Episode #1056

It’s the 22nd anniversary of the very first official episode of Tell the Band to Go Home, and we’re still here playing new and exciting music for those who might hopefully enjoy and appreciate it! Today, we’ve got a bit of a tribute to the man who inspired the show’s name, new music, covers, exciting concert news, birthday love for one of our longtime listeners and friends, we look ahead to tonight’s final edition of The Way We Feel: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot, and more!

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

Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Tell The Band To Go Home – CDN

Paul MacLeod – Giants – Tell The Band To Go Home – CDN
Skydiggers – See You Again – Bittersweet Harmony – CDN
Skydiggers – Biloxi – All of Our Dreaming: Live 1988, 2000 & 2012 – CDN
Kris Demeanor – Speed it up – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

Chuck Prophet – Red Sky Night (feat. ¿Qiensave?) – Wake the Dead
Sierra Ferrell – Lighthouse (Alternate Version) – single
Leif Vollebekk – Rock and Roll – Revelation – CDN
Paul Kelly – All Those Smiling Faces – Fever Longing Still

Joe Wilkinson – Where the Wait Isn’t Long – single
Dori Freeman & Teddy Thompson – Sweeten the Distance – Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal
Neal Casal – Maybe California – Fade Away Diamond Time

Whitehorse – Sweet Surrender – single – CDN
Humbird – Vienna – Humbird Sings Billy Joel

Ryland Moranz – When I’m Gone – single – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Someone Else’s Feelings – Healing Power – CDN

Watertown – Laura-Lee – One Phoebe Street – CDN
Madison Violet – Lauralee – No Fool For Trying – CDN
Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons – Laura – Old Believers
Skydiggers – Laura Love – City Of Sirens – CDN

Gord Downie – The Stranger – Secret Path – CDN
Mack MacKenzie – I’m not your Indian Boy – Mack MacKenzie – CDN
Three O’Clock Train – Dirty & Down – single – CDN

Jory Nash – Early Morning Rain – live recording – CDN

Aengus Finnan – Lightfoot – Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot – CDN
David Woodhead – Little Whirl – Sweets and Conundrums – CDN
Anne Lindsay – Hurry on Home (feat. Jim Cuddy) – Hurry on Home – CDN
Brothers Cosmoline – Kenny – Songs Of Work And Freedom – CDN

Moxy Fruvous – King Of Spain – Bargainville – CDN
Jason Fowler – Wasted Time – single – CDN
Charlie A’Court, Lloyd Spiegel & Suzie Vinnick – Ten Miles From Your Door – A’Court, Spiegel, & Vinnick – CDN
Lori Cullen – I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today – Calling For Rain – CDN

Matthew Barber – And You Give – Ghost Notes – CDN
The Young Novelists – Always Make the Mistake – Made Us Strangers – CDN
Dala – Alive – Everyone Is Someone – CDN
Jory Nash – The Conversion of Pearl Hart – Spaz Loves Weezie – CDN

Scott Nolan – Lay Down – North/South – CDN – WPG
Joel Plaskett – Happen Now – La De Da – CDN

Episode #1055

New music, discoveries, revisiting some of this year’s best albums, and an hour of truck drivin’ songs shamelessly inspired by this week’s terrific Boots & Saddle theme show.

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

Leeroy Stagger – Count To Ten – 3 AM Revelations – CDN

Jim Bryson – Is This The Blues – Combinations 1 +1 – CDN
MJ Lenderman – She’s Leaving You – Manning Fireworks
Mike June – Pilgrims – Modern American Folk Music
Aaron Lee Tasjan – I Love America Better Than You – Stellar Evolution
Boy Golden – Burn – For Eden – CDN – WPG

Jesse Malin & The Hold Steady – Death Star – Silver Patron Saints
Jesse Malin, Lucinda Williams & Elvis Costello – Room 13 – Silver Patron Saints
Jesse Malin – Wendy – The Fine Art of Self-Destruction

Aaron Lee Tasjan – Broken Hearts and Auto Parts – ‘Let’s Go Dancing’ the songs of Kevn Kinney
Patterson Hood – Let’s Go Dancing (feat. Peter Buck & Scott McCaughey) – ‘Let’s Go Dancing’ the songs of Kevn Kinney
Josiah and the Bonnevilles – Jesus, Etc. (with Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners) – single

Sammy Brue – Mama – Nocturnal Country
Branson Anderson – Colorado – single

Carter Felker – The Losing Hand – live recording – CDN
Carter Felker – The Losing Hand – live recording – CDN
Del Barber – Ronnie and Rose – live recording – CDN – WPG
Skinny Dyck – Out Of Control – Easygoing – CDN

Richard Laviolette – Carter and Cash – All Wild Things Are Shy – CDN
John Murry – Silver or Lead – a little bit of Grace and Decay
Dennis Ellsworth – Wild East – Luna – CDN
Hannah White – Safety From Harm – single

Two Cow Garage – Let the Boys Be Girls – live recording
Micah Schnabel – Fingers Like a Gun – The Clown Watches the Clock
Micah Schnabel – Land of Impending Doom – The Clown Watches the Clock
James McMurtry – Childish Things – Childish Things

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Keep On Truckin’ – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Joseph Hill – Cold Beans & Broken Eggs – CDN – WPG
Son Volt – Looking at the World Through a Windshield – A Retrospective 1995-2000
Mike T. Kerr – Truckin’s an Honest Livin’ – Mother Trucker II: Lookin’ for a Back Door – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – Water In The Fuel – Lipstick, Lies And Gasoline – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Trucker Speed – 6 Volts – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – 18 Wheels – Milly’s Cafe – CDN
Jonathan Byrd – A Big Truck Brought It – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Richard Shindell – The Kenworth Of My Dreams – Sparrows Point

Mayhemingways – Frances the Truck Driver – Skip Land – CDN
Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels – Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man – Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology
Marty Stuart – Truck Driver’s Blues – Nashville, Volume 1: Tear The Woodpile Down
Kendel Carson – I Like Trucks – Rearview Mirror Tears – CDN

Episode #1054

Looking back on a great week of live music, new songs and new discoveries, a primer for tonight’s Frank Turner show, and we discuss some of the great work that John Samson Fellows & Christine Fellows are doing as part of the John Howard Society and the Get the Story Out program. Please check out their efforts and their music:

book donations: https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/kids/browse/category/3384/
support JHS: https://johnhoward.mb.ca/donate/

Vivat Virtute:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivat_virtute/
Music: https://vivatvirtute.bandcamp.com/
Store: https://vivatvirtute.bigcartel.com/

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

Blondie – Dreaming – Eat To The Beat

Sean Burns – Cabdriver – Cold Beans & Broken Eggs – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Daddy Was an Auctioneer – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG
Corb Lund – El Viejo (for Ian) – El Viejo – CDN

Cassidy Mann – Orlando Earrings – single – CDN – WPG
Cassidy Mann – Disappointing The Internet – single – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Love and Honesty and Kindness – Enough About Me – CDN – WPG
The Be Good Tanyas – Light Enough To Travel – Blue Horse – CDN

Maggie Collins – She Knows – single – CDN
Sarah Burton – Worth Sticking Around For – single – CDN
Lisa Loeb – Fall Back Guy – single

Zachary Lucky – Ramblin’ Kind – The Wind – CDN
Jeremie Albino – Our Time In The Sun – single – CDN
Steve Earle – I Fought The Law – Better Than Jail
Leeroy Stagger – These Days – 3 AM Revelations – CDN
John Blek – Hold Your Tongue – Cheer Up

Jim Bryson – Who’s There – Combinations 1 +1 – CDN
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Decidedly – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Jim Bryson – Paper Plates – Tired of Waiting – CDN

Frank Turner – Plea From A Cat Named Virtute – Polaroid Picture
Frank Turner – Bigfoot! – One Great Tribute! a Love Letter to the Weakerthans
Frank Turner – Reasons Not To Be An Idiot – Love Ire & Song
Frank Turner – The Way I Tend To Be – Tape Deck Heart
Frank Turner – The Ballad of Me and My Friends – Campfire Punkrock
Frank Turner – Born to Run – The Third Three Years

Vivat Virtute – Do Not Worry – Hold Music – CDN – WPG
Vivat Virtute – All My Ex-Boyfriends Are You – June First – CDN – WPG
Christine Fellows – The Spinster’s Almanac – Nevertheless – CDN – WPG
Christine Fellows – SWAG – Stuff We All Get – CDN – WPG

Mary Gauthier – Thanksgiving At The Prison (Demo) – Season Of Mercy
John Prine – Christmas In Prison – Sweet Revenge
The Byrds – Life In Prison – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives – Walls Of A Prison – Country Music

Danny Michel – When I Get Out – Tales from the Invisible Man – CDN
Jory Nash – Prisoner’s Lament – Tangle With The Ghost – CDN
Lee Hazlewood – Hutchinson Jail – Friday’s Child
Billy Bragg & Wilco – Jailcell Blues – Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

Merle Haggard & The Strangers – Branded Man – Branded Man
Merle Haggard & The Strangers – Sing Me Back Home – Sing Me Back Home

Episode #1053

Twisty’s Birthday, new music, and in honour of the big back-to-back, home and home series between the Bombers and Roughriders, some songs for Saskatchewan (even though we want them to lose) and some banjo tunes in honour of next week’s Banjo Bowl!

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

D.Rangers – Kandahar, Saskatchewan – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG

Tom Fodey – Four Walls – Twisty Plays Twisty – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Long Way Home – Sweet Somethin Steady – CDN – WPG
Vince Andrushko – Putting’ on the Miles – Vince Andrushko – CDN – WPG
Jackpine – Rick Danko Died – Brand New Good Old Days – CDN – WPG

Deacon Creek – Emelia – single – CDN – WPG
Townes Van Zandt – Illegal Cargo – Can’t Steal My Fire: The Songs of David Olney
Matt Masters – Train Whistle – BURGENER – CDN

The Wind and The Wave – You Belong With Me – single
Terra Spencer – Twenty Years In – single – CDN
Peter Bruntnell – Out of the Pines – Houdini And The Sucker Punch

Mike June – Blue Skies (Are Temporary) (feat. Jess Klein) – Modern American Folk Music
Mike June – Ghosts and Demons – Modern American Folk Music

Rheostatics – Saskatchewan – Melville – CDN
Zachary Lucky – Saskatchewan – Saskatchewan – CDN
David Francey – Flowers Of Saskatchewan – Far End Of Summer – CDN
Jason Plumb and the Willing – Wide Open – Wide Open Music: Songs for Saskatchewan – CDN
Corb Lund – Long Gone To Saskatchewan – Losin’ Lately Gambler – CDN
Matt Masters – Oh Saskatchewan – All-Western Winners – CDN

Scott Nolan – Somewhere Near Regina – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Runnin’ Back to Saskatoon – Guess Who’s Home – CDN – WPG
Leeroy Stagger – Saskatoon (feat. The Sinking Hearts) – Depression River – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Saskatoon Tonight – live recording – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Postcard from Princess – XOK – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Oh, Alberta – Tin Type – CDN

Elliott BROOD – The Banjo Song – Northern Companion – CDN
The Brother Brothers – Banjo Song – Some People I Know
Jenny Whiteley – Banjo Girl – Dear – CDN
The Dead South – Banjo Odyssey – Good Company – CDN

Old Man Luedecke – Notes from the Banjo Underground – Hinterland – CDN
Steve Martin – Daddy Played The Banjo – The Crow – New Songs For The Five String Banjo
Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Banjo Frisco – American Legacies
Steve Earle & The Dukes (and Duchesses) – Warren Hellman’s Banjo – The Low Highway

Pete Seeger – If I Had a Hammer – The American Dream: Yes We Can
Willie P. Bennett – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Sunparlour Players – One for You and One for Me – live recording – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Earthbound (w/ Bela Fleck) – Fate’s Right Hand
The Be Good Tanyas – Draft Daughter’s Blues aka Ootischenia – Hello Love – CDN

Episode #1052

New music aplenty, an hour of Girls Play Guys, where women sing songs by men, and a tribute to some of the incredible music that came out of our city and country during the 1990s, after yet another big sporting event 90s night that didn’t acknowledge or play a single local band or artist. Oy vey. Good thing we’re here!

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

Bob King – Sandwiches – The People on my Street – CDN – WPG

John Moreland – Nobody Gives a Damn About Songs Anymore – In the Throes
The Damnwells – No One Listens to the Band Anymore – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
Del Barber – Songwriter’s Lament – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Howdy Howdy – Woodland
Stephanie Westdal – Want You So Bad – single – CDN – WPG
Benjamin Tod – Satisfied With Your Love – single

Lydia Loveless – Head – Something Else
Jadea Kelly – Thirteen – Weather Girl – CDN
Abigail Lapell – Serpent à sonnette – single – CDN
Lindi Ortega & Jack Barksdale – How’s It Gonna End (Radio Edit) – single – CDN

Bob Sumner – Is It Really Any Wonder – Some Place To Rest Easy – CDN
Julian Taylor – Pathways (feat. Allison Russell) – single – CDN
The Cactus Blossoms – There She Goes – Every Time I Think About You

Nathan – Temptation – Winnipeg: The High And Lonesome Years Vol. II – CDN – WPG
Shawn Colvin – (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday – Cover Girl
Mae Moore – Hold On – Oh My! – CDN

Nathan – Cigarette Song – CKUW Fundrive 2009: Uncovered – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – Witness – What Are You Going To Do With Me EP – CDN – WPG
Skye Wallace – Without Mythologies – One Great Tribute! A love letter to The Weakerthans – CDN

Dar Williams – Wilder Than Her – What Do You Hear In These Sounds
Kasey Chambers – Freight Train – The Captain – Bonus Disc
Mary Gauthier – Your Sister Cried – Mercy Now
Linda McRae – The Lucky Ones (Bonus Track) – Going to the Well – CDN

Kathleen Edwards – Human Touch (w/Bahamas) – single – CDN
Brandi Carlile – Heaven – XOBC – EP
Elizabeth Cook – Too Drunk to Fuck – Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Working Songs for the Drinking Class

The Watchmen – Any Day Now – Silent Radar – CDN – WPG
Crash Test Dummies – Here I Stand Before Me – God Shuffled His Feet – CDN – WPG
Holly McNarland – Numb – Stuff – CDN – WPG
Leaderhouse – Elephant Song – Leaderhouse – CDN – WPG
The New Meanies – Three Seeds – Three Seeds – CDN – WPG

Kings of the Moon – Coming Home – Kings of the Moon – CDN – WPG
Buick Six – Catch Me – Rollercoaster – CDN – WPG
Chains on 20 – Bleed – Finally – CDN – WPG
Swing Soniq – Ma Cherie – Moonglow – CDN – WPG
Acoustically Inclined – Walkabout Eugene – A Short Subliminal Message – CDN – WPG

The Bonaduces – A Separate Lid Behind Closed Eyes – The Democracy of Sleep – CDN – WPG
The Jonah Stone – Moments of Rain – Kicking at the Smoke – CDN – WPG
Lowest of the Low – Salesmen, Cheats and Liars – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN