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Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – Jan. 28, 2016

Tonight we celebrate The Alex Dezen Solo Album Release Extravaganza, the upcoming repatriation of Mike Plume, the return of a great album from Matthew Ryan, and a whole lot of great classics that we haven’t heard in a long while (if in fact, ever)!

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Artist – Title – Album

Alex Dezen – The District Doctor – The Alex Dezen Solo Album Release Extravaganza Playlist
The Damnwells – You’re Gonna Love Me Again – The Alex Dezen Solo Album Release Extravaganza Playlist
The Damnwells – Assholes (Band Version) – The Alex Dezen Solo Album Release Extravaganza Playlist
Mike Plume – The Eldorado And The 12:15 – Songs From A Northern Town
Mike Plume – Red And White Blues (Work Tape) (Bonus Track) – Red And White Blues
Mike Plume – More than a Game – demo
Matthew Ryan – Return To Me – Regret Over The Wires
Matthew Ryan – The Little Things – Regret Over The Wires
The Bottle Rockets – Radar Gun – The Bottle Rockets/The Brooklyn Side Reissues
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Centreville – There is a Bomb in Gilead
Tommy Womack – 90 Miles An Hour Down A Dead-End Street – Now What!
Scott H. Biram – Ain’t It A Shame – Something’s Wrong / Lost Forever
Animal Parts – Where The Heart Is – Six Arms To Hold You
Liam Titcomb – Cicada – Cicada
Redgy Blackout – Alexandria – PEAK Performance Project 2012 – Top 20
David Myles – Maureen – In the Nighttime
Gabrielle Papillon – Little Bug – Little Bug
Jessie Baylin – Was I On Your Mind – Firesight
The Bittersweets – Birmingham – Goodnight, San Francisco *(podcast only)
Turnpike Troubadours – Kansas City Southern – Diamonds And Gasoline
Jack Marks – Exley’s Blues – Two Of Everything
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – Sturgill Simpson

Podcast: January 24, 2016

Episode #626

Today we’ve got some great new songs from Alex Dezen’s upcoming solo record, we threw a birthday party for our friend Nicky Mehta of The Wailin’ Jennys, talked about some upcoming shows, and played a pile of great classics.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Alex Dezen – This Is the Last Song (I’ll Ever Write on this Guitar) – Alex Dezen
Alex Dezen – Ode to Ex-Girlfriends – Alex Dezen
Alex Dezen – A Little Less Like Hell – Alex Dezen
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find our Place – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

John Bottomley – The Healing Dream – The Healing Dream – CDN
John Bottomley – Candle in the Dark – Blackberry – CDN
Rodney Crowell – This Too Will Pass – Fate’s Right Hand
Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues
Jon Dee Graham – Robot Moving – The Great Battle
Townes Van Zandt – Be Here to Love Me – Our Mother the Mountain
Scott Nolan & John K. Samson – Black Bear – Love, Lake Winnipeg: A Tribute to the Songs of Sol Sigurdson – CDN – WPG
William Prince – Bloom – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Nicky Mehta – Row Him Home – Weather Vane – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Deeper Well – The Wailin’ Jennys – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Begin – Firecracker – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
Good Lovelies – Down, Down, Down – Good Lovelies – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Good Lovelies – Broken Hearted – Burn the Plan – CDN
Lucinda Williams – I Just Want to See You so Bad (live) – Lucinda Williams (Deluxe Edition)
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams – Out of Touch – Essence
John Gorka – The Dutchman – So Dark You See
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Codeine – Here We Rest
Ridley Bent – Cry – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG

Podcast: January 17, 2016

Episode #625

Today a real mix of new music, classics, requests, timely tunes, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Soul of the Land That’s Mine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Joy Kills Sorrow – Such Great Heights – Wide Awake
Catherine MacLellan – Stealin’ – Silhouette – CDN
Brandon Wolfe Scott – Anymore – The Postcard Writer – CDN
Brandon Wolfe Scott – All That I’ve Done – The Postcard Writer – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matt Patershuk – Prettiest Ones – I Was so Fond of You – CDN
Ana Egge – Fifth of July – Bright Shadows – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Love Lives On – Love Lives On – CDN
Red Moon Road – I’ll Bend but I Won’t Break – Sorrows and Glories – CDN – WPG
John Moreland – Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars – High on Tulsa Heat
Jason Isbell – Cover Me Up – Southeastern

