performance Hour can be heard at CBC Radio's Concerts on Demand:

Blues at Folk Festival From last summer's Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival in St. John's, it's the Blues Songwriters Workshop featuring Denis Parker, Peter Narvaez and Little Miss Higgins.
Shaye From the LSPU Hall in St. John's, Damhnait Doyle, Kim Stockwood, and Tara MacLean entertain a packed house with an acoustic show recorded exclusively for CBC Radio.
Crowd of Bold Sharemen Fans of Newfoundland traditional music turned out in force at the St. John's Arts and Culture Center to hear this band's mix of generations, influences and voices.

The Performance Hour is CBC Radio's regional showcase for the entire range of creative radio arts. Documentaries, features, drama, comedy, live concerts, studio sessions and disc-spin series all find a home here.

Radio programmers and performers use this hour to explore interesting and innovative ways of making great radio. The audience can expect the artistic voice of the province presented in an open format of specials and mini-series. Many of our ideas are listener-generated and our shows listener-created. If you want to hear new ideas, new music or fresh takes,listen to the Performance Hour on CBC Radio One in Newfoundland and Labrador.