Today we start off with a tribute to friends old and new who have passed away over the past week in music history. I’m very late to the party in discovering Winnipeg’s own Kipp Kocay, and I’m sad that I didn’t seek him out before his untimely passing this week. We also fondly remember the music of John Bottomley, Jesse Winchester, and Merle Haggard. I ran out of time so didn’t get to John Prine, but certainly love and miss him as well. Hour 2 is all new music culled from new releases over the past couple of weeks, and there are some gems!

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

John Bottomley – You Lose And You Gain – Blackberry – CDN

Kipp Kocay – April – April and Other Months – CDN – WPG
Kipp Kocay – Don’t Love You – Knowledge of Love – CDN – WPG
Kipp Kocay – 90’s Song – April and Other Months – CDN – WPG

John Bottomley – The Healing Dream – The Healing Dream – CDN
John Bottomley – She Lay Down By the Water – Star In the Singing Grove – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Song for John (Bottomley) (feat Sean Pugh) – live recording – CDN

Jesse Winchester – That’s What Makes You Strong – Live from Mountain Stage
Jesse Winchester – The Brand New Tennessee Waltz (1976 Version) – Step By Step
Buddy Miller – A Showman’s Life – Midnight And Lonesome
Skydiggers – Biloxi (There and Back Reissue 2000) – All of Our Dreaming: Live 1988, 2000 & 2012 – CDN

Merle Haggard – If I Could Only Fly – If I Could Only Fly

The Oldest Forest – I Learned Everything I Know About The Ocean From A Talking Seal – Step It Up – A Musical Palette Cleanser – CDN
The Oldest Forest – It’s A Heartache – single – CDN
The Teskey Brothers – Never Tear Us Apart – single
Danny Michel – Whole of the Moon – single – CDN
Josh Ritter – Sussex Ghost Story – The Good Lyre – Songs Of John Wesley Harding
Knob & Tube – Speaking Moistly – live recording – CDN – WPG

Kristel Snellen – Never Alone – single
Jade Jackson – 6FT Changes – single
Rosanne Cash – The Killing Fields (feat. John Leventhal) – single
Chloe Albert – Come Around Again – single – CDN
Suzie Ungerleider – Baby Blues – My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider – CDN

Mac Leaphart – That Train (Radio Edit) – Music City Joke
Dwayne Dueck – Hard as Nails – We Still Gotta Lotta Livin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Jeremie Albino & Cat Clyde – Been Worryin’ – Blue Blue Blue – CDN
Mike T. Kerr – Halfway (to Telephone, Texas) – Mother Trucker II: Lookin’ for a Back Door – CDN

This show was recorded on 4/3/21, and hopefully it’s not the Final Countdown, but it did inspire two hours of countdowns, count-ins, and a whole lot of numbers!

This show is a little different than your usual Sunday afternoon singer/songwriter fare, with a bit wider scope and some artists and songs we don’t normally play on the show. It’s fun to loosen things up and have a little fun once in a while.

We’re calling this another of those “standby” episodes that you may hear again someday, but I’m pretty confident that it’s fun and interesting enough that you won’t mind a bit!

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

Stephanie Finch And The Company Men – Count the Days 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 – Cry Tomorrow
The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner – The Modern Lovers
John Bottomley – Long Way To Go – Blackberry – CDN
Melissa McClelland – Passenger 24 – Thumbelina’s One Night Stand – CDN

Northcote – Counting Down the Days – Northcote – CDN
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet – Shadowy Countdown – Savvy Show Stoppers – CDN
Bill Mallonee – Psalm for a Countodwn – LAST DAYS/EARLY MARS
Rheostatics – Record Body Count – Melville – CDN
Rheostatics – Guns – Whale Music – CDN
Jim White – Counting Numbers In The Air – A Funny Little Cross to Bear

Early Winters – Count Me In – Early Winters
Leeroy Stagger – Count Me Out – Beautiful House – CDN
Anthony da Costa – Don’t Count Me Out – Secret Handshake
Cuff The Duke – Count On Me – Morning Comes – CDN
Stephen Fearing and Andy White – You Can’t Count On Anybody Anymore – Fearing & White – CDN
Will Kimbrough – I Can Count on You – Sideshow Love