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Anthony da Costa – Mountain Range – The Family Record Singles Club Volume 11
Shovels & Rope – Leaving Lousiana in Broad Daylight – Broken Jukebox Vol. 1
Langhorne Slim – Rebel Side of Heaven – Langhorne Slim
Chuck Prophet – Would You Love Me? – Soap and Water
Roger Roger – 13 Crows – Fairweather – CDN – WPG
Jory Nash – Ain’t Coming Home – The Many Hats of Jory Nash – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – The Way I Feel – Songbook – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Oh, Linda – The Folk Sinner – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Fate’s Right Hand – Fate’s Right Hand
Steve Earle – I Feel Alright – I Feel Alright
Lydia Loveless – Can’t Change Me – Indestructible Machine
The Lowest of the Low – 4 O’Clock Stop – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN

Playlist: Episode #628 Sunday, February 7, 2016

Today we’ve got some great new music, some old school local music, and another pile of dusty vinyl from the archives!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Steve Poltz – The Plight of the Bumblebee – Kent Finlay: Dreamer – CDN
James McMurtry – Comfort’s Just a Rifle Shot Away – Kent Finlay: Dreamer
Jon Dee Graham – I’d Have Taken Better Care of Myself – Kent Finlay: Dreamer
Lucinda Williams – Factory – The Ghosts of Highway 20

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Buick 6 – So Much Trouble in the World (featuring Lucinda Williams) – Plays Well with Others
Tim O’Brien – Get Up Offa that Thing – Pompadour
Buick Six – Catch Me – Rollercoaster – CDN – WPG
John K Samson – Sunday Afternoon – Little Pictures – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Ryan’s Dream – Year of the Record Break – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Live of a Better Man – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Geoff Berner – Light Enough to Travel – Light Enough to Travel EP – CDN
Corb Lund – That’s What Keeps the Rent Down, Baby – Festival Man – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Baby Goats – The Queen of Vancouver Island – CDN
Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks – How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away? – Original Recordings
Steve Goodman – The Twentieth Century Is almost Over – Say It in Private
Warren Zevon – Poor Poor Pitiful Me – Stand in the Fire
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper – Elvis Is Everywhere – Bo Day Shus!!!

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN
The Beatles – Blackbird – The Beatles
The Band – Acadian Driftwood – Northern Lights – Southern Cross
King Harvest – Dancing in the Moonlight – Dancing in the Moonlight
John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves – In Spite of Ourselves
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

Playlist: Episode #627 Sunday, January 31, 2016

Today we celebrate February, Blaze Foley, Catherine MacLellan’s upcoming show, a big ol’ pile of vinyl records that I brought in, and play some requests and dedications!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Todd Snider – Vinyl Records – New Connections
Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Dogs of February – Hallucigenia – CDN
The Waifs – February – Beautiful You
David Francey – February Morning Drive – Far End of Summer – CDN
Idio Saravanja – That February Song – Little Child (bonus track) – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Blaze Foley – You’ll Get Yours Aplenty – The Dawg Years
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Wanted Dead More than Alive
Blaze Foley – If I Could Only Fly – Live at the Austin Outhouse
Blaze Foley – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream – Oval Room
Blaze Foley – Election Day – Cold, Cold World
Gurf Morlix – Baby Can I Crawl Back to You – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Gurf Morlix – Dirty Old Buffalo – Eatin’ at Me
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Saint Mary of the Woods

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Catherine MacLellan – Dreams Dissolve – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Isabel’s Song – Water in the Ground – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Keep on Fighting – Silhouette – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Don’t Call Me Stranger – The Raven’s Sun – CDN
Ray Bonneville – Love Is Wicked – Easy Gone – CDN
Ray Bonneville – Two Bends in the Road – Rough Luck – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Martyn Joseph – I Searched for You – Sanctuary
Leaf Rapids – Gravity and a Ladder of Gold – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
Calexico – Quattro (Worlds Drift In) – Feast of Wires
Neko Case – People Got a lotta Nerve – Middle Cyclone
Blue Northern – Can’t Stop – Blue Northern – CDN
Nick Lowe – Half a Boy and Half a Man – and his Cowboy Outfit
Buck Owens – Love’s Gonna Live Here – The Best of
Hoyt Axton – Boney Fingers – Life Machine
Del Barber – As Far as I Can Tell – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond – Give It April (Give It May) – Record Lonesome Night – CDN
Jim Bryson – Elizabeth – The North Side Benches – CDN
Hillbilly Burlesque – The Pines – Sixty Second Songs – CDN – WPG

