Episode #1093
Normally the weekend I’d roll out the annual Canada Day spectacular, but instead a freewheeling (or “freeballing,” if you ask a gym teacher) episode featuring birthdays, new music, a full preview of this year’s exciting and eagerly anticipated Static Roots Festival, and a bunch of great classics!
If you’re looking for great Canadian music, check out last week’s Six Shooter Records retrospective: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2025/06/22/podcast-june-22-2025-six-shooter-records-retrospective/
or last year’s All Canadian Bangers II: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2024/07/01/podcast-june-30-2024-all-canadian-bangers-ii/
or the first All Canadian Bangers: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2023/07/03/podcast-july-2-2023-all-canadian-bangers/
Static Roots Festival: staticrootsfestival.com
download part 2: Static Roots Festival preview
Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist
Jason Collett – Love Song to Canada – To Wit To Woo – CDN
Colin Hay – Overkill – Man at Work
Colin Hay – Beautiful World – Going Somewhere
Colin Hay – Waiting For My Real Life To Begin – Going Somewhere
Chuck Prophet – Pin a Rose on Me – Age of Miracles
The Damnwells – Newborn History – Bastards Of The Beat
Chris Isaak – Somebody’s Crying – Forever Blue
James McMurtry – Laredo (Small Dark Something) – The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
Yukon Blonde – Adore You – Friendship & Rock ‘n’ Roll – CDN
Katie Pruitt – Backseat Driver – single
The Accidentals – Better Than Me – Time Out 3
Ron Sexsmith – Cigarette And Cocktail – Hangover Terrace – CDN
Dom Glynn & his Sunday Best – Singing to Survive – single
Savannah Gardner – Wildfire – Recovering Good Girl
Todd Day Wait – Time Will Let You Know – Letters From The Road
The Southern Fold – Before the Fall – single
Bobbie – I need you more than I want you – The Sacred in the Ordinary
Peter Bruntnell – Out of the Pines – Houdini and the Sucker Punch
Bywater Call – Colours – Shepherd – CDN
Embla and the Karidotters – Resting Bitch Face – Off Leash
Hayley Reardon – Child of a Giver (feat. Arnau Figueres & Pau Figueres) – Live at Starseed Studios
Pert Near Sandstone – Can’t Hardly Wait – single
Michele Stodart – These Bones – Invitation
Pearl Charles – Does This Song Sound Familiar? (7″ Version) – single
Uncle Lucius – Bertha – Live from Ear Studio
The Godfathers – Bring On The Sunshine – Alpha Beta Gamma Delta PLUS
John K. Samson – Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World – single – CDN – WPG
John K. Samson – When I Write My Master’s Thesis – Provincial – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Wild Folk – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Tuns – Lonely Life – Tuns – CDN
Steven Page – The Work at Hand – Heal Thyself Pt. 1: Instinct – CDN
Odds – It Falls Apart – Bedbugs – CDN
Trans-Canada Highwaymen – Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy – Explosive Hits Vol.1 – CDN
Brock Zeman – Push Them Stones – Me Then You – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – 105 – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN
Blackie and The Rodeo Kings – Stoned – BARK – CDN
Gillian Welch – The Way It Goes – The Harrow & The Harvest
Ian Noe – Letter to Madeline – Between the Country
Jeffrey Martin – Edge of Lost – single