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Playlist: Episode #856, Sept. 27, 2020

We gave up the second hour of the broadcast on UMFM to make room for an important broadcast called We Are All Treaty People, so the full two-hour episode of Tell the Band to Go Home can only be found on the podcast.

On the show today we’ve got some more great new music, even if we haven’t actually heard some of it yet, some overdue requests, and we check in with some artists that I used to really love but for one reason or another haven’t connected with as much over the years.

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

Lydia Loveless – September – Daughter
Thomas Csorba – Crooked Kind of Free – Thomas Csorba
Jamestown Revival – Loneliness – A Field Guide to Loneliness
Pokey LaFarge – Banks Of The Ohio – The Devil All the Time

Bear’s Den & Paul Frith – When You Break – Fragments
Bedouine, Waxahatchee, & Hurray For The Riff Raff – Thirteen – single
Native Harrow – Carry On – Closeness

Elliott BROOD – Bird Dog – Keeper – CDN
Band of Horses – Marry Song – Cease to Begin
Bon Iver – Flume – For Emma, Forever Ago
Iron & Wine – Sunset Soon Forgotten – Our Endless Numbered Days
Blitzen Trapper – Furr – Furr
The Tallest Man On Earth – Love Is All – The Wild Hunt

Serena Ryder – Sweeping the Ashes – is it o.k – CDN
Neko Case – Look For Me (I’ll Be Around) – Blacklisted
Jill Barber – In Perfect Time – A Note to Follow So – CDN
Feist – Mushaboom – Let It Die – CDN

Crash Test Dummies – The Ghosts That Haunt Me – The Ghosts That Haunt Me – CDN – WPG
The Deep Dark Woods – All the Money I Had Is Gone – Winter Hours – CDN
Corb Lund Band – No Roads Here – Five Dollar Bill – CDN
Ron Sexsmith – Wishing Wells – Retriever – CDN
The New Pornographers – Mass Romantic – Mass Romantic – CDN

Hayes Carll – Hey Baby Where You Been – Little Rock
John Hiatt – Real Fine Love – Stolen Moments
Shawn Colvin – Get Out of this House – A Few Small Repairs

Playlist: Episode #855, Sept. 20, 2020

A few real gems among the new releases but otherwise one of the quietest weeks in recent memory, so we spent a lot of time listening to old favourites including some of the seemingly few great double albums.

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

Jimmy LaFave – Buffalo Return to the Plains – Buffalo Return to the Plains
Tyler Childers – Long Violent History – Long Violent History
Tyler Childers – Whitehouse Road – Purgatory
Steve Earle – Devil’s Right Hand – Copperhead Road
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Codeine – Here We Rest
Drive-By Truckers – Sink Hole – Decoration Day

Strays Don’t Sleep – I Walked Away – A Short Film for a Long Story
Dawes – Didn’t Fix Me – Good Luck With Whatever
Gillian Welch – Papa Writes to Johnny – Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2
Imelda May – Home – Slip Of The Tongue

Stan Rogers – Northwest Passage – Northwest Passage – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Whoville – Sixty Second Songs – CDN
Lewis Melville – Cast Iron – Sixty Second Songs – CDN

Derek & The Dominos – I Looked Away – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos – Thorn Tree in the Garden – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Wilco – I Got You (At the End of the Century) – Being There
Corin Raymond & The Sundowners – Brand New Song – Paper Nickels – CDN
Rheostatics – The Royal Albert (Joey 2) – Double Live – CDN

Lowest of the Low – Dogs of February – Hallucigenia – CDN
The Weakerthans – Night Windows – Reunion Tour – CDN
Nathan – Let Them Look – Key Principles – CDN
Scott Nolan – Swing Low – single – CDN

David Francey – Border Line – Torn Screen Door – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Why Can’t You Read My Mind – Oak Lake – CDN
Brooke Wylie – I Will Miss Growing Old with You – Don’t Waste the Silence – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Key of D Minor – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Mariel Buckley – Driving in the Dark – Driving in the Dark – CDN

Playlist: Episode #854, Sept. 13, 2020

A great new album from Figure Walking has us rocking our socks off, we’ve got a bunch of other great new music, a few exciting upcoming events to go to and we discuss guitar songs for absolute beginners. Good stuff galore!

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

Figure Walking – Paradise – Vertical / Horizontal – CDN – WPG
Anthony da Costa – Away from My Heart – single
Delta Spirit – The Pressure – What Is There
Will Kimbrough – My Right Wing Friend – single
Brent Cowles – A Whole New Life – It’s Coals.
Ben Glover – Arguing With Ghosts (feat. Kim Richey) – single

Sarah MacDougall – Sometimes You Lose, Sometimes You Win – The Greatest Ones Alive – CDN
Laura Marling – Hope We Meet Again – Song for our Daughter
Annie Oakley – Words We Mean – Words We Mean
Mo Kenney – Game of Pricks – single – CDN

JP Hoe and the Truly Richards – Completely – The Live Beta Project – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Truck Drivin’ Son-of-a-Gun – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Six Days on the Road – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ To Do – CDN – WPG

Figure Walking – Colourful – Vertical/Horizontal – CDN – WPG
Figure Walking – Singapore – The Big Other – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – First Class – Mr. Invitation – CDN – WPG

Matthew Ryan – Guilty – May Day
Jon Dee Graham – Laredo (Small Dark Something) – Hooray for the Moon
James McMurtry – Levelland – Live in Aught-Three
Mike Plume Band – Radiate – Fools for the Radio – CDN

The Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait – Pleased to Meet Me
Lucinda Williams – Drunken Angel – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Skydiggers – Even When You Fall – Road Radio – CDN

Skydiggers – I’ll Be Home – Skydiggers – CDN
Oh Susanna – Beauty Boy (acoustic) – Sleepy Little Sailor (deluxe edition) – CDN

Playlist: Episode #853, Sept. 6, 2020

We’ve got a show chock full of great new music including this month’s Bandcamp day highlights, plus a few fairly recent classics.

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

Jim Bryson – Labor Drive – Tired of Waiting – CDN
Jim Bryson – Knights Of 1000 Sleeps ft. Caroline Brooks – single – CDN
Mike Plume – (We Are One) Dandelions – single – CDN
Mike Plume – Summers Around Here (Don’t Last Forever) – Lonesome Stretch of Highway – CDN
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Looking at the World Through a Windshield – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Phantom 309 – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ To Do – CDN – WPG

Iris DeMent – How Long – single
Elizabeth Cook – Two Chords and a Lie – Aftermath
Liz Longley – Get to Know Someone – Funeral for My Past
Terra Lightfoot – It’s over Now – Consider the Speed – CDN

Robert Plant – Too Much Alike (with Patty Griffin) – Digging Deep: Subterranea
Craig Finn – All These Perfect Crosses – All These Perfect Crosses
Elliott BROOD – Bird Dog – Keeper – CDN

Kristel Snellen – Love at First Sight – demo
Colter Wall – Sleeping on the Blacktop – live recording – CDN
The Satin Cowboy & The Seven Deadly Sins – Song for Tom Petty – Amigos
Zephaniah OHora – We Planned to Have It All – Listening to the Music

John Murry – Holocaust – single
Hayes Carll – Bad Liver and a Broken Heart – Alone Together Sessions
Bright Arcana – Old Bones (feat. Anna Tivel) – Bright Arcana in the Lowland Plains
Chris Stapleton – Starting Over – Starting Over
Brent Cobb – Shut up and Sing – Keep ‘Em On They Toes

Parker Millsap – Tell Me – Other Arrangements
Ken Yates – When We Came Home – Quiet Talkers – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Hard on Everyone – Total Freedom – CDN

Playlist: Episode #852, Aug. 30, 2020

Another great one gone as we pay a fond farewell to the great Justin Townes Earle, who left us far too soon. We’ve got plenty of examples of him covering other artists, other artists covering him, and a few fun surprises to remember him by. On a happier note, on Friday, September 4, our buddy Sean Burns releases a collection of some of his favourite truckin’ songs called “We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ to Do,” so we hop in the cab and crank a few of our faves to get us ready.

Remember to keep in touch with the people you care about during these days of isolation. You never know what someone’s going through unless you reach out. The only way to get through this madness is with a little help. I’m here for you any time.

