The 2011 Western Canadian Music Awards take place tonight, and the slate of nominees is especially strong, and especially stacked with Winnipeg artists, so what else are we to do but play a whole bunch of the nominees? We’ve also got a heaping helping of great new music, and a couple of show previews featuring Oh Susanna and Elliott BROOD.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

The Wailin’ Jennys – You Are Here – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
Ruth Moody – Tell Me – The Garden – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Ball and Chain – Lucky Tonight – CDN – WPG
Kim Beggs – Maiden Heart – Blue Bones – CDN
Jen Lane – Lie to Me – For the Night – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Steve Dawson – Nightshade – Nightshade – CDN
Shuyler Jansen – Wedding Band – Voice from the Lake – CDN
Fish & Bird – Well Run Dry – Every Whisper Is a Shout Across the Void – CDN
Chic Gamine – Closer – City City – CDN – WPG
Imaginary Cities – Where’d All The Living Go – Temporary Resident – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Yukon Belle – Rabbit on my Wheel – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Thunder Bay – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Deer Tick – Clownin’ Around – Divine Providence
Sunparlour Players – Once Before – Us Little Devils – CDN
Hoots & Hellmouth – I Don’t Mind Your Cussing – Salt
Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire – Ashes & Fire
Tom Waits – Back in the Crowd – Bad as Me
Ox – Trans Canada – Tuco – CDN
Murray Mclauchlan – Bad Times – Human Writes – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

James McMurtry – Too Long in the Wasteland – The Best of the Columbia Records Radio Hour
Oh Susanna – See What Promises Can Bring – Soon the Birds – CDN
Oh Susanna – Alabaster – Johnstown – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Cadillac Dust – Tin Type – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Without Again – Ambassador
Elliott BROOD – Lindsay – Days Into Years – CDN

Dale Murray is one talented dude, and the first part of the show demonstrates that. He produced the wonderful new record by Steven Bowers, as well as the recent works of our good friend Christina Martin, and he used to play in Cuff the Duke, who return to Winnipeg this week. We heard a few requests/dedications, before dusting off a big ol’ pile of vinyl records for a great set of golden oldies.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Christina Martin with Dale Murray – You Come Home – A House Concert – CDN
Steven Bowers with Christina Martin – Comfortably Sweet – Circadian Anthem – CDN
Steven Bowers with Christina Martin – Beothuk Words – Beothuk Words – CDN
Christina Martin – Remember Me – single – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Count on Me – Morning Comes – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Follow Me – Way Down Here – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Remember the Good Times – Sidelines of the City – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Cuff the Duke – The Future Hangs – Cuff the Duke – CDN
Geoff Berner – Phoney Drawl – live recording – CDN
Carolyn Mark & Geoff Berner – It’s All Just A Matter Of (Where You Draw The Line) – Just Married: An Album Of Duets – CDN
Romi Mayes – Sweet Somethin’ Steady – Sweet Somethin’ Steady – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Poor Man’s Holiday – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Songwriter’s Lament – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Bob Dylan – Tomorrow Is a Long Time – Greatest Hits Vol. II
Jesse Winchester – Step By Step – Let the Rough Side Drag
Hoyt Axton – Boney Fingers – Life Machine
Guy Clark – New Cut Road – The South Coast of Texas
Bobby Bare – 500 Miles Away from Home – The Hits
Mickey Newbury – How I Love Them Old Songs – Frisco Mabel Joy
Stan Rogers – The Field Behind the Plow – Northwest Passage – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

James Talley – We Keep Tryin’ – Ain’t It Somethin’
Emmylou Harris – She – Luxury Liner
Rodney Crowell – Many A Long & Lonesome Highway – The Essential
Townes Van Zandt – Tecumseh Valley – Our Mother the Mountain
Willie P Bennett – Has Anyone Seen My Baby Here Tonight? – Blackie and the Rodeo King – CDN

Today we catch up with our old friend David Francey, who returns to town this week for a can’t-miss show at the Park Theatre. Also, it’s Jetsgiving in Winnipeg, where we celebrate Thanksgiving and the return of our NHL team. We played some music in honour of both, and then shut the show down a wee bit early so our intrepid host could head home in time for the opening faceoff, and a fabulous dinner with the family.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

David Francey – Skating Rink – Skating Rink – CDN
Jory Nash – God Don’t Know Me Anymore – New Blue Day – CDN
Jory Nash – Prisoner’s Lament – Tangle with the Ghost – CDN
Jory Nash – The Conversion of Pearl Hart – Spaz Loves Weezie – CDN
David Francey – Wind in the Wires – Torn Screen Door – CDN
David Francey – Banks of the Seaway – Far End of Summer – CDN
David Francey – Wonder – Late Edition – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

David Francey interview

David Francey – Pretty Jackals – Late Edition – CDN
David Francey – The Waking Hour – The Waking Hour – CDN
Kieran Kane – More to It than This – Somewhere Beyond the Roses
Kieran Kane – He Never Knew What Hit Him – Dead Reckoning
John Prine – In a Town this Size – In Spite of Ourselves

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Kim Wempe – Waves of Colour – Painting with the Tides – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Hockey Skates – Failer – CDN
Loudon Wainwright III – Thanksgiving – 40 Odd Years
Mary Gauthier – Thanksgiving At The Prison – Season of Mercy
The Sweetback Sisters – Thank You – Looking For A Fight
Drive-By Truckers – Mama Bake A Pie (Daddy Kill A Chicken) – The Fine Print (A Collection Of Oddities And Rarities 2003-2008)
Hoots & Hellmouth – Home for Supper – Hoots & Hellmouth