It’s back to school time, and while I don’t expect any sympathy from anyone, perhaps we can all use a good set of picker-upper favourites to start the day, so we shall provide one for any occasion. If that didn’t do the trick, surely the great new music or the exciting upcoming shows should, or perhaps a tribute to my wonderful son Jeremy, who is having his 4th birthday party today!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

The Damnwells – Newborn History – Bastards of the Beat
Band of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You – Cease to Begin
Alejandro Escovedo – Sister Lost Soul – Real Animal
Chuck Prophet – Pin A Rose On Me – Age Of Miracles
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
Christina Martin – Falling for You – Sleeping with a Stranger – CDN
Del Barber – Everything Is Not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

JP Hoe – I Only Did It for Love – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
Whitehorse – Out Like a Lion – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN
Danny Michel & The Benque Players – Take My Heart and Run – Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me – CDN
Calexico – Splitter – Algiers
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires – Righteous, Ragged Songs – There Is a Bomb in Gilead
Jimmy Lafave – Bring Back the Trains – Depending on the Distance
Carolyn Mark – You’re Not a Whore (If No On’es Paying) – The Queen of Vancouver Island – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Bills – Shining Face – Yes Please – CDN
The Bills – Not the End – Yes Please – CDN
The Bills – Gale in my Sail – Yes Please – CDN
The Arrogant Worms – The Happy Happy Birthday Song – Hindsight 20/20 – CDN
Farmer Jason – Get Up! Up! Up! – A Day at the Farm
Farmer Jason – He’s a Moose on the Loose (with Todd Snider) – Rockin’ in the Forest
Farmer Jason – The Moose Lives Where? (with Todd Snider and Jo Nesbo) – Nature Jams

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Warped 45s – Pale Horse – Matador Sunset – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Mighty Dark to Travel – Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs – CDN
Jeremy Messersmith – Knots – The Reluctant Graveyard
Jeremy Messersmith – Lazy Bones – The Reluctant Graveyard
Jeremy Messersmith – Welcome to Suburbia – The Silver City