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

Justin Townes Earle – Hard Livin’ – The Good Life
Justin Townes Earle – Slippin’ and Slidin’ – live recording
Justin Townes Earle – Louisiana 1927 – live recording
Justin Townes Earle – Frightened By the Sound – The Saint of Lost Causes

Justin Townes Earle – Can’t Hardly Wait – Midnight at the Movies
Justin Townes Earle – Glory Days – Dead Man’s Town: Born in the U.S.A. Revisited
Justin Townes Earle – Justin Townes Earle – single
Justin Townes Earle – Far From Me – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
Steve Earle – Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold (w/Justin Townes Earle) – Townes

Wanda Jackson – What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome? – Unfinished Business
Zoë Nutt – Look the Other Way – Like You
Swift Creek – Harlem River Blues – Magnolia
Michael Cerveris & Loose Cattle – Ghost of Virginia (Live) – North of Houston: Live at 54 Below

Scott Cook – Just Enough Empties – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Joe Nolan – Sweet Lady – Cry Baby: B-Sides – CDN
Jim Cuddy – Good News (Acoustic) – single – CDN
Colter Wall – Cowpoke – Western Swing & Waltzes and other Punchy Songs – CDN

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Keep on Truckin’ – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Yellowhead Road – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Kendel Carson – I Like Trucks – Rearview Mirror Tears – CDN
Sweet Alibi – Pick up Truck – Walking in the Dark – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond & The Sundowners – A Big Truck Brought It – Paper Nickels – CDN
Mayhemingways – Frances the Truck Driver – Skip Land – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – Water in the Fuel – Lipstick, Lies And Gasoline – CDN
Willie P Bennett – White Line – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Townes Van Zandt – Pancho and Lefty – The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

Playlist: Episode #851, Aug. 23, 2020

Today we’ve got some of the very best of all time and some great new finds as we take the old and the new and shake them up for a pretty great selection of music.

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

Shannon Lyon – Sad Nights – Wandered – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Someday Mourning – Safe Inside – CDN
Townes Van Zandt – Nothin’ – Delta Momma Blues
Guy Clark – Desperadoes Waiting for a Train – Heartworn Highways (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Blaze Foley & the Beaver Valley Boys – Cold, Cold World – Cold, Cold World
Gurf Morlix – One More Second – Last Exit to Happyland

Tom Petty – There Goes Angela (Dream Away) [Home Recording] – Wildflowers and All the Rest
Richard Shindell – The Road to Calvary – Willie Nile Uncovered
Jerry Joseph – Days of Heaven – The Beautiful Madness
Lydia Loveless – Wringer – Daughter

Thomas Csorba – Heartache After Heartache – Thomas Csorba
Thomas Csorba – Expectation Runs – Thomas Csorba
Hurray For The Riff Raff – Rican Beach – The Navigator

Matthew Ryan – Rivers – single
Scott Cook – Tulsa – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Scott Cook – Tangle of Souls – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Corin Raymond – Rec Room – Dirty Mansions – CDN

Ridley Bent – Faded Red Hoodie – Buckles & Boots – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Streets With No Lights – Streets With No Lights – CDN
Barney Bentall – Dream Of A Day – Gift Horse – CDN
The Blue Shadows – I Know – Lucky to Me – CDN
The O’Kanes – When We’re Gone, Long Gone – The O’Kanes

Jesse DeNatale – Beside You – The Wilderness
Jesse Denatale – Dreamer’s Holiday – Soul Parade
Tom Waits – Downtown Train – Rain Dogs

Playlist: Episode #850, Aug. 16, 2020

We’ve got the best of the new & the old today, with some long-awaited new music from one of our all-time favourites, some newly discovered older music from some other artists we love, some other stellar new releases, and a few old favourites to round things out.

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

Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins – Heartbreak in Hopper Street – 246 – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Glenfern – Total Freedom – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Ashes to Ashes – Total Freedom – CDN
Courtney Marie Andrews – Guilty – Old Flowers
Will Courtney – Guilty – At Home With Will Courtney and the Wild Bunch

Lissie – Just Because I Can – Catching a Tiger leftover single
Lissie – In Sleep – Catching A Tiger
Rumer – Hard Times for Lovers – Nashville Tears
Dinner Belles – Wandering Eye – The River And The Willow – CDN
Dinner Belles – No Good – The River And The Willow – CDN
Ayla Brook – (I Think I) Hit My Limit – Desolation Sounds – CDN
John Murry – Super Trouper – single

