Category Archives: FAR Report

Far & Away, 2010

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
1. Del Barber: Love Songs for the Last 20 (self) *JR
2. Matthew Ryan: Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version) (The Dear Future Collective)
3. Christina Martin: I Can Too (self)
4. The Tallest Man on Earth: The Wild Hunt (Dead Oceans)
5. Old Man Luedecke: My Hands Are on Fire and other Love Songs (Black Hen)
6. Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans: The Falcon Lake Incident (Maple Music)

DEBUT ALBUM (up to 3)
1. The Beauties: The Beauties (Six Shooter)
2. Ruth Moody: The Garden (Red House)
3. Paul Quarrington: The Songs (Cordova Bay)

VARIOUS ARTISTS/TRIBUTE ALBUM (up to 3)
1. Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (New West)
2. Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine (Oh Boy!)
3. More Townes Van Zandt by the Great Unknown (Forthesakeofthesong)

REISSUE/HISTORIC ALBUM (up to 3)
1. The Lowest of the Low: Shakespeare My Butt (Pheromone)
2. The Blue Shadows: On the Floor of Heaven (Bumstead)
3. Blaze Foley: The Dawg Years (Fat Possum)

FEMALE ARTIST (up to 3)
1. Christina Martin
2. Ruth Moody
3. Lynn Miles

MALE ARTIST (up to 3)
1. Del Barber
2. Matthew Ryan
3. Old Man Luedecke

INSTRUMENTALIST (up to 3)
1. Jim Bryson
2. Will Kimbrough
3. Buddy Miller

DUO/GROUP (Up to 3)
1. The Beauties
2. The Head and the Heart
3. Dala

SONGWRITER (up to 3)
1. Del Barber
2. Matthew Ryan
3. Lynn Miles

BEST IN THE INDUSTRY (up to 3)
1. Ken Beattie: Killbeat Music
2. Ellen Stanley: Red House
3. Richard Flohil: Richard Flohil and Associates

FAR #136

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Del Barber: Love Songs for the Last 20 (self) *JR
2. Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers: Little Victories (Rebeltone)
3. Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans: The Falcon Lake Incident (Maple Music)
4. Tanya Davis: Clocks and Hearts Keep Going (Wordy Music)
5. Ox: Silent Night and other Cowboy Songs (Cosmic Dave’s Record Factory)
6. Lynn Miles: Fall for Beauty (True North)

FAR #135

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Del Barber: Love Songs for the Last 20 (self) *JR
2. Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans: The Falcon Lake Incident (Maple Music)
3. Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers: Little Victories (Rebeltone)
4. Lynn Miles: Fall for Beauty (True North)
5. Red Horse: Red Horse (Red House)
6. Dan Walsh: Virtuoso (Busted Flat)

FAR #134

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Lynn Miles: Fall for Beauty (True North)
2. Christina Martin: I Can Too (self)
3. Del Barber: Love Songs for the Last 20 (self)
4. Ken Whiteley: Another Day’s Journey (Borealis)
5. Lunch at Allen’s: More (True North)
6. Ron Hynes: Stealing Genius (Borealis)

FAR #133

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Christina Martin: I Can Too (self) *JR
2. Del Barber: Love Songs for the Last 20 (self)
3. Reid Jamieson: Staring Contest (self)
4. Blaze Foley: The Dawg Years (Fat Possum)
5. Mumford & Sons: Sigh No More (Glassnote)
6. Paul Thorn: Pimps and Preachers (Perpetual Obscurity)

FAR #131/last

FAR #131
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Del Barber: Love Songs for the Last 20 (self) *JR
2. Paul Quarrington: The Songs (Cordova Bay)
3. Blaze Foley: Sittin’ by the Road (Lost Art)
4. The Blue Shadows: On the Floor of Heaven Deluxe Edition (Bumstead)
5. Ridley Bent: Rabbit on my Wheel (Open Road)
6. Ruth Moody: The Garden (Red House)

FAR #130/first

FAR #130
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Del Barber: Love Songs for the Last 20 (self) *JR
2. Matthew Ryan: Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version) (The Dear Future Collective)
3. Brian MacMillan: Shine (self)
4. Storyhill: Shade of the Trees (Red House)
5. Justin Rutledge: The Early Widows (Six Shooter)
6. The Tallest Man on Earth: The Wild Hunt (Dead Oceans)

FAR #129/last call

FAR #129
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Jakob Dylan: Women + Country (Columbia) *JR
2. Old Man Luedecke: My Hands Are on Fire and other Love Songs (Black Hen)
3. Patrick Park: Come What Will (Badman)
4. Josh Ritter: So Runs the World Away (Pytheas)
5. Will Kimbrough: Wings (Daphne)
6. Various: Preservation (Preservation Hall)

FAR #128/last

FAR #128
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Old Man Luedecke: My Hands Are on Fire and other Love Songs (Black Hen) *JR
2. Will Kimbrough: Wings (Daphne)
3. Various: Preservation (Preservation Hall)
4. Matthew Ryan: Dear Lover (The Dear Future Collective)
5. Drive-By Truckers: The Big To-Do (ATO)
6. Allison Moorer: Crows (Ryko)

FAR #127

FAR #127
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Matthew Barber: True Believer (self) *JR
2. Jack Marks: Two of Everything (self)
3. Danny Michel: Live in Winnipeg (self)
4. Matthew Ryan: Dear Lover (The Dear Future Collective)
5. Jon Dee Graham & The Fighting Cocks: It’s Not as Bad as it Looks (Freedom)
6. Various: Crazy Heart Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (New West)