It is December, and although this year doesn’t seem to hold a lot of joy, we’ll embrace the holiday spirit and let a few new festive tunes slip in to the show today and in the weeks to come. We’ve also got the long-awaited new all-star local compilation as well as a bunch of other great new songs and a lot of other good stuff for you today.

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

Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – Words and Music
Andrew Neville – Honky Tonk Shangri-La – We Still Gotta Lotta Livin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Man or a Fool – We Still Gotta Lotta Livin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Del Barber w/ Grant Siemens – Meantime – We Still Gotta Lotta Livin’ To Do – CDN – WPG

John Blek – Like A Child – Digressions #2 Grounded
Serlin Greaves – The Needle and the Damage Done – single – CDN – WPG
Death Cab for Cutie – Flirted With You All My Life – The Georgia E.P.
Gregory Alan Isakov – Bullet Holes – Evening Machines
Slim Dunlap – Hate this Town – single
Mariel Buckley – No Surprise – single – CDN

The Oldest Forest – Put On A Fuckin Mask Stupid Part 2 – single – CDN – WPG
The Oldest Forest – Let’s Do The Foxtrot – single – CDN – WPG
The Oldest Forest – They Call Me Country – single – CDN – WPG

Skydiggers – Even When You Fall – Road Radio – CDN
Skydiggers – Good King Wenceslas – The Truth About Us – CDN
The Burning Hell – Better King Wenceslas – Mathias Kom’s Holy Hullabaloo – CDN

Liz Longley – One Missing – A Little Magic
Phoebe Bridgers – If We Make It Through December – If We Make It Through December EP
Boreal – Snow Falls Down – single – CDN
Calexico – Peace of Mind – Seasonal Shift
Rodney Crowell – Let’s Skip Christmas This Year – Christmas Everywhere
The Handsome Family – So Much Wine – In the Air

Nathan – John Paul’s Deliveries – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – One Voice – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
Oh Susanna & Michael Johnston – My Christmas Dreams – Decemberly – CDN
Allison Moorer – O Holy Night – Five Holiday Favorites

2020 has been an unmitigated disaster in almost every regard except for new music, which has been outstanding. Today we’re going to look at some of our favourites in hopes that you might add some music to your online shopping list or your own wish list, especially with the final Bandcamp Friday of the year coming up this week. These aren’t necessarily all of the best songs & albums of the year, just some of our standout favourites.

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

Kathleen Edwards – Glenfern – Total Freedom – CDN
Jim Bryson – Knights Of 1000 Sleeps ft. Caroline Brooks – single – CDN
Evangeline Gentle – Drop My Name – Evangeline Gentle – CDN
Ken Yates – Easy Way Out – Quiet Talkers – CDN
Graven – Real Rain – Years – CDN

Joe Nolan – Maybe We Didn’t Get Our Timing Right – Drifters – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Love Songs for the Long Game – single – CDN
Kennedy Road – Kennedy – A Little Fight Left Yet – CDN
Campbell Woods – For You – Keeper – CDN
John Prine – I Remember Everything – single

Sarah Harmer – St. Peter’s Bay – Are You Gone – CDN
Melissa Payne – Shake Me – Darker Than Your Dark – CDN

Icecream Hands – Thank You – No Weapon But Love
Jerry Joseph – Days of Heaven – The Beautiful Madness
Drive-By Truckers – The New OK – The New OK
Chuck Prophet – Marathon – The Land That Time Forgot
Our Man In The Field – I’ll Be Gone – The Company of Strangers

Scott Nolan – Ballad of a Stranger – single – CDN – WPG
William Prince – Old Souls – Reliever – CDN – WPG
Ben de la Cour – In God We Trust … All Others Pay Cash – Shadow Land – CDN

Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG
Skinny Dyck – Dreamin’ – Get to Know Lonesome – CDN
Mike Plume – Younger Than We Are Today – Lonesome Stretch of Highway – CDN
Slow Leaves – Miss You – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG

A whole lot of cool covers today and the rest is brought to you by the letter B as we have a bunch of BROOD, a bit of Bruceness, and we visit with the Bobs I know!

