Lots of new music, requests, upcoming events, and we send some love to another ailing Canadian legend.

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

Paul Kelly – Shane Warne – Songs From The South

The Band – Up On Cripple Creek – The Band – CDN
The Band – Chest Fever – Music From Big Pink – CDN
Blue Rodeo & Garth Hudson – King Harvest – Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band – CDN

Suzie Ungerleider – Pumpkins – My Name is Suzie Ungerleider – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Sleepyhead – single – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Options Open (Acoustic) – Dogs and Alcohol – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Roses – Roses – CDN
Amanda Rheaume – The Spaces In Between – single – CDN

Caroline Spence – I Know You Know Me (w/Matt Berninger) – True North Slated
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Dooley’s Farm (feat. Billy Strings) – Crooked Tree
The Accidentals – Eastern Standard Time – Time Out Session 2

Greg MacPherson – Ukrainians – Disintegration Blues – CDN – WPG

Pip Skid – Elizabeth – single – CDN – WPG
The Dead South – Help Me Scrape The Mucus Off My Brain – Easy Listening For Jerks, Pt. 2 – CDN
The Dead South – Matterhorn – Easy Listening For Jerks, Pt. 1 – CDN
Dan Reeder – In the Giant Stillness – single
Dan Reeder – One of You – single

Soulsavers – Death Bells (w/Mark Lanegan & Gibby Haynes) – Broken
Mark Lanegan – I’ll Take Care Of You – I’ll Take Care Of You
Los Lobos – Peace – Kiko

Jake Vaadeland – Father’s Son – Live at the EA Rawlinson Centre – CDN
Jake Vaadeland – I’m in a Rush – Retro Man – CDN
Jake Vaadeland – Until the Day I See You Dear – No More Pain in My Heart – CDN

Benj Rowland – Mountain Road – Community Garden – CDN
Benj Rowland – Don’t Approach the Introvert – Community Garden – CDN

Rick White Archive – Message to Dallas – single – CDN
The Sadies – Riverview Fog – Northern Passages – CDN

New music, upcoming shows, the impending return of the greatest music festival in the world, requests, a birthday celebration, and we pay tribute to Canadian folk music icon Bill Bourne, who’s battling cancer and needs our help. You can find out more and show your support here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/wrd57-help-bill-heal, or you can buy his music here: https://billbournesongs.bandcamp.com/

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

Bill Bourne – Pie And Ice Cream – Boon Tang – CDN

Bourne & Macleod – Dance & Celebrate – Dance & Celebrate – CDN
Bill Bourne – Stick ’em Up Baby – Farmer, Philanthropist & Musician – CDN
Bill Bourne – Hunker Down – A Love Fandango – CDN

Bill Bourne & Geoff Berner – Goodnight Irene – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Bill Bourne – Early Morning Rain – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

Brock Zeman – Thank You For Letting Me Sleep Here – Mostly Peaceful – CDN
Lynne Hanson – Hip Like Cohen – Ice Cream In November – CDN
Harrow Fair – Shadow (Acoustic) – single – CDN
Abigail Lapell – Ships – Stolen Time – CDN

Bonnie Raitt – Made Up Mind – Just Like That…
The Bros. Landreth – Stay – Come Morning – CDN – WPG

Tiger & The Hummingbird – The Visitor – live recording – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Dear Sister – Citizen Alien – CDN – WPG
Evangeline Gentle – The Strongest People Have Tender Hearts – Evangeline Gentle – CDN
Zachary Lucky – Rex’s Blues – Songs For Hard Times – CDN

Big Thief – Change – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Big Thief – Not (Edit) – single
The Dead Tongues – Dust – Dust

Joe Purdy – Heartbreak In The Key Of Roger Miller – Coyote
Brennen Leigh – If Tommy Duncan’s Voice Was Booze (feat. Asleep At The Wheel) – Obsessed With The West
Julia Jacklin – Just To Be A Part – single

Jon Dee Graham – Robot Moving – The Great Battle
Jon Dee Graham – Butterfly Wing – Summerland
Jon Dee Graham – Laredo (Small Dark Something) – Hooray for the Moon

SPOILER ALERT: I’m doing something that I never do by publishing a podcast before it airs on UMFM. This one felt a little raw and urgent. I needed to hear these songs right away and work though some memories. Maybe someone else needs it before it airs on UMFM, Sunday at 2.

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the unexpected death of Dallas Good of The Sadies this week. The Sadies honestly and truly are among Canada’s hardest working, most respected, and loved musicians in the country, if not the world. This show serves as a tribute to a man who’s given us so much joy over his 30-year career, as we hear from all of The Sadies albums, plus an hour of collaborations with some of their many notable friends.

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

The Sadies – Cheat (Live) – In Concert, Vol.1 – CDN

The Sadies – Tell Her Lies & Feed Her Candy – Precious Moments – CDN
The Sadies – 16 Mile Creek – Pure Diamond Gold – CDN
The Sadies – Rat Creek – Pure Diamond Gold – CDN
The Sadies – It’s Nothing To Me – Pure Diamond Gold – CDN
The Sadies – Ridge Runner Rag – Tremendous Efforts – CDN
The Sadies – Loved on Look (w/Greg Keelor) – Tremendous Efforts – CDN

The Sadies – Tiger Tiger – Stories Often Told – CDN
The Sadies – Lay Down Your Arms – Stories Often Told – CDN
The Sadies – The Pyramid – Tales of the Rat Fink (Original Soundtrack) – CDN
The Sadies – The Times Change – Tales of the Rat Fink (Original Soundtrack) – CDN
The Sadies – Why Be So Curious? (Part 3) – Favourite Colours – CDN
The Sadies – Why Would Anybody Live Here? (w/Robyn Hitchcock) – Favourite Colours – CDN

The Sadies – Anna Leigh – New Seasons – CDN
The Sadies – What’s Left Behind – New Seasons – CDN
The Sadies – Idle Tomorrows – Darker Circles – CDN
The Sadies – 10 More Songs – Darker Circles – CDN
The Sadies – So Much Blood – Internal Sounds – CDN
The Sadies – Another Season Again – Northern Passages – CDN

The Sadies – Story’s Often Told (Live) (w/Blue Rodeo) – In Concert, Vol.1 – CDN
Gord Downie & The Sadies – The Conquering Sun – And The Conquering Sun – CDN
Andre Williams & The Sadies – Pardon Me (I’ve Got Someone To Kill) – Red Dirt
Jon Langford and his Sadies – American Pageant – Mayors Of The Moon
John Doe & The Sadies – The Sudbury Nickel – Country Club
John Doe & The Sadies – Are the Good Times Really Over for Good? – Country Club
Neil Young, The Sadies & Garth Hudson – This Wheel’s On Fire – Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band – CDN

The Sadies & Neko Case – Rated X – Making Singles, Drinking Doubles – CDN
Neko Case – Brown-Eyed Handsome Man – Hard Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson
Neko Case – Bought and Sold – Furnace Room Lullaby
Neko Case – Look For Me (I’ll Be Around) – Blacklisted
Neko Case – The Needle Has Landed – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
Neko Case – The Pharaohs – Middle Cyclone

The Good Family – Coal Black Hills – The Good Family Album – CDN
The Good Family – Life Passes (And Old Fires Die) – The Good Family Album – CDN
Kurt Vile & The Sadies – Baby’s Arms – single

The Sadies – Message to Belial – single – CDN

New music, a tip of the hat in honour of CKUW FunDrive (https://ckuw.ca/donate), the upcoming return of live music, and our annual Blue Valentine tribute to Willie P Bennett!

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

Willie P Bennett – Blue Valentine – Heartstrings – CDN

Jane Ellen Bryant & Terra Lightfoot – Somebody Was Gonna Find Out – Song Confessional – CDN
Jake Vaadeland – Be a Farmer or a Preacher – Retro Man – CDN
Jake Vaadeland – Town of the Blues – No More Pain in My Heart – CDN

Roger Alan Wade – I Don’t Like Being Told What to Do (feat. Roland Dixon) – single
Sean Burns and Lost Country – Chaparral/Show Intro – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns and Lost Country – Andrew Neville intro – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns and Lost Country – Town Song (w/Andrew Neville) – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG

Roger Alan Wade & Dave Roen – If Your Gonna Be Dumb – Jackass The Movie (The Official Soundtrack)
Corb Lund – Montana Waltz – Songs my Friends Wrote – CDN
Stephanie Lambring – Losing My Religion (Bonus Track) – Autonomy
Rod Gator – Everytime – single

Arab Strap – Compersion, Pt. 1 – As Days Get Dark
The Ghost of Paul Revere – Love At Your Convenience – Good At Losing Everything
Tedeschi Trucks Band – Thorn Tree In The Garden (feat. Trey Anastasio) – Layla Revisited

Lucy Dacus – Kissing Lessons – single
The Moneygoround – Girl in My Head – Cruisin’ and Swingin’ with The Moneygoround – CDN
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Naturally Wild (feat. Lzzy Hale & John 5) – Co-Starring Too
Allison Moorer – All We Have is Now – Wish for You
Ian Noe – River Fool – River Fools & Mountain Saints
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert – Bailout Blues – The Flowers That Bloom in Spring

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Has Anyone Seen My Baby Here Tonight? – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Sometimes It Comes Easy – Let’s Frolic Again – CDN
Matt Andersen & Del Barber – Willie’s Diamond Joe – live recording – CDN
Willie P Bennett – One Vessel – Heartstrings – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN

Lots of new & newly re-emerging music this week including the return of Bandcamp Fridays, plus some stellar streaming show highlights, timely tunes, and more!

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

Brock Zeman – February – Mostly Peaceful – CDN

Brock Zeman – King David (Miss & Love you David Olney) – Mostly Peaceful – CDN
The Avett Brothers – February Seven – The Carpenter
Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN

Jim Bryson – The Wishes Pile Up – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Copied Keys – Back to Me – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Love – Shepherds of Good Hope – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Your Love – live recording – CDN

Dan Reeder – Fun Campfire Song – single
Steve Poltz – Can O’ Pop – Stardust + Satellites – CDN
Sarah Borges – Wouldn’t Know You (feat. Eric Ambel) – Together Alone
Leather Apron Revival – When The Lights Went Out (feat. Leeroy Stagger) – Light and Shadow – CDN

Matt Fockler – Do You Dream? – Matt Fockler
Matt Fockler – Love Ain’t Easy – Matt Fockler
Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys – Lakota Sioux – Pickup Cowboy

Gene MacLellan – Thorn In My Shoe – Gene MacLellan – CDN
Gene MacLellan – The Call – Gene MacLellan – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Put Your Hand In The Hand – If It’s Alright With You – The Songs of Gene MacLellan – CDN
Ron Hynes – Godspeed (Requiem for Gene MacLellan) – Face To The Gale – CDN

Richard Inman – Cost You Everything – Come Back Through – CDN – MB
Scott Nolan – Halloween In NYC – single – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Hoping for Angels – single – CDN – WPG

Johnny Irion Ft. Olivia Nora Guthrie – Losing End Again – Buscadero Americana
Tim Grimm – I Know Love Is All I Need – Buscadero Americana
Rob Lutes – In My Time of Dyin’ – Come Around – CDN

New music, requests, we talk about cancelling music that means a lot to us, the power of friendship even if we disagree, and we pay tribute to sensible, hard-working truckers, outside of that other more-vocal minority.

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

Steve Forbert – January 23-30, 1978 – Jack Rabbit Slim

Sweet Alibi – Same Roads – Make A Scene – CDN – WPG
Ben Stopfel – Winter – live recording – CDN – WPG
Bill Chambers – Broken Hearts Don’t Make A Sound – Bill Chambers and The City Girls
Goodnight, Texas – Jane, Come Down From Your Room – How Long Will It Take Them to Die
Billy Strings – Nothing’s Working – Renewal
The Mountain Goats – Mobile – Dark in Here

Derek & The Dominos – I Looked Away – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Van Morrison – Into the Mystic – Moondance
Whiskeytown – Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight – Strangers Almanac

Matthew Barber – You’ve Got A Friend – Old Tapes – CDN
Del Barber – Friends Like Us – Stray Dogs (Collected B-Sides / Vol. 1) – CDN – WPG

Kendel Carson – I Like Trucks – Rearview Mirror Tears – CDN
Jonathan Byrd – A Big Truck Brought It – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Richard Shindell – The Kenworth Of My Dreams – Sparrows Point
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Keep on Truckin’ – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ to Do – CDN – WPG

Mayhemingways – Frances the Truck Driver – Skip Land – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – I Wanna Buy Your Truck – Falling Stars and Broken Hearts – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Water in The Fuel – Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline – CDN

NQ Arbuckle – Sure Friends – The Last Supper in A Cheap Town – CDN
Steve Poltz – I Want All My Friends to Be Happy – Folksinger – CDN
Forty Roses – Good Friend – City Girl – CDN
Dustin Bentall & The Smøkes – Just Be My Friend – You Are an Island – CDN

Colleen Brown – Really Just Need A Friend – Dirt – CDN
Paul Kelly – Would You Be My Friend? – Nothing but a Dream

Today on the show, more new music, some of Burke’s Best of ’21, and we celebrate two of our favourite female-fronted singer/songwriter trios from Winnipeg, one of which is celebrating 20 years together and another is releasing a long-awaited new album this week!

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

Steve Forbert – January 23-30, 1978 – Jack Rabbit Slim

Dan Reeder – Skiing Song – single
Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb – On the Road Again – Coming Home: A Collection of Songs
Mary Gauthier – Women Across the River – single
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Hellbent For Leather (feat. Steve Earle) – Co-Starring Too
Lawrence Maxwell – Meat – Ballad of Miles – CDN
Lawrence Maxwell – Better You – Ballad of Miles – CDN

Hailey Whitters – Everything She Ain’t – Raised
Bear’s Den – Spiders – Blue Hours
The Whitmore Sisters – The Ballad Of Sissy & Porter – Ghost Stories
Colin Hay – Now And The Evermore – single
Sandra McCracken – Most of the Time (w/Colin Hay) – single
Steve Dawson – Dimes – Gone, Long Gone – CDN
Corb Lund – Highway 87 – Songs my Friends Wrote – CDN

Brock Zeman – Someone for You – Me Then You – CDN

Sweet Alibi – Confetti – Make a Scene – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – 9-5 – Make a Scene – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – Next Somewhere – Make a Scene – CDN – WPG
Abigail Lapell – Pines – Stolen Time – CDN

The Wailin’ Jennys – Deeper Well – The Wailin’ Jennys – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – The Devil’s Paintbrush Road – Firecracker – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG

Roseanne Reid – Hallucinate – live recording
Reb Fountain – Lacuna – IRIS
The Felice Brothers – Jazz on the Autobahn – From Dreams to Dust
Riddy Arman – Herding Song – Riddy Arman
Son Volt – These Are the Times – Electro Melodier

The 2022 new music is starting to roll out, so we’ve got a bunch of new finds today, as well as the return of live streaming concerts to preview/discuss, and more of the best music released in 2021!

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

Mayhemingways – 14th of January – Skip Land – CDN

Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Little Details – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN
Lynn Miles – Something Beautiful – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – There’s A Lift – Oak Lake – CDN

Dan Reeder – Everything Changed – single
Jonathan Byrd – Fog on the Mountain (w/Abbie Gardener) – single
Eliza Gilkyson – Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me – Songs from the River Wind
Ian Noe – Pine Grove (Madhouse) – River Fools & Mountain Saints
Altameda – Wheel of Love – single – CDN

The Teskey Brothers – Get Back To The Land (feat. Emma Donovan) – single
Matt Andersen – Other Side of Goodbye – single – CDN
Frank Turner – A Wave Across A Bay – FTHC
Danny Burns – Mercenary Song (feat. Steve Earle) – Hurricane

Jackson Emmer – Colorado Line – single
Townes Van Zandt – Waiting Around to Die – Townes Van Zandt

Ryland Moranz – Stolen Land – Xo, 1945 – CDN
Matthew Ryan/The Pines at Night – Song for a Hard Year – Song for a Hard Year (Maxi-Single)
No-No Boy – St. Denis or Bangkok, From a Hotel Balcony (feat. Jacqueline Saporiti) – 1975
Jim Bryson – Werewolves – single – CDN
Caroline Marie Brooks – Night Drive – Everything at the Same Time – CDN

Mariel Buckley – Hundred Cities – 97 Riverdale – CDN
Dori Freeman – I Am – Ten Thousand Roses
Chloe Albert – Die Trying – Come Around Again – CDN
Vanessa Peters – Crazymaker – Modern Age
Lydia Loveless – Let’s Make Out – You’re Leaving Me

Mira Lu Kovacs – Want You – What Else Can Break
Yola – Starlight – Stand For Myself
Carsie Blanton – Be Good – Love & Rage

Our team of scientists and statisticians have completed their intensive study of albums released in 2021, and we can say, officially and without hesitation, the songs and albums heard today are among the absolute best! We don’t nearly have enough time in 2 hours to get to everything, but this is a pretty good look at some expected highlights, delightful discoveries, big-name faves, and downright fun!

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

Del Barber – Just A Little Heat – Stray Dogs (Collected B-Sides / Vol. 1) – CDN – WPG

Suzie Ungerleider – Pumpkins – My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider – CDN
Slow Leaves – Did It Again – Holiday – CDN – WPG
John Wort Hannam – Old Friend – Long Haul – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – The Places I Have Been – Dystopian Weekends – CDN
Joe Nolan – Cherry Valance – Scrapper – CDN
James McMurtry – What’s the Matter – The Horses and the Hounds

Serlin Greaves – Seasick – Sad Songs For Sale – CDN – WPG
John R. Miller – Shenandoah Shakedown – Depreciated
Charles Wesley Godwin – Lyin’ low – How the Mighty Fall
Sierra Ferrell – Jeremiah – Long Time Coming
Margo Cilker – Broken Arm in Oregon – Pohorylle

Allison Russell – Nightflyer – Outside Child – CDN
Arlo Parks – Black Dog – Collapsed In Sunbeams
Brandi Carlile – Right on Time – In These Silent Days
Steve Earle & The Dukes – Lone Pine Hill – J.T.

Shaela Miller – I Don’t Want Your Love – Big Hair Small City – CDN
Charlie Marie – El Paso – Ramble On
Melissa Carper – Makin’ Memories – Daddy’s Country Gold
Jake Vaadeland – Be a Farmer or a Preacher – Retro Man – CDN
Charley Crockett – Round This World – Music City USA

Mac Leaphart – That Train – Music City Joke
The Artisanals – The Road – Zia
Whitehorse – Why So Cruel – Strike Me Down – CDN
Rusty Robot – Ice Cream Truck – single – CDN – WPG

Our first episode of 2022, so some New Year’s Day songs, we talk about the nature of hope for a better year, spin some new, new to me, and new again music, take time out for the Jan. 2 Roger Miller Break, and provide our nearly-annual tribute to Hank & Townes!

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

Todd Snider – Happy New Year – The Devil You Know

Kenny Foster & Ags Connolly – Auld Lang Syne (Once Again) – single
Ray Wylie Hubbard – New Year’s Eve at the Gates of Hell – The Grifter’s Hymnal
Leeroy Stagger – New Year’s Day – Covers – CDN
Charlie Robison – New Year’s Day – Good Times
Slaid Cleaves – New Year’s Day – Wishbones
Mary Chapin Carpenter – New Year’s Day – Ashes And Roses

D.Rangers – New Years Blues – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Richard Inman – New Years Blues – Faded Love Better Days – CDN – MB
The Bottle Rockets – Another Brand New Year – Brand New Year
Reid Jamieson – This Could Be the Year – Songs for a Winter’s Night – CDN
Justin Osborne – This Year – The Real Brent Brent
Pip Skid – This Year (feat. Charlie Fettah) – People Are the Worst – CDN – WPG

Christina Martin – Talk About It – Podcast Theme Song – single – CDN
Joe Nolan – Spectacle – single – CDN
The Panhandlers – West Texas in My Eye – The Panhandlers
William Prince – 7 – single – CDN – WPG
John Murry – What Becomes of The Broken Hearted – single

Roger Miller – Husbands and Wives – Words and Music
Buddy Miller – Nothing Can Stop Me – Poison Love
The Sadies – Home (w/Neko Case) – In Concert, Vol.1 – CDN
The Sadies – Jason Fleming (w/Neko Case) – In Concert, Vol.1 – CDN
Reid Jamieson – King Of The Road – ReidoRadio – CDN
Roger Miller – Dang Me – Best of

Hank Williams – I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry – Moanin’ the Blues
Townes Van Zandt – Waiting Around to Die – Townes Van Zandt
Hank Williams – Cold Cold Heart – The Hank Williams Story
Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You – The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
Hank Williams – I’ll Never Get out of This World Alive – Low Down Blues, the Ultimate Recordings
Townes Van Zandt – Poncho & Lefty – The Late Great Townes Van Zandt