Episode #756

Tony Furtado returns to Winnipeg for a very rare appearance on September 19, so we got him on the phone to chat about that and much more. We also heard some great new (and new-to-me) music, the usual collection of great German requests, and a special celebration of the upcoming birthday of my best friend and biggest inspiration!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Willie P Bennett – Brave Wings – Heartstrings – CDN
Banjo Mechanics – Luck of the Beanrow – Luck of the Beanrow – CDN
Hillbilly Burlesque – Lay Down Next to You – Crazy Life – CDN – WPG
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Songbird – Karma for Cheap
Jay Aymar – Walls Are Pages – Your Perfect Matador – CDN
Cris Cuddy – The Night the Lights Blew Out (in St. John’s Newfoundland) – Dream On – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Whispering Tree – Invisible Forces – Fat Cat
Kate Campbell – This, and my Heart Beside – Damn Sure Blue
Carly Dow – Sunlight Remembers – Comet – CDN – MB
Tony Furtado – If I Had a Boat (w/Ben Demerath) – Full Circle
Tony Furtado – Dying Language – The Bell

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Tony Furtado interview

Tony Furtado – Peggy O – Cider House Sessions (Live at Reverend Nat’s)
Dylan LeBlanc – Look How Far We’ve Come – Cautionary Tale
Anna von Hausswolff – Above All – Singing From the Grave

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Sawyer Fredericks – Broken Home – Hide Your Ghost
The Arrogant Worms – The Happy Happy Birthday Song – C’est Cheese – CDN
Chris Trapper – Birthday Song – Songs From The Drive-In
Johnny Fritz – Ain’t It Your Birthday – Dad Country
Loudon Wainwright III – The Birthday Present – Grown Man
Loudon Wainwright III – Birthday Boy – Years in the Making!
Loretta Lynn – Happy Birthday – Greatest Hits

Episode #755

This episode features a chat with two friends & favourites, one long-time and one recent discovery, Tannis Slimmon and Annie Sumi, who are heading out on the road and will be stopping in the Winnipeg area next weekend. We’ve also got some great new music, memories of great shows I’ve seen recently, some great requests and much more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Chuck Prophet – The Left Hand & The Right Hand – Temple Beautiful
Joe Nolan – Dead Ends and Damaged Hearts – Cry Baby – CDN
Joe Nolan – Breaking Up and Out – Cry Baby – CDN

Tannis Slimmon & Annie Sumi interview

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Annie Sumi – Evaporating Life – In the Unknown – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Edmonton – Lucky Blue – CDN
Lewis Melville – My Body Moves – Not Really a Bluegrass Album – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Why Can’t You Read My Mind – Oak Lake – CDN
Annie Sumi – The City – In the Unknown – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Major Love – Older Younger – Major Love – CDN
Will Courtney – Too High Now – Crazy Love
Jon Brooks – 01 – No One Travels Alone – CDN
Joe Ely – Because of the Wind – The Lubbock Tapes
Joe Ely – Cool Rockin’ Loretta – Hi-Res
Alejandro Escovedo – Rosalie – A Man Under the Influence
Alejandro Escovedo – Wave – A Man Under the Influence

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Joe Ely – Up on the Ridge – Live @ Antone’s
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Live at the Austin Outhouse
Townes Van Zandt – Blaze’s Blues – No Deeper Blue
Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues
Gretchen Peters – Love that Makes a Cup of Tea – Dancing With the Beast

Episode #754

Today a new song leads us off on a path through some hick/hip hop, but it was fun, and if you don’t agree, blame Bob! In hour two we get back on track with some requests, some great songs uncovered, and a bunch more great classics that we haven’t heard for a while.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – The Lost Occasional – The North Side Benches – CDN
Bob Schneider – Tell Me that You Love Me – Blood and Bones
Ridley Bent – Lucky to Be Alive – single – CDN – WPG
The Gourds – Gin and Juice – Shinebox
Good Lovelies – Crabbuckit – Let the Rain Fall – CDN
Asylum Street Spankers – Hick Hop (radio edit) – God’s Favourite Sampler
Chuck Prophet – Monkey in the Middle – Age of Miracles