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – Jan. 14, 2016

We’ve got a stack of non-stop celebrations tonight, including the brighter future for Times Change(d), Honky Tonk Heroes, the late great David Bowie, and a couple of exciting upcoming shows, including the returns of Canadian legends Blue Rodeo, including a Blue Rodeo tribute set with a twist – Blue Rodeo covering other great artists!

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Artist – Title – Album

D. Rangers – We Stay High & Lonesome – We Stay High & Lonesome
Barney Bentall & Co. – High and Lonesome (Cameron Latimer) – The Grand Cariboo Opry
The Gaslight Anthem – High Lonesome – The ’59 Sound
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Poor Choices Song – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. IV]
Adrian Sala – Andrew Neville – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. IV]
Waylon Jennings – Honky Tonk Heroes – Honky Tonk Heroes
Billy Joe Shaver – Played the Game Too Long – Old Five And Dimers Like Me
Leaf Rapids – The Man Who Sold The World – Lucky Stars
Danny Michel – DJ – Loving The Alien
Flight Of The Conchords – Bowie – Flight Of The Conchords
Rhett Miller – Queen Bitch – The Interpreter: Live at Largo
The Gourds – Ziggy Stardust – Shinebox
Fish & Bird – The Lake – Something in the Ether
Fish & Bird – Winnipeg – Every Whisper Is A Shout Across The Void
Fish & Bird – Burst Into Flower – Left Brain Blues
Blue Rodeo – Four Strong Winds – The Gift: A Tribute to Ian Tyson
Blue Rodeo – King Harvest – Garth Hudson Presents A Canadian Celebration Of The Band
Blue Rodeo – Go Go Round – Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot
Blue Rodeo – ’til I Gain Control Again – Five Days in July
The Sadies – Story’s Often Told (w/ Greg Keelor & Jim Cuddy) – In Concert Volume 1
Blue Rodeo – Rose Coloured Glasses – Outskirts
Blue Rodeo – Heart Like Mine – Outskirts

Podcast: January 10, 2016

Episode #624

New Jim Bryson! Very few things are more exciting to me than a long-awaited new album from one of our favourites, so we had to listen to a pile of it today, along with a whole lot of other great new music, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Jim Bryson – Ontario – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Stuck in the Middle – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Rust and Fade – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – On the Edge – Mother Tongue

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Bushpilots – Caffeine and Nicoteine Nights – All the Little Things – CDN
Lori Yates – Sweetheart of the Valley – Sweetheart of the Valley – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Full Moon Blues – Romantic as It Gets – CDN
Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell – Done This One Before – Sing Into my Mouth
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lucinda’s Room – In the Blazes
Dawes – Somewhere Along the Way – All of your Favorite Bands

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Bring It on Home to Memphis – The Traveling Kind
Jim Bryson – Changing Scenery – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Breathe – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Kalle Mattson – Lost Love – Avalanche – CDN
Whitehorse – You Get Older – Leave No Bridge Unburned – CDN
Frazey Ford – Done – Indian Ocean – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Terra Lightfoot – See You in the Morning – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
Blue Rodeo – New Morning Sun – Live at Massey Hall – CDN
Fish & Bird – My Head My Heart My Gut – Left Brain Blues – CDN
Rhiannon Giddens – Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind – Tomorrow Is My Turn
Amanda Shires – Bulletproof – Down Fell the Doves
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires – I Follow Rivers – Sea Songs

Playlist: Episode #626 Sunday, January 24, 2016

Today we’ve got some great new songs from Alex Dezen’s upcoming solo record, we threw a birthday party for our friend Nicky Mehta of The Wailin’ Jennys, talked about some upcoming shows, and played a pile of great classics.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Alex Dezen – This Is the Last Song (I’ll Ever Write on this Guitar) – Alex Dezen
Alex Dezen – Ode to Ex-Girlfriends – Alex Dezen
Alex Dezen – A Little Less Like Hell – Alex Dezen
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find our Place – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

John Bottomley – The Healing Dream – The Healing Dream – CDN
John Bottomley – Candle in the Dark – Blackberry – CDN
Rodney Crowell – This Too Will Pass – Fate’s Right Hand
Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues
Jon Dee Graham – Robot Moving – The Great Battle
Townes Van Zandt – Be Here to Love Me – Our Mother the Mountain
Scott Nolan & John K. Samson – Black Bear – Love, Lake Winnipeg: A Tribute to the Songs of Sol Sigurdson – CDN – WPG
William Prince – Bloom – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Nicky Mehta – Row Him Home – Weather Vane – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Deeper Well – The Wailin’ Jennys – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Begin – Firecracker – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
Good Lovelies – Down, Down, Down – Good Lovelies – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Good Lovelies – Broken Hearted – Burn the Plan – CDN
Lucinda Williams – I Just Want to See You so Bad (live) – Lucinda Williams (Deluxe Edition)
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams – Out of Touch – Essence
John Gorka – The Dutchman – So Dark You See
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Codeine – Here We Rest
Ridley Bent – Cry – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG

Playlist: Episode #625 Sunday, January 17, 2016

Today a real mix of new music, classics, requests, timely tunes, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Soul of the Land That’s Mine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Joy Kills Sorrow – Such Great Heights – Wide Awake
Catherine MacLellan – Stealin’ – Silhouette – CDN
Brandon Wolfe Scott – Anymore – The Postcard Writer – CDN
Brandon Wolfe Scott – All That I’ve Done – The Postcard Writer – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matt Patershuk – Prettiest Ones – I Was so Fond of You – CDN
Ana Egge – Fifth of July – Bright Shadows – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Love Lives On – Love Lives On – CDN
Red Moon Road – I’ll Bend but I Won’t Break – Sorrows and Glories – CDN – WPG
John Moreland – Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars – High on Tulsa Heat
Jason Isbell – Cover Me Up – Southeastern

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Anthony da Costa – Mountain Range – The Family Record Singles Club Volume 11
Shovels & Rope – Leaving Lousiana in Broad Daylight – Broken Jukebox Vol. 1
Langhorne Slim – Rebel Side of Heaven – Langhorne Slim
Chuck Prophet – Would You Love Me? – Soap and Water
Roger Roger – 13 Crows – Fairweather – CDN – WPG
Jory Nash – Ain’t Coming Home – The Many Hats of Jory Nash – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – The Way I Feel – Songbook – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Oh, Linda – The Folk Sinner – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Fate’s Right Hand – Fate’s Right Hand
Steve Earle – I Feel Alright – I Feel Alright
Lydia Loveless – Can’t Change Me – Indestructible Machine
The Lowest of the Low – 4 O’Clock Stop – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN

Playlist: Episode #624 Sunday, January 10, 2016

New Jim Bryson! Very few things are more exciting to me than a long-awaited new album from one of our favourites, so we had to listen to a pile of it today, along with a whole lot of other great new music, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Jim Bryson – Ontario – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Stuck in the Middle – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Rust and Fade – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – On the Edge – Mother Tongue

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Bushpilots – Caffeine and Nicoteine Nights – All the Little Things – CDN
Lori Yates – Sweetheart of the Valley – Sweetheart of the Valley – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Full Moon Blues – Romantic as It Gets – CDN
Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell – Done This One Before – Sing Into my Mouth
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lucinda’s Room – In the Blazes
Dawes – Somewhere Along the Way – All of your Favorite Bands

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Bring It on Home to Memphis – The Traveling Kind
Jim Bryson – Changing Scenery – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Breathe – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Kalle Mattson – Lost Love – Avalanche – CDN
Whitehorse – You Get Older – Leave No Bridge Unburned – CDN
Frazey Ford – Done – Indian Ocean – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Terra Lightfoot – See You in the Morning – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
Blue Rodeo – New Morning Sun – Live at Massey Hall – CDN
Fish & Bird – My Head My Heart My Gut – Left Brain Blues – CDN
Rhiannon Giddens – Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind – Tomorrow Is My Turn
Amanda Shires – Bulletproof – Down Fell the Doves
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires – I Follow Rivers – Sea Songs