Figure Walking – Mr. X – Vertical/Horizontal – CDN – WPG
Robert Jon & the Wreck – Do You Remember – Last Light on the Highway
Waylon Payne – Sins of the Father – Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me: Act I
Kevin Gordon – Down to the Well – Down to the Well: Solo Demos Unearthed
Drew Holcomb – Long Legged Guitar Pickin’ Man – Kitchen Covers: The Collection
Jonathan Byrd – Under the Belly of the Night – Pickup Takeout

Shawn William Clarke – Ballad of a Boorish Man – William – CDN
Shawn William Clarke – I Blame the Loyalist Ghost – William – CDN
The Waterboys – My Wanderings in the Weary Land – Good Luck, Seeker
Pete Gow – I Will & I Do (live) – One Live One- Night Stand

Hemingway Corner – Watch Over You – Under The Big Sky – CDN
Joshua Cockerill – Dance with You – The Trick With Your Heart I’m Learning To Do – CDN
Chris Knight – Banging Away – The Jealous Kind

Playlist: Episode #849, Aug. 9, 2020

Yet another show loaded with great new music, including some cool covers and the latest haul from this mont’s Bandcamp Day!

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

Chuck Prophet – Paying My Respects to the Train – The Land That Time Forgot
Ben de la Cour – Suicide of Town – single
Terra Lightfoot – Paper Thin Walls – Consider the Speed – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Simple Math – Total Freedom – CDN
Oh Susanna – River Blue (Acoustic) – Sleepy Little Sailor (deluxe reissue) – CDN

Arlo Parks – Black Dog – single
Darlingside – Ocean Bed – Fish Pond Fish
The Avett Brothers – Victory – The Gleam III
Bonny Light Horseman – Green Rocky Road – Green/Green

Drew Holcomb – Rainbow – Kitchen Covers
Anna Ash – Sister Golden Hair (America cover) – live recording
Kasey Chambers – Black Bess w/Jimmy Barnes – Cannot Buy My Soul (2020 Edition): The Songs of Kev Carmody
Midnight Oil – Gadigal Land (feat. Dan Sultan, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs & Bunna Lawrie) – The Makarrata Project

Dan Reeder – Stay Down, Man – Every Which Way
Dan Reeder – Born a Worm – Every Which Way
Peggy & Dan Reeder – Oma und Opa – single

Sarah Shook – Stone Door – live recording
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Life Is A Movie – Found Songs Vol. 2
Anthony Da Costa – Shadow Love – Your Name EP
Scott The Hoople – Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go To The Party – Rock & Roll Party 66
Colleen Brown – It’s The End Of The World (Again) – remix – single – CDN

Stephen Fearing, Connie Kaldor, James Keelaghan, Shari Ulrich – Hard Times Come Again No More – single – CDN
Stephen Stanley & Carla MacNeil – When I Get My Confidence Back – Demo – Too Many Sisters • Non-Barking Dog (2020 Extended Version) – CDN
Ken Yates – I Don’t Remember This Town – Quiet Talkers B-Sides – CDN
Scott Cook – Tulsa – Tangle Of Souls – CDN
Joe Nolan – Looking For Your Heart – Cry Baby B-Sides – CDN
David Francey – I Live in Fear – Late Edition – CDN

Playlist: Episode #848, Aug. 2, 2020

Today we get a little political with some pointed new tunes, spin some other great new music and get lost in the 80s in honour of a great music documentary that premiered this weekend!

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

Geoff Berner – The Ghost of Terry Fox (Is Looking Down on Me Tonite) – Canadiana Grotesquica – CDN
John K. Samson – Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World – single – CDN – WPG
Neil Young – Lookin’ for a Leader – 2020 – single – CDN
Buddy & Julie Miller – The Last Bridge You Will Cross (For John Lewis) – single
Buddy & Julie Miller – Let It Rain (feat. The McCrary Sisters & Steve Earle) – single

Kathleen Edwards – Fools Ride – Total Freedom – CDN
Lydia Loveless – Love Is Not Enough – Daughter
Laura Veirs – Burn Too Bright – My Echo
Bonnie Whitmore – Right / Wrong – Last Will and Testament
Malin Pettersen – Hometown – Wildhorse

