{{Short description|Canadian radio program}} {{italic title}} '''Fuse''' is a Canadian radio program, which aired on CBC Radio One, CBC Radio 2 and CBC Radio 3. Premiering in 2005, each week the program paired two (and occasionally three or more) Canadian musicians for an hour-long concert in which the artists collaborated on a mix of material by all of the involved artists as well as cover songs.
==History==
''Fuse'' first aired in 2005 as a summer program by the producers of ''Bandwidth'', the network's regional arts and culture program in Ontario.<ref name=envelope>"Songwriter show pushes the envelope". ''Ottawa Citizen'', June 25, 2005.</ref> It aired following ''Vinyl Tap'', taking over the final hour of ''Finkleman's 45s''<nowiki>'</nowiki> timeslot.
The show completed its original run in October 2005, and was replaced by the weekend edition of ''The National Playlist''. After ''National Playlist'' was cancelled, ''Fuse'' rejoined the CBC schedule in the spring of 2006.<ref name=days>"Days of the New". ''Edmonton Journal'', January 22, 2006.</ref>
The program's original host, Amanda Putz,<ref name=envelope/> moved with her husband to Hong Kong in the fall of 2006. She was replaced by former ''Ontario Today'' host Alan Neal.<ref>"Popular CBC host Neal moves to music shows". ''Ottawa Citizen'', July 20, 2006.</ref> Putz returned to the program in September 2007.
The program's pairing of Gord Downie with The Sadies led them to collaborate on the 2014 album ''And the Conquering Sun''.<ref>"Gord Downie, Sadies rise together in The Conquering Sun". ''Ottawa Citizen'', April 12, 2014.</ref>
==Performers== * Randy Bachman and Tal Bachman * Leslie Feist and Kathleen Edwards<ref name=envelope/> * Joel Plaskett and Tom Wilson<ref name=envelope/> * Kiran Ahluwalia and Mighty Popo<ref name=envelope/> * Lynn Miles and Jim Bryson<ref name=envelope/> * Buck 65 and Sarah Slean<ref name=envelope/> * The Golden Dogs and The Golden Seals<ref name=envelope/> * Jenny Whiteley and Stephen Fearing<ref name=envelope/> * Gentleman Reg, Andy Kim and Danny Michel<ref name=envelope/> * Ron Sexsmith and Sam Roberts<ref name=envelope/> * Hawksley Workman and Choclair<ref name=envelope/> * Andy Stochansky and Andrew McPherson * Colin Linden and Alana Levandoski * Ridley Bent, Ndidi Onukwulu and Madagascar Slim * Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir and Sarah Dugas & Andrina Turenne<ref name=days/> * Carolyn Mark and Great Lake Swimmers<ref name=gls>[http://exclaim.ca/Interviews/FromTheMagazine/great_lake_swimmers_dive_in/ "Great Lake Swimmers Dive In"]. ''Exclaim!'', April 2007.</ref> * Lily Frost and Hilotrons * Julie Doiron and The Superfantastics<ref>"Sackville songbird all over ECMAs". ''Telegraph-Journal'', February 6, 2008.</ref> * Jill Barber, Matthew Barber, Bryden Baird, Jesse Baird and Jay Baird * Torngat and Patrick Watson * Andre Ethier and Sandro Perri * Kids on TV and Ohbijou * Jim Cuddy and Oh Susanna * Final Fantasy and Cadence Weapon * Apostle of Hustle and Tagaq * Jon-Rae and the River and Anne Lindsay * Emm Gryner and D.D. Jackson * Royal Wood and Priya Thomas * Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Murray McLauchlan * Amy Millan and Luke Doucet * Henri Fabergé and the Adorables and Abdominal * The Sadies and Gord Downie<ref>"Sadies keep it electric". ''Regina Leader-Post'', November 22, 2007.</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
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