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Episode #443 Sunday, May 13, 2012

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It’s Mom’s Day today, so we’ll try extra hard to be nice on today’s show. Moms are generous, we know that, so we’ve got some giveaways, including tickets to the upcoming Woody Guthrie 100th Birthday Party and the return of Garnet Rogers! I took my mom to see John Prine last night, and we’re still basking in the glory of his great songs, so a few Prine covers on the show as well as the usual mix of new music, upcoming events, and stuff we just feel like listening to today.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

JP Hoe – Mother – The Here in Review – CDN – WPG
Johnny Cash – Sam Stone – Live from Austin, TX
Shane Nicholson – Fish And Whistle – Bad Machines
Kasey Chambers – Leave the Lights On – Storybook
Deer Tick with Liz Isenberg – Unwed Fathers – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jimmy Lafave, Slaid Cleaves, Eliza Gilkyson – This Train Is Bound for Glory – Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway: The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour
Jimmy Lafave – Down in Oklahoma Hills – Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway: The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour
The Magnificent Sevens – Needle in the Hay – All Kinds of Mean – CDN – WPG
JD Edwards Band – This House Will Stand – Roads and Roads – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Eveything Is not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Dale Murray – Dream Mountain Dream – Dream Mountain Dream – CDN
Steven Bowers – Song for Grown You – Beothuk Words – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Abrams Brothers – Thirteen – Northern Redemption – CDN
Picture the Ocean – Wake Me Up – Picture the Ocean – CDN
Jess Klein – Tell Me This Is Love – Behind a Veil
Radiogram – Summer Song Summer – All the Way Home – CDN
Radiogram – Slide – Unbetween – CDN
Ox – Stolen Car – Dust Bowl Revival – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Dustin Bentall – Emmy-Lou – Orion EP – CDN
Garnet Rogers – Next Turn of the Wheel – All That Is: The Songs of Garnet Rogers
Stan Rogers – The Field Behind the Plow – Northwest Passage – CDN
Storyhill – Lay Down Your Weary Tune – Nod to Bob 2
The Tallest Man On Earth – The Dreamer – Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

Episode #442 Sunday, May 6, 2012

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Today we’re joined by our old pal JP Hoe who drops by to play some songs from his new CD, Mannequin, and we chat with Leeroy Stagger, who returns to town to promote his new disc “Radiant Land.” As always, we’ve got plenty of new releases and news as well.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Keri Latimer – So Long – Crowsfeet and Greyskull – CDN – WPG
Drew Nelson – Here to There – Tilt-a-Whirl
Jon Dee Graham – The Orphan’s Song – Garage Sale
Shannon Lyon – The Catfish Song – Sorrow & Solitude – CDN
Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent – Gasoline – Shovels & Rope
Old Man Luedecke – Closing Time – The Bard of Montreal – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Enough Love to Go Around – Radiant Land – CDN
Ron Sexsmith – All in Good Time – Time Being – CDN
JP Hoe – Lions and Tigers – Mannequin – CDN – WPG

JP Hoe interview

3:00 – 3:30 pm

JP Hoe – Conversation – live performance – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Dazed and Confused – live performance – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Learn to Let You Go – Mannequin – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Radiant Land – Radiant Land – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Hard Town – Little Victories – CDN

Leeroy Stagger interview

Leeroy Stagger – Maria – Radiant Land – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Red Bandana – Everything Is Real – CDN

Happy 100th Birthday Woody!

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Winnipeg’s leading lights in the folk music community invite you to celebrate the 100th birthday of prolific songwriter Woody Guthrie. On May 17 at the West End Cultural Centre join the Magnificent Sevens, Sweet Alibi, JD Edwards, Leonard Podolak, Tim Osmond, Lindsay Jane, and Hugo Torres Cereceda in honouring the work of Woody Guthrie which continues to lead and inspire others to change the world through song.

Tickets are $20 and available at West End Cultural Centre, Organic Planet, and Mondragon. The concert is presented by the MayWorks Festival of Labour and the Arts. Visit mayworks.org or call 947-2220 for details.

This Sunday on Tell the Band to Go Home, we will have a pair of tickets to give away for this exciting show!

Steel Belted Radio – May 3, 2012

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Tonight it’s Pete Seeger’s birthday, and that’s reason enough to celebrate, but we’ve got great new music and previews of upcoming shows including Mother Pluckers tomorrow and the return of Leeroy Stagger on Sunday!

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April 29, 2012

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Lots to celebrate again today, with some special birthdays, new music, great upcoming shows, and even a little bit of the blues (always cause for celebration).

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Steel Belted Radio – April 26, 2012

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Tonight we (yes, “we”, T-Bar’s in again) look at a great benefit show going on at the West End, celebrate 10 years of Transistor 66, new music, T-Bar’s picks, and even a little Hall & Oates. Yup.

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April 22, 2012

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Today we’re joined by Rob Lutes who’s busy on the Home Routes tour. He drops by to chat and play some of his great songs live. Today is also especially well-stocked with great new music, as well as a couple of significant birthdays and a fond farewell.

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Episode #441 Sunday, April 29, 2012

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Lots to celebrate again today, with some special birthdays, new music, great upcoming shows, and even a little bit of the blues (always cause for celebration).

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Ken Whiteley w/ Guy Davis – Motherless Children – Another Day’s Journey – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Everybody Has the Blues – One World Dance – CDN
Muddy Waters – The Same Thing – Folk Singer (bonus tracks)
Harry Manx – Baby, Please Don’t Go – Dog My Cat – CDN
Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen – The Mountain – Push Record: The Banff Sessions – CDN
Matt Andersen – Home Sweet Home – Coal Mining Blues – CDN
Miss Quincy – I Want a little Sugar in my Bowl – Like the Devil Does – CDN
Ariana Gillis – Money Money – Forget Me Not – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Linda McRae – Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts – Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts – CDN
Keri Latimer – Mud and Slobber – Crowsfeet and Greyskull – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – Kindred Spirit – Crowsfeet and Greyskull – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Learn To Let You Go – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Nothing’s Gonna Harm You – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Everything Is not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Skydiggers – Northern Shore – Northern Shore – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Luke Doucet – Cleveland – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Del Barber – Soul of the Land That’s Mine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Dry the River – Bible Belt – Shallow Bed
the wicks – vacation – clouds – CDN
Ana Egge – Evil – Bad Blood

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rose Cousins – Rumour Has It – live recording – CDN
Royal Wood – Pumped Up Kicks – The Cover Sessions – CDN
Lissie – Bad Romance – Covered Up with Flowers
KT Tunstall – Fade Like A Shadow – KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 19
Walk Off the Earth – Somebody that I Used to Know – single – CDN
The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN

Good ol’ Fred

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My old pal Fred Eaglesmith is coming back to town, once again on the same night that the Winnipeg Folk Festival opens. That seems like an odd coincidence that he would just happen to be in town on that particular night, two years in a row. Call me a conspiracy theorist (I’ve been called worse), but it seems like a pretty clear F.U. to the Folk Fest, even though he’s been welcomed there a number of times over the years and likely wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to play there again. But giving people the finger is a specialty of Fred’s, as I found out after last year’s show.

Now, I wasn’t there, but I did get the reports from reliable folks. Apparently, before playing “Careless” off of his Cha Cha Cha record, Fred dedicated the song to me. Why? I’m not entirely sure, but my “old pal” Stu decided to ask him about it later on, when Fred was on his radio show, The Twang Trust.

As an aside, for years, I’ve had something on my show called “The Fred Eaglesmith Clause,” which states that even though I do my best to line up interviews and ensure that they go off smoothly, there will be times when an artist doesn’t phone or show up as planned. This came after several missed attempts at connecting with Fred (I was pretty amused when Stu had similar troubles). He dodged more interviews with me over the years than anyone else (Matt Mays is second on the list, but not even close). I’ve had interview after interview not go off as planned when Fred “forgot” or had his phone die or have him “out of range” or various other reasons. I once had his ex-wife Mary on the line and thought about chatting with her, because Fred wasn’t around (why I was calling him at his ex-wife’s house, I’m still not sure). In 2004 we even had the “Fred Eaglesmith Will He or Won’t He, Show” where Fred was literally driving right past the station on his way to a gig in Winnipeg, so I arranged DIRECTLY WITH HIM to have him drop by. I went all the way to Clearwater Manitoba to see him and make arrangements for him to be at the station for the show. Naturally, he didn’t show (but luckily, Josh Ritter did. A fair trade.) Needless to say, I think the Clause is justified.

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This, despite the fact that Fred is the most played artist in the almost 10 years this show has been on the air. Pretty nasty of me!

Well, just to prove that I’m not as nasty as he says, I even made up a commercial to promote his show in July. I think that was pretty nice of me.

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By the way: I do understand that many people find Fred to be beyond reproach and that someone will surely be offended by my post (again). I remind you that I’m just some loud-mouthed dude with an opinion and a sense of humour. Kind of sounds like Fred, don’t it? Perhaps we should be BFFs instead. Call me.

I did make a more straightforward promo, as well: [download id=”164″]

FAR #153

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Artist: Album (Label) *JR

AoM: Del Barber: Headwaters (Six Shooter) *JR
2. Keri Latimer: Crowsfeet and Greyskull (self)
3. Skydiggers: Northern Shore (Latent)
4. Shannon Lyon: Sorrow & Solitude (self)
5. Peter Katz: Still Mind Still (self)
6. Grant Peeples: Prior Convictions (self)