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

Episode #948

New music, exciting upcoming shows, Static Roots Festival memories, and more!

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

Matt Mays – Full July Moon – Matt Mays – CDN

John Blek & The Rats – Calling Out My Name – live recording
Anthony Da Costa & The Sentimentals – Talking To You – live recording
John Blek & The Rats – Don’t Let It Bring You Down (Neil Young) – live recording

Joe Nolan – Maybe Tomorrow – live recording – CDN
Jack Marks – Exley’s Blues – live recording – CDN
The Stephen Stanley Band – Things I Wish I’d Never Seen – live recording – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Stars Over Dakota – live recording – CDN

Terra Lightfoot – Never Will – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Pinball King – New Mistakes – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Consider the Speed – Consider the Speed – CDN

Madison Violet – Out on the Weekend – Eleven – CDN
Sierra Ferrell – Years – Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute To John Anderson

Fred Eaglesmith – Rough Patch – single – CDN
Blue – Summer Job – single
Matthew Barber – Green Tea – No Singing Or Dancing – CDN
Oldseed – False Flag – single – CDN – WPG
Skye Wallace – Everything Is Fine – single – CDN

Julia Jacklin – I Was Neon – Pre Pleasure
The Burning Hell – The Last Normal Day – Garbage Island – CDN
Ondara – An Alien In Minneapolis – Spanish Villager No. 3
John Moreland – Cheap Idols Dressed in Expensive Garbage – Birds in the Ceiling
Jill Andrews – Cloud Chaser – The Parthenon Sessions

JP Hoe – Out Of The Darkness – Botanicals – CDN – WPG
Middle Of Nowhere – Hang on to Me – Middle Of Nowhere – CDN – WPG
Rusty Robot – Ice Cream Truck – single – CDN – WPG

Skydiggers – I’ll Be Home – Skydiggers – CDN

Episode #947

This year’s entry in the annual Desmond Howl Canada Day Spectacular takes us on a coast-to-coast-to-coast tour of this great nation, from St. John’s, NFL, to Iqaluit, Nunavut, to Victoria, BC, and home again! We’ll travel this great nation hearing songs about some of our favourite stops along the way. I know there’s a lot of messed up stuff politically and socially that’s gone on and continues to, but there’s no denying that we have the best music in the world, so while we figure the rest of that mess out, let’s enjoy some great music and come together!

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

Kathleen Edwards – Oh Canada – Asking For Flowers – CDN

Ron Hynes – St. John’s Waltz – Face To The Gale – CDN
Steve Poltz – Windows Of Halifax – Shine On – CDN
the Wicks – Charlottetown – The Good Times Are Gone – CDN
David Myles – Don’t Drive Through – Live at the Carleton – CDN

D.Rangers – Trois Rivieres – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Amelia Curran – Bye Bye Montreal – Hunter, Hunter – CDN
Jim Bryson – Sleeping In Toronto – The North Side Benches – CDN
Corin Raymond – Hamilton – Dirty Mansions – CDN

John Doe and The Sadies – The Sudbury Nickel – Country Club
Mike Plume Band – Thunder Bay – Red and White Blues – CDN
Brian Dunn – Winnipeg – TVs and Radios – CDN

NQ Arbuckle – Saskatoon Tonight – live recording – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Edmonton – Party Girl – CDN
David Francey – Streets Of Calgary – Skating Rink – CDN

Greg MacPherson – Churchill – Balanced On A Pin – CDN – WPG
The Jerry Cans – Iqaluit – Nunavuttitut – CDN
Craig Cardiff – Yellowknife – single – CDN
Kim Barlow – Whitehorse – How to Let Go – CDN
Mike Lynch – Dawson City (extended version) – Real to Reel (The Upstairs Sessions) – CDN

Carolyn Mark – The Queen of Vancouver Island – The Queen of Vancouver Island – CDN
Suzie Ungerleider – My Old Vancouver – A Girl In Teen City – CDN
Scott Nolan – Somewhere Near Regina – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Home To Manitoba – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG

Rheostatics – Saskatchewan – Melville – CDN
Elliott Brood – Oh, Alberta – Tin Type – CDN
The Byrds – Blue Canadian Rockies – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Chip Taylor – Newfoundland – In Sympathy of a Heartbreak
The Tom Russell Band – Winnipeg – Hurricane Season
The Weakerthans – One Great City! – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG

Episode #946

Alex Dezen Birthday Bash, an exciting new local band, a returning longtime favourite band, some new stuff, a look ahead to Static Roots 2022, and we spin some songs about a woman’s right to choose, which we’re fully in favour of.

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

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Don’t Play with Fire – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG

The Damnwells – Kiss Catastrophe – Bastards Of The Beat
The Damnwells – Accidental Man – Air Stereo
The Damnwells – No One Listens to the Band Anymore – No One Listens To The Band Anymore
The Damnwells – Kentexas – The Damnwells

Show Pony – If I’m Really That Bad – single – CDN – WPG
Show Pony – Rising Sun – single – CDN – WPG

The Wooden Sky – The Wooden Sky – When Lost at Sea – CDN
The Wooden Sky – The Late King Henry – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone – CDN
The Wooden Sky – It Gets Old To Be Alone – Every Child A Daughter, Every Moon A Sun – CDN

Mike Plume – Motorbike – The Song Harvester EP – Vol 1 – CDN
Will Hoge – John Prine’s Cadillac – Wings on my Shoes
Jake Vaadeland – Gonna Find My Baby – single – CDN

Mary Gauthier – Till I See You Again – Dark Enough to See the Stars
Treetop Flyers – Dance Through The Night – Palomino
Robert Jon & the Wreck – Tired of Drinking Alone – Last Light on the Highway
Vandoliers – Every Saturday Night – The Vandoliers

Jeffrey Gaines – Choices – Jeffrey Gaines
Jeffrey Gaines – I Didn’t Want To Be Daddy – Jeffrey Gaines
Ben Folds Five – Brick – Whatever and Ever Amen
Graham Parker – You Can’t Be Too Strong (Acoustic) – Squeezing out Sparks – 40th Anniversary Acoustic Version
Graham Parker & The Rumour – Coathangers – Three Chords Good

Loretta Lynn – The Pill – Back To The Country
Julie Miller – Dangerous Place – Meet Julie Miller
Dave Alvin – Plastic Rose – Blue Blvd.

Episode #945

How about that heat, huh? We got hit with a heck of a heatwave this weekend, and it was hard to think of anything else, so we’ve got a pile of “hot” songs today, as well as a bunch for those who were supposed to run the Manitoba Marathon today before the heat spoiled the party!

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

Chuck Prophet – Marathon – The Land That Time Forgot

Farm Fresh – My Ex-Girl – Time Is Running Out – CDN – WPG
Chuck Prophet – Hot Talk – ¡Let Freedom Ring!
Kill It Kid – Run – Feet Fall Heavy
The New Meanies – Summer Heats Us Up – 2005 Demos – CDN – WPG

Dave Alvin – Run Conejo Run – Eleven Eleven
Jon Langford & His Sadies – What Makes Johnny Run? – Mayors of the Moon
Lynne Hanson – Run Johnny Run – 7 Deadly Spins – CDN
Nick Rose – Run Tom Longboat – Oxbow Lake – CDN
Ana Egge & The Stray Birds – Jenny Run Away – Bright Shadow – CDN
Slaid Cleaves – Run Jolee Run – Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away

Todd Snider – Beer Run – New Connection
The Dustin Bentall outfit – Take the Money and Run – Six Shooter – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – No Hurry – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN

The Hold Steady – Hot Soft Light – Boys And Girls In America
The Rocky Fortune – Hot Black Blood – Back Of The Beeside – CDN
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet – Hot Boxcar – Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham – CDN
Sharkskin – Hothead – Sharkskin – CDN
Saun & Starr – Hot Shot – Look Closer
The Weepies – I Was Made For Sunny Days – Be My Thrill

Eilen Jewell – Too Hot To Sleep – Letters From Sinners & Strangers
Chloe Albert – Sunny Day Song – Dedicated State – CDN
Turnpike Troubadours – Long Hot Summer Days – Diamonds And Gasoline
Joe Purdy – Sunshine – This American
The Empty Standards – Sunshine – Waiting Out The Flood – CDN – WPG

Portage & Main – Good Morning Sunshine – Never Had the Time – CDN
Hoots & Hellmouth – West Of Where The Sun Goes Down – Hoots & Hellmouth
Paul Bergman – Sundogs – Anthropology – CDN – MB
Clem Snide – Heat of the Moment – unreleased
Thomas Trio and the Red Albino – Sun Rising – Thomas Trio and the Red Albino – CDN

Episode #944

Timely tunes, new music, a couple of exciting upcoming shows, and a big ol’ birthday party to wrap things up!

