Today a tribute to a friend who’s tying the knot this summer, some sounds of the month of July, a look ahead to the Mariposa Folk Festival next weekend as well as Mike Plume’s upcoming StuDome show, some of my current musical obsessions, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Ian & Sylvia – Someday Soon – Northern Journey – CDN
Del Barber – Country Girl – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – All that It Takes – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Queen of July – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Spirit of the West – July – Star Trails – CDN
Matt Mays – Full July Moon – Matt Mays – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Avett Brothers – Sixteen in July – Four Thieves Gone
Grant Lee Phillips – No Mercy in July – The Narrows
Joe Ely – July Blues – Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men – Fourth of July – Out in California
Joe Purdy – 4th of July – 4th of July
David Francey – Fourth of July – The Waking Hour – CDN
Ana Egge – Fifth of July – Bright Shadow – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Milk Carton Kids – Memphis – The Ash & Clay
Gretchen Peters – Sunday Morning (Up and Down my Street) – Burnt Toast & Offerings
Eliza Gilkyson – Hard Times in Babylon – Hard Times in Babylon
Mary Gauthier – Mercy Now – Mercy Now

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Blek and the Rats – Take Me Home – Leave your Love at the Door
John Blek and the Rats – Calling out my Name – Leave your Love at the Door
John Blek and the Rats – Cities Keep Changing – Leave your Love at the Door
The Wynntown Marshals – There Was a Time – The End of the Golden Age
Mike Plume Band – Dimaggio – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume – Looking for You (A Travelogue of Sorts) – A Drive Thru Record Volume II – CDN