After a bit of a late start, time to dig through the pile of great new music that’s been building up over the past while and pull out some new gems for you to hear.

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

Son Volt – Down the Highway – Honky Tonk
Paul McCartney – Let ‘Em In – All The Best!

JP Hoe – Say What You Want to Say – Botanicals – CDN – WPG
Colleen Brown – As The Crow Flies – Winging It – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Where Did You Sleep Last Night? – single – CDN
Jonathan Byrd – Infrared – single

Anna Tivel – Black Umbrella – Outsiders
Courtney Marie Andrews – Loose Future – Loose Future
Tif Ginn – Casual – single
Amanda Shires – Empty Cups – Take It Like A Man
Zoe Cummins & Gabe Lee – Common Law – single

Eliza Shaddad – Heaven – The Woman You Want
Mudlow – The Last Rung Down to Hell (feat. Tobias Tester, Matt Latcham & Paul Pascoe) – Bad Turn
Damien Jurado – What Happened To The Class of ’65? – Reggae Film Star

iskwē, Tom Wilson – Blue Moon Drive (feat. Chuck Copenace) – Mother Love – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Far from the Middle – O Glory – CDN
The Sadies – More Alone – Colder Streams – CDN
James Keelaghan – Second Hand – Second Hand – CDN
Sarah Jane Scouten – You Are the Medicine – Confessions – CDN
Marion Raw – Ghost in the Machine – Ghost In The Machine

Doses – The Boys of Summer – single – CDN
Jay Sparrow – Stronger – White – CDN
Lake Street Dive – Nick Of Time – Fun Machine: The Sequel
The Brother Brothers – You Can Close Your Eyes (feat. Sarah Jarosz) – Cover to Cover

A big week on the concert calendar, a big birthday, and a great big look back at this year’s incredible Static Roots Festival!

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

Benj Rowland – Oldest Home Bum – Community Garden – CDN

Benj Rowland – Accident – Community Garden – CDN
Mayhemingways – Bad Old Days – Skip Land – CDN
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – – Flowers In The Dell – Let’r Buck – CDN – WPG

Ted Hawkins – Long As I Can See The Light – The Next Hundred Years
Spoon – Wild – Lucifer On The Sofa
Slow Leaves – Feel It Too – Holiday – CDN – WPG
Two Crows for Comfort – Older Still – Older Still – CDN – WPG
Mariel Buckley – Driving Around – Everywhere I Used To Be – CDN
Carolyn Mark – In Another Time – Come! Back! Special! – CDN
D.Rangers – Love, Lust And Loneliness – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG

Dan Bern – Jane – Fleeting Days
NQ Arbuckle – Happy Birthday – Hanging The Battle-Scarred Pinata – CDN

Pete Gow – Where Else Would We Be Going – Leo
Treetop Flyers – Golden Hour – Old Habits
Native Harrow – Blue Canyon – Happier Now
Dean Owens – New Mexico (feat. Joey Burns & John Convertino) – Sinner’s Shrine
Vandoliers – Bless Your Drunken Heart – The Vandoliers

Pete Seeger – Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2
Treetop Flyers – Making Time – The Mountain Moves
Vandoliers – Cigarettes in the Rain – Forever

The Dreaming Spires – Dusty in Memphis – Searching for the Supertruth
Wilco – A Shot in the Arm – Summerteeth
Golden Smog – Until You Came Along – Weird Tales

New music, exciting upcoming shows, Static Roots Festival memories, and more!

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

Matt Mays – Full July Moon – Matt Mays – CDN

John Blek & The Rats – Calling Out My Name – live recording
Anthony Da Costa & The Sentimentals – Talking To You – live recording
John Blek & The Rats – Don’t Let It Bring You Down (Neil Young) – live recording

Joe Nolan – Maybe Tomorrow – live recording – CDN
Jack Marks – Exley’s Blues – live recording – CDN
The Stephen Stanley Band – Things I Wish I’d Never Seen – live recording – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Stars Over Dakota – live recording – CDN

Terra Lightfoot – Never Will – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Pinball King – New Mistakes – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Consider the Speed – Consider the Speed – CDN

Madison Violet – Out on the Weekend – Eleven – CDN
Sierra Ferrell – Years – Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute To John Anderson

Fred Eaglesmith – Rough Patch – single – CDN
Blue – Summer Job – single
Matthew Barber – Green Tea – No Singing Or Dancing – CDN
Oldseed – False Flag – single – CDN – WPG
Skye Wallace – Everything Is Fine – single – CDN

Julia Jacklin – I Was Neon – Pre Pleasure
The Burning Hell – The Last Normal Day – Garbage Island – CDN
Ondara – An Alien In Minneapolis – Spanish Villager No. 3
John Moreland – Cheap Idols Dressed in Expensive Garbage – Birds in the Ceiling
Jill Andrews – Cloud Chaser – The Parthenon Sessions

JP Hoe – Out Of The Darkness – Botanicals – CDN – WPG
Middle Of Nowhere – Hang on to Me – Middle Of Nowhere – CDN – WPG
Rusty Robot – Ice Cream Truck – single – CDN – WPG

Skydiggers – I’ll Be Home – Skydiggers – CDN

This year’s entry in the annual Desmond Howl Canada Day Spectacular takes us on a coast-to-coast-to-coast tour of this great nation, from St. John’s, NFL, to Iqaluit, Nunavut, to Victoria, BC, and home again! We’ll travel this great nation hearing songs about some of our favourite stops along the way. I know there’s a lot of messed up stuff politically and socially that’s gone on and continues to, but there’s no denying that we have the best music in the world, so while we figure the rest of that mess out, let’s enjoy some great music and come together!

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

Kathleen Edwards – Oh Canada – Asking For Flowers – CDN

Ron Hynes – St. John’s Waltz – Face To The Gale – CDN
Steve Poltz – Windows Of Halifax – Shine On – CDN
the Wicks – Charlottetown – The Good Times Are Gone – CDN
David Myles – Don’t Drive Through – Live at the Carleton – CDN

D.Rangers – Trois Rivieres – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Amelia Curran – Bye Bye Montreal – Hunter, Hunter – CDN
Jim Bryson – Sleeping In Toronto – The North Side Benches – CDN
Corin Raymond – Hamilton – Dirty Mansions – CDN

John Doe and The Sadies – The Sudbury Nickel – Country Club
Mike Plume Band – Thunder Bay – Red and White Blues – CDN
Brian Dunn – Winnipeg – TVs and Radios – CDN

NQ Arbuckle – Saskatoon Tonight – live recording – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Edmonton – Party Girl – CDN
David Francey – Streets Of Calgary – Skating Rink – CDN

Greg MacPherson – Churchill – Balanced On A Pin – CDN – WPG
The Jerry Cans – Iqaluit – Nunavuttitut – CDN
Craig Cardiff – Yellowknife – single – CDN
Kim Barlow – Whitehorse – How to Let Go – CDN
Mike Lynch – Dawson City (extended version) – Real to Reel (The Upstairs Sessions) – CDN

Carolyn Mark – The Queen of Vancouver Island – The Queen of Vancouver Island – CDN
Suzie Ungerleider – My Old Vancouver – A Girl In Teen City – CDN
Scott Nolan – Somewhere Near Regina – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Home To Manitoba – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG

Rheostatics – Saskatchewan – Melville – CDN
Elliott Brood – Oh, Alberta – Tin Type – CDN
The Byrds – Blue Canadian Rockies – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Chip Taylor – Newfoundland – In Sympathy of a Heartbreak
The Tom Russell Band – Winnipeg – Hurricane Season
The Weakerthans – One Great City! – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG

Alex Dezen Birthday Bash, an exciting new local band, a returning longtime favourite band, some new stuff, a look ahead to Static Roots 2022, and we spin some songs about a woman’s right to choose, which we’re fully in favour of.

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

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Don’t Play with Fire – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG

The Damnwells – Kiss Catastrophe – Bastards Of The Beat
The Damnwells – Accidental Man – Air Stereo
The Damnwells – No One Listens to the Band Anymore – No One Listens To The Band Anymore
The Damnwells – Kentexas – The Damnwells

Show Pony – If I’m Really That Bad – single – CDN – WPG
Show Pony – Rising Sun – single – CDN – WPG

The Wooden Sky – The Wooden Sky – When Lost at Sea – CDN
The Wooden Sky – The Late King Henry – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone – CDN
The Wooden Sky – It Gets Old To Be Alone – Every Child A Daughter, Every Moon A Sun – CDN

Mike Plume – Motorbike – The Song Harvester EP – Vol 1 – CDN
Will Hoge – John Prine’s Cadillac – Wings on my Shoes
Jake Vaadeland – Gonna Find My Baby – single – CDN

Mary Gauthier – Till I See You Again – Dark Enough to See the Stars
Treetop Flyers – Dance Through The Night – Palomino
Robert Jon & the Wreck – Tired of Drinking Alone – Last Light on the Highway
Vandoliers – Every Saturday Night – The Vandoliers

Jeffrey Gaines – Choices – Jeffrey Gaines
Jeffrey Gaines – I Didn’t Want To Be Daddy – Jeffrey Gaines
Ben Folds Five – Brick – Whatever and Ever Amen
Graham Parker – You Can’t Be Too Strong (Acoustic) – Squeezing out Sparks – 40th Anniversary Acoustic Version
Graham Parker & The Rumour – Coathangers – Three Chords Good

Loretta Lynn – The Pill – Back To The Country
Julie Miller – Dangerous Place – Meet Julie Miller
Dave Alvin – Plastic Rose – Blue Blvd.

How about that heat, huh? We got hit with a heck of a heatwave this weekend, and it was hard to think of anything else, so we’ve got a pile of “hot” songs today, as well as a bunch for those who were supposed to run the Manitoba Marathon today before the heat spoiled the party!

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

Chuck Prophet – Marathon – The Land That Time Forgot

Farm Fresh – My Ex-Girl – Time Is Running Out – CDN – WPG
Chuck Prophet – Hot Talk – ¡Let Freedom Ring!
Kill It Kid – Run – Feet Fall Heavy
The New Meanies – Summer Heats Us Up – 2005 Demos – CDN – WPG

Dave Alvin – Run Conejo Run – Eleven Eleven
Jon Langford & His Sadies – What Makes Johnny Run? – Mayors of the Moon
Lynne Hanson – Run Johnny Run – 7 Deadly Spins – CDN
Nick Rose – Run Tom Longboat – Oxbow Lake – CDN
Ana Egge & The Stray Birds – Jenny Run Away – Bright Shadow – CDN
Slaid Cleaves – Run Jolee Run – Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away

Todd Snider – Beer Run – New Connection
The Dustin Bentall outfit – Take the Money and Run – Six Shooter – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – No Hurry – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN

The Hold Steady – Hot Soft Light – Boys And Girls In America
The Rocky Fortune – Hot Black Blood – Back Of The Beeside – CDN
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet – Hot Boxcar – Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham – CDN
Sharkskin – Hothead – Sharkskin – CDN
Saun & Starr – Hot Shot – Look Closer
The Weepies – I Was Made For Sunny Days – Be My Thrill

Eilen Jewell – Too Hot To Sleep – Letters From Sinners & Strangers
Chloe Albert – Sunny Day Song – Dedicated State – CDN
Turnpike Troubadours – Long Hot Summer Days – Diamonds And Gasoline
Joe Purdy – Sunshine – This American
The Empty Standards – Sunshine – Waiting Out The Flood – CDN – WPG

Portage & Main – Good Morning Sunshine – Never Had the Time – CDN
Hoots & Hellmouth – West Of Where The Sun Goes Down – Hoots & Hellmouth
Paul Bergman – Sundogs – Anthropology – CDN – MB
Clem Snide – Heat of the Moment – unreleased
Thomas Trio and the Red Albino – Sun Rising – Thomas Trio and the Red Albino – CDN

Timely tunes, new music, a couple of exciting upcoming shows, and a big ol’ birthday party to wrap things up!

