Another Winnipeg Folk Festival has come and gone, and as usual there were some highlights, some new stuff picked up, and plenty to talk about. I’ve also got some great new music to share, and a few old favourites to revisit!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Sunparlour Players – Bless this City – The Living Proof – CDN
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
James McMurtry – Levelland – Live in Aught-Three
Shovels & Rope – Hail Hail – O’ Be Joyful
The Strumbellas – Did I Die? – We Still Move on Dance Floors – CDN
Langhorne Slim – Bad Luck – The Way We Move

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Boy & Bear – Old Town Blues – Harlequin Dream
Guy Forsyth – The Things that Matter – The Freedom to Fail
The Bros. Landreth – Let It Lie – Let It Lie – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Neko Case – That’s Who I Am – Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
The Secret Sisters – Rattle My Bones – Put Your Needle Down
Nikki Lane – Sleep with a Stranger – All or Nothin’
Shannon McNally – Street People – Small Town Talk: The Songs of Bobby Charles
The Devin Cuddy Band – Gospel – Kitchen Knife – CDN
Ryan Adams – Aching for More – Gimme Something Good/Aching for More
The Gertrudes – Carolina – Till the Morning Shows her Face to Me – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Fortunate Ones – I’d Wait for Anyone who Would Wait for Me – The Bliss – CDN
Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado – CDN
Tom Waits – Come on up to the House – Mule Variations
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Has Anyone Seen my Baby Here Tonight? – High or Hurtin’ – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – CDN
Lynn Miles – Black Flowers – Unravel – CDN