Some songs I’ve been bingeing this week, timely tunes, new music, requests, some leftovers from last week’s Essential Albums special, and some old classics. Fun stuff!
Listening suggestions
Boots & Saddle Show: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/bootsandsaddle/
Dagwood Radio: umfm.com/programming/shows/dagwood-radio
Heavyweight: pushkin.fm/podcasts/heavyweight
Last week’s special episode: tellthebandtogohome.com/2026/10/11/podcast-october-11-2026-essential-albums/
Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist
Luke Doucet And The White Falcon – Motorbike – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Tom Waits – Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards) – Closing Time
Tom Waits – Martha – Closing Time
Cam Penner – She’s In My Head – Trouble & Mercy – CDN
Jenny Orenstein – Ice Cream – Astroturf – CDN
The Everly Brothers – Roving Gambler – Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
Kings Of The Moon – Leaves – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
Ryland Moranz – Israel – Xo, 1945 – CDN
The Weakerthans – Sun in an Empty Room – Reunion Tour – CDN – WPG
Arts Fishing Club – Who Are You – Pocket Full Of Mumbles
Boy Golden – Meadowsweet (Acoustic) – Best of Our Possible Lives (Deluxe) – CDN – WPG
FONTINE – Imposter – single – CDN – WPG
The Sways – Someday We Will Dream About Today – Are We Already There?
Amble – Church Bells – Church Bells
Olivia Wolf & Buddy Miller – Galilee – Snake of Diamonds
Cara Luft – My Heart Will Always Be – My Heart Will Always Be – CDN – WPG
John Blek – Living Slow – Digressions #4 Living Slow
Jordie Lane – Habitual – Habitual
David Newbould – All I’ve Got In Front Of Me Is The Past – All I’ve Got In Front Of Me Is The Past – CDN
Deer Tick & The Felice Brothers – Run Chicken Run – Felice County Fair (A Celebration of The Felice Brothers)
The Decemberists – The Better Part Of Bravery – Wildwood Soundtrack
Billy Bragg & Wilco – Aginst Th’ Law (Alternate Version) – Mermaid Avenue The Complete Sessions
Wilco – Far, Far Away – Being There
Son Volt – Last Minute Shakedown – Straightaways
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Lace and Pretty Flowers – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – Breaking The Silence – Take My Own Advice – CDN
Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues
John Hiatt – Real Fine Love – Stolen Moments
Richard & Linda Thompson – For Shame Of Doing Wrong – Pour Down Like Silver
Neko Case – The Tigers Have Spoken – The Tigers Have Spoken
Jay Farrar & Kelly Willis – Travelin’ Light – The Other Bob a Tribute to Bob Neuwirth
R.E.M. – Wall of Death – New Adventures In Hi-Fi (25th Anniversary Edition)
River Shook – Country Angel – Country Angel
Catherine MacLellan – The Long Way Home – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Gene MacLellan – The Call – Gene MacLellan – CDN
Al Tuck – Feeling Single, Seeing Double – Fair Country – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Joy Of Cooking – Hinterland – CDN
Steven Bowers – Comfortably Sweet (feat. Christina Martin) – Circadian Anthem EP – CDN
Ron Hynes – Godspeed (Requiem for Gene MacLellan) – Face To The Gale – CDN