Author Archives: Jeff

Podcast: June 16, 2013

Well, what do you know, it’s our 500th episode! More than 1000 hours on Sunday afternoons and counting. And rather than sitting around tooting our own horn, we’re back doing what we love, playing the best music in the world. Today it’s a star-studded tribute to the great dads out there, on Father’s Day.

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Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – June 13, 2013

We’ve got some exciting upcoming shows, including jazz fest, and still time for some exciting new releases.

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Podcast: June 9, 2013

Today a celebration of the birthdays of Luke Doucet and Slaid Cleaves, as well as a belated tribute to Stan Rogers, a week after the 30th anniversary of his death (oops.) And the great new music just keeps on coming, with a couple more stellar summer releases.

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Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – June 6, 2013

Some great new music, exciting upcoming shows, and a trip back to the 90s.

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Podcast: June 2, 2013

It’s a new music kind of day today, and we’ve got a wealth of it, including a bunch from some of our favourites. I also discovered some “new to me” music this week, and that’s just as fun to share. And, only one big show on my calendar this week, but it’s an interesting one, so a preview is in order.

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Steel Belted Radio – May 30, 2013

Today, a rockin’ tribute to Leeroy Stagger, some stellar new songs, and some great upcoming shows!

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May 26, 2013

Today a long overdue in-studio visit by former Winnipegger, Matt Epp. He’s been on quite a roll the past few years with his Amorian Assembly, and their new album is a winner. Good to have him in to chat all about it. As usual, we’ve got all of the new music and classics you could shake a stick at, if you were to shake a stick at music. (That’s pretty weird, but if you’re so inclined, go for it.)

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Episode #501 Sunday, June 23, 2013

We’ve got some mighty exciting shows to preview today, some old/new classics, and some new music from Kieran Kane and David Francey, which led into a celebration of both artists.

Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Hayes Carll – Long Way Home – Little Rock
Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison – Long Way Home – Cheater’s Game
Bonnie Whitmore – There I Go Again – There I Go Again
Romi Mayes – Eight More Days – Sweet Somethin’ Steady – CDN – WPG
The Brothers Landreth – Runaway Train – Works in Progress EP – CDN – WPG
JD Edwards Band – This House Will Stand – Roads and Roads – CDN – WPG
Odds – Wendy Under the Stars – Neopolitan – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Odds – It Falls Apart – Bedbugs – CDN
Odds – I Would Be Your Man – Good Weird Feeling – CDN
Peter Case – Put Down the Gun – The Man with the Blue Postmodern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar
Robert Earl Keen – Travellin’ Light – Walking Distance
Lyle Lovett – Walk Through the Bottomland – Pontiac
Charlie Robison – The Preacher – Step Right Up

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – Naive – Wandered – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Olde Freightliner – Durstein Sessions – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Lake Huron – Live from Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands – CDN
Shannon Lyon – I’m Letting You Go – Broken Things – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Amy, I’m Letting You Go – In the Dusk of Everything

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Go Jane Go – Go Jane Go – Go Jane Go
Kieran Kane – In a Town this Size – Six Months, No Sun
Kieran Kane – I’ll Go On Loving You – The Blue Chair
Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch with Fats Kaplan – Flycatcher Jack and the Whippoorwill’s Song – You Can’t Save Everybody
Kieran Kane – He Never Knew What Hit HIm – Dead Reckoning
David Francey – The Waking Hour – The Waking Hour – CDN

Sunset Saloon thanks, reflection, and previews & TTBTGH news!

Wow! It really happened and it was even more amazing than I dreamed it would be. One of my favourite bands, Odds, played in my back yard to a packed crowd of music lovers. Then there was the encore. Kevin McDonald (from Kids in the Hall, but he probably hates always being referred to that way, even though if it weren’t for that show, we wouldn’t refer to him at all. What a problem.) is an old friend of the band, and stopped in to watch the show and sit in with the band. We were warned to get the kids inside before they started, and with good reason. Here’s a front row point of view that I never could have anticipated. Viewer discretion is definitely advised:

Of course, Jeremy heard all of the laughing and commotion and promptly led poor Devin and Keri’s kids right out (don’t worry, we hustled them right back in.) Jeremy said to me today, “that bucky bucky bucky guy sure was funny!” Lucky for me, he’s got his dad’s hearing.

