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Podcast: August 16, 2026: Trout Forest Memories

Episode #1146

Celebrating 20 festivals of amazing and diverse music in the woods at the Trout Forest Music Festival, programmed by our friend Devin Latimer! Devin took over booking the music for the festival in 2007, and I’ve been a regular attendee and a huge fan ever since! 2026 marks his 20th festival (including a couple of off-site festivals) and I thought it was worth a look back at some of my personal highlights from those festivals. Thank you Devin for coming up with one of the most impressive and entertaining lineups on a shoestring budget. It really is remarkable how great he’s done over the past 20 years. Here’s hoping for many more!

Trout Forest Music Festival: troutfest.com

About the Trout:

Trout Forest 2020: Trout on a Line:

Trout Forest 2021: Rolling Trout Revue:

check out Devin’s band, Leaf Rapids: leafrapids.org

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

Nathan – Let Them Look – Key Principles – CDN – WPG

Elliott BROOD – Chuckwagon – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Fireworks (with NQ Arbuckle) – Just Married: An Album Of Duets – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Outside the Stars – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN

The New Meanies – Northern Shore – Highways – CDN – WPG
Ray Bonneville – Roll With the Punches – Rough Luck – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Deep Into The Water – 3 AM – CDN
Kevin Fox – Lightning – Come Alive – CDN

Matt Andersen – So Gone Now – Something In Between – CDN
Christina Martin – Daisy – I Can Too – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Around Him – Lucky Blue – CDN
Jon Brooks – Mimico – Ours And The Shepherds – CDN

C.R. Avery – Folk Singer – The Great Canadian Novel – CDN
Geoff Berner – Phoney Drawl – Canadiana Grotesquica – CDN
Lynn Miles – Lesson in Everything – Downpour – CDN
Bourne & Macleod – Ole Buffalo – Dance & Celebrate – CDN

The Philosopher Kings – Coupe De Ville – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute To Neil Young – CDN
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado – CDN
Jim Bryson – Sleeping In Toronto – The North Side Benches – CDN
The 24th Street Wailers – Aim To Please – Wicked – CDN

Terra Lightfoot – Paradise – New Mistakes – CDN
Mayhemingways – Hunter St. Blues – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Campbell Woods – Picture of You – Keeper – CDN
Noah Derksen – don’t think twice, it’s all right – stolen serenades – CDN – WPG

Steve Poltz – Salt Suit – Noineen Noiny Noin – CDN
Scott Cook – Just Enough Empties – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Russell deCarle – She’s A Yum Yum – Alone In This Crowd – CDN
Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices – Two at a Time – Let’r Buck – CDN – WPG

Skinny Dyck – Dreamin’ – Get to Know Lonesome – CDN
Lindy – Beautifully Undone – Suspension of Disbelief – CDN – WPG
Begonia – Butterfly – Powder Blue – CDN – WPG
Evangeline Gentle – Underdog – Where The Diamonds Are – CDN

Jadea Kelly – Waiting for You (feat. Zoe Sky Jordan) – Weather Girl – CDN
Kris Ulrich – Friends on the Internet – Big in the USA – CDN – WPG
Greg MacPherson – Invisible – Balanced on a Pin – CDN – WPG
Mariel Buckley – Shooting at the Moon – Everywhere I Used to Be – CDN

Podcast: August 9, 2026, feat: Lynn Miles

Episode #1145

New music, a look ahead to some exciting upcoming shows, including our beloved Trout Forest Music Festival next weekend, which features the return of the great Lynn Miles, who was featured today with a deep dive into some covers & contributions, a local show down the road, and we ended off with some big, dumb, rock ‘n’ roll!

Trout Forest Music Festival: troutfest.com

Tom Phillips & the D.T.s, Aug. 18: 3common.com/event/tom-phillips-and-the-dts-at-blue-note-park/69fa9104fe2247e7795cbbf7

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

Mary Gauthier – Some Times – Reckoning

Ruby Plume – Sadder Days – single – CDN
Lucy Dacus – Clay Pigeons – Sittin’ With Blaze, A Tribute to Blaze Foley
Sierra Ferrell – Trying to Love You – single
Mama’s Broke – Heaven – single – CDN

Steve Earle & Los Lobos – Volver A Celaya – single
Charlie Mars – Country Home – Times Have Changed
Drayton Farley – Trouble In The Pines – OurVinyl Live EP
Dean Owens – The Night Johnny Cash Played San Quentin (feat. The Sinners) – New Mexico (Live at the Slate Room)
Lee Bains – (In Remembrance of the) 40-Hour Week (Live) – Free South 2025 (Live)

Joey Frendo – Just Tell Me When – single
NQ Arbuckle – Atlantic City – Live at Lincoln County Social Club – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – Wilder Than Her – Drive-in Movie – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Ordinary Guy – Falling Stars And Broken Hearts – CDN
Melwood Cutlery – Ballad Of The Moonlight Lady – Campfire – CDN
Jim Bryson – Captain Finch – The North Side Benches – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye – Fall for Beauty – CDN

David Wiffen – Crazy Me – Songs From the Lost & Found – CDN
The Iain Ad Venture – Unravel – Ride The Times
Art Of Time Ensemble – Black Flowers (feat. Sarah Slean) – Black Flowers – CDN

Lynn Miles – Scorpio – Dancing Alone: Songs of William Hawkins – CDN
Lynn Miles – Everybody Cries – Down at the Sea Hotel – CDN
Lynn Miles – I Always Told You the Truth – Women of Kerrville – CDN
Lynn Miles – What If You Were a Refugee – single – CDN
Lynn Miles – Moth (on TTBTGH Aug. 17, 2014) – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

Shaye Zadravec – Night Drive – Now and Then – CDN
Skinny Dyck & Friends – Tom Phillips – Hard Part of Town – Twenty One-Nighters – CDN
Tom Phillips & the D.T.S – Blue Shadows (For Billy Cowsill) – Satellites and Stars – CDN
Tom Phillips & the D.T.S – Wherever There’s a Party (Live) – Tom Phillips & the D.T.S Live on the Music Mile – CDN

Caroline Rose – Yip Yip Yow – single
The Mountain Goats – Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds – Days
The Hold Steady – Massive Nights – Boys and Girls in America
Drive-By Truckers – The Righteous Path – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Lucero – Tears Don’t Matter Much – That Much Further West
John Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls – Low – Everything The Hard Way
Deer Tick – Miss K. – Divine Providence
Shovels & Rope – Boxcar – Shovels & Rope
Nikki Lane – Walk of Shame – Walk of Shame

Podcast: August 2, 2026, feat: Glen Hansard

Episode #1144

New music, a tribute to the great Glen Hansard, who died tragically this past week, upcoming shows, and some 90s commercial country nostalgia (why not?)

Willy Vlautin: The Left & The Lucky: willyvlautin.com/the-left-and-the-lucky

What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome: The Authorized Biography of Justin Townes Earle: dacapopress.com/titles/jonathan-bernstein/what-do-you-do-when-youre-lonesome/9780306833274/

Jason Schneider: The City Knows: A Novel: lnk.bio/JasonSchneiderBooks

Will Mosley: Angel Of Avalon: willmosley.bandcamp.com/album/angel-of-avalon

Mike Lynch at Park Alleys: 3common.com/event/mike-lynch/6a5d5cb066fdfec49b9eda24

Trout Forest Music Festival: troutfest.com

Lynn Miles & Mike T. Kerr (SOLD OUT!): tellthebandtogohome.com/2026/04/04/lynn-miles-mike-t-kerr-t-a-garage-aug-13/

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

The Delines – When Marlene was Marlene – The Left and the Lucky Soundtrack

Bywater Call – Is This Thing On? – Broken Souvenirs – CDN
Will Mosley – Green Fields In Daylight – Angel Of Avalon – CDN
Matt Epp – When I Fell (feat. Ron Sexsmith) – Sugar in the Rain – CDN
The Jayhawks – American Midnight – Sanctuary Park
Charley Crockett – The Hallelujah Trail – Clovis

Scott Cook – Frankie’s Braids – Troubadourly Yours – CDN
Ian Noe – The Heidelberg Fisherman’s Ball – Canyon Falls Trailer Band
Cory Chisel – Take The Light – single
Buddy Miller – Don’t Look Back (feat. Dan Penn) – Buddy Miller

Katie Pruitt – Little Boxes – Fools for the Fleeting
Dennis Ellsworth – Sundried Daisies – Living – CDN
Rayland Baxter – The Fool – single

Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – Falling Slowly – The Swell Season
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – When Your Mind’s Made Up – The Swell Season
Glen Hansard – Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy – Once (Music From The Motion Picture)
The Swell Season – Low Rising – Strict Joy
The Swell Season – Great Weight – Forward

Glen Hansard – Love Don’t Leave Me Waiting – Rhythm And Repose
Glen Hansard – Wheels On Fire – Between Two Shores
Glen Hansard – Take the Heartland – The Hunger Games : Songs from District 12 and Beyond Ost
Glen Hansard – As You Did Before – Flag Day (Original Soundtrack)

Eddie Vedder – Sleepless Nights (feat. Glen Hansard) – Ukulele Songs
Martha Wainwright – One of Us – Goodnight City – CDN
Luka Bloom – Heart Man – This New Morning
Peter Katz – First of the Last to Know (with Glen Hansard) – First Of The Last To Know – CDN
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – I’m Not There (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Lynn Miles – Highway 105 – TumbleWeedyWorld – CDN
Mike T. Kerr – Think My Radio’s Broke – Guitar Rags & Country Ballads – CDN
The Lynnes – Heartbreak Song for the Radio – Heartbreak Song for the Radio – CDN

Mike Lynch – Used to Dream I Was a Cowboy – Used to Dream I Was a Cowboy – CDN
Mike Lynch – Old Fashioned Side of Me – Real to Reel – CDN
Mike Lynch – Entertainer Tonight – Entertainer Tonight – CDN

J. Plank – Alone at Sea – The Bend – CDN

Charlie Major – I’m Feeling Kind Of Lucky Tonight – Everything’s Alright – CDN
Radney Foster – Nobody Wins – Del Rio, TX 1959
Kieran Kane – This Dirty Little Town (feat. Emmylou Harris & Lucinda Williams) – Dead Rekoning
Mary Chapin Carpenter – I Feel Lucky – Come On Come On
Kim Richey – I’m Alright – Bittersweet
Patty Griffin – Poor Man’s House – Living With Ghosts

Podcast: July 29, 2026

Back in the studio for a live episode after a long while. I’ve got tales to tell about a few gigs at home and my beloved Static Roots Festival last weekend, loads of new music, and a Marty party, getting you geared up for this week’s anticipated show by Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives!

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

Steve Forbert and The Rough Squirrels – All Because of You – Here’s Your Pizza

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Harold’s Super Service – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – A Postcard from Rochester, New York (Talkin’ ’bout Now) – Cold Beans & Broken Eggs – CDN – WPG
David Myles – When It Comes My Turn – Things Have Changed – CDN
Stephen Fearing – One Flat Tire – Yellowjacket – CDN
Animal Parts – Poets – Animal Parts – CDN

Irish Mythen – Little Bones – Little Bones – CDN
Ben De La Cour – God’s Only Son – recorded live on UMFM
Vandoliers – Bible Belt – Life Behind Bars
Vandoliers – Every Saturday Night – Vandoliers
Vandoliers – Cigarettes in the Rain – Forever

Jacob Brodovsky – Beneath It All (feat. Charlotte Cornfield) – Tell The Kids We Tried – CDN – WPG
Phoebe Bridgers – Lost Boys (Acoustic) – single
Dan Reeder – maybe – this new century
Charley Crockett – Country Music – Clovis

Scott Cook – There Is a River – Troubadourly Yours – CDN
Mary Gauthier – Reckoning – Reckoning
River Shook – Wildlands – River Shook
John Moreland – Faded Loves and Memories (feat. Lydia Loveless) – Sittin’ with Blaze: A Tribute to Blaze Foley
Carla Geneve – Finally Broke Me – single
Madi Diaz – This is How a Woman Leaves (UN-unplugged) – single
Starpainter – Summer in Your Mouth – Cayenne Flowerbed – CDN
The Privateers – Shelter From The Rain – single – CDN

Johnny Cash – The Cowboy Who Started The Fight – Rockabilly Blues
June Carter Cash – Diamonds in the Rough – Press On
Marty Stuart – Hey Porter – Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash

Marty Stuart – Crying, Waiting, Hoping (w/Steve Earle) – Compadres An Anthology Of Duets
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band – Pilgrim – The Mountain
Marty Stuart & Del McCoury – Let Us Travel, Travel On – Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’: Songs Of The Louvin Brothers
Charlie Louvin – Blues Stay Away From Me – Charlie Louvin
Allison Moorer – The Hardest Part – The Hardest Part

Emmylou Harris – Get Up John (Live) – At the Ryman
Guy Clark – I Don’t Love You Much Do I – Boats to Build
Sylvia Tyson – Chickenhawk Charlie – Sugar For Sugar, Salt For Salt – CDN
George Strait – You’re Right I’m Wrong (Pure Country/Soundtrack Version) – Holding My Own
The Mavericks – Forever Blue – From Hell To Paradise
John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves (feat. Iris DeMent) – In Spite Of Ourselves
Steve Goodman – When My Rowboat Comes In – Affordable Art

Podcast: July 12, 2026: Static Roots Festival History

Episode #1142

artwork by Winnipeg’s own Roberta Landreth!

One of the greatest honours and joys of my life has been traveling to Germany (almost) every year for the past decade to be a part of the incredible Static Roots Festival. It’s a gathering of passionate and beautiful music lovers hearing some of the most amazing music around, and I love every minute of it. Today’s show is a celebration of 10 years of the festival and some of the highlights of the 8 festivals we’ve enjoyed prior to recording and expected highlights of the ninth, which will be behind us by the time you hear this.

Thanks and great love and gratitude to Dietmar and Marion for allowing me and Nicole to be a part of the magic!

Static Roots Festival: staticrootsfestival.com

official videos (Stay Safe Sessions, Static Roots Sessions, etc.): youtube.com/@StaticRootsFestival

our friend Gudi B posts festival video highlights: youtube.com/@Gudi0510/videos

Every year, we raise much needed funds for Doctors without Borders. We encourage you to support their work: doctorswithoutborders.ca

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

Leeroy Stagger – Carol – recorded live at Static Roots Festival – CDN

John Blek & The Rats – Ohio – recorded live at Static Roots Festival
The Wynntown Marshals – Canada – The Long Haul

David Corley – Easy Mistake – Available Light
Erin Rae & the Meanwhiles – Monticello – Soon Enough
John Blek & the Rats – Wandering Child – Borders
Jack Marks – Exley’s Blues – recorded live at Static Roots Festival – CDN

The Stephen Stanley Band – The Troubadour’s Song – Live Static Roots Oberhausen, Germany – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Stars Over Dakota – New Mistakes – CDN
Charlie Whitten – Who’ll Take My Place – Hey Love

John Murry – Southern Sky – The Graceless Age
Ags Connolly – That’s the Last Time – How About Now
Joe Nolan – Looking For Your Heart – recorded live at Static Roots Festival – CDN

Sarah Jane Scouten – You Are the Medicine – Confessions – CDN
Zachary Lucky – Didn’t Know that You’d Come Along – Midwestern – CDN
Native Harrow – Carry On – Closeness
Evangeline Gentle – The Strongest People Have Tender Hearts – Evangeline Gentle – CDN

Jim Bryson – The Wishes Pile Up [w Evangeline Gentle] – recorded live at Static Roots Festival – CDN
Hello Darlins – Still Waters – recorded live at Static Roots Festival – CDN
Beth // James – Voicemails – Get Together
Rowan – Everybody Talks – Does It Make You Happy?

Suzie Ungerleider – Tangled & Wild – live in Lahr 2026 – CDN
The Delines – My Blood Bleeds The Darkest Blue – The Lost Duets
The Sadies – More Alone – Colder Streams – CDN

The Southern Fold – Before the Fall – single
Hayley Reardon – Until It Happens – After Everything
Michele Stodart – Push & Pull – Live at St Pancras Old Church
The Godfathers – Birth, School, Work, Death – Birth, School, Work, Death

Jerry Joseph – Days of Heaven – The Beautiful Madness
Irish Mythen – Gypsy Dancer – Irish Mythen – CDN
Julianna Riolino & Adrian Underhill – Against The Grain – single – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Swimming Back To You – Pilgrimage – CDN

Podcast: July 5, 2026: Feat. Mike Little

1996 leftovers, noteable concerts past and future, loads of new music, and a tribute to Mike Little, who recently lost a battle with cancer, but leaves behind a legacy of contributions to a lot of great recordings.

1996 special: tellthebandtogohome.com/2026/06/14/playlist-episode-1140-june-14-2026/

Mike Little: mikelittlekeys.com / Legacy Fund: gofundme.com/f/7fq8m-mike-little / Hello Darlins: thehellodarlins.com

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

The Hello Darlins – Shine – single – CDN

Wilco – Far, Far Away – Being There
Iris DeMent – The Way I Should – The Way I Should
Greg Brown – Hey Baby Hey – Further In

Greg Brown – Two Little Feet – Further In
Ron Hynes – No Kathleen – Cryer’s Paradise – CDN

Jeff Crosby – Red, White and Blue – Waking Days
Jeff Crosby – I Miss You (But I Never Want You Back Again) – Waitin’ on a Miracle
Jeff Crosby – Hate Goodbyes – single

Pony Gold – Wait for Me – High Road Reverie – CDN
Northcote – Keep On Saying Goodbye – Let Me Roar – CDN
Northcote – How Can You Turn Around – Northcote – CDN

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Glory For Me – Better Off In Time And Other Songs For The Dance Floor – CDN – WPG
Raul Malo – Forever and Ever (Live in Nashville) – BELLA CIAO: Raul Malo Live In Nashville
Charles Wesley Godwin & Wyatt Flores – Hey There Son – Christian Name
Moranz & Fremlin – Better Days – Williwaw – CDN

John Samson Fellows and the After School Leaders – Vivat Virtute presents: 50/50 Funding – single – CDN – WPG
Danny Michel – Hey Veronica – single – CDN
American Aquarium – Whatever Helps You Sleep at Night – New Ways to Lose
Julia Jacklin – Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon) – The Gem
Jess Klein – Old Rock ‘n’ Roller (feat. Pat Byrne) – Dreaming Aloud

Dala – Lewiston – The Big Bang – CDN
Katie Pruitt & Nolan Taylor – Blackout – Fools for the Fleeting
Hayley Reardon, Seth Glier & Antje Duvekot – Stay Soft – single
Ken Pomeroy – Late for the Sky – single
Ferris & Sylvester – Jealous – single
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lydia’s Boots – Get Over It, Underdog

John Mellencamp – Check It Out – The Lonesome Jubilee

Mike Little – Earlene (feat. Matt Andersen) – Keys to the Universe – CDN
The Hello Darlins – Stranger in the Mirror (feat. Martin Sexton) – The Alders & The Ashes – CDN
The Hello Darlins – Catch That Train – Go by Feel – CDN

Joe Nolan – Rose Marie’s House – Drifters – CDN
Chloe Albert – Die Trying – Come Around Again – CDN
Cam Penner – Manitoba – Felt Like a Sunday Night – CDN
Noah Derksen – Lonely in America – America, Dreaming – CDN

The Grapes Of Wrath – Good To See You – High Road – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Mr. Soul – Heart of Gold Volume 1
Art Bergmann – The Greatest Story Never Told (feat. Mike Little, Lorrie Matheson, Paul Rigby & Ian Grant) – The Apostate – CDN
Charlie Major – All Of Your Love – More of the Best – CDN
Clayton Bellamy – Racing On The Wind – Clayton Bellamy Band – CDN
Theo Fleury – Road to Misery – I Am Who I Am – CDN

Podcast: June 14, 2026: 1996 Highlights

Episode #1140

It’s time to jump in the time machine once again and set it back 30 years to 1996 for some musical highlights and memories of a really interesting year in music and live shows!

This show was inspired by last year’s look back at 1995. In case you missed it or want to revisit that one, it’s here: https://wp.me/p1lizT-h24

This is one of our standby series of episodes that are meant to be timeless, so we can pop them into the schedule again some time when I can’t be at the studio live, so enjoy this one now and again!

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

Punchbuggy – Dressed For Success – Grand Opening Going Out Of Business Sale – CDN

The Pursuit Of Happiness – Edmonton Block Heater – Tribute to Hard Core Logo – CDN
The Watchmen – Incarnate – Brand New Day – CDN
Crash Test Dummies – He Liked To Feel It – A Worm’s Life – CDN
Special Fancy – Train Guy – King Me – CDN
Chains on 20 – Bleed – Finally – CDN
Dud – Wasted – May Not Go (Unrealized Recordings from 1996) – CDN

Barenaked Ladies – The Old Apartment – Born on a Pirate Ship – CDN
The Tragically Hip – Ahead By A Century – Trouble At The Henhouse – CDN
Dave Matthews Band – Too Much – Crash
Big Sugar – Diggin’ A Hole – Hemi-Vision – CDN
The Wallflowers – One Headlight – Bringing Down the Horse
Gin Blossoms – Follow You Down – Congratulations I’m Sorry

George Strait – I Can Still Make Cheyenne – Blue Clear Sky
Murray McLauchlan – No Change In Me – Gulliver’s Taxi – CDN
Mark Knopfler – Cannibals – Golden Heart
Shawn Colvin – Get Out Of This House – A Few Small Repairs
Lyle Lovett – Private Conversation – The Road To Ensenada

Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-in Movie – Drive-in Movie – CDN
Lynn Miles – I Always Told You The Truth – Slightly Haunted – CDN
Prairie Oyster – One Way Track – Blue Plate Special – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Come On Train – High Or Hurtin’ – CDN

Watertown – I’m Looking For A Love To Call My Own – Poetreason: The Songs Of Bob Snider – CDN
Ursula – The Only One – Pine Ridge (Songs For Leonard Peltier) – CDN
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts – U Shook Me All Night Long – Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 – CDN
Big Dave Mclean – Regrets To The Jets – Hockey Rock Winnipeg Style! – CDN

Rheostatics – Bad Time to Be Poor – The Blue Hysteria – CDN
The Inbreds – North Window – It’s Sydney or the Bush – CDN
Odds – Make You Mad – Nest – CDN
Kim Stockwood – She’s Not In Love – Bonavista – CDN
Elvis Costello And The Attractions – Distorted Angel – All This Useless Beauty

Bruce Cockburn – Pacing The Cage – The Charity Of Night – CDN
Gillian Welch – Annabelle – Revival
Todd Snider – Tension – Step Right Up
Keb’ Mo’ – More Than One Way Home – Just Like You
David Wilcox – O Freedom – Thirteen Songs – CDN

Martin Sexton – Black Sheep – Black Sheep
Dar Williams – The Christians and the Pagans – Mortal City
Steve Earle – You’re Still Standin’ There – I Feel Alright

Podcast: June 7, 2026

Episode #1139

Technological difficulties derailed the first hour or so, but we made the best of it with some classics on CD before getting the train back on the track for some new releases, podcast recommendations, exciting upcoming shows, and more!

SB & LC album release: https://www.sidestagewpg.com/tm-event/sean-burns-lost-country-album-release/

It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me: https://seanburns.bandcamp.com/album/it-takes-luck-to-get-the-best-of-me

Canadian Football and Me podcast: https://joelstewartk.podbean.com/

Employee of the Myth podcast: https://employeeofthemyth.buzzsprout.com/

The Blindboy Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/blindboy

Heavyweight: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/heavyweight

Soul Asylum in Winnipeg: https://myparktheatre.com/tm-event/soul-asylum-tbd/

Noah Derksen: https://www.noahderksen.com/

Children’s House benefit: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/homegrown-a-benefit-concert-for-childrens-house-2

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

Matthew Ryan – American Dirt – vs. the Silver State
Christina Martin – You Come Home – Two Hearts – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Lean on your Peers – Kings of Love – CDN
Billy Bragg & Wilco – California Stars – Mermaid Avenue

Murray McLauchlan – Down by the Henry Moore – Songs from the Street – CDN
Jack Marks – Song for You – Blues Like These – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Emily’s Song – Church Bell Blues – CDN
James Keelaghan – Mirabeau Bridge – Road – CDN