Terra Lightfoot – The Truth – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
Ry Cooder – 634-5789 – Borderline
Matt Mays – 78’s, 33’s & 45’s (Acoustic) – Twice Upon a Hell of a Time – CDN
Marshall Crenshaw – Twenty-Five Forty-One – Miracle of Science
Greg MacPherson – Numbers – Good Times Coming Back Again – CDN – WPG

77:78 – Chilli – Jellies
case/lang/veirs – Atomic Number – case/lang/veirs
Neko Case – Number Of The Beast – live recording
Alex Dezen – Promise #324,567 – 3/4
Big Star – Thirteen – #1 Record
Bob Snider – Too Many Numbers – A Maze In Greys – CDN

Roger Miller – Got 2 Again – The Hits
Roger Miller – Engine Engine #9 – Golden Hits
Bob Dorough – Three Is A Magic Number – Multiplication Rock (Original Soundtrack Recording)
The Flying Burrito Brothers – Hot Burrito #2 – The Gilded Palace Of Sin
Jackie Greene – About Cell Block #9 – Sweet Somewhere Bound
Brandi Carlile – Sixty Years On (Live) – Brandi Carlile

Today on the show, a chat with Matt Masters about his new soulful album Everybody Loves a Winner, we visit with The Mavens and the Middle Brothers, say goodbye to Larry McMurtry, prep you for Your Next Haircut with Corin Raymond, and spin some new music!

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

The Circuit Breakers – That Western Skyline – single

Susan Crowe – Whippoorwill – Book of Days – CDN
Shari Ulrich – Rain, Rain, Rain – Everywhere I Go – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye – Fall for Beauty – CDN

Wynntown Marshals – The End of the Golden Age – The End of the Golden Age
Dawes – If I Wanted Someone – Nothing Is Wrong
Middle Brother – Million Dollar Bill – Middle Brother
Deer Tick – Song About A Man – Born On Flag Day
Delta Spirit – Streetwalker – I Think I’ve Found It

John Murry – Oscar Wilde (Came Here to Make Fun Of You) – The Stars Are God’s Bullet Holes
Joe Nolan – Lowlights – single – CDN
Slow Leaves – Stick Around – single – CDN – WPG
TUNS – My Memories – Duly Noted – CDN

Matt Masters – Some Day Soon (w/Jill Barber) – Everybody Loves a Winner – CDN

Matt Masters interview

Matt Masters – My Rifle My Pony and Me (w/Barney Bentall) – Everybody Loves a Winner – CDN

James McMurtry – No More Buffalo (Live (Bonus Track)) – Live in Europe
James McMurtry – Levelland – Where’d You Hide The Body
Nanci Griffith – I Wish It Would Rain – Little Love Affairs
Charlie Marie – El Paso – single
Melissa Carper – Old Fashioned Gal – Daddy’s Country Gold
Zachary Lucky and Richard Inman – Sometimes I Wonder (How I Got This Far) – single – CDN

Corin Raymond – Three Thousand Miles – Record Lonesome Night – CDN
Corin Raymond – Rec Room – Dirty Mansions – CDN

On this episode, a real roundup of new music, newly discovered music, live stream news, and some genuine classics we haven’t heard in quite some time.

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

Del Barber – Lucky Prairie Stars – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Lynn Miles – Restless – We’ll Look for Stars – CDN
Lynn Miles – Main St. – We’ll Look for Stars – CDN

John Hiatt – Slow Turning (Live 1994) – Inside Job
Whitehorse – Liar Liar – Modern Love – CDN
Todd Snider – Turn Me Loose (I’ll Never Be the Same) – First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder
The Lone Bellow – Carry – Half Moon Light: Second Phase
Brandi Carlile – I Remember Everything – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows Vol. 2

Loretta Lynn – Coal Miner’s Daughter (Recitation) – Still Woman Enough
Loretta Lynn – You Ain’t Woman Enough (w/Tanya Tucker) – Still Woman Enough
Sharon Van Etten & Lucinda Williams – Save Yourself (By Lucinda Williams) – Epic Ten
Allison Russell – Nightflyer – Outside Child – CDN
Nic Dyson – Sooner or Later – Figments – CDN – WPG

Warped 45s – Hurdle River Crossing – Matador Sunset – CDN
Jason Collett – Crab Walking Home In The Rain – Best of – CDN
Jon and Roy – When You’re Gone – The Road Ahead Is Golden – CDN
Donovan Woods – Whatever Keeps You Going – Children’s Choir (feat. J.P. Robarts P.S. Music Project) – single – CDN

