Every once in a while you notice that an artist or band that you loved or saw a bunch of times seems to be missing in action. Sometimes a band or artist will just give up the hectic, unpredictable, stressful, dangerous life of a touring musician, and sometimes they’ll just drop a little further off the radar, still making music that you might not necessarily even know about. This episode compiles some of those artists and bands and we track a few down and wonder about some others.

This is another in our long line of timeless “standby” episodes that you might hear again some day when I’m not able to come up with a new show. It’s full of great music, so I’m sure you won’t mind. Heck, you might just want to come back and revisit it on your own some time!

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

Kathleen Edwards – Glenfern – Total Freedom – CDN

Alana Levandoski – All God’s Children Ain’t Free – Hymns from the Icons – CDN – MB
Kate Maki – Over – Confusion Unlimited – CDN
Kayla Howran – Country Radio – Spare Parts – CDN
Eddi Reader – California – Angels & Electricity
Michelle Shocked – Anchorage – Short Sharp Shocked

Amanda Marshall – Let It Rain – Amanda Marshall – CDN
Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Waiting In A Hurry – Superior Cackling Hen – CDN
Hemingway Corner – Watch Over You – Under The Big Sky – CDN
Thomas Trio and the Red Albino – 142 Thru – Thomas Trio and the Red Albino – CDN
Rheostatics – Rearview – Here Come the Wolves – CDN

Rory McLeod – Farewell Welfare (Part 1) – Angry Love

Bruce Knauer – All Night Breakfast Special – All Night Breakfast Special – CDN
Ox – She Shot Me Down – Dust Bowl Revival – CDN
SWANK – Lost respects – The Survival Issue – CDN
The Wheat Pool – Evergreen – Township – CDN
James Murdoch Band – Headspins – Between The Lines – CDN
The Rocky Fortune – Drop me in the well – Sway – CDN

Greg Brown – If I Had Known – Down In There
Tom T. Hall – That’s How I Got to Memphis – Greatest Hits
Bob Snider – Talk To Me Babe – Caterwaul & Doggerel – CDN
David Wiffen – Skybound Station – Coast To Coast Fever – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Deep Into The Water – 3AM – CDN
Brothers Cosmoline – Motel 6 – Songs Of Work And Freedom – CDN

Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Take the Money and Run – Six Shooter – CDN

Another bunch of great new music today, some disturbing news about a song that nobody should ever perform again under any circumstances, a look ahead to another stellar lineup of live music in Winnipeg, including a potential Sunset Saloon show, and we say goodbye to the great Nanci Griffith.

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

Figure Walking – Paradise – Vertical / Horizontal – CDN – WPG

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Can’t Let Go – Raise the Roof
Colin Linden – Until the Heat Leaves Town – Blow – CDN
Charley Crockett – Round This World – Music City USA
Mariel Buckley – Hundred Cities – 97 Riverdale – CDN
Mariel Buckley – The Other Man – 97 Riverdale – CDN

Bill McClintock – Your Jumpin’ Heart – Vank Walen
Bruce Springsteen – I’m On Fire – Born In The U.S.A.

The Watchmen – Any Day Now – Silent Radar – CDN – WPG
Serlin Greaves – Seasick – Sad Songs for Sale – CDN – WPG

Darlingside – Keep Coming Home (feat. The Distantly Social Orchestra) – single
John Ellis, Adam Levy & Glenn Patscha – Portage La Prairie – Say It Quiet

Del Barber – Friends Like Us – Stray Dogs – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – I Don’t Drink – We Still Gotta Lotta Livin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Knob & Tube – Nearness – We Still Gotta Lotta Livin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Andrew Neville – Honky Tonk Shangri-La – We Still Gotta Lotta Livin’ To Do – CDN – WPG

The Northern Pikes – Hopes Go Astray – Secrets of The Alibi – CDN
Jim Cuddy – Disappointment – All In Time – CDN
54.40 – One Day in Your Life – Show Me – CDN

Scott Cook – Just Enough Empties – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Scott Cook – If He Showed up Now – Further Down the Line – CDN

Sarah Harmer & Jason Euringer – Trouble In The Fields – Songs For Clem – CDN
Nanci Griffith – Love At The Five And Dime – The Last Of The True Believers
Storyhill – It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go – Live

It’s our 900th episode and time to look back at the past hundred episodes since we last tallied up our most played artists a couple of years ago! It’s interesting to compare recent episodes to those cumulative totals, so we did some of that today, but we’ve also got some great new music to share and we chat about the Great Cycle Challenge Canada, going on now. Thanks to all of the generous sponsors so far. There’s still plenty of time to support the cause, so consider making a tax-deductable pledge here if you’re able: https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/JeffRobson

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

Jim Bryson – Werewolves – single – CDN

Chuck Prophet & the Mission Express – Always A Friend – Live At The Make Out Room
Susto – Get Down – Time in the Sun
Dori Freeman – I Am – Ten Thousand Roses
Shaela Miller – I Don’t Want Your Love – Big Hair Small City – CDN
Hailey Whitters & ERNEST – Islands In The Stream – COUNTRYPOLITAN
Dee Gees – More Than A Woman – Dee Gees: Hail Satin / Foo Fighters: Live

No-No Boy – St. Denis or Bangkok, From a Hotel Balcony (feat. Jacqueline Saporiti) – 1975
No-No Boy – Gimme Chills – 1975
Leaf Rapids – Barbershop Shears – Citizen Alien – CDN
Nathan Wiley – Love Through the Eyes of a Shark – Modern Magic – CDN
David Myles – Birch Lane – That Tall Distance – CDN
Barney Bentall & Geoffrey Kelly – Bonaparte Plateau – RanchWriters – CDN
Charlie Parr – 817 Oakland Avenue – Last of the Better Days Ahead

Dave Van Ronk – Talking Cancer Blues – Inside Dave Van Ronk
Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle – The Good One – H-Wing – CDN
John Mann – The Angry Sore – The Waiting Room – CDN
Rheostatics – Shaved Head – Whale Music – CDN
John Mann – These Are the Instructions – The Waiting Room – CDN

Jim Bryson – Feel Much Better – The North Side Benches – CDN
Nathan – Home with Me – Jimson Weed – CDN
Joe Nolan – Maybe We Didn’t Get Our Timing Right – Drifters – CDN
Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN
Del Barber – Easy Keeper – Easy Keeper – CDN

Slow Leaves – Miss You – Shelf Life – CDN

Hey, it’s August and our last episode of the 800s! Next week we hit 900 episodes, but before then, some more great new music, more Blue Note Park highlights, and more of my recent chat with Jim White. For more of that entertaining interview, check out episode 20 of Fly with your Shadow.

This month, I’ll be taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge, in support of SickKids, an organization trying to find a cure for childhood cancer. That sounds like a mighty amazing mission that I can get behind. If you’re able and willing, consider supporting the cause! https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/JeffRobson

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

Del Barber – I Belong with You – Stray Dogs – CDN – WPG
Leeroy Stagger – Does Anybody Live Here? – Dystopian Weekends – CDN
Slow Leaves – About Your Love – Holiday – CDN – WPG
Dori Freeman – The Storm – Ten Thousand Roses
Joey Landreth – Plain Jane Heroin – Songs I Love – CDN – WPG
Bob Schneider – In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping Tiger – In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping Tiger
Hayes Carll – You Get It All – You Get It All

Elliott BROOD – Without Again – Mountain Meadows – CDN

Gillian Welch – Wayside / Back in Time – Soul Journey
Neko Case – Deep Red Bells – Blacklisted
Emmylou Harris – Where Will I Be – Wrecking Ball
Martin Sexton – Black Sheep – Black Sheep

Jim White – A Perfect Day To Chase Tornados – Wrong-Eyed Jesus!

Jim White interview

The Skipperdees – City – single
Anchor & the Butterfly – Nothing to Win Nothing to Lose – Nothing to Win Nothing to Lose
David Dondero – Not Everybody Loves Your Doggie Like You Do – single
Jim White – If Jesus Drove A Motor Home – Live at Yep Roc 15
Middle Brother – Daydreaming – Middle Brother

Fred Eaglesmith – Georgia Overdrive – 50 Odd Dollars – CDN
Nathan – Australia – Stranger – CDN – WPG

Had to slip in some exciting new music and one big concert announcement, but the bulk of today’s show is inspired by a recent trip down to Blue Note Park where I saw Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices tear through a set of stellar songs that had me thinking that Poor Choices sure do make excellent choices, so I stole a pile of classics off of their playlist and threw in a bunch of my own for a pretty solid set of music that’ll have you eager to join me down at the Park this week for another sure-to-be-great Poor Choices show! Tickets are limited but available here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/andrew-neville-and-the-poor-choices-tickets-160294359745

It’s a pretty incredible week all around at Blue Note Park. Hope to see you there! Whatever tickets remain are available here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/times-changed-high-amp-lonesome-club-18256543452

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

Luke Doucet And The White Falcon – Long Haul Driver – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Joe Nolan – Cherry Valance – Scrapper – CDN
Del Barber – Nothing Left To Find – Stray Dogs – CDN – WPG
John R. Miller – Motor’s Fried – Depreciated
Sierra Ferrell – In Dreams – Long Time Coming
Brandi Carlile – Right on Time – In These Silent Days
Colin Linden – Blow – Blow – CDN

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Big Freightliner – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Hayes Carll – Rivertown – Little Rock
Merle Haggard – The Bottle Let Me Down – Swinging Doors And The Bottle Let Me Down
Junior Brown – Highway Patrol – Guit With It
John Prine – Paradise – John Prine
Waylon Jennings – Lonesome, On’ry and Mean – Lonesome, On’ry and Mean

Fred Eaglesmith – Cryin’ Yet – Things Is Changin – CDN
Matt Masters – Centennial Swell – Centennial Swell – CDN
Shaver – Georgia on a Fast Train – Tramp On Your Street
The Texas Tornados – Who Were You Thinkin’ Of – The Best Of
Fred Eaglesmith – Water In The Fuel – Lipstick, Lies And Gasoline – CDN
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Workin’ Man’s Song – Let’r Buck – CDN – WPG

Brothers Cosmoline – It’s Alright – Songs Of Work And Freedom – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Streets With No Lights – Streets With No Lights – CDN
Blue Shadows – Coming On Strong – On The Floor Of Heaven – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – In Another Time – Hanging The Battle-Scarred Pinata – CDN
Carolyn Mark – 2 Days Smug and Sober – Pros and Cons of Collaboration – CDN

Chris Knight – Banging Away – The Jealous Kind
Chuck Prophet – Rise – The Hurting Business
Mary Gauthier – Good-Bye – Filth & Fire
Gurf Morlix – Fishin’ In The Muddy – Fishin’ In The Muddy
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – High Top Mountain

No need for the music to bring the heat today because it’s frickin’ hot out, so things heated up quickly with some songs about the seemingly ever-present blazing sun. We paid tribute to the late, great William “Skinny” Tenn, looked at some upcoming shows, heard a bit more from Shawna Caspi who was the guest on Fly with your Shadow this week, rediscovered Storyhill and heard some great new music!

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

Jim White – Crash Into The Sun – Transnormal Skiperoo
Jason Collett – I’ll Bring The Sun – Best Of – CDN
The Jayhawks – Waiting For The Sun – Hollywood Town Hall
The Weepies – I Was Made For Sunny Days – Be My Thrill
Boy & Bear – Southern Sun – Harlequin Dream
Cuff The Duke – Brightest Part of the Sun – Morning Comes – CDN

Cuff The Duke – I Really Want To Help You – Cuff The Duke – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Black Mondays – Hallucigenia – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Broken Fuckin’ Heart – Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs – CDN

The New Lightweights – Boxes – What Keeps Us Together – CDN – WPG
Bobby Dove – Chance in Hell (feat. Jim Cuddy) – Hopeless Romantic – CDN – MB
Bobby Dove – Thunderchild – Thunderchild – CDN – MB

Shawna Caspi – Lay Low Shadow – Hurricane Coming – CDN
Shawna Caspi – interview
Shawna Caspi – Never Enough – Forest Fire – CDN

Storyhill – Give Up The Ghost – Storyhill
Storyhill – Better Angels – Stages
Storyhill – Lay Down Your Weary Tune – Nod to Bob 2

Anna Tivel – Alleyway (Map Room Sessions) – Blue World
Suzie Ungerleider – Sweet Little Sparrow – My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider – CDN
James McMurtry – If It Don’t Bleed – The Horses and the Hounds
John R. Miller – Coming Down – Depreciate

Ida Mae – Click Click Domino (feat. Marcus King) – Click Click Domino
Ida Mae – Learn to Love You Better – Click Click Domino
The Secret Sisters – Heavy Balloon – Quicksand EP

Summer is here and outdoor live shows are happening every night here in Winnipeg and we love it! Today, we preview some of the most exciting upcoming shows and play a whole bunch of great new music.

