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Joel Stewart at T & A Garage, March 16, 2026

TTBTGH & T&A Garage present: Joel Stewart, March 16

Joel Stewart

https://linktr.ee/fostermotel

House Concert
T & A Garage (Westwood, Winnipeg) (address provided with ticket purchase/confirmation)
7:30 pm (7:00 doors)
Suggested donation $25
BYOB (snacks and soft drinks provided)
All are welcome – bring/invite your friends!

TICKETS HERE: https://3common.com/joelstewarttagarage

Joel Stewart is perhaps better known for promoting and supporting other people’s music through his long career in television, where he produced and directed countless music videos, concert specials, and programs for a who’s who of Canadian music. He ran CMT Canada for a number of years and was able to lend his talent and support to all kinds of Canadian talent. Maybe you even know him for creating the cult classic TV show Mississippi Snake Grabbers, starring Mike Plume as Mike the office manager. Probably not. Hopefully you’ve seen (or will see) his new feature film, Soul’s Road, starring Dallas Smith, who is a country music superstar and leader of grungy rock band Default.

We first met Joel last year around this time when he carved out some time to go on a tour with his longtime pal Mike Plume. We were familiar with his shows and videos, but not so much the music. Boy, were we missing out.

Perhaps it’s for the best that we were able to meet Joel and hear his songs in person early. He’s about as loveable and hilarious as anyone could be, and the strength of the lyrics really shines through in a solo setting.

His first album was recorded with the Mike Plume Band backing him up as his then-Future All Stars. It’s a solid debut for sure. He followed it up with an album featuring Mike and other Canadian music heavyweights. When he played here last year, he had only written one song in the previous 15 years, but he decided to play it for us.

We were blown away and hurried to tell him that after the show. We insisted that he record that song, even if it was just going to be a single, it had to be heard again. Instead, he got to work writing a bunch more.

That led to the February 27 release of Songs for Stadiums. This time, his Future All-Stars include Noel Webb, Josh Finlayson & Andy Maize (Skydiggers), Miranda Mulholland, Camille Stopps (one of the stars of Soul’s Road), Lyle Molzan (Corb Lund Band), Tim Veseley (Rheostatics/Violet Archers), John Borra, Jane Gowan (The Real Shade/Foster Motel/Music Buddy) and Winnipeg ringers John Baron, Joanna Miller, and Grant Siemens!

And what an album it is! It’s quickly become a favourite and a mainstay on Tell the Band to Go Home.

Songs for Stadiums, is available now on Bandcamp.
https://joelstewart.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-stadiums

Joel is also appearing at Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club on March 18 with Mike Plume. Please join us!
https://3common.com/event/mike-plume/698cf9e70e3e9392e3dec9bd

Podcast: February 22, 2026

Episode #1125

Finding the beauty in coming in second, Plume Family Singers, great new music, upcoming shows, festival news, and some love for our home away from home in Mexico.

Music Buddy: https://www.musicbuddy.ca/

Songs for Stadiums: https://joelstewart.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-stadiums

Static Roots Festival: https://staticrootsfestival.com/

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

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Phantom 309 – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ To Do – CDN – WPG

Crooked Still – You Got The Silver – Some Strange Country
First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining – Stay Gold
Imaginary Cities – Silver Lining – Fall Of Romance – CDN – WPG
Rilo Kiley – Silver Lining – Under The Blacklight
David Gray – Silver Lining – White Ladder
Mike Plume – Silver Lining – Song And Dance, Man – CDN

Luke Doucet And The White Falcon – Motorbike – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Mike Plume – Perfume and Gasoline – Lonesome Stretch of Highway – CDN
Jenny Orenstein – End of the Stillness – Astroturf – CDN
Ruby Plume – Cherrypick – Spinstress – CDN
Mike Plume & Jenny Orenstein – Dance Ruby, Dance – single – CDN

Joel Stewart and The Future Hall of Famers – Our Finest Hour – Songs for Stadiums – CDN
Joel Stewart and The Future Hall of Famers – One More Thing To Know – Songs for Stadiums – CDN
Robert Palmer – Johnny And Mary – Clues

Mariel Buckley – Vending Machines – Strange Trip Ahead – CDN
Mariel Buckley – Shooting at the Moon – Everywhere I Used to Be – CDN
Matt Andersen – So Gone Now – Something In Between – CDN
Matt Andersen – Coal Mining Blues – Coal Mining Blues – CDN
Matt Andersen – Stay Home with You – The Hammer & The Rose – CDN

Jake Vaadeland – One More Dollar to Go – One More Dollar to Go – CDN
Charley Crockett – Kentucky Too Long – single
Bad Company & Charley Crockett – Bad Company – Can’t Get Enough: A Tribute To Bad Company

Madi Diaz – All The Small Things – Enema Of The Garden State
Son of Dave – Rotten Donnie – single – CDN – WPG

Jesper Lindell – Pretend I Never Happened – 3614 Jackson Highway
Emily Nenni – Livin’ In Shame – Movin’ Shoes
The Delines – The Meter Keeps Ticking – The Set Up
Suzie Ungerleider – Juniper (Acoustic) – single – CDN

Abigail Lapel – Hazel (feat. Jill Barber) – Shadow Child – CDN
S.G. Goodman – I’m in Love – Planting by the Signs
Griffin House – Bob and Lori (A Love Story) – single
Ryan Bingham – Ballad of The Texas Gentlemen (feat. The Texas Gentlemen) – They Call Us the Lucky Ones
Dave Gunning – World of Make Believe – Field Notes – CDN
Jeffrey Martin – Galveston (Live at The Showdown) – Alive, July 25 2025

The Grapes Of Wrath – Mexico – High Road – CDN
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin – Postcard From Mexico – Lost John Dean
Gob Iron – Hills of Mexico – Death Songs for the Living
Steve Earle – The Gulf Of Mexico – I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN

Playlist: Episode #1125, Feb. 22, 2026

Finding the beauty in coming in second, Plume Family Singers, great new music, upcoming shows, festival news, and some love for our home away from home in Mexico.

Music Buddy: https://www.musicbuddy.ca/

Songs for Stadiums: https://joelstewart.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-stadiums

Static Roots Festival: https://staticrootsfestival.com/

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

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Phantom 309 – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ To Do – CDN – WPG

Crooked Still – You Got The Silver – Some Strange Country
First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining – Stay Gold
Imaginary Cities – Silver Lining – Fall Of Romance – CDN – WPG
Rilo Kiley – Silver Lining – Under The Blacklight
David Gray – Silver Lining – White Ladder
Mike Plume – Silver Lining – Song And Dance, Man – CDN

Luke Doucet And The White Falcon – Motorbike – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Mike Plume – Perfume and Gasoline – Lonesome Stretch of Highway – CDN
Jenny Orenstein – End of the Stillness – Astroturf – CDN
Ruby Plume – Cherrypick – Spinstress – CDN
Mike Plume & Jenny Orenstein – Dance Ruby, Dance – single – CDN

Joel Stewart and The Future Hall of Famers – Our Finest Hour – Songs for Stadiums – CDN
Joel Stewart and The Future Hall of Famers – One More Thing To Know – Songs for Stadiums – CDN
Robert Palmer – Johnny And Mary – Clues

Mariel Buckley – Vending Machines – Strange Trip Ahead – CDN
Mariel Buckley – Shooting at the Moon – Everywhere I Used to Be – CDN
Matt Andersen – So Gone Now – Something In Between – CDN
Matt Andersen – Coal Mining Blues – Coal Mining Blues – CDN
Matt Andersen – Stay Home with You – The Hammer & The Rose – CDN

Jake Vaadeland – One More Dollar to Go – One More Dollar to Go – CDN
Charley Crockett – Kentucky Too Long – single
Bad Company & Charley Crockett – Bad Company – Can’t Get Enough: A Tribute To Bad Company

Madi Diaz – All The Small Things – Enema Of The Garden State
Son of Dave – Rotten Donnie – single – CDN – WPG

Jesper Lindell – Pretend I Never Happened – 3614 Jackson Highway
Emily Nenni – Livin’ In Shame – Movin’ Shoes
The Delines – The Meter Keeps Ticking – The Set Up
Suzie Ungerleider – Juniper (Acoustic) – single – CDN

Abigail Lapel – Hazel (feat. Jill Barber) – Shadow Child – CDN
S.G. Goodman – I’m in Love – Planting by the Signs
Griffin House – Bob and Lori (A Love Story) – single
Ryan Bingham – Ballad of The Texas Gentlemen (feat. The Texas Gentlemen) – They Call Us the Lucky Ones
Dave Gunning – World of Make Believe – Field Notes – CDN
Jeffrey Martin – Galveston (Live at The Showdown) – Alive, July 25 2025

The Grapes Of Wrath – Mexico – High Road – CDN
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin – Postcard From Mexico – Lost John Dean
Gob Iron – Hills of Mexico – Death Songs for the Living
Steve Earle – The Gulf Of Mexico – I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN

Podcast: February 15, 2026

Episode #1124

Today we nominate the next face of the Canadian $1 bill, spin some new music, play both kinds of music, Twang and Trust in honour of CKUW FunDrive by visiting the intermingled careers of Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy, and finish off with some Can-Con bangers!

Last week to support CKUW Fundrive: https://fundrive.ckuw.ca/

Ol’ Pal Stu’s Twang Trust: http://www.twangtrust.ca/podcast.html

Festival du Voyageur, on now: https://heho.ca/en/

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

Willie P Bennett – Blue Valentine – Heartstrings – CDN

David Wilcox – Do The Bearcat – Out Of The Woods – CDN
David Wilcox – That Hypnotizin’ Boogie – Out Of The Woods – CDN
David Wilcox – Ecstasy – The Collected Works 1977-1993 – CDN

Katie Pruitt – Kindness Isn’t Common Sense – single
Sasha Alex Sloan – Cowboys Cry – Me Again
Meels – Out West – Across The Raccoon Strait
Linda Martell – Color Him Father – Color Me Country

Loudon Wainwright III – To Hell With Country Music – single
The Nude Party – Sweetheart of the Radio – Look Who’s Back
Josiah And The Bonnevilles – Hell Without the Flames – As Is
Boy Golden – Best of Our Possible Lives – Best of Our Possible Lives – CDN – WPG

Amos the Kid – What Did You Do – Enough as it Was – CDN – WPG
Jeremie Albino – Hard Time – Hard Time – CDN

Steve Earle – You’re Still Standin’ There – I Feel Alright
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band – Texas Eagle – The Mountain
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Steve Earle & Justin Earle – Candy Man – Avalon Blues (A Tribute To The Music Of Mississippi John Hurt)
Allison Moorer – Marie – Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman
6 String Drag – Cold Steel Brace – High Hat
Bill Lyerly & Steve Earle – Hangmen – Too Hurt To Cry
The V-Roys – Strange – All About Town
Garrison Starr – Serves Me Right – Songs From Take-Off To Landing

Jack Ingram – Airways Motel – Livin’ Or Dyin’
Todd Snider – Ballad of the Devil’s Backbone Tavern – Happy to Be Here
Billy Joe Shaver – American Me – Long in the Tooth
Shaver – I’ll Be Here – Electric Shaver
Malcolm Holcombe – Another One Gone – For the Mission Baby
Ron Sexsmith – This Song – Blue Boy – CDN

Ray Kennedy – What a Way to Go – What a Way to Go
Rodney Crowell – Brown & Root, Brown & Root (feat. Steve Earle) – Texas
Ana Egge – Motorcycle – Bad Blood – CDN
Allison Moorer – If It’s Just For Today – Getting Somewhere
Matt Andersen – My Old Friend The Blues – Second Time Around – CDN

Boy Golden – Suffer – Best of Our Possible Lives – CDN – WPG
FONTINE – Body Double – Good Buddy – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Walking In A Straight Line – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Joe Nolan – Cherry Valance – Scrapper – CDN

Matt Mays & El Torpedo – On The Hood – Matt Mays & El Torpedo – CDN
Christina Martin – Somewhere with You – It’ll Be Alright – CDN
Rah Rah – Prairie Girl – The Poet’s Dead – CDN
Blue Northern – Sound on Sound – Sound on Sound – CDN

Playlist: Episode #1124, Feb. 15, 2026

Today we nominate the next face of the Canadian $1 bill, spin some new music, play both kinds of music, Twang and Trust in honour of CKUW FunDrive by visiting the intermingled careers of Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy, and finish off with some Can-Con bangers!

Last week to support CKUW Fundrive: https://fundrive.ckuw.ca/

Ol’ Pal Stu’s Twang Trust: http://www.twangtrust.ca/podcast.html

Festival du Voyageur, on now: https://heho.ca/en/

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

Willie P Bennett – Blue Valentine – Heartstrings – CDN

David Wilcox – Do The Bearcat – Out Of The Woods – CDN
David Wilcox – That Hypnotizin’ Boogie – Out Of The Woods – CDN
David Wilcox – Ecstasy – The Collected Works 1977-1993 – CDN

Katie Pruitt – Kindness Isn’t Common Sense – single
Sasha Alex Sloan – Cowboys Cry – Me Again
Meels – Out West – Across The Raccoon Strait
Linda Martell – Color Him Father – Color Me Country

Loudon Wainwright III – To Hell With Country Music – single
The Nude Party – Sweetheart of the Radio – Look Who’s Back
Josiah And The Bonnevilles – Hell Without the Flames – As Is
Boy Golden – Best of Our Possible Lives – Best of Our Possible Lives – CDN – WPG

Amos the Kid – What Did You Do – Enough as it Was – CDN – WPG
Jeremie Albino – Hard Time – Hard Time – CDN

Steve Earle – You’re Still Standin’ There – I Feel Alright
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band – Texas Eagle – The Mountain
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Steve Earle & Justin Earle – Candy Man – Avalon Blues (A Tribute To The Music Of Mississippi John Hurt)
Allison Moorer – Marie – Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman
6 String Drag – Cold Steel Brace – High Hat
Bill Lyerly & Steve Earle – Hangmen – Too Hurt To Cry
The V-Roys – Strange – All About Town
Garrison Starr – Serves Me Right – Songs From Take-Off To Landing

Jack Ingram – Airways Motel – Livin’ Or Dyin’
Todd Snider – Ballad of the Devil’s Backbone Tavern – Happy to Be Here
Billy Joe Shaver – American Me – Long in the Tooth
Shaver – I’ll Be Here – Electric Shaver
Malcolm Holcombe – Another One Gone – For the Mission Baby
Ron Sexsmith – This Song – Blue Boy – CDN

Ray Kennedy – What a Way to Go – What a Way to Go
Rodney Crowell – Brown & Root, Brown & Root (feat. Steve Earle) – Texas
Ana Egge – Motorcycle – Bad Blood – CDN
Allison Moorer – If It’s Just For Today – Getting Somewhere
Matt Andersen – My Old Friend The Blues – Second Time Around – CDN

Boy Golden – Suffer – Best of Our Possible Lives – CDN – WPG
FONTINE – Body Double – Good Buddy – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Walking In A Straight Line – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Joe Nolan – Cherry Valance – Scrapper – CDN

Matt Mays & El Torpedo – On The Hood – Matt Mays & El Torpedo – CDN
Christina Martin – Somewhere with You – It’ll Be Alright – CDN
Rah Rah – Prairie Girl – The Poet’s Dead – CDN
Blue Northern – Sound on Sound – Sound on Sound – CDN

Podcast: February 8, 2026

Episode #1123

Kicking off with both kinds of music: Boots and Saddle, in honour of CKUW Fundrive (on now! Show your support!) before some new & timely music and an hour of bangin’ classics!

CKUW Fundrive: https://fundrive.ckuw.ca/

Boots & Saddle Show: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/bootsandsaddle/

Dagwood Radio: https://umfm.com/programming/shows/dagwood-radio

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

Don Rich & The Buckaroos – Chaparral – Country Pickin’: The Don Rich Anthology

Corb Lund – (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots – Counterfeit Blues – CDN
Cameron Latimer – Empty Saddle – Fallen Apart – CDN
Lindi Ortega – Little Red Boots – Little Red Boots – CDN
John Prine – Dear John (I’ve Sent Your Saddle Home) – In Spite of Ourselves

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Boots Of Leather – Kings Of Love – CDN
Malcolm Holcombe – By The Boots – Pitiful Blues
Jeremy Fisher – Saddle Up The Horse – Back Porch Spirituals – CDN
Eddie Spaghetti – Cowboy Boots – Sundowner
Kendel Carson – Cowboy Boots (Another Day Shopping) – Alright Dynamite – CDN

Belle Starr – This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) – The Burning Of Atlanta – CDN
Tom Landa & The Paperboys – All Along The Watchtower – A Nod To Bob: An Artist’s Tribute To Bob Dylan – CDN
The Paper Kites – Bloom – Woodland
Paper Moon – Turning Colours Into Greys – Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day – CDN – WPG
The Paperbacks – If I Make it Through This Winter – An Episode of Sparrows – CDN – WPG

Son Volt – These Days Have No Shame – single
Darrin Bradbury – Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs – Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs
Briscoe – Saving Grace – Heat of July
John Craigie – Mermaid Weather – I Swam Here

Belle Plaine – Acting Tough – single – CDN
Quinton Blair – Outlaw In My Blood – single – CDN – MB
Slow Leaves – Don’t Fret – The Ruins of Things Unfinished – CDN – WPG
Show Pony – Dead And Gone – single – CDN – WPG

American Aquarium – Anne Marie – Antique Hearts: Revisited
Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – What Are You Doing After This? – Havin’ A Talk
Moranz & Fremlin – Sister Sarah – single – CDN
Charlie Whitten – All In – Scully
Anna Tivel – Saint of Scrap Metal – Animal Poem B Sides

Julia Jacklin – Don’t Know How To Keep Loving You – Crushing
Molly Burch – Only One – Ballads
Lissie – Sleepwalking – Back to Forever
Brandi Carlile – Turpentine – The Story

Amanda Shires – Strange Dreams – Nobody’s Girl
Drive-By Truckers – The Purgatory Line – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – White Man’s World – The Nashville Sound
Kathleen Edwards – Hard On Everyone – Total Freedom – CDN
Buddy Miller – Water When The Well Is Dry – Midnight And Lonesome
Dave Alvin – Out of Control – Ashgrove
Iris DeMent – Wasteland of the Free – The Way I Should

Playlist: Episode #1123, Feb. 8, 2026

Kicking off with both kinds of music: Boots and Saddle, in honour of CKUW Fundrive (on now! Show your support!) before some new & timely music and an hour of bangin’ classics!

CKUW Fundrive: https://fundrive.ckuw.ca/

Boots & Saddle Show: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/bootsandsaddle/

Dagwood Radio: https://umfm.com/programming/shows/dagwood-radio

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

Don Rich & The Buckaroos – Chaparral – Country Pickin’: The Don Rich Anthology

Corb Lund – (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots – Counterfeit Blues – CDN
Cameron Latimer – Empty Saddle – Fallen Apart – CDN
Lindi Ortega – Little Red Boots – Little Red Boots – CDN
John Prine – Dear John (I’ve Sent Your Saddle Home) – In Spite of Ourselves

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Boots Of Leather – Kings Of Love – CDN
Malcolm Holcombe – By The Boots – Pitiful Blues
Jeremy Fisher – Saddle Up The Horse – Back Porch Spirituals – CDN
Eddie Spaghetti – Cowboy Boots – Sundowner
Kendel Carson – Cowboy Boots (Another Day Shopping) – Alright Dynamite – CDN

Belle Starr – This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) – The Burning Of Atlanta – CDN
Tom Landa & The Paperboys – All Along The Watchtower – A Nod To Bob: An Artist’s Tribute To Bob Dylan – CDN
The Paper Kites – Bloom – Woodland
Paper Moon – Turning Colours Into Greys – Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day – CDN – WPG
The Paperbacks – If I Make it Through This Winter – An Episode of Sparrows – CDN – WPG

Son Volt – These Days Have No Shame – single
Darrin Bradbury – Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs – Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs
Briscoe – Saving Grace – Heat of July
John Craigie – Mermaid Weather – I Swam Here

Belle Plaine – Acting Tough – single – CDN
Quinton Blair – Outlaw In My Blood – single – CDN – MB
Slow Leaves – Don’t Fret – The Ruins of Things Unfinished – CDN – WPG
Show Pony – Dead And Gone – single – CDN – WPG

American Aquarium – Anne Marie – Antique Hearts: Revisited
Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – What Are You Doing After This? – Havin’ A Talk
Moranz & Fremlin – Sister Sarah – single – CDN
Charlie Whitten – All In – Scully
Anna Tivel – Saint of Scrap Metal – Animal Poem B Sides

Julia Jacklin – Don’t Know How To Keep Loving You – Crushing
Molly Burch – Only One – Ballads
Lissie – Sleepwalking – Back to Forever
Brandi Carlile – Turpentine – The Story

Amanda Shires – Strange Dreams – Nobody’s Girl
Drive-By Truckers – The Purgatory Line – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – White Man’s World – The Nashville Sound
Kathleen Edwards – Hard On Everyone – Total Freedom – CDN
Buddy Miller – Water When The Well Is Dry – Midnight And Lonesome
Dave Alvin – Out of Control – Ashgrove
Iris DeMent – Wasteland of the Free – The Way I Should

Podcast: February 1, 2026: 2016 Memories

Episode #1122

Jeff Robson, Dietmar Leibecke, Leeroy Stagger in Germany, June 10, 2016

New music & festival confirmations & dreams to start, then we play the 2016 game by looking back 10 years to a time when life seemed a little more simple and hopeful. I don’t know how or where this 2016 trend started, but it was a good opportunity to look back at a very busy year with some real highlights. On today’s show, we looked at highlights of shows & festivals, at least one disappointment, a few I couldn’t attend, and a few that I can’t believe I missed out on.

download part 1 (new music)

download part 2 (2016 memories)

download part 3 (2016 memories)

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

Leeroy Stagger – Lost In The Flood – Pilgrimage – CDN

Julianna Riolino & Adrian Underhill – Against The Grain – single – CDN
Julianna Riolino – Don’t Put Me in the Middle – Echo in the Dust Deluxe – CDN
Ole Kirkeng – Foreign Country Singer Blues – Roadside Flowers
Anthony da Costa – Cities – The No Send Letter

Jeffrey Martin – Out On The Weekend (Live at The Showdown) – Alive July 25, 2025
Brennen Leigh – I’m Easy to Love After All (Acoustic) – single
Chip Taylor – It Would Be Good to See Where This Goes – Words From Holy Gardens
John R. Miller – A World Away – single
Doug McLean – Barbed Wire Harp – The Prometheus Chord – CDN – WPG

Bruce Springsteen – Streets of Minneapolis – single
Billy Bragg – City Of Heroes – single
Garrison Starr – Better Day Comin’ – single

The Watchmen – Must to Be Free (Live) – Live and in Stereo – CDN – WPG
Art of Time Ensemble – When I’m Sixty-Four (w/John Mann) – Sgt. Pepper (Live) – CDN
Rheostatics – P.I.N. – The Night of the Shooting Stars – CDN
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – High Top Mountain
Danny Michel – Click Click – Matadora – CDN
Figure Walking – Singapore – The Big Other – CDN

Spirit Of The West – D for Democracy (featuring Steven Page) – live recording – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Carol – live recording – CDN
John Blek & the Rats – Wandering Child – Borders

Lydia Loveless – Midwestern Guys – Real
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Oklahoma Tape Deck – Geronimo – CDN

Jon Brooks – Gun Dealer – The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside – CDN
Jeffrey Foucault – Slow Talker – Salt as Wolves
The Young Novelists – Always Make the Mistake – Made Us Strangers – CDN
100 mile house – Hidden Springs – Hiraeth – CDN
Neko Case, k.d. lang, & Laura Veirs – Best Kept Secret – case/lang/veirs

James McMurtry – How’m I Gonna Find You Now – Complicated Game
Mayhemingways – End Up This Way – Hunter St Blues – CDN
Three O’Clock Train – Train of Dreams (Revisited) – Train of Dreams – CDN
John K. Samson – Postdoc Blues – Winter Wheat – CDN – WPG
TUNS – Lonely Life – TUNS – CDN

Luther Wright & The Wrongs – It’s Mighty Dark to Travel – Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs – CDN
Colleen Brown – I Can’t Wrap my Heart around It (feat. Major Love) – Seasons Are Circling – CDN
Tony Furtado – Dying Language – The Bell

Playlist: Episode #1122, Feb. 1, 2026: 2016 Memories

Jeff Robson, Dietmar Leibecke, Leeroy Stagger in Germany, June 10, 2016

New music & festival confirmations & dreams to start, then we play the 2016 game by looking back 10 years to a time when life seemed a little more simple and hopeful. I don’t know how or where this 2016 trend started, but it was a good opportunity to look back at a very busy year with some real highlights. On today’s show, we looked at highlights of shows & festivals, at least one disappointment, a few I couldn’t attend, and a few that I can’t believe I missed out on.

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

Leeroy Stagger – Lost In The Flood – Pilgrimage – CDN

Julianna Riolino & Adrian Underhill – Against The Grain – single – CDN
Julianna Riolino – Don’t Put Me in the Middle – Echo in the Dust Deluxe – CDN
Ole Kirkeng – Foreign Country Singer Blues – Roadside Flowers
Anthony da Costa – Cities – The No Send Letter

Jeffrey Martin – Out On The Weekend (Live at The Showdown) – Alive July 25, 2025
Brennen Leigh – I’m Easy to Love After All (Acoustic) – single
Chip Taylor – It Would Be Good to See Where This Goes – Words From Holy Gardens
John R. Miller – A World Away – single
Doug McLean – Barbed Wire Harp – The Prometheus Chord – CDN – WPG

Bruce Springsteen – Streets of Minneapolis – single
Billy Bragg – City Of Heroes – single
Garrison Starr – Better Day Comin’ – single

The Watchmen – Must to Be Free (Live) – Live and in Stereo – CDN – WPG
Art of Time Ensemble – When I’m Sixty-Four (w/John Mann) – Sgt. Pepper (Live) – CDN
Rheostatics – P.I.N. – The Night of the Shooting Stars – CDN
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – High Top Mountain
Danny Michel – Click Click – Matadora – CDN
Figure Walking – Singapore – The Big Other – CDN

Spirit Of The West – D for Democracy (featuring Steven Page) – live recording – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Carol – live recording – CDN
John Blek & the Rats – Wandering Child – Borders

Lydia Loveless – Midwestern Guys – Real
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Oklahoma Tape Deck – Geronimo – CDN

Jon Brooks – Gun Dealer – The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside – CDN
Jeffrey Foucault – Slow Talker – Salt as Wolves
The Young Novelists – Always Make the Mistake – Made Us Strangers – CDN
100 mile house – Hidden Springs – Hiraeth – CDN
Neko Case, k.d. lang, & Laura Veirs – Best Kept Secret – case/lang/veirs

James McMurtry – How’m I Gonna Find You Now – Complicated Game
Mayhemingways – End Up This Way – Hunter St Blues – CDN
Three O’Clock Train – Train of Dreams (Revisited) – Train of Dreams – CDN
John K. Samson – Postdoc Blues – Winter Wheat – CDN – WPG
TUNS – Lonely Life – TUNS – CDN

Luther Wright & The Wrongs – It’s Mighty Dark to Travel – Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs – CDN
Colleen Brown – I Can’t Wrap my Heart around It (feat. Major Love) – Seasons Are Circling – CDN
Tony Furtado – Dying Language – The Bell

Podcast: January 25, 2026

Episode #1121

Trying to combat the madness in the world the only way we know how, with great music. Today on the show, some songs of resistance, some moments of beauty and bliss, a busy week in live music, and a whole pile of great new releases!

Dom Adams album release: https://www.sidestagewpg.com/tm-event/dominique-adams-album-release-show/

Nicky Mehta & Loyd Peterson: https://www.sidestagewpg.com/tm-event/nicky-mehta-lloyd-peterson/

Craig Cardiff (matinee): https://www.sidestagewpg.com/tm-event/craig-cardiff-matinee-show/
Craig Cardiff (evening): https://www.sidestagewpg.com/tm-event/craig-cardiff-evening-show/

Hey, ICE, F*** You!

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

Del Barber & The No Regretskys – Lights Go Out – The Puck Drops Here – CDN – WPG

scaredketchup – ICE, F**K You – A Protest Song for Minneapolis – youtube
Nick Shattuck – kill a poet – single
Garrett T. Capps – S.O.S. H.E.B. – I Still Love San Antone

Ags Connolly – That’s the Last Time – How About Now
Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms – He’s Gone – Gold In Your Pocket
Carter Felker – Throwing Words Around – Loser – CDN
Brock Zeman – Pulling your Sword – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN
Joel Stewart & the Future Hall of Famers – I Miss Summer – Songs for Stadiums – CDN
The Real Shade – Waiting for Good News (feat. Tim Vesely) – String of Lights – CDN
The Violet Archers – Bad Time to Be Poor – The Duo Sessions – CDN

Nick Zubeck – You Are Loved – Echo Park – CDN

Nicky Mehta – Row Him Home – Weather Vane – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Ten Mile Stilts – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Begin – Firecracker – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG

Ruth Moody – Closer Now – The Garden – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Home With Me – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Special Fancy – Train Guy – King Me – CDN – WPG
B’ehl – I’m Sorry for Being Such a Crappy Friend – Bright Eyes – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – None Of The Above – Fallow – CDN – WPG

Roger Roger – Dead Horse Creek – Fairweather – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Conversation – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Looking out My Window – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Greg MacPherson – Windy – Balanced on a Pin – CDN – WPG

Dominique Adams – Part Time – To Keep – CDN – WPG
Craig Cardiff – Love Is Louder (Than All This Noise) .v1 – Love is Louder (Than All the Noise) Pt. 1 & 2 – CDN
Craig Cardiff – Safe Here – Floods & Fires – CDN

Ratboys – Anywhere – Singin’ to an Empty Chair
Fantastic Cat – Donnie Takes The Bus – Cat out of Hell
Dylan LeBlanc & The Family – Pick Your Poison – single
Clover County – Virginia Slim – Finer Things
Dar Williams – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight – Hummingbird Highway

Suzie Ungerleider & Whitehorse – Amsterdam – single – CDN
Noah Derksen – Chuck Palahniuk – single – CDN – WPG
Bella White – Dream Song – single – CDN
Hannah White – Melody of Love (feat. Dirk Powell) – single
bobbie – Cloud Vision – single