Breakout West and the Western Canadian Music Awards are in town, and although we take great pride in celebrating Music from the region all of the time, today is an especially good reason to show our love with 100% Western Canadian music! And to do that, we’ve got some extra special guests. The festival brought a lot of great artists to town, but two that I was especially excited to see are Joe Nolan and Chloe Albert, both big talents early into promising careers. Both were kind enough to drop by to chat and play for us on the show!

playlist
part 1 (Joe Nolan)
part 2 (Chloe Albert)
part 3

This week marks the return of Fred Eaglesmith, and the Breakout West festival and Western Canadian Music Awards, and there’s plenty in there to play, celebrate, and prepare for. Also, to balance out all that joy, some songs from a darker, lonelier place.

playlist
part 1
part 2

Today, an explosion of new and new-to-me music, as well as a solid hour of undeniable classics. Good stuff!

playlist
part 1
part 2

Plenty of great new stuff to kick things off today, before we put on our Tourism North Dakota/Minnesota uniform and talk about some great shows going on a short drive away. Closer to home, we’ve got some Banjo Bowl appropriate songs for today’s big rematch.

playlist
part 1
part 2

We’re once again joined by Grant Davidson, aka Slow Leaves, in advance of the release of the new full-length CD, Beauty Is so Common on Sept. 6 at The West End Cultural Centre! The first weekend back at school also includes plenty of other great concerts to check out and ease your way back into the usual routines.

playlist
part 1
part 2 (Slow Leaves)
part 3