Melwood Cutlery – Ballad of the Moonlight Lady – Campfire – CDN
Bob Snider – If I Sang It Pretty – Caterwaul & Doggerel – CDN

Romi Mayes – Long Way Home – Sweet Somethin’ Steady – CDN – WPG
Crash Test Dummies – Comin’ Back Soon (The Bereft Man’s Song) – The Ghosts That Haunt Me – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Daddy Was an Auctioneer – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG

Louis Brennan – The Doing the Thing – Louis Brennan
Dean Owens – Sinner of Sinners (feat. The sinners) – Sinner of Sinners (Live at the Slate Room)
Dean Owens – New York Hummingbird – New York Hummingbird
The Royston Club – Cariad – Songs For The Spine

Joel Stewart and the Future Hall of Famers – Buffalo – Songs for Stadiums – CDN
Skydiggers – Shimmy Up Those Words – West Montrose – CDN
Chip Taylor – On Your Block or Mine – single
Brent Cobb – Mill Creek (Story) – Live a Song, Write a Memory, Vol. 1
Brent Cobb – Bar, Guitar, and a Honky Tonk Crowd – Live a Song, Write a Memory, Vol. 1

Soul Asylum – What Will Become of Me – MPLS Unplugged (Live) – single
Tyson Ray Borsboom – 10 Miles from Nashville – These Days – CDN – WPG
Jacob Brodovsky – Kids – Tell the Kids We Tried – CDN – WPG

Noah Derksen – look at miss ohio – stolen serenades – CDN – WPG
Noah Derksen – Nothing – America, Dreaming – CDN – WPG
Noah Derksen – Mercy on the Skyline (feat. Lori McKenna) – Mercy on the Skyline – CDN – WPG

Das Macht Show – Auxiliary Workhouse Breakdown – … One Night In Berlin – CDN – MB
Das Macht Show – Modern World – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – MB
Dust Poets – Good Enough for Me – Lovesick Town – CDN – MB
Dust Poets – Big World – World At Large – CDN – MB
Roots 10 Collective – Good Time to Be Lonely – single – CDN – MB

Greg MacPherson – Windy – Balanced on a Pin – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Wide Turn – Maintenance – CDN – WPG
Shannon Lyon – The Lights Behind – The Lights Behind – CDN
Steven Bowers – Beothuk Words – Beothuk Words – CDN

Podcast: May 31, 2026

Episode #1138

Memories and disappointments of another amazing but under-attended show, songs & names too close for comfort, new music, upcoming shows, and lamented local bands.

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

Slaid Cleaves – Song for June – Unsung

Carter Felker – The Bad Guy – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Sittin’ by the Road
John Prine – Daddy’s Little Pumpkin – The Missing Years
Bruce Cockburn – If I Had A Rocket Launcher – Waiting For A Miracle – CDN
Starpainter – I Found a River – Cayenne – CDN

India Ramey – Cult Money – Villain Era
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – High Top Mountain
Turnpike Troubadours – Kansas City Southern – Diamonds & Gasoline
Chris Knight – Framed – Chris Knight
Thomas Csorba – Crooked Kind of Free – Thomas Csorba

Dougie MacLean – Another Time – Resolution
Clive Gregson – I Love This Town – The Best of Clive Gregson
Bap Kennedy – Moonlight Kiss – Serendipity

Liv Wade – Carolina – single
Liv Greene – Wild Geese – Deep Feeler

Noah Derksen – Walking Home (feat. FONTINE) – Mercy on the Skyline – CDN – WPG
Tyson Ray Borsboom – Let You Down – These Days – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Summer Rain – Pilgrimage – CDN
Ferris & Sylvester – 5-4-3-2-1 – single
Amble – Moral Victory – single

Carl M Banks – My Repertoire – ‘Mericana Mixtape, Vol. 1
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Cassette Mix Tape – Reel 2 Reel 4 Real
Kaitlin Butts – Never Really Mine – single
Boy Golden – Suffer (Acoustic) – single – CDN – WPG
Boy Golden – Cowboy Dreams (feat. Cat Clyde) – Best of Our Possible Lives – CDN – WPG

Corb Lund Band – No Roads Here – Five Dollar Bill – CDN
Corb Lund – Hair In My Eyes Like a Highland Steer – Hair In My Eyes Like a Highland Steer – CDN
Corb Lund – My Saddle Horse Has Died – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! – CDN
Corb Lund – It’s Hard to Keep a White Shirt Clean (for Willie P. Bennett) – Losin’ Lately Gambler – CDN
Corb Lund – Dig Gravedigger Dig – Cabin Fever – CDN
Sean Burns – Someday Soon – single – CDN – WPG

Crash Test Dummies – Here I Stand Before Me – God Shuffled His Feet – CDN – WPG
Kings Of The Moon – Crab Song – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
Duck Shot Hunter – All This Time – Yum – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – These New Friends Of Yours… – Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day – CDN – WPG
The Details – Always, Always, Always, Never. – Draw a Distance. Draw a Border. – CDN – WPG

NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Live At The Dakota – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Wishes Pile Up – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN

Podcast: May 24, 2026, Feature: Craig Northey/Odds

Episode #1137

Highlights of a great David Essig/D. Rangers show, new music, can-rock bangers, upcoming shows featuring Carter Felker and Odds, and we dive into head Odd Craig Northey‘s extensive career!

David Essig‘s Fair Days (and more): https://soundcloud.com/david-essig

Carter Felker, May 30: https://3common.com/event/carter-felker-at-park-alleys/69f40b1bd64d443a033fa018

Odds, May 26: https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/the-odds-with-guests-the-the-park-theatre-tickets/14773533

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

Matt Andersen – My Old Friend The Blues – Second Time Around – CDN

Freddy Fender – Before The Next Teardrop Falls – Before The Next Teardrop Falls
David Essig – For the Sake of a Dollar – live recording – CDN
D. Rangers – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Blackie and the Rodeo King – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN

Jackpine – Careless Love – Brand New Good Old Days – CDN – WPG
The Western States – Valemount – The Western States – CDN – WPG
David Essig – Motel As Metaphor – Fair Days – CDN

Carter Felker – Throwing Words Around – Loser – CDN
Carter Felker – Nothin’ But Net – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN
Mike Plume Band – My Old Friend – Born by the Radio – CDN

Ross Fizzard – Honey For The Weekend Let’s Agree – single – CDN
Trevor Tchir – There I Go – What Fools Endure – CDN
Jake Vaadeland – The Homesteader’s Song – This Is Jake Vaadeland – CDN
Jesse Welles – Masks Off – single

Thomas Csorba – The Big Time – Tender Country
Son Volt – Skeleton at the Feast – Sound Signal Serenades
The Deslondes – Try Again – Don’t Let It Die: Vol. 1
Noah Gundersen – Die Young – Rites Of Spring
Dasher The Band – Ouachita Woods – single
Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill – The Rebel – The House Must Win

Whitney Rose – Tootsies – The Tennessee Polaroids – CDN
Jess Klein – All It’ll Take – single
Brandi Carlile – Life On The Run – single
Ken Pomeroy – Look at Miss Ohio – single

Carter Felker – Losing Hand – Loser – CDN

Odds – 25 Words – Crash the Time Machine – CDN
Odds – Took a Long Time (to Get to I don’t Care) – Universal Remote – CDN
Odds – My Happy Place – Cheerleader – CDN
Odds – It Falls Apart – Bedbugs – CDN

Trans-Canada Highwaymen – Make My Life A Little Bit Brighter – Explosive Hits Vol.1 – CDN
Steven Page – The Work At Hand – Heal Thyself Pt. 1: Instinct – CDN
Colin James – Please, Baby Don’t Do That – The Little Big Band 3 – CDN
Kim Stockwood – She’s Not In Love – Bonavista – CDN
Rosanne Cash – Beautiful Pain (w/Sheryl Crow) – Rules Of Travel – CDN
Craig Northey – Old Mistakes – Giddy Up – CDN

Tom Wilson – Shine Your Star – Tom Wilson’s Planet Love – CDN
Big Wreck – Under The Lighthouse – In Loving Memory Of – CDN
Doug and the Slugs – Day by Day – Slugcology 101 – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Heart Like Mine – Outskirts – CDN