Episode #1109

Celebrating 20 or so years of Winnipeg’s Park Theatre with highlights and memories of some of the many great shows that I’ve seen there, and a few that I regret missing. I’ve even got an hour of exclusive live recordings from shows I’ve attended over the years.

Thanks to Erick Casselman and his staff for more than 20 years of being a leader in our music and arts communities! The Park is a privately owned venue that continually improves the experience for performers, attendees, and our city in general. It’s really remarkable how much the venue has improved and contributed over the years. I look forward to many, many more great things to come at the Park, and their new sister venue, Sidestage, which has quickly become one of my favourite places to see a show!

Let me know if you’ve got favourite shows that you’ve seen at the Park or if I missed anything notable! Visit the Contact page to send me a message!

Park Theatre: myparktheatre.com
Sidestage: sidestagewpg.com

Relive the TTBTGH 20th anniversary live show: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2023/08/20/podcast-august-20-2023-20th-anniversary-live-recording

My rant, referenced during the show: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2011/12/13/proud-to-be-among-the-5-support-live-music/

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

JP Hoe And The Truly Richards – All The Young Dudes – The Live Beta Project – CDN – WPG

Middle Of Nowhere – Then I Find You – Middle Of Nowhere – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Life of a Better Man – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – I’ll Wait – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Cry – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
William Prince – Bloom – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG

Mary Gauthier – Cigarette Machine (Live) – Live At Blue Rock
Fred Eaglesmith – Careless – Cha Cha Cha – CDN
Lynn Miles – Lesson in Everything – Downpour – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Stealin – Silhouette – CDN

Colter Wall – Sleeping on the Blacktop – Imaginary Appalachia – CDN
Paul Reddick – Villanelle (w/Colin Linden & Kathleen Edwards) – Revue : The Best of Paul Reddick – CDN

Shovels & Rope – Gasoline – Shovels & Rope
Lucero – Tears Don’t Matter Much – That Much Further West
Northcote – How Can You Turn Around – Northcote – CDN
July Talk – Headsick – July Talk – CDN
Matt Mays – Take It On Faith – Coyote – CDN
Dustin Bentall & The Smøkes – Shine – You Are an Island – CDN
Two Hours Traffic – Painted Halo – Territory – CDN
Wintersleep – New Inheritors – New Inheritors – CDN
Amos the Kid – Enough as it Was – Enough as it Was – CDN – WPG

Rayland Baxter – Willy’s Song – Feathers & FishHooks
Parker Millsap – Truck Stop Gospel – Parker Millsap
Benjamin Dakota Rogers – War Cry – This Ol’ Way – CDN
Jeremie Albino – Hard Time – Hard Time – CDN
The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer – Mama’s in the Backseat – A Real Fine Mess – CDN
New Country Rehab – Back in Time – Ghost of Your Charms – CDN
Ondara – Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday – Folk n’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation

Mike Plume Band – Five Crow Silver – recorded live at the Park Theatre – CDN
Scott Nolan – You Rock We Roll – recorded live at the Park Theatre – CDN – WPG
Amelia Curran – Scattered & Small – recorded live at the Park Theatre – CDN
Luke Doucet – Blood’s Too Rich – recorded live at the Park Theatre – CDN

James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – recorded live at the Park Theatre
Del Barber – 62 Richmond – recorded live at the Park Theatre – CDN – WPG

Keri Latimer – John Paul’s Deliveries – recorded live at the Park Theatre – CDN – WPG
Nicky Mehta – Arlington – recorded live at the Park Theatre – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Say What you Want to Say – recorded live at the Park Theatre – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer, Nicky Mehta, JP Hoe – Across the Universe – recorded live at the Park Theatre – CDN – WPG

Episode #1108

Timely tunes, exciting new music, upcoming shows, and an hour of rockin’ classics!

Sean Burns & Lost Country w/Amy Nelson: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sean-burns-and-lost-country-amy-nelson-kates-outlaw-tickets-1677723609479

D. Rangers vinyl release: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-drangers-sketch-vinyl-lp-release-evening-and-matinee-shows-tickets-1681288883309

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

NQ Arbuckle – The Autumn Leaves – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN

Kings Of The Moon – Leaves – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson – All the Fallen Leaves – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN
The Be Good Tanyas – Scattered Leaves – Hello Love – CDN
Butch Walker – Autumn Leaves – Afraid of Ghosts
Drive-By Truckers – First Air of Autumn – English Oceans
Johnsmith – Come Some Autumn Day – Kickin’ This Stone

