Tell the Band to Go Home

All the cool kids are releasing new albums on vinyl these days, and the coolest of the cool put out limited edition coloured vinyl versions, so that nerds like me can bring a bunch of them down to play on the radio, like I did today. We also listened to a few tracks featuring producer/player Sam Kassirer, who heads to Winnipeg this week to make a new record. We heard some folky songs, some rockin’ tunes, some dedications, and some songs inspired by the Neighbor’s Dog.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

The Band – When I Paint My Masterpiece – A Musical History – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Hold You – Days Into Years – CDN
Deer Tick – Main Street – Divine Providence
The Damnwells – 55 Pictures – One Last Century
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Wild Folk – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Ox – 747 – American Lo-Fi – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Josh Ritter – Change of Time – So Runs the World Away
Kris Delmhorst – To the Wire – Shotgun Singer
Mark Erelli – Once – Delivered
Langhorne Slim – I Love You, but Goodbye – Be Set Free
Josh Ritter – Open Doors – The Historical Conquests of
Dawes – If I Wanted Someone – Nothing Is Wrong
Matthew Ryan – Hey Kid – I Recall Standing as though Nothing Could Fall

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Chuck Prophet – Castro Halloween – Temple Beautiful
The Damnwells – The Monster – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
Oh My Darling – Fly Around – Sweet Nostalgia – CDN – WPG
The Once – You’re My Best Friend – Row Upon Row of the People They Know – CDN
Murray McLauchlan – My Wildest Dreams – Human Writes – CDN
Michael Jerome Browne – One More Empty Bottle – The Road Is Dark – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Ron Hawkins – D.F.W. – 10 Kinds of Lonely – CDN
Spirit of the West – Political – Labour Day – CDN
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Ryan Adams – La Cienega Just Smiled – Gold
The Warped 45s – Talk About Evil – Matador Sunset – CDN

The 2011 Western Canadian Music Awards take place tonight, and the slate of nominees is especially strong, and especially stacked with Winnipeg artists, so what else are we to do but play a whole bunch of the nominees? We’ve also got a heaping helping of great new music, and a couple of show previews featuring Oh Susanna and Elliott BROOD.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

The Wailin’ Jennys – You Are Here – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
Ruth Moody – Tell Me – The Garden – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Ball and Chain – Lucky Tonight – CDN – WPG
Kim Beggs – Maiden Heart – Blue Bones – CDN
Jen Lane – Lie to Me – For the Night – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Steve Dawson – Nightshade – Nightshade – CDN
Shuyler Jansen – Wedding Band – Voice from the Lake – CDN
Fish & Bird – Well Run Dry – Every Whisper Is a Shout Across the Void – CDN
Chic Gamine – Closer – City City – CDN – WPG
Imaginary Cities – Where’d All The Living Go – Temporary Resident – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Yukon Belle – Rabbit on my Wheel – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Thunder Bay – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Deer Tick – Clownin’ Around – Divine Providence
Sunparlour Players – Once Before – Us Little Devils – CDN
Hoots & Hellmouth – I Don’t Mind Your Cussing – Salt
Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire – Ashes & Fire
Tom Waits – Back in the Crowd – Bad as Me
Ox – Trans Canada – Tuco – CDN
Murray Mclauchlan – Bad Times – Human Writes – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

James McMurtry – Too Long in the Wasteland – The Best of the Columbia Records Radio Hour
Oh Susanna – See What Promises Can Bring – Soon the Birds – CDN
Oh Susanna – Alabaster – Johnstown – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Cadillac Dust – Tin Type – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Without Again – Ambassador
Elliott BROOD – Lindsay – Days Into Years – CDN