Make the world a better place – support the MS Society!

Posted on by August 22, 2010
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We here at Tell the Band to Go Home are do-gooders at heart, but there’s one cause that is especially near and dear to our hearts, and that’s the MS Society, which helps the thousands of Manitobans struggling with Multiple Sclerosis, and their families & friends.

Every year, your intrepid host Jeff rides in the MS Society’s Biking to the Viking fundraiser, which has our out-of-shape host huffing and puffing all the way from Stonewall to Gimli (and back again!)

THANK YOU to our faithful listeners who have helped raise THOUSANDS of dollars over the past few years. It all goes to a great cause, and it all makes a big difference.

You, too, can make a difference by making a donation to Jeff’s ride. Any amount helps, so don’t be shy if you can’t pony up the big bucks. Every bit counts, and every dollar is GREATLY appreciated. You can have a tax receipt, a ton of good Karma, and the knowledge that you’ve done your good deed.

Visit: http://msofs.mssociety.ca/2010Bike/Sponsor.aspx?&PID=1173813&L=2 to make your donation.

THANK YOU!!!

This Week on Tell the Band to Go Home – Aug. 22

Posted on by August 22, 2010
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At long last, Tell the Band to Go Home is back, live, in-studio this week! It’s been a long time, so we’ll be checking to see if you’re still out there listening! Call in with requests, comments, suggestions, insults, whatever comes to mind.

Since we’re so happy to see you again, we’ll have a whole bunch of AMAZING new music, including brand new Leeroy Stagger, brand new Justin Townes Earle, more music & stories from Edmonton Folk Fest, tales from Trout, and much, much more!

Don’t miss it, TODAY, August 22, 2-4 pm central, 101.5 UMFM.

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Episode #353 Sunday, August 15, 2010

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One more pre-record for Trout Forest Music Festival. This week’s show is an Edmonton Folk Fest wrapup with interviews with Joey Burns (Calexico), Colin Hay (Men at Work), and Brandi Carlile! Plus, we hear festival faves and a bunch of great new music!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Brandi Carlile – The Story – The Story
Mike Plume – Looking for You: A Travelogue of Sorts – Drive Thru Volume II – CDN
Griffin House – The Lonely One – Flying Upside Down
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth – Hawks and Doves – Citation
Mike Mills – Ohio – Tell Us the Truth: The Live Concert Recording
Reid Jamieson – Pretty Pictures – Staring Contest – CDN
Rod Picott – Bring It On – Tiger Tom Dixon Blues Round 2

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jackie Greene – Shaky Ground – Till the Light Comes
Iron & Wine / Calexico – He Lays in the Reins – In the Reins

Joey Burns (Calexico) interview

Calexico – Sunken Waltz – Feast of Wires

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Colin Hay – Beautiful World – Going Somewhere
Colin Hay – Overkill (acoustic version) – Man @ Work

Colin Hay interview

Colin Hay – I Just Can’t Get Up Out of this Bed – American Sunshine
Brandi Carlile – Follow – Brandi Carlile

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Brandi Carlile interview

Brandi Carlile – Dreams – Give up the Ghost
Dave McCann & The Firehearts – Dixiebluebird – Dixiebluebird – CDN
Ian Tyson – Navajo Rug – All the Good ‘uns – CDN
Murray McLauchlan – Down by the Henry Moore – Songs from the Street – CDN
John Prine & Iris DeMent – In Spite of Ourselves – In Person & On Stage
The Avett Brothers – Spanish Pipedream – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows

Episode #352 Sunday, August 8, 2010

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Pre-recorded again, as we’re off at Edmonton Folk Festival. In honour of that, some songs about that fine city, and some of the many great artists performing there this year. We end off with some Trout Forest performers and a tribute to the late, great Paul Quarrington.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Rose Cousins – Edmonton – If You Were for Me – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Edmonton – Lucky Blue – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Edmonton – Party Girl – CDN
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Edmonton – Hometowns – CDN
The Pursuit of Happiness – Edmonton Block Heater – A Tribute to Hard Core Logo – CDN
The Pursuit of Happiness – Gretzky Rocks – Where’s the Bone – CDN
Moe Berg – How Will I Find You in Heaven – Summer’s Over – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Colin Hay – Waiting for my Real Life to Begin – Going Somewhere
John Prine – Angel of Montgomery – In Person & On Stage
Tom Russell – Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? – Wounded Heart of America (Tom Russell Songs)
Ian Tyson – My Cherry Colored Rose – Yellowhead to Yellowstone and other Love Stories – CDN
Van Morrison – And It Stoned Me – Moondance
The Blue Shadows – I Know – Lucky to Me – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jakob Dylan – Everybody’s Hurting – Women & Country
Calexico – Two Silver Trees – Carried to Dust
The Waifs – London Still – Up All Night
Alejandro Escovedo – Sister Lost Soul – Real Animal
Brandi Carlile – Fall Apart Again – Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile – Josephine – The Story
Brandi Carlile – Dying Day – Give up the Ghost

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Christina Martin – I Can Too – I Can Too – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Snowing in Nashville – Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 – CDN
Fish & Bird – Lydia – Left Brain Blues – CDN
Paul Quarrington – Wherever You Go – The Songs – CDN
Porkbelly Futures – You Gotta Love a Train – Porkbelly Futures – CDN
Porkbelly Futures – Gladstone Hotel – Way Past Midnight – CDN

Episode #351 Sunday, August 1, 2010

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Another pre-recorded episode, but that allows for some special guest cameos from Carter & Jeremy. This week we got a bunch of great music in the mail from Australia, featuring Australia’s best, Paul Kelly. We played a bunch from Paul, a tribute to Paul Kelly, and a bunch of stuff from the upcoming Trout Forest Music Festival.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill – Until Death Do Them Part – Smoke
Paul Kelly – When I First Met Your Ma – Live Apples
Paul Kelly – They Thought I Was Asleep – Live at the Enmore Theatre, July 15, 2005
Paul Kelly with Kasey Chambers – To Be Good Takes a Long Time – MusicMax Sessions – Live at the Sydney Opera House
Stardust Five – Everybody Loves You Baby – Stardust Five
Shannon Lyon – Same Old Walk – El Sol

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Blaze Foley – You’ll Get Yours Aplenty – The Dawg Years (1975-1978)
Blaze Foley – I Should Have Been Home – The Dawg Years (1975-1978)
Blaze Foley – The Way You Smile – Sittin’ by the Road
Gurf Morlix – Cold Cold World – recorded live on UMFM
Merle Haggard – If I Could Only Fly – If I Could Only Fly
John Prine – Clay Pigeons – Fair & Square
Old 97’s – Driver 8 – Mimeograph

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Matt Andersen & Mike Stevens – Workin’ my Way Home to my Girl – Piggyback – CDN
Matt Andersen – Broken Man – Something in Between – CDN
Ben Spencer’s Funeral – Accident Freaks – Saboteurs – CDN
Jackpine – Ebb – Cabbage – CDN – WPG
Bonnie Couchie – Fear – Feather for an Elephant – CDN
Chris Carmichael – Danger – Chris Carmichael -CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Christina Martin – Stole Something – I Can Too – CDN
Oh Susanna – Back Dirt Road – Johnstown – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Shallow – Cha Cha Cha – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Mister – Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 – CDN
Oliver Schroer & The Stewed Tomatoes – Barking Spiders – Freedom Row – CDN
John McVey – Leave a Little Mark – Unpredictable
Postdata – The Coroner – Postdata – CDN

Episode #350 Sunday, July 25, 2010

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Pre-recorded because we’re off at Lucy’s wedding. You’ve heard my wonderful co-hosts Sophie/Elysha and Tony/Carter, but now, it’s baby Jeremy’s turn! He’s too young for a radio name, but he’s not too young to add lots to the show, as he babbled his way through almost the whole thing. What can I say; my boy’s a natural! Music? Yup, we’ve got that in spades. New Christina Martin! House concert wish list! And, a long, all-star tribute to “Winnipeg’s own” Neil Young, who brings his high-priced solo tour to town this week.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Christina Martin – Hello – I Can Too – CDN
Christina Martin – Daisy – I Can Too – CDN
Christina Martin – Guard Your Heart – Two Hearts – CDN
Steven Bowers & Christina Martin – Comfortably Sweet – Circadian Anthem EP – CDN
Jory Nash – The Conversion of Pearl Hart – Spaz Loves Weezie – CDN
Matthew Ryan – The Wilderness – Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version)
Del Barber – Story I Can Believe – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Alana Levandoski – Don’t Be Denied – Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Neil Young – Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero, Pt. 1) – Freedom – CDN
The Wheat Pool – Neil Young – Township – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Western States – Saddle up the Palomino – Twang Trust Broadcasts 1999-2007 – CDN – WPG
Gillian Welch – Pocahontas – The Revelator Collection
Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball – Wrecking Ball
Neko Case – Dreaming Man – Canadian Amp
Kathleen Edwards – Unknown Legend – live recording – CDN
Allison Moorer – Don’t Cry No Tears – Show
Red Horse – I Am a Child – Red Horse

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rheostatics/Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Rheostatics – Record Body Count – Melville – CDN
Skydiggers – Mr. Soul – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Skydiggers – Toss & Turn – Road Radio – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Write It All Down for You – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Take My Money and Run – Cuff the Duke – CDN
Drive-By Truckers – Easy on Yourself – A Blessing and a Curse
Junkhouse – Praying for the Rain – Rounders: The Best of – CDN

Episode #349 Sunday, July 18, 2010

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This year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival was an exceptionally good one. On today’s program we talk with a couple of the best “new” discoveries of the festival, Gregory Alan Isakov and Hoots & Hellmouth. Plus, NQ Arbuckle is coming, and that’s always reason to celebrate. Speakin’ of celebrations, Lucy’s getting hitched on the weekend, and we’ve got some wedding/love songs to send her on her way.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Jim Bryson with the Weakerthans – Metal Girls – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Mixkin Dancehall Blues – Hanging the Battle Scarred Pinata – CDN
Gregory Alan Isakov – Evelyn – This Empty Northern Hemisphere –

Gregory Alan Isakov interview

Gregory Alan Isakov – Master & a Hound – This Empty Northern Hemisphere
Gregory Alan Isakov – 3 a.m. – That Sea the Gambler

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Romantica – How to Feel – Control Alt Country Delete
NQ Arbuckle – Sun’s Hanging Low – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – My Baby – XOK – CDN
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Officer Down – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
Hoots & Hellmouth – You and All of Us – The Holy Open Secret

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Sean Hoots (Hoots & Hellmouth) interview

Hoots & Hellmouth – Roll, Brandywine, Roll – The Holy Open Secret

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Bob Dylan – Wedding Song – Planet Waves
Peter Katz & The Curious – I Do – More Nights – CDN
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – My Love for You Is Real – Follow the Lights EP
Jack Johnson – Better Together – In Between Dreams
Charlie Robison – Love Means Never Having to Say You’re Hungry – Good Times
Greg Brown – I Wish I Was Married – Covenant
Lyle Lovett – She’s No Lady – Pontiac
Jimmy Lafave – Emotionally Yours – Texoma

Episode #348 Sunday, July 11, 2010

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We’re pre-recorded this week, as all good-hearted local music lovers are at the Winnipeg Folk Festival! As you may know, going to the Winnipeg Folk Festival for the first time in 1993 changed my life forever, and directly led to me hosting this show today. Over the past 18 years, I have had so many amazing experiences at the Winnipeg festival (and others across the country), and this week I take a look back at some of the music and moments that stand out most for me. I’ve seen and heard some incredible things at those festivals, and I’m very excited to share some of those with you on today’s show!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Stephen Fearing – Blue Line – Blue Line – CDN
Alejandro Escovedo – Thirteen Years – Thirteen Years
Iain Matthews – For Better or Worse – The Dark Ride
David Wilcox – Eye of the Hurricane – How Did You Find Me Here
Dee Carstensen – This Time Around – Home Away from Home
Karen Savoca – Nowhere to Go – Sunday in Nandua
Ani Difranco – Not a Pretty Girl – Not a Pretty Girl

2:30 – 3:00 pm

5 Chinese Brothers – She’s a Waitress (and I’m in Love) – Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief
Dan Bern – Jerusalem – Jerusalem
Moe Berg – Here’s the Story – Summer’s Over – CDN
Crash Test Dummies – Superman’s Song – The Ghosts that Haunt Me – CDN – WPG
Moxy Fruvous – Spiderman – Bargainville – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Luke Doucet – Mitzi’s – Aloha Manitoba – CDN
Kris Demeanor & his Crack Band – Airborne Bastard – Party All Night: Live at Ironwood – CDN
Rory McLeod – Black, Brown, White – Travelling Home
Slaid Cleaves – Breakfast in Hell – Broke Down
Paul Thorn – I Have a Good Day – Ain’t Love Strange

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rheostatics – Rain, Rain, Rain – Whale Music – CDN
Danny Michel – Fireworks – In the Belly of a Whale – CDN
Nathaniel Mayer – Satisfied Fool – I Just Want to Be Held
Elvis Costello – Distorted Angel – All This Useless Beauty
Vance Gilbert – Taking it all to Tennessee – Shaking off Gravity
Shawn Colvin – Someday – Cover Girl
David Francey – Long Way Home – Torn Screen Door – CDN

Episode #347 Sunday, July 4, 2010

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Today we wish all of our American friends & listeners a happy Fourth of July, with a set of patriotic tunes by, for, and about the U.S.A. Closer to home (and our hearts), we’re only a week away from the Winnipeg Folk Festival, so it’s time for Part 2 of the OFFICIAL Winnipeg Folk Festival preview.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men – Fourth of July – Out in California
Joe Purdy – 4th of July – 4th of July
David Francey – Fourth of July – The Waking Hour – CDN
Gretchen Peters – Independence Day – Circus Girl: The Best of
Chuck Prophet – American Man – Let Freedom Ring
Matthew Ryan – I’m an American – Happiness
Luke Doucet – I Wish I Was American – single
James McMurtry – God Bless America – Just Us Kids

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Wailin’ Jennys – Glory Bound – Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House – CDN – WPG
Emmylou Harris – Deeper Well – Wrecking Ball
Romi Mayes – Achin’ in yer Bones – Achin’ in yer Bones – CDN – WPG
John Hiatt – I’ll Never Get Over You – The Tiki Bar Is Open
The Avett Brothers – Kick Drum Heart – I and Love and You
Levon Helm – When I Go Away – Electric Dirt

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Oscar Brand – A Clean Song – Bawdy Sea Shanties – CDN
Hoots and Hellmouth – Home in a Boxcar – Hoots and Hellmouth
Ladies of the Canyon – Follow Me Down – Haunted Woman – CDN
The Swell Season – Feeling the Pull – Strict Joy
Jim Bryson – Rust and Fade – Kelp 16 – CDN
Gregory Alan Isakov – Virginia May – This Great Northern Hemisphere
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
John K Samson – Heart of the Continent – City Route 85 – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Red Bandana – Everything Is Real – CDN
Jon and Roy – Another Noon – Another Noon – CDN
The Duhks – Mighty Storm – Fast Paced World – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Wide Turn – Maintenance – CDN – WPG
Greg Brown – Sleeper – Dream Cafe

Steel Belted Radio – August 12, 2010 – Christina Martin!

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Pre-recorded because all good hearted folks are in my living room attending the Christina Martin house concert. But because not everyone can attend and because we’ve got her here anyway, Christina was kind enough to sit in on the recording of the show for some talk, some requests, and some live performances!

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part 1
part 2