It’s back to school time, and while I don’t expect any sympathy from anyone, perhaps we can all use a good set of picker-upper favourites to start the day, so we shall provide one for any occasion. If that didn’t do the trick, surely the great new music or the exciting upcoming shows should, or perhaps a tribute to my wonderful son Jeremy, who is having his 4th birthday party today!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

The Damnwells – Newborn History – Bastards of the Beat
Band of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You – Cease to Begin
Alejandro Escovedo – Sister Lost Soul – Real Animal
Chuck Prophet – Pin A Rose On Me – Age Of Miracles
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
Christina Martin – Falling for You – Sleeping with a Stranger – CDN
Del Barber – Everything Is Not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

JP Hoe – I Only Did It for Love – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
Whitehorse – Out Like a Lion – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN
Danny Michel & The Benque Players – Take My Heart and Run – Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me – CDN
Calexico – Splitter – Algiers
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires – Righteous, Ragged Songs – There Is a Bomb in Gilead
Jimmy Lafave – Bring Back the Trains – Depending on the Distance
Carolyn Mark – You’re Not a Whore (If No On’es Paying) – The Queen of Vancouver Island – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Bills – Shining Face – Yes Please – CDN
The Bills – Not the End – Yes Please – CDN
The Bills – Gale in my Sail – Yes Please – CDN
The Arrogant Worms – The Happy Happy Birthday Song – Hindsight 20/20 – CDN
Farmer Jason – Get Up! Up! Up! – A Day at the Farm
Farmer Jason – He’s a Moose on the Loose (with Todd Snider) – Rockin’ in the Forest
Farmer Jason – The Moose Lives Where? (with Todd Snider and Jo Nesbo) – Nature Jams

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Warped 45s – Pale Horse – Matador Sunset – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Mighty Dark to Travel – Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs – CDN
Jeremy Messersmith – Knots – The Reluctant Graveyard
Jeremy Messersmith – Lazy Bones – The Reluctant Graveyard
Jeremy Messersmith – Welcome to Suburbia – The Silver City

I’m fresh in from a trip to the Minnesota State fair where I saw some amazing shows, picked up a bunch of new music, and saw plenty to talk about. Also on today’s show, some show previews, new music, and much more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Madison Violet – Home – The Good in Goodbye – CDN
Madison Violet – She’s Got Something to Live For (Deluxe Edition bonus track) – The Good in Goodbye – CDN
Jeremy Messersmith – Violet! – The Reluctant Graveyard
The Jayhawks – I’d Run Away – Tomorrow The Green Grass
The Mavericks – Born to Be Blue – Suited Up and Ready EP
Wanda Jackson – You Know I’m No Good – The Party Ain’t Over
Will Hoge – When I Get My Wings – Number Seven

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Storyhill – Well of Sorrow – Shade of the Trees
Danny Schmidt – This Too Shall Pass – recorded live on UMFM
Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt – Company of Friends – Together
Sam Baker – Iron – Mercy
Nels Andrews – Broken Conversation – Sunday Shoes
Storyhill – Lay Down Your Weary Tune – Nod to Bob 2

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Gillian Welch – Look at Miss Ohio – Soul Journey
The New Lightweights – So Hard to Be Together – The New Lightweights – CDN – WPG
Joshua Cockerill – Blue Eyed Prairie Sky – The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do – CDN
Animal Parts – What Our Love Is – Animal Parts – CDN
Animal Parts – I Won’t Ever Let You Down – Animal Parts – CDN
Joshua Cockerill – Dance With You – The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Corb Lund – Bible on the Dash (featuring Hayes Carll) – Cabin Fever – CDN
Hayes Carll – Stomp and Holler – KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)
Kris Kristofferson – Big River – We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
Lissie – Games People Play – Covered Up with Flowers
Ana Egge – Motorcycle – Bad Blood – CDN
Scarlett Jane – Beautiful – Stranger – CDN
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Roebuck Parkway – There Is a Bomb in Gilead
Lynn Miles – All Bitter Never Sweet – Black Flowers Vol. 3 – CDN

Another fun-filled afternoon of new music and information, plus a couple of spotlight sets of songs by folks we love, but don’t play all that often because they don’t often release new music or come to Winnipeg, Kim Barlow and Rory McLeod – tired of waiting for an excuse to play them, we’ll just do it because we feel like it.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Whitehorse – Radiator Blues – The Fate of this World Depends on this Kiss – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Pleasing You Pleases Me – Broken Things – CDN
Andy Shauf – Sweet Victoria – Sam Jones Feeds His Demons – CDN
Iris DeMent – Go On Ahead and Go Home – Sing the Delta Sampler
Valdy – VLT – Read Between the Lines – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Dangerous Fun (feat. Emmylou Harris & Vince Gill) – Quiet About It: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester
Gabrielle Papillon – Little Bug – Little Bug – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Guthries – Better Part of an Hour – Off Windmill – CDN
Matt Mays – Your Heart – Matt Mays – CDN
Rose Cousins – White Daisies – The Send Off – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – What Are You Waiting For? – Back to Me – CDN
Jim Bryson – Without Piano – The Occasionals – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye (with Jim Bryson) – Fall for Beauty – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Kim Barlow – Waterfall – Gingerbread – CDN
Kim Barlow – Slim Pickins – luckyburden – CDN
Annie Lou – Heavy Heart – Annie Lou – CDN
Spring Breakup – Unprincipled – It’s Not You, It’s Me – CDN
The Burning Hell – My Name Is Matthias – Flux Capacitor – CDN
Rory McLeod – Farewell Welfare (part 1) – Angry Love

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rory McLeod – Black, Brown, White – Travelling Home
Rory McLeod – When Mum and Daddy Made Me – Mouth to Mouth
Rory McLeod – Be My Rambling Woman – Lullabies for Big Babies
Rory McLeod – Shirley’s Her Name – Angry Love
The Bills – The Plant Song – Yes Please – CDN
Sons of Bill – Santa Ana Winds – Sirens
The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN