Episode #958

Loads of great new music today (much of it absolutely miserable, which we LOVE around here) plus we look ahead to a very busy week of exciting upcoming shows!

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

Guy Clark – Homegrown Tomatoes – Better Days

JP Hoe – My Blood – Botanicals – CDN – WPG
Zachary Lucky – Leavin’ Cheyenne – Songs for Hard Times – CDN
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Roll, Truck, Roll – A Bakersfield Half Dozen – CDN – WPG
Carter Felker – Living Free – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN

Bramwell Park – I Am An Ocean – River City Blues – CDN
Bramwell Park – Here I Am – River City Blues – CDN
Jacob Brodovsky – I Love You and I’m Sorry – I Love You and I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG
Skinny Dyck – Cuttin’ Off All Ties – Palace Waiting – CDN
Colleen Brown – I Am Leaving (And It’s Okay) – Winging It – CDN
Lissie – Night Moves – Carving Canyons

John Blek – Lyric & Air (feat. Cathy Davey) – single
David Myles – Mystery – It’s Only A Little Loneliness – CDN
Hayes Carll – People Who Care – single
Angel Olsen & Sturgill Simpson – Big Time – single
Town Mountain – Comeback Kid – Lines in the Levee

Lake Street Dive – So Far Away – Fun Machine: The Sequel
The Cactus Blossoms – Tell Me That It Isn’t True – If Not For You (Bob Dylan Songs Vol. 1)

Carter Felker – Everyday Life – Everyday Life – CDN
Carter Felker – The Bad Guy – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN
Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Big(ger) Freightliner – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ to Do – CDN – WPG
Zachary Lucky – Everywhere a Man Can Be – Everywhere a Man Can Be – CDN

Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN

Episode #957

This week, Ripped Hat had me in the mood for some SRV, some new music, requests, birthday celebrations for a couple of cornerstones of my collection, we look forward to next week’s JP Hoe CD release shows, and hear a couple of gems from the Gail Comfort collection!

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

Jim Bryson – Elizabeth – The North Side Benches – CDN

Stevie Ray Vaughan – Life by the Drop – The Sky Is Crying
Jennifer Warnes – First We Take Manhattan (feat. Stevie Ray Vaughan) – Famous Blue Raincoat
Lonnie Mack – Double Whammy aka Wham! – Strike Like Lightning

Bramwell Park – On This Lonely Road – River City Blues – CDN
JP Hoe – Nobody Ever Cried – Botanicals – CDN – WPG
Courtney Marie Andrews – These Are The Good Old Days – Loose Future
Whitehorse – Leave Me As You Found Me – I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying – CDN
Whitehorse – Division 5 – I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying – CDN
Bramwell Park – On This Lonely Road – River City Blues – CDN

Whitehorse – We’ll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning – single – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Grand River – O Glory – CDN

Whiskeytown – Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight – Strangers Almanac
The Damnwells – The Sound – Bastards Of The Beat
The Damnwells – Kentexas – The Damnwells

Rheostatics – Horses – Melville – CDN
Rheostatics – Legal Age Life at Variety Store – Whale Music – CDN
Rheostatics – Stolen Car – The Nightlines Sessions – CDN

JP Hoe – Dream On – The Here In Review – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Sing me a Song – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Nothing’s Gonna Harm You – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – I’ve Been Here Before – Botanicals – CDN – WPG

Sunparlour Players – Robbers Lullaby – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Verlon Thompson – Lonesome Dove (w/Guy Clark) – Out at the Barn

Episode #956

Lots of new music this week, including the return of Bandcamp Friday, some new obsessions, we send some love to a dear friend who’s calling it quits after a great music career, and in honour of the last long weekend of the summer, a bonus hour of great classics!

