Episode #235

Too many themes to fit into two hours, we super-sized the show today and took over for Bluegrass Guy who took the holiday off, pushing the show to three hours, and I still ran out of time!

First up, it would be inappropriate not to recognize Remembrance Day by playing some songs about soldiers & war, but more importantly, we played some songs about peace.

Coming up next weekend some Winnipeg all-stars pay tribute to an under-appreciated Canadian songwriter/musician legend, David Essig. Essig will be in town to play alongside The D. Rangers, Romi Mayes, and more as they launch the homegrown Essig tribute record, Beverley Street on Saturday. So, a brief lesson in all things Essig with some songs he’s played on, produced, and written.

November 12 is Neil Young’s birthday, and our friends at the High & Lonesome Club have been celebrating in style with a weekend of amazing Neil Young music in Neilfest, and we relived some of it with our own set of Neil classics and covers.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Tales of War & Peace:
Charlie Sohmer & Willie P Bennett – Black Against the Wall – www.charliesohmer.com – CDN
David Francey – Flowers of Saskatchewan – Far End of Summer – CDN
Josh Ritter – Girl in the War – The Animal Years
Bruce Springsteen and the Sessions Band – Bring ’em Home – Live in Dublin
Shooting John – War – Happiness +/-
The Damnwells – WW XII (World War 12) – demo recording

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Tannis Slimmon – Peaceful Sleep – Music for Peace – CDN
Eliza Gilkyson – Peace Call – Land of Milk and Honey
Nick Lowe – What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding? – At My Age bonus track
Tom Waits – Road to Peace – Orphans
Wilco – War on War – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Son Volt – Endless War – Selections from 6 String Belief
Johnny Cash – Veteran’s Day – Wounded Heart of America (Tom Russell Songs)

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Celebrating David Essig:
Romi Mayes, David Essig, and The D. Rangers – Broken Promises – Beverley Street – CDN – WPG
Stan Rogers – Music in your Eyes – From Coffee House to Concert Hall – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Pens and Paper – Blackie and the Rodeo King – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Some Day It Will All Be Gone – Fred J. Eaglesmith – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – The Boy that Just Went Wrong – The Boy that Just Went Wrong – CDN
David Essig – Beverley Street – Beverley Street – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm

The Duhks – Four Blue Walls – The Duhks – CDN – WPG
The Duhks – Mountain’s O’ Things – Migrations – CDN – WPG
Sunparlour Players – Robbers Lullaby – Hymns for the Happy – CDN

Neilfest:
Weeping Tile – Don’t Let It Bring You Down – Eepee – CDN
Alana Levandoski – Don’t Be Denied – Borrowed Tunes II – CDN

4:00pm – 4:30pm

Rheostatics / Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Borrowed Tunes – CDN
Skydiggers – Mr. Soul – Borrowed Tunes – CDN
Neil Young – No More – Freedom – CDN
The Perpetrators – Are You Ready for the Country – The Gas and the Clutch – CDN – WPG
Neil Young – The Wayward Wind – Old Ways – CDN

4:30pm – 5:00pm

Kathleen Edwards – Unknown Legend – live recording – CDN
Neil Young – Dreamin’ Man – Harvest Moon – CDN
Will & the Bushmen – Neil Young – Gawk
Danny Schmidt – Neil Young – Parables and Primes

Happy Birthday
Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men – Fourth of July – Out in California

Episode #234

An interesting mix of mini-themes this week, as we explored similarly named songs, a couple of my favourites, and then we kept it in the family with a look at the Wainwright (Loudon, Martha, Rufus) and Rogers (Stan and Garnet) families

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Steve Earle – Satellite Radio – Washington Square Serenade
Tom Wilson – Satellite – Planet Love – CDN
Jason Plumb – Satellite – Under & Over – CDN
Son Volt – Satellite – The Search
Leeroy Stagger – Satellite – Depression River – CDN
John Gorka – Satellites – Writing in the Margins
Jim Bryson – Satellite – The Occasionals – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The Noth Side Benches – CDN
Jim Bryson – Somewhere Else – Start Your Own Country: New Sounds of the Old West, Vol. 4
Jim Bryson – The Wishes Pile Up – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Hymn for the Happy – Hymn for the Happy
Sunparlour Players – If The Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymn for the Happy

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Loudon Wainwright III – Grey in L.A. – Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up
Loudon Wainwright III – Daughter. – Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up
Martha Wainwright – Factory – Martha Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright – April Fool – Rufus Wainwright
Teddy Thompson – I Should Get Up – Separate Ways
Richard and Linda Thompson – Don’t Renege on our Love – Shoot Out the Lights

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Stan Rogers – Northwest Passage – Northwest Passage – CDN
Stan Rogers – Barrett’s Privateers – Fogerty’s Cove – CDN
Stan Rogers – The Mary Ellen Carter – Home in Halifax – CDN
Garnet Rogers – Small Victory – All That Is: The Songs of Garnet Rogers – CDN
Greg Brown – All of Those Things – Yellow Dog
Geoff Berner – The Way that Girl Drinks Beer – We Shall Not Flag or Fail, We Shall Go on to the End – CDN

Episode #233

The past few shows have been made up of specific events & themes, so there hasn’t been much time for new music or stuff I just felt like playing, so today was a chance to catch up on some of the music that I’ve picked up or had sent in as of late.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire – The Legend
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Powderfinger – Live Rust
The Philosopher Kings – Coupe de Ville – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Thrasher – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Great Lake Swimmers – Don’t Cry No Tears – Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Brandi Carlile – Fall Apart Again – Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile – Josephine – Life at Easy Street Records
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles – The Day We Met – Diamonds in the Dark
Sarah Borges – Daniel Lee – Silver City
Kim Richey – Not a Love Like This – Chinese Boxes
Jolene – I Read What You Wrote Today – Hell’s Half Acre
Romantica – Queen of Hearts – America

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Bruce Springsteen – Last to Die – Magic
Jesse Malin – Hungry Heart – The Wendy EP
Jesse Malin – Broken Radio – Glitter in the Gutter
Alejandro Escovedo – Two Angels – The End/Losing Your Touch EP
Richard Shindell – Acadian Driftwood – South of Delia
Jon Rauhouse & Neko Case – East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Steel Guitar Heart Attack
Teddy Thompson – Let’s Think about Living – Upfront & Down Low

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Jim Lauderdale – Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat – Song of America
Matthew Ryan – Youngstown – Song of America
Peter Katz and The Curious – I Do – More Nights – CDN
Scott Orr – Wondergirl – Miles from Today – CDN
Scott MacLeod – Summertime Women – Scott MacLeod – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Infantryman – Two-Bit Suit – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Everybody Has the Blues – One World Dance – CDN
Michael Jerome Browne – Play a Little While – Double – CDN

Episode #232

A busy week for upcoming shows that’s for sure, and we took the time to run down the list and convince you to go to each of them. We’re never too busy, however, to play some of the great new music that’s fallen into my shopping cart as of late, so we ended off with some of the best that I’ve picked up lately.
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Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Tri Continental – Worried Man – Live – CDN
The Sadies – Loved on Look – Tremendous Efforts – CDN
The Sadies & Neko Case – Evangeline – In Concert Volume One – CDN
The Sadies – What’s Left Behind – New Seasons – CDN
David Francey – Torn Screen Door – Torn Screen Door – CDN
David Francey – Saints & Sinners – Torn Screen Door – CDN
David Francey – Brakeman’s Daughter – Far End of Summer – CDN
David Francey – Broken Glass – Skating Rink – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm

David Francey – Wanna Be Loved – The Waking Hour – CDN
David Francey – A Conversation – Right of Passage – CDN
Justin Rutledge and the Junction Forty – Too Sober to Sleep – No Never Alone – CDN
Justin Rutledge – Robin’s Tune – The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park – CDN
Great Lake Swimmers – Moving Pictures, Silent Films – Great Lake Swimmers – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Great Lake Swimmers – Your Rocky Spine – Ongiara – CDN
Nathan – Australia – Stranger – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Casserole – Casserole EP – CDN – WPG
The Deep Dark Woods – Hang Me, Oh Hang Me – Me, Oh Hang Me – CDN
Shuyler Jansen – Don’t Ask Why – Today’s Remains – CDN
Shuyler Jansen – Write Your Will – Hobotron – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Elliott BROOD – Only at Home – Tin Type – CDN
Elliott BROOD – President (35) – Ambassador – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Second Son – Ambassador – CDN

Chuck Prophet – Doubter Out of Jesus (All Over You) – Soap and Water
Chuck Prophet – Freckle Song – Soap and Water
Josh Rouse – Nice to Fit In – Country Mouse City House
Bob Schneider – Version Mary – Songs Sung and Played on Guitar at the Same Time
Bob Snider – Time’ll Get You Money – A Maze in Greys – CDN

Episode #231

First up, one of our favourite groups, The Wailin’ Jennys play in Winnipeg with a new member tonight, and that’s reason enough to celebrate and play some songs.

But an even better reason to celebrate, an important anniversary is right around the corner. In October of 1987, the Winnipeg music community changed forever when our beloved West End Cultural Centre opened its doors and enriched our lives. Over the past 15 years, I’ve seen some truly amazing shows under that roof (and a few real stinkers), and today’s show celebrates 20 years, a lot of great memories, and a lot of love for the WECC. And, because Bluegrass Guy was a bit late, we got to go a bit longer, so 20 extra minutes to celebrate those 20 great years!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

The Wailin’ Jennys – Begin – Firecracker – CDN – WPG
Nicky Mehta – Weather Vane – Weather Vane – CDN – WPG
Ruth Moody – Heaven When We’re Home – Blue Muse – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Deeper Well – The Wailin’ Jennys – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – One Voice – 40 Days – CDN – WPG

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Spirit of the West – Home for a Rest – Hit Parade – CDN
Duck Shot Hunter – All This Time – Yum (cassette) – CDN – WPG
The Pursuit of Happiness – I Should Know – Where’s the Bone – CDN
David Wilcox – O Freedom – Thirteen Songs – CDN
Scott Dibble & Watertown – Always Hoping – One Phoebe Street – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Lace & Pretty Flowers – Collectibles – CDN
Skydiggers – A Penny More – Restless – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Lyle Lovett – Simple Song – recorded live at the West End Cultural Centre
Michelle Shocked – Peachfuzz – Deep Natural
Rory McLeod – Black, Brown, White – Travelling Home
Fred Eaglesmith – White Ash & Black Ash – Things Is Changin’ – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Shannon Lyon – Naïve – Wandered – CDN
Calexico – Quattro (World Drifts In) – Feast of Wire
Geoff Berner – Iron Grey – We Shall Not Flag or Fail, We Shall Go On to the End – CDN
Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – Words & Music
The Handsome Family – So Much Wine – In the Air

4:00 – 4:20

Richard Thompson – Crawl Back – recorded live at the West End Cultural Centre
Rheostatics – Little Bird, Little Bird – 2067 – CDN
Michael Johnston – The Country North of Peterborough – Curious Heart – CDN
Andy Sheppard – Dragonfly Helicopter – Andy Sheppard – CDN

Episode #230

Thanksgiving, and thanks for allowing me to take the week off. I’m headed off for a much needed break for a couple of days, but in the meantime, some great music that you will hopefully be thankful for.

This month is a great one for shows, and up soon are Kelly Joe Phelps at WECC on Tuesday, and our old friends the Wailin’ Jennys next Sunday, so some songs to get you ready for those.

I’m off to Minneapolis this weekend (I think), so a few songs in honour of that place.

Later on, a trip back in time to April 23, 2006 when Todd Hunter and Jeff Derksen from the Todd Hunter Band stopped by to tell us about their then new album, Life is Good. Todd will be part of a great fundraiser at the West End on Friday, October 12, and hopefully this classic live set will have you eager to attend.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

The Wailin Jennys – Avila – Firecracker – CDN – WPG
The Wailin Jennys – Ten Mile Stilts – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
The Wailin Jennys – Sun’s Gonna Rise – The Wailin’ Jennys – CDN – WPG
Kelly Joe Phelps – Beggar’s Oil – Beggar’s Oil E.P.
Kelly Joe Phelps – River Rat Jimmy – Shine Eyed Mister Zen
Kelly Joe Phelps – Window Grin – Slingshot Professionals
Zubot & Dawson – May You Never – Chicken Scratch – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Lucinda Williams – Minneapolis – World Without Tears
Neko Case – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis – New Coat of Paint: Songs of Tom Waits
John Prine – Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone – Great Days: The John Prine Anthology
Jim White – Borrowed Wings – Drill a Hole in that Substrate and Tell Me What You See
Josh Ritter – Right Moves – The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Brandi Carlile – Josephine – The Story
Chuck Prophet – Just to See You Smile – Age of Miracles
Bruce Springsteen – Erie Canal – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Todd Hunter Band – I will wait – Life Is Good – CDN – WPG
Todd Hunter Band – Gone – Life Is Good – CDN – WPG

Todd Hunter interview

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Todd Hunter Band – Now I know – live performance – CDN – WPG
Todd Hunter Band – Goodbye – live performance – CDN – WPG
Todd Hunter Band – We’re fine – Life Is Good – CDN – WPG

Episode #229 – Happy Birthday TTBTGH

Celebrating the 5th anniversary of Tell the Band to Go Home with some of the best & worst of what’s come so far. Featuring classic moments that I’d rather forget from my very first on-air hosting opportunity in 2001, and some moments from this show’s predecessor, The Songwriters’ Circle, including my interview with the now rock star John Mayer from 2002. We also heard how the show kicked off, Sept. 29, 2002 with a performance by Kris Demeanor and Chantal Vitalis live in the studio.

