Here’s the latest entry in our archive of timeless episodes that you may hear again at some point when I can’t make it in, and can’t quite find the time to record something new. It doesn’t happen all that often, but when it does, it’s nice to have a few of these on hand.

This time, we’re going with a theme, albeit a bit of a silly one – we’re playing artists in order of their alphabetical placement – going all the way from Alvin to Zeman on this A to Z episode!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men – Mobile Blue – Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited: For Mickey Newbury
Rayland Baxter – Olivia – Feathers & Fishhooks
Neko Case – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis – New Coat of Paint
Dala – Sunday Dress – Who Do You Think You Are? – CDN
Justin Townes Earle – Mama’s Eyes – Midnight at the Movies
Steve Forbert – Song for Katrina – The Best Of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy?
Patty Griffin – The Cape – This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark (This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark)

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Lee Hazlewood – Summer Wine ( With Suzi Jane Hokum) – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Alabama Pines – Here We Rest
Eilen Jewell – Dusty Boxcar Wall – Letters From Sinners & Strangers
Peter Katz And The Curious – These Are the Days – More Nights – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Letter from Bilbao – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN
Paul Macleod – Giants – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Nathan – Let them Look – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Oh Susanna – Alabaster – Johnstown – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

K Phillips – Lincoln City, OR (Keep It Safe) – American Girls
Paul Quarrington – Wherever You Go – The Songs – CDN
Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous – More Adventurous
John K Samson – Relative Surplus Value – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
The Tallest Man on Earth – Troubles Will Be Gone – The Wild Hunt
Uncle Tupelo – Moonshiner – 89/93: An Anthology
Townes Van Zandt – Our Mother the Mountain – Our Mother the Mountain

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Tom Waits – Hold On – Mule Variations
XTC – Dear God – Skylarking
Neil Young – No More – Freedom – CDN
Brock Zeman – Talking Reality Show Blues – Brock Zeman & The Dirty Hands – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK – CDN
The Band – Get Up Jake – A Musical History – CDN