The morning of this show, I learned of the death of one of UMFM’s longest-serving volunteers, John Prentice. John hosted Planet Mainstage on UMFM for many years. Prior to that, he hosted Folkus and The World Beat Show. John has been an active member of the television and film industries in Manitoba for many, many years. He’s been a volunteer with the Winnipeg Folk Festival for most of its 50-year history, and a regular attendee at festivals in Canmore, Calgary, and many other places. He’s been involved with choirs, dance groups, and just about every arts & culture organization around. He’s served terms on several boards of directors. John’s knowledge and passion cannot be understated and can never be replaced.

For me, John has been a friend, a role model, a mentor, and so much more for most of my life. I first met him as a teenager volunteering at Videon TV and saw him regularly at the folk festival before joining him at UMFM. John was part of an incredible community of dedicated programmers who loved folk and roots music, where he anchored programming alongside longtime UMFM icons Gail Comfort and Lyle Skinner. I learned so much from him and always enjoyed catching up. He was a regular caller during my live shows and a valued collaborator and a source of feedback and encouragement. I know my show wouldn’t be what it is and I wouldn’t be the man I am without John. I loved, admired, and appreciated him immensely.

So it was with a heavy heart that I even came in to do the show on this day. I knew that it couldn’t be business as usual, but I also knew that he would want the show to go on and I had to pay tribute to this massive influence on so many of us. In the hours before the show, I started scouring his playlists for common favourites. This show is made up of songs entirely pulled from his playlists between the years of 2005 and 2010. I’ll keep going through the lists and put together a proper, planned tribute at another time.

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

Todd Snider – Enjoy Yourself – East Nashville Skyline

The Duhks – You Don’t See It – Fast Paced World – CDN – WPG
Nathan – The Wind – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG

James Keelaghan – Sing My Heart Home – Home – CDN
Madison Violet – Crying – No Fool For Trying – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Send My Troubles Away – Proof of Love – CDN

Stephen Fearing – Yellowjacket – Yellowjacket – CDN
Steve Goodman – City of New Orleans – No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology
Lucinda Williams – Are You Alright? – West

Leonard Cohen – Tower of Song – I’m Your Man – CDN
John Prine – The Moon Is Down – Fair and Square
Billy Bragg – A New England – Life’s a Riot with Spy vs. Spy

Bruce Cockburn – Night Train – The Charity Of Night – CDN
Bob Dylan – Buckets of Rain – Blood On The Tracks
Chris Smither – Leave The Light On – Leave The Light On
Chuck Brodsky – The Room Over the Bar – Color Came One Day
Jesse Winchester – Defying Gravity – Learn To Love It

Greg Brown – Canned Goods – One More Goodnight Kiss
Iris DeMent – Let the Mystery Be – Infamous Angel
Pieta Brown – Don’t Turn Away – Pieta Brown
The Pines – Heart & Bones – Tremolo

Richard Thompson – Johnny’s Far Away – Sweet Warrior
Teddy Thompson – Everybody Move It – Separate Ways
Loudon Wainwright III – Things – Years in the Making
Martha Wainwright – These Flowers – Martha Wainwright – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Set This Heart On Fire – Water In The Ground – CDN

Amelia Curran – Scattered & Small – War Brides – CDN
Eliza Gilkyson – Tender Mercies – Land of Milk and Honey
Lee Harvey Osmond – Queen Bee – A Quiet Evil – CDN

Lynn Miles – Love Sweet Love – Love Sweet Love – CDN
Bop Ensemble – Flash Around The Globe – Between Trains – CDN
Eivør – If I Needed You – Eivør

Dan Frechette – Creeping Around – Lucky Day – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – The Paw-Paw Patch – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Chic Gamine – Butterfly Woman – Chic Gamine – CDN – WPG
Dust Poets – Big World – World at Large – CDN – WPG
The Doug and Jess Band – Slave to This World – Slave To This World – CDN – WPG
Twilight Hotel – Lift Me Far – Bethune – CDN – WPG

Danny Michel – Love You for Miles – A New Coat of Paint (Volume 2) – CDN
David Francey – Tonight In My Dreams – The Waking Hour – CDN

Soul-soothing faves and memories, new music, exciting upcoming shows, and an hour of music aided by the keen ears and nimble fingers of Scott “Frannie” Franchuk!

Meet Frannie: https://www.riverdalerecorders.com/staff/

Join me in being a Burnsy/Frannie/Skinny backer: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/new-album-by-sean-burns-lost-country/x/1353356#/

Free Carsie Blanton & other human rights activists: https://globalsumudflotilla.org

Altameda & Yukon Blonde at Sidestage, Oct. 7: https://www.sidestagewpg.com/tm-event/yukon-blonde-friendship-rock-n-roll/

Jacob Brodovsky & Taylor Jackson, Oct. 9: https://reallovewpg.com/

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

Matthew Ryan – 3rd of October – East Autumn Grin

The Damnwells – I Am a Leaver – Air Stereo
Mike Reno – Almost Paradise (Love Theme from “Footloose”) (feat. Ann Wilson) – Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – CDN
Nathan – Trans Am – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Joel Stewart – I Miss Summer – unreleased – CDN

Brennen Leigh – Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love – Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love
Presley Haile – Second Time – single
Marfa – Daisy – American Lonely
John Blek – 747 – single

Carsie Blanton – Rich People – The Red Album, Volume 1
Carsie Blanton – Empire – After the Revolution
Jenn Grant – Dreamer for Palestine – single – CDN
Hayley Reardon – In My Country (stripped) – single

Minor Gold – Moonlight Silver Highway – Way To The Sun
Minor Gold – Cannonball – Minor Gold
Bobby Dove – Not Much of an Outlaw – single – CDN – MB
William Prince – Damn – Further from the Country – CDN – WPG
John Gorka – Particle & Wave (Goodness In The World) – unentitled

Altameda – Dirty Rain – Dirty Rain – CDN
Altameda – Blackmarket Blues – Dirty Rain – CDN
Yukon Blonde – Babies Don’t Like Blue Anymore – Yukon Blonde – CDN
Yukon Blonde – Stairway – Tiger Talk – CDN
Yukon Blonde – Fire – Fire//Water – CDN

Jacob Brodovsky – Night Baker – I Love You and I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG
Jacob Brodovsky – I Love You and I’m Sorry – I Love You and I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Too Many Bridges to Cross Over – A Bakersfield Half-Dozen – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Ball and Chain – Lucky Tonight – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – No Easy Way Out – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG

Corb Lund – Big American Headliner – Songs My Friends Wrote – CDN
Corb Lund – El Viejo (for Ian) – El Viejo – CDN
Shaela Miller – Nothing Lives in This House (feat. Matt Patershuck) – Bad Ideas – CDN
Shaela Miller – Good Woman – Big Hair Small City – CDN

Joe Nolan – Breaking up and Out – Cry Baby – CDN
Sammy Volkov & Dana Wylie – Long Long Gone – The Day Had To Come – CDN
Mariel Buckley – The Other Man – 97 Riverdale – CDN
Colleen Brown – Come to Arizona – Direction – CDN
AA Sound System – 40 Oz To 40 Days – Lily Plain…. You’re Hardly Poor – CDN
Old Reliable – Tight Knit Seams – Pulse of Light / Dark Landscape – CDN

Highlights from the past week, notable upcoming events, new music, and a profile of Carolyn Mark, who returns to town this week.

Come see Carolyn Mark & Oldseed (PLUS Keri Latimer!) https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/carolyn-markoldseedkeri-latimer-tickets-1644565643109

Come see Joce Reyome (trust me): https://www.sidestagewpg.com/tm-event/joce-reyome/

Join me in being a Burnsy backer: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/new-album-by-sean-burns-lost-country/x/1353356#/

Highly recommended Bandcamp buys:
Joe Nolan: https://joenolan1.bandcamp.com/album/luv-in-the-new-world
Young Novelists: https://store.theyoungnovelists.com/album/these-dark-canyons
Jess Rae (of Sweet Alibi): https://jessrae.bandcamp.com/album/no-straight-lines

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

Jason Plumb – Satellite – Over and Under – CDN

Joel Stewart & The Future Hall of Famers – I Miss Summer – unreleased – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Dreamer – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Rose-Coloured Glasses – Outskirts – CDN
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion – Out Of Time
Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing – Midnight Love
The Guess Who – No Time – Canned Wheat – CDN – WPG