Carl Hauck – Pure Gold – Vestige
The Head And The Heart – Let’s Be Still – Let’s Be Still
Son Volt – Windfall – Trace
Wilco – She’s a Jar – summerteeth

Johnsmith – Kickin’ This Stone – Kickin’ This Stone
Johnsmith – Iris Blue – Kickin’ This Stone
James McMurtry – Ruby and Carlos – Just Us Kids
Slaid Cleaves – Lydia – Broke Down

Well, it’s beginning to look a lot like Spring, and I couldn’t be more thrilled! A bunch of timely songs in honour of the season is definitely warranted, plus some new music, German requests, and a bit of St. Patrick’s Day music (with or without a Celtic edge to it), even if I don’t know when the actual day is. Oh well, the music is great nonetheless!

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

Josh Ritter – Snow Is Gone – Hello Starling
Allison Russell – everything i wanted – single
Lucy Dacus – Thumbs – single
Mo Kenney – Slow Death – Covers – CDN
Serena Ryder – All For Love – is it o.k – CDN
LP – Someday (Live) – Into The Wild – Live At EastWest Studios

Fruit Bats – The Pet Parade – The Pet Parade
Cordovas – Afraid No More – Destiny Hotel
The Dead Tongues – Road to Heaven – live recording

Uncle Tupelo – Moonshiner – March 16-20, 1992
Uncle Tupelo – The Walton’s (Theme) (1991 Longview Farm Acoustic Demo) – March 16-20, 1992
Waltons – Colder Than You – Lik My Trakter – CDN

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 Damnwells – Daylight Savings – demo
Anthony da Costa – Spring – Spring EP
Tom Waits – You Can Never Hold Back Spring – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

Ian Tyson – Springtime – Cowboyography – CDN
Ian Tyson – Spring Time In Alberta – And Stood There Amazed – CDN
Porkbelly Futures – Alberta Springtime – Porkbelly Futures – CDN
Jess Klein – Springtime – Draw Them Near
Shannon Whitworth – Spring Is Here – Waterbound
Jolie Holland – Springtime Can Kill You – Springtime Can Kill You
Spring Breakup – I Never – It’s Not You, It’s Me – CDN
Greg Brown – Spring Wind – Dream Café

John Blek & the Rats – Hand on My Heart – Leave Your Love at the Door
Anna Mitchell – Let’s Run Away – Down to the Bone
Oh Susanna – St. Patrick’s Day – Sleepy Little Sailor – CDN
Irish Mythen – Four Walls – Irish Mythen – CDN

This past week on Fly with your Shadow, I had the chance to speak with Joey Serlin of The Watchmen, who’s preparing for the release of a new album featuring Watchmen singer Danny Greaves, under the name Serlin Greaves. We’ll hear more about that project and hear their brand new single today, alongside other great new music. We also say goodbye to The Bottle Rockets and celebrate a few notable birthdays!

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

Serlin Greaves – The Needle and the Damage Done – single – CDN – WPG
Justin Townes Earle & Dawn Landes – Do I Ever Cross Your Mind – single
Quinton Blair – Wild Horse Rider – single – CDN – MB
John Hiatt & The Jerry Douglas Band – All the Lilacs In Ohio – Leftover Feelings
Greg Keelor – Wonder – Share the Love – CDN

The Brother Brothers – The Calla Lily Song – Calla Lily
Adrianne Lenker – dragon eyes – songs
Garrison Starr – Make Peace with It – Girl I Used to Be
Chloe Albert – Die Trying (feat. T.Buckley) – single – CDN
Vanessa Peters – Crazymaker – Modern Age

Darling West – Caroline ft. Øystein Greni (Bigbang) – live recording
Houndmouth – Gasoline – Little Neon Limelight
Shovels & Rope – Gasoline – Shovels & Rope
Nathan – Gasoline – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG

The Watchmen – Any Day Now – Live and in Stereo – CDN – WPG

Joey Serlin interview

Serlin Greaves – Teenage Heart – Sad Songs for Sale – CDN – WPG
The Watchmen – All Uncovered – Live and in Stereo – CDN – WPG

The Bottle Rockets – Kerosene – The Bottle Rockets
The Bottle Rockets – 1000 Dollar Car – The Brooklyn Side
The Bottle Rockets – Monday (Everytime I Turn Around) – South Broadway Athletic Club
Uncle Tupelo – Sandusky – March 16-20, 1992

Barney Bentall – Dream of a Day – Gift Horse – CDN
Mary Gauthier – March 11, 1962 – The Foundling
Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You – The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

Another crop of new music, some killer Can-Con, and we celebrate the great Jon Dee Graham’s 60th birthday!

