It’s days like today that hold the most promise (and often the most danger); there’s not much going on, not a lot of new music, no real plan whatsoever. We’ll leave it up to you to figure out whether things turned out beautifully… or not.
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Well, somewhat reluctantly, I came back from my Texas trek with an armload of great new music and stories to tell about my adventures and the amazing sights and sounds of Austin. We’ve also got some great new releases from closer to home, as well as a preview of an exciting upcoming show and CKUW’s FunDrive.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Townes Van Zandt – T for Texas – Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971-1972
Gurf Morlix – Series of Closin’ Doors – Finds the Present Tense
Ray Bonneville – Oxford Town – Roll It Down – CDN
Kacy Crowley – Vertigo – Anchorless
Jon Dee Graham – Holes – Swept Away
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Jon Dee Graham – Big Sweet Life – Summerland
Alejandro Escovedo – Arizona – The Boxing Mirror
James McMurtry – Restless (live bonus track) – Just Us Kids
Bob Schneider – Clean – Live at the Saxon Pub, Austin, TX
Shinyribs – Poor People’s Store – Well After Awhile
Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again – Home Again
What Made Milwaukee Famous – Rosewood (featuring Kathleen Edwards) – You Can’t Fall Off the Floor
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Stephen Fearing – Wheel of Love – Between Hurricanes – CDN
Ingrid Gatin – Slow Dancing – 1000 Lives – CDN – WPG
Rob Lutes – Natural Disaster – The Bravest Birds – CDN
Richard Thompson – Where’s Home? – Electric
Henry Wagons – Give Things a Chance to Mend (featuring Jenn Grant) – Expecting Company?
Corin Raymond and The Sundowners – Nine Inch Nails – Paper Nickels – CDN
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Dustin Bentall – Streets with No Lights – Streets with No Lights – CDN
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Take the Money – Six Shooter – CDN
Dustin Bentall & The Smokes – Oxford Street – Orion – CDN
Lindi Ortega – Jimmy Dean – Little Red Boots – CDN
Lindi Ortega – The Day You Die – Cigarettes & Truckstops – CDN
Hatcher-Briggs – The Last Ones – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
Gurf Morlix – Dan Blocker – Toad of Titicaca
Off the Wagon – Red Clay Halo – Twangtrust Broadcasts 1999-2007 – CDN – WPG
Texas holds a magical, mythical appeal, because it is the birthplace and the home of many of the greatest songwriters of all time. Today, a Texas Songwriter Special, featuring some of the many timeless songs and writers to emerge from The Lone Star State, as well as a few Canadians clearly connected to and influenced by Texans.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Guy Clark – Texas-1947 – Old No. 1
Townes Van Zandt – Pancho & Lefty – Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
Kris Kristofferson – Sunday Morning Coming Down – Singer/Songwriter
Mickey Newbury – How I Love Them Old Songs – ‘Frisco Mabel Joy
Willie Nelson – Angel Flying too Close to the Ground – Super Hits
Rodney Crowell – Telephone Road – The Houston Kid
Steve Earle – Telephone Road – El Corazon
Tom Russell – Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? – Wounded Heart of America (Tom Russell Songs)
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Eliza Gilkyson – Highway 9 – Land of Milk and Honey
Gurf Morlix – Killin’ Time in Texas – Diamonds to Dust
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Live at The Austin Outhouse
Billy Joe Shaver – Old Five and Dimers Like Me – Old Five and Dimers Like Me
Jerry Jeff Walker – Mr. Bojangles – Live from Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Romi Mayes – Just Like the Rest – Achin’ in yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Bad Liver/Broken Heart – Receiver/Reflector – CDN – WPG
The Western States – Time to Lose – Bye and Bye – CDN – WPG
Twilight Hotel – Poor & Hungry – When the Wolves Go Blind – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Triple Crown – Me Then You – CDN
Hayes Carll – Rivertown – Little Rock
3:30 – 4:00 pm
James McMurtry – Levelland – Where’d You Hide the Body
Alejandro Escovedo – Rhapsody – A Man Under the Influence
Robert Earl Keen – Not a Drop of Rain – Gravitational Forces
Lyle Lovett – That’s Right (You’re Not from Texas) – The Road to Ensenada
Sarah Harmer – Trouble in the Fields – Songs for Clem – CDN
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Out of town, so this show is pre-recorded, but we take our role as your informant seriously, so we’re here to let you know what’s going on, what’s important, and what you need to know. Tonight, we’re encouraging you to support CKUW FunDrive, go to some amazing upcoming shows, and play even more great Texas songwriters that we didn’t get to on last week’s show or Sunday’s TTBTGH special!
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Texas holds a magical, mythical appeal, because it is the birthplace and the home of many of the greatest songwriters of all time. Today, a Texas Songwriter Special, featuring some of the many timeless songs and writers to emerge from The Lone Star State.
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The show is pre-recorded this week because I’m off on my dream vacation, visit to Austin, TX, music central. Texas is the centre of so much of the music we love, so there’s much to celebrate, and we’ll play you some songs from a few Texas greats tonight. Sadly, being there means that I can’t see NQ Arbuckle in Winnipeg, but we’ve got some songs for you tonight that will hopefully get you primed up for the show.
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Dropping by the studio today is a phenomenal photographer/videographer, Mike Latschislaw (www.latschphotography.com), who is hard at work on a documentary about the fertile and amazing Winnipeg music community. One of the artists featured in the movie is Scott Nolan, and we’re always glad to chat with him, so we got him on the phone. We’re also excited about a star-studded show on Feb. 8, and we’ve got some exciting new music to debut, and a legend to remember.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Del Barber – The Waitress – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Daniel Romano – Middle Child – Come Cry with Me – CDN
Whitehorse – Cold July – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN
Whitehorse – Emerald Isle – Whitehorse – CDN
Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Daniel Romano – A New Love (Can Be Found) – Come Cry With Me – CDN
Whitehorse – Out Like a Lion – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Scott Nolan – Go Out Sing Your Best Song – Soundcloud – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan interview
Scott Nolan – You Rock We Roll – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
3:00 – 3:30 pm
The Bros. Landreth – Greenhouse – Works in Progress EP – CDN – WPG
The Bros. Landreth – Runaway Train – Works in Progress EP – CDN – WPG
Dan Frechette – Our Flames Ain’t Dyin’ in the Cold – unreleased – CDN – WPG
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Everything That I Have is Broken – The Thinking Man’s Filth
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Dirty Angel – The Thinking Man’s Filth
Dawes – So Well – Paste Festival Sessions
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Amy LaVere & Shannon McNally – If it Were Mine To Keep – Chasing The Ghost Rehearsal Sessions
Holly Williams – Without You – The Highway
Shinyribs – East TX Rust (w/Ray Wylie Hubbard) – Well After Awhile
Shinyribs – Change Is Gonna Come – Well After Awhile
Gurf Morlix – Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Blaze Foley – Baby Can I Crawl Back to You? – Cold, Cold World
This one’s called “On Heroes, Hope, and The Cold, Hard Truth. We’ve learned some lessons lately about putting people up on pedestals, only to later find out that we’re all only human, and we all do things that don’t seem so good. This one’s for Lance, Kasey, and you. Read more about it.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00 – 2:30 pm
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Three Thousand Miles – Six Shooter – CDN
Townes Van Zandt – Tecumseh Valley – For the Sake of the Song
Guy Clark – Let Him Roll – Old #1
Rod Picott – Tiger Tom Dixon’s Blues – Tiger Tom Dixon Blues
Slaid Cleaves – 29 – No Angel Knows
Holly Williams – Mama – Here With Me
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Serena Ryder & The Beauties – Ramblin’ Man – Serena Ryder & The Beauties – CDN
Martin Sexton – Freedom of the Road – Black Sheep
Fred Eaglesmith – The Boy That Just Went Wrong – The Boy That Just Went Wrong – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – White Ash & Black Ash – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Scott Nolan – Drive Day – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
David Essig & Rick Scott – Willie P – Double Vision – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – CDN
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Kasey Anderon & The Honkies – Heavy Heart – Let the Bloody Moon Rise
Kasey Anderon & The Honkies – Two More Bottles of Wine – Let the Bloody Moon Rise
Kasey Anderon & The Honkies – Ain’t Life Grand – Let the Bloody Moon Rise
Eliza Gilkyson – Easy Rider – Lost and Found
Eliza Gilkyson – Ballad of Yvonne Johnson – Land of Milk and Honey
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Catherine MacLellan – Stronger – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Loudon Wainwright III – Your Mother and I – More Love Songs
Martha Wainwright – Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole – Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole – CDN
Mary Gauthier – I Drink – Live at Blue Rock
Justin Townes Earle – Mama’s Eyes – Midnight At The Movies
Steve Earle – Little Rock ‘n’ Roller – Guitar Town
Chris Trapper – Easy Flyer – The Few & The Far Between
At this show, Skydiggers are royalty, so anything new is exciting, even if it is something old… Sure, we’ve already got the 2000 set, but the other two discs in this package are pretty enticing, and the promise of “National Tour Dates,” usually means that we’ll get a visit. We’ll let you know when we hear more, but for now, here are the details of some interesting upcoming releases:
Skydiggers To Celebrate 25th Anniversary in 2013 With Four Sets Of Seasonal Releases, National Tour Dates And A Series Of Special Events.
All of our Dreaming: Skydiggers Live, 1988, 2000 and 2012 set to come out on March 5.
Skydiggers – Circa 1989 (left to right): Peter Cash, Ron Macey, Andy Maize, Wayne Stokes, Josh Finlayson
Photographer: Ian Sutherland
Triple disc package to consist of two live albums and a live DVD captured a dozen years apart and spanning a career of performances that has had as many musical memories as miles.
1. Spadina Hotel (1988)
2. There & Back (2000) Reissue
3. Skydiggers Live at The Glenn Gould Theatre DVD – October 13, 2012
Listen to “Wreck of the Old 97” from Spadina Hotel
Chemistry, passion, energy and evolution are a few words that come to mind when Andy Maize and Josh Finlayson talk about twenty-five years together in Skydiggers. When the band released their eighth studio album, Northern Shore, in April of last year, it stood out as the band’s most adventurous and varied collection of songs yet. When they dug into the vaults to expand Northern Shore into a deluxe edition, another three discs of outtakes, alternate versions, and unreleased songs emerged.
To celebrate their silver anniversary, a series of four separate releases will be delivered each season in 2013. It kicks off with All of our Dreaming: Skydiggers Live, 1988, 2000 & 2012 which consists of three separate discs of the band captured live, twelve years apart, beginning with 1998’s Spadina Hotel, followed by 2000’s There & Back and rounded out with a DVD of 2012’s stunning performance, Skydiggers Live at The Glenn Gould Theatre.
“It all started in the beverage room of the Spadina Hotel. That is essentially when the band came together.” says Josh. “Andy and I performed there as a duo as part of Andrew Cash’s Monday night series called Acoustic Meltdown. When Andrew released his debut album and could no longer host the night, we took it over. We put an ad in Now Magazine answered by Ron Macey, and together with Wayne Stokes and Andrew’s brother Peter Cash, who was quietly writing some amazing songs, Skydiggers were born.”
“We cut our teeth there” adds Andy. “It forced us to come up with new songs every week and it prepared us for what was to come. What you hear on Spadina Hotel is a young band finding its voice and recorded from the audience with a single microphone. We have always been conscious of documenting where we were at as a band, which is why we still have so much unheard material. So a dozen years after those Monday nights at The Spadina Hotel, and after many miles on the band odometer, we revisited the idea of a live album. We recorded a number of sets at The Sidetrack Café in Edmonton for There & Back, but it wasn’t until we recorded our annual Christmas concerts at The Horseshoe Tavern that we felt we captured the energy that had kept us going for so long.”
For a band that has spent a quarter of a century together on the road and in the studio, Skydiggers are not only riding all of those years of momentum but continuing to evolve as well. According to Andy Maize and Josh Finlayson one of the keys is chemistry.
“You can spend your life searching for chemistry” Andy muses. “For any relationship to remain vital and continue to grow you need chemistry. We were lucky to have found that early on with each other. We were also fortunate to play four very big shows before our first record even came out” remembers Andy. “We opened for 54-40, The Tragically Hip, Cowboy Junkies and Blue Rodeo early on and I think we learned a thing or two about chemistry from those experiences. After all, those four bands are also still together.”
Josh agrees and also points out that in order to stay creative and pertinent you need to constantly challenge yourself. “Change and evolution are imperative. To bring a visible energy to the stage every night, you need to remain passionate by pushing yourself as songwriters and performers. You need to be constantly evolving yet trying to remain timeless at the same time. That is what is so exciting about the DVD of the Glenn Gould show last fall. It all came together.”
Indeed. The October 13 performance at Glenn Gould Theatre is the sound of an iconic band looking back and looking forward at the same time and a pinnacle so far to an illustrious career that in many ways feels like it is just getting started. Skydiggers are continuing to map new musical territory and as they plan for their series of 2013 releases the band will be announcing some projects they have been thinking about for years.
“Now is the time” states Andy. “We have a number of projects brewing that we have talked about putting out for years and now we are going to bring some of those ideas to fruition. We want to harness this creative momentum and renewed energy that has been pushing us forward. We can’t ignore it. We need to jump on board. Now is the time.”
Watch for national tour dates to be announced soon as well as more music and information on Skydiggers’ 25th Anniversary releases and events.
Watch “You Sparkle Silver”
Watch Skydiggers CBC Drive session on CBC Music:
More Info: www.skydiggers.com
Chris Trapper
www.christrapper.com
Live at Sunset Saloon (house concert, West Winnipeg)
Monday, April 8, 2013
7:30
Suggested donation $15-20
All are welcome (bring the kids, friends, family, people off the street, whatever)
As usual, you can bring a beverage of your choice or food to share, but we’ll have plenty of both on hand, so feel free to enjoy whatever’s on hand!
Questions? RSVP? Fill out the contact form below!
Like many Winnipeggers, my first knowing exposure to Chris Trapper came when he opened for Folk Festival favourite Martin Sexton at the Walker Theatre in 2009. He won us over with his wit, charm, and wonderful songs. But you’re likely familiar with some of his other work, without knowing it. He co-wrote 7 songs with Great Big Sea, including their big hit “Sea of No Cares.” He’s had songs on some big movie soundtracks, including the Grammy Award nominated soundtrack to “August Rush.” He is also the leader of successful rock band The Push Stars.
I got to see and hear a lot more of him at The Edmonton Folk Festival in 2010, where he became fast friends with Colin Hay (Men at Work,) and won over a lot of new fans at that very prestigious festival.
He’s got a hectic touring schedule, a lot of great songs, and many amusing stories from along the way. I know you’ll enjoy yourself if you come see Chris in our friendly, intimate environment.
Official Bio:
CHRIS TRAPPER began his career as the front man for late–90’s alternative rock band THE PUSH STARS (Capitol Records).
With four CD releases and several high profile national tours – including a run with Matchbox Twenty – The Push Stars served to establish Chris as an authentic talent.
The New York Times calls his work “classic pop perfection.”
As a modern day singer–songwriter, Chris is most known for his song THIS TIME, the Number 1 selling song on the Grammy nominated soundtrack for AUGUST RUSH (Robin Williams, Jonathan Rhys Meyers – Warner Bros Pictures).
A prolific songwriter, Chris can boast high profile film placements including There’s Something About Mary (Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz), The Devil Wears Prada (Meryl Streep), Say It Isn’t So (Heather Graham) and Gun Shy (Sandra Bullock, Liam Neeson) as well as significant television placements including All My Children, Women’s Murder Club, Malcolm In The Middle, a coveted placement in George Clooney’s final episode of ER, the theme song for WB Networks dramedy Pepper Dennis and a cameo on–screen appearance with the show’s star, Rebecca Romjin.
Chris Trapper’s music can best be described as lyrically driven roots–pop with a knack for telling everyday stories filled with extra–ordinary characters.
A respected songwriter of the highest caliber, Chris has written 7 songs for Canadian band GREAT BIG SEA, including their #1 single “Sea Of No Cares” from the certified–platinum Sea Of No Cares CD. Great Big Sea covered Trapper’s song “Everything Shines” and their version served as the debut single off their certified–gold Road Rage CD album. Chris’ songwriting collaborations with Great Big Sea earned him two prestigious SOCAN awards. Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty and Antigone Rising have performed other notable versions of Trapper’s songs.
In 2009, Chris had the honor of being chosen to write an original song for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and was brought to NYC to perform his work at The United Nationsas part of the day’s Commemoration Ceremony.
Chris Trapper’s ability to craft songs that are both elegant and accessible is evident on each solo CD in his deep Discography. There is a smart, honest quality to the lyrics that never panders.
Trapper’s live show is a favorite among fans of alt–acoustic music. His on–stage persona is warm and inclusive, his organic understanding of classic pop melody infectious. Audience members seem to particularly appreciate the lighthearted moments with the ukulele. They depart the venue at the end of the evening with the sense of having been truly entertained.
“It’s an incredibly rare musician, particularly in the world of popular music, who is able to forge a career based on quiet dignity and steadfast integrity.”
The Buffalo News
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