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Episode #363 Sunday, October 24, 2010

Another week of great upcoming shows to preview, including The Wailin’ Jennys, Josh Ritter, Porkbelly Futures, and Andy Maize & Michael Johnston, among others. We also try to fit in a few more best-of the year contenders.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Martyn Joseph – You’re the Moment – Under Lemonade Skies
NQ Arbuckle – Officer Down – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Part Of A Poem By Alden Nowlan Called Ypres: 1915 – XOK – CDN
Christina Martin – Subject to Change – I Can Too – CDN
The Pines – Meadows of Dawn – Tremolo

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Wailin’ Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Things that You Know – Firecracker – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Racing with the Sun – Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House – CDN – WPG
Darren Day and the Fading Hopes – Rainwalk – This Evening Tonight – CDN – WPG
Josh Ritter – Lantern – So Runs the World Away
Josh Ritter – Right Moves – The Historical Conquests of
Josh Ritter – Wolves – The Animal Years

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Josh Ritter – Kathleen – recorded live on UMFM
Porkbelly Futures – The Crooked Road – The Crooked Road – CDN
Porkbelly Futures – You Gotta Love a Train – Porkbelly Futures – CDN
Andy Maize – Northern Shore – The History of Forgetting – CDN
Andy Maize & Michael Johnston – Home to You – These Are Our Songs – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Skydiggers – Hello Beautiful Life – City of Sirens – CDN
Michael Johnston w/Andy Maize – The Country North of Peterborough – Curious Heart – CDN
Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – Hard Town – Little Victories – CDN
Brian MacMillan – Shine – Shine – CDN
Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man – Sigh No More
Drive-By Truckers – Drag the Lake Charlie – The Big To-Do

Steel Belted Radio – November 4, 2010

This week on Steel Belted Radio, we’re very excited to be welcoming an amazingly talented Winnipeg supergroup, The Hatcher Briggs Band. This combo features David Briggs, as well as Don, Paul, and Jeffrey Hatcher, and together they’ve made incredible music as The Fuse, The Six, The Big Beat (and a few other names that only Stu Reid remembers.) Of course, Jeffrey Hatcher went on to form The Blue Shadows with Billy Cowsill and put out two of the most amazing country/rock records of all time. He’s without a doubt one of the finest songwriters that our city ever produced, and that’s evident on last year’s tribute CD put together by Wendy Bird, called Natural Wonder, which features, among others, Elvis Costello. Jeffrey stopped by the studio once before, and I thought that it was one of the finer chats I’ve ever had on the air.

I can’t wait to chat with these boys and hear some of the new songs that they’ve been working on and are ready to unleash at two CD release shows at The Pyramid, November 12 and 13.

DO not miss this one folks!

Thursday, November 4
6:30 – 8 pm central
101.5 UMFM
www.umfm.com

October 24, 2010

Another week of great upcoming shows to preview, including The Wailin’ Jennys, Josh Ritter, Porkbelly Futures, and Andy Maize & Michael Johnston, among others. We also try to fit in a few more best-of the year contenders.

playlist
part 1
part 2

October 17, 2010

Even though it’s still a couple months away, it seems like Christmas, because we got a heaping helping of new music in the mail this week, including a box of great new stuff from one of Canada’s best labels, Busted Flat Records. These add to an already impressive list of great new releases this year, but we all know that the releases go into hibernation this time of year. With that in mind, we tried to look at what might be the best release of 2010… and then realized that it was slightly premature. We did, however, manage to look at some great concerts, past and present.

playlist
part 1
part 2

FAR #135

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Del Barber: Love Songs for the Last 20 (self) *JR
2. Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans: The Falcon Lake Incident (Maple Music)
3. Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers: Little Victories (Rebeltone)
4. Lynn Miles: Fall for Beauty (True North)
5. Red Horse: Red Horse (Red House)
6. Dan Walsh: Virtuoso (Busted Flat)

Nathan @ The Cube photos

Nathan performs at The Cube in Old Market Square on September 3, 2010. Click here or on the picture to view the album

Nathan @ The Cube photos

Trout Forest Music Festival 2010 photos

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Trout Forest Music Festival 2010

Edmonton Folk Fest 2010 pics

Wednesday/Thursday

Edmonton Folk Festival – Aug. 4 & 5, 2010

Friday

Edmonton Folk Festival 2010 – Friday, August 6, 2010

Saturday

Edmonton Folk Festival – Saturday, August 6, 2010

Sunday

Edmonton Folk Festival – Sunday, August 8, 2010

Danny Michel @ WECC, May 29, 2009

Danny appeared as part of the West End Cultural Centre’s grand re-opening celebrations

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Danny Michel

Jill Barber at Jazz Winnipeg Festival, 2009

Jill Barber Jazzfest 2009

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