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

Lowest of the Low – Black Monday – Hallucigenia – CDN
Rusty Cage – The Black Friday Song – Really Stupid Bad Songs That I Made
Casey Laforet – Put On A Fuckin Mask Stupid – single – CDN
Casey Laforet – Mr. Brownstone (Wild Turkey Version) – single – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Stay Out (acoustic) – single – CDN
Elliott BROOD – A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. – single – CDN

Steve Earle & The Dukes – Harlem River Blues – J.T.
John Anderson, Toby Keith, Buddy Miller & Tanya Tucker – Okie From Muskogee (Live) – Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard
Lauren Ruth Ward – Riders on the Storm – Happy Birthday Jim
Lissie – Wrecking Ball – Thank You to the Flowers
Molly Parden & Hollow Hum – Found out About You – Why Worry: A Collection of Covers
Molly Tuttle – She’s A Rainbow – …but i’d rather be with you
Dan Mangan – Losing My Religion – Thief – CDN

Matthew Ryan – Untitled Verses for Distances – Life Is Beautiful
Jennah Barry – Rocket – Holiday – CDN

NQ Arbuckle – Atlantic City – Live at Lincoln County Social Club – CDN
Martyn Joseph – One Step Up – Tires Rushing by in the Rain
Rose Cousins – If I Should Fall Behind – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Human Touch (w/Bahamas) – single – CDN
Ruth Moody – Dancing in the Dark – These Wilder Things – CDN – WPG
Townes Van Zandt – Racing in the Streets – Roadsongs

Bob Schneider – Big Blue Sea – live recording
Bob Schneider – I Wish the Wind Would Blow Me – recorded live on UMFM
Bob Schneider – The Way Life Is Supposed to Be – I’m Good Now
Bob Schneider – Lake Michigan – single

Bob Snider – Talk to Me Babe – Caterwaul & Doggerel – CDN
Bobby Long – Who Have You Been Loving – A Winter Tale
Bobby Bare Jr. – Valentine – From the End of Your Leash
Lonesome Bob – Got Away With It – Things Change

The new music rollout is slowing down, so not as much of the fresh stuff this week, but we’ve got a bunch left over from Bandcamp day and previous weeks to keep us busy. We’ve also got some great requests and we celebrate the birthday of one of our most played and beloved artists this week, and mark the first anniversary of the death of another.

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

NQ Arbuckle – Part Of A Poem By Alden Nowlan Called Ypres: 1915 – XOK – CDN
Phoebe & Maggie – Iris – single
Kurt Vile – Gone Girl – Speed, Sound, Lonely KV
The Circuit Breakers – Gonna Be A Darkness – single
Scott Nolan Band – Johnny Tornado – We Best Choose To Pick The Blues (A Winnipeg Tribute to Big Dave McLean) – CDN – WPG

Last Year’s Man – The Dark End of the Road (feat. Jesse Terry) – Brave the Storm
Last Year’s Man – Feet of Clay (feat. The Hackles) – Brave the Storm
Chris Stapleton – Joy Of My Life – Starting Over
Jackson Emmer – When the Lawn Gets Dark – Alpine Coda
Luther Wright & the Wrongs – All We Ever Need – single – CDN
Julia Jacklin – to Perth, before the border closes – single
Jess Klein – My Own Beating Heart (feat. Gaelynn Lea & Mark Simonsen) – single
Gillian Welch – Sin City – Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3

Nora Jane Struthers & Joe Overton – In Your Yard – PSA 45
Nora Jane Struthers – The Hunger – Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words
India Ramey – You and Me Against the World – Shallow Graves
Daniel Norgren – My Rock Is Crumbling – The Green Stone
Chris Bennett moreguitar – Disenchanted World – Disenchanted World – CDN

Justin Farren – Two Wheel Drive and Japanese – Pretty Free
The Bones of J.R. Jones – Sing Sing – The Wildness
Chris Moyse – Live Till We Die – Bitter Ballads & Cynical Prayers
Daniel Martin Moore – Anyway – Golden Age
Kelsey Waldon – Mississippi Goddam (feat. Adia Victoria & Kyshona Armstrong) – single

David Francey – Torn Screen Door – Torn Screen Door – CDN
David Francey – Broken Glass – Skating Rink – CDN
David Francey – The Waking Hour – The Waking Hour – CDN
Spirit Of The West – Political – Labour Day – CDN
Spirit Of The West – Home for a Rest – Save this House – CDN

We’ve got a mountain of new music to traverse today, including a pile of new cover versions. A diverse mix of great new music awaits!

