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

Today on the show, some new music, we visit Yellowstone, ease into February with some timely tunes, and talk more about my new show, Fly with your Shadow!

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

Leeroy Stagger – Me And The Mountain – Me and the Mountain – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Caught In The Middle – Me and the Mountain – CDN
Kim Richey – Those Words We Said – Kim Richey
Patty Griffin – Change – Flaming Red
Lynn Miles – Over You – Unravel – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Summerlong – Back to Me – CDN

Stephanie Lambring – Daddy’s Disappointment – Autonomy
Stephanie Lambring – Joy of Jesus – Autonomy
SomeRiseSomeFall – Funny Time of Year (feat. Anna Mitchell) – Funny Time of Year
Allison Russell – By Your Side – By Your Side / Landslide – CDN
Shovels & Rope – In My Room (feat. Sharon Van Etten) – In My Room

Ryan Bingham – The Weary Kind – Junky Star
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Alabama Pines – Here We Rest

Lyle Lovett – She’s No Lady – Pontiac
Lyle Lovett – Nobody Knows Me – Lyle Lovett And His Large Band
Kacey Musgraves – Slow Burn – Golden Hour
William Prince – All I Know – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG

Russ Goozee & Chris Bottomley – Lonely Days – single – CDN
John Bottomley – She Lay Down by the Water – Library of the Sun – CDN
Corin Raymond – Dirty Mansions – Dirty Mansions – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys – Lakota Sioux – Pickup Cowboy
Scott Cook – Tangle of Souls – Tangle of Souls – CDN

Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN
David Francey – February Morning Drive – Far End of Summer – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Dogs of February – Hallucigenia – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – February Song – Dark Dream Midnight – CDN

2021 new music has started to roll out and we’ve got a pile of it to start things off today. We also take a look at one of my favourite albums of all time, veer into some great Canadian classics, and announce the details of my brand new show, coming this week!

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

Steve Forbert – January 23-30, 1978 – Jack Rabbit Slim
The Brother Brothers – On The Road Again – Calla Lily
Anthony da Costa – Messages – single
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Don’t Overthink It – Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
Birdy – Surrender – Y O U N G H E A R T
Begonia – Bus – single – CDN – WPG

Spencer Burton – Hard Times – Coyote – CDN
Raine Hamilton – Brave Land – Brave Land – CDN
The Franklin Electric – After All – single
Robert Vincent – I Was Hurt Today but I’m Alright Now – From Home, Vol. 3 (As Live as Can Be)
Holly Macve – Be My Friend – NOT THE GIRL
Church of Roswell – Crazy Train – live recording

Stephanie Lambring – Mr. Wonderful – Autonomy
Stephanie Lambring – Somebody Else’s Dress – Autonomy

Mike Plume Band – Rattle the Cage – Song and Dance, Man – CDN
Mike Plume Band – If There Ever Was a Fool – Song and Dance, Man – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Wind at My Back – Song and Dance, Man – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith & the Flying Squirrels – Harold Wilson – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Lean On Your Peers – Kings Of Love – CDN
Colin Linden – The Last Thought – Big Mouth – CDN

John Bottomley – Fly With Your Shadow – Blackberry – CDN
John Bottomley – For The One I Love – The Healing Dream – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Red Bandana – Everything Is Real – CDN
Bob Schneider – Please Ask for Help – Burden of Proof
Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues – Harlem River Blues

Not a lot of new music these days, leaving time to celebrate two beloved Canadian musical institutions. Borealis Records has served the Canadian folk & roots community like no other label over the past 25 years, so it’s with a bit of sadness but a lot of gratitude that we pay tribute to the end of the road for founders Grit Laskin and Bill Garrett. Winnipeg’s beloved Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club is one of the most important musical breeding grounds in the country (world?) and it celebrates 20 years this week. John Scoles has stared down the end of the road and refused to quit many times and we’re looking forward to the eventual post-COVID resurrection of the club with a look back at some of the amazing moments from the past 20 years.

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

D.Rangers – We Stay High and Lonesome – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG
Parker Millsap – The Real Thing – Be Here Instead
Lucero – Back in Ohio – When You Found Me
Matt Mays – Downtown – From Burnside With Love – CDN

Ryland Moranz – Run Rabbit Run – XO, 1945 – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Run Rabbit Run – Love Versus – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Run Rabbit Run – Hustle up Starlings

Laura Smith – As Long as I’m Dreaming – As Long as I’m Dreaming – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Don’t Burn the Candle at Both Ends – Acoustic Eclectic – CDN
Doug Paisley – Transient – The Al Purdy Songbook – CDN
Ron Hynes – My Father’s Ghost – Stealing Genius – CDN
Jon Brooks – Gun Dealer – The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside – CDN

Andrew Neville – Honky Tonk Shangri-La – We Still Gotta Lotta Livin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Adrien Sala – Andrew Neville – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. IV] – CDN – WPG
The Perpetrators – Josco, Can I Have Another Shot Of Beam? – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. III] – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Stone – Winnipeg: The High And Lonesome Years Vol. II – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Temptation – Winnipeg: The High And Lonesome Years Vol. II – CDN – WPG
Sound Czech – The Chicken Toss Song – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. 1] – CDN – WPG

Scott Nolan Band – Chicken Flew – American Hotel – CDN – WPG
Kev Corbett – 12 Steps to Hell – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
The Sadies – The Times Change – Tales Of The Rat Fink: Original Soundtrack – CDN

Alana Levandoski – Don’t Be Denied – Borrowed Tunes II (a Tribute to Neil Young) out of the Blue – CDN – MB
Geoff Berner – The Way That Girl Drinks Beer – We Shall Not Flag or Fail, We Shall Go On to the End – CDN
Kris Demeanor & his Crack Band – Party All Night – Party All Night: Live at the Ironwood – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – In Another Time – Hanging The Battle-Scarred Pinata – CDN
Jack Marks – Exley’s Blues – Two Of Everything – CDN
Corin Raymond – Hard on Things – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN

Back in the saddle for the first “regular” episode of the new year. After a couple of 4-hour specials the past couple of weeks and a bunch of Christmas business before that, we’ve got a bit of a backlog of new and new-to-me music to get through, as well as some requests and a trip back in time to some Can-con glory days spearheaded by one of our most loyal listeners.

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

Mayhemingways – 14th of January – Skip Land – CDN
Guy Clark – Step Inside My House – unreleased
Shawn Camp – She Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – unreleased
Jim Bryson – Grey Cup Sunday – A Country Blues Christmas: The 2010 Zunior Holiday Album – CDN
John Bottomley – The River – Star In the Singing Grove – CDN
John Bottomley – Black Mountain Breakdown (outtake from the Blackberry Sessions) – The Mountain Hammered, Vol. 1-unreleased Songs, Live Songs, demos, 1990-2009 – CDN

Steve Earle & The Dukes – Last Words – J.T.
Todd Snider – I Wish We Had Our Time Again – single
Charley Crockett – I Can Help – single
Langhorne Slim – Colors – Strawberry Mansion
Sam Kaiser – Good Things – single – CDN
Jon and Roy – Rising Sun – single
Beta Radio – Hope You Change Your Mind – Afraid of Love
John Blek – Right Moves – Digressions #2 Grounded

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard – New Coat of Paint: Tom Waits Tribute
Alana Levandoski – Ring Out Wild Bells – single – CDN – MB
Amanda Shires – That’s All – single
Strung Like a Horse – Fuck What They Think – WHOA!
Cinder Well – Wandering Boy – No Summer

Ron Sexsmith – Beautiful View – Whereabouts – CDN
The Weakerthans – Pamphleteer – Left and Leaving – CDN – WPG
The Cash Brothers – Nebraska – How Was Tomorrow – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Night Shift Guru – How Was Tomorrow – CDN
Spirit of the West – D for Democracy – Go Figure – CDN
Barenaked Ladies – Enid – Gordon – CDN
Jim Bryson – Elizabeth – The North Side Benches – CDN