The 2011 Western Canadian Music Awards take place tonight, and the slate of nominees is especially strong, and especially stacked with Winnipeg artists, so what else are we to do but play a whole bunch of the nominees? We’ve also got a heaping helping of great new music, and a couple of show previews featuring Oh Susanna and Elliott BROOD.

Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm – 2:30pm

The Wailin’ Jennys – You Are Here – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
Ruth Moody – Tell Me – The Garden – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Ball and Chain – Lucky Tonight – CDN – WPG
Kim Beggs – Maiden Heart – Blue Bones – CDN
Jen Lane – Lie to Me – For the Night – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Steve Dawson – Nightshade – Nightshade – CDN
Shuyler Jansen – Wedding Band – Voice from the Lake – CDN
Fish & Bird – Well Run Dry – Every Whisper Is a Shout Across the Void – CDN
Chic Gamine – Closer – City City – CDN – WPG
Imaginary Cities – Where’d All The Living Go – Temporary Resident – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Yukon Belle – Rabbit on my Wheel – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Thunder Bay – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Deer Tick – Clownin’ Around – Divine Providence
Sunparlour Players – Once Before – Us Little Devils – CDN
Hoots & Hellmouth – I Don’t Mind Your Cussing – Salt
Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire – Ashes & Fire
Tom Waits – Back in the Crowd – Bad as Me
Ox – Trans Canada – Tuco – CDN
Murray Mclauchlan – Bad Times – Human Writes – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

James McMurtry – Too Long in the Wasteland – The Best of the Columbia Records Radio Hour
Oh Susanna – See What Promises Can Bring – Soon the Birds – CDN
Oh Susanna – Alabaster – Johnstown – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Cadillac Dust – Tin Type – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Without Again – Ambassador
Elliott BROOD – Lindsay – Days Into Years – CDN