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

Jon Dee Graham – Barbara & Steve (with Mike June on TTBTGH, June 22, 2014) – recorded live on UMFM
Mo Kenney – Thirteen – Covers – CDN
CAAMP – Square One – single
Hailey Whitters – How To Break A Heart (feat. Lori McKenna & Hillary Lindsey) – Living The Dream (Deluxe Edition)
Loretta Lynn – One’s On The Way (feat. Margo Price) – Still Woman Enough
Stephanie Lambring – Pretty – Autonomy
Rose Cousins – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – single – CDN

David Gray – Dún Laoghaire – Skellig
Craig Finn – It’s Never Been A Fair Fight (Acoustic Version) – All These Perfect Crosses (Deluxe Edition)
Dawes – Free As We Wanna Be (Acoustic) – single
The Lone Bellow – Dried Up River – Dried Up River

Altameda – Queen of the Street – Dirty Rain – CDN
Altameda – Time Hasn’t Changed Me – Time Hasn’t Changed You – CDN

Joe Nolan – Spin – live recording – CDN
Ken Yates – Keep Your Head Down – Huntsville – CDN
Del Barber – Running On A Wire – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Nothing’s Gonna Harm You – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – There They Go – Citizen Alien – CDN – WPG

Jon Dee Graham – Robot Moving – live recording
Jon Dee Graham – $100 Bill – Escape From Monster Island
Jon Dee Graham – Beautifully Broken – It’s Not As Bad As It Looks
Jon Dee Graham – Holes – Swept Away
Jon Dee Graham – Laredo (Small Dark Something) – Hooray for the Moon
The Hobart Brothers & L’il Sis Hobart – Ballad of Sis (Didn’t I Love You) – At Least We Have Each Other

Blue Shadows – Paper and a Promise – On the Floor of Heaven (Deluxe re-issue) – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – No Hurry – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN

Once again we’ve got a whole bunch of new music, as well as music from Fly with your Shadow and Yellowstone, and Dagwood Radio redux!

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

Bob Snider – A Love To Call My Own – Words And Pictures – CDN
Nicky Mehta – Row Him Home – Weather Vane – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
Ben de la Cour – The Last Chance Farm – Shadow Land
Ben de la Cour – Down to the Water’s Edge – Midnight in Havana

Mike Plume – Shreveport To L.A. – Rock And Roll Recordings…Volume 1 – CDN
Mike Plume – Ride – Rock And Roll Recordings…Volume 1 – CDN
The White Buffalo – Fantasy – single
Charley Crockett – Lesson in Depression – single

John Blek – My Father’s Son – Digressions #2 Grounded
Anthony da Costa – Everything Has Changed and Nothing – What Plans?
David Gray – House With No Walls – Skellig
Down Like Silver – Broken Coastline – single

Max Gomez – Make It Me – Me & Joe
Max Gomez – Joe – Me & Joe
Karl Blau – Let the World Go By – Introducing Karl Blau
Joseph Huber – Another Man’s Shoes – Moondog

Stan Rogers – The White Collar Holler – Between The Breaks…Live! – CDN
Colter Wall – Fraulein (feat. Tyler Childers) – Colter Wall – CDN
Two Crows for Comfort – Older Still – Older Still – CDN – WPG
100 Mile House – Grateful – Love and Leave You – CDN
H.C. McEntire – ‘Til I Get It Right – Sings Tammy Wynette

Hayes Carll – Drunken Poet’s Dream – Trouble In Mind
Sturgill Simpson – Turtles All the Way Down – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Gregory Alan Isakov – The Stable Song – That Sea, the Gambler
Parker Ainsworth, Butch Walker, Paris Jackson, & Jessie Payo – Running For So Long (House A Home) – The Peanut Butter Falcon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Kieran Kane – This Dirty Little Town (feat. Emmylou Harris & Lucinda Williams) – Dead Reckoning

It is Valentine’s Day, and although that goofy greeting card holiday doesn’t really excite me, it is also the time when we celebrate the life and music of the great Willie P Bennett, who died on February 15, 2008. This year there’s a whole crop of great new cover versions that you can (and should) check out on YouTube, and we’ve got a few of my favourites on the show today as well as a bunch of great new music, German requests, and a tip of the hat to our friends at CKUW 95.9 fm, who are in the midst of their annual FunDrive. I support the cause every single year, and I hope that you will too! Go to ckuw.ca/donate to show your support!

