Tonight on SBFRR – Slaid Cleaves!

Here’s a last minute announcement that I didn’t have time to make to the email list. Tonight (March 26) we’ll be talking to Slaid Cleaves. We’ve been singing Slaid’s praises since he was at the folk festival 8 or 9 … Continue reading

Hello!

Welcome to the fancy new Blog page. My hope is that it will allow me to update the site a lot more easily and frequently, and that you will leave comments as you see fit. You can also subscribe to … Continue reading

March 22, 2009

Episode #301 Spotlighting upcoming shows by Serena Ryder & Great Lake Swimmers, some new music, a birthday tribute to Brock Zeman, and some surprisingly good music featured on Grey’s Anatomy. part 1 part 2 … Continue reading

March 15, 2009

Episode #300 Celebrating International Women’s Day in true TTBTGH style, a week late… We pulled out some of our favourite ladies, we let the gentlemen in with a couple of timely songs featuring ladies, and one request, because we love … Continue reading

March 8, 2009

Tons of great new music made its way into my ears recently, so we just had to share much of it. That sent us off in all kinds of directions (as these things often do.) This week’s history lesson segment … Continue reading

March 1, 2009

Occasionally, we take on the role of the “other” show that plays you “both kinds of music,” this week it’s the really old and the really young. Last week we had a few long-time listeners wondering if we’d lost our … Continue reading

Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home – February 2009

Episode #294 Sunday, February 1, 2009 2:00-4:00 pm central time CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba www.umfm.com February has never been my favourite month of the year, so this show was designed to chase away the winter blues and warm … Continue reading

February 22, 2009

We started off with a set of stellar new music that got us feelin’ alright. Somehow (as these things so often do) we got off track and threw in a set of definitely non-singersongwriter hipster music. Then, we took a … Continue reading

February 15, 2009

Another Valentines Day has come and gone, and I’ve got some sucking up to do, so a set of lovey dovey tunes to melt her heart. Some new & noteable songs from here and elsewhere followed. The bulk of the … Continue reading

February 8, 2009

How’s this for a show: new music from some favourites and some new discoveries, bad news (Evan Phillips is out of commission), good news (Allison’s birthday), better news (new Damnwells CD – FREE), and even better yet, a chat with … Continue reading