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

The Damnwells – cinco de mayo – DWs Demos and Rarities

Lyle Lovett – 12th of June – 12th of June
Mary Gauthier – Truckers and Troubadours – Dark Enough to See the Stars
Ani DiFranco – 32 Flavors (feat. Sara Lee & Andy Stochansky) – Living In Clip 25th Anniversary Edition
Elvis Costello & Rusty – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere / Dance Dance Dance – The Resurrection Of Rust

Madison Violet – Sweet Desperado – eleven – CDN
Lissie – Flowers (feat. Bre Kennedy) – Carving Canyons
Sierra Ferrell – Give It Time-Alt Version – single

Dennis Ellsworth – Come Back to Me (feat. Rose Cousins) – single – CDN
Bonny Light Horseman – California (feat. Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson & Josh Kaufman) – Rolling Golden Holy
Michaela Anne – Chasing Days – Oh To Be That Free
The Deslondes – South Dakota Wild One – Ways & Means

Blake Berglund – Crooked Old Earth – Realms – CDN
Ridley Bent – Hangtown – Ridley Bent and the Killer Tumbleweeds – CDN – WPG

D.Rangers – Three Barriers – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG
The Stanley County Cutups – Lonesome River – The Stanley County Cutups EP – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Virginia – Citizen Alien – CDN – WPG
Shotgun Jimmie – Too Many Flowers – Transistor Sister – CDN – MB
Shotgun Jimmie – Skype Date – Everything, Everything – CDN – MB
The Perpetrators – Sweetgrass – Stick Em Up – CDN – WPG

Christina Martin – Falling for You – Sleeping with a Stranger – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Carol – Depression River – CDN
Wynntown Marshals – The End of the Golden Age – The End of the Golden Age
John Blek & The Rats – Wandering Child – Borders
Christina Martin – Somewhere with You – It’ll Be Alright – CDN

Junior Brown – Broke Down South Of Dallas – 12 Shades Of Brown
Waylon Jennings – Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line – Only the Greatest
Iain Matthews – Like Dominoes – Pure & Crooked

The good news is that we have some exciting upcoming shows to preview and a whole pile of great new releases and a few inspired by Dagwood Radio on UMFM. The bad news is that we have yet another tribute to a brilliant musician that we lost this week, as we say a fond farewell to the great Kelly Joe Phelps.

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

Scott Nolan – Annabella Street – The Suburb Beautiful – CDN – WPG

Scott Nolan – Without the Night – The Suburb Beautiful – CDN – WPG
Mike Lynch – Momma Crying on the Phone – Building Character – CDN
Mike Lynch – Old Fashioned Side of Me – Road Map – CDN

Kelly Joe Phelps – River Rat Jimmy – Shine Eyed Mister Zen
Kelly Joe Phelps – Beggar’s Oil – Sky Like A Broken Clock
Kelly Joe Phelps – It’s James Now – Slingshot Professionals
Kelly Joe Phelps – Goodbye To Sorrow – Brother Sinner & The Whale

Leo Rondeau – Washed up Troubadour – Right on Time
Dr. Dog – Jim Song – Abandoned Mansion
Turnpike Troubadours – Good Lord Lorrie – Goodbye Normal Street

Whitehorse – Summer Wine – single – CDN
Mariel Buckley – Shooting at the Moon – Everywhere I Used to Be – CDN
Anna Tivel – Outsiders – Outsiders
Skinny Dyck – In On The Upswing – Palace Waiting – CDN

The Sadies – Stop and Start – Colder Streams – CDN
The Vandoliers – Before the Fall – The Vandoliers
Nikki Lane – First High – Denim & Diamonds
S.G. Goodman – Work Until I Die – Teeth Marks
Boy Golden – A Little Space – Church Of Better Daze – CDN – WPG

Michaela Anne – I’m Only Human – Does It Ever Break Your Heart?
Michaela Anne – If I Wanted Your Opinion – Desert Dove
Joan Shelley – Home – The Spur
Brent Cobb – Wild And Blue – Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson

Yet another tribute to a dearly departed music legend today, as we remember the great Rompin’ Ronnie Hawkins. We’ve also got great new music and previews of some exciting upcoming festivals near and far.

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

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

Ronnie Hawkins – Forty Days – Ronnie Hawkins
The Band – Who Do You Love [Concert Version] (feat. Ronnie Hawkins) – The Last Waltz – CDN
Ronnie Hawkins – Days Gone By – single
Kris Kristofferson – Me and Bobby McGee (feat. Gordon Lightfoot, Ronnie Hawkins & Willie Nelson) – single
The Band – White Cadillac (Ode To Ronnie Hawkins) – Jubilation – CDN

JP Hoe – Out Of The Darkness – Botanicals – CDN – WPG
David Myles – Mystery – It’s Only A Little Loneliness – CDN
Matthew Barber – Every Time You Cry – No Singing Or Dancing – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – No One to Turn to but Your Brother – O Glory – CDN
Scott Cook – Get ‘Em, Letitia James! – single – CDN

Rowan – I Don’t Wanna Talk – Does It Make You Happy?
Carleton Stone – Papercut – Papercut – CDN

Ocie Elliott – Like a River – A Place – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Earthbound – Fate’s Right Hand
Katie Pruitt – Expectations – Expectations
Tony Furtado – Broken Bell – The Bell
Anna Tivel – Alleyway – Small Believer

Slow Leaves – Feel It Too – Holiday – CDN – WPG
Shotgun Jimmie – Join the Band – Field of Trampolines – CDN – MB
Leaf Rapids – Dear Sister – Citizen Alien – CDN – WPG

Dean Owens – New Mexico (feat. Joey Burns & John Convertino) – Sinner’s Shrine
Sarah Jane Scouten – Bang Bang – When the Bloom Falls From the Rose – CDN
Robert Jon & The Wreck – She’s A Fighter – single

Live in studio today as we celebrate the posthumous birthday of our namesake Paul MacLeod and pay tribute to a true giant in the Canadian folk/roots/blues scene, Michael “A Man Named” Wrycraft, who designed incredible album packages for some of our favourite and most significant artists.

Michael hosted a couple of amazing radio shows, which you can find and enjoy here: https://www.mixcloud.com/amancalledwrycraft/

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

Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN

Paul MacLeod – Broken Wing – Close and Play – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Lies – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Another White Band – Gauge – CDN

Bob Snider – Lila – Stuck on a Cold Steel Pole – CDN
Jesse Winchester – Sundown – Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
Harry Manx – Long Black Veil – Johnny’s Blues – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Swinging from the Chains of Love – Swinging from the Chains of Love: The Best of – CDN

Carlos del Junco – Yul Brynner – Big Boy – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Good News – Gospel Music Makes Me Feel Alright! – CDN
Jim Byrnes – The Beast in Me – House of Refuge – CDN
Stan Rogers – The White Collar Holler – Between the Breaks… Live! – CDN

Dave Gunning – We Can’t Win – No More Pennies – CDN
Martyn Joseph – How Did We End Up Here – Deep Blue
Jory Nash – Ain’t Coming Home – The Many Hats of Jory Nash – CDN
James Keelaghan – Safe Home – House of Cards – CDN
Bruce Cockburn – Last Night of the World – Breakfast in New Orleans Dinner in Timbuktu – CDN

Lynn Miles – Never Coming Back – Love Sweet Love – CDN
The Wailin’ Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
Kim Beggs – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight – Blue Bones – CDN
Lynne Hanson – Here We Go Again – Once the Sun Goes Down – CDN

Ron Hynes – My Father’s Ghost – Stealing Genius – CDN
Jay Aymar – Take Me Home – Your Perfect Matador – CDN
Bob Snider – On a Night Like This – Stealin’ Home – CDN