NO SHOW – Bought a house instead! Hate to miss a show, but if you’re upset, you’re welcome to come and check out one of the house concerts I hope to host once we move in this summer!

A busy show indeed. Some requests & dedications (including a very special set sent out to a very unexpected on-air caller), some new music, and a look at this week’s slate of upcoming shows (which is pretty great and action packed yet again!)

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Episode #254

Some new music to start us off. Music Month in Manitoba continues with a busy week of shows, and we’ll tell you about the ones you need to see, including Paul Kelly on Thursday!

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Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Rheostatics – Jesus Was Once a Teenager Too – Introducing Happiness – CDN
Dave Bidini – The Moncton Hellraiser – At the Barricades: Vol. 1 – CDN
Greyson Capps – Graveyard – Songbones
Harry Manx & Friends – Take This Hammer – Live at the Glenn Gould Studio – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Hungry Heart – 3 a.m. – CDN
Jimmy Lafave – Buffalo Return to the Plains – Buffalo Return to the Plains

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Lyle Lovett – Step Inside this House – Step Inside this House
Romi Mayes – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Twang Trust Broadcasts 1999-2007 – CDN – WPG
Los Lobos – Marie Marie – Ride This
Ron Hynes – My Name Is Nobody – Ron Hynes – CDN
Jason Collett – No Redemption Song – Here’s to Being Here – CDN
Jason Collett – Bitter Beauty – Motor Motel Love Songs – CDN
Peter Katz and the Curious – These Are The Days – More Nights – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Scott Nolan – Drive Day – live recording – CDN – WPG
Jill Barber – In Perfect Time – A Note to Follow So – CDN
Jill Barber – Hard Line – For All Time – CDN
Matthew Barber – And You Give – Ghost Notes – CDN
Matthew Barber – I’m Gonna Settle My Accounts With You – Ghost Notes – CDN
Patrick Park – Here We Are – Everyone’s In Everyone

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Paul Kelly – Before Too Long – A to Z downloads
Paul Kelly – To Her Door – Live at the Continental and the Esplanade
Paul Kelly – Deeper Water – Deeper Water
Paul Kelly – From Little Things Big Things Grow – Comedy
Paul Kelly – Nothing But a Dream – Ways & Means
Paul Kelly – Won’t You Come Around – Ways & Means

Another classic lost forever as the station’s digital logger wasn’t working again. One of these days I’ll get in the habit of checking that before the show. In the meantime, this is yet another reminder to listen in live if you can, just in case.

Just one important show this week as Music Month continues, but it’s a good ‘un, featuring The Weakerthans, Dala, and Danny Michel, so we had to play some tunes from them. This weekend the news I wait for all year started to arrive as The Winnipeg Folk Festival released a preliminary lineup, and there are some highlights on there for sure, so we heard from a few of the folks I’m most looking forward to. Then, some of the great new releases I have been meaning to get on for a while, and a few old classics. (and a couple of funny jokes from Carter too!)

This episode might make you a bit dizzy with all of the looking back and forward, but it’s worth the whiplash. We looked back at Stephen Fearing’s great show, Jeff Healey’s great career, and at one of the greatest Canadian bands of all, The Lowest of the Low.

We also looked forward to some new/upcoming releases from some old favourites. Lastly, we looked forward to Monday’s Steve Earle/Allison Moorer concert by looking ahead at Allison’s great new album, which looks back on some old classics, and we looked back at some of the great work Steve Earle has done with others

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Music Month in Manitoba continues with one of the most solid weeks of shows we’ve seen in a very long time. It kicks off this afternoon with Hayes Carll playing live at Candor. Can’t miss that one, so this show is pre-recorded. Hayes takes the stage again tonight opening for Corb Lund. Then, Brock Zeman & Dan Walsh are back, a stellar Townes Van Zandt tribute show on Friday, then Saturday, it’s Stephen Fearing & Oh Susanna for goodness sake! How could we possibly think of anything but shows on a week like that?