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

D. Rangers – Love, Lust, and Loneliness – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Andrina Turenne – When the Smoke Clears – single – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Citizen Alien – Citizen Alien – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Welcome Stranger – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Trois Rivieres – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG

Del Barber – Meantime – Stray Dogs – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Miss You – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
The Small Glories – Sing – Assiniboine & The Red – CDN – WPG

Son Volt – Living in the USA – Electro Melodier
Brett Dennen – Not A Free Country – single
Martin Sexton – Calling on America – single
Rod Gator – For Louisiana – For Louisiana
Bob Schneider – American Jesus – In A Roomful of Blood With A Sleeping Tiger

Shawna Caspi – Lay Low Shadow – Hurricane Coming – CDN

Rusty Robot – Ice Cream Truck – single – CDN – WPG
Imaginary Cities – Hummingbird – Temporary Resident – CDN – WPG
Imaginary Cities – Bells Of Cologne – Fall Of Romance – CDN – WPG
Middle Of Nowhere – Then I Find You – Middle Of Nowhere – CDN – WPG

Charley Crockett – I Need Your Love – Music City USA
Yola – Starlight – Stand for Myself
Nathaniel Rateliff – Still out There Running – Red Rocks 2020
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – Family – Family EP
Matthew Fowler – I’m Still Trying – The Grief We Gave Our Mother

The Artisanals – The Road – Zia
Rodney Crowell – Triage – Triage
Paul Thorn – Here We Go – Never Too Late to Call
Deer Tick – If She Could Only See Me Now (Live) – Live from Fort Adams

The Flatlanders – Moanin’ of the Midnight Train – Treasure of Love

It’s the Fourth of July, and a few songs are in order for our friends to the South, as well as some words about what’s been going on here at home lately. We’ve got a big backpile of great new music, including new tracks from some of our very favourites. This past week on Fly with your Shadow, I spoke to old friend and longtime favourite, David Francey, and had a bit left for this show, where he talked about the new music that he’s been working on and some of his favourite artists right now.

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

David Francey – Fourth of July – The Waking Hour – CDN
Shane Koyczan – Inconvenient Skin – live recording – CDN
Joe Purdy – 4th of July – 4th of July
Steve Poltz – 4th Of July – Shine On – CDN
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men – Fourth Of July – Out In California

Anna Tivel – Two Dark Horses (Map Room Sessions) – Blue World
Suzie Ungerleider – Summerbaby – My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider – CDN
Del Barber – Meantime – Stray Dogs – CDN – WPG
Leeroy Stagger – Ventura – Dystopian Weekends – CDN

Ken Tizzard – Working Class Hero – All Together Now – CDN
Jason Isbell – Sad But True – The Metallica Blacklist
Larkin Poe – Layla – live recording

David Francey – Sumach Street – Torn Screen Door – CDN
David Francey – Lonely Road – The Broken Heart of Everything – CDN

David Francey interview

Terra Spencer – Manitoba Maple – Chasing Rabbits – CDN
Chris Coole – Make this Day – single – CDN
Steel Rail – Kate’s Song – Coming Home – CDN
Dave Clarke – Lucinda – The Healing Garden – CDN
Shawna Caspi – Nearly Midnight – live recording – CDN

Whitehorse – Fade into You – Strike Me Down – CDN
Ellen McIlwaine – Can’t Find My Way Home – Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years – CDN
Ellen McIlwaine – It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years – CDN

Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers – Roses in the Snow (Live) – Ramble in Music City
Brandi Carlile – Speak Your Mind (From the Netflix Series “We the People”) – single
The Highwomen – Highway Unicorn (Road to Love) (feat. Brittney Spencer & Madeline Edwards) – Born this Way Reimagined

Friday, June 18, 2021 marked five years since we lost our friend and namesake artist, Paul MacLeod. This show started as an avenue for talented artists like Paul to get some of the exposure that they so deserve. Paul was a friend and an inspiration and like a lot of people, I miss him and wish he could still be here. I put together a tribute to Paul for my other show, Fly with your Shadow, which I hope you’ll check out at flywithyourshadow.com or on the streaming service of your choice. Although that one was the longest episode of the show ever, I had much more left over, and it only seemed fitting that the tribute would spill over onto the show that he gave a name to. Today we’ll hear from Andy Maize of Paul’s former band Skydiggers, Jason Schneider, Mark Logan of Busted Flat Records, and Lynn Jackson. They’ll tell you which of Paul’s songs they loved the most and which of the hundreds of cover versions that he could perform were their favourites.

I’ve been super busy with that, so not much time to look up new music or even get through my Record Store Day purchases, so not much on the new side here, but I did find a few. The big news of the week is the imminent return of live music in Winnipeg, as The Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club announced their outdoor summer concert series at Blue Note Park! That lineup of locals is stellar and well worth looking forward to, so I fit in as many highlights as I could today. I hope to see you there!

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

Mike Plume Band – Ride – Fools for the Radio (leftover) – CDN

Slow Leaves – Did It Again – Holiday – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Holiday – live recording – CDN – WPG
Colin Hay – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
Whitehorse – Why So Cruel – Strike Me Down – CDN

Sweet Alibi – I’ll Wait – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder – Blam – CDN – WPG
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Nick Hill – Let’r Buck – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Don’t Let the Highway Get You Lost – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
JD Edwards Band – This House Will Stand – Roads and Roads – CDN – WPG
The Perpetrators – Six-Pack – The Perpetrators – CDN – WPG

Paul MacLeod – Money – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
The Who – I’m One – Quadrophenia
Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Close and Play – CDN
Sinéad O’Connor – Black Boys on Mopeds – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
Paul MacLeod – Giants – Close and Play – CDN
Soundgarden – Blow Up The Outside World – Down On The Upside
Paul MacLeod – Broken Wing – Close and Play – CDN
Jesse Winchester – Biloxi – Jesse Winchester

Lynn Jackson – Random Breakdowns, False Starts & New Beginnings – Follow that Fire – CDN
Lynn Jackson – Meet Me in the City (w/Andy Maize) – Follow that Fire – CDN
Skydiggers – Those Memories – There and Back – CDN
Skydiggers – See You Again – Bittersweet Harmony – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Down in the Street – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN

We’ve got more birthdays to cover today, including one of our biggest supporters and best friends, a pile of great new music, some rare UK requests and more!

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

The Damnwells – cinco de mayo – demo

Christina Martin – Daisy – I Can Too – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Carol – Solo Acoustic (Volume 1) – CDN
Joe Nolan – Looking For Your Heart – live recording – CDN
Charlie Whitten – Who’ll Take My Place – Hey Love
The Wynntown Marshals – The End of the Golden Age – The End of the Golden Age
John Blek – Long Strand – On Ether & Air

Joe Nolan – Solid Gold – Scrapper – CDN
James McMurtry – Canola Fields – The Horses and the Hounds
Colin Linden – 4 Cars – Blow – CDN
Willie Nile – Blood On Your Hands (Featuring Steve Earle) – The Day the Earth Stood Still
Ryan Adams – Power – Big Colors

Bob Schneider – Boys You Like – In A Roomful of Blood With A Sleeping Tiger

Paul MacLeod – Black Boys On Mopeds – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Annalisa – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Stanley Steamer – Close And Play – CDN

The Weakerthans – One Great City! – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG
Jay Nash & The Contenders – I Won’t Back Down – frtyfve
Janet Simpson – Black Turns Blue – Safe Distance
The Paper Kites – Climb on Your Tears (feat. Aoife O’Donovan) – Roses

The Small Glories & Darling West – Bright New World – single – CDN – WPG
Diana Jones – We Believe You – Song to a Refugee
Rachel Baiman – Rust Belt Fields – Cycles
Shane Nicholson – Life Ain’t Fine – single
David Myles – Bird Song – That Tall Distance – CDN

Waylon Jennings – Waymore’s Blues – Dreaming My Dreams
Iain Matthews – This Is It – The Dark Ride