We’re busy crunching numbers and triple checking scientific data trying to make up those Best of 2012 lists, so today’s show is a final tryout for some of the contenders for the list. We’ve also got some new and notable, some requests, and even a token holiday song.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Blitzen Trapper – Christmas Is Coming Soon – Blitzen Trapper
Matthew Ryan – The Events at Dusk – In the Dusk of Everything
Kathleen Edwards – House Full of Empty Rooms – Voyageur – CDN
Rose Cousins – Go First – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Shannon Lyon – I’m Letting You Go – Broken Things – CDN
The Rebecca West – Fearfully and Wonderfully Made – Lost and Found

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jory Nash – Sally – Little Pilgrim – CDN
Jimmy Lafave – Red Dirt Night – Depending on the Distance
Teague Alexy – Old Souls and Scarecrows – This Dance
The Felice Brothers – Wonderful Life – The Felice Brothers
Forest Sun – Just Begun – Just Begun
Cedar Park – What She Tells Me (Featuring NQ Arbuckle) – Way Back Home – CDN
Skydiggers – Fire Engine (Red Explosion) – Northern Shore – CDN
Skydiggers – Hear It in your Voice – Northern Shore deluxe edition – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Skydiggers – Tillsonburg – Northern Shore deluxe edition – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Deep Water – The Folk Sinner – CDN
John Antoniuk – Chicago – Always with You – CDN
Ken Kansas and The Roaring River Rangers – But I Love Ya – Hard Liquor – CDN – WPG
Tif Ginn – Wings – Tif Ginn
Dale Watson – White Line Fever – Even More Songs of Route 66
Jamey Johnson – I Fall to Pieces (with Merle Haggard) – Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochrane

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Andrew Combs – Take It from Me – Worried Man
Tannis Slimmon – Song of Sadness – In and Out of Harmony – CDN
Serena Ryder – Heavy Love – Harmony – CDN
John Bottomley – The Healing Dream – The Healing Dream – CDN