Joe Nolan – Half a Tear, Half a Grin – Luv in the New World – CDN
Secondhand Dreamcar – Answer the Call – Answer the Call – CDN
Joe Nolan – Rebound – Luv in the New World – CDN

Joce Reyome – News – live recording – CDN
Joce Reyome – MR. RAIN – single – CDN
John Hewitt – Have You Ever Seen a Ghost Kid? – Which Side Are You On? – CDN

The Young Novelists – Raise Our Voices – These Dark Canyons – CDN
Jess Rae – Good Songs – No Straight Lines – CDN – WPG
Boy Golden – Suffer – Best of Our Possible Lives – CDN – WPG
Skinny Dyck – Easygoing (more easy) – single – CDN

Michele Stodart – Undone – Static Roots Sessions
Bywater Call – Hold Me Down – single – CDN
Frazey Ford – Crazy Love – Indian Ocean (Deluxe Edition) – CDN
Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – All Fifty States – single
Martyn Joseph – Let Me Hear Your Voice – Troubled Horses
Paul Kelly – The Body Keeps The Score – Seventy

Amanda Shires – Maybe I – Nobody’s Girl
Benjamin Tod – Outlaw Shit (feat. Shooter Jennings) – single
Eamon McGrath & Oldseed – Hopes and Dreams – Jet Lag – CDN

Carolyn Mark – Edmonton – Party Girl – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Not a Doll – Pros and Cons of Collaboration – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Happy 2B Flying Away – Nothing is Free – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Best Friend – The Queen Of Vancouver Island – CDN

Carolyn Mark – In Another Time – Twang Trust Broadcasts 1999-2007 – CDN
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – FIreworks – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – The 2nd Time – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Life Boat (Song For Carolyn Mark) – The Future Happens Anyway – CDN

Carolyn Mark – It’s All Just A Matter Of (Where You Draw The Line) (with Geoff Berner) – Just Married: An Album of Duets – CDN
Carolyn Mark and her New Best Friend – Prairie Wind – Festival Man – CDN
The Corn Sisters – She’s Leaving Town – Other Women – CDN
Jon Rauhouse – Smoke Rings w/Kelly Hogan & Carolyn Mark – Steel Guitar Rodeo – CDN
Carolyn Mark & The Room-Mates – The Eternal Ideal – “I Said Sometimes!”～A Tribute To Bum – CDN
Lily Fawn – Go To Sleep, You Little Creeps (w/Carolyn Mark) – Lily Fawn’s Lullaby Album: Brightest, Darkest – CDN

New music, Dagwood scraps, live shows past & future, and a chat with our old pal Joe Nolan about his great new album Luv in the New World and his upcoming appearance in town as part of Leonard Cohen & Joni Mitchell: The Untold Love Story.

Dagwood Radio: https://umfm.com/programming/shows/dagwood-radio

Soul’s Road, directed by Joel Stewart: https://soulsroadmovie.com/

Breakout West: https://breakoutwest.ca/festival-schedule/

Check out Joe Nolan’s great new album: https://joenolan1.bandcamp.com/album/luv-in-the-new-world

Leonard Cohen & Joni Mitchell: The Untold Love Story

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

Mike Plume – Waiting For The Fall – single – CDN

Joel Stewart & The Future Hall of Famers – I Miss Summer – single – CDN
Joel Stewart & The Future Hall of Famers – A Different Day – single – CDN
Joel Stewart & The Future Hall of Famers – Our Finest Hour – single – CDN
Joel Stewart & The Future Hall of Famers – Brand New Lover – 20th Nervous Breakdown – CDN
The Jayhawks – Save It For A Rainy Day – Rainy Day Music

Jory Nash – Everybody Knows by Now – The Light still Shines on the Main – CDN
Roland Barrett – No Enemies No Friends (w/Leeroy Stagger) – Broken Beautiful Moments – CDN
John Calvin Abney – Transparent Towns – Transparent Towns
Dylan Earl – Outlaw Country – Level-Headed Even Smile
Nicholas Campbell – Flower Shops – Flower Shops / He Said She Said – CDN

Icecream Hands – Back On The Road – Giant Fox Pineapple Tree
Petey USA – Anything In Between – single

Jesse Welles – War Isn’t Murder – single
Jesse Welles – Malaise – Devil’s Den
Max Gomez – Tall Buildings – live recording
Jacob Brodovsky – Sixteen Years – Sixteen Years – CDN – WPG
Craig Cardiff – Safe Here – Floods & Fires – CDN

JP Hoe And The Truly Richards – Completely – The Live Beta Project – CDN – WPG
Middle Of Nowhere – Then I Find You – Middle Of Nowhere – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Life of a Better Man – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG
John K. Samson – Postdoc Blues – Winter Wheat – CDN – WPG
John K. Samson – Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World – single – CDN – WPG

Terra Lightfoot – Already There In My Mind – Home Front – CDN
Mariel Buckley – Nashville Now – single – CDN
Liz Longley – Overrated – single
Madi Diaz – Heavy Metal – Fatal Optimist

Joe Nolan – Modern Day Melancholy – Luv in the New World – CDN

Joe Nolan – Wake Up Sleepy Anna – Luv in the New World – CDN
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker – You Want It Darker – CDN
Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now – Both Sides Now – CDN

Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado – CDN
Joe Nolan – Cherry Valance – Scrapper – CDN

I’ve been spending some time visiting the hospital this week, so we’ve got some extra appreciation for excellent nurses, paramedics, and doctors, and we heard some songs in honour of them and the people they help, including some folks who are mighty important around here. We also looked forward to the 20th anniversary of a venue that’s mighty important around here and one of our oldest musical friends, and talked about yet another important friend and colleague who’s gearing up to make an eagerly awaited new record. We slipped in some new music and some old classics as well.

Please join me at the Park Theatre birthday party w/JP Hoe & friends: https://myparktheatre.com/tm-event/jp-hoe-and-friends/

And join me in supporting the new album from Sean Burns & Lost Country: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/new-album-by-sean-burns-lost-country#/

Support your music addiction and a great local enabler by visiting Argy’s: https://www.argy.ca/

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

Bob Schneider – Medicine – I’m Good Now

Bob Schneider – The Medical Career – single
Guy Clark – Doctor Good Doctor – Old Friends
Lee Harvey Osmond & Mary Gauthier – Dear Doctor – Paint It Black: An Alt Country Tribute To The Rolling Stones
Richard Shindell – Confession – Somewhere Near Paterson
Jim Bryson – Feel Much Better – The North Side Benches – CDN

JP Hoe – Are You Feeling Better Now – The Dear John Letters – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe And The Truly Richards – Rise – The Live Beta Project – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe And The Truly Richards – You’re Here And I’m Not – The Live Beta Project – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Nobody Ever Cried – Botanicals – CDN – WPG

Sean Burns – Destroy Me – Lost Country – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Big(ger) Freightliner – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – My Old Self – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns and Lost Country – Daylight Savings (w/Skinny Dyck) – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG

The Young Novelists – Break the Whole Thing Down – These Dark Canyons – CDN
Begonia – Hotter Than the Sun – Fantasy Life – CDN – WPG
Katie Pruitt – Time Wasn’t Wasted (feat. Jess Nolan) – single
Lori McKenna – Tied To You (feat. Medium Build) – single
Julie Doiron – The Cryin’ Kind – single – CDN
Case Oats – Bitter Root Lake – Last Missouri Exit

Joshua Ray Walker – Telephone – single
The Paper Kites – Every Town – If You Go There I Hope You Find It
Great Lake Swimmers – Youth Not Wasted – Caught Light – CDN
Josh Ritter – Wild Ways – I Believe in You, My Honeydew
Joe Ray McDonald – Rodeo Son – single – CDN
Charles Wesley Godwin – Hardwood Floors – Live From The Steel City

Rattlesnake Milk – Midnight Train – Chicken Fried Snake

Danny Michel – Midnight Train – Valhalla – CDN
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Queen On the Midnight Train – Hard Love and Free Luck
Todd Snider – This Land Is Our Land – Songs For The Daily Planet
Jerry Jeff Walker – Sangria Wine – Viva Terlingua
Harry Chapin – Taxi – Heads & Tales

Brock Zeman – Picture of You – $100 Difference – CDN
Mayhemingways – Small Town Crush – Hunter St Blues – CDN
Melissa Payne – Don’t Say – Melissa Payne – CDN
Ben de la Cour – (Ain’t Going) Down That Road – Midnight in Havana
Shannon Lyon – Naive – Wandered – CDN

NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – XOK – CDN
Carolyn Mark – 2 Days Smug and Sober – Pros and Cons of Collaboration – CDN
Luke Doucet – Broken One – Broken (and Other Rogue States) – CDN

Songs from the lounge, new music aplenty, and we head back to 1995 for more great songs that didn’t fit into last week’s 30th anniversary spectacular.

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

Sean Burns – Don’t Let the Highway Get You Lost – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG

Sean Burns – Tumbleweed – Cold Beans & Broken Eggs – CDN – WPG
Van Morrison – And It Stoned Me – Moondance
Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

Brian Dunne – Play The Hits – Clams Casino
Marshall Crenshaw – Walkin’ Around – From The Hellhole
The Donzerly Lights – Travellin Song – Purgatouring – CDN
The Donzerly Lights – Red Handed – Purgatouring – CDN
Hey Rosetta! – Red Heart – Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood) – CDN

Jory Nash – Oh, Little One – The Light Still Shines On The Main – CDN
Lynn Jackson – Rooms Full Of Mirrors – Mirrors – CDN

Emmylou Harris – Thing About You – Spyboy (Deluxe)
Robbie Fulks – Workin’ No More Blues – Now Then
Bob Schneider – Brown – single
Dan Reeder – Up on the roof – single
Johnny Cash & Tennessee Three – One Piece at a Time – One Piece At A Time

Dylan Earl – Two Kinds of Loner – Level-Headed Even Smile
Jake Vaadeland – Great Joy & Happiness – single – CDN
Todd Snider – WHILE WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE – High, Lonesome, and then Some
John Moreland & Lockeland Strings – Visitor – Visitor
Pete Droge – You Called Me Kid – Fade Away Blue
The Brothers Comatose & Lindsay Lou – Home Again – single

Carla Geneve – Here, Look – Don’t Be Afraid
Pearl Charles & Tim Burgess – Gone So Long – single
Tift Merritt – Last Day I Knew What To Do – Time And Patience

Colin Linden – When the Carnival Ends – Through The Storm Through The Night – CDN
Junkhouse – Be Someone – Birthday Boy – CDN
Colin James – Freedom – Bad Habits – CDN
The Jeff Healey Band – Stuck In The Middle With You – Cover To Cover – CDN

James Keelaghan – Cold Missouri Waters – A Recent Future – CDN
Mike Scott – Bring ‘Em All In – Bring ‘Em All In – CDN
Joe Ely – All Just To Get To You – Letter To Laredo
Buddy Miller – My Love Will Follow You – Your Love And Other Lies
Jim Henry – Baby’s Coming Home – Jacksonville
Ani DiFranco – Cradle and All – Not A Pretty Girl

Blue Rodeo – Better off as We Are – Nowhere to Here – CDN
Crash Vegas – Pocahontas – Aurora – CDN
Jr. Gone Wild – The Guy Who Came In From The Cold – Simple Little Wish – CDN

Skydiggers have been celebrating the 30th anniversary of their landmark album Road Radio, which is an all-time favourite for me. They compiled a playlist of some other great releases from 1995, but I quickly realized that a bunch of my favourites were missing from their list so I started making my own. I had no idea how many albums that I adore today came out 30 years ago. I came up with so many possible inclusions that I couldn’t possibly fit them into my 3 hour show, but I did my best and put together a pretty fun trip back in time to the year 1995!

If you want to see some of the releases that didn’t make the cut, you can check out my working playlist here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVOtEZCL958_Y8MZrYf1IKMuMfmYu8Od_&si=vg_yTA1_5_TYeJTO. There are a bunch more that I couldn’t find online!

This is one of our standby series of episodes that are meant to be timeless, so we can pop them into the schedule again some time when I can’t be at the studio live, so enjoy this one now and again!

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

Skydiggers – Radio Waves – Road Radio – CDN

Kings Of The Moon – Procrastination – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
The New Meanies – 7620 36th Ave – The Blue Meanies – CDN – WPG
The Bonaduces – Judy Blume Weekend – Matching Socks, Missing Feet – CDN – WPG

Odds – Eat My Brain – Good Weird Feeling – CDN
Brother Cane – And Fools Shine On – Seeds
Matthew Sweet – Sick of Myself – 100 % Fun
Art Bergmann – Contract – What Fresh Hell is This? – CDN
Spirit of the West – Tell Me What I Think – Two Headed – CDN
The Pursuit of Happiness – Young And In Love – Where’s The Bone – CDN

John Bottomley – You Lose And You Gain – Blackberry – CDN
Chris Isaak – Somebody’s Crying – Forever Blue
Hemingway Corner – Watch Over You – Under The Big Sky – CDN
Robben Ford & The Blue Line – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Handful Of Blues

Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues
Steve Earle – Goodbye – Train A Comin’
Emmylou Harris – Deeper Well – Wrecking Ball
David Olney – Walk Downtown – High, Wide And Lonesome
James McMurtry – Levelland – Where’d You Hide The Body
Paul Kelly – Deeper Water – Deeper Water

Son Volt – Windfall – Trace
Wilco – Pick up the Change – A.M.
The Jayhawks – I’d Run Away – Tomorrow The Green Grass
5 Chinese Brothers – The Avalanche Song – Stone Soup
Waltons – End of the World – Cock’s Crow – CDN
Corb Lund – Expectation and the Blues – Modern Pain – CDN
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Be My Witness – Shy Folk – CDN
She Stole My Beer – Romance Flats – Mule – CDN
Weeping Tile – Cold Snap – Cold Snap – CDN

The Blue Shadows – Don’t Expect A Reply – Lucky To Me – CDN
The Mavericks – All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down (feat. Flaco Jimenez) – Music For All Occasions
Kieran Kane – This Dirty Little Town (feat. Emmylou Harris & Lucinda Williams) – Dead Rekoning
Kim Richey – Those Words We Said – Kim Richey
Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories – Do You Sleep? – Tails
Jimmy LaFave – I Walk Along With You – Buffalo Return to the Plains

Bob Snider – Talk To Me Babe – Caterwaul And Doggerel – CDN
Rheostatics – Seven – Music Inspired by the Group of 7 – CDN
Oliver Schoer – Beneath The Ice, They Heard Bells – Stuck On A Cold Steel Pole – CDN
Rugburns – Untitled – Taking the World By Donkey
Arrogant Worms – The Happy Happy Birthday Song – C’est Cheese – CDN

Steve Forbert – Lay Down Your Weary Tune Again – Mission Of The Crossroad Palms
Ron Sexsmith – There’s A Rhythm – Ron Sexsmith – CDN
John Hiatt – Cry Love – Walk On

1100 episodes and still going strong, still playing great music that is underappreciated and underrepresented elsewhere. Sharing this great music never gets old, and it’s a blessing to still be doing it.

Today, some timely Toronto tunes, a bunch of beautiful new music, and we send some love and healing vibes to a true unsung hero of Canadian music, a real musicians’ musician, John MacArthur Ellis (https://macparkpro.com/). We heard two hours of great music that Johnny has either written, produced, and/or played on, and there was still a whole pile that didn’t make it to air!

John has been battling cancer and a variety of other ailments that have made life very difficult, but haven’t dimmed his optimism or love for life. If you want to know more or want to join so many others in helping his family during a time of great need, you can check out the details here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-john-get-through-his-bone-marrow-transplant

Even more music from today’s potential playlist: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVOtEZCL958_unpLQMvpHQDISBJaT2ULB&si=8IR6aw3SMgWoO3sn

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

Dave Alvin – Two Lucky Bums – Eleven Eleven

Ryan Adams – Wonderwall – Love Is Hell
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – Oasis – Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Jim Bryson – Sleeping In Toronto – The North Side Benches – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Rose-Coloured Glasses – Outskirts – CDN

Ken Pomeroy – Bound to Rain – single
Pony Gold – Little Horse – single – CDN
Madi Diaz – Ambivalence – Fatal Optimist
Terra Lightfoot – Red (feat. Bill Priddle) – Home Front – CDN
Lissie – Everywhere – Promises

Joe Nolan – Half a Tear, Half a Grin – Luv in the New World – CDN
Joshua Ray Walker – Stuff – single
Lennie Gallant – Old Friends – Shelter from the Storms – CDN
Steve Earle & Reckless Kelly – Dead Or Gone To Dallas – single
The Replacements – Androgynous (Alternate Version) – Let It Be (Deluxe Edition)

John Wort Hannam – With The Grain (with John MacArthur Ellis) – live recording – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Old Lonely Roamer – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Old George’s – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Barney Bentall & Co. – Rachael’s Song – The Grand Cariboo Opry – CDN

Dustin Bentall – Crash Hard – Streets with no Lights – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Take The Money And Run – Six Shooter – CDN
Barney Bentall – A Man Is – Gift Horse – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Carol (feat. The Sinking Hearts) – Depression River – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Red Bandana – Everything Is Real – CDN

Ridley Bent – Cry – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Lonesome Town – Rabbit On My Wheel – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Blood On The Stage – The Blood Trilogy – CDN – WPG

Cameron Latimer – Empty Saddle – Fallen Apart – CDN
Indio Saravanja – Nothing Can Be Done – The Caravan Sessions – CDN
John Antoniuk – Tammy Lynn – Always With You – CDN
Blake Berglund – Hangin’ By a Thread – Coyote – CDN
Matt Masters – Highways – All-Western Winners – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Feel Alright – sexanddrinking – CDN
Jeremy Fisher – High School – Let It Shine – CDN

Shiloh Lindsey – Whiskey & Rum – For My Smoke – CDN
Camille Miller – Into Closed Doors – Carnarvon Street – CDN
Jessie Farrell – Love Letter – Love Letter – CDN
Kat Danser – (Then You Know) What I’m Talkin’ Bout – Passin’-A-Time – CDN
Jen Lane – Movin’ On – This Life of Mine – CDN
Kayla Luky – Bottom of a Bottle – Back to Dirt – CDN – MB

The Buried Heart Project – Streets Where You Live – single – CDN

Back in the studio after the amazing Trout Forest Music Festival, and although it’s feeling a little dreary and like summer fun is winding down, we’ve got stories to tell, new music aplenty, memories of a sadly departed unsung hero, and much more!

All this month, I’m participating in the Great Cycle Challenge!: https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/JeffRobson

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

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Summertime’s Over – South – CDN

Colin Linden – Might As Well Enjoy The Rain – Southern Jumbo – CDN
Buddy & Julie Miller – Out In The Rain – Love Snuck Up
Steve Earle – Feel Alright – I Feel Alright
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Gurf Morlix – One More Second – Last Exit to Happyland

Derek & The Dominos – I Looked Away – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos – Keep On Growing – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos – Thorn Tree in the Garden – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Bobby Whitlock – Back in My Life Again – The Bobby Whitlock Story: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

Gene MacLellan – Put Your Hand In The Hand – If It’s Alright With You – CDN
Gene MacLellan – Shilo Song – If It’s Alright With You – CDN

The Young Novelists – All of My Friends Are Leaving – These Dark Canyons – CDN
Mariel Buckley – Swim Practice – single – CDN
Caroline Spence – Heart Go Wild – Heart Go Wild
Malin Pettersen – Carolina – single
Caitlin Canty – Night Owl / Mourning Dove – Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove

WILD HORSES – Sioux Falls – single
Josh Ritter – Noah’s Children – I Believe in You, My Honeydew
Katie Pruitt – Risk – single
Holly Carter – He’s a Man – Leave Your Mark
Altameda – Faint Of Heart – Crazy Blue – CDN

Bob Schneider – Highway to Hell – single
Ags Connolly – Drive – Covered: Pieces for the Head + Heart
Zoe Sky Jordan – Heaven (feat. Ezra Jordan) – single – CDN

