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Playlist: Episode #826, March 1, 2020

A whole lot of feel-good music today on the show, as I recently discovered the best song ever, and went on a journey to find other songs that made me feel as good as that one does. We also heard some great new music, talked about concert and festival rumours, and shook our fists at the cloud.

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

The Secret Sisters – Tin Can Angel – Saturn Return
Katie Pruitt – Expectations – Expectations
Kathleen Edwards – 12 Bellevue – Failer – CDN
Christina Martin – You Come Home – Two Hearts – CDN
Lucinda Williams – Essence – Essence
David Francey – Border Line – Torn Screen Door – CDN

Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke – Songs In The Key Of Life
10cc – The Things We Do For Love – Deceptive Bends
Three Dog Night – Joy To The World – Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975
Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves
Paolo Nutini – New Shoes – These Streets

Joe Nolan – Kisses in the Dark – Drifters – CDN
Melissa Payne – Unchain Myself – Darker Than Your Dark – CDN
Letitia VanSant – You Can’t Put My Fire Out – Circadian
Taylor Ashton – Straight Back – The Romantic – CDN
Steve Earle & The Dukes – Devil Put the Coal in the Ground – Ghosts of West

Mariel Buckley – Rose Coloured Frames – Driving in the Dark – CDN
Mariel Buckley – Jumping the Fence – Driving in the Dark – CDN
Del Barber – Juanita – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
John Prine – Hello in There – John Prine

Dennis Ellsworth – Whatever You Want – Common Senseless – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Enemy Inside – Love Versus – CDN

Podcast: February 23, 2020

Episode #825

A whole lot of great new and new-to-me music today, alongside some fine requests and a little bit of political rabble-rousing.


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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Trust Yourself – King of This Town – CDN
Brian Wright – Got Me Under Pressure / Nice to See You Smile Again – The Sneak Ups
Low Cut Connie – Look What They Did – single
Chuck Prophet – Get Off the Stage – single
Drive-By Truckers – Babies in Cages – The Unraveling
John K. Samson – Millennium for All – single – CDN – WPG

Joe Nolan – Maybe We Didn’t Get Our Timing Right – Drifters – CDN
Melissa Payne – Darker Than Your Dark – Darker Than Your Dark – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Fresno – High In The Satellite – CDN

Merle Haggard – Mama Tried – The Complete ’60s Captitol Singles
Josh Ritter – Heaven Knows – Heaven Knows
Ray LaMontagne – Trouble – Trouble
Sweet Alibi – Trouble – We’ve Got To – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Trouble – O Witness – CDN

Our Man in the Field – Eleanor’s Song – The Company of Strangers
Our Man in the Field – (Thin) I Used to Be Bullet Proof – The Company of Strangers
Teddy Thompson – Heartbreaker Please – Heartbreaker Please
Anthony Da Costa – Runaway – Feet on the Dashboard
Clem Snide – Roger Ebert – Forever Just Beyond

Sleepy Gonzales – Falling Off Rainbow Road in Mario Kart – mellowtrauma
Sarah Jane Scouten – Show Pony – Confessions – CDN
Malin Pettersen – Alonesome – Alonesome
Darling West – Loneliness – While I Was Asleep
Lynne Hanson – Long Way Home – Just Words – CDN
Frazey Ford – Azad – U Kin B the Sun – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Just Get Here – Are You Gone – CDN

Playlist: Episode #825, February 23, 2020

A whole lot of great new and new-to-me music today, alongside some fine requests and a little bit of political rabble-rousing.

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Trust Yourself – King of This Town – CDN
Brian Wright – Got Me Under Pressure / Nice to See You Smile Again – The Sneak Ups
Low Cut Connie – Look What They Did – single
Chuck Prophet – Get Off the Stage – single
Drive-By Truckers – Babies in Cages – The Unraveling
John K. Samson – Millennium for All – single – CDN – WPG

Joe Nolan – Maybe We Didn’t Get Our Timing Right – Drifters – CDN
Melissa Payne – Darker Than Your Dark – Darker Than Your Dark – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Fresno – High In The Satellite – CDN

Merle Haggard – Mama Tried – The Complete ’60s Captitol Singles
Josh Ritter – Heaven Knows – Heaven Knows
Ray LaMontagne – Trouble – Trouble
Sweet Alibi – Trouble – We’ve Got To – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Trouble – O Witness – CDN

