New music, vinyl finds, tributes to a few dearly departed artists, concert news, and a bunch of great classics!

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Too Many Bridges to Cross Over – A Bakersfield Half-Dozen – CDN – WPG

Weeping Tile – Dogs and Thunder – EEPEE – CDN
Dani Nash – Get a Dog – Dani Nash – CDN
Veal – Mitzi’s – The Embattled Hearts – CDN

Leaf Rapids – Fast Romantics – Velvet Paintings – CDN – WPG
Major Love – Time – Live, Laugh, Major Love – CDN
Humbird – Right On – Right On
Kim Richey – Joy Rider – Every New Beginning

David Myles – Devil Talking – single – CDN
Charley Crockett – Solitary Road – $10 Cowboy
The Avett Brothers – Country Kid – The Avett Brothers

John Moreland – Blue Dream Carolina – Visitor
William Prince – Bloom (OurVinyl Sessions) – OurVinyl Sessions – CDN – WPG
Alejandro Escovedo – Wave – Echo Dancing

Alejandro Escovedo – One More Time – Gravity
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence
Alejandro Escovedo – Sister Lost Soul – Real Animal
Chuck Prophet – You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) – Age of Miracles
Bob Schneider – Bullets – Lonelyland
Drive-By Truckers – When The Well Runs Dry – The Fine Print (A Collection Of Oddities And Rarities 2003-2008)
Jeffrey Hatcher & The Big Beat – Deliver Me – Jeffrey Hatcher And The Big Beat – CDN – WPG
Jim White – Borrowed Wings – Drill A Hole in that Substrate and Tell Me What You See
Ben de la Cour – Numbers Game (feat. Becky Warren) – Sweet Anhedonia
Becky Warren – Me and These Jeans – The Sick Season

John Bottomley – Fly With Your Shadow – Blackberry – CDN
John Bottomley – The Healing Dream – The Healing Dream – CDN
Kipp Kocay – Prisoner of Love – April and Other Months – CDN – WPG
John Prine – Angel from Montgomery – John Prine

Nick Lowe – What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding? – Untouched Takeaways
Nick Lowe – Half a Boy and Half a Man – Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit
Ron Sexsmith – Wishing Wells – Retriever – CDN

Watertown – I Run To You – One Phoebe Street – CDN
Skydiggers – I Will Give You Everything – Skydiggers – CDN
Danny Michel – I Will Love You For Miles – Valhalla – CDN
Kings Of The Moon – Coming Home – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
Hemingway Corner – Make It Up As You Go – Under The Big Sky – CDN

New music, exciting upcoming shows, a heaping helping of Haggard in advance of Saturday’s big tribute show (tickets HERE!), dog songs in honour of our new family member, and more!

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Scott Nolan and Willie Sugarcapps – Easter at the Waffle House – Silverhill – CDN – WPG

Ariel Sharratt, Mathias Kom & Shotgun Jimmie – Save Me – Hardly Working – CDN
Frank Turner – Letters – Undefeated
Alejandro Escovedo – John Conquest – Echo Dancing
The Mavericks – Live Close By (Visit Often) [with Nicole Atkins] – Moon & Stars
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Don’t Wanna Lose You – single

Stephanie Lambring – Hospital Parking – Hypocrite
Anna Tivel – Bluebird – Living Thing
Shannon McNally – Ceremony – single
The Accidentals – Green & Gold – single
Andrina Turenne – Viens avec moi – single – CDN – WPG

The Brother Brothers – Brown Dog – The January Album
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – Dogbane – Revelations

Fred Eaglesmith – He’s A Good Dog – Ralph’s Last Show – CDN
Bob Snider – Dog – The Street Takes You In – CDN
The Everly Brothers – Bird Dog – The Very Best of
Hoyt Axton – Fearless The Wonder Dog – Flashes Of Fire – Hoyt’s Very Best 1962-1990
Buck Owens – I’m Walking the Dog – Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics
Fred Eaglesmith – Blue Tick Hound – 50 Odd Dollars – CDN

The Bottle Rockets – Dog – South Broadway Athletic Club
Uncle Tupelo – I Wanna Be Your Dog (1991 Longview Farm Acoustic Demo) – March 16-20 1992
Tim Easton – Little Doggie (1962) – Not Cool
Ken Tizzard – A Good Dog Is Lost – A Good Dog Is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs – CDN
The Bottle Rockets – Dead Dog Memories – Brand New Year