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Chuck Prophet – Dyin’ All Young – The Hurting Buisiness
Tom Wilson – Dig It – Planet Love – CDN
Po’ Girl – Take the Long Way – Vagabond Lullabies – CDN
Po’ Girl – Bleak St. – Po’ Girl – CDN
The Be Good Tanyas – Ootischenia – Hello Love – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Gillian Welch – Everything Is Free – Time (the Revelator)
John Wort Hannam – The Quiet Life – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Love Is a Game – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Will Kimbrough – A Couple Hundred Miracles – Wings
Pawtuckets – Song for Emily – Rest Of Our Days
Pawtuckets – She’s Gone – Dogsbody Factotum
Son Volt – Windfall – Trace
New Country Rehab – Cameo – New Country Rehab – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Fish & Bird – My Head My Heart My Gut – Left Brain Blues – CDN
Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons – Laura – Old Believers
Jessie Baylin – Was I On Your Mind – Firesight
Jess Klein – Cloud Song – Draw Them Near
Brian MacMillan – All I Have – Shine – CDN
Kieran Kane – He Never Knew What Hit Him – Dead Rekoning
Daniel Lanois – Under a Stormy Sky – Acadie – CDN

Episode #753

Fresh off another fabulous Trout Forest Music Festival, we’ve got some highlights to discuss, a road trip to look forward to, an exciting house concert to announce, and some special requests from Germany and our live studio audience today!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Chuck Prophet – Summertime Thing – No Other Love
Joe Ely – I Had My Hopes Up High – The Lubbock Tapes: Full Circle
Alejandro Escovedo – Outlaw for You – The Crossing
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence
Joe Ely – Me & Billy the Kid – Lord Of The Highway
Fred Eaglesmith – I Ain’t Ever Givin’ in – Falling Stars And Broken Hearts – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Annie Sumi – Reflections of Me – Reflections – CDN
Annie Sumi – The City – In the Unknown – CDN
Geoff Berner – The Ghost of Terry Fox – Canadiana Grotesquica – CDN
Oldseed – Bar/Star – Bloom – CDN – WPG
Dave Quanbury – Ghost Daughters – Still Life with Canadian – CDN – WPG
Murder Murder – When the Lord Calls Your Name – From the Stillhouse – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Tony Furtado – Dying Language (w/Luke Price) – live performance
Tony Furtado – Peggy O (w/Luke Price) – live performance
Linda McRae – When Love Is a Game – Shadow Trails – CDN
John Gorka – Mennonite Girl – True In Time
John Gorka – The Ballad of Iris & Pearl – True In Time
Jeffrey Foucault – I Love You (and You Are a Fool) – Salt as Wolves

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Kris Delmhorst – Saw It All – Blood Test
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson – Lead Balloon – Wreck & Ruin
John Wort Hannam – Song for a Young Son – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Jory Nash – Dark Matter – Wilderness Years – CDN
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – The Quiet Life – Wreck & Ruin
Father John Misty – Everything Is Free – Spotify single

Episode #752

Today on the show we revisit some super solid classics that we used to have in heavy rotation years ago, but don’t listen to nearly enough anymore, and boy, are there some great ones! We’re calling this our Cavalcade of Classic Hits for good reason; it’s packed full of great classic songs that you will absolutely love revisiting or hearing for the first time!

The music on this one is soo good that we’re calling it one of our timeless “standby” episodes that you may hear again someday, but the music is so good that you won’t mind a bit!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – Since I’m Loving You – Wandered – CDN
Peter Mulvey – Shirt – Kitchen Radio
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockerill – Second Option – Begonias
Paul Kelly – Won’t You Come Around – Ways & Means
Matt Mays – Where Am I Going? – Matt Mays – CDN
Jason Plumb – Back at Me – Over & Under – CDN
Patrick Park – Here We Are – Everyone’s in Everyone

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Rodney Crowell – Still Learning How to Fly – Fate’s Right Hand
Johnsmith – Don’t Put Me in a Box – Kickin’ this Stone
Iain Matthews – Back of the Bus – Skeleton Key
Rod Picott – Stray Dogs – Stray Dogs
Slaid Cleaves – Broke Down – Broke Down
Dave McCann & The Firehearts – Road to Cain – Dixiebluebird – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Deep into the Water – 3 a.m. – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Melwood Cutlery – Ballad of the Moonlight Lady – Campfire – CDN
Bob Snider – Talk to Me Babe – Caterwaul & Doggerel – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – My Love Is Not Waiting – Geronimo – CDN
Melissa Payne – Bring Me Back – HIgh and Dry – CDN
Lori McKenna – Pour – Bittertown
Patty Griffin – Making Pies – 1000 Kisses
Richard Shindell – Confession – Somewhere Near Paterson

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me in the Well – Sway – CDN
The John Henrys – Little One – White Linen – CDN
Joshua Cockerill – Dance with You – The Trick With Your Heart I’m Learning To Do – CDN
The Warped 45s – Grampa Carl – Matador Sunset – CDN
Hoots & Hellmouth – Home for Supper – Hoots & Hellmouth
The Gourds – Lower 48 – Blood of the Ram
Cuff the Duke – Take My Money and Run – Cuff the Duke – CDN

Episode #751

Today a tribute to one of my favourite summer activities, cycling, even though my trip to the station didn’t go exactly as planned today. We also discuss some great festivals past and future, and play a pile of German listener requests!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Stephen Fearing – One Flat Tire – Yellowjacket – CDN
Amy Rigby – ’til the Wheels Fall Off (w/Todd Snider) – ’til the Wheels Fall Off
Jay Smith – When the Wheels Slow Down – Jay Smith – CDN
Joshua Fletcher – Wheels – Ready, Aim
Keri McTighe – When I Ride My Bike – I’m Somebody Too – CDN – WPG
Joe Satriani – Ride – Flying in a Blue Dream

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Veal – Judy Garland – The Embattled Hearts – CDN
Vetiver – Ride Ride Ride – The Errant Charm
Lucero – Bikeriders – Nobody’s Darlings
Mike Plume Band – Ride (bonus track) – Fools for the Radio – CDN
John Hiatt – Ride Along – Slow Turning
Bob Schneider – Bicycle vs. Car – Lovely Creatures
Christina Martin – The Bike Song – Two Hearts – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Poor Nameless Boy – Atlantic Ocean – Bravery – CDN
Poor Nameless Boy – River & Trees – Bravery – CDN
The Weakerthans – Watermark – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
Kathleen Edwards – Six O’Clock News – Failer – CDN
Zachary Lucky – Everywhere a Man Can Be – Everywhere a Man Can Be – CDN
Geoff Berner – Maginot Line – We Shall Not Flag or Fail, We Shall Go On to the End – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Kris Demeanor – It’s Got to Be Wild (or not at all) – Go Away (With Me) – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Not a Doll – The Pros and Cons of Collaboration – CDN
H.C. McEntire – A Lamb, A Dove – Lionheart
Puss N Boots – Jesus, etc. – No Fools, No Fun
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Dwight Yoakam – Sidelong
Daniel Norgren – Your Love – The Green Stone
Chatham County Line – You Are my Light – Autumn

Episode #750

Well would you look at that? Episode #750! That sounds like reason enough to abandon the usual format and just have some fun, wouldn’t you say? Today we rock out and even veer off into some 80s inspired synth pop. Don’t worry, it’ll make just as much sense as this show usually does. We also talk about a couple of exciting upcoming festivals, spin some great new music, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – Breathe – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Cut Bait – Tired of Waiting – CDN
Frightened Rabbit – Get Out – Ping of a Panic Attack
Rilo Kiley – Portions for Foxes – More Adventurous
Wild Moccasins – Temporary Vase – Look Together

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Amanda Shires – Parking Lot Pirouette – To The Sunset
Colter Wall – Plain to See Plainsman – Songs of the Plains – CDN
Rayland Baxter – Without Me – Wide Awake
Andrew Combs – Reptilia – 5 Covers & A Song
The Glorious Sons – S.O.S. (An Open Letter) – S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun) – CDN
The Glorious Sons – S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun) – S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun) – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons – Born Again – Death Won’t Send a Letter
The Vegabonds – Everything I Need – single
The Artisinals – Angel 42 (radio edit) – single
Terra Lightfoot – Paradise – New Mistakes – CDN
Carolyn Mark – It’s All Just a Matter (Of Where you Draw the Line) w/Geoff Berner – Just Married: An Album of Duets – CDN
Kris Demeanor & His Crack Bandq – Airborne Bastard – Party All Night: Live at the Ironwood – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder – Blam! – CDN – WPG
Murder Murder – Where the Water Runs Black – From the Stillhouse – CDN
Sean Burns – Don’t Let the Highway Get You Lost – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – Ready in Time – Ready in Time – CDN
Del Barber – Louise – live recording – CDN – WPG
NQ Arbuckle – In Another Time – Hanging The Battle-Scarred Pinata – CDN

Episode #749

Back live after 2 glorious weeks in Europe and still floating on a wave of peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll after the almighty Static Roots Festival. We’ve got plenty of highlights to look back on today, as well as some great new music and some exciting events coming up a little closer to home.

NOTE: the gremlins got hold of this recording so there are some gaps & skipping noticeable. Technical difficulties are ours. Hopefully they don’t ruin your listening experience. We’ll have things straightened out next week!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

John Wort Hannam – Ain’t Enough – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Only Love – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Jimmy Lafave – My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed Away) – Peace Town
Lori McKenna – A Mother Never Rests – The Tree
The Jayhawks – Need You Tonight – Back Roads and Abandoned Motels
Lera Lynn – What Is Love (w/Dylan Leblanc) – Plays Well with Others
Charlie Crockett – Ain’t Gotta Worry Child – Lonesome as a Shadow

2:30 – 3:00 pm

John Oates – Arkansas – Arkansas
Ags Connolly – How About Now – How About Now
Ags Connolly – I Hope You’re Unhappy – Nothin’ Unexpected
Cambell Woods – Picture of You – single – CDN
Campbell Woods – Teardrops on the Table (Ink Stains on your Hands) – Oxford Street – CDN
Corin Raymond – Morning Glories – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – Under the Belly of the Night – single
Anna Tivel – Dark Chandelier – Small Believer
Jonathan Byrd – Poor Johnny – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Hannah Aldridge – Aftermath – live recording
The Stephen Stanley Band – Things I Wish I’d Never Seen – live recording – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Terra Lightfoot – Stars Over Dakota – New Mistakes – CDN
Susto – Gay in the South – & I’m Fine Today
Anthony da Costa & The Sentimentals – This Time – live recording
Hadley McCall Thackston – Brass in Pocket – live recording – CDN
Charlie Whitten – Virginia – Playwrite
Cordovas – This Town’s a Drag – single

Episode #748

On this episode, I go through my large collection of tribute albums, both single-artist and various, and pull out some gems, as well as play some great listener suggestions.

This is one of those timeless “standby” episodes that you may hear again someday, but the music is so good that you won’t mind a bit!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Eliza Gilkyson – Sleeper – Going Driftless: An Artist’s Tribute to Greg Brown
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Lace and Pretty Flowers – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P Bennett – CDN
Harry Manx – Long Black Veil – Johnny’s Blues – CDN
Jesse Winchester – Sundown – Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
Scott Nolan Band – Guns Guns Guns – Guess Who’s Home: A Tribute – CDN – WPG
The Philosopher Kings – Coupe de Ville – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Four Strong Winds – The Gift: A Tribute to Ian Tyson – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Wendy Bird – Deliver Me – Natural Wonder – CDN
Clem Snide – Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on your Grieveience – The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered
Kathleen Edwards – All of my Memories – The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver – CDN
James McMurtry – Cold Dog Soup – This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark
Lucinda Williams – Nothin’ – Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Gurf Morlix – Clay Pigeons – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Martyn Joseph – One Step Up – Tires Rushing By in the Rain
Catherine MacLellan – Faces – If It’s Alright With You – The Songs of Gene MacLellan – CDN
Butcher Holler – Fist City – Eilen Jewell Presents A Tribute To Loretta Lynn
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – My Baby’s Gone – Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’ – Songs Of The Louvin Brothers
Norah Jones – Wurlitzer Prize (I Don’t Want to Get Over You) – Lonesome, On’ry & Mean: A Tribute To Waylon Jennings
Buddy Miller & Julie Miller – Paper Thin – The Songs Of John Hiatt: It’ll Come To You

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Sadies – The Shape I’m In – Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of the Band – CDN
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Cracking Up – Labour Of Love: The Music Of Nick Lowe
Jon Dee Graham – Helpless – Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo
Steve Earle – Dirty Old Town – Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
Kelly Willis – That’s How I Got to Memphis – Real: The Tom T Hall Project
Neko Case – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis – New Coat of Paint: Songs of Tom Waits
Mary Gauthier – Your Sister Cried – Eaglesmith: The Songs Of Fred Eaglesmith: A Tribute

Episode #747

Pre-recorded today, as I’m off on my European tour. But I had to leave some good music behind for you, including few songs in honour of my trip, some requests, great new music, upcoming Winnipeg concerts, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Matt Mays + el Torpedo – Travellin’ – Matt Mays + el Torpedo – CDN
Lera Lynn – Breakdown (w/Andrew Combs) – Plays Well with Others
Kellie Loder – Want It Back – Benefit of the Doubt – CDN
Rayland Baxter – 79 Shiny Revolvers – Wide Awake
Old Man Luedecke – Joy of Cooking – One Night Only! Live at the Chester Playhouse – CDN
The Deep Dark Woods – Drifting on a Summer’s Night – Yarrow – CDN
Ron Sexsmith – Wishing Wells – Retriever – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Martha Wainwright – Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole – Martha Wainwright – CDN
Loudon Wainwright III – Daughter – Strange Weirdos: Music From And Inspired By The Film Knocked Up
Paul Kelly – Please Leave Your Light On – Stolen Apples
Mike Plume Band – Voice Like a Song – Born by the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Doing What Comes Naturally – Born by the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Looking for You (A Travelogue of Sorts) – single – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

D. Rangers – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG
Das Macht Show – Auxiliary Workhouse Breakdown – …One Night in Berlin – CDN – MB
Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players – If You Don’t Get Close – Stone Boat – CDN
Pat Temple – So Long Gone – One Song at a Time – CDN
Three O’clock Train – The Devil Likes Me – Wig Wam Beach – CDN
Three O’clock Train – Train of Dreams – Train of Dreams EP – CDN
Larissa Tandy – I Won’t Let You Go – The Grip
Larissa Tandy – All You Need to Know – The Grip

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Iain Matthews – In London – The Dark Ride
The Waifs – London Still – Up All Night
Wyckham Porteous – Radio London – In This World – CDN
Jerry Jeff Walker – London Homesick Blues – Live From Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop
Richard Thompson – Sights and Sounds of London Town – Mock Tudor
Paul Kelly – South of Germany – A to Z Recordings