Episode #1027

Love for our friends at CKUW, great new music, new discoveries, upcoming events, and a bunch of great music featuring a great bass player!

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

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Chaparral – A Bakersfield Half-Dozen – CDN – WPG

Hatcher-Briggs – The Last Ones – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
Uncle Tupelo – Sandusky – March 16-20, 1992
Nathan – Cigarette Song – CKUW Fundrive 2009: Uncovered – CDN – WPG

Leaf Rapids – Starling to a Starling – Velvet Paintings – CDN – WPG
Wonder Women of Country – Another Broken Heart – Willis, Carper, Leigh
Sierra Ferrell – I Could Drive You Crazy – Trail of Flowers
The Hello Darlins – What Is a Broken Heart For? – The Alders & The Ashes – CDN
Abigail Lapell – Anniversary Song – Anniversary – CDN

Skinny Dyck – Can’t Change the Colour of Your Eyes – single – CDN
Shaela Miller – Mourning Tonight – single
Joshua Ray Walker – Sexy After Dark (Acoustic) – Thank You For Listening
Scott H. Biram – Inside A Bar – The One & Only

Elliott BROOD – Wind and Snow – Country – CDN
Sam Barber – S.O.B. – single
The Decemberists – Burial Ground – single
The Once – The Bend – Out Here – CDN
Dan Mangan – Sleep On The Floor – single – CDN

MOONRIIVR – The Hypnotist – Vol. 1 – CDN
MOONRIIVR – Blonde Hair Now – Vol. 1 – CDN
The Wooden Sky – The Wooden Sky – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

Lenny Bull – Vegas – single – CDN
Lenny Bull – Mother Lover – single – CDN
Torero – Canyon – Torero – CDN

Harry Manx – Roses Given – Wise and Otherwise – CDN
Sean Burns – The Final Word – Lost Country – CDN – WPG

Terra Lightfoot – Paradise – New Mistakes – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – No Hurry – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Hard On Everyone – Total Freedom – CDN
Jason Isbell – Traveling Alone – Southeastern

Harper Blynn – Halo – single
Harper Blynn – You Only Love Me When I’m Down – Get It Out
Alex Dezen – A Little Less Like Hell – Alex Dezen
Mike Dunn – Faith Healer – Hard Luck Soft Rock
Jess Klein – Soda Water – Strawberry Lover
The Weepies – No Trouble – Sirens
Butch Walker – East Coast Girl – Stay Gold
Harper Blynn – Sucker – Busy Hands

Episode #1026

Highlights of our recent trip, new music, classics, upcoming shows, and a couple of recommended crowdfunding campaigns!

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

Mojo Nixon – You Can’t Kill Me – Whereabouts Unknown

Jonathan Byrd & Dromedary – Little Bird – The Sea & the Sky
Treasa Levasseur – Talk to Me Babe – Low Fidelity – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – Under the Belly of the Night – single
Josh Ritter – Man Burning – Hello Starling
Josh Ritter – Thunderbolt’s Goodnight – Gathering
Paul Reddick – Love And Never Know – Ride The One – CDN

Stephanie Lambring – Good Mother – Hypocrite
David Francey – Daughter (Live at the Isabel Bader Theatre) – single – CDN
Charlie Whitten – From High – Nagra
Jess Rae – Living In Love (feat. Scotty Hills) – single – CDN – WPG

AV & The Inner City – Low and Lowly – single – CDN
Matthew Logan Vasquez – Blue Eyes – Frank’s Full Moon Saloon
The Pursuit of Happiness – I’m An Adult Now (Acoustic) – single – CDN
The Bones of J.R. Jones – My Hometown – single

Middle Brother – Daydreaming – Middle Brother
Deer Tick – The Dream’s In The Ditch – Negativity
Dawes – If I Wanted Someone – Nothing Is Wrong
Delta Spirit – Streetwalker – I Think I’ve Found It EP

Altameda – Dirty Rain – Dirty Rain – CDN
the Wicks – Charlottetown – The Good Times Are Gone – CDN
The Guthries – Better Part of an Hour – Off Windmill – CDN

Zachary Lucky – Jasper – single – CDN
Parker McCollum – Perfectly Lonely – single
The Franklin Electric – Choices – single – CDN
Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me – single
Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb – Brick by Brick – single
Bella White – Numbers (Alt. Version) – single – CDN

Leaf Rapids – There They Go – Citizen Alien – CDN – WPG
D.Rangers – Trying To Start Out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG
The Sadies – Tiger Tiger – In Concert Volume One – CDN
Sean Burns – Alone Again – Lost Country – CDN – WPG
Amos the Kid – Western Store – Enough as it Was – CDN – WPG

Joe Nolan – Cherry Valance – Scrapper – CDN
The Damnwells – Without a Heart – single

Episode #1025

This one is kind of “inspired” (stolen) from a post that Leeroy Stagger made on Facebook a while ago, asking for recommendations for “perfect albums front to back.”

Most of my very favourite albums, and the majority of the albums that I listen to, seem to have at least one track that I, personally, could do without. When I’m listening to certain records, I know exactly which track(s) I’m going to skip. I’ve made playlists where I’ve “fixed” albums by removing a track or two. I guess I’m kind of hard to please. But every once in a while, I encounter an album where every track works and I wouldn’t dare skip any of them. It’s harder than you might think to find an album with no weak spots. I can immediately think of a few, but I can think of WAY more where there’s one or two tracks that I don’t love as much as the rest.

With that in mind, I did a deep dive into my collection looking for albums where I don’t think there’s a weak track. Because it’s difficult and my collection is kind of diverse, I couldn’t limit it just to the standard singer/songwriter fare, so you’ll hear a few things on this show that you wouldn’t hear otherwise on the program.

I didn’t have time to relisten to them all, so I can’t guarantee that every album played or mentioned in these three hours is perfect, but I can definitely guarantee that diving into any of these albums will be worth your time and very rewarding!

And because this show was pre-recorded and I put a lot of thought into it, I’m calling it one of the occasional “standby” episodes of the show that I might pull out again some day when I can’t make it down to the station.

I sure hope you enjoy this one almost as much as I enjoyed putting it together. If not, I’m sure I’ll be hearing from a few people wondering what the heck I’m doing playing some of this stuff.

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

Leeroy Stagger – Petrified World – Everything Is Real – CDN

Lowest of the Low – St. Brendan’s Way – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
Spirit Of The West – Political – Labour Day – CDN
Skydiggers – Even When You Fall – Road Radio – CDN

John Bottomley – You Lose And You Gain – Blackberry – CDN
Jim Bryson – 26 Miles By Car – The Occasionals – CDN
Oh Susanna – Back Dirt Road – Johnstown – CDN
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
David Francey – Border Line – Torn Screen Door – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-in Movie – Drive-in Movie – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Lace and Pretty Flowers – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN
Mike Plume Band – If There Ever Was a Fool – Song and Dance, Man – CDN

Van Morrison – And It Stoned Me – Moondance
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Positive Vibration – Rastaman Vibration
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Rude Mood – Texas Flood
The Jeff Healey Band – My Little Girl – See The Light – CDN
Van Halen – Light up the Sky – Van Halen II

The Pursuit Of Happiness – Killed By Love – Love Junk – CDN
The Northern Pikes – Wait For Me – Secrets of The Alibi – CDN
The Tragically Hip – Pigeon Camera – Fully Completely – CDN
Huey Lewis & The News – Honky Tonk Blues – Sports
Loverboy – Emotional – Get Lucky – CDN

The Traveling Wilburys – Not Alone Any More – Vol. 1
Steve Earle – You Belong To Me – Copperhead Road
Radney Foster – Nobody Wins – Del Rio, TX, 1959

John Blek & the Rats – Cities Keep Changing – Leave Your Love at the Door
The Jayhawks – Angelyne – Rainy Day Music
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Rodney Crowell – Come on Funny Feeling – Fate’s Right Hand
Kieran Kane – Cool Me Down – Dead Rekoning

Christina Martin – Guard Your Heart – Two Hearts – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Since I’m Loving You – Wandered – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Skydive Home – Hanging the Battle-Scarred Pinata – CDN
Matt Mays & El Torpedo – Travellin’ – Matt Mays & El Torpedo – CDN

Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin’ Bones – Rattlin’ Bones
Lynn Miles – Flames Of Love – Love Sweet Love – CDN
Jeffrey Gaines – No, I Don’t Think So – Jeffrey Gaines
Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Alejandro Escovedo – Real As An Animal – Real Animal

Episode #1024

Hot concerts past and future, a look at the upcoming Toronto concert calendar, new music, and a bunch of classic bangers!

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

Steve Forbert – January 23-30, 1978 – Jack Rabbit Slim

Figure Walking – The Country – The Big Other – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Town Song – single – CDN – WPG
Bobby Charles – Tennessee Blues – Bobby Charles
Shannon McNally – I Must Be in a Good Place Now – Small Town Talk

The Brother Brothers – The Illinois River Song – The January Album
Spencer Burton – Goodbye – North Wind – CDN
Rod Picott – Digging Ditches – Starlight Tour
Aysanabee – Come Out (feat. Raye Zaragoza) – single – CDN
Sarah Jarosz – Jealous Moon – Polaroid Lovers

William Prince & Roosevelt – When You Miss Someone – Roosevelt Remix – single – CDN – WPG
DOSES – Death Wish Suburbia – single – CDN

The Lemonheads – Mrs. Robinson – It’s A Shame About Ray
Kevin Fox – Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes – Set Right – CDN
Brian MacMillan – Blessed Love – Shine – CDN
Jory Nash – The Ballad of Easy Chair – lo-fi northern blues – CDN

Josh Ritter – Kathleen – recorded live on UMFM
Josh Ritter – Snow Is Gone (Live from Vicar Street) – Hello Starling (Deluxe Edition)
Josh Ritter – Bright Smile – Hello Starling

D.Rangers – Three Barriers – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG
Alejandro Escovedo – Velvet Guitar – A Man Under the Influence
Buddy Miller – Nothing Can Stop Me – Poison Love

Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell – Second Option – Begonias
Blitzen Trapper – Furr – Furr
Dar Williams – It’s Alright – It’s Alright (EP)

Margo Cilker – Santa Rosa – Valley Of Heart’s Delight
Melissa Carper – From What I Recall – Ramblin’ Soul
Jill Barber – In Perfect Time – Oh Heart – CDN
Matthew Barber – And You Give – Ghost Notes – CDN
Royal Wood – A Mirror Without – A Good Enough Day – CDN

Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – When I Come Back – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
Danny Michel – When I Get Out – Tales From The Invisible Man – CDN
Easton Stagger Phillips – Always Came Back to You – Resolution Road
Brock Zeman – 10 Year Fight – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN
David Wiffen – Lost My Driving Wheel – South Of Somewhere – CDN

Episode #1023

Exciting new music and new discoveries, super exciting upcoming shows at Winterruption (even if the two most exciting are at the same damn time!), bear songs for Lockport Ron, and some blistering bangers to end off!

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

Greg MacPherson – Windy – Balanced On A Pin – CDN – WPG

Greg Macpherson – Wide Turn – Maintenance – CDN – WPG
Gillian Welch – Dry Town (Demo) – Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Invitation To The Blues – Old Yellow Moon

Major Love – Mountain Standard Time – Affirmations – CDN
Sierra Ferrell – Dollar Bill Bar – Trail of Flowers
Adrianne Lenker – Sadness As A Gift – Bright Future

Noeline Hofman – Purple Gas – live recording – CDN
The Halfway Kid – Is That All There is? – If I Don’t Come Home (Go To My House And Burn My Things)
Josiah and the Bonnevilles & Josiah Leming – One Last Song – single
Jarrod Morris – Anvil Stand – single
Cris Jacobs – Work Song (I Can Still Sing) (feat. Lindsay Lou) – single
Will Hoge – End Of The World – Tenderhearted Boys

Anthony da Costa – What If We Never Say Goodbye – Don’t Worry About Me
Bahamas – Someone Forever – I Must Be In A Good Place Now – CDN
James Talley – If We Could Love One Another – Bandits, Ballads and Blues
Shane Smith & the Saints – All the Way – single

John Blek & The Broken Strings – Arno’s Song – Digressions #3 In Dresden
Shawn William Clarke – Tall Trees – Softer Scissors – CDN
The Lucky Ones – Since the Farm Got Sold – A Nickel for the Fiddler – CDN
Corb Lund – Redneck Rehab – El Viejo – CDN

John Prine – Bear Creek Blues – Fair and Square
Lyle Lovett – Bears – Step Inside This House
Matt The Electrician – The Bear – The Bear/Never Had a Gun
Kellen Saip – Bear Bones – Bear Bones – CDN

Shotgun Jimmie – Too Many Flowers – Transistor Sister – CDN – MB
Shotgun Jimmie – Join The Band – Field Of Trampolines – CDN – MB
Bloc Parents – The Bad Blood – EP – CDN – WPG
Show Pony – If I’m Really That Bad – single – CDN – WPG
Burs – Lily – Holding Patterns – CDN
Amos the Kid – Enough as it Was – Enough as it Was – CDN – WPG

Greg MacPherson – First Class – Mr. Invitation – CDN – WPG
Greg MacPherson Band – Goes Like This – Fireball – CDN – WPG
Figure Walking – Victorious – The Big Other – CDN – WPG
Figure Walking – Colourful – Vertical / Horizontal – CDN – WPG

Wintersleep – Black Camera – New Inheritors – CDN
July Talk – Headsick – July Talk – CDN
The Damnwells – The Sound – Bastards Of The Beat

Episode #1022

After the holidays are all done, the new music starts to roll out again, and we’ve got a whole bunch of it today, as well as some exciting upcoming shows to preview and a few classics as well!

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

Mayhemingways – 14th of January – Skip Land – CDN

Katie Pruitt – White Lies, White Jesus And You – Mantras
Waxahatchee – Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman) – single
Carsie Blanton – My Good Friends – Hope
The Goddamsels – Better Than – single – CDN
The Secret Sisters – Same Water – Mind, Man, Medicine

MJ Lenderman – You Have Bought Yourself A Boat – Boat Songs
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Horror Of It All – Stellar Evolution
John Craigie – Viking Sex (feat. TK & The Holy Know-Nothings) – Pagan Church
Dylan Ault – Taken For A Fool – single
Alejandro Escovedo – Bury Me – Echo Dancing
Gurf Morlix – Switchblade Smile – Melt into You
Bruce Robison – Livin’ in the Woods in a Tree – Darlene

Drayton Farley & Western AF – Lucinda – Live AF Session
Joe Pug – Treasury of Prayers – Sketch of a Promised Departure
Forest Sun – Precious Days – single
Beta Radio – This One’s Going to Hurt – Waiting for the End to Come
Sam Barber – Straight and Narrow (Live) – Live EP 001
Martyn Joseph – Folding – This Is What I Want To Say

Matt Andersen – I’m Giving In – Honest Man – CDN
Kings Of The Moon – White Polar Bear – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
Bob Schneider – Tokyo – live recording
Doug Paisley – I Want to Be With You Always – Sad Old World – CDN
David Myles – Break Free – Devil Talking – CDN
David Myles – Cape Breton – On The Line – CDN

Belle Plaine – Squared Up – Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath – CDN
Belle Plaine – For All Those Who I Love – Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath – CDN
Belle Plaine & Blake Berglund – Town to Town – Town to Town / Saskatchewan – EP – CDN

Martin Sexton – Black Sheep – Black Sheep
Martin Sexton – The Way I Am – In The Journey

VVonder – Used To Be Happy (I’m So Sad) (Bonus Track) – Frame by Frame (Live) – CDN – WPG
The Telepathic Butterflies – Right Through It All – Plan B – CDN – WPG
The Telepathic Butterflies – The Girl Who Couldn’t Be Named – Plan B – CDN – WPG
Greg MacPherson – Slow Stroke – Good Times Coming Back Again – CDN – WPG
Greg MacPherson – Buy A Ticket – Balanced On A Pin – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Everything Is Not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Nothing’s Gonna Harm You – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Aside – Left and Leaving – CDN – WPG

Episode #1021

On last week’s show and in a recent post on the website, I listed off some of my favourite music released in 2023, but in making the list, I realized that there were a LOT of releases, even by some of my favourite artists, that I just didn’t get to spend enough time with for one reason or another, so they didn’t make the main list. This episode aims to clean up some of the leftovers and check out some of the releases that somehow slipped past me in the past year.

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

Suzie Ungerleider – The One (2003 Demo Version) – Bitch on Wheels (Demos from a Time Capsule) – CDN

Scott Nolan – Swing Low – Before Tonight – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – Before Tonight – CDN – WPG
Richard Inman – What Are You Waiting On? – Life Without Your Love – CDN – WPG
Richard Inman – New Years Blues – Faded Love Better Days – CDN – WPG
Jess Rae – Golden Days – single – CDN – WPG

Lana Del Rey – Margaret (feat. Bleachers) – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
boygenius – Afraid of Heights – the rest
boygenius – Revolution 0 – the record
Evangeline Gentle – Fall Again – Where The Diamonds Are – CDN
Evangeline Gentle – Bad Girls – Where The Diamonds Are – CDN

Jess Klein – Never Gonna Break Me – When We Rise
Allison Russell – Demons – The Returner – CDN

Drayton Farley – Stop the Clock – Twenty on High
Casper McWade – Rather Be Lonely – Something for the Pain
Jess Williamson – Time Ain’t Accidental – Time Ain’t Accidental
Dylan LeBlanc – Let It Rain – single
King Creosote – Please Come Back I Will Listen, I Will Behave, I Will Toe The Line (Edit) – single

Stephen Fearing & The Sentimentals – Gold On The River – Vejpoesi – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Finest Kind – Vejpoesi – CDN
Danny Michel – Bad Timing – Ghost Town – CDN
David Francey – Daughter – The Breath Between – CDN
Lynn Miles – Highway 105 – TumbleWeedyWorld – CDN

NQ Arbuckle – No Hands Bicycle – Love Songs for the Long Game – CDN
Jon Dee Graham – lost in the flood – Only Dead For A Little While
Jesse DeNatale – Sweet Arrival – The Hands of Time

Rodney Crowell – Loving You Is The Only Way To Fly – The Chicago Sessions
Slaid Cleaves – Through the Dark – Together Through the Dark
Shane Smith & The Saints & Hayes Carll – Pancho and Lefty – single
John R. Miller – Press On – Heat Comes Down
Margo Cilker – Lowland Trail – Valley Of Heart’s Delight
Kate Fenner – Quiet Rider – Dead Reckoning – CDN

Garrett T. Capps – A Better Place (feat. NASA Country) – People Are Beautiful
Susto – My Entire Life – My Entire Life
Hugh Trimble & the Atomic Ranch Band – A Trip – Hugh Trimble & the Atomic Ranch Band
Jeremie Albino – Dance with Me – Tears You Hide – CDN
Jeremie Albino – Angeline – Tears You Hide – CDN

Dori Freeman – Do You Recall – Do You Recall
Jenni Muldaur & Teddy Thompson – Just Someone I Used To Know – Once More: Jenni Muldaur & Teddy Thompson Sing The Great Country Duets
Teddy Thompson – A Picture of Me Without You – My Love of Country
Ags Connolly – Headed South for a While – Siempre
Brennen Leigh – Carole With An E – Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet

Episode #1020

A look back at yet another strong year in music as we listen to a few of the many musical highlights of 2023!

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

Sean Burns – Drinkin’ Me Six Foot Under – Lost Country – CDN – WPG

David Newbould – Jean – single
Hannah White – Right on Time – Sweet Revolution
Louien – Let Go – single

Jaime Wyatt – Feel Good – Feel Good
Scott Nolan – Before Tonight – Before Tonight – CDN – WPG
The Telepathic Butterflies – Twenty – Plan B – CDN – WPG
Bloc Parents – Never Judge a Man by His Umbrella – EP – CDN – WPG
Communism – Please Love Me – Lovespeech – CDN
Odds – 25 Words – Crash the Time Machine – CDN
Trans-Canada Highwaymen – Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy – Explosive Hits Vol.1 – CDN

Ratboys – Black Earth, WI – The Window
Petey – I’ll Wait – USA

Amos the Kid – What Did You Do – Enough as it Was – CDN – WPG
The Nude Party – Ride On – Rides On
Deer Tick – Forgiving Ties – Emotional Contracts
The Hold Steady – Sideways Skull – The Price of Progress
The Damnwells – Without a Heart – single

Terra Lightfoot – Anyone but You – Healing Power – CDN
Evangeline Gentle – Underdog – Where The Diamonds Are – CDN
Jim Bryson – Before When – single – CDN
Vivat Virtute – All My Ex-Boyfriends Are You – June First – CDN – WPG
Vivat Virtute – Do Not Worry – Hold Music – CDN – WPG

Ben de la Cour – American Mind – Sweet Anhedonia
Del Barber – Still Got You – Almanac – CDN – WPG

The Stephen Stanley Band – Here Comes That Rain – Before The Collapse Of The Hive – CDN
Ron Hawkins – Ambulance Chaser – Trash Talkin’ at the Speed of Sound – CDN
Lowest of the Low – Brave New World – Welcome to the Plunderdome – CDN
Lucero – Macon If We Make It – Should’ve Learned by Now
Lydia Loveless – Sex & Money – Nothing’s Gonna Stand in My Way Again

Buddy & Julie Miller – In The Throes – In The Throes
Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives – Country Star – Altitude
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Town Song – single – CDN – WPG

Christina Martin – Little Princess – Storm – CDN
Benjamin Dakota Rogers – John Came Home – Paint Horse – CDN
Jeffrey Martin – Quiet Man – Thank God We Left The Garden
Anna Tivel – The Bell – Outsiders (Live in a Living Room)
Dean Owens w/Neilson Hubbard & Will Kimbrough – Pictures – Pictures

Episode #1019

It’s Christmas Eve, so time for 3 hours of Christmas music that doesn’t suck! Wishing you and yours a very happy Christmas!

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

Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – recorded live on UMFM

Melissa Payne and Benj Rowland – Fairy Tale of NewYork – live recording – CDN
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family – No. 2 Live Dinner
David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo – It’s Christmas – CDN
Oliver Schoer – Beneath The Ice, They Heard Bells – Stuck On A Cold Steel Pole – CDN

My Morning Jacket – Xmas Time Is Here Again – Does Xmas Fiasco Style
Jeb Loy Nichols & Ian Gomm – Going to the Pub (On Christmas Eve) – single
Jon Langford & The Men of Gwent – Christmas Carol Christmas Ray – single
Joshua Ray Walker – Christmas in Dallas – single
The Delines – Christmas In Atlantis – single
No. 1 Knife (Brian Wright and Sally Jaye) – Christmas Song for MeeMaw – single
John Blek – Alone At Christmas – single
Dave McEathron – Gilbert the Christmas Disco Weasel – 2023 Reid Family Christmas Spectacular – CDN

Hank Snow – Nester, the Long Eared Christmas Donkey – Christmas with Hank Snow – CDN
Merle Haggard – Goin’ Home for Christmas – Season’s Greetings from Nashville
George Strait – Merry Christmas Strait to You – Merry Christmas Strait to You
Fred Eaglesmith – Go Tell It on the Mountain – CMT Christmas – CDN
Oh Susanna/Suzie Ungerleider – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – CMT Christmas – CDN
Oh Susanna & Michael Johnston – My Christmas Dreams – Decemberly – CDN
Michael Johnston and The Gentlemen Collars – Dear Santa – Zunior Holiday Collection 2005 – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Country Christmas – Christmas Is for Boys & Girls – CDN

Dave Gunning – Merry Christmas Lonely Cowboy – Christmas Too – CDN
Dave Gunning – Daddy’s Beer – Christmas – CDN
Matt Andersen – Country Christmas Blues – Spirit of Christmas – CDN
The Sweetback Sisters – The Christmas Boogie – Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular
Good Lovelies – I’d Like You for Christmas – Under The Mistletoe – CDN
Darlene Love – Marshmallow World – A Christmas Gift for You

Kathleen Edwards – It’s Christmastime (Let’s Just Survive) – A Dualtone Christmas – CDN
Brennen Leigh – Merry Christmas Asshole – single
Chip Taylor – Merry F’n Christmas – The Little Prayers Trilogy
Teddy Thompson – Boycotting Christmas – unreleased
John McCauley III – Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant – Rollo & Grady Sessions
Butch Walker – Santa’Self (F*ck Your Christmas Party) – unreleased
NQ Arbuckle – Christmas in Hell – single – CDN

John Prine – Christmas in Prison – Sweet Revenge
Beards (featuring Erin Rae) – Incarcerated Christmas – Christmas
Ox – Xmas in the Jailhouse – Silent Night and other Cowboy Songs – CDN
Swank! – Santa Claus Is Out On Bail – Christmas Is Fun! – CDN

JP Hoe – O Holy Night – Brighten up the Night – CDN – WPG
Skydiggers – Good King Wenceslas – Still Restless The Lost Tapes – CDN
The Details – Strings and Ribbons (edit) – single – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – String Of Blinking Lights – Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day – CDN – WPG
The Kelele Brothers – Father Christmas – Zunior Holiday Collection 2004 – CDN
Ray Charles – Christmas Time – The Spirit Of Christmas
Nat King Cole – The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot – The Magic Of Christmas With Children
Merle Haggard – If We Make It Through December – If We Make It Through December

Episode #1018

Concert news, new music, Christmas songs that aren’t really Christmas songs, cool classics, and some underappreciated local bands from days gone by that we’d LOVE to see again!

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

Sean Burns – Destroy Me – Lost Country – CDN – WPG

Mia Sheard – Mexico Texaco – Reptilian – CDN
Veal – Cauchemar – Hot Loser – CDN
Veal – Spiderman – Tilt O’whirl – CDN

Amos the Kid – Jesus Cocaine Ketamine Christ – Mountain View – CDN – WPG
Amos the Kid – What Did You Do – Mountain View – CDN – WPG
Amos the Kid – World Burn – Enough as it was – CDN – WPG

Dan Reeder – Sex is a mess – EP X 500
Dan Reeder – This Guy I Knew Died – This Guy I Knew Died EP
Dan Reeder – Fuzzyfalafelosophy – EP X 500
Town Mountain – So Far Away – Devil In Disguise
Jon Langford – Over the Cliff – Gubbins
Brock Zeman – New Plan – live recording – CDN

Sean Burns – Before She Made Me Crawl – Lost Country – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Big Freightliner – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns and Lost Country – Joseph Hill – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG

Joshua Ray Walker – Thank You For Listening – single
The Band of Heathens – Don’t Let the Darkness (Acoustic) – Simpler Things
Northcote – My Favourite Record – Wholeheart – CDN

Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – A to Z Recordings
The Handsome Family – So Much Wine – Live At Schubas
Tom Waits – Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis – Blue Valentine
Joni Mitchell – River – Blue – CDN
James McMurtry – Holiday – Childish Things
Danny Michel – Snowglobe – In the Belly of a Whale – CDN

The Deep Dark Woods – 18th Of December – Jubilee – CDN
The Sadies – Idle Tomorrows – Darker Circles – CDN
The Sadies – More Alone – Colder Streams – CDN

Liz Longley – Camaro – Liz Longley
The Secret Sisters – Good Luck, Good Night, Goodbye – Put Your Needle Down
Alabama Shakes – Always Alright – single
Christina Martin – Falling For You – Sleeping With A Stranger – CDN
Imaginary Cities – Hummingbird – Temporary Resident – CDN – WPG

Novillero – Hypothesist – Aim Right for the Holes in Their Lives – CDN – WPG
The Paperbacks – If I Make It Through This Winter – An Episode of Sparrows – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – Your attitude towards cuttlefish – Somebody Needs A Timeout – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Australia – Stranger – CDN – WPG
The Details – Always, Always, Always, Never. – Draw a Distance. Draw a Border. – CDN – WPG