For the past 8 years, I have put together a compilation of some of my favourite songs of the year. I started out doing them for my own interest (and as a feeble attempt to keep up with the Reids.) … Continue reading
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We love starting our day off with great new music, and this week’s haul was exceptional. We threw in a few requests/dedications for our wonderful listeners, before heading off into “upcoming concert” territory. We finished with a dusty old pile … Continue reading
Did you know that March 1, 2011 marks the 20th anniversary of the Walker Theatre as a performing arts venue? In its day, it was pretty damn significant in this town, and still, despite its unfortunate name and long periods … Continue reading
We here at Tell the Band to Go Home couldn’t possibly be more excited about the Junos than we are this year, as our 2010 Artist of the Year, local boy, Del Barber is nominated for Roots & Traditional Solo … Continue reading
Artist: Album (Label) JR AoM: Gurf Morlix: Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream (self) JR 2 Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle: We Still Love Our Country (self) 3 Hemingway Corner: Speed of Life (self) 4 The Wailin’ Jennys: Bright Morning Stars … Continue reading
Just a quick, slightly overdue warning that something will surely be missing in your life today. I know I feel a little lost and confused. Tell the Band to Go Home is pre-empted today for a live broadcast of University … Continue reading
This weekend marked the 10th anniversary of one of the most important music venues in town (if not Canada), The Times Change(d), and we relived some of the great musical moments to start off today’s show. Next weekend brings Rufus … Continue reading
T-Bar’s got some ‘splainin’ to do since he posted his wacky Top 10 list on Steel Belted Radio.com, so we grill him on that and he plays a few to try to defend himself. Luckily, our special guests came in … Continue reading
As we prepare to unveil our official favourite songs of 2010, we’ve noticed that there are a whole bunch of great ones that somehow didn’t make the cut. Some years, there’s just too much great stuff, and 2010 seems like … Continue reading
A little bit of old skool alt.country kicks off the show, before we take a listen back to some of our past Best of compilations. Great music from yesterday leads in to a little bit of the best of today. … Continue reading