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

Hayes Carll – Happy Hour – You Get It All (deluxe edition)

Dala – Northern Lights – Everyone Is Someone – CDN
Gretchen Peters – Northern Lights – Northern Lights
Fish & Bird – Northern Lights – Every Whisper Is A Shout Across The Void – CDN
American Aquarium – Northern Lights – Burn.Flicker.Die

Anna of the North – Bird Sing – single
Brandi Carlile – You and Me On The Rock – In The Canyon Haze
Margo Price – Been To The Mountain – single
Deer Tick – Cake And Eggs – Divine Providence 11th Anniversary Edition

Micah Schnabel – Dirtbag – single
Micah Schnabel – Hello, My Name Is Henry – Your New Norman Rockwell
Call Me Rita – April 7, 2020 – single

The Incidentals – Goats Head Uke – Introducing The Incidentals – CDN – WPG
Buck 65 – Ode To Levon – single – CDN
Jeff Crosby – Malibu – single
Jeff Crosby – Here Comes A Regular – single
Jeff Crosby – The Cape – single

Jory Nash – The Ballad of Easy Chair – Lo-Fi Northern Blues – CDN
Jory Nash – Prisoner’s Lament – Tangle with the Ghost – CDN
Jory Nash – The Conversion of Pearl Hart – Spaz Loves Weezie – CDN
Jory Nash – The Summer Hunter – Folk Jazz Blues & Soul – CDN
Jory Nash – Charlie – New Blue Day – CDN
Jory Nash – An Old Invitation – Little Pilgrim – CDN
Jory Nash – Ain’t Coming Home – The Many Hats of – CDN
Jory Nash – Sister Station – Wilderness Years – CDN

Band of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You – Cease To Begin
Ben Arnold – House Of Cards – Calico
Big Star – When My Baby’s Beside Me – #1 Record / Radio City
Bob Schneider – C’Mon Baby – I’m Good Now

The Cash Brothers – Night Shift Guru – How Was Tomorrow – CDN
Camper Van Beethoven – Sweethearts – Key Lime Pie
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – My Love Is Not Waiting – Geronimo – CDN
The Damnwells – You Don’t Have To Like Me To Love Me – Air Stereo

Spirit Of The West – Profiteers – Labour Day – CDN
Spirit Of The West – Political – Labour Day – CDN
Spirit of the West – D for Democracy – Go Figure – CDN
The Sorels – Another School Day – Love Your Rock N’ Roll – CDN – WPG

Episode #955

New music, upcoming shows, dedications, a special set of Sunshine songs in honour of a truly great and important member of our community, and we jump in the time machine and head back to 2003.

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

Mike Plume Band – Oblivion – Song and Dance, Man – CDN

Jeff Crosby – Rock ‘n’ Roll Isn’t Dead – Waitin’ on a Miracle
Jeff Crosby – Runnin’ Free – Waitin’ on a Miracle
Todd Snider – Big Finish (Live) – Live: Return of the Storyteller
Benj Rowland – Accident w/Joel Plaskett – The Window Inn Sessions – CDN

The Wynntown Marshals – New Millennium – Big Ideas
The Wynntown Marshals – Learn to Lose – Big Ideas

James McMurtry – Ruby and Carlos – Just Us Kids
James McMurtry – Lights of Cheyenne – Live in Aught-Three
Robert Earl Keen – Levelland – Picnic

JD and The Sunshine Band – At the Sunshine – Jd and the Sunshine Band – CDN – WPG
Lee Hazlewood – Little Miss Sunshine (Little Miss Rain) – Requiem For An Almost Lady
Josh Rouse – Sunshine (Come On Lady) – 1972
Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill – Our Sunshine – Smoke
Portage & Main – Good Morning Sunshine – Never Had the Time – CDN
The Watson Twins – Ain’t No Sunshine – Night Covers
Luke Doucet – Outlaws – Aloha, Manitoba – CDN

Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder – Blam – CDN – WPG
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet – Having An Average Weekend – Savvy Show Stoppers – CDN
Sweet Alibi – I’ll Wait – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG

Jim Bryson – Feel Much Better – The North Side Benches – CDN
Dan Kershaw – All Her Love – Groovy Mondays – CDN
Lisa Winn – Mean Shot Garden – Out From Under – CDN

Episode #954

Some great new music today along with some exciting upcoming shows, including the details of our super exciting 20th anniversary live recording in October, which has us jumping in the time machine and heading back to the year TTBTGH began, 2002.

