Today an interview with Dave Bidini, author, sports enthusiast, and musical leader of Bidiniband and Rheostatics, perhaps the most significant musical force in my life. Nervous? Yup. Once things settle down, soe local show previews, more great new music and some more considerations for that year-end “best of” list.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family – A Truer Christmas
Rheostatics – Higher and Higher – Greatest Hits – CDN
Bidiniband – I Wanna Go To Yemen – In the Rock Hall – CDN

Dave Bidini interview

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Bidiniband – In the Rock Hall – In the Rock Hall – CDN
Rheostatics – Legal Age Life at Variety Store – Whale Music – CDN
Band of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You – Cease to Begin
Band of Horses – Marry Song – Cease to Begin
Jason Collett – Bitter Beauty – Motor Motel Love Songs – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Corin Raymond – Ol’ Fort Mac – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Raghu Lokanathan – Sugar Candy Mountain – Petal Press – CDN
Corb Lund – My Saddle Horse Has Died – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! – CDN
Corb Lund – Time to Switch to Whiskey – Five Dollar Bill – CDN
Turnpike Troubadours – 7 and 7 – Diamonds And Gasoline
Barney Bentall – The Ballad of Johnny Hooke – Flesh & Bone – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Dustin Bentall & The Smokes – Oxford Street – Orion – CDN
Lindi Ortega – Murder of Crows – Cigarettes & Truckstops – CDN
Colin Linden – Between the Darkness and the Light of Day – Still Live – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Oh, Linda – The Folk Sinner – CDN
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Outfit – Live from Alabama
American Aquarium – Abe Lincoln – Burn. Flicker. Die.
Drew Nelson – Dust – Tilt a Whirl