Podcast: May 3, 2026, Feature: John Showman

Episode #1135

Some songs and love for our Pledge-O-Rama donors today, new music and a re-release, and we send some love and support out to John Showman, who’s recovering from a rather nasty accident. We dug into the many, many albums and projects that he’s contributed his voice and outstanding fiddle to.

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

Skydiggers – Alice Graham – West Montrose – CDN

Arrogant Worms – The Happy Happy Birthday Song – C’est Cheese – CDN
John Prine – That’s the Way That the World Goes ‘Round – Live
Kasey Chambers – Water In The Fuel – Storybook
Corb Lund – Mein Deutsches Motorrad – Cabin Fever – CDN
Martyn Joseph – Walk Down The Mountain – Whoever It Was That Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Home
Rob Edwards – MAYBE (Sunrise Edition) – live video

Joshua Ray Walker – Shoot Me Straight – single
Deer Tick – Let’s Go Dancing – Let’s Go Dancing Vol. 4: Stopped a Freight Train With a Grain of Sand
Teddy Thompson – The Game – Never Be the Same
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Fill in the Blanks – single – CDN

The Lowest of the Low – Another Year in Limbo Town – Shakespeare My Butt… (deluxe) – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Subversives – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN

New Country Rehab – Angel of Death – New Country Rehab – CDN
New Country Rehab – Home to You – Ghost of Your Charms – CDN
New Country Rehab – Alone & Forsaken – Lost Highway EP – CDN
New Country Rehab – Blair Mountain Ballad – Wide Awake in the Sleeping Cabin – CDN
New Country Rehab – Back in Time – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

John Showman – George-Anne – Showman – CDN
The Foggy Hogtown Boys – Who’s That Knocking At My Door – The Golden West – CDN
Chris Coole, Sam Allison, Adrian Gross, Mark Kilianski, and John Showman – Hickory – Adeline – CDN
The Creaking Tree String Quartet – Somewhere Only We Know – Pickin’ On Keane – CDN
Lonesome Ace Stringband – Stage Fright – Big Wing – CDN

Chris Coole – I Know Your Wandering Heart – The Tumbling River – CDN
Joey Wright – Big Baby – Hatch – CDN
Andrew Collins – High Falutin – Cats & Dogs – CDN
Fiver – Mouser – Audible Songs From Rockwood – CDN
The Breakmen – 1000 Miles – Heartwood – CDN

Justin Rutledge – 1855 – No Never Alone – CDN
Jack Pine and the Fire – Mountain Climber – Jack Pine and the Fire – CDN
Cameron Chudy – The Beast – A Man Who’s Gonna Die Young
Campbell Woods – Under the Canopy – Oxford Street – CDN
Ryan Granville-Martin – All Good Things (Come to Those Who Wait) (feat. Ron Sexsmith) – Mouthparts and Wings – CDN

Jadea Kelly – Who Wouldn’t Wanna Love You – Weather Girl – CDN
Ashley Condon – We’ve Got Love – This Great Compromise – CDN
Samantha Martin – Trucker’s Daughter – Back Home – CDN
Arnie Naiman – Maggie At The Door – My Lucky Stars – CDN
Tracy McNeil – Room Where She Lives – Room Where She Lives – CDN
Oh Susanna – By Rope – Soon the Birds – CDN

David Francey – Lonely Road – The Broken Heart of Everything – CDN
Jon Brooks – Hudson Girl – Delicate Cages – CDN
Jonathan Byrd – Cackalack – Cackalack
Corin Raymond – Winter Is the Warmest Time of Year – There Will Always Be A Small Time – CDN

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