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Episode #250

Some requests & dedications started us off on the right track. Then, it’s Oscar night tonight and a couple of movies with great soundtracks are up for some big awards, so we heard some great movie music. Following that, we look ahead to March, which is music month with an outstanding lineup of shows, kicking off with John Wort Hannam & Twilight Hotel on Friday (which is technically February, but who’s counting), then Josh Ritter and Two Hours Traffic on Saturday. And that’s only the beginning!

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Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm – 2:30pm

February – Jim Bryson – The Occasionals – CDN
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence
Alejandro Escovedo – Rhapsody – A Man Under the Influence
Eddi Reader – California – Angels & Electricity
Billy Bragg & Wilco – California Stars – Mermaid Avenue

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Two Thumbs Up! (movie music):
Barry Louis Polisar – All I Want Is You – Juno soundtrack
Michael Cera & Ellen Page – Anyone Else But You – Juno soundtrack
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – Falling Slowly – Once soundtrack
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – When Your Mind’s Made Up
Julie Miller – All My Tears – Songcatcher soundtrack
Matt Murphy – Worth a Song – (The Life and Hard Times of) Guy Terrifico soundtrack – CDN
Loudon Wainwright III – Grey in L.A. – Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up
Dolly Parton – Travelin’ Thru – Transamerica soundtrack

3:00pm – 3:30pm

upcoming shows:
John Wort Hannam – Scotsman’s Bluff – Pocket Full of Holes – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Church of the Long Grass – Dynamite & Dozers – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Two-Bit Suit – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Infantry Man – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Twilight Hotel – No Place for a Woman – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Twilight Hotel – Slumber Queen – Highway Prayer – CDN – WPG

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Josh Ritter – Lawrence, KS – Golden Age of Radio
Josh Ritter – Snow Is Gone – Hello Starling
Josh Ritter – Girl in the War – The Animal Years
Josh Ritter – Blame It on the Tetons – Girl in the War digital EP
Josh Ritter – Right Moves – The Historical Conquests of
Two Hours Traffic – Jezebel – Isolator EP

Fred Eaglesmith – Codeine – live recording – CDN

Episode #249 – One for Willie P.

A show I wish I never had to do. Yesterday, one of the true guiding lights of this show went out, as Canada’s greatest songwriter of all time, Willie P Bennett died. His songs and spirit will live on forever, but it’s sad to think that we’ll never see him or hear from him again. In memory of him, two hours of memories and music from the man, including Willie originals, Willie covers, a song about Willie, songs featuring Willie, and Willie live. We heard from friends like Stephen Fearing, Scott Nolan, Colin Linden, and Willie’s longtime boss, bandmate, and friend, Fred Eaglesmith.

Push on, you weary soul…

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Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Willie P. Bennett – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – Storm Clouds – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – Pens and Paper – Blackie and the Rodeo King – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – Patience of a Working Man – The Lucky Ones – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – Push On – Take My Own Advice – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – Last Word – Heartstrings – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – Stardust – live recording – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Stephen Fearing interview clip

Stephen Fearing – The Lucky Ones – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Lace and Pretty Flowers – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Has Anyone Seen My Baby Here Tonight? – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Sometimes It Comes So Easy – Let’s Frolic Again – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Prairie Oyster – Goodbye, So Long, Hello – String of Pearls – CDN
Stan Rogers – Music in your Eyes – From Coffee House to Concert Hall – CDN

Scott Nolan interview clip

Scott Nolan – Drive Day – live recording – CDN – WPG
Fred Eaglesmith interview clip
Fred Eaglesmith – Your Sister Cried – live recording – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – I’m Just Dreaming – live recording – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Fred Eaglesmith – Codeine – Dusty – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – One Vessel – live recording – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – Brave Wings – live recording – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – Sunset Pendulum – live recording – CDN

Colin Linden interview clip

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Bark – CDN