Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home – November 2009

Episode #333
Sunday, November 1, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

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.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Mike Plume Band – 8:30 Newfoundland – 8:30 Newfoundland – CDN
Matt Epp – Working Holiday – Safe or Free – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – You’ll Find Me Alone – You’ll Find Me Alone – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – She’s High Water – Orphan Horse – CDN – WPG
Heather Masse – I Don’t Wanna Wake up Today – Bird Song
Pieta Brown – Lovin’ You Still – Shimmer
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family – Take Me to Show-and-tell – Go Waggaloo

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Jay Linden – What’s the Matter with You – Under the Radar – CDN
Vance Gilbert – Times Two – Fugitives
Vance Gilbert – Icarus by Night – Shaking Off Gravity
Vance Gilbert – Don’t Leave a Trace – One Thru Fourteen
Vance Gilbert – Whatever Louise Wants – Up on Rockfield
Vance Gilbert – Country Western Rap – Edgewise

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Kev Corbett – Uncle – Son of a Rudderless Boat – CDN
The Undesirables – Northern Girl – Travelling Show – CDN
Acres and Acres – Money – All Nations – CDN
Bob Schneider – Trash – Lovely Creatures
Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons – Curious Thing – Death Won’t Send a Letter

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Mike Plume – Ride – Rock and Roll Recordings Volume 1 – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Straight Back Home – Simplify – CDN
Mike Plume Band – If There Ever Was a Fool – Song & Dance, Man – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Promise Me You’ll Never Tell – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume – Looking for You (A Travelogue of Sorts) – Drive Thru Volume II – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Dreamer – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Something to Say – Song & Dance, Man – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Keeping Time with the Telephone Poles – 8:30 Newfoundland – CDN
Episode #334
Sunday, November 8, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

