Today we kick things off in the (unorthodox) holiday spirit, before pausing to consider some contenders for the Best of 2016 list. We also pay a long overdue tribute to the late, great Bap Kennedy, and play a bunch of great stuff that we haven’t heard in a while!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Rueben de Groot – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Christmas Is For Boys And Girls! – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Blue Christmas – Christmas Is For Boys And Girls! – CDN
Chris Trapper – Black and Blue Christmas – It’s Christmas Time
Warp Drive – Christmas Time (Is Religiously Complicated) – single
Beards (featuring Erin Rae) – Incarcerated Christmas – Christmas
Abbie Gardner – We Need a Little Christmas (feat. Anthony da Costa) – Naughty and Nice
Mayhemingways – Hunter St. Blues – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
BJ Barham – Reidsville – Rockingham

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Shannon Lyon – I Might Just Stay Home – My Throat Is Sore – CDN
Mandolin Orange – Lonesome Whistle – Blindfaller
Kieran Kane – The Girl from Oklahoma – Unguarded Moments
Dylan LeBlanc – Easy Way Out – Cautionary Tale
Jack Marks – Wicked Moon – Wicked Moon – CDN
Dori Freeman – Go On Lovin’ – Dori Freeman
Rob Vaarmeyer – Tantric Tobogganing – Back to Normal – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Energy Orchard – The House Must Fall – Energy Orchard
Bap Kennedy – Rock and Roll Heaven – Big Picture
Bap Kennedy – Long Time a Comin’ – Domestic Blues
Bap Kennedy – Elvis Hank and Me – Lonely Street
Bap Kennedy – Ballad of Neil Armstrong – Howl On
Kasey Anderson – Home – Nowhere Nights
Nels Andrews – Jesse’s Mom – Jesse’s Mom

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Fullbright – Moving – From The Ground Up
Meg Hutchinson – Ready – Come Up Full
Caroline Herring – Traveling Shoes – Camilla
Stan Rogers – California – Northwest Passage – CDN
Stan Rogers – Song Of The Cradle – Folkscene Collection Volume Two – CDN
David Wiffen – One Step – David Wiffen – CDN
David Wiffen – I’ve Got My Ticket – David Wiffen – CDN