We gots lots goin’ on today, including previews of some of the best shows coming up this week (and there are plenty), including Rose Cousins, who joins us on the telephone today to chat about her fine new album and upcoming debut at the West End Cultural Centre. We’re also celebrating Nick Lowe’s birthday (whenever it might be) and looking at the lineup for this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival, which was announced this weekend.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Point Pelee is the Place to Be – Wave North – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Runner – Us Little Devils – CDN
The Wooden Sky – The Wooden Sky – When Lost at Sea – CDN
The Wooden Sky – Malibu Rum – Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun – CDN
Rose Cousins – What I See – We Have Made a Spark – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Rose Cousins interview

Rose Cousins – If I Should Fall Behind – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Rose Cousins – The Shell – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Rose Cousins – Go First – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Rose Cousins – Maybe I Knew – The Send Off – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Mark Erelli – The Only Way – Hope & Other Casualties
Matt Mays – Where Am I Going? – Matt Mays – CDN
Joel Plaskett – Sailor’s Eyes – Three – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Ain’t Goin’ My Way – Proof of Love – CDN
Mark Erelli – I Live on a Battlefield – live recording
Dar Williams – All Men Are Liars – Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
Foster & Lloyd – Without Love – Lowe Profile: A Tribute to Nick Lowe
Nick Lowe – Half a Boy and Half a Man – and his Cowboy Outfit

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Nick Lowe – Cruel to Be Kind – Labour of Lust
Nick Lowe – What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding? – At My Age (bonus track)
Nick Lowe – What’s Shaking on the Hill – Party of One
Nick Lowe – True Love Travels on a Gravel Road – The Impossible Bird
Beth Orton – Stolen Car – Central Reservation
The Head and the Heart – Winter Song – The Head and the Heart