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.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
NQ Arbuckle – Part of a Poem by Alden Nowlen called Ypres: 1915 – XOK – CDN
NQ Arbuckle & Carolyn Mark – Too Sober to Sleep – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
Jim Byrnes – Lay Me Down Sweet Jesus – House of Refuge – CDN
Justin Rutledge – I’m Your Man, You’re My Radio – The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park – CDN
Justin Rutledge – Greenwich Time – Man Descending – CDN
Melissa McClelland – Blue Farewell – Stranded in Suburbia – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Melissa McClelland – You Know I Love You Baby – Thumbelina’s Last Stand – CDN
Melissa McClelland – A Girl Can Dream – Victoria Day – CDN
David Wilcox – Modern World – Open Hand
David Wilcox – O Freedom – Thirteen Songs – CDN
David Wilcox – Ecstasy – The Collected Works: 1977-1993 – CDN
Steven Bowers & Christina Martin – Comfortably Sweet – Circadian Anthem EP – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Christina Martin – You Come Home – live recording – CDN
Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard – These Roads Don’t Move – One False Move or I’m Gone: Music from Kerouac’s Big Sur
The Damnwells – The Last Day of the New Age – our new record demo
Lucy Kaplansky – Life Threads – CD single
Jory Nash – Charlie – New Blue Day – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Matthew De Zoete – Remembrance Day – Bottom of the World – CDN
Michael Johnston – Katie – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Michael Johnston – Stars – Curious Heart – CDN
Amelia Curran – Hands on a Grain of Sand – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Skydiggers – Monday Morning – Skydiggers – CDN
Skydiggers – Just Before the Rain – Restless – CDN
Skydiggers – 80 Odd Hours – Just Over this Mountain – CDN
Skydiggers – Radio Waves – Road Radio – CDN
Skydiggers – One Last Chance – City of Sirens – CDN
Episode #335
Sunday, November 15, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
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.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Skydiggers – Even When You Fall – Road Radio – CDN
Dave Clark – Show Me a Sign – 14 Songs – CDN
Michael Johnston – My Curious Heart – Curious Heart – CDN
Michael Johnston – When You’re in Love – Curious Heart – CDN
Matthew de Zoete – Bottom of the World – Bottom of the World – CDN
Matthew de Zoete – Not on Fire – Bottom of the World – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Shannon Lyon – Houses on the Hill – Dharma – CDN
Whiskeytown – Excuse Me If I Break My Own Heart Tonight – Strangers Almanac
Caitlyn Cary & Thad Cockrell – Second Option – Begonias
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – If I Am a Stranger – Cold Roses
Leeroy Stagger & the Wildflowers – Atlantic City – live recording – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Joshua Cockerill – Dance with You – The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do – CDN
Joshua Cockerill – Further West – The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do – CDN
Joshua Cockerill – Blue Eyed Prairie Sky – The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do – CDN
Nathan – Home with Me – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Vic Chesnutt – When the Bottom Fell Out – At the Cut
Sunparlour Players – Nuclear – Wave North – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Point Pelee Is the Place to Be – Wave North – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Sunparlour Players – Robbers Lullaby – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Scouting for Girls – Elvis Isn’t Dead – Scouting for Girls
Two Hours Traffic – Weightless One – Territory – CDN
Dar Williams – It’s Alright – Promised Land
Liam Titcomb – 11:30 – Can’t Let Go – CDN
Episode #336
Sunday, November 22, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Ron Hawkins – The Devil Went Down – 10 Kinds of Lonely – CDN
Ron Hawkins interview
Ron Hawkins – D.F.W. – 10 Kinds of Lonely – CDN
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Ron Hawkins & The Rusty Nails – Small Victories – Crackstatic – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Bleed a Little While Tonight – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN
Geoff Berner – Honey, I’m a Big Boy Now – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Billy Bragg & Wilco – Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key – Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg – St. Monday – England, Half English
Rose Cousins – White Daisies – The Send Off – CDN
Royal Wood – Juliet – A Good Enough Day – CDN
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Royal Wood – Thinking About – The Lost and Found EP – CDN
Rose Cousins – The Dancers – The Send Off – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Point Pelee Is the Place to Be – Wave North – CDN
Sunparlour Players interview
Sunparlour Players – Battle of 77 – live performance – CDN
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Sunparlour Players – North – live performance – CDN
Sunparlour Players – O’Captain – Wave North – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Wood Dress – Wave North – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Wall Sisters – Wave North – CDN
The Good Lovelies – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Under the Mistletoe – CDN
The Good Lovelies – Down Down Down – The Good Lovelies – CDN
Madison Violet – Lauralee – No Fool for Trying – CDN
Episode #337
Sunday, November 29, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Billy Bragg – NWPA – England, Half English
Ryan Adams – Oh My Sweet Carolina – Heartbreaker
Ron Hawkins – Turned Around – 10 Kinds of Lonely – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Rosy and Grey – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Silver Creek – Stay – About Time – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Crazier – 50 Odd Dollars – CDN
Todd Snider – Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues – Songs for the Daily Planet
Todd Snider – Corpus Christi Bay – The Excitement Plan
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Railroad – Six Shooter – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Stormy – Everything Is Real – CDN
3:00pm – 3:30pm
NQ Arbuckle – The Autumn Leaves – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Jackson Hole – Rattlin’ Bones
Danny Michel – Fireworks – In the Belly of a Whale – CDN
Gretchen Peters – Christmas Time Is Here – Northern Lights
Gretchen Peters & Tom Russell – Snowin’ on Raton – One to the Heart, One to the Head
Gretchen Peters – Sunday Morning (Way Down My Street) – Burnt Toast & Offerings
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Good Lovelies – Santa Baby – Under the Mistletoe – CDN
Rose Cousins – The Dancers – The Send Off – CDN
Nathan – Cigarette Song – CKUW Fundrive 2009: Uncovered – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Australia – Stranger – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – French Toast – Jaxon Haldane – CDN – WPG
Fish & Bird – My Head My Heart My Gut – Left Brain Blues – CDN

FAR #123

FAR #123
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle: Let’s Just Stay Here (Mint) *JR
2. Jory Nash: New Blue Day (self)
3. Joshua Cockerill: The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do (self)
4. James Keelaghan: House of Cards (Borealis)
5. Lucero: 1372 Overton Park (Universal Republic)
6. Bob Schneider: Lovely Creatures (Shockorama)

TTBTGH presents: Michael Johnston, live @ Sunset Saloon, Nov. 15!

On November 15, 2009, TTBTGH & SBFRR are proud to present the return of pianist/singer/songwriter/Skydigger/all around good guy Michael Johnston (http://www.michaeljohnston.ca), live in my living room!

Johnston’s shows are wildly entertaining, moving, and memorable (I know, I’ve seen a lot of them!). His debut album, Curious Heart, came out in 2005, not long after he’d moved to Winnipeg. That album landed atop every list I made that year for statistics (most played song, album, artist, etc.) and he was unilaterally named my Artist of the Year. That album is a magnificent debut, filled with memorable melodies, touching lyrics, and some stellar special guests. Some artists get special guests to come in and do backups or play an instrument, but Johnston wrote the songs and then turned some of them over to the likes of Reid Jamieson, Oh Susanna, and Andy Maize of Skydiggers to sing. The results are magical collaborations that show that Johnston, early into his promising career, could stand alongside seasoned veterans.

