A tribute to my recently departed nemesis, Bobb the cat, kicked us off with some kid-friendly cat songs and some more “music for the entire household.” Not being ones to kid around forever, we veered off into some more serious territory with some songs about violence, robbery, and going to hell (courtesy of a Clash tribute set). We also previewed upcoming shows by Ian Kelly and Ridley Bent. And, it’s Oscar time again, and although we don’t really give a hoot about movies, that Crazy Heart song and soundtrack are awesome, so we heard some of that and and a couple of other cinematic classics.

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We’ve got plenty of music that’s new and notable this week. We also are treated to some brand new music from one of our favourites, Keri Latimer from Nathan, who stopped by after a long, long absence to play some of her new solo songs. And speaking of special guests, we were joined by a new co-host “Tony” who sounded a whole lot like our old pal Carter.

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Not much notable this week other than the long-awaited return of the great David Francey. That’s always worth celebrating in song, so we sprinkled him throughout the show. The rest of the show was made up of new, interesting, and just plain wonderful music.

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It’s Valentine’s Day, and we here don’t take this goofy, made up, greeting card “holiday” too seriously, so we’re glad to play some of the dark & twisted love songs that we most enjoy. On a more serious note, tomorrow is the second anniversary of the death of the great Willie P. Bennett, and since you can’t buy his music anywhere (a crying shame!), we’ve got to do our best to get it out there and keep it heard. We’re glad to do so and we promise to never stop.

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Another busy week of upcoming shows in Winnipeg, featuring The Wooden Sky, Jason Plumb, John Wort Hannam, and Spring Breakup, among others. We previewed those, had a listen to some Winnipeg classics, paid a birthday tribute to one of our most devoted listeners, and we still had plenty of time for new music from the mailbag and beyond!

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We’re extremely lucky in Manitoba to have an incredible music industry featuring some of the best artists in the world. That’s in no small part thanks to the behind the scenes industry folk (and the horrendous weather!) at organizations like Manitoba Film & Sound. As great as that organization is, sometimes, they screw up. Big time. This Sunday is one example of that. The folks at Film & Sound put together an amazing showcase of Manitoba music, featuring steallar stars like The Weakerthans, Romi Mayes, JP Hoe, Paper Moon, and many, many more. What’s more, they’re putting it on for FREE this weekend at our wonderful concert hall. Sounds great, right? Well, they made one tragic mistake. They booked it on Sunday at 2 pm. I know, what were they thinking? No respect, I tell ya.

Well, I’m not one to sit and gripe about the foolishness of others. Instead, I’ll be the bigger man and give you the weekend off to go support our wonderful artists. This week we’re pre-taped so that I can go down to the concert hall with my picket sign bearing the TTBTGH logo. Maybe we’ll get Stu Reid to pick up a dozen eggs and join us.

But, I’m not one to leave you in silence or slack off and run some old show you’ve heard already. No sir. This week, I put together another one of those timeless classics (and by that, I mean that you might hear it again some Sunday when I do slack off and run some old show…). This one is a good one. As I said on Thursday, I might actually be jealous of folks who stay home and listen. I pulled out some old classics that we haven’t heard in a while. I even cobbled together a weak theme for the show. I won’t tell you what it is, but I will tell you that the music this week is AMAZING, and this is one show you won’t mind hearing again some time down the road.

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This week Steve Earle brings his Townesaoke tour to Winnipeg. I’ve long said that I’d rather hear Steve Earle do his own songs and hear Townes do his own songs, so this week that’s exactly what we did. We also heard from Hayes Carll, James Keelaghan, Geoff Berner, and Rae Spoon who are all appearing in town soon. And, some new music that I’ve been dying to play (and a Fred Eaglesmith tangent it set me off on.)

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