I can’t promise anything nearly as amusing as that performance at our next show, but it will definitely be amazing in its own right. Saturday night, Shannon Lyon returns. He’s got a whole pile of new songs and stories, and he will bring his powerful, personal performances and engaging personality to our back yard on July 6. I promise you a great time, and a whole lot less swearing. Please join us: http://tellthebandtogohome.com/2013/05/13/shannon-lyon-sunset-saloon-july-6/
We’re also looking ahead to the August 14th appearance by Tannis Slimmon and the legendary Lewis Melville. I’ve been chasing this show for years, and I’m so glad it’s finally happening. Come and see why I’m so excited! Full details to come. SOON!
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Tomorrow of course will primarily be a celebration of great Canadian music as it’ll be the official Canada Day show!
Looking ahead, on Thursday we’ll give away a pair of tickets to see an all-time favourite Folk Festival performer, Dan Bern, as he comes to Winnipeg a bit before the festival to perform his soundtrack to Jonathan Demme‘s “Wilderness Song” on Sunday, July 7 (http://wecc.ca/site09/performers/Dan_Bern.html.) This will be a truly unique performance featuring acting, music, film, and a whole lot of magic. This will be the first time this piece has been performed in Canada, and the only Canadian performance this year! It’s looking like we’ll be joined live, in-studio by Dan Bern the day of the show, as part of the OFFICIAL Winnipeg Folk Festival preview!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who came out last night, and especially those who helped, supported, and to those silly people who sang to me. Thanks to everyone for the obligatory Facebook post this week; you’re wonderful. And thanks to you for reading this madness, and for tuning in, supporting the radio show, and coming to see great live music; you’re making the world a better place!
I’m tired!
Jeff

Episode #500 Sunday, June 16, 2013

Well, what do you know, it’s our 500th episode! More than 1000 hours on Sunday afternoons and counting. And rather than sitting around tooting our own horn, we’re back doing what we love, playing the best music in the world. Today it’s a star-studded tribute to the great dads out there, on Father’s Day.

Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Nathan – Grassy Lake – Stranger – CDN – WPG
Eliza Gilkyson – The Bare Necessities – Your Town Tonight
Catherine MacLellan – Snowbird – Silhouette – CDN
Pieta, Zoe, & Constie Brown – Ella Mae – Going Driftless: An Artists’ Tribute to Greg Brown
Greg Brown – Remember the Sun – Freak Flag
Greg Brown – Spring Wind – Dream Cafe

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and The Little Hillbillies – The Ballad of Poppa Bill – Little Kasey Chambers and The Lost Music
Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill And The Little Hillbillies – Poppa Bill Says – Little Kasey Chambers and The Lost Music
Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill And The Little Hillbillies – My Oh My – Little Kasey Chambers and The Lost Music
Bobby Bare, Jr with Isabella Bare – Daddy What If – Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein
Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue – At San Quentin
Woody Guthrie – My Daddy (Flies A Ship In The Sky) – My Dusty Road
Merle Travis – Sixteen Tons – Folk Songs of the Hills
Washboard Hank – Daddy couldn’t Play the Fiddle – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
Geoff Berner – My Dad’s a Lawyer – Light Enough to Travel EP – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Johnsmith – Father’s Day – Gravity of Grace
Frank Turner – Father’s Day – Last Minutes And Lost Evenings
Cat Stevens – Father and Son – Tea for the Tillerman
Matthew Barber – Father and Son – Songs For The Haunted Hillbilly
Jim Henry – Baby’s Coming Home – Jacsksonville
Ray Ullenboom – Back to Berlin – Don’t Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN – WPG
Leeroy Stagger – Mister – Truth Be Sold – CDN
Christina Martin – You Come Home – Two Hearts – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Drive-By Truckers – Outfit – Decoration Day
Drive-By Truckers – Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Guy Clark – The Randall Knife – Craftsman
Rodney Crowell & Kris Kristofferson – My Father’s Advice – Kin
Adrien Sala & Rob Pachol – Horse and Rider – Parlour Music – WPG
Mike Plume Band – Five Crow Silver (Montreal) – Red and White Blues – CDN
Animal Parts – I Won’t Ever Let You Down – Animal Parts – CDN