We’ve got some big concert news, including a tribute to our friend Darren Day, and the next big Sunset Saloon performer, John Wort Hannam! We veer off in to Twang Trust territory with a bunch of “All Bruce, all the Time.” And, after years of ignoring those requests to post the “15 albums that really matter” on Facebook, we finally have a crack at it, on-air, and discover how hard it really is to boil your life down to 15 CDs!
I still love to flip through a good music magazine, and although there seem to be fewer all the time, there are a few worth picking up still out there. Please, do me a favour and buy a copy of the ones still publishing so that I’m not the only one, and feel free to visit some that have moved online.
Still publishing (God bless ’em)
Penguin Eggs – Canada’s folk, roots, and world magazine
American Songwriter
Sing Out! (a little bit on the “folky” side for me, but they do cover some important ground, and they’ve been doing it for 50 years!)
Exclaim Magazine – FREE!
Canadian Musician (Is this one still around? I used to buy it occasionally, but it’s got tons of gear and playing tips and nerdy stuff that even I don’t care about, and I suspect musicians are too busy actually playing to read about this crap)
Online “magazines”
No Depression (formerly the greatest magazine ever, now annoying website that still has good content)
Paste Magazine (the latest to bite the dust, and one of the most disheartening. I thought they were “saved” by those of us dumb enough to give ’em money. They cover mostly hipster music, but some of it was great. Loved the sampler with each issue.)
Chart Magazine (Canadian. Lots of annoying content, but lots of good stuff, as well)
Driftwood (formerly Dirty Linen)
What else are we missing out on? PLEASE! if there are any others, post a comment!
Tonight we get our annual visit from Devin Latimer, Artistic Director of the best little festival in Canada, The Trout Forest Music Festival. He drops in with some new tunes and some details on what to expect this year in Ear Falls.
Ooops, in all of our summer haste/revelry, this podcast didn’t get posted when it should have…
Today we wish all of our American friends & listeners a happy Fourth of July, with a set of patriotic tunes by, for, and about the U.S.A. Closer to home (and our hearts), we’re only a week away from the Winnipeg Folk Festival, so it’s time for Part 2 of the OFFICIAL Winnipeg Folk Festival preview.
We’ve confirmed our next guest at Sunset Saloon, and boy is it an exciting show!
John Wort Hannam (and trio!)
http://johnworthannam.com/
Saturday, October 2
Sunset Saloon
John Wort Hannam
Guy Clark & John Wort Hannam
And, as if that weren’t enough of a draw, Jaine has already started thinking about the next amazing, exclusive, limited-edition flavour of Ben & Jeremy’s Ice Cream. Everyone who had a taste of “Christina Maraschino” at our last house show was blown away. We could have sold gallons of it, but instead, it’s available for consumption the night of the show ONLY. We’ll take what we learned from the last batch and make it even better this time around. DON’T MISS OUT!!!
Darren Day
A Night for Day
http://www.myspace.com/darrendayfadinghopes
Saturday, September 25
The Yellow Dog Tavern (386 Donald St.)
featuring a variety of musical guests
We haven’t confirmed the lineup entirely, yet, but it looks like we should have Chris Neufeld and/or The Other Brothers, Keri Latimer (and/or Nathan?), Mike Petkau (and/or Les Jupes?), and hopefully a few tunes from Darren (I don’t think it’ll take much to convince him to jump onto a stage in front of a room full of people who love him, do you?) We’ll tell you more about the particulars, but really, it shouldn’t matter. Get down there and wish the best to a guy who really deserves it.
We here at the show have been big fans of Shannon McNally for a number of years now. We’ve followed her through a few phases of her career and a bunch of great albums. After a few different labels over the years, she’s gone back to the indie route, and we’re all for that. Shannon’s joining the fan-funded movement for her next album, and we here at Tell the Band to Go Home are more than happy to contribute.
Shannon McNally
She’s got a new song up there already, and unlike those Damnwells, we know when we’re going to get this disc!
Artist: Album (Label) *JR
1. Christina Martin: I Can Too (self) *JR
2. Del Barber: Love Songs for the Last 20 (self)
3. Reid Jamieson: Staring Contest (self)
4. Blaze Foley: The Dawg Years (Fat Possum)
5. Mumford & Sons: Sigh No More (Glassnote)
6. Paul Thorn: Pimps and Preachers (Perpetual Obscurity)