We’ve got loads and loads of great new music this week and some more of our favourite 2020 songs & releases so far.

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

Mike Plume – Younger Than We Are Today – Lonesome Stretch of Highway – CDN

S.N.F.U. – Cement Mixer (to all my beautiful friends) – single – CDN
Lynn Miles – Merle – We’ll Look for Stars – CDN
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Secret Keepers – The Dirt and the Stars
Lori McKenna – The Balladeer – The Balladeer
Michaela Anne – Good Times – single

Gillian Welch – Happy Mother’s Day – single
Gillian Welch – Strange Isabella – Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs
Bonny Light Horseman – The Roving – Bonny Light Horseman
The Sea The Sea – Fall Before The Climb – Stumbling Home
Liza Anne – Desire – Change My Mind

Sea Changer – See You There (featuring Molly Parden) – single
Sons of Bill – In Your Eyes (w/Molly Parden) – single
Eilen Jewell – Green River – single

Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins – Teenage Insurrection – 246 – CDN
Elvis Costello – Hetty O’Hara Confidential – single
Country Westerns – I’m Not Ready – Country Westerns
Jesse Dayton – Just What I Needed – Mixtape Volume 1
Jesse Dayton – Carencro Girl – Gulf Coast Sessions

Charlie Whitten – A Long Time – I’m Waiting
Charlie Whitten – Save Me – I’m Waiting
Brent Cobb – Keep ‘Em on They Toes – Keep ‘Em on They Toes

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – King of This Town – King of This Town – CDN
Scott Nolan – Ballad of a Stranger – single – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson – Mama Tried – single – CDN
Kennedy Road – The Heart Will Buzz – A Little Fight Left Yet – CDN
The Bros. Landreth – Goodbye (feat. Mariel Buckley) – Something New, Something Blue – CDN – WPG
Sarah Harmer – St. Peter’s Bay – Are You Gone – CDN

This is the weekend when we’d normally be off in Germany enjoying our beloved Static Roots Festival, but alas, COVID has ruined everything. Luckily, we’ve got some new music from festival friends & past performers to enjoy. We’ve also got another batch of great new releases to tell you about, and there have been so many this year that I thought we’d take some time half way through the year to play some songs from some of my favourite 2020 releases thus far.

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

Stephen Stanley – The Troubadour’s Song – (stay safe sessions – episode #003) – CDN
The Stephen Stanley Band – Things I Wish I’d Never Seen – Live Static Roots Oberhausen, Germany – CDN
Anna Tivel – The Question – (stay safe sessions – episode #002)
The Hanging Stars – I Woke Up in July – I Woke Up in July
John Murry – Intruder (Early Version) – The Resurrection Of John Quixano El Bueno

Kathleen Edwards – Hard On Everyone – Total Freedom – CDN
The Golden Seals – Options Open – single – CDN
Silver Clouds – The Maginot Line – Silver Clouds – CDN – WPG
Figure Walking – Last Dollar (Green July) – Vertical/Horizontal – CDN – WPG
The Jayhawks – Looking up Your Number – Xoxo
Craig Cardiff – Yellowknife – single – CDN

Oh Susanna – Sacrifice (Acoustic) – Sleepy Little Sailor (Deluxe Reissue) – CDN
Courtney Marie Andrews – How You Get Hurt – Old Flowers
Becca Mancari – First Time – The Greatest Part
Gillian Welch – Jackson – All The Good Times

Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG
Joe Nolan – Maybe We Didn’t Get Our Timing Right – Drifters – CDN
Ken Yates – Easy Way Out – Quiet Talkers – CDN
Slow Leaves – Miss You – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Katie Pruitt – Expectations – Expectations

NQ Arbuckle – Love Songs For The Long Game – single – CDN
Melissa Payne – Darker Than Your Dark – Darker Than Your Dark – CDN
Campbell Woods – For You – Keeper – CDN
Ben de la Cour – God’s Only Son – Shadow Land

After last week’s all-Canadian special, we’re back mixing it up with some great new music, including this month’s Bandcamp haul, some great requests, and a few timely tunes in honour of the turn of the calendar.

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

Dave Alvin – Fourth Of July – King Of California
Ana Egge – Fifth of July – Bright Shadow – CDN
Spirit Of The West – July – Star Trails – CDN
Radiogram – Summer Song Summer – All the Way Home – CDN
Del Barber – Queen Of July – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Chuck Prophet – Summertime Thing – No Other Love

Chuck Prophet – Marathon – The Land That Time Forgot
Skydiggers – Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy – Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy – CDN
Justin Osborne – Rock On – The Real Brent Brent
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Fake Tattoo – Found Songs Vol. 1
Ruby Boots – Keeping Me Alive – Pandemophenia

SomeRiseSomeFall ft John Blek – The Munition Maker – Biologically Blue
SomeRiseSOmeFall ft Anna Mitchell – The Rain Came Down On Everything – single

Lynn Miles – In for a Penny (bonus track) – We’ll Look for Stars – CDN
Lynn Miles – A Heart Can Only Take So Much – We’ll Look for Stars – CDN
Scott Cook – Say Can You See – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Terry Allen and The Panhandle Mystery Band – All These Blues Go Walkin’ By (feat. Shannon McNally) – Just Like Moby Dick
Julian Velard and Alex Dezen – Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim – Saving for a Custom Van
Leeroy Stagger – Black Teenagers – single – CDN

Leeroy Stagger – Carol – (stay safe sessions – episode #001) – CDN
Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures – Maybe I Will See You Again – Orange Juice
Steve Earle & The Dukes – If I Could See Your Face Again – Ghosts of West Virginia
Ronnie Fauss – Nothing Worth Saying – single
The Texas Gentlemen – Train to Avesta – Floor It!

Sean Burns – Whiskey Glass – Cold Beans & Broken Eggs – CDN – WPG
Skinny Dyck – Dreamin’ – Get to Know Lonesome – CDN
Skinny Dyck – Goodbye Seems So Easy (Acoustic) – single – CDN

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 because this is a pretty good one.

Playing great Canadian music is a main mission and joy on this show because I really believe that the best music in the world comes from right here. Every week I try to stack the show with a lot of great homegrown music, but this week, in honour of Canada Day, we’re 100% all Canadian and proud of it.

This episode is kind of like a beginner’s guide to the best of Canadian music, or a Canadian Greatest Hits, if you will. It aims to pull together some of the most essential Canadian music ever made in an attempt to show the strength and breadth of our music. We look at some of the early giants whose shoulders today’s artists stand on, and a few contemporary artists who are making timeless music bound to be looked back on in years to come.

I can’t pretend to put together a comprehensive list in just 2 hours, but I think this one covers a lot of the most important bases. Please let me know what would be on your list of essential Canadian music!

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

Rheostatics – Seven (Northern Wish) – Music Inspired By The Group Of 7 – CDN
The Guess Who – These Eyes – Wheatfield Soul – CDN
Anne Murray – Snowbird – This Way Is My Way – CDN
Ian & Sylvia – Four Strong Winds – Four Strong Winds – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – Early Mornin’ Rain – Lightfoot! – CDN
The Band – The Weight (Remastered) – Music From Big Pink – CDN

Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Cinnamon Girl – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – CDN
Joni Mitchell – You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio – For The Roses – CDN
Leonard Cohen – Bird on the Wire – Songs From A Room – CDN
Stan Rogers – Barrett’s Privateers – Fogarty’s Cove – CDN

Willie P Bennett – White Line – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – Summerlea – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Lynn Miles – Black Flowers – Unravel – CDN
Ron Hynes – Sonny’s Dream – Face to the Gale – CDN

Blue Rodeo – Hasn’t Hit Me Yet – Five Days In July – CDN
Spirit of the West – Home For A Rest – Save This House – CDN
Skydiggers – Slow Burning Fire – Restless – CDN
Blackie and The Rodeo Kings – Lean On Your Peers – Kings of Love – CDN
Michel Pagliaro – Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy – Rainshowers – CDN

The Lowest of The Low – Rosy and Grey – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
The Weakerthans – Left & Leaving – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
Sarah Harmer – Don’t Get Your Back Up – You Were Here – CDN
Oh Susanna – Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Johnstown – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – 12 Bellevue – Failer – CDN

David Francey – Wind In The Wires – Torn Screen Door – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Wind At My Back – Song & Dance, Man – CDN
Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN
Nathan – Lampshade – Stranger – CDN – WPG

Happy Father’s Day to all of the great dads out there. We’ve got some songs for you today, as well as some great new music, requests, and some songs and love in honour of one of our most valuable music venues, which could use our help right now. Consider helping support the great work that Erick and his staff do down at the Park Theatre if you’re able: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-helping-high-five-for-the-park-theatre

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

Loudon Wainwright III – Bein’ a Dad – 40 Odd Years
Loudon Wainwright III – Daughter – Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up
Johnsmith – Father’s Day – Gravity of Grace
Jonathan Byrd – Father’s Day – Cackalack
Five Chinese Brothers – My Dad’s Face – Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief

Sean Burns – Daddy Was an Auctioneer – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN
Skinny Dyck – Glory for Me – Get to Know Lonesome – CDN – WPG
Colter Wall – Western Swing & Waltzes – Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs – CDN
Vincent Neil Emerson – Road Runner (feat. Colter Wall) – single
Corb Lund – Never Not Had Horses – Agricultural Tragic – CDN

Hailey Whitters – All The Cool Girls – The Dream
Elizabeth Cook – Perfect Girls of Pop – Aftermath
Katie Pruitt – Expectations – Expectations

American Aquarium – Six Years Come September – Lamentations
The Bottle Rockets – Perfect Far Away – 24 Hours A Day
Kieran Kane – Six Months, No Sun – Six Months, No Sun
Buddy & Julie Miller – Get Offa My Money – single

SomeRiseSomeFall – Biologically Blue (featuring John Blek) – Biologically Blue
Our Native Daughters – You’re Not Alone (feat. Rhiannon Giddens & Allison Russell) – Songs of Our Native Daughters
Norah Jones – I’m Alive – Pick Me Up Off The Floor
John Bottomley – Candle In The Dark – Blackberry – CDN

JP Hoe And The Truly Richards – Rise – The Live Beta Project – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Lay Down – North/South – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Living with a Long Way to Go – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Mike Plume – Five Crow Silver (Montreal) – Red and White Blues – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-In Movie – Drive-In Movie – CDN

Today we bounce around between new music and older classics, and most exciting of all, we get ready for the return of live music in Winnipeg!

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

Kathleen Edwards – Options Open – live recording – CDN
John Prine – I Remember Everything – single
Mick Flannery – In the Gutter – Alive – Cork Opera House 2019
John Blek – Hannah (Live at StudiOwz) – Digressions #1 Live at StudiOwz
J.S. Ondara – Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday – Folk n’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation

Matt Fockler – Write a Song? – live recording
Jonathan Byrd – Do You Dream? – Pickup Cowboy
Corin Raymond – The Law and the Lonesome – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Scott Cook – Leave a Light On – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Mayhemingways – Haybales – Skip Land – CDN

Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Poor Choices Song – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. IV] – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Postcards – No Bourbon And Bad Radio – CDN – WPG
JD Edwards Band – This House Will Stand – Roads and Roads – CDN – WPG

John Moreland – Nobody Gives a Damn About Songs Anymore – In the Throes
Erin Enderlin – Tonight I Don’t Give a Damn – Faulkner County
Ruby Boots – Don’t Give a Damn – Don’t Talk About It

Bootsy Collins – Stars (MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund) w/ Emisunshine – single
The Ropes – Waterfall – The Ropes – CDN
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Bad Trick (feat. Ringo Starr, Don Was, Joe Walsh & Chris Robinson) – Co-Starring
Silver Clouds – A Minor Hesitation – Silver Clouds – CDN – WPG
Matthew Ryan – Farewell (feat. Dave Coleman & Kevin Salem) (More Guitars Mix) – Farewell
Elvis Costello – No Flag – single
Fontaines D.C. – I Don’t Belong – A Hero’s Death

John Craigie – Part Wolf – Asterisk the Universe
Jaime Wyatt – Hurt So Bad (w/Shooter Jennings) – Neon Cross
Sean Burns – Beans, Bacon, and Gravy – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG
Son Volt – Windfall – Trace

We held back a bit on the new music last week for our Minneapolis themed show, so we had a bit of a backlog to clear out today and it filled up pretty much the entire show outside of a couple of timely tunes and some music as heard on TV.

