Tonight there’s a can’t miss show going on at the West End, so we’re pre-recorded. Tonight’s concert features two great bands who have visited us in the past for some conversation and live performances. Those were great sessions, worthy of reviewing while we dash off to see the concert tonight. So, we revist classic live sessions with The Wooden Sky (recorded in February, 2010) and The Sunparlour Players (recorde in November, 2009).
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We gots lots goin’ on today, including previews of some of the best shows coming up this week (and there are plenty), including Rose Cousins, who joins us on the telephone today to chat about her fine new album and upcoming debut at the West End Cultural Centre. We’re also celebrating Nick Lowe’s birthday (whenever it might be) and looking at the lineup for this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival, which was announced this weekend.
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It’s an action packed night of new music and great upcoming shows!
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This weekend I took a trip back to the 90s when I saw Spirit of the West in concert, and saw some folks I haven’t seen in a long time. This had me thinking about the good old days, and today’s show was loaded with retro nostalgic goodness, largely from Winnipeg’s consistently amazing music scene.
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Dauphin Countryfest announced its lineup today, and along with the big-hatted crap, there are some real gems worth checking out, so a few of those to start us off. Yesterday was Townes Van Zandt’s birthday, and although we typically leave his songs to Tell the Band to Go Home, we’ve got a few rockin’ covers, as well as some great new stuff to spin. And speaking of new music, the hits just keep on coming, so we pull out a batch of new and upcoming releases sure to please your ears.
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Some stellar upcoming shows including Del Barber and Romi Mayes, some exciting new music, and a hearty set of Roots Rockin’ classics.
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Pre-recorded this week, but well worth tuning in for. Tonight we’ve got some great new music, as well as some old classics we don’t get to hear often enough. We rock out a bit more than usual, hang out with Ryan Adams & friends, we get a little wordy & poetic, and, for no particular reason, we look back at a superstar folk fest workshop I saw years ago.
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We’re pre-recorded this week, live from the living room, so Jeremy stops in, and we also dig down deep in the basement for some classics that I don’t regularly lug down to the station. We start things off with a birthday tribute to Mary Gauthier, before moving on to some songs from her former producer Gurf Morlix, as well as their collaborator, Patty Griffin. We’ve got some more great collaborations, and a look ahead to shows featuring Sprit of the West and New Country Rehab.
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Even though it doesn’t feel like it outside, it’s sounding a lot like spring as many of our favourites are delivering new albums already, so today we heard a whole heap of exciting new releases, as well as some requests and dedications.
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Today we pay tribute to Blaze Foley & Gurf Morlix, as well as visits with Greg Brown and the Thompson family. For hour 2, it’s a Johnny Cash Birthday Bash, as The Man in Black would have turned 80 today, and that’s reason enough to celebrate his (ever)lasting musical legacy.
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