1100 episodes and still going strong, still playing great music that is underappreciated and underrepresented elsewhere. Sharing this great music never gets old, and it’s a blessing to still be doing it.

Today, some timely Toronto tunes, a bunch of beautiful new music, and we send some love and healing vibes to a true unsung hero of Canadian music, a real musicians’ musician, John MacArthur Ellis (https://macparkpro.com/). We heard two hours of great music that Johnny has either written, produced, and/or played on, and there was still a whole pile that didn’t make it to air!

John has been battling cancer and a variety of other ailments that have made life very difficult, but haven’t dimmed his optimism or love for life. If you want to know more or want to join so many others in helping his family during a time of great need, you can check out the details here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-john-get-through-his-bone-marrow-transplant

Even more music from today’s potential playlist: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVOtEZCL958_unpLQMvpHQDISBJaT2ULB&si=8IR6aw3SMgWoO3sn

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

Dave Alvin – Two Lucky Bums – Eleven Eleven

Ryan Adams – Wonderwall – Love Is Hell
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – Oasis – Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Jim Bryson – Sleeping In Toronto – The North Side Benches – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Rose-Coloured Glasses – Outskirts – CDN

Ken Pomeroy – Bound to Rain – single
Pony Gold – Little Horse – single – CDN
Madi Diaz – Ambivalence – Fatal Optimist
Terra Lightfoot – Red (feat. Bill Priddle) – Home Front – CDN
Lissie – Everywhere – Promises

Joe Nolan – Half a Tear, Half a Grin – Luv in the New World – CDN
Joshua Ray Walker – Stuff – single
Lennie Gallant – Old Friends – Shelter from the Storms – CDN
Steve Earle & Reckless Kelly – Dead Or Gone To Dallas – single
The Replacements – Androgynous (Alternate Version) – Let It Be (Deluxe Edition)

John Wort Hannam – With The Grain (with John MacArthur Ellis) – live recording – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Old Lonely Roamer – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Old George’s – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Barney Bentall & Co. – Rachael’s Song – The Grand Cariboo Opry – CDN

Dustin Bentall – Crash Hard – Streets with no Lights – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Take The Money And Run – Six Shooter – CDN
Barney Bentall – A Man Is – Gift Horse – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Carol (feat. The Sinking Hearts) – Depression River – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Red Bandana – Everything Is Real – CDN

Ridley Bent – Cry – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Lonesome Town – Rabbit On My Wheel – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Blood On The Stage – The Blood Trilogy – CDN – WPG

Cameron Latimer – Empty Saddle – Fallen Apart – CDN
Indio Saravanja – Nothing Can Be Done – The Caravan Sessions – CDN
John Antoniuk – Tammy Lynn – Always With You – CDN
Blake Berglund – Hangin’ By a Thread – Coyote – CDN
Matt Masters – Highways – All-Western Winners – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Feel Alright – sexanddrinking – CDN
Jeremy Fisher – High School – Let It Shine – CDN

Shiloh Lindsey – Whiskey & Rum – For My Smoke – CDN
Camille Miller – Into Closed Doors – Carnarvon Street – CDN
Jessie Farrell – Love Letter – Love Letter – CDN
Kat Danser – (Then You Know) What I’m Talkin’ Bout – Passin’-A-Time – CDN