Bevverly – Where I’m Found – single
Liam Titcomb – Love Don’t Let Me Down – Cicada – CDN
Jay Nash & Garrison Starr – Sweet Talking Liar – Live at Sun Studio
Garrison Starr – Be My Savior – The Forgotten Street

Paul Kelly – Rita Wrote A Letter – Seventy
Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – Words and Music
Paul Kelly – Sweet Guy (feat. Vika Bull) – The Merri Soul Sessions
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Oklahoma Tape Deck – Geronimo – CDN
Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons – Curious Thing – Death Won’t Send A Letter

Slow Leaves – Life of a Better Man – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG
Middle Of Nowhere – Hang on to Me – Middle Of Nowhere – CDN – WPG
David Myles – I Don’t Want To Know – On The Line – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Guitar Strings And Foolish Things – How Was Tomorrow – CDN

New music, upcoming shows aplenty, and a special primer for our upcoming house concert with Jadea Kelly! Not only has Jadea made some great albums of her own, she’s recorded a bunch of covers and appeared on albums and recordings alongside a wide variety of artists. We heard a whole bunch of Jadea’s contributions.

Jadea Kelly at Second Chance Saloon: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2025/06/30/jadea-kelly-the-second-chance-saloon-aug-7-2025/

Trout Forest Music Festival: https://www.troutfest.com/

All this month, I’m participating in the Great Cycle Challenge!: https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/JeffRobson

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

Lindy – Beautifully Undone – Suspension of Disbelief – CDN – WPG
Jacob Brodovsky – Weatherman – I Love You and I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG

Jim Bryson – Shadowed – Combinations 2+1 – CDN
Jim Bryson – No Reception – Combinations 2+1 – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – When The Truth Comes Out – Billionaire – CDN
Charley Crockett – All Around Cowboy – Dollar a Day
Ron Sexsmith – When Will The Morning Come – Hangover Terrace – CDN
Corb Lund – No Roads Here (Dark Horse Acoustic) – Five Dollar Bill (Dark Horse Edition) – CDN

Chip Taylor – Only One Joan – single
Richard Inman – Hell of a Daydream – single – CDN – MB
Zackery – Closed Eyes – Fragments – CDN – MB
The Paper Kites – When The Lavender Blooms – If You Go There I Hope You Find It
Honey Luck – Time and Water – single
Ruby Plume – Cherrypick – single – CDN

HORSEBATH – Hard to Love – Another Farewell – CDN
Slow Leaves – Sink Full of Dishes – In Solitude, For Company – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Looking out My Window – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Greg MacPherson – Slow Stroke – Good Times Coming Back Again – CDN – WPG

Jadea Kelly primer:

Jay Aymar – This Town Ain’t Big Enough (ft. Jadea Kelly) – Halfway Home – CDN
Jay Aymar – Always in Her Dreams (featuring Jadea Kelly) – The Chicken Came First – CDN
Jack Marks – So Hard – Two Of Everything – CDN
Jack Marks – What the Heart Does Well – Lost Wages – CDN
Justin Rutledge – No One Knows – East – CDN
Campbell Woods – Teardrops on the Table (Ink Stains on Your Hands) – Oxford Street – CDN

Loryn Taggart – Lighthouse (feat. Joe Moralez) – The Lost Art of Pulling Through – CDN
Leela Gilday – Hard Ground – North Star Calling – CDN

Jadea Kelly – Amazing Grace – MWI – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Wildflowers – Canada Covers Tom Petty – CDN
Jadea Kelly – River – single – CDN
Jadea Kelly & Joe Moralez – What a Wonderful World – single – CDN
Robby Hecht & Jadea Kelly – Stir It Up – single – CDN

Jadea Kelly – The Sound – Eastbound Platform – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Lone Wolf – Clover – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Make It Easy – Love & Lust – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Any Old Boat – Roses – CDN
Jadea Kelly – So What If I’m Lonely – Weather Girl – CDN

Jadea Kelly & Ryan O’Reilly – Every Little Piece of You – single – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Start With Sorry – Berlin Sessions – CDN
Amanda Rheaume – Light Is Gone – The Skin I’m In – CDN
Garrison Starr – Make Peace with It – Girl I Used to Be
Catherine MacLellan – Stealin – Silhouette – CDN