It is Valentine’s Day, and although that goofy greeting card holiday doesn’t really excite me, it is also the time when we celebrate the life and music of the great Willie P Bennett, who died on February 15, 2008. This year there’s a whole crop of great new cover versions that you can (and should) check out on YouTube, and we’ve got a few of my favourites on the show today as well as a bunch of great new music, German requests, and a tip of the hat to our friends at CKUW 95.9 fm, who are in the midst of their annual FunDrive. I support the cause every single year, and I hope that you will too! Go to ckuw.ca/donate to show your support!

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

Willie P Bennett – Blue Valentine – Heartstrings – CDN
John Blek – Like a Child – Digressions #2 Grounded
Ryan McMahon – Trucker Speed – single
Corb Lund – Horse Poor (feat. Jaida Dreyer & Tom Russell) – single – CDN
Bobby Dove – Chance in Hell (feat. Jim Cuddy) – Hopeless Romantic – CDN – MB
Shannon McNally – I Ain’t Living Long Like This (feat. Rodney Crowell) – The Waylon Sessions

Sean Burns and Lost Country – White Lines and Taillights (w/Del Barber) – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns and Lost Country – Andrew Neville intro – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns and Lost Country – Streets of Bakersfield (w/Andrew Neville) – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Cigarette Song – CKUW Fundrive 2009: Uncovered – CDN – WPG

Dirk Powell – I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly – live recording
Brandi Carlile – Take Me Home, Country Roads – single

Slow Leaves – Feel It Too – Holiday – CDN – WPG
David Olney & Anana Kaye – My Favorite Goodbye – Whispers And Sighs
Olivia Wolf – Hummingbird – The Hummingbird Sessions: Volume 1

Olivia Ellen Lloyd – Sorrow – Loose Cannon
The Brother Brothers – Sorrow – Calla Lily
Glen Hansard – Leave A Light – This Wild Willing
Nathaniel Rateliff – Redemption (From the Apple Original Film “Palmer”) – single

Jaxon Haldane – Turn Out the Lights – live recording – CDN – WPG
George Douglas – One Vessel – live recording – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Brave Wings – live recording – CDN
Keri Latimer – Andrew’s waltz – live recording – CDN – WPG
Willie P Bennett – Love Is a Game – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Lace And Pretty Flowers – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN