All good hearted music lovers in Winnipeg are off at The West End Cultural Centre tonight, hearing a live performance of the greatest album to ever come out of our city, The Weakerthans’ Left and Leaving, and so are we. So, in our absence, here’s some pre-recorded goodness for ya!
It’s Weakerthans week in Winnipeg, as our greatest band is set to kick off 4 shows at different venues across town. While they are somewhat famous and maybe don’t need our help any more, there is no greater songwriter in our city (past or present), so it’s our duty to play a bunch of the greatest songs ever written in and about our town. But, that’s not the only exciting time of year approaching, it’s also Christmas, and we’ve got a batch of Christmas tunes that won’t make you nauseous. Also, some new songs, some winter songs, and some all-around good songs.
Pre-recorded this week as I’m off nerding it up at the big Lowest of the Low show in Toronto. Of course I can’t let another week go by without some more Low and without bragging about my part in the reissue of the greatest album of all time. A bunch of tributes to the greats this week (besides the Low), including a new tribute to The Band starring one of the long-time members, plus upcoming tribute shows to Tom Waits and John Lennon, and a whole bunch more!
Our favourite co-host of all drops in for a visit, as Carter is along for the ride today. Together we kick off the Christmas season, we pay tribute to one of Winnipeg’s best bands of all time, The D. Rangers, who hang up the muckbucket this week, we pay tribute to the winners at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, and look at some upcoming shows and one exciting CD re-release. And, because last week’s miserable show was such a big hit with listeners, we play just a little bit more Sad Bastard Music.
We’re pre-recorded this week. We’ve got some great new music from the mailbag and beyond. We also take a look ahead at my dream come true weekend, which is happening next weekend in Toronto. That gets us a little nostalgic and we hop in the time machine to relive the 90s.
Tonight, all true music lovers in Winnipeg will be at the West End Cultural Centre, as we pay tribute and say goodbye (for now) to the heart and soul of the local music scene, The D. Rangers. They’ve put on countless amazing live shows and put out some darn fine records. Tonight, we hear music from them and some of their many friends and fans. We also look ahead to some great upcoming shows, and throw in some classics, to boot!
Episode #366
Two hours of Sad Bastard Music, as we play songs of heartache and heartbreak.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Hatcher-Briggs – In my Hour of Darkness – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Broken Fuckin’ Heart – Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – It’s Mighty Dark to Travel – Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs – CDN
Ridley Bent – Buckles & Boots – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Shannon McNally – Worst Part of a Broken Heart – Geronimo
Kate Maki – Over – Confusion Unlimited – CDN
Kim Richey – Here I Go Again – Kim Richey
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Matthew Ryan – Dam – May Day
Matthew Ryan – Return to Me – Regret over the Wires
Matthew Ryan – Sadlylove – East Autumn Grin
Matthew Ryan – Irrelevant – May Day
Lynn Miles – Trying not to Be so Sad – Love Sweet Love – CDN
Lynn Miles – Never Coming Back – Love Sweet Love – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye – Fall for Beauty – CDN
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Matt Andersen – So Gone Now – Something in Between – CDN
Rose Cousins – I Don’t Care – The Send Off – CDN
Christina Martin – Temporary Hell – Two Hearts – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Broke and Broken Hearted – Dear Love – CDN
Luke Doucet – Broken One – Broken (and other Rogue States) – CDN
Derek & The Dominoes – Bell Bottom Blues – Layla and other assorted Love Songs
Chris Isaak – Go Walking Down There – Forever Blue
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Richard & Linda Thompson – Don’t Renege on our Love – Shoot out the Lights
Ben Folds Five – Song for the Dumped – Whatever and Ever Amen
Scouting for Girls – Elvis Isn’t Dead – Scouting for Girls
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – Brand New Boy – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Slaid Cleaves – Cry – Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – My Heart Is Broken – Jacksonville City Nights
Richard Shindell – Happy Now – Sparrows’ Point
Gram Parsons – Still Feeling Blue – Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology
Episode #365
Looking ahead to some great upcoming shows (Hatcher-Briggs CD release, Neilfest, etc.), looking back at some of the music we meant to play on Halloween, and looking around for some music to cheer us up as the weather turns for the worse. We’ve got it all!
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
The Fuse – My Elizabeth – Trying Must Count for Something – CDN – WPG
The Blue Shadows – If I Were You – On the Floor of Heaven – CDN
Wendy Bird – Deliver Me – Natural Wonder – CDN
Hatcher-Briggs – The Leavings – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
Neil Young – Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I) – Freedom – CDN
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Neil Young – Powderfinger – Rust Never Sleeps – CDN
Bourbon Tabernacle Choir & Rheostatics – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – 1985-1995 – CDN
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Shannon Lyon – Naive – Wandered – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Barcelona – Wandered – CDN
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Matthew Ryan – Me & My Lover – East Autumn Grin
Matthew Ryan – Chickering Angel – Concussion
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – The Devil’s Inside My Head – Rattlin’ Bones
Nathan – Lock Your Devils Up – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Shannon McNally – Memory of a Ghost – Western Ballad
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles – Me and your Ghost – The Stars Are Out
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Lucero – The Devil And Maggie Chascarrillo – 1372 Overton Park
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – If I Am a Stranger – Cold Roses
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – 49 Tons – Kings of Love – CDN
Langhorne Slim – Diamonds and Gold – Langhorne Slim
Mike Plume Band – Something to Say – Song & Dance, Man – CDN
Buddy Miller – 100 Million Little Bombs – Poison Love
Ass Ponys – Kung Fu Reference – Lohio