Today a chat with one of the greats, and one we’re excited to be welcoming back to town this week, Mary Gauthier. She’s headed in to reunite with her frequent backing band, Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller, as well as working on a book and awaiting the release of a new album. Lots to talk about.

And following up on last week’s chat with Jaxon Haldane about The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project, we present our annual tribute to the late, great Willie P Bennett, who left this world on Feb. 15, 2008. I didn’t even know the guy, but I miss him terribly. There’s never a bad time to listen to a lot of his brilliant songs, but the anniversary of his death reminds me that I’ll do my best to never let the music be forgotten, and thankfully, folks like Jaxon are taking the cause to a whole new level.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mary Gauthier – The Rocket – Live at Blue Rock – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Mighty – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Truth – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
John P Allen & Willie P Bennett – Lace & Pretty Flowers – The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Blue Valentine (w/Prairie Oyster) – Heartstrings – CDN
Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players – Take my own Advice – The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project – CDN
David Essig – For the Sake of a Dollar – The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

David Essig & Rick Scott – Willie P – Double Vision – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith @ The Flying Squirrels – White Ash & Black Ash – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Codeine – live recording – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Caney Fork River – My Hands Are on Fire and other Love Songs – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Baby We’d Be Rich (Cuss Version) – I Never Sang Before I Met You – CDN

Mary Gauthier – Another Day Borrowed – The Foundling

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Mary Gauthier interview

Mary Gauthier – Sugar Cane – Live at Blue Rock
Mary Gauthier – Last of the Hobo Kings – Live at Blue Rock

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – Lay Down – North/South – CDN – WPG
Lennie Gallant – Dance the Dark Away – If We Had a Fire – CDN
Lennie Gallant – If We Had a Fire – If We Had a Fire – CDN
Northcote – How Can You Turn Around – Northcote – CDN
Del Barber – Walking in a Straight Line – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Chris Trapper – West Side – Technicolor
Madison Violet – All Apologies – Come As You Are (Live) – CDN

It’s Junofest weekend in Winnipeg, and there’s so much going on that today’s show had to be pre-recorded, but I had to make sure that there was something on to celebrate great Canadian music and a couple of exciting upcoming events.

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Pre-recorded today because of the Matt Epp @ Sunset Saloon show. There’s plenty of new music trickling in, another great house concert coming up, and the return of the always great Blue Rodeo. Plus, since we’re coming to you from the basement, it’s easy to pick out some old favourites that haven’t made the trip down to UMFM in a while.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – The Sparrow and the Crow – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Big Smoke – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – South – South – CDN
The Crooked Brothers – There Ain’t No One – Postcard – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp & The Amorian Assembly – War – Learning to Lose Control – CDN
Matt Epp & The Amorian Assembly – Use your Head – Learning to Lose Control – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Nathan – Casserole – Casserole EP – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – Mud & Slobber – Crowsfeet & Greyskull – CDN – WPG
NQ Arbuckle & Carolyn Mark – Officer Down – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Mixkin Dancehall Blues – Hanging the Battle-Scarred Piñata – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – You Look Like a Wreck – The Last Supper In A Cheap Town – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Saskatoon Tonight – live recording – CDN
Cedar Park – What She Tells Me (w/NQ Arbuckle) – Way Back Home – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Blue Rodeo – 5 Will Get You Six – Outskirts – CDN
Blue Rodeo – After the Rain – Casino – CDN
Blue Rodeo – In the Darkness – In our Nature – CDN
Bazil Donovan – Stage Door – Matinee – CDN
Mary Gauthier – Drag Queens In Limousines – Drag Queens In Limousines
Lori McKenna – Pour – Bittertown

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Shannon McNally – The Worst Part of a Broken Heart – Geronimo
Eliza Gilkyson – Coast – Hard Times in Babylon
Susan Werner – Yellow House – New Non-Fiction
Jackie Greene – Judgement Day – Gone Wanderin’
Reid Jamieson – Rail – Staring Contest – CDN
John Hiatt – Dust Down a Country Road – Walk On
John Gorka – Satellites – Writing in the Margins
Tim O’Reagan – These Things – Tim O’Reagan