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

Ken Tizzard – Home – No Dark No Light – CDN

Mike Plume – Waiting For The Fall – single – CDN
Heartless Bastards – Got To Have Rock And Roll (Acoustic Version) – Arrow (10th-anniversary deluxe edition)
The Tallest Man On Earth – Metal Firecracker – single
Charley Crockett – The Man from Waco – The Man from Waco
Butch Walker – Holy Water Hangover – Butch Walker as Glenn
Jake Vaadeland – The Bachelor’s Life – Everybody But Me – CDN

Scott Nolan – Fire Up – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
Sue Foley – Pinky’s Blues – Pinky’s Blues – CDN
The Reverend Rambler – Jenny Lee – The Reverend Rambler – CDN – WPG
Fortune Block – Before She’s Faded out of Sight – Might as Well Stay Home – CDN – WPG

Carter Felker – Hard Times – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN

JP Hoe – Where The Bullets Lie – Botanicals – CDN – WPG
Nathan – John Paul’s Deliveries – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Row Him Home – The Wailin’ Jennys EP – CDN – WPG

Paper Moon – Your Attitude Towards Cuttlefish – For the Kids Too! – CDN – WPG
Easily Amused – Colleen – Simple Stuff – CDN – WPG
The Kelele Brothers – The Joker (That’s What They Call Me) – Escape From Bover County – CDN
Mia Sheard – Sunday – Anemone – CDN

Allison Russell & Brandi Carlile – You’re Not Alone – single
Lissie – Sad – Carving Canyons
Sarah Burton – Still Feel the Same – Give Me What I Want – CDN
Russell deCarle – She’s A Yum Yum – Alone In This Crowd – CDN

Episode #953

Tributes, upcoming shows, new music, and a long look at the tremendous Mile of Music Festival in Appleton, Wisconsin, which took place last weekend.I highly recommend making the trip: https://mileofmusic.com/

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

The Damnwells – Let’s Get Physical – unreleased

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Something’s On My Mind – Let’s Frolic Again – CDN
Teenage Head – Let’s Shake – Frantic City – CDN
Teenage Head – Picture My Face – Teenage Head – CDN

Stephen Fearing – No Country – The Unconquerable Past – CDN
Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – Bad Liver/Broken Heart – North/South – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Little Dreamer – Silverhill – CDN – WPG

Nick Mulvey – A Prayer Of My Own – New Mythology
The Deslondes – South Dakota Wild One – Ways & Means

Jake Vaadeland – The Bar Down the Street – single – CDN
The Brother Brothers – That’s How I Got To Memphis – Cover to Cover
John Fullbright – Paranoid Heart – The Liar
Nikki Lane – Black Widow – Denim & Diamonds
Dan Reeder – Smithereens – single

Ben de la Cour – Mobile Bay – Midnight in Havana
Del Barber – All That It Takes – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Scott Cook – Fellas, Get Out the Way – Further Down the Line – CDN

Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons – Born Again – Death Won’t Send A Letter
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Up All Night – Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
The Accidentals – Go Getter – Vessel
Will Kimbrough – Piece of Work – Home Away
Mark Erelli – The River Always Wins – Blindsided

Micah Schnabel – Emergency Room – The Teenage Years of the 21st Century
Call Me Rita – Measure Twice, Cut Once – single
SARAH BURTON – Smiling for the Camera – Give Me What I Want – CDN
Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt – Company of Friends – For Keeps
Carsie Blanton – Fishin With You – Hot Night

Episode #952

A very busy concert calendar this week has us in full promo mode as we look at the highlights, including the best little festival in the country, Trout Forest Music Festival, and the return of our pal Scott Cook to the Sunset Saloon, along with much more! Hope to see you out there for some great live music!

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

Corin Raymond & The Sundowners – The Lord Giveth (And the Landlord Taketh Away) – Paper Nickels – CDN

Corin Raymond And The Sundowners – Brand New Song – Paper Nickels – CDN
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Workin’ Man’s Song – Let’r Buck – CDN – WPG
Chris Carmichael – Nowhere – Chris Carmichael – CDN – WPG
The Stanley County Cutups – Border Ride – The Stanley County Cutups EP – CDN – WPG

Good Lovelies – Crabbuckit – Let the Rain Fall – CDN
Good Lovelies – Waiting for You – Burn the Plan – CDN
Emily Burgess & The Emburys – Excuses – Never-Ending Fling – CDN
The Weber Brothers – Worn out Records – Acüsta – CDN

Prairie Oyster – Goodbye, So Long, Hello – Different Kind Of Fire – CDN
Russell deCarle – Don’t Ask the Question – Under the Big Big Sky – CDN
Bebop Cowboys – Bebop Cowboys Theme (Swinging’ Honky Tonk Cowboy Blues) – Canadian Dance Hall – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – For the Sake of a Dollar – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN

Scott Cook – Leave a Light On – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Scott Cook – Just Enough Empties – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Scott Cook – Dogs and Kids – Further Down the Line – CDN

Zachary Lucky – Hang Me, oh Hang Me – Songs For Hard Times – CDN
Zachary Lucky – Bad Liver and a Broken Heart – single – CDN
The Whitmore Sisters – Ghost Stories – Ghost Stories
Bonnie Whitmore – Right / Wrong – Last Will & Testament

Steve Earle – Fearless Heart – Guitar Town
Steve Earle – I Love You Too Much – Exit 0
Steve Earle – You Belong To Me – Copperhead Road
Steve Earle – Promise You Anything – The Hard Way
Steve Earle – You’re Still Standin’ There – I Feel Alright

The Watchmen – Anything but That – McLaren Furnace Room – CDN – WPG
Serlin Greaves – Teenage Heart – Sad Songs For Sale – CDN – WPG

Episode #951

After some German requests and some new music, a new song sent us deep down the rabbit hole for some songs about a topic near and dear to me, the radio! With so many to choose from, we just had to add on an extra hour!

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

Shannon Lyon – Someday Mourning – live recording – CDN

Allison Moorer – Both Sides Now – Mockingbird
Wilco – Cruel Country – Cruel Country
Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

First Aid Kit – The Boys of Summer – single
Valerie June – Look At Miss Ohio – Under Cover
Dan Knobler & Andrew Combs – Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight – Friends Play my Son’s Favorite Songs

Scott Cook – Get ‘Em, Letitia James! – single – CDN
David Myles – Walk With Me – It’s Only A Little Loneliness – CDN
Julianna Riolino – Lone Ranger – All Blue – CDN
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Naturally Wild (Nepotism Mix) – single

Taylor Ashton – Country Radio (feat. Benjamin Lazar Davis) – single – CDN
Dan Frechette – The Country Radio – Unknown Country Singer – CDN – MB
Indigo Girls – Country Radio – Look Long
Kayla Howran – Country Radio – Spare Parts – CDN

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Song On The Radio – Bark – CDN
Amelia Curran – Song On the Radio – They Promised You Mercy – CDN
The LYNNeS – Heartbreak Song For The Radio – Heartbreak Song For The Radio – CDN
Willy Porter – Baseball On The Radio – single
Brock Zeman – Nothing On The Radio – Brock Zeman & The Dirty Hands – CDN

Tom Wilson & Bob Lanois – Around The Dial – The Shack Recordings Vol. 1 – CDN
The Kinks – Around the Dial – Give the People What They Want
The Replacements – Left of the Dial – Tim
David Gray – Late Night Radio – Sell, Sell, Sell
Wyckham Porteous – Radio London – In This World – CDN

Bruce Springsteen – Radio Nowhere – Magic
Elvis Costello – Radio Radio – This Year’s Model
Elvis Costello – Radio Sweetheart – My Aim Is True
Yukon Blonde – Radio – Tiger Talk – CDN

Brian Macmillan – Turn The Radio Up – Shine – CDN
The Skydiggers – Radio Waves – Road Radio – CDN
Scott Nolan – No Bourbon & Bad Radio – No Bourbon And Bad Radio – CDN – WPG
Veal – Radio – Embattled Hearts – CDN

Steve Earle – Satellite Radio – Washington Square Serenade
Chris Whitley – Dust Radio – Living With The Law
Jim White – Static On The Radio – Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See
Bob Snider – Radio Song – Words And Pictures – CDN

Joni Mitchell – You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio – For The Roses – CDN
Justin Rutledge – I’m Your Man,You’re My Radio – The Devil On A Bench In Stanley Park – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Steel Belted Radio – The Steel Belted Radio EP – CDN

Episode #950

After a bit of a late start, time to dig through the pile of great new music that’s been building up over the past while and pull out some new gems for you to hear.

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

Son Volt – Down the Highway – Honky Tonk
Paul McCartney – Let ‘Em In – All The Best!

JP Hoe – Say What You Want to Say – Botanicals – CDN – WPG
Colleen Brown – As The Crow Flies – Winging It – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Where Did You Sleep Last Night? – single – CDN
Jonathan Byrd – Infrared – single

Anna Tivel – Black Umbrella – Outsiders
Courtney Marie Andrews – Loose Future – Loose Future
Tif Ginn – Casual – single
Amanda Shires – Empty Cups – Take It Like A Man
Zoe Cummins & Gabe Lee – Common Law – single

Eliza Shaddad – Heaven – The Woman You Want
Mudlow – The Last Rung Down to Hell (feat. Tobias Tester, Matt Latcham & Paul Pascoe) – Bad Turn
Damien Jurado – What Happened To The Class of ’65? – Reggae Film Star

iskwē, Tom Wilson – Blue Moon Drive (feat. Chuck Copenace) – Mother Love – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Far from the Middle – O Glory – CDN
The Sadies – More Alone – Colder Streams – CDN
James Keelaghan – Second Hand – Second Hand – CDN
Sarah Jane Scouten – You Are the Medicine – Confessions – CDN
Marion Raw – Ghost in the Machine – Ghost In The Machine

Doses – The Boys of Summer – single – CDN
Jay Sparrow – Stronger – White – CDN
Lake Street Dive – Nick Of Time – Fun Machine: The Sequel
The Brother Brothers – You Can Close Your Eyes (feat. Sarah Jarosz) – Cover to Cover

Episode #949

A big week on the concert calendar, a big birthday, and a great big look back at this year’s incredible Static Roots Festival!

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

Benj Rowland – Oldest Home Bum – Community Garden – CDN

Benj Rowland – Accident – Community Garden – CDN
Mayhemingways – Bad Old Days – Skip Land – CDN
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – – Flowers In The Dell – Let’r Buck – CDN – WPG

Ted Hawkins – Long As I Can See The Light – The Next Hundred Years
Spoon – Wild – Lucifer On The Sofa
Slow Leaves – Feel It Too – Holiday – CDN – WPG
Two Crows for Comfort – Older Still – Older Still – CDN – WPG
Mariel Buckley – Driving Around – Everywhere I Used To Be – CDN
Carolyn Mark – In Another Time – Come! Back! Special! – CDN
D.Rangers – Love, Lust And Loneliness – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG

Dan Bern – Jane – Fleeting Days
NQ Arbuckle – Happy Birthday – Hanging The Battle-Scarred Pinata – CDN

Pete Gow – Where Else Would We Be Going – Leo
Treetop Flyers – Golden Hour – Old Habits
Native Harrow – Blue Canyon – Happier Now
Dean Owens – New Mexico (feat. Joey Burns & John Convertino) – Sinner’s Shrine
Vandoliers – Bless Your Drunken Heart – The Vandoliers

Pete Seeger – Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2
Treetop Flyers – Making Time – The Mountain Moves
Vandoliers – Cigarettes in the Rain – Forever

The Dreaming Spires – Dusty in Memphis – Searching for the Supertruth
Wilco – A Shot in the Arm – Summerteeth
Golden Smog – Until You Came Along – Weird Tales