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

The Damnwells – cinco de mayo – DWs Demos and Rarities

Lyle Lovett – 12th of June – 12th of June
Mary Gauthier – Truckers and Troubadours – Dark Enough to See the Stars
Ani DiFranco – 32 Flavors (feat. Sara Lee & Andy Stochansky) – Living In Clip 25th Anniversary Edition
Elvis Costello & Rusty – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere / Dance Dance Dance – The Resurrection Of Rust

Madison Violet – Sweet Desperado – eleven – CDN
Lissie – Flowers (feat. Bre Kennedy) – Carving Canyons
Sierra Ferrell – Give It Time-Alt Version – single

Dennis Ellsworth – Come Back to Me (feat. Rose Cousins) – single – CDN
Bonny Light Horseman – California (feat. Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson & Josh Kaufman) – Rolling Golden Holy
Michaela Anne – Chasing Days – Oh To Be That Free
The Deslondes – South Dakota Wild One – Ways & Means

Blake Berglund – Crooked Old Earth – Realms – CDN
Ridley Bent – Hangtown – Ridley Bent and the Killer Tumbleweeds – CDN – WPG

D.Rangers – Three Barriers – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG
The Stanley County Cutups – Lonesome River – The Stanley County Cutups EP – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Virginia – Citizen Alien – CDN – WPG
Shotgun Jimmie – Too Many Flowers – Transistor Sister – CDN – MB
Shotgun Jimmie – Skype Date – Everything, Everything – CDN – MB
The Perpetrators – Sweetgrass – Stick Em Up – CDN – WPG

Christina Martin – Falling for You – Sleeping with a Stranger – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Carol – Depression River – CDN
Wynntown Marshals – The End of the Golden Age – The End of the Golden Age
John Blek & The Rats – Wandering Child – Borders
Christina Martin – Somewhere with You – It’ll Be Alright – CDN

Junior Brown – Broke Down South Of Dallas – 12 Shades Of Brown
Waylon Jennings – Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line – Only the Greatest
Iain Matthews – Like Dominoes – Pure & Crooked

Episode #943

The good news is that we have some exciting upcoming shows to preview and a whole pile of great new releases and a few inspired by Dagwood Radio on UMFM. The bad news is that we have yet another tribute to a brilliant musician that we lost this week, as we say a fond farewell to the great Kelly Joe Phelps.

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

Scott Nolan – Annabella Street – The Suburb Beautiful – CDN – WPG

Scott Nolan – Without the Night – The Suburb Beautiful – CDN – WPG
Mike Lynch – Momma Crying on the Phone – Building Character – CDN
Mike Lynch – Old Fashioned Side of Me – Road Map – CDN

Kelly Joe Phelps – River Rat Jimmy – Shine Eyed Mister Zen
Kelly Joe Phelps – Beggar’s Oil – Sky Like A Broken Clock
Kelly Joe Phelps – It’s James Now – Slingshot Professionals
Kelly Joe Phelps – Goodbye To Sorrow – Brother Sinner & The Whale

Leo Rondeau – Washed up Troubadour – Right on Time
Dr. Dog – Jim Song – Abandoned Mansion
Turnpike Troubadours – Good Lord Lorrie – Goodbye Normal Street

Whitehorse – Summer Wine – single – CDN
Mariel Buckley – Shooting at the Moon – Everywhere I Used to Be – CDN
Anna Tivel – Outsiders – Outsiders
Skinny Dyck – In On The Upswing – Palace Waiting – CDN

The Sadies – Stop and Start – Colder Streams – CDN
The Vandoliers – Before the Fall – The Vandoliers
Nikki Lane – First High – Denim & Diamonds
S.G. Goodman – Work Until I Die – Teeth Marks
Boy Golden – A Little Space – Church Of Better Daze – CDN – WPG

Michaela Anne – I’m Only Human – Does It Ever Break Your Heart?
Michaela Anne – If I Wanted Your Opinion – Desert Dove
Joan Shelley – Home – The Spur
Brent Cobb – Wild And Blue – Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson