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

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

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

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

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

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

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