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

Elliott BROOD – Where Everybody Knows Your Name – single – CDN
Casey Laforet – Let The Mystery Be – single – CDN
Casey Laforet – Bluebird Wine – single – CDN
Lucinda Williams – A Face In The Crowd – Lu’s Jukebox Vol 1 – Runnin’ Down a Dream: A Tribute to Tom Petty
Dave Alvin – Highway 61 Revisited – From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings

Scott The Hoople – Thrasher – NEIL (Vol. 1)
Katie Pruitt – Ohio – Ohio / After The Gold Rush
Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood, Jason Isbell – Danko/Manuel – Live at the Shoals Theatre
The Warm Up: Elliott, Rose, da Costa – Love Ain’t Easy – live recording
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) – Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)

Rising Appalachia – Sometimes I… – The Sails of Self
Amy Montgomery – Intangible – Intangible

Icecream Hands – No Weapon But Love – No Weapon But Love
The Jellybricks – Faith – Some Kind of Lucky
Silver Clouds – Inclement Weather – Silver Clouds – CDN – WPG
Steve Wynn – Milky White (feat. Eric Ambel) – Decade
Leeroy Stagger – Deeper Well – Strange Path – CDN
Son of Dave – Carry On – single – CDN – WPG

Graven – Legend of You – Years – CDN
Graven – Real Rain – Years – CDN
Kellen Saip – We’re All in This Together – single – CDN
Braden Gates – New in Town – Kitchen Days – CDN
Forest Sun – Help Me Find My Way – Help Me Find My Way

Steve Poltz – Quarantine Blues – single – CDN
Van Morrison – As I Walked Out – single
David Lee Roth – Somewhere over the Rainbow Bar and Grill – single

Another week, another of the all-time greatest songwriters gone. Last week we paid tribute to Jerry Jeff Walker, and this week we say a fond farewell to Billy Joe Shaver, one of the most revered and covered songwriters of them all. Billy Joe lived through just about every danger and tragedy there is, so I was starting to think that he was immortal, but 2020 has a nasty way of proving everyone’s mortality. Billy Joe leaves behind a catalogue full of incredible songs that will be sung forever, and the first hour of the show is full of only some of the best. In hour two, we’ve got some more new music, requests, and other stuff. Keep your loved ones and songwriting icons in your thoughts and prayers folks. Let’s keep each other safe so I don’t have to do any more tributes this year.

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

Todd Snider – Good News Blues – East Nashville Skyline
Billy Joe Shaver – Déjà Blues (feat. Todd Snider) – Freedom’s Child
Jerry Jeff Walker – Old Five And Dimers Like Me – Great Gonzos
Foster Martin Band – I’ve Been to Georgia – Roller Coaster Ride – CDN – MB
Kerri Woelke – If I Give My Soul – Where We Were – CDN – WPG

Billy Joe Shaver – I’ll Love You as Much as I Can – Long in the Tooth
Billy Joe Shaver – Drinkin’ Back (feat. Bob Schneider, Randy Rogers Band, Old 97s & Honeybrowne) – Brewed in Texas, Vol. 2
Kris Kristofferson – Good Christian Soldier – Kris Kristofferson
Billy Joe Shaver – You Just Can’t Beat Jesus Christ (feat. Johnny Cash) – Everybody’s Brother
Billy Joe Shaver – Hard to Be an Outlaw (feat. Willie Nelson) – Long in the Tooth

Waylon Jennings – Honky Tonk Heroes – Honky Tonk Heroes
The Highwaymen – Live Forever – The Road Goes On Forever
Bobby Bare – Ride Me Down Easy – Ride Me Down Easy
Johnny Paycheck – Ragged Old Truck – The Soul & The Edge
Mark Stuart And The Bastard Sons – I’m Just An Old Chunk Of Coal – Bend In The Road
The Gourds – Omaha – Shinebox

Skydiggers – November in Ontario – Desmond’s Hip City – CDN
Kellen Saip – Bear Bones – Bear Bones – CDN
Shawn William Clarke – Leonard Cohen – Spectral Acoustics Vol 1 – CDN
Murray McLauchlan – I Live On A White Cloud – single – CDN
Ryland Moranz – If I Had Wings – XO, 1945 – CDN
Joe Nolan – When I’m Feeling Down – CDN

Smokekiller – You’ll Find Out – Chiba – CDN
Northcote – Streets of Gold – Let Me Roar – CDN
Mike Edel & Cumulus – Giving up on Giving In – En Masse – CDN
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Up All Night – Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!

Joshua Hyslop – Free Fallin’ – single – CDN
Steep Canyon Rangers – Honey on My Tongue – Arm in Arm
Caamp – Keep the Blues Away – By and By
Grant-Lee Phillips – Leave a Light On – Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff

2020 strikes again and takes another music icon/legend. This weekend, Jerry Jeff Walker lost his battle with throat cancer, and we’ve lost one of the greats of songwriting and performing. Today on the show, a heartfelt tribute featuring words and music from Todd Snider, Jerry Jeff’s biggest fan and close friend, and a whole lot of music from the man himself. After that, we’ve got a pile of new and timely music to round things out.

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

Todd Snider – Mr. Bojangles w/ Jerry Jeff Walker, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires – live recording
Jerry Jeff Walker – Stoney – Bein’ Free
Jerry Jeff Walker – Charlie Dunn – Jerry Jeff Walker
Todd Snider – Takin’ It As It Comes (feat. Amy LaVere) – Time As We Know It: The Songs Of Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Jeff Walker – Alright Guy – Gonzo Stew

Jerry Jeff Walker – Up Against The Wall, Red Neck – Viva Terlingua
Jerry Jeff Walker – L.A. Freeway – Great Gonzos
Jerry Jeff Walker – London Homesick Blues – Live From Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop
Jerry Jeff Walker – Navajo Rug – Navajo Rug
Jerry Jeff Walker – Sangria Wine – Great Gonzos

William Prince – Gospel First Nation – Gospel First Nation – CDN – WPG
Zachary Lucky – Bad Liver and a Broken Heart – single – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Two Wild Horses – Consider the Speed – CDN

The Cold Manitoba Project – Land & Tide – single – CDN
The Cold Manitoba Project – Cold Manitoba – single – CDN
Skinny Dyck – Get to Know Lonesome – Get to Know Lonesome – CDN
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Keep On Truckin’ – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Jon Brooks – Proxima B – No One Travels Alone – CDN
Shawn William Clarke – Autumn in New Brunswick – Topaz – CDN
Murray McLauchlan – The One Percent – single – CDN

Will Kimbrough – The Late Great John Prine Blues – Spring Break
Jim White – The John Prine Way – live recording
Jim White – The Divided States of America – Misfit’s Jubilee

Fresh off a trip to the dentist, I thought it was time to pay some tribute to proper dental care, but we’ve also got a pile of great new (and new-to-me) music and a few feel-good Canadian classics.

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

Mike Dunn and The Kings Of New England – Crooked Tooth Grin – Sundowner
The Damnwells – You Don’t Have to Like Me to Love Me (tonight) – Air Stereo
John Blek & The Rats – Tooth and Nail – Borders
Bahamas – Hockey Teeth – Pink Strat – CDN

Brock Zeman – Rotten Tooth – Rotten Tooth – CDN
SWANK – Brush your teeth – The Survival Issue – CDN
Veal – Toothbrush – The Embattled Hearts – CDN
The Reverend Horton Heat – Where in the Hell Did You Go With My Toothbrush (Live) – 25 to Life: Live

Ben de la Cour – Swan Dive – Shadow Land
Justin Farren – The Toilet Paper Song – Songs from Spare Rooms
Justin Farren – Everyone Should Be Nice – Another Bluebird Day
Ben de la Cour – Suicide of Town – single

Salim Nourallah – President Gas – single
Steve Poltz – Hey God I’ll Trade You Donald Trump for Leonard Cohen – single – CDN

Shannon Lyon – Since I’m Loving You – Wandered – CDN
Shannon Lyon – The Lights Behind – The Lights Behind – CDN
Geoff Berner – Volcano God – We Shall Not Flag or Fail, We Shall Go On to the End – CDN

