Episode #243

Sunday, January 6, 2008

2:00-4:00 pm central time

CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba

www.umfm.com

Just when you think you’ve settled on your Best of the year list, you spend some more time with a few late-comers and rethink the whole darn thing, as a few overlooked 2007 contenders proved off the top of the show.

Then, a brief sappy interlude.

With all of the Best of the year preparations and whatnot, a lot of new music gets sadly overlooked, but now that things are calm again, it’s time to dig into the TTBTGH mailbag for a look at a few fine discs that have been sent our way as of late.

Then, a live, in-studio visit by one of Winnipeg’s best, and the artist responsible for one of the best discs of 2007, Mr. Scott Nolan, who dropped by to chat and play some amazing new songs. Somehow, he just gets better, and he was damn good to start out with!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Serena Ryder – Calling to Say – digital single – CDN
Serena Ryder – Told You in a Whispered Song – Told You in a Whispered Song EP – CDN
Serena Ryder – Weak in the Knees – Told You in a Whispered Song EP – CDN
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – If I Am a Stranger – Follow the Lights
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Rich Woman – Raising Sand
Jack Johnson – Broken – Sing-a-longs and Lullabies for the Film: Curious George

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Jack Johnson – Better Together – In Between Dreams
Jim Henry – Baby’s Coming Home – Jacksonville
Andy Swan – Can I Pay You with Sunshine? – Ottawa – CDN
Andy Swan – No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service – Ottawa – CDN
Jon Brooks – Tajik Boy – Ours and the Shepherds – CDN
Scott Orr – Wondergirl – Miles from Today – CDN
Mike Macdonald and The Widow Makers – Never Had the Chance – Gravel Roads and Skyscrapers – CDN
Dave Clarke – In My Home Town – Reunion – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Scott Nolan – Settled Down – Receiver / Reflector – CDN – WPG

Scott Nolan interview

Scott Nolan – Drive Day – live recording – CDN – WPG

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Scott Nolan – Somewhere Near Regina – live performance – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Ninety Miles an Hour – live performance – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – All Over Now – Receiver / Reflector – CDN – WPG

Episode #244

Sunday, January 13, 2008

2:00-4:00 pm central time

CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba

www.umfm.com

Sometimes you show up without a real plan and let things roll, and if you’re really lucky, like I think I was today, you get into it and end up with a pretty solid show. Talking about Robbie Fulks’ son got us off to a rockin’ start, so we ran with it and ended up rocking a bit more than we sometimes do, but with a playlist like this, perhaps we should more often! 2 hours of rockin’ goodness!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Robbie Fulks – Countrier than Thou – Georgia Hard
Robbie Fulks – Roots Rock Weirdos – The Very Best of Robbie Fulks
Robbie Fulks – Let’s Kill Saturday Night – Let’s Kill Saturday Night
The Rocky Fortune – Hot Black Blood – Back of the Beeside – CDN
The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me in the Well – Sway – CDN
Buddy Miller – Water When the Well Is Dry – Midnight & Lonesome
Buddy Miller – 100 Million Little Bombs – Poison Love

2:30pm – 3:00pm

The Gourds – Lower 48 – Blood of the Ram

James McMurtry – Childish Things – Childish Things
James McMurtry – Safe Side – Candyland
Kathleen Edwards – Westby – Failer – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – What Are You Waiting For? – Back to Me – CDN
Jim Bryson – Feel Much Better – The North Side Benches – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm

NQ Arbuckle – Skydive Home – Hanging the Battle Scarred Pinata – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Saskatoon – live recording – CDN
Luke Doucet and the White Falcon – First Day (in the new hometown) – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Melissa McClelland – Passenger 24 – Thumbelina’s One Night Stand – CDN
Richard Shindell – Confession – Somewhere Near Paterson

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Richard Shindell – Waist Deep in the Big Muddy – Vuelta
Cry Cry Cry – Shades of Gray – Cry Cry Cry
Richard Shindell – Lawrence, KS – South of Delia
Josh Ritter – Good Man – The Animal Years
Bob Schneider – Good Luck – Galaxy Kings
Jill Barber – In Perfect Time – A Note to Follow So – CDN

Episode #245

Sunday, January 20, 2008

2:00-4:00 pm central time

CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba

www.umfm.com

Another show with no real rhyme or reason, just solid music. We started off looking ahead to the upcoming Blue Rodeo/Luke Doucet show, talked a bit about my upcoming trip, but other than that, it was just whatever good songs were requested or I could think of!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Luke Doucet and the White Falcon – Blood’s Too Rich – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Luke Doucet – It’s not the Liquor I Miss – Broken (and other Rogue States ) – CDN
Veal – Mitzi’s – Embattled Hearts – CDN
Luke Doucet – Outlaws – Aloha Manitoba – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Heart Like Mine – Outskirts – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Restless – Lost Together – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Blue Rodeo – ’til I Gain Control Again – Five Days in July – CDN
Jimmy Lafave – That’s the Way It Goes – Cimarron Manifesto
Jimmy Lafave – Buffalo Return to the Plain – Buffalo Return to the Plain
The Be Good Tanyas – Light Enough to Travel – Blue Horse – CDN
Hayes Carll – Hey Baby, Where You Been – Little Rock
Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line – The Legend
Rodney Crowell – I Walk the Line (Revisited) – The Houston Kid

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Gurf Morlix – Diamonds to Dust – Diamonds to Dust
John Hiatt – Crossing Muddy Waters – Crossing Muddy Waters
Lyle Lovett – Step Inside this House – Step Inside this House
Greg Brown – Sleeper – Dream Cafe
Kate Maki – Blue Morning – On High – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Ox – Blue Morning – Dust Bowl Revival – CDN
Ox – Going Away – Dust Bowl Revival leftovers – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Happy 2B Flying Away – Nothing Is Free – CDN
The Sadies – Good Flying Day – In Concert Vol. 1
The Flying Burrito Brothers – Hot Burrito #2 – Sacred Hearts and Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology
Robbie Fulks – I Never Did Like Planes – Georgia Hard
Robbie Fulks – Leave it to a Loser – Georgia Hard

Episode #246

Sunday, January 27, 2008

2:00-4:00 pm central time

CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba

www.umfm.com

Pretaped this week as I’m off on vacation in Florida. In honour of that, a few songs related to that journey.

There are a couple of great shows coming up this week, starting off with a lovely lady named Kim Barlow who hails from the Yukon but is visiting us on Tuesday, January 29 at the West End. We checked out some of her great material.

Then after that, on Thursday, January 31, one of my favourite live performers and one of the most powerful and passionate singer/songwriters alive today, Martyn Joseph returns to Winnipeg. I’ve interviewed Martyn a number of times but it was shocking to learn that it’s been almost 4 years since I talked to him last in February of 2004. I can’t be here to interview him live this week, so we listened back to that interview.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Skydiggers/Cash Brothers – I’m Coming Home – Skydiggers/Cash Brothers – CDN
Patty Griffin – Florida – Impossible Dream
Iron & Wine – Sunset Soon Forgotten – Our Endless Numbered Days
The Waltons – Sunshine – Lik My Trakter – CDN
Joe Purdy – Cinderella & the A Train – Only Four Seasons
Eliza Gilkyson – Bare Necessities – Your Town Tonight

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Kim Barlow – Things I Miss – Champ – CDN
Kim Barlow – Slim Pickins – luckyburden – CDN
Kim Barlow – Lonely Mountain – luckyburden – CDN
Kim Barlow – Waterfall – Gingerbread – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Home Soon (the cherry song) – Sweetheart – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Alabaster – live recording – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Martyn Joseph – Cardiff Bay – Thunder and rainbows (the best we could find 1988-2000)
Martyn Joseph – One of Us – Thunder and rainbows (the best we could find 1988-2000)
Martyn Joseph – Call It Democracy – Run to Cover
Martyn Joseph – How Did We End Up Here – Deep Blue
Martyn Joseph – Things that We Have Carried Here – Vegas

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Martyn Joseph – Wake Me Up – Whoever It Was that Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Home

Martyn Joseph interview

Martyn Joseph – Whoever It Was that Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Home
Martyn Joseph – Vegas – Vegas