Tell the Band to Go Home

Even though it’s still a couple months away, it seems like Christmas, because we got a heaping helping of new music in the mail this week, including a box of great new stuff from one of Canada’s best labels, Busted Flat Records. These add to an already impressive list of great new releases this year, but we all know that the releases go into hibernation this time of year. With that in mind, we tried to look at what might be the best release of 2010… and then realized that it was slightly premature. We did, however, manage to look at some great concerts, past and present.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Kings of the Moon – Leaves – Kings of the Moon – CDN – WPG
Royal Wood – So Glad – A Good Enough Day – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Forever Young – Subterranean Homesick Blues: A Tribute to Bob Dylan’s ‘Bringing It All Back Home’
Kim Richey – When the Circus Comes to Town – Wreck Your Wheels
Jack Marks – Michigan Love – Lost Wages – CDN

2:30 – 3:00

Dan Walsh – Smokomotive – Virtuoso – CDN
Lynn Jackson – Boots – Coming Down – CDN
Semko Fontaine Taylor – Anne Marie – Heartaches & Numb3rs – CDN
Jay Semko – Mountain Song – Jay Semko – CDN
Matt Andersen – Round and Round – Live from the Phoenix Theatre – CDN
Kasey Chmabers – Down Here on Earth – Little Bird
Holly Williams – Let Her Go – Here With Me
Stephanie Finch & The Company Men – Sensitive Boys – Cry Tomorrow
Alejandro Escovedo – Anchor – Street Songs of Love

3:00 – 3:30

Peter Katz and the Curious – These Are the Days – More Nights – CDN
Peter Katz – First of the Last to Know – First of the Last to Know – CDN
Andy Maize & Michael Johnston – Stay Awake – These Are Our Songs – CDN
The Damnwells – She Goes Around
The Damnwells – 55 Pictures – One Last Century

3:30 – 4:00

The Damnwells – I’ve Got You – Air Stereo
The Damnwells – I Will Keep the Bad Things from You – Bastards of the Beat
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Decidedly – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Christina Martin – Daisy – I Can Too – CDN
Del Barber – As Far As I Can Tell – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

It’s Thanksgiving weekend, and we here have plenty to be thankful for, including some cool upcoming shows and some great new music. We’re also thankful for the wonderful music left behind by the late, great Solomon Burke, and after hearing today’s tribute, you’ll be thankful, too.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Loudon Wainwright III – Thanksgiving – Career Moves
Mary Gauthier – Thanksgiving at the Prison – Season of Mercy
Kris Kristofferson – Thank You for a Life – This Old Road
Eilen Jewell – Thanks a Lot – Letters from Saints & Sinners
Solomon Burke – Thank You – Like a Fire
Solomon Burke – Ain’t that Something – Like a Fire
Solomon Burke (w/Gillian Welch) – Valley of Tears – Nashville
Solomon Burke – None of Us Are Free – Don’t Give up on Me

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Kim Richey – Wreck Your Wheels – Wreck Your Wheels
Thad Cockrell – Beauty Has a Name – To Be Loved
Matthew Ryan – The Wilderness – Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version)
Del Barber – Love Song for the Last 20 – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Constellation – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Wild Folk – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Karen Savoca – Give Me a Kiss – In the Dirt
Jeremy Messersmith – A Girl, a Boy, and a Graveyard – The Reluctant Graveyard
Patrick Park – Here We Are – Everyone’s in Everyone
Paul MacLeod – A Clear Thought – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Reid Jamieson – Hard to Swallow – Staring Contest – CDN
Dave Bidini – A Short Story about Nick Lowe – Swim Drink Fish Music – CDN
Dave Bidini with The Scribbled Out Man – The Moncton Hellraiser – Swim Drink Fish Music – CDN
Rheostatics – Horses – Melville – CDN
Justin Rutledge – St. Peter – Man Descending – CDN
Royal Wood – Juliet – A Good Enough Day – CDN

Today we got off to a rather rockin’ start, before heading into show previews, new releases, and just plain good stuff. We ended off with a celebration of the season, with some autumn songs!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

John Wort Hannam – Two-Bit Suit – Two-Bit Suit – CDN
Matthew Ryan – 3rd of October – East Autumn Grin
Leeroy Stagger – Everything Is Real – Everything Is Real – CDN
Sunparlour Players – The Detroit River Is Alive! – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me in the Well – Sway – CDN
Serena Ryder – Little Bit of Red – Is It O.K. – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Cuff the Duke – Ballad of a Lonely Construction Worker – Life Stories for Minimum Wage – CDN
Great Bloomers – Young Ones Slept – Speak of Trouble – CDN
The Wooden Sky – Angels – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone – CDN
The Wooden Sky – The Late King Henry – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone – CDN
Nathan – Let Them Look – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Jadea Kelly – Heavy Heart – Eastbound Platform – CDN
Karen Savoca – Nowhere to Go – Sunday in Nandua

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Kim Wempe – Bring It Here – Painting with Tides – CDN
Jen Lane – Lie to Me – For the Night – CDN
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Dust & Dirt – Ya Ain’t Crazy Henny Penny – CDN
Todd Snider – Is This Thing Working? – Peace Queer
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Call Me – With Blasphemy So Heartfelt

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jim Bryson – All the Fallen Leaves – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – The Autumn Leaves – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN
Paolo Nutini – Autumn – These Streets
Chris Trapper – Til The Last Leaf Falls – Til The Last Leaf Falls
Johnsmith – Come Some Autumn Day – Kickin’ this Stone
John Bottomley – The River – Blackberry – CDN
Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard – These Roads Don’t Move – One Fast Move Or I’m Gone