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

Steve Earle – What’s So Funny About Peace, Love & Understanding – Just An American Boy: The Audio Documentary
Colin Linden – Love Everyone – Raised By Wolves – CDN
Grayson Capps – May We Love – South Front Street
Son Volt – The Globe – single
Scott The Hoople – Why Can’t We Do Less Wrong? – Sad Box & Other Hits
Kellie Loder – Molded Like a Monster – single – CDN

Chuck Prophet – Love Doesn’t Come From the Barrel of a Gun – The Land That Time Forgot
Arborist | Malojian – Good Things Follow You – Good Things Follow You
Campbell Woods – Leave Me (The Way You Found Me) – Fool For You #1 EP – CDN
Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG
Figure Walking – Heavy Rain – Vertical/Horizontal – CDN – WPG
Red Moon Road – Time to Remember (live at Nonsuch) – Homemade Winnipeg: An Isolation Compilation – CDN – WPG

Kathleen Edwards – Birds On A Feeder – Total Freedom – CDN
Zoe Guigueno – Gettin’ Away with It – Secret Admirer – CDN
Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards – Corduroy Jacket – Bitter Better
Samantha Crain – Holding To The Edge Of Night – A Small Death
Molly Parden – Bolting Volts – 290520

Tim Bluhm – Too Far Into The Weeds – Gone With The Windshield
Peter Katz – Paper Thin – single – CDN
The Jayhawks – Dogtown Days – XOXO
Western Centuries – Space Force (feat. Jim Lauderdale) – Call the Captain
Jesse Malin – Crawling Back to You – Backstabbers
Ben de la Cour – Swan Dive – Shadow Land

The Eddy – The Eddy – The Eddy (From The Netflix Original Series)
Dar Williams – The Beauty of the Rain – The Beauty of the Rain
Glen Hansard – Bird of Sorrow – Rhythm And Repose

A smaller crop of new releases this week leads things off, but we do have the great privilege of premiering some amazing new music from Winnipeg’s own Sean Burns, created in isolation and coming out on the next BandCamp day. Most of today’s show is a love letter to a city that I love and visit often, Minneapolis, MN. The city has been at the forefront of racial tensions in the USA this week. Our hope is that things can move forward and get better without further violence. Sending some peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll to all!

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

Alex Dezen – My Whole Life – single
Sean Burns – Daddy Was an Auctioneer – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Don’t Let the Highway Get You Lost – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – NYC – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG
Northcote – Keep on Saying Goodbye – single – CDN

Lynn Miles – We’ll Look for Stars – We’ll Look for Stars – CDN
Courtney Marie Andrews – It Must Be Someone Else’s Fault – Old Flowers
Molly Parden – Weather2020 – 290520
Anna Tivel – Minneapolis (Acoustic) – The Question (Live and Alone)

Ben Kyle – Minneapolis – Ben Kyle
Romantica – St. Paul City Lights – Shadowlands

The Be Good Tanyas – When Doves Cry – Hello Love – CDN
Dwight Yoakam – Purple Rain – Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars..
Lydia Loveless – I Would Die 4 U – Boy Crazy and Single(s)
The Jayhawks – Blue – Live at First Avenue – 6/21/10

Lifter Puller – Lake Street Is For Lovers – Fiestas & Fiascos
The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Stations – Boys and Girls in America
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive – Stay Positive
Slim Dunlap – Times Like This – Times Like This
The Replacements – Skyway – Pleased To Meet Me

Mark Mallman – True Love – Mr. Serious
Mark Mallman – Minneapolis – single
Mason Jennings – Ballad For My One True Love – Live At First Ave.
Lucinda Williams – Minneapolis – World Without Tears

Tom Waits – Christmas Card From Hooker In Minneapolis – Blue Valentine
Tom Waits – 9th & Hennepin – Rain Dogs

Another wave of exciting new music washed over us this week, including some long-awaited new music from old friends, more great streaming shows coming up this week, and we rediscovered some old favourites, along with more good stuff! Chase away the isolation blues and let the good times roll!