Chris Trapper – Make It Through (Stripped Mix) – Cold Water Waltz
Juliet McConkey – Hung the Moon – Disappearing Girl
Bella White – Just Like Leaving – Just Like Leaving – CDN
Willie Watson – Dancing On My Own – single
Ondara – Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday – Folk n’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation
Low Cut Connie – Stay as Long as You Like – Private Lives
Carolina Story – See You When I See You – Dandelion

The Lowest of the Low – Subversives – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
The Weakerthans – Psalm For The Elks Lodge Last Call – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG
Joe Nolan – Kisses in the Dark – Drifters – CDN

It’s Thanksgiving weekend and as always, we’re thankful for great music to get us through, and there’s a whole bunch of great stuff here today. We’ve got another pile of great new music, including the haul from the last Bandcamp day, some great requests, we celebrate some significant local birthdays, and we explore the life and incredible talent of Eddie Van Halen by picking out some of the folkier sounds from his amazing work.

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

Mary Gauthier – Thanksgiving At The Prison (demo) – Season of Mercy (single)
Loudon Wainwright III – Thanksgiving – Career Moves
Drive-By Truckers – The Thanksgiving Filter – Go-Go Boots

Andrina Turenne – When the Smoke Clears – single – CDN – WPG
Terra Lightfoot – Love You So – Consider The Speed – CDN
Amanda Shires – The Promise (w/Jason Isbell) – single
The Mastersons – Sensitive Souls – Red, White & I Love You Too

Slim Dunlap – Two by Two – single
Jonathan Byrd – I Wish I Was In Love – Pickup Takeout
Courtney Marie Andrews, Liz Cooper and Molly Sarlé – America (Simon & Garfunkel Cover) – Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy, Volume 2
James McMurtry – Out Here in the Middle – Blasted from the Past
John Moreland – Nobody Gives a Damn About Songs Anymore – Live at The Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC – 6/9/19

Arborist – Too Much On My Mind – A Northern View
Reb Fountain – Don´t You Know Who I Am – Reb Fountain
Ian Noe – Letter To Madeline – Between The Country

Slow Leaves – Miss You – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Half of the Bed – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Everything Is not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – As Far as I can Tell – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Malana – Stranger – CDN – WPG

Van Halen – Spanish Fly – Van Halen II
Van Halen – Could this Be Magic? – Women and Children First
Van Halen – Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) – Diver Down
Van Halen – 316 – For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Mike Plume – More Than A Game (2014 Version) – single – CDN
Skinny Dyck – Dreamin’ – Get To Know Lonesome – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Step Into the Light – Common Senseless

Lots of new music today, including a very busy artist who appeared on three releases this week, some great Can-con, special requests, and some October music to head us into the month in style!

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

John Wort Hannam – Acres of Elbow Room – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Matthew Ryan – 3rd of October – East Autumn Grin
Jon Dee Graham – October – Summerland

Drive-By Truckers – The New OK – The New OK
Steve Earle – Times Like These – single
Thomas Csorba – Highway Kid – Thomas Csorba
Hannah Aldridge – Aftermath – Live in Black and White
Bonnie Whitmore – Fine – Last Will & Testament
Mise en Scene – High School Feeling – Winnipeg, California – CDN – MB

Last Year’s Man – Brave the Storm – Brave the Storm
Kurt Vile – How Lucky (w/John Prine) – Speed, Sound, Lonely KV EP
The War & Treaty – Beautiful (w/Jason Isbell) – Hearts Town
Jackson Emmer – Fork in the Road (w/Mary Bragg) – Alpine Coda

NQ Arbuckle – Love Songs for the Long Game – Love Songs for the Long Game – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Western Wind – Born by the Radio – CDN
Lynn Miles – Because We Love – We’ll Look for Stars – CDN
Colleen Brown – I Can’t Wrap my Arms around It – Seasons Are Circling – CDN
Melissa Payne – Shake Me – Darker than your Dark – CDN

Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters – Desert Flowers – single
Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, and Yim Yames – Careless Reckless Love – New Multitudes
Billy Bragg & Wilco – One by One – Mermaid Avenue

Anthony da Costa – In the New World (w/Katie Pruitt) – single
Donovan Woods – She Waits For Me to Come Back Down (feat. Katie Pruitt) – Without People – CDN
Katie Pruitt – Look the Other Way – single

Scott Nolan – Fire Up – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Twister – SIlverhill – CDN – WPG