Our Man in the Field – Eleanor’s Song – The Company of Strangers
Our Man in the Field – (Thin) I Used to Be Bullet Proof – The Company of Strangers
Teddy Thompson – Heartbreaker Please – Heartbreaker Please
Anthony Da Costa – Runaway – Feet on the Dashboard
Clem Snide – Roger Ebert – Forever Just Beyond

Sleepy Gonzales – Falling Off Rainbow Road in Mario Kart – mellowtrauma
Sarah Jane Scouten – Show Pony – Confessions – CDN
Malin Pettersen – Alonesome – Alonesome
Darling West – Loneliness – While I Was Asleep
Lynne Hanson – Long Way Home – Just Words – CDN
Frazey Ford – Azad – U Kin B the Sun – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Just Get Here – Are You Gone – CDN

Podcast: February 16, 2020

Episode #824

A couple of amazing concerts this week have us reflecting off the top, before venturing into some requests and a whole lot of amazing new music!


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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Mike Plume – I’m Your Huckleberry – Lonesome Stretch of Highway – CDN
Andrew Neville – Town Song (w/Sean Burns & Lost Country) – Boots & Saddle & CKUW 95.9 Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – My Old Self – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Merle Haggard & The Strangers – Swinging Doors – Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down
Buck Owens – Sam’s Place (Original Mono Single Version) – Buck ‘Em! The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Chapparral – A Bakersfield Half-Dozen – CDN – WPG

David Essig – Berkley Springs – Six Strings North of the Border – Volume 1 – CDN
David Essig, Romi Mayes, The D. Rangers – Declaration Day – Beverly Street – CDN
The Duhks – Out Of The Rain – Migrations – CDN – WPG

Baltic Street – Iona Fyfe – single
Billy Bragg & Wilco – California Stars – Mermaid Avenue
Christopher Paul Stelling – Lucky Stars – Best Of Luck
Leaf Rapids – Lucky Stars – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Be Afraid – Reunions
Drive-By Truckers – Slow Ride Argument – The Unraveling
Chuck Prophet – Get Off the Stage – single
The Mastersons – Eyes Open Wide – No Time for Love Songs
The Hanging Stars – Tom Petty – A New Kind of Sky

David Myles – Leave Tonight – Leave Tonight – CDN
Slow Leaves – Miss You – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Lynne Hanson – True Blue Moon – Just Words – CDN
Jenn Grant – Happy Birthday, Baby – Reimagine – CDN
Nora Jane Struthers – Slow Climb – Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words – CDN

Leeroy Stagger – Go By Feel – Love Versus sessions (Patreon exclusive) – CDN
The Shannon Lyon Pop Explosion – You Don’t Belong Here – single – CDN
Scenic Route to Alaska – Daydreaming – single – CDN

Podcast: February 9, 2020 w/Sean Burns

Episode #823

A few requests break up a show almost entirely devoted to exciting upcoming concerts. Sean Burns drops in to chat about his upcoming release show for his new album and CKUW FunDrive, which started this weekend.


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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Metal Girls – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Wild Folk – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Chuck Hawthorne – Such Is Life – Fire out of Stone
Libby Koch – Just the Way – Redemption 10: Live at Blue Rock
Joe Nolan – Sweet Cool Paradise – Rootsy House Sessions – CDN

David Essig, Romi Mayes, The D. Rangers – Tremble and Weep – Beverly Street – CDN
David Essig & Rick Scott – Willie P – Double Vision – CDN
D. Rangers – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG

Mick Flannery – Goodbye – White Lies
Moddi – Army Dreamers – Unsongs
Kevin Morby – I Have Been to the Mountain – Singing Saw
Gord Downie – Love Over Money – Introduce Yerself – CDN

Sean Burns interview

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Above and Beyond – A Bakersfield Half Dozen – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Truck Drivin’ Man – A Bakersfield Half Dozen – CDN – WPG
Ags Connolly – Then and Now – Wrong Again
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Playboy – A Bakersfield Half Dozen – CDN – WPG
Buck Owens – Hello Trouble – Buck ‘Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)

Playlist: Episode #824, February 16, 2020

A couple of amazing concerts this week have us reflecting off the top, before venturing into some requests and a whole lot of amazing new music!

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Mike Plume – I’m Your Huckleberry – Lonesome Stretch of Highway – CDN
Andrew Neville – Town Song (w/Sean Burns & Lost Country) – Boots & Saddle & CKUW 95.9 Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – My Old Self – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Merle Haggard & The Strangers – Swinging Doors – Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down
Buck Owens – Sam’s Place (Original Mono Single Version) – Buck ‘Em! The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Chapparral – A Bakersfield Half-Dozen – CDN – WPG

David Essig – Berkley Springs – Six Strings North of the Border – Volume 1 – CDN
David Essig, Romi Mayes, The D. Rangers – Declaration Day – Beverly Street – CDN
The Duhks – Out Of The Rain – Migrations – CDN – WPG

Baltic Street – Iona Fyfe – single
Billy Bragg & Wilco – California Stars – Mermaid Avenue
Christopher Paul Stelling – Lucky Stars – Best Of Luck
Leaf Rapids – Lucky Stars – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Be Afraid – Reunions
Drive-By Truckers – Slow Ride Argument – The Unraveling
Chuck Prophet – Get Off the Stage – single
The Mastersons – Eyes Open Wide – No Time for Love Songs
The Hanging Stars – Tom Petty – A New Kind of Sky

David Myles – Leave Tonight – Leave Tonight – CDN
Slow Leaves – Miss You – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Lynne Hanson – True Blue Moon – Just Words – CDN
Jenn Grant – Happy Birthday, Baby – Reimagine – CDN
Nora Jane Struthers – Slow Climb – Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words – CDN

Leeroy Stagger – Go By Feel – Love Versus sessions (Patreon exclusive) – CDN
The Shannon Lyon Pop Explosion – You Don’t Belong Here – single – CDN
Scenic Route to Alaska – Daydreaming – single – CDN

Playlist: Episode #823, February 9, 2020 w/Sean Burns

A few requests break up a show almost entirely devoted to exciting upcoming concerts. Sean Burns drops in to chat about his upcoming release show for his new album and CKUW FunDrive, which started this weekend.

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Metal Girls – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Wild Folk – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Chuck Hawthorne – Such Is Life – Fire out of Stone
Libby Koch – Just the Way – Redemption 10: Live at Blue Rock
Joe Nolan – Sweet Cool Paradise – Rootsy House Sessions – CDN

David Essig, Romi Mayes, The D. Rangers – Tremble and Weep – Beverly Street – CDN
David Essig & Rick Scott – Willie P – Double Vision – CDN
D. Rangers – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG

Mick Flannery – Goodbye – White Lies
Moddi – Army Dreamers – Unsongs
Kevin Morby – I Have Been to the Mountain – Singing Saw
Gord Downie – Love Over Money – Introduce Yerself – CDN

Sean Burns interview

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Above and Beyond – A Bakersfield Half Dozen – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Truck Drivin’ Man – A Bakersfield Half Dozen – CDN – WPG
Ags Connolly – Then and Now – Wrong Again
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Playboy – A Bakersfield Half Dozen – CDN – WPG
Buck Owens – Hello Trouble – Buck ‘Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)

Podcast: February 2, 2020

Episode #822

An impressive amount of great local music made it on air today as we celebrated Juno nominations, concerts past and present, mourned the apparent loss of our house band, dove into some great new music, and more!


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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

William Prince – That’s All I’ll Ever Become – Reliever – CDN – WPG
Vince Andrushko – Groundhog Day – Vince Andrushko – CDN – WPG
Catherine MacLellan – February Song – Dark Dream Midnight – CDN
Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN
The Young Novelists – Palindrome – Made Us Strangers – CDN

Del Barber – Lucky Prairie Stars – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
The Small Glories – Oh My Love – Assiniboine & the Red – CDN – WPG
Big Dave McLean – Baby – Pocket Full of Nothin’ – CDN – WPG

Logan McKillop – Out of the Blue – Anchorless – CDN – MB
Logan McKillop – Gary’s Lament – Prairie Sky – CDN – MB
Sweet Alibi – I’ll Wait – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – Confetti – single – CDN – WPG

Joey Gregorash – Jodie – North Country Funk – CDN – WPG
Joey Gregorash – Together (The New Wedding Song) – 7″ single – CDN – WPG

Nathan – Australia – Stranger – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Nathan – John Paul’s Deliveries – Key Principles – CDN – WPG

Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar – Will We Ever Learn – Run to Me – CDN
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar – Addicted – Send the Nightingale – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Younger Than We Are Today – Lonesome Stretch of Highway – CDN

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Truck Drivin’ Man – A Bakersfield Half-Dozen – CDN – WPG
Jim Lauderdale – Cackalacky – When Carolina Comes Home Again
The SteelDrivers – Bad For You – Bad For You
Jamie McDell – Worst Crime (feat. Robert Ellis) – The Botox EP
Joe Nolan – Tupelo Honey – Drifters – CDN
Salim Nourallah – This Doesn’t Feel Like Peace, Love, Or Understanding – Jesus of Sad

Playlist: Episode #822, February 2, 2020

An impressive amount of great local music made it on air today as we celebrated Juno nominations, concerts past and present, mourned the apparent loss of our house band, dove into some great new music, and more!

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

William Prince – That’s All I’ll Ever Become – Reliever – CDN – WPG
Vince Andrushko – Groundhog Day – Vince Andrushko – CDN – WPG
Catherine MacLellan – February Song – Dark Dream Midnight – CDN
Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN
The Young Novelists – Palindrome – Made Us Strangers – CDN

Del Barber – Lucky Prairie Stars – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
The Small Glories – Oh My Love – Assiniboine & the Red – CDN – WPG
Big Dave McLean – Baby – Pocket Full of Nothin’ – CDN – WPG

Logan McKillop – Out of the Blue – Anchorless – CDN – MB
Logan McKillop – Gary’s Lament – Prairie Sky – CDN – MB
Sweet Alibi – I’ll Wait – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – Confetti – single – CDN – WPG

Joey Gregorash – Jodie – North Country Funk – CDN – WPG
Joey Gregorash – Together (The New Wedding Song) – 7″ single – CDN – WPG

Nathan – Australia – Stranger – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Nathan – John Paul’s Deliveries – Key Principles – CDN – WPG

Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar – Will We Ever Learn – Run to Me – CDN
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar – Addicted – Send the Nightingale – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Younger Than We Are Today – Lonesome Stretch of Highway – CDN

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Truck Drivin’ Man – A Bakersfield Half-Dozen – CDN – WPG
Jim Lauderdale – Cackalacky – When Carolina Comes Home Again
The SteelDrivers – Bad For You – Bad For You
Jamie McDell – Worst Crime (feat. Robert Ellis) – The Botox EP
Joe Nolan – Tupelo Honey – Drifters – CDN
Salim Nourallah – This Doesn’t Feel Like Peace, Love, Or Understanding – Jesus of Sad

Podcast: January 26, 2020

Episode #821

The flood of new releases continues this week as we heard an hour or so of great new songs, chatted about a couple of local shows, played our usual selection of German requests, and more!


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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
Evangeline Gentle – So It Goes – Evangeline Gentle – CDN
Evangeline Gentle – Ordinary People – recorded live at UMFM – CDN
Rhianna Rae Saj – Paris to Rome – Begin Again – CDN – WPG

Two Crows for Comfort – Broken Hearted Lover – 17 Feet – CDN – WPG
Logan McKillop – When Your Love Comes Undone – Anchorless – CDN – WPG
Skylar Bouchard – Montreal – Tired of the City – CDN – WPG

Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer – Not Dark Yet – Not Dark Yet
Courtney Marie Andrews – Downtown Train – Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits
Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones – I Thought That We Said Goodbye – Little Windows
Shovels & Rope – Carry Me Home – By Blood
Nathaniel Rateliff – And It’s Still Alright – And It’s Still Alright

Anthony Da Costa – Feet On The Dashboard – Feet On The Dashboard
Sam Lewis – Neighbors – SOLO
Bart Budwig – Five Bucks – Another Burn on the Astroturf
Gill Landry – I Love You Too – Skeleton at the Banquet
John Blek – Revived – The Embers

The Shannon Lyon Pop Explosion – You Don’t Belong Here – single – CDN
The Sadies – The Most Despicable Man Alive – The Sadies / King Khan – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – King of This Town – King of This Town – CDN
Harrow Fair – Sins We Made – single – CDN

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Roll, Truck, Roll – A Bakersfield Half-Dozen – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – My Old Self – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Pat Reedy & The Longtime Goners – Make It Back Home – single
Chris Knight – William – Chris Knight
John Moreland – When My Fever Breaks – LP5