Last night was the long-awaited and much anticipated return of the Mike Plume Band at the Pyramid. Unfortunately, Mike went on well after my normal bedtime. That, plus the return to the working world this week had me feeling really tired, and a little punchy today. All of this is to make excuses for my silly behaviour and poor planning. Luckily, I had some great music on hand to cover for my ineptitude. The first hour was a little slow and sentimental, the second hour we perked it up with some rockin’ classics.

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By popular demand, Carter returns with more of his jokes and charm to brighten things up. We both head back to school after this weekend (where does the summer go), so we slipped in some back to school/work songs. Following that, some great new music, some great upcoming events, and whatever else we could squeeze into such a busy show!

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Pre-recorded this week as I’m taking part in the MS Bike Tour. Thanks to everyone who supported the charity auction last week; I’ll do my best to come through like so many kind listeners did. This week on the show, a bunch of tunes based on that theme, bikes, roads, etc., as well as some great new music.

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Next week TTBTGH will be pre-recorded because I’m taking part in the MS Society’s bike tour, where I’ll be riding my bike from Stonewall to Gimli and back again to raise money for the thousands of Manitobans living with Multiple Sclerosis, and their friends and family members like me. The MS Society does great work to help, educate, and fund research into this terrible disease, and I’m committed to doing whatever I can to help them out. To that end, I brought in a box of CDs, DVDs, books, etc. and had my very first radio auction where listeners called in “bids” for the items. All money bid is donated directly to the MS Society, so you’re doing a good deed and getting some good stuff at the same time. We played an hour of music from some of the items up for bids, and an hour of great new music.

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Pre-recorded again this week as I’m off to Ear Falls, Ont for the Trout Forest Music Festival. For those of you stuck at home (or listening later on), some new music and some old classics, mixed in with some news and upcoming shows.

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Marc Guiguere, who is normally on the air before me, wasn’t coming in today, and Jared, knowing what a sucker I am, mentioned that I could come in early if I wanted to. I’m on holidays and haven’t been in the studio much lately, so why not? Marc’s show is a mix of blues and old rock stuff,so I tried to stick with that by hosting my own hour of blues and an hour of bluesy rock. It was a fun experiment, but I think I’ll stick with the singer/songwriter stuff.

And there was no shortage of good singer/songwriter stuff to play. I just got back from a trip to Hillside in Guelph, with stops in Toronto and Minneapolis, so you know that I have a ton of stories to tell and new discs to play. You throw in some info on upcoming shows and you’ve got a pretty solid show, I’d say.

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Prerecorded this week as I’m off enjoying the Hillside Festival in Guelph, Ontario. To start off the show an overview of some of the great acts I’m seeing this weekend. Although you likely won’t make it to Hillside, you can still check out Trout Forest in early August, so a few songs to tempt you out there.

And, lots of great new, notable, and rediscovered music.

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Prerecorded, but all new. A look back at another great Winnipeg Folk Festival, a look forward to some great upcoming shows at Candor, and a listen to a few special songs for a very special person.

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This is it, this year’s artist-by-artist look at who not to miss at the 35th Winnipeg Folk Festival happening next weekend. There’s lots to see, and the folks we played today are the ones that I most recommend.

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It’s part 2 of our official Winnipeg Folk Festival preview as our old pal JP Hoe drops by the studio for the first time in a long time to play us some new tunes and debut his long awaited full length CD.

Also on the show some exciting new releases and a look ahead at the jam packed concert schedule for Canada Day, featuring the first local appearance by the Drive-By Truckers and the return of one of my favourite live bands Sunparlour Players.

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