Charlie Whitten – I Asked – I’m Waiting
Andy Shauf – Jeremy’s Wedding – Judy / Jeremy’s Wedding – CDN
Jayme Stone – Future Promise – Awake – CDN
Port Cities – I Still See You at Parties (w/Emma Lee) – single – CDN
The Ropes – From The River – The Ropes – CDN

Del Barber – Dancing In The Living Room – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson – Free Falling – Itty Bitty Little Dittie V3 (under cover) – CDN
Chris Page – Runnin’ Down A Dream – Itty Bitty Little Dittie V3 (under cover) – CDN
Peter Dreimanis – State Trooper – At the End of Every Hard Earned Day People Find Some Reason to Believe by Toronto Covers Project – CDN
Will Courtney And The Wild Bunch – Cracking Up (Single Mix) – At Home With Will Courtney And The Wild Bunch
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – Apocalypse – Cover Charge: NC Artists Go Under Cover to Benefit Cat’s Cradle
Molly Tuttle – Olympia, WA – …but i’d rather be with you

Matthew Ryan – Heaven Is a Place on Earth – single
Alex Dezen – Middle of Nowhere (House of Schock) – After the Go-Go’s EP
Alex Dezen – Rush Hour (Jane Wiedlin) – After the Go-Go’s EP
Cameron Dezen Hammon – Addicted to Love – Words Don’t Bleed
Barnstar! – I Think We’re Alone Now – C’mon!
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts – U Shook Me All Night Long – Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 – CDN
Max Webster – Let Go The Line – A Million Vacations – CDN

Playlist: Episode #847, July 26, 2020 – Good Time Charlies

This is another in our collection of timeless Standby episodes, which you may hear again sometime when I’m not able to put together a new episode for whatever reason. I’m pretty sure you won’t mind.

Have you ever noticed how many songs there are about or by Charlies? No, seriously, it’s an epidemic or something! You wouldn’t think that Charlie would pop up so often in songs, but we’ve got two hours of Charlies for you, and there are a whole bunch that I had to leave off! Good Times, Charlie!

So, Charlie, whoever you are, this one’s for you!

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

Jaxon Haldane – Charlie Parker – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Charlie Robison – Good times – Good Times
Waylon Jennings – Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues – Lonesome, On’ry and Mean
Dan Frechette – Good Time Charlie Blues – Nothing To Lose But The Blues – CDN – WPG

The Deep Dark Woods – Charlie’s (Is Coming Down) – CBC Radio 2 Song Quest – CDN
Jory Nash – Charlie – New Blue Day – CDN
Kenneth Pattengale & Joey Ryan – Charlie – Retrospect
Peter Mulvey – Charlie – Kitchen Radio

Lucinda Williams – Lake Charles – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Shinyribs – Take Me Lake Charles – Gulf Coast Museum
Sons Of Bill – Charleston – One Town Away
Shovels & Rope – The Fall Of Charleston – Divided & United: The Songs Of The Civil War [Disc 1]
Barnstar! – Charlottesville – C’mon
Jesse Dayton – Charlottesville (Live) – On Fire in Nashville

Charlie Earle – The Hulk Song – Live at the Red Dog – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Charlene – The Official Bootleg Series Volume Two – CDN
Vance Gilbert – Charlene – Shaking Off Gravity
Jack Marks – Charlotte Anne – Two of Everything – CDN
Brock Zeman – Sweet Charlotte – Brock Zeman & The Dirty Hands – CDN
Rueben deGroot – (So Long) Charlotte – Rocket Surgery – CDN

Cindy Doire – Charlie Boy – Sticks and Mud – CDN
Jon Dee Graham – Shoeshine Charlie – Knoxville Skyline
Drive-By Truckers – Drag The Lake Charlie – The Big To-Do
Charlie Feathers – That Certain Female – Teenage Cruisers
Stompin’ Tom Connors – Chase Me, Charley – The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom – CDN

Lee Hazlewood – Charlie Bill Nelson – Strung Out on Something New: The Reprise Recordings
Lee Hazlewood – Me and Charlie – Strung Out on Something New: The Reprise Recordings
Tannis Slimmon – Ernest, Charlie & Allan – Lucky Blue – CDN
Charlie Major – I’m Gonna Drive You Out Of My Mind – The Other Side – CDN