This week marks the return of Fred Eaglesmith, and the Breakout West festival and Western Canadian Music Awards, and there’s plenty in there to play, celebrate, and prepare for. Also, to balance out all that joy, some songs from a darker, lonelier place.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Fred Eaglesmith – Water in the Fuel – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN
Fred Eagelsmith – Codeine – live recording – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Ship – Dusty – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – Summerlea – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Stars – 6 Volts – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Willie P Bennett – White Line – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Collectibles – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Has Anyone Seen My Baby Here Tonight? – High Or Hurtin’ – CDN
Matt Andersen & Del Barber – Willie’s Diamond Joe – live recording – CDN
Lynn Miles – Black Flowers – Recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye (w/ Jim Bryson) – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Alex Dezen – None of these Things – El Ganzo Sessions
The Damnwells – 55 Pictures – One Last Century

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Dan Mangan – Robots – Roboteering EP – CDN
Dan Mangan + Blacksmith – Vessel – single – CDN
Matt Patershuk & The Dirty Plaid Orchestra – King of this Town – Outside the Lights of Town – CDN
Steve Dawson – Walkin’ Down the Line – Waiting for the Lights to Come Up – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Crooked Brothers – Blackbird in the Snow – Thank You I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado – CDN
Chloe Albert – Honey Bee – Dedicated State – CDN
Chloe Albert – Where Did I Go Wrong – Dream Catcher – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Not Alone (Medicins Sans Frontiéres) – CDN