Category Archives: FAR Report

FAR#188

AoM: Brock Zeman: Pulling Your Sword Out Of The Devil’s Back (Busted Flat) *JR
2. Leaf Rapids: Lucky Stars (Black Hen)
3. The 24th Street Wailers: Where Evil Grows (self)
4. Jory Nash: The Many Hats Of Jory Nash (self)
5. Lee Harvey Osmond: Beautiful Scars (Latent)
6. C And C Surf Factory: Garage City (Six Shooter)

FAR#186

AoM: Shannon Lyon: Lost Creek (self) *JR
2. Whitehorse: Leave No Bridge Unburned (Six Shooter)
3. Jessy Bell Smith: The Town (self)
4. Paul Kelly: Presents The Merri Soul Sessions (Gawdaggie)
5. James McMurtry: Complicated Game (Complicated Game)
6. Gurf Morlix: Eatin’ At Me (self)

FAR & Away: 2014

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Shannon Lyon: The Lights Behind
2. Del Barber: Prairieography
3. Easton Stagger Phillips: Resolution Road
4. Matthew Ryan: Boxers
5. The Secret Sisters: Put Your Needle Down
6. Jimmer: The Would Be Plans

DEBUT ALBUM

1. Slow Leaves: Beauty Is So Common
2. Steph Cameron: Sad Eyed Lonesome Lady
3. f5 Four: Tornado Breakdown

VARIOUS ARTISTS/TRIBUTE ALBUM

1. Willie P Bennett Legacy Project
2. Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited
3. Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne

REISSUE/HISTORIC ALBUM

1. Corin Raymond: Record Lonesome Night
2. Lucinda Williams: Lucinda Williams
3. Jon Dee Graham: Do Not Forget

LIVE ALBUM

1. Jon Dee Graham: Do Not Forget
2. Lucero: Live From Atlanta
3. Lennie Gallant: Live Acoustic At The Carlton

FEMALE ARTIST

1. Oh Susanna
2. Melissa Payne
3. Steph Cameron

MALE ARTIST

1. Shannon Lyon
2. Del Barber
3. Matthew Ryan

DUO/GROUP

1. The 24th Street Wailers
2. Sunparlour Players
3. The Secret Sisters

INSTRUMENTALIST

1. Gurf Morlix
2. Jim Bryson
3. Will Kimbrough

SONGWRITER

1. Matthew Ryan
2. Del Barber
3. Radney Foster

BEST IN THE INDUSTRY

1. Ken Beattie: Killbeat
2. Mark Logan: Busted Flat
3. Steve Dawson: Black Hen

FAR#185

AoM: Matthew Ryan: Boxers (self) *JR
2. Jon Dee Graham: Do Not Forget (self)
3. Jonathan Byrd: You Can’t Outrun The Radio (Waterbug)
4. Boreal: Winter’s Welcome (self)
5. Skydiggers: Angels (Latent)
6. Blue Rodeo: A Merrie Christmas To You (Warner)

FAR #184

AoM: Jon Dee Graham: Do Not Forget (self) *JR
2. Matthew Ryan: Boxers (self)
3. David Myles: It’s Christmas (self)
4. Jon Brooks: The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside (Borealis)
5. Ondine Chorus: Towards A Little Light (self)
6. Farmer Jason: Christmas On The Farm (self)

FAR#183

AoM: Matthew Ryan: Boxers (self) *JR
2. Oh Susanna: Namedropper (Sonic Unyon)
3. Sean Rowe: Madman (Anti-)
4. Lynn Miles: Black Flowers Volume 4 (self)
5. Steph Cameron: Sad Eyed Lonesome Lady (Pheromone)
6. Amelia Curran: They Promised You Mercy (Six Shooter)

FAR#181

FAR#181
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR
AoM: ​Shannon Lyon: The Lights Behind (Busted Flat) *JR
2. Slow Leaves: Beauty Is So Common (self)
3. Catherine MacLellan: The Raven’s Sun (self)
4. Last Ditch On The Left: Last Ditch On The Left (self)
5. Crooked Brothers: Thank You I’m Sorry (self)
6. ​Lynne Hanson: River Of Sand (self)

FAR #176-180

FAR #176
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

AoM: The Sunparlour Players: The Living Proof (Outside) *JR
2. Del Barber: Prairieography (True North)
3. Ridley Bent: Wildcard (Americana North)
4. Whitehorse: Éphémère Sans Repère (Six Shooter)
5. Harlan Pepper: Take Out A Twenty & Live Life To The Fullest (Six Shooter)
6. Grant Peeples And The Peeples Republik: Punishing The Myth (self)

FAR #177
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

AoM: The Sunparlour Players: The Living Proof (self) *JR
2. Radney Foster: Everything I Should Have Said (Devil’s River)
3. Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt: For Keeps (Red House)
4. Rodney Crowell: Tarpaper Sky (New West)
5. Mary Gauthier: Trouble & Love (Six Shooter)
6. NQ Arbuckle: The Future Happens Anyway (Six Shooter)

FAR #178
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

AoM: Easton Stagger Phillps: Resolution Road (self) *JR
2. The Other Brothers: Everything Can Change (self)
3. The 24th Street Wailers: Wicked (self)
4. Jim Byrnes: St. Louis Times (Black Hen)
5. Mary Gauthier: Trouble & Love (Six Shooter)
6. Fearing and White: Tea And Confidences (Lowden Proud)

FAR #179
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

AoM: Easton Stagger Phillps: Resolution Road (self) *JR
2. The 24th Street Wailers: Wicked (self)
3. Melissa Payne: High and Dry (Seventh Fire)
4. Dirty Catfish Brass Band: Brass Riot (self)
5. The F5 Four: Tornado Breakdown (self)
6. Corb Lund: Counterfeit Blues (New West)

FAR #1​80​

Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR
AoM: ​Martyn Joseph: Kiss The World Beautiful (self) *JR​
​2. ​Lynne Hanson: River Of Sand (self)
​3. ​Easton Stagger Phillps: Resolution Road ​(self)​
​4. ​The Devin Cuddy Band: Kitchen Knife (​Cameron House)
5. Mary Gauthier: Trouble And Love (Six Shooter)
6. Alex Dezen: 3/4 (self)

FAR #175

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

AoM: Del Barber: Prairieography (True North) *JR
2. Old Man Luedecke: I Never Sang Before I Met You (True North)
3. Alex Dezen: 1/4 (self)
4. Blackie And The Rodeo Kings: South (File Under: Music)
5. Joe Nolan: Tornado (Six Shooter)
6. John Gorka: Bright Side Of Dawn (Red House)

FAR #174

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

AoM: Del Barber: Prairieography (True North) *JR
2. Matt Andersen: Weightless (True North)
3. Slow Leaves: Second Chances (self)
4. The Crooked Brothers: Postcard EP (self)
5. The Perpetrators: Stick ‘Em Up (self)
6. Joe Nolan: Tornado (Six Shooter)