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

Willie P Bennett – Blue Valentine – Heartstrings – CDN
John Blek – Like a Child – Digressions #2 Grounded
Ryan McMahon – Trucker Speed – single
Corb Lund – Horse Poor (feat. Jaida Dreyer & Tom Russell) – single – CDN
Bobby Dove – Chance in Hell (feat. Jim Cuddy) – Hopeless Romantic – CDN – MB
Shannon McNally – I Ain’t Living Long Like This (feat. Rodney Crowell) – The Waylon Sessions

Sean Burns and Lost Country – White Lines and Taillights (w/Del Barber) – 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 – Streets of Bakersfield (w/Andrew Neville) – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Cigarette Song – CKUW Fundrive 2009: Uncovered – CDN – WPG

Dirk Powell – I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly – live recording
Brandi Carlile – Take Me Home, Country Roads – single

Slow Leaves – Feel It Too – Holiday – CDN – WPG
David Olney & Anana Kaye – My Favorite Goodbye – Whispers And Sighs
Olivia Wolf – Hummingbird – The Hummingbird Sessions: Volume 1

Olivia Ellen Lloyd – Sorrow – Loose Cannon
The Brother Brothers – Sorrow – Calla Lily
Glen Hansard – Leave A Light – This Wild Willing
Nathaniel Rateliff – Redemption (From the Apple Original Film “Palmer”) – single

Jaxon Haldane – Turn Out the Lights – live recording – CDN – WPG
George Douglas – One Vessel – live recording – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Brave Wings – live recording – CDN
Keri Latimer – Andrew’s waltz – live recording – CDN – WPG
Willie P Bennett – Love Is a Game – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Lace And Pretty Flowers – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN

We’ve got a whole bunch of great new music, including this month’s Bandcamp Fee-Free Friday haul, we check in on some old friends, and we talk about the upcoming episode of my new show, Fly with your Shadow.

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

Steve Earle – Time Is Never On Our Side – Songs From Quarantine
Ry Cooder – Baby Started Wearing Her Mask – Songs From Quarantine
Lucinda Williams – When The Way Gets Dark – Songs From Quarantine
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, The War and Treaty – The Times They Are A-Changin’ – single
Blair Michael Hogan – Hoopleheads – Shit’s Gettin’ Weird (Around Here) – CDN

Jesse Dayton – Old Ghost Drinkin’ – Me & My Guitar
Jesse Malin – The Favorite – Me & My Guitar
James McMurtry – Levelland – Soundcheck at the Gallery

Benj Rowland – Accident – live recording – CDN
Black Feather – Willie’s Diamond Joe – live recording – CDN
Matt Mays – Tall Trees (Live) – From Burnside with Love – CDN
The Avett Brothers – February Seven – The Carpenter
Lucero – The Match – When You Found Me
Todd Snider – You Think You Know Somebody (Live) – Music Hall Live (Live 1995)

Kerji Stephens – Hunted & Hunter – Hunted & Hunter – CDN – WPG
Paul Bergman – I just want to walk in the dark with you – single – CDN – MB
Hailey Whitters – Glad To Be Here (feat. Brent Cobb) – Living the Dream
Taylor Ashton – Alex (feat. Rachael Price) – Romanticize – CDN

Matt Fockler – The Struggle – live recording
Mike Lynch – Has Everybody Gone Crazy – Building Character – CDN
Mike Lynch – Old Fashioned Side of Me – Road Map – CDN

Chris Bottomley & Brainfudge – A Better Day Will Come – Bright Eye Day – CDN
John Bottomley – Saint Psalm – Blackberry – CDN
Colin Linden – Hook’s In The Water – Southern Jumbo – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – King of This Town – King of This Town – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Baby, Come and Turn Out the Lights – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN