FAR #126

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Wendy Bird: Natural Wonder (Beaumont Classic) *JR
2. Bill Chambers: Drifting South (Whitewater)
3. Romantica: Control Alt Country Delete (self)
4. Meg Hutchinson: The Living Side (Red House)
5. James Keelaghan: House of Cards (Borealis)
6. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle: Let’s Just Stay Here (Mint)

FAR #125
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Wendy Bird: Natural Wonder (Beaumont Classic) *JR
2. Bill Chambers: Drifting South (Whitewater)
3. Shannon McNally and Hot Sauce: Coldwater (self)
4. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle: Let’s Just Stay Here (Mint)
5. Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and The Little Hillbillies (Essence)
6. Various: Face a Frowning World – An E.C. Ball Memorial Album (Tompkins Square)

Far & Away 2009
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
1. Leeroy Stagger: Everything Is Real (Boompa) *JR
2. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle: Let’s Just Stay Here (Mint)
3. Wendy Bird: Natural Wonder (Beaumont Classic)
4. Rose Cousins – The Send Off – (Old Farm Pony)
5. Dan Mangan – Nice, Nice, Very Nice – (File Under: Music)
6. Romi Mayes – Achin’ in yer Bones – (self)

DEBUT ALBUM (up to 3)

1. Madison Violet: No Fool For Trying (True North) *JR
2. Joshua Cockerill: The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do (self)
3. Bop Ensemble: Between Trains (Cordova Bay)

VARIOUS ARTISTS/TRIBUTE ALBUM (up to 3)
1. Coming Home: The Songs of Evan Phillips (self)
2. Things About Comin’ My Way: A Tribute to the Music of The Mississippi
Shieks (Black Hen)
3. The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village (429)

REISSUE/HISTORIC ALBUM (up to 3)

1. Skydiggers: The Truth About Us (Pheromone)
2. The Jayhawks: Music from the North Country (American)
3. Elvis Costello: Live at the el Mocambo (Universal)

LIVE ALBUM:

1. Jim Bryson: Live at the First Baptist Church (Kelp)
2. James McMurtry: Live in Europe (Lightning Rod)
3. Bob Schneider: Live at the Paramount Theatre (Brando/Shockorama)

FEMALE ARTIST (up to 3)
1. Rose Cousins
2. Gretchen Peters
3. Romi Mayes

MALE ARTIST (up to 3)

1. Leeroy Stagger
2. Dan Mangan
3. Tom Russell

INSTRUMENTALIST (up to 3)

1. Jim Bryson
2. Bill Chambers
3. Buddy Miller

DUO/GROUP (Up to 3)

1. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle
2. Madison Violet
3. Lucero

SONGWRITER (up to 3)

1. Leeroy Stagger
2. Gretchen Peters
3. Guy Clark

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 #124
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Rose Cousins: The Send Off (Old Farm Pony) *JR
2. Ron Hawkins: 10 Kinds of Lonely (self)
3. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle: Let’s Just Stay Here (Mint)
4. Joshua Cockerill: The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do (self)
5. Jory Nash: New Blue Day (self)
6. Lucero: 1372 Overton Park (Universal Republic)

FAR #123
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle: Let’s Just Stay Here (Mint) *JR
2. Jory Nash: New Blue Day (self)
3. Joshua Cockerill: The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do (self)
4. James Keelaghan: House of Cards (Borealis)
5. Lucero: 1372 Overton Park (Universal Republic)
6. Bob Schneider: Lovely Creatures (Shockorama)

I’m part of this roots/folk/americana list called the FAR Report. Every month nerdy DJs like me send in their 6 favourite albums of the month and the head dude, John Conquest, makes up this list that’s supposed to represent what we’re really liking/playing. The funny thing is, most of the top albums on the list are absolute crap. I have a feeling I’m not the only one that votes strategically/politically. I try to give a boost to folks who I think deserve it, even when they’re not necessarily my favourites of the month. I also try to figure out what Stu & Terry are going to submit, because I love it when we get a Nathan or Romi Mayes high up on the chart, even though nobody else knows who they are. It’s kind of fun.

Anyway, here’s my list for this month. Take it with a grain of something:

FAR #116
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. LeE HARVey OsMOND: A Quiet Evil (Latent Recordings) *JR
2. Romi Mayes: Achin’ in Yer Bones (self)
3. Antje Duvekot: The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer (Black Wolf)
4. Richard Shindell: Not Far Now (Signature Sounds)
5. Gurf Morlix: Last Exit to Happyland (self)
6. Jeffrey Foucault: Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes (Signature Sounds)