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