Sean Burns and Lost Country – Working Man Blues (w/Gerry McIvor) – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Bryan Trottier & Bidiniband – Mama Tried – live recording – CDN
The Byrds – Life In Prison – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The International Submarine Band – I Must Be Somebody Else You’ve Known – Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology
Richard Shindell – Sing Me Back Home – Reunion Hill
Redbird – Silver Wings – Live At Café Carpe

Merle Haggard – Swinging Doors – 16 Biggest Hits
Merle Haggard – If I Could Only Fly – If I Could Only Fly

Kings Of The Moon – Crab Song – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
Duck Shot Hunter – My Pet Dog – Yum – CDN – WPG

Veal – Mexico Texaco – Hot Loser – CDN
Veal – Pinkos – Tilt o’ Whirl – CDN
Veal – Judy Garland – The Embattled Hearts – CDN

Weeping Tile – South of Me – Valentino – CDN
Weeping Tile – Westray – Cold Snap – CDN
Weeping Tile – Basement Apt. – eepee – CDN

Sarah Harmer – Lodestar – You Were Here – CDN
Sarah Harmer and Jason Euringer – Trouble in the Fields – Songs for Clem – CDN

New music, some super groups & talented teamups, classics, and we welcome back Jory Nash and preview a new episode of Fly with your Shadow! Watch for a new episode this week and support Jory’s comeback here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jory-nash-make-his-10th-studio-recording

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Greg Brown – Spring Wind – Dream Café

Two Crows for Comfort – Drowning – Next To Me, Vol. 2 – CDN – MB
Lynne Hanson – Outlaw Lover – Just A Poet – CDN
Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming – Trail Of Flowers
Two Crows for Comfort – The Places We’ve Been – Next To Me, Vol. 2 – CDN – MB

Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – Suffering – single
Willie Nelson – The Border – single
Malcolm Holcombe – My Ol’ Radio – single

Trans-Canada Highwaymen – Undun – Explosive Hits Vol. 1 – CDN
Mariel Buckley – The Other Man – 97 Riverdale – CDN
Odds – Satisfied – Good Weird Feeling – CDN
Barenaked Ladies – It’s All Been Done – Stunt – CDN
The Pursuit Of Happiness – She’s So Young – Love Junk – CDN

Middle of Nowhere – Hang on to Me – Middle of Nowhere – CDN – WPG
The Traveling Wilburys – Not Alone Any More – The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1
The Highwaymen – Highwayman – Highwayman
The Highwomen – Redesigning Women – The Highwomen
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Lean on Your Peers – Kings of Love – CDN

Kennedy Road – Kennedy – A Little Fight Left – CDN
Harrow Fair – Sins we Made – Sins we Made – CDN
Voices On The Verge – Little White Dove – Live In Philadelphia
Redbird – Ships – Redbird
More Than A Song – Bird Of Paradise – More Than A Song
The Wailin Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
Cry Cry Cry – Fall On Me – Cry Cry Cry
Major Love – So Good – Major Love – CDN

Ray LaMontagne – Empty – Till The Sun Turns Black
Ray LaMontagne – Jolene – Trouble
Gregory Alan Isakov – That Moon Song – This Empty Northern Hemisphere
Iron & Wine – Sunset Soon Forgotten – Our Endless Numbered Days
Calexico – Falling From The Sky – Edge Of The Sun
Peter Katz – First of the Last to Know [with Glen Hansard] – First Of The Last To Know – CDN

Jory Nash – Dark Matter – Wilderness Years – CDN
Jory Nash – Charlie – New Blue Day – CDN
Jory Nash – The Conversion of Pearl Hart – Spaz Loves Weezie – CDN
Jory Nash – Prisoner’s Lament – Tangle with the Ghost – CDN

Evangeline Gentle – Underdog – Where The Diamonds Are – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – The Only One Of Your Kind – Healing Power – CDN

Some new music, memories of a good show last week and a look at the upcoming week, headlined by a star-studded 90s Canrock show this week, which led to some nostalgic faves.

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Fred Eaglesmith – Spookin’ The Horses – Lipstick, Lies And Gasoline – CDN

Corb Lund – Roughest Neck Around – Five Dollar Bill – CDN
Corb Lund – No Roads Here – Five Dollar Bill – CDN
Corb Lund – It’s Hard to Keep a White Shirt Clean (for Willie P. Bennett) – Losin’ Lately Gambler – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – Blackie and The Rodeo King – Blackie and The Rodeo King – CDN
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Boots of Leather – Kings of Love – CDN
Ian Tyson – Navajo Rug – Cowboyography – CDN

David Wiffen – Skybound Station – Coast To Coast Fever – CDN
Bruce Cockburn – Pacing The Cage – The Charity Of Night – CDN
Tom T. Hall – That’s How I Got To Memphis – Greatest Hits
Kris Kristofferson – Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) – The Silver Tongued Devil and I
The Byrds – Hickory Wind – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Band – Chest Fever – Music From Big Pink – CDN
Derek & The Dominos – I Looked Away – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Leaf Rapids – Silver Fillings – Velvet Paintings – CDN – WPG
Ruth Moody – Seventeen – Wanderer – CDN – WPG
Abigail Lapell – Rattlesnake – Anniversary – CDN
Wonder Women of Country – I Have Met My Love Today – Willis, Carper, Leigh
Katie Pruitt – Worst Case Scenario – Mantras

The Tennessee Freedom Singers – Tennessee Rise – single
Josiah and the Bonnevilles – Blood Moon – by the creek
Nolan Taylor – Bluefoot – single
Dennis Ellsworth – Hold You Close – Modern Hope – CDN

Blake Berglund – Awakening Fist – What’s Left of the Right – CDN
Blake Berglund – Farming Wives – What’s Left of the Right – CDN
Ridley Bent – Crooked and Loaded – The Blood Trilogy – CDN – WPG

Junkhouse – Praying For The Rain – Strays – CDN
Junkhouse – Be Someone – Birthday Boy – CDN
Junkhouse – Out of My Head – Strays – CDN

Trans-Canada Highwaymen – Theme from Trans-Canada Highwaymen – Explosive Hits Vol.1 – CDN
Trans-Canada Highwaymen – Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy – Explosive Hits Vol.1 – CDN
Trans-Canada Highwaymen – Tonite Is A Wonderful Time To Fall In Love – Explosive Hits Vol.1 – CDN

Odds – Someone Who’s Cool – Nest – CDN
Barenaked Ladies – The Old Apartment – Born on a Pirate Ship – CDN
Sloan – Underwhelmed – Smeared – CDN
The Pursuit Of Happiness – Hard To Laugh – Love Junk – CDN

Memories of a great show last night, new music, a tribute to Malcolm Holcombe, and some classic Can-con bangers to end things off!

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Mary Gauthier – March 11, 1962 – The Foundling

Benjamin Dakota Rogers – Back to You – Paint Horse – CDN
Jeremie Albino – Across The Hall – Tears You Hide – CDN
Dean Johnson – Faraway Skies – Nothing for Me, Please

Dean Johnson – Old Tv – Nothing for Me, Please
Charley Crockett – Hard Luck & Circumstances – $10 Cowboy
Sam Outlaw – Someone Quite Like You – Terra Cotta
Angus & Julia Stone – Cape Forestier – Cape Forestier

Major Love – One Woman – Live, Laugh, Major Love – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Saint Hubert’s Eve (feat. Ryan O’Reilly) – Weather Girl – CDN
Morgan Wade – 2AM in London – single
Hannah Aldridge – Bad – Evil Art Sessions 014

Liz Longley – Camaro – single
Willow Avalon – Honey Ain’t No Sweeter – single
Ferris & Sylvester – Mother – Otherness
Chip Taylor – Do Somethin’ good – Behind the Sky
Chip Taylor – Radiation Song – Behind the Sky

Malcolm Holcombe Group – Killing The Blues – The Slaughter Rule (Original Movie Soundtrack)
Shane Nicholson – Dressed In White – Sleeping Dogs
Malcolm Holcombe – A Far Cry From Here – A Far Cry From Here

Malcolm Holcombe – Bits and Pieces – Bits & Pieces
Malcolm Holcombe – Where Is My Garden – Not Forgotten
Malcolm Holcombe – Savannah Blues – Pitiful Blues
Malcolm Holcombe – Sell Me a Gun (feat. Iris DeMent & Greg Brown) – single
Malcolm Holcombe – Back In ’29 – Return to Cold Mountain

Sam Cash – Teenage Hunger – live recording – CDN
Sameer Cash – Stay In Touch – This City – CDN
Andrew Cash – Boomtown – Boomtown – CDN

The Cash Brothers – Night Shift Guru – How Was Tomorrow – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Take A Little Time – How Was Tomorrow – CDN
Skydiggers – You’ve Got A Lot Of Nerve – Road Radio – CDN
Skydiggers – What Do You See? – Road Radio – CDN

Blue Rodeo – Trust Yourself – Casino – CDN
Spirit of the West – D For Democracy – Go Figure – CDN
The Northern Pikes – Wait For Me – Secrets of The Alibi – CDN
Glass Tiger – Closer To You – The Thin Red Line – CDN
Glass Tiger – You’re What I Look For – The Thin Red Line – CDN

New music, an incredible new discovery, five versions of Killing the Blues, upcoming shows, we commiserate over the postponed Allison Russell show, and more!

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

William Prince – 7 – single – CDN – WPG

Leaf Rapids – Night Shift – Velvet Paintings – CDN – WPG
Kim Richey – Floating On The Surface – Every New Beginning
Wonder Women of Country – Won’t Be Worried Long – Willis, Carper, Leigh
Anna Tivel – Disposable Camera – Living Thing
Bridget Kearney – Obsessed – Comeback Kid
Lake Street Dive – Good Together – Good Together
Stephanie Lambring – Two-Faced – Hypocrite

Kyle Schuesler – Snowy Summer – single
Amble – Mariner Boy – Live EP
Amble – Of Land and Sea – Of Land and Sea
Peter Bibby – The Arsehole – Drama King
The Pursuit of Happiness – Pressing Lips (Acoustic) – Acoustic (Live In The Studio) – CDN

Thomas Csorba – Grieving Angel – Windchimes
Hugh Trimble & The Atomic Ranch Band – Caesar’s Due – single
David Vertesi – One In A Million (feat. Jordan Klassen) – Fictionalized – CDN
The Brother Brothers – Lonesome – The January Album
Bonny Light Horseman – When I Was Younger – single

Rowland Salley – Killing the Blues – Killing the Blues
John Prine – Killing the Blues – Pink Cadillac
Bill Chambers – Killing the Blues – Frozen Ground
Dominique Adams – Let Me Show You – Dominique Adams – CDN – WPG
Dominique Adams – I Could Stay – Dominique Adams – CDN – WPG
Shawn Colvin – Killing The Blues – Cover Girl
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Killing the Blues – Raising Sand

Po’ Girl – Bad Luck Day Baby – Po’ Girl – CDN
Po’ Girl – Take the Long Way – Vagabond Lullabies – CDN
Po’ Girl – No Shame – Unreleased – CDN
Salt – We All Try – Salt – CDN

Benjamin Dakota Rogers – Cigarette Machine – Elizabeth – CDN
Benjamin Dakota Rogers – John Came Home – Paint Horse – CDN
Jeremie Albino – Hard Time – Hard Time – CDN
Jeremie Albino – You I’m Waiting On – Tears You Hide – CDN

Jeffrey Foucault – Northbound 35 – Stripping Cane
Kris Delmhorst – Leap Day – single
Kris Delmhorst – Since You Went Away – Strange Conversation
Peter Mulvey – Shirt – Kitchen Radio

New music, upcoming shows, and more!

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Bella White – Unknown Legend – single – CDN
John Prine – I Just Called to Say I Love You (Recorded at RCA Studio A, Nashville) (feat. The Secret Sisters) – single
Alejandro Escovedo – Castañuelas – Echo Dancing
The Pursuit of Happiness – She’s So Young (Acoustic) – Acoustic Live in the Studio – CDN

Todd Snider – You Think You Know Somebody – Aimless Records Presents: Songs For the Daily Planet (Purple Version)
Todd Snider – Talkin’ Seattle Grunge Rock Blues – Aimless Records Presents: Songs For the Daily Planet (Purple Version)
Todd Snider – Angel from Montgomery – single

Geoff Berner – Don’t Play Cards for Money with Corby Lund – live recording – CDN
Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans – That’s What Keeps the Rent Down – Festival Man – CDN
Corb Lund – El Viejo (for Ian) – El Viejo – CDN

Frank Turner – Girl From The Record Shop – single
Duck Shot Hunter – Beer Vendor Girl – Yum – CDN – WPG
5 Chinese Brothers – She’s A Waitress (And I’m In Love) – Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief
Lyle Lovett – Record Lady – I Love Everybody

Jenn Grant – Hello Everyone (Ceasefire Now) – single – CDN
Katie Pruitt – All My Friends – Mantras
Waxahatchee – Bored – single
Hurray for the Riff Raff – Snake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive) – The Past Is Still Alive
Julie Title – Running – single
Lynne Hanson – Can’t Let Go – single – CDN

Slow Leaves – Happy All The Time – Meantime – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Jenny – Meantime – CDN – WPG
Jeffrey Hatcher & The Big Beat – Deliver Me – Cross Our Hearts – CDN – WPG

Hatcher-Briggs – Boy Chief Hill – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
The Blue Shadows – If I Were You – On the Floor of Heaven – CDN
The Blue Shadows – A Paper and a Promise – A Little Bit Blue – The Studio Extras – CDN
Blue Northern – Can’t Stop – Blue Northern – CDN
Wendy Bird – (Born To Be) Riding Only Down – Natural Wonder – CDN

Love for our friends at CKUW, great new music, new discoveries, upcoming events, and a bunch of great music featuring a great bass player!

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Chaparral – A Bakersfield Half-Dozen – CDN – WPG

Hatcher-Briggs – The Last Ones – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
Uncle Tupelo – Sandusky – March 16-20, 1992
Nathan – Cigarette Song – CKUW Fundrive 2009: Uncovered – CDN – WPG

Leaf Rapids – Starling to a Starling – Velvet Paintings – CDN – WPG
Wonder Women of Country – Another Broken Heart – Willis, Carper, Leigh
Sierra Ferrell – I Could Drive You Crazy – Trail of Flowers
The Hello Darlins – What Is a Broken Heart For? – The Alders & The Ashes – CDN
Abigail Lapell – Anniversary Song – Anniversary – CDN

Skinny Dyck – Can’t Change the Colour of Your Eyes – single – CDN
Shaela Miller – Mourning Tonight – single
Joshua Ray Walker – Sexy After Dark (Acoustic) – Thank You For Listening
Scott H. Biram – Inside A Bar – The One & Only

Elliott BROOD – Wind and Snow – Country – CDN
Sam Barber – S.O.B. – single
The Decemberists – Burial Ground – single
The Once – The Bend – Out Here – CDN
Dan Mangan – Sleep On The Floor – single – CDN

MOONRIIVR – The Hypnotist – Vol. 1 – CDN
MOONRIIVR – Blonde Hair Now – Vol. 1 – CDN
The Wooden Sky – The Wooden Sky – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

Lenny Bull – Vegas – single – CDN
Lenny Bull – Mother Lover – single – CDN
Torero – Canyon – Torero – CDN

Harry Manx – Roses Given – Wise and Otherwise – CDN
Sean Burns – The Final Word – Lost Country – CDN – WPG

Terra Lightfoot – Paradise – New Mistakes – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – No Hurry – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Hard On Everyone – Total Freedom – CDN
Jason Isbell – Traveling Alone – Southeastern

Harper Blynn – Halo – single
Harper Blynn – You Only Love Me When I’m Down – Get It Out
Alex Dezen – A Little Less Like Hell – Alex Dezen
Mike Dunn – Faith Healer – Hard Luck Soft Rock
Jess Klein – Soda Water – Strawberry Lover
The Weepies – No Trouble – Sirens
Butch Walker – East Coast Girl – Stay Gold
Harper Blynn – Sucker – Busy Hands

Highlights of our recent trip, new music, classics, upcoming shows, and a couple of recommended crowdfunding campaigns!

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Mojo Nixon – You Can’t Kill Me – Whereabouts Unknown

Jonathan Byrd & Dromedary – Little Bird – The Sea & the Sky
Treasa Levasseur – Talk to Me Babe – Low Fidelity – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – Under the Belly of the Night – single
Josh Ritter – Man Burning – Hello Starling
Josh Ritter – Thunderbolt’s Goodnight – Gathering
Paul Reddick – Love And Never Know – Ride The One – CDN

Stephanie Lambring – Good Mother – Hypocrite
David Francey – Daughter (Live at the Isabel Bader Theatre) – single – CDN
Charlie Whitten – From High – Nagra
Jess Rae – Living In Love (feat. Scotty Hills) – single – CDN – WPG

AV & The Inner City – Low and Lowly – single – CDN
Matthew Logan Vasquez – Blue Eyes – Frank’s Full Moon Saloon
The Pursuit of Happiness – I’m An Adult Now (Acoustic) – single – CDN
The Bones of J.R. Jones – My Hometown – single

Middle Brother – Daydreaming – Middle Brother
Deer Tick – The Dream’s In The Ditch – Negativity
Dawes – If I Wanted Someone – Nothing Is Wrong
Delta Spirit – Streetwalker – I Think I’ve Found It EP

Altameda – Dirty Rain – Dirty Rain – CDN
the Wicks – Charlottetown – The Good Times Are Gone – CDN
The Guthries – Better Part of an Hour – Off Windmill – CDN

Zachary Lucky – Jasper – single – CDN
Parker McCollum – Perfectly Lonely – single
The Franklin Electric – Choices – single – CDN
Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me – single
Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb – Brick by Brick – single
Bella White – Numbers (Alt. Version) – single – CDN

Leaf Rapids – There They Go – Citizen Alien – CDN – WPG
D.Rangers – Trying To Start Out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG
The Sadies – Tiger Tiger – In Concert Volume One – CDN
Sean Burns – Alone Again – Lost Country – CDN – WPG
Amos the Kid – Western Store – Enough as it Was – CDN – WPG

Joe Nolan – Cherry Valance – Scrapper – CDN
The Damnwells – Without a Heart – single

This one is kind of “inspired” (stolen) from a post that Leeroy Stagger made on Facebook a while ago, asking for recommendations for “perfect albums front to back.”

Most of my very favourite albums, and the majority of the albums that I listen to, seem to have at least one track that I, personally, could do without. When I’m listening to certain records, I know exactly which track(s) I’m going to skip. I’ve made playlists where I’ve “fixed” albums by removing a track or two. I guess I’m kind of hard to please. But every once in a while, I encounter an album where every track works and I wouldn’t dare skip any of them. It’s harder than you might think to find an album with no weak spots. I can immediately think of a few, but I can think of WAY more where there’s one or two tracks that I don’t love as much as the rest.

With that in mind, I did a deep dive into my collection looking for albums where I don’t think there’s a weak track. Because it’s difficult and my collection is kind of diverse, I couldn’t limit it just to the standard singer/songwriter fare, so you’ll hear a few things on this show that you wouldn’t hear otherwise on the program.

I didn’t have time to relisten to them all, so I can’t guarantee that every album played or mentioned in these three hours is perfect, but I can definitely guarantee that diving into any of these albums will be worth your time and very rewarding!

And because this show was pre-recorded and I put a lot of thought into it, I’m calling it one of the occasional “standby” episodes of the show that I might pull out again some day when I can’t make it down to the station.

I sure hope you enjoy this one almost as much as I enjoyed putting it together. If not, I’m sure I’ll be hearing from a few people wondering what the heck I’m doing playing some of this stuff.

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Leeroy Stagger – Petrified World – Everything Is Real – CDN

Lowest of the Low – St. Brendan’s Way – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
Spirit Of The West – Political – Labour Day – CDN
Skydiggers – Even When You Fall – Road Radio – CDN

John Bottomley – You Lose And You Gain – Blackberry – CDN
Jim Bryson – 26 Miles By Car – The Occasionals – CDN
Oh Susanna – Back Dirt Road – Johnstown – CDN
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
David Francey – Border Line – Torn Screen Door – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-in Movie – Drive-in Movie – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Lace and Pretty Flowers – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN
Mike Plume Band – If There Ever Was a Fool – Song and Dance, Man – CDN

Van Morrison – And It Stoned Me – Moondance
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Positive Vibration – Rastaman Vibration
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Rude Mood – Texas Flood
The Jeff Healey Band – My Little Girl – See The Light – CDN
Van Halen – Light up the Sky – Van Halen II

The Pursuit Of Happiness – Killed By Love – Love Junk – CDN
The Northern Pikes – Wait For Me – Secrets of The Alibi – CDN
The Tragically Hip – Pigeon Camera – Fully Completely – CDN
Huey Lewis & The News – Honky Tonk Blues – Sports
Loverboy – Emotional – Get Lucky – CDN

The Traveling Wilburys – Not Alone Any More – Vol. 1
Steve Earle – You Belong To Me – Copperhead Road
Radney Foster – Nobody Wins – Del Rio, TX, 1959

John Blek & the Rats – Cities Keep Changing – Leave Your Love at the Door
The Jayhawks – Angelyne – Rainy Day Music
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Rodney Crowell – Come on Funny Feeling – Fate’s Right Hand
Kieran Kane – Cool Me Down – Dead Rekoning

Christina Martin – Guard Your Heart – Two Hearts – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Since I’m Loving You – Wandered – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Skydive Home – Hanging the Battle-Scarred Pinata – CDN
Matt Mays & El Torpedo – Travellin’ – Matt Mays & El Torpedo – CDN

Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin’ Bones – Rattlin’ Bones
Lynn Miles – Flames Of Love – Love Sweet Love – CDN
Jeffrey Gaines – No, I Don’t Think So – Jeffrey Gaines
Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Alejandro Escovedo – Real As An Animal – Real Animal