And we have some very interesting stats which tell us who the most played artists, songs, and albums over the past 5 years have been.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Lisa Marie Serafin – Grandma’s Cabin – Following Instinct – CDN
Kris Demeanor – This Old House – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Kris Demeanor – Speed It Up – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm

The Wailin’ Jennys – Old Man – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Paul MacLeod – Giants – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Geoff Berner – The South Side of Town – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Geoff Berner – Phoney Drawl – live recording – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Stephen Fearing – The Longest Road – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Josh Ritter – Kathleen– recorded live on UMFM
JP Hoe – Fine – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Sunset Chaser – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG

Episode #228

Featuring an interview with one of the members of a very promising young duo named Dala. Their fine new album got me to thinking about the wealth of great new material by female singer/songwriters this year.

Also, a few love songs in honour of those of us who have found out that occasionally they’re true, and especially for a couple of our favourite listeners who are celebrating their 17th anniversary.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Gurf Morlix – I Need You Now – Diamonds & Dust
Dala – Angels & Thieves – Angels & Thieves – CDN
Dala – Sunday Dress – Who Do You Think You Are? – CDN

Dala interview

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Dala – Anywhere Under the Moon – Who Do You Think You Are? – CDN
Lori McKenna – I Know You – Unglamorous
Eilen Jewell – Dusty Boxcar Wall – Letters from Sinners & Strangers
Eliza Gilkyson – Hard Times in Babylon – Your Town Tonight
Catherine MacLellan – Brave Love – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Around Him – Lucky Blue – CDN
Monica Schroeder – City Lights – So Far – CDN
Mary Gauthier – Between the Daylight and the Dark – Between Daylight and Dark

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Steve Earle – Tennessee Blues – Washington Square Serenade
Steve Earle – Sparkle and Shine – Washington Square Serenade
Steve Earle – Come Home to Me – Washington Square Serenade
Allison Moorer – If It’s Just for Today – Getting Somewhere

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Buddy Miller – That’s How Strong My Love Is – Poison Love
Buddy Miller – My Love Will Follow You – Your Love and Other Lies
The Brothers Cosmoline – I Know I’m in Love – Songs of Work & Freedom – CDN
Dan Kershaw – All Her Love – Groovy Mondays – CDN
Harry Manx – Crazy Love – Wise and Otherwise – CDN
Jesse Winchester – That’s What Makes You Strong – Live from Mountain Stage
Kate Reid – I’d Go Straight for Ridley Bent – Comin’ Alive – CDN
Ridley Bent – Heartland Heartbreak – Twang Trust Broadcasts 1999-2007 – CDN

Episode #227

What we like to do best on this show is tell you about new music you just have to hear, and upcoming shows you just have to attend, and today we had the best of both worlds, with new music from the likes of Dala, Shuyler Jansen, Steve Earle, and the fabulous Catherine MacLellan, and some amazing upcoming shows next weekend featuring Scott Nolan/Gurf Morlix and Steve Forbert!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

New Music:
Catherine MacLellan – Too Easy – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Dala – Anywhere Under the Moon – Who Do You Think You Are – CDN
Shuyler Jansen – Don’t Ask Why – Today’s Remains – CDN
Steve Earle – Days Aren’t Long Enough – Washington Square Serenade

In concert Oct. 25:
Ridley Bent – Pastures of Heaven – Blam – CDN
In concert Nov. 22:
Dustin Bentall – 9 Inch Nails – recorded live on UMFM

2:30pm – 3:00pm

In concert Sept. 22:
Steve Forbert – Romeo’s Tune – What Kinda Guy?
Steve Forbert – What Kinda Guy? – Be Here Again: Live Solo 1998
Steve Forbert – Goin’ Down to Laurel – What Kinda Guy?
Steve Forbert – The Weekend – Young, Guitar Days
Steve Forbert – The American in Me – The American in Me
Steve Forbert – Lay Down Your Weary Tune Again – Mission of the Crossroad Palms
Steve Forbert – Wild as the Wind – live recording
Steve Forbert – The Change Song – Just Like There’s Nothin’ to It

3:00pm – 3:30pm

In Concert Sept. 21:
Scott Nolan – Everything to Everybody – Receiver/Reflector – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan & Sky Onosson – The Girl from West Virginia – Nolan/Onosson – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – The Heart Goes On – demo CD – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – This Time – Postcards – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Rosie – No Bourbon & Bad Radio – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Settled Down – Receiver/Reflector – CDN – WPG

3:30pm – 4:00pm

In Concert Sept. 21:
Gurf Morlix – Blanket – Diamonds to Dust
Gurf Morlix – Were You Lyin’ Down – Cut ‘N Shoot
Gurf Morlix – I’m Hungry and I’m Cold – Fishin’ in the Muddy
Gurf Morlix – Wild Things – Toad of Titicaca

Produced by Gurf Morlix:
Romi Mayes – Eight More Days – Sweet Something Steady – CDN – WPG
Mary Gauthier – Good-Bye – Filth & Fire
Slaid Cleaves – Broke Down – Broke Down