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

Alex Dezen – Wherever We Go – single
Kathleen Edwards – Options Open – Total Freedom – CDN
Jim Bryson – Cut Bait – Tired of Waiting – CDN
Ken Yates – Easy Way Out – Quiet Talkers – CDN
Evangeline Gentle – You and I – single – CDN
Evangeline Gentle – Black is the Colour – single – CDN

Mike Plume – The Sweet Passing of Time – Lonesome Stretch of Highway – CDN
Scott Cook – Leave a Light On – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Neil Young – Try – Homegrown – CDN
Steve Earle & The Dukes – The Mine – Ghosts of West Virginia
The Jayhawks – This Forgotten Town – XOXO
Amanda Shires – Deciphering Dreams – single
Lindsay Ferguson – Siren – single – CDN
Tim O’Reagan – These Things – Tim O’Reagan

Walter Martin – Quarantine Boogie (Loco) – single
Joseph Huber – Souls Without Maps – The Suffering Stage
Tyler Childers – Whitehouse Road – Purgatory
JD McPherson – North Side Gal – Signs & Signifiers
Kayla Luky – The Best Things in Life – Back to Dirt – CDN – MB

Kennedy Road – Kennedy – A Little Fight Left Yet – CDN
Express and Company – Carry Me Along – Ontario – CDN
Melissa Payne – Shake Me – Darker Than Your Dark – CDN
Caroline Spence – Sit Here And Love Me – Mint Condition
Katie Pruitt – My Mind’s A Ship (That’s Going Down) – Expectations

Jim White – A Perfect Day To Chase Tornadoes – Wrong-Eyed Jesus!
Jory Nash – Dark Matter – Wilderness Years – CDN

Again we’ve got some very exciting new releases, streaming show memories and news, tributes to a few late, greats, and more!

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

Scott Nolan – Ballad of a Stranger – Montgomery Eldorado outtake – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Morning on the Mountaintop – recorded live at the WECC – CDN – WPG
Ray LaMontagne – We’ll Make It Through – single
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit – Overseas – Reunions

Ben de la Cour – Shadow Land – Shadow Land
Ben de la Cour – Basin Lounge – Shadow Land
Chuck Prophet – Willie and Nilli – The Land That Time Forgot
Alex Dezen – Wherever We Go – single
Paul Kelly – Hummin’ to Myself – single

Steve Earle & The Dukes – Union, God and Country – Ghosts of West Virginia
Vincent Neil Emerson – 25 & Wastin’ Time – Fried Chicken & Evil Women
Vincent Neil Emerson – Letters on the Marquee – Fried Chicken & Evil Women

Cris Cuddy – The Night the Lights Blew Out (In St. John’s Newfoundland) – Dream On – CDN
Ron Hynes – Cryer’s Paradise – Cryer’s Paradise – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Sunset Pendulum – Heartstrings – CDN
Jim Bryson – Elizabeth – The North Side Benches – CDN

Paul MacLeod – Black Boys On Mopeds – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Lies – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
John Bottomley – Brother To The Sea – Blackberry – CDN
Oh Susanna – Sleepy Little Sailor (Acoustic) – Sleepy Little Sailor (Deluxe Edition) – CDN

The Rad Trads – Shouldn’t Have to Ask Me Why – 99 in October
The Rad Trads – Spanish Radio – 99 in October
Son of Dave – Carry On – single – CDN – WPG
Joel Plaskett – I Lost It – 44 – CDN
Jackson C. Frank – Blues Run The Game – Blues Run The Game
Caroline Spence – The Middle – single