Episode #650

A look back at the 56th Mariposa Folk Festival, which was held last weekend in Orillia, ON (with one off-topic tangent along the way), including an interview with my favourite Mariposa memory-maker, Jon Brooks!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mike Ferris – Mercy Now – Shine For All The People
Mary Gauthier – Between the Daylight and the Dark – Between the Daylight and the Dark
Mary Gauthier – Last of the Hobo Kings – Between the Daylight and the Dark
Mary Gauthier – When a Woman Goes Cold – Trouble & Love

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Fred Eaglesmith – Cigarette Machine – 6 Volts – CDN
Scott Nolan – Fire Up – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
William Prince – 7 – single – CDN – WPG
Gretchen Peters – The Matador – Hello Cruel World
Gretchen Peters – Five Minutes – Hello Cruel World
George Strait – The Chill of an early Fall – Chill of an early Fall

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jon Brooks – When We Go – Moth nor Rust – CDN

Jon Brooks interview

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jon Brooks – If We Keep what’s within Us, What’s within us will Kill Us, but if we Give what’s within Us, What’s within Us Will Save Us – Moth nor Rust – CDN
Jon Brooks – Cage Fighter – Delicate Cages – CDN

Episode #649

Today a tribute to a friend who’s tying the knot this summer, some sounds of the month of July, a look ahead to the Mariposa Folk Festival next weekend as well as Mike Plume’s upcoming StuDome show, some of my current musical obsessions, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Ian & Sylvia – Someday Soon – Northern Journey – CDN
Del Barber – Country Girl – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – All that It Takes – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Queen of July – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Spirit of the West – July – Star Trails – CDN
Matt Mays – Full July Moon – Matt Mays – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Avett Brothers – Sixteen in July – Four Thieves Gone
Grant Lee Phillips – No Mercy in July – The Narrows
Joe Ely – July Blues – Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men – Fourth of July – Out in California
Joe Purdy – 4th of July – 4th of July
David Francey – Fourth of July – The Waking Hour – CDN
Ana Egge – Fifth of July – Bright Shadow – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Milk Carton Kids – Memphis – The Ash & Clay
Gretchen Peters – Sunday Morning (Up and Down my Street) – Burnt Toast & Offerings
Eliza Gilkyson – Hard Times in Babylon – Hard Times in Babylon
Mary Gauthier – Mercy Now – Mercy Now

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Blek and the Rats – Take Me Home – Leave your Love at the Door
John Blek and the Rats – Calling out my Name – Leave your Love at the Door
John Blek and the Rats – Cities Keep Changing – Leave your Love at the Door
The Wynntown Marshals – There Was a Time – The End of the Golden Age
Mike Plume Band – Dimaggio – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume – Looking for You (A Travelogue of Sorts) – A Drive Thru Record Volume II – CDN

Episode #648

On Saturday, June 18, our namesake artist, Paul MacLeod passed away at his home in Ontario. Paul was a wonderfully funny and talented individual who brought a lot of light into a lot of lives. Today’s show is an overview of his recording career, from his first CD (called Tell the Band to Go Home) to the latest, including his time with Skydiggers. I’ll continue to share Paul’s music as long as I’m able. I didn’t know him all that well, but I’ll miss Paul a great deal.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Rectify – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Black Boys on Mopeds – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Already Done – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Giants – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Ugly Pride – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Skydiggers – Desmond’s Hip City – Desmond’s Hip City – CDN
Skydiggers – This new Country – Desmond’s Hip City – CDN
Skydiggers – See You Again – Bittersweet Harmony – CDN
Skydiggers – Biloxi – There and Back: Live – CDN
Skydiggers – You’ve Got a lot of Nerve – live recording – CDN
Skydiggers – The Kids Are Alright – live recording – CDN
Skydiggers – Pull Me Down – live recording – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Paul MacLeod – Broken Wing – Close and Play – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Listen Mary – Close and Play – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Giants – Close and Play – CDN
Hibakusha – The Moped Song – Hibakusha – CDN
Paul MacLeod – A Clear Thought – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Paul MacLeod – Annalisa – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Lies – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Do they Know It’s Christmas? – live recording – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Be my Girl – Gauge – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Instrumental – Gauge – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Holland – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Cienfuegos – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Down in the Street – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN

Today a listen to some of the more rockin’ side of singer/songwriter Paul MacLeod, who passed away this past weekend. He inspired and lent the name to my other show, Tell the Band to Go Home, so a longer tribute will follow on Sunday, but a few rockin’ ones for now. We’ve also got some great upcoming shows, a fine new release, and a set of solid Steel Belted classics!

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Artist – Title – Album

Paul MacLeod – Giants – Tell the Band to Go Home
Paul MacLeod – Ghosts – Close and Play
Paul MacLeod – Stanley Steamer – Close and Play
Hibakusha – Suffocate – Hibakusha
Hibakusha – Bobby Sands – Hibakusha
Paul MacLeod – Another White Band – Gauge
Mayhemingways – CDs I Didn’t Sell – Mayhemingways
Mayhemingways – Drama Queen – Mayhemingways
Mayhemingways – Jenny Ran Away in the Mud – Hunter St. Blues
Mayhemingways – Hunter St. Blues – Hunter St. Blues
Del Barber & The No Regretzkys – The Lights Go Out – The Puck Drops Here
Del Barber – Living with a long Way to Go – Prairieography
Del Barber – As far as I can Tell – Love Songs for the last 20
Colvin & Earle – You’re Right (I’m Wrong) – Colvin & Earle
Steve Earle – I Feel Alright – I Feel Alright
Shawn Colvin – Get Out of this House – A Few Small Repairs
Buddy Miller – 100 Million little Bombs – Poison Love
Leeroy Stagger – Paint a Picture – Dear Love
Blue Rodeo – Restless – Lost Together
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – No Action – This Year’s Model

Episode #647

Many great things have come to me as a result of hosting this show, but I don’t think that anything could match the latest. Last week I was invited to attend the inaugural Static Roots Festival in Germany, put together by long-time friends and supporters Dietmar and Marion Leibecke, and it was an absolutely incredible experience all around. Much of today’s show is guided by memories of that great event. But closer to home, there are some great shows coming up here in Winnipeg to talk about, and we still had time to play a pile of great new music!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Something Beautiful – Dream It All Away – CDN
Anna Mitchell – Let’s Run Away – Down to the Bone
The Midnight Union Band – I’m Your Leader – Of Life and Lesser Evils
Malojian – Julie-Anne – The Deer’s Cry
Leeroy Stagger – Stormy – Everything Is Real – CDN
The Wynntown Marshals – The End of the Golden Age – The End of the Golden Age
John Blek & The Rats – Wandering Child – Borders
John Blek & The Rats – Tooth and Nail – Borders

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ryland Moranz – Rocket – Hello New Old World – CDN
The Provincial Archive – Daisy Garden – It’s All Shaken Wonder – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Passing Through – live recording – CDN
John Blek and the Rats – Ohio – live recording
Daniel Romano – Maybe Remember Me – Mosey – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Spirit Of The West – D for Democracy (featuring Steven Page) – live recording – CDN
Steven Page – The Work At Hand – Heal Thyself Pt. 1: Instinct – CDN
Odds – Took A Long Time (To Get To I Don’t Care) – The Most Beautiful Place On Earth – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Never Will – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
The Sadies – What’s Left Behind – New Seasons – CDN
The Sadies – Whispering Circles – Darker Circles – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles – Monticello – live recording
Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles – Spitshine – Soon Enough
Jadea Kelly – Mercy – Love & Lust – CDN
Dori Freeman – You Say – Dori Freeman
Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones – Make A Wish On Me – Little Windows
Dylan LeBlanc – Easy Way Out – Cautionary Tale
Jill Barber, Matthew Barber – One True Love – The Family Album – CDN
Malcolm Holcombe – Sweet Georgia – Another Black Hole
Mayhemingways – Oldes Home Bum – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Mayhemingways – CD’s I Didn’t Sell – Mayhemingways – CDN

There are a bunch of great upcoming concerts in town, so this week is exclusively devoted to telling you about those! Tonight Jay Aymar plays at The Sunset Saloon, and for those missing out, we listened back to when Jay and Don Zeuff dropped in to chat in play back in June of 2014.

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Artist – Title – Album

The Sadies – Loved On Look – Tremendous Efforts
The Sadies – Tiger Tiger – Stories Often Told
Terra Lightfoot – See You in the Morning – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild
Farm Fresh – My Ex-Girl – Time Is Running Out
Steven Page & Odds – Alternative Girlfriend / Someone Who’s Cool – live recording
The 24th Street Wailers – Cursed – Cursed
Mayhemingways – Jenny Ran Away In The Mud – Hunter St. Blues
Pat Temple – So Long Gone – So Long Gone
Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players – If You Don’t Get Close – Stone Boat
Das Macht Show – Auxiliary Workhouse Breakdown – … One Night in Berlin
Jay Aymar – Acadian Son – Overtime

Jay Aymar interview

Jay Aymar – My Cherry Coloured Rose – live performance
Jay Aymar – The Country Swift – live performance
Jay Aymar – I’ll Leave When I’m Ready to Go – live performance
Jay Aymar – Overtime – Overtime

Episode #646

We’re pre-recorded this week because I’m off living a huge dream that I’ve had for many years by flying to Germany to meet our good friends Dietmar & Marion. They are kind, generous, wonderful people who have been HUGE supporters of UMFM and this program for a long time. In January, 2010, Dietmar found himself sick in the hospital, and to try and cheer him up, I invited a bunch of his friends to call in to the show and tell him how much his support means. Well, he’s turning 50 this weekend, so he clearly needs some cheering up again! Even if you don’t know Big D, you’ll enjoy the wonderful music and uplifting stories about someone who does a lot of good in this world.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Snowing in Nashville – live recording
Jay Aymar – King of The World – The Chicken Came First – Live
Jay Aymar – Worthless String of Pearls (with Jadea Kelly) – Passing Through
Ian Tyson – My Cherry Colored Rose – Yellowhead to Yellowstone and other love stories

Leeroy Stagger interview (2010)

Leeroy Stagger – Carol – Solo Acoustic Vol. 1

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Lonesome Joe – Coming Home (The Songs of Evan Phillips)

Evan Phillips interview (2010)

Easton Stagger Phillips – Begin – Resolution Road
The Whipsaws – Coming Home – 60 Watt Avenue
Matt Epp – Ready In Time – Ready In Time

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Wilco – Impossible Germany – Sky Blue Sky
Clem Snide – The Sound of German Hip-Hop – End of Love
Paul Kelly – South Of Germany – A to Z
The Wynntown Marshals – Canada – The Long Haul

Matt Epp interview (2010)

Matt Epp – Cover Me – Safe or Free

3:30 – 4:00 pm

T. Nile interview (2010)

T. Nile – Cabin Song – Cabin Song EP
Colour Film – The Changes – Super 8
Mayhemingways – End Up this Way – Hunter St. Blues
Jay Aymar – Acadian Son – Overtime