It’s time again for the annual university shutdown, where most hosts are sensible enough to stay home and enjoy some down time with the family or get those Christmas preparations done, but where I buck the trend, sneak past security, and set up shop for a good long run! Today some Christmas celebration with Mike Plume, who recently released a fine festive collection. We’ve got some of his music picks, some classic favourites, and a bunch of Christmas music that doesn’t suck!
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
11:00 – 11:30 am
Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – Words and Music
Mike Plume – Gather Round The Christmas Tree – Back Home For Christmas – CDN
Emmylou Harris – Christmas Time’s a Comin’ – Light of the Stable
Gretchen Peters – Christmas Time Is Here – Northern Lights
Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
11:30 – 12:00 pm
Los Straightjackets – Jingle Bell Rock – ‘Tis the Season for
Rev. Horton Heat – Santa Bring My Baby Back – We Three Kings
Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Oh Santa!
Carlos del Junco & Rich Greenspoon – Jingle Bells – Stuck on a Cold Steel Pole – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Go Tell It on the Mountain – CMT Christmas – CDN
George Thorogood – Rock and Roll Christmas – A Truer Christmas
NRBQ – Christmas Wish – Peek-A-Boo The Best of NRBQ 1969-1989
Asylum Street Spankers – Red Nosed Reindeer Blues – A Truer Christmas
Nat King Cole and The Children’s Chorus – Frosty the Snowman – The Magic of Christmas with Children
Mike Plume – For Every Boy And Girl – Back Home for Christmas – CDN
12:00 – 12:30 pm
Mike Plume – Back Home for Christmas – Back Home for Christmas – CDN
Mike Plume – Merry Xmas To My Ex-Miss – Back Home for Christmas – CDN
Mike Plume – You Ain’t Living If You Don’t Die Trying – single – CDN
Mike Plume – Five Crow Silver – Red and White Blues – CDN
Mike Plume – Red and White Blues – Red and White Blues – CDN
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Mike Plume interview
1:00 – 1:30 pm
Mike Plume – Angels in the Snow – Back Home for Christmas – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Sound Check Song – Live @ The West End Cultural Centre 12/21/2001 – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Something To Say – Live @ The Ironhorse 09/28/2001 – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Jubilee – Born So Long Ago Live 1997-2002 – CDN
1:30 – 2:00 pm
Wendell Ferguson – Why Does Every Christmas Song Have So Many Chords? – Wendell’s Cranky Christmas – CDN
Billie Joe + Norah – Oh So Many Years – Foreverly
Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (Radio Edit) – Big Jet Plane – EP
Ashley Monroe – Weed Instead Of Roses – Like a Rose
Little Green Cars – The John Wayne – Absolute Zero
Tom Waits – Road to Peace – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Tom Waits – Long Way Home – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
NQ Arbuckle – Sun’s Hanging Low – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Punk Rocker – Hanging the Battle Scarred Pinata – CDN
Greg Macpherson – Arlington Bridge – The Year of the Record Break – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – West St. James – Balanced on a Pin – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Company Store – Maintenance – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Force Field – Fireball – CDN – WPG
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Let It Ride – Cold Roses
Leeroy Stagger – Petrified World – Everything Is Real – CDN
Steve Earle – You’re Still Standin’ There – I Feel Alright
Iris DeMent – Wasteland of the Free – The Way I Should
Caitlyn Cary & Thad Cockrell – Second Option – Begonias
Del Barber – Walking in a Straight Line – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Matt Andersen – Alberta Gold – Weightless – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – North – South – CDN
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Willie P Bennett – Sometimes It Comes so Easy – Take My Own Advice – CDN
James McMurtry – No More Buffalo – Live in Aught-Three
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family – The Party Never Ends: Songs you Know from the Times You Can’t Remember
Leon Redbone – Christmas Island – Christmas Island
Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas – Blue Christmas
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Burl Ives – Little Drummer Boy – Havce a Holly Jolly Christmas
Stevie Wonder – Someday at Christmas – Someday at Christmas
Glen Campbell – O Holy Night – Home for the Holidays
Meaghan Smith – Baby It’s Cold Outside – It Snowed – CDN
The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York – The Very Best of
Hank Snow – Nestor, the Long Eared Christmas Donkey – Christmas with – CDN
Merle Haggard – Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Season’s Greetings from Nashville