In the past couple of years, Johnston has been a full member of Skydiggers, a now-legendary roots-rock combo (http://skydiggers.com), breathing new life into a band that has stood the test of time after more than 20 years atop the Canadian music industry (such as it is!) His writing, playing, and singing is a huge part of Skydiggers’ successful 2008 album, City of Sirens, and Michael will be at the piano when the band makes its long-awaited return to the West End Cultural Centre (a venue that the band almost destroyed when its exhuberent fans came frighteningly close to plunging through the floor in the 90s! We’ve been assured that the new building faces no fear of destruction, although an exciting, energetic show is guaranteed!)

In the meantime, he’s been hard at work on many new songs, including co-writes with the likes of Andy Maize, Stephen Fearing, Chris Difford (of legendary band Squeeze) and many more, some of which we will hear for the first time on November 15! I’m hoping to convince him to put out a second record featuring some of those great songs one of these days, and I’m hoping that you will come help with my efforts.

Although he spent years in Winnipeg, Michael Johnston hasn’t played his songs to a Winnipeg audience in quite some time. Whenever he does, people leave raving, smiling, and looking forward to seeing him again. I promise you, friends, this will be a night you will enjoy.

It will be an EARLY show, as it is a Sunday night. Show will start at 7 and you should be safely in your bed (or living room or whatever location you prefer) around 10. We enjoy having folks over for dinner, so anyone interested in a pot-luck style pre-show meal is welcome to join us around 5:30 (or anywhere thereafter). Admission is by donation, with all funds going directly to this talented performer. $15-20 is suggested and appreciated. We are very family friendly (bring the kids), very welcoming (if you don’t know us well or haven’t been here before, you are indeed welcome), and your company is much appreciated.

Please get back to me to confirm a seat as soon as possible. Feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested in attending, and do let me know if you have any questions.

Hope you can join us!


October 25, 2009

Part 1 of this show was a rerun of the April visit by Dan Mangan on SBFRR, in honour of his return to town this week. Check out that interview if you haven’t already (podcast or on the website).

The show proper, and thereby this podcast, began around 2:30, shortly after my return from Toronto. I’m back, baby, with great new music (including the rock & roll song of the year) and tales to tell.

part 1
part 2

Steel Belted Radio – October 22, 2009

Tonight we chat with the funny & talented Kate Reid about her upcoming show and acclaimed new album, and we talk to James Keelaghan about his long-awaited new album and about the very different locations of Red River College and the University of Manitoba…

part 1
part 2

TTBTGH: On the show this week

Just a quick note to tell you about some exciting guests on this week’s edition of Tell the Band to Go Home:

This Sunday night at The Park Theatre there’s a great benefit show called Babes for Breasts (http://www.babesforbreasts.com) (easy T-Bar, it’s not that kind of show…) featuring some great female singer/songwriters raising awareness and money for breast cancer research. One of the babes is a singer/songwriter who I’ve had on my radar for a couple of years because of some great projects she’s put out. Her name is Amy Campbell (http://www.amycampbell.ca), and she seems like such a great person and a talented artist that I know we’re going to love her. She’s going to drop by the studio to chat and sing us a few songs and talk about this great event.

Also, we’ll talk to the legendary leader of Junkhouse, member of Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, solo artist, and now leader of Lee Harvey Osmond, Tom Wilson. He’s bringing the Lee Harvey Osmond (http://latentrecordings.com/leeharveyosmond/) collective to the West End this week, and I know that’s going to be an amazing show. I also know that Tom has a million stories and a lot to say, and I’m really excited to be talking to him for, believe it or not, the very first time on the air.

And the usual new music, pointless chat, as well as me bragging about the trip I am going on next weekend!

As if that weren’t exciting enough, we have some very special guests lined up for Thursday on Steel Belted Radio as well. I’ve learned the power of suggestion and the old “ask and ye shall receive” policy, and lucked into a special in-studio guest, as well as a fun phoner that I know we’ll enjoy. I’ll give you more details on TTBTGH and in a few days through this list.

Hope you can join us!

October 11, 2009

Only one real show of any interest this week as our old pal Dave Lang returns to town. We paid an early birthday tribute to John Prine, who comes to town later this month, and did our duty and played some classic Stan Rogers. For the most part, this show was all about the new music, and what great new music it is, including the long-awaited collaboration between NQ Arbuckle & Carolyn Mark.

part 1
part 2