Special guest co-host Elysha joins us today for some extra fun & festivities. We played some fetive songs, some requests, some of our favourites, and whatever else came to mind. We also had the official phone-in poll to settle the debate about “Canada Day/Toronto,” no matter what that other guy says.
A busy night with some very special, very exciting guests, live in-studio. First up is the wonderful artist behind one of this year’s most beautiful albums, Rose Cousins. Her voice and reputation have been well known to us, since she’s appeared on dozens of great albums that we love, but we’re finally getting to know how great she is on her own. She dropped by to chat and play us some of her gorgeous songs.
Next in was a hot, up-and-coming roots-rock combo from Ottawa called Silver Creek. They’re young boys with a heap of talent and they showed off some of their great songs.
We’re on a roll with great guests as of late, and this week is certainly no exception. First up, a chat with probably the most important songwriter in my life, Ron Hawkins of The Lowest of the Low. He’s coming to town opening up for Billy Bragg, and he’s got a heck of a great new album to play for us, so we’ll chat about the past, present, and future. As if that weren’t enough, joining us live in studio is a band we’d never tell to go home, Sunparlour Players. They are without a doubt one of this country’s best live acts, and it won’t be long before they get the huge following they so rightly deserve. This week we’ll prove that we knew them “back when…”
You know, as much as we like to complain about Winnipeg sometimes, it seems that the good shows just keep on coming. This week we feature the Michael Johnston concert at my house, Matthew de Zoete, Joshua Cockerill, Vic Chesnutt & Nathan, Sunparlour Players, and more! We previewed them all, and still had time for some classics and a little bit of the pop music.
It may be cooler outside, but the music scene in town is still hot, hot, hot, and this week proves it as we have upcoming shows to preview by the likes of Justin Rutledge, Melissa McClelland, David Wilcox, Matthew de Zoete, Amelia Curran, and one of our all-time faves, Skydiggers! To think, even on a week like that, we fit in some new & notable stuff.
Steel Belted Radio has been blessed with a LOT of very special guests in-studio over the course of our 6 years on the air (Sexsmith, Collett, Plumb, Brock Zeman, Deep Dark Woods, Paul Kelly, etc.), but there’s one guy we’ve been chasing all along, Mike Plume. He blessed us with an ideal name for our show, and we’ve always wanted him to come into the studio and sing our theme song for us. Tonight’s the night. Now, what do we hope for in the years to come?
A few of our favourites playing upcoming in town this week filled up most of the show. It’s hard not to get excited about a week where Matt Epp releases his new disc, Vance Gilbert makes his long-awaited return to the West End, and Mr. Mike Plume returns to town with his band! Still, we had time for some great new music and a dip into the mail bag for some new submissions.