D. Rangers – Red Bandana Blues – Sketch – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Man or a Fool – Sketch – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Gravity and a Ladder of Gold – Sketch – CDN – WPG

Jesse Welles – Join Ice – No Kings
Jesse Welles – The List – No Kings
Jesse Welles – No Kings – No Kings
Corb Lund – The Oil’s Back In Town (Musora Session) – The Oil’s Back In Town – CDN

Joey Frendo – Harder than Dreaming – Wings of a Song
Branson Anderson – Homecoming – Edgar Allen Coe
Sammy Brue – Lord, I’m Ready Now – The Journals
Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Thank You, But No Thank You – Havin’ a Talk
Skinny Dyck – Easygoing (more easy) – single – CDN

Sean Burns – Someday Soon – single – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Before She Made me Crawl – Lost Country – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Harold’s Super Service – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG

Rheostatics – The Inland Sea (feat. Kevin Hearn) – The Great Lakes Suite – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – A Case Of You – Home Front – CDN
Katie Pruitt – Get It Over With – The Pleasantville Sessions
Ken Pomeroy – Bound to Rain (Live) – single

William Prince – Flowers on the Dash – Further From the Country – CDN – WPG
Flatland Cavalry – Gone – single

Danny Michel – Wish Willy – Sunset Sea – CDN
Brian MacMillan – Shine – Shine – CDN
Lowest of the Low – Cheer Up, Charli – Welcome to the Plunderdome – CDN
Thomas Trio and the Red Albino – Followed – Thomas Trio and the Red Albino – CDN
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Ain’t It Better To Ignite Than To Explode? – Superior Cackling Hen – CDN
The New Meanies – Northern Shore – Highways – CDN – WPG

Rod Picott – Stray Dogs – Stray Dogs
Slaid Cleaves – Tiger Tom Dixon’s Blues – Wishbones
Jon Dee Graham – Holes – Full
Mike June – Working in Vain – Poor Man’s Bible
Micah Schnabel – Land of Impending Doom – The Clown Watches the Clock

Paul Thorn – I Have A Good Day – Aint Love Strange
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Not Alone (Medicins Sans Frontiéres) – CDN
Big Star – In The Street – #1 Record

Episode #1107

Disclaimer: This is raw and real radio unlike anything I would normally put out there. It’s emotional and immediate. It’s definitely not for everyone. Listener discretion is very much advised. I respect and appreciate the intimacy of radio to try to edit or fix this one. It’s a rough ride because it’s a rough day.

The morning of this show, I learned of the death of one of UMFM’s longest-serving volunteers, John Prentice. John hosted Planet Mainstage on UMFM for many years. Prior to that, he hosted Folkus and The World Beat Show. John has been an active member of the television and film industries in Manitoba for many, many years. He’s been a volunteer with the Winnipeg Folk Festival for most of its 50-year history, and a regular attendee at festivals in Canmore, Calgary, and many other places. He’s been involved with choirs, dance groups, and just about every arts & culture organization around. He’s served terms on several boards of directors. John’s knowledge and passion cannot be understated and can never be replaced.

For me, John has been a friend, a role model, a mentor, and so much more for most of my life. I first met him as a teenager volunteering at Videon TV and saw him regularly at the folk festival before joining him at UMFM. John was part of an incredible community of dedicated programmers who loved folk and roots music, where he anchored programming alongside longtime UMFM icons Gail Comfort and Lyle Skinner. I learned so much from him and always enjoyed catching up. He was a regular caller during my live shows and a valued collaborator and a source of feedback and encouragement. I know my show wouldn’t be what it is and I wouldn’t be the man I am without John. I loved, admired, and appreciated him immensely.

So it was with a heavy heart that I even came in to do the show on this day. I knew that it couldn’t be business as usual, but I also knew that he would want the show to go on and I had to pay tribute to this massive influence on so many of us. So in the hours before the show, I started scouring his playlists for common favourites. This show is made up of songs entirely pulled from his playlists between the years of 2005 and 2010. I’ll keep going through the lists and put together a proper, planned tribute at another time.

Again, this episode might be a rough listen. It certainly was rough to put together. If you’re looking for something a little more representative of what we usually do on this show, choose another episode. If you choose to listen, prepared to hear me talk from the heart about a dearly departed friend.

Immense thanks and love go out to Nicole, who helped make sure I could get through this one.

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

Todd Snider – Enjoy Yourself – East Nashville Skyline

The Duhks – You Don’t See It – Fast Paced World – CDN – WPG
Nathan – The Wind – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG

James Keelaghan – Sing My Heart Home – Home – CDN
Madison Violet – Crying – No Fool For Trying – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Send My Troubles Away – Proof of Love – CDN

Stephen Fearing – Yellowjacket – Yellowjacket – CDN
Steve Goodman – City of New Orleans – No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology
Lucinda Williams – Are You Alright? – West

Leonard Cohen – Tower of Song – I’m Your Man – CDN
John Prine – The Moon Is Down – Fair and Square
Billy Bragg – A New England – Life’s a Riot with Spy vs. Spy

Bruce Cockburn – Night Train – The Charity Of Night – CDN
Bob Dylan – Buckets of Rain – Blood On The Tracks
Chris Smither – Leave The Light On – Leave The Light On
Chuck Brodsky – The Room Over the Bar – Color Came One Day
Jesse Winchester – Defying Gravity – Learn To Love It

Greg Brown – Canned Goods – One More Goodnight Kiss
Iris DeMent – Let the Mystery Be – Infamous Angel
Pieta Brown – Don’t Turn Away – Pieta Brown
The Pines – Heart & Bones – Tremolo

Richard Thompson – Johnny’s Far Away – Sweet Warrior
Teddy Thompson – Everybody Move It – Separate Ways
Loudon Wainwright III – Things – Years in the Making
Martha Wainwright – These Flowers – Martha Wainwright – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Set This Heart On Fire – Water In The Ground – CDN

Amelia Curran – Scattered & Small – War Brides – CDN
Eliza Gilkyson – Tender Mercies – Land of Milk and Honey
Lee Harvey Osmond – Queen Bee – A Quiet Evil – CDN

Lynn Miles – Love Sweet Love – Love Sweet Love – CDN
Bop Ensemble – Flash Around The Globe – Between Trains – CDN
Eivør – If I Needed You – Eivør

Dan Frechette – Creeping Around – Lucky Day – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – The Paw-Paw Patch – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Chic Gamine – Butterfly Woman – Chic Gamine – CDN – WPG
Dust Poets – Big World – World at Large – CDN – WPG
The Doug and Jess Band – Slave to This World – Slave To This World – CDN – WPG
Twilight Hotel – Lift Me Far – Bethune – CDN – WPG

Danny Michel – Love You for Miles – A New Coat of Paint (Volume 2) – CDN
David Francey – Tonight In My Dreams – The Waking Hour – CDN

Episode #1106

Soul-soothing faves and memories, new music, exciting upcoming shows, and an hour of music aided by the keen ears and nimble fingers of Scott “Frannie” Franchuk!

Meet Frannie: https://www.riverdalerecorders.com/staff/

Join me in being a Burnsy/Frannie/Skinny backer: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/new-album-by-sean-burns-lost-country/x/1353356#/

Free Carsie Blanton & other human rights activists: https://globalsumudflotilla.org

Altameda & Yukon Blonde at Sidestage, Oct. 7: https://www.sidestagewpg.com/tm-event/yukon-blonde-friendship-rock-n-roll/

Jacob Brodovsky & Taylor Jackson, Oct. 9: https://reallovewpg.com/

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

Matthew Ryan – 3rd of October – East Autumn Grin

The Damnwells – I Am a Leaver – Air Stereo
Mike Reno – Almost Paradise (Love Theme from “Footloose”) (feat. Ann Wilson) – Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – CDN
Nathan – Trans Am – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Joel Stewart – I Miss Summer – unreleased – CDN

Brennen Leigh – Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love – Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love
Presley Haile – Second Time – single
Marfa – Daisy – American Lonely
John Blek – 747 – single

Carsie Blanton – Rich People – The Red Album, Volume 1
Carsie Blanton – Empire – After the Revolution
Jenn Grant – Dreamer for Palestine – single – CDN
Hayley Reardon – In My Country (stripped) – single

Minor Gold – Moonlight Silver Highway – Way To The Sun
Minor Gold – Cannonball – Minor Gold
Bobby Dove – Not Much of an Outlaw – single – CDN – MB
William Prince – Damn – Further from the Country – CDN – WPG
John Gorka – Particle & Wave (Goodness In The World) – unentitled

Altameda – Dirty Rain – Dirty Rain – CDN
Altameda – Blackmarket Blues – Dirty Rain – CDN
Yukon Blonde – Babies Don’t Like Blue Anymore – Yukon Blonde – CDN
Yukon Blonde – Stairway – Tiger Talk – CDN
Yukon Blonde – Fire – Fire//Water – CDN

Jacob Brodovsky – Night Baker – I Love You and I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG
Jacob Brodovsky – I Love You and I’m Sorry – I Love You and I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Too Many Bridges to Cross Over – A Bakersfield Half-Dozen – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Ball and Chain – Lucky Tonight – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – No Easy Way Out – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG

Corb Lund – Big American Headliner – Songs My Friends Wrote – CDN
Corb Lund – El Viejo (for Ian) – El Viejo – CDN
Shaela Miller – Nothing Lives in This House (feat. Matt Patershuck) – Bad Ideas – CDN
Shaela Miller – Good Woman – Big Hair Small City – CDN

Joe Nolan – Breaking up and Out – Cry Baby – CDN
Sammy Volkov & Dana Wylie – Long Long Gone – The Day Had To Come – CDN
Mariel Buckley – The Other Man – 97 Riverdale – CDN
Colleen Brown – Come to Arizona – Direction – CDN
AA Sound System – 40 Oz To 40 Days – Lily Plain…. You’re Hardly Poor – CDN
Old Reliable – Tight Knit Seams – Pulse of Light / Dark Landscape – CDN

Episode #1105

Highlights from the past week, notable upcoming events, new music, and a profile of Carolyn Mark, who returns to town this week.

Come see Carolyn Mark & Oldseed (PLUS Keri Latimer!) https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/carolyn-markoldseedkeri-latimer-tickets-1644565643109

Come see Joce Reyome (trust me): https://www.sidestagewpg.com/tm-event/joce-reyome/

Join me in being a Burnsy backer: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/new-album-by-sean-burns-lost-country/x/1353356#/

Highly recommended Bandcamp buys:
Joe Nolan: https://joenolan1.bandcamp.com/album/luv-in-the-new-world
Young Novelists: https://store.theyoungnovelists.com/album/these-dark-canyons
Jess Rae (of Sweet Alibi): https://jessrae.bandcamp.com/album/no-straight-lines

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

Jason Plumb – Satellite – Over and Under – CDN

Joel Stewart & The Future Hall of Famers – I Miss Summer – unreleased – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Dreamer – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Rose-Coloured Glasses – Outskirts – CDN
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion – Out Of Time
Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing – Midnight Love
The Guess Who – No Time – Canned Wheat – CDN – WPG

Joe Nolan – Half a Tear, Half a Grin – Luv in the New World – CDN
Secondhand Dreamcar – Answer the Call – Answer the Call – CDN
Joe Nolan – Rebound – Luv in the New World – CDN

Joce Reyome – News – live recording – CDN
Joce Reyome – MR. RAIN – single – CDN
John Hewitt – Have You Ever Seen a Ghost Kid? – Which Side Are You On? – CDN

The Young Novelists – Raise Our Voices – These Dark Canyons – CDN
Jess Rae – Good Songs – No Straight Lines – CDN – WPG
Boy Golden – Suffer – Best of Our Possible Lives – CDN – WPG
Skinny Dyck – Easygoing (more easy) – single – CDN

Michele Stodart – Undone – Static Roots Sessions
Bywater Call – Hold Me Down – single – CDN
Frazey Ford – Crazy Love – Indian Ocean (Deluxe Edition) – CDN
Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – All Fifty States – single
Martyn Joseph – Let Me Hear Your Voice – Troubled Horses
Paul Kelly – The Body Keeps The Score – Seventy

Amanda Shires – Maybe I – Nobody’s Girl
Benjamin Tod – Outlaw Shit (feat. Shooter Jennings) – single
Eamon McGrath & Oldseed – Hopes and Dreams – Jet Lag – CDN

Carolyn Mark – Edmonton – Party Girl – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Not a Doll – Pros and Cons of Collaboration – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Happy 2B Flying Away – Nothing is Free – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Best Friend – The Queen Of Vancouver Island – CDN

Carolyn Mark – In Another Time – Twang Trust Broadcasts 1999-2007 – CDN
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – FIreworks – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – The 2nd Time – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Life Boat (Song For Carolyn Mark) – The Future Happens Anyway – CDN

Carolyn Mark – It’s All Just A Matter Of (Where You Draw The Line) (with Geoff Berner) – Just Married: An Album of Duets – CDN
Carolyn Mark and her New Best Friend – Prairie Wind – Festival Man – CDN
The Corn Sisters – She’s Leaving Town – Other Women – CDN
Jon Rauhouse – Smoke Rings w/Kelly Hogan & Carolyn Mark – Steel Guitar Rodeo – CDN
Carolyn Mark & The Room-Mates – The Eternal Ideal – “I Said Sometimes!”～A Tribute To Bum – CDN
Lily Fawn – Go To Sleep, You Little Creeps (w/Carolyn Mark) – Lily Fawn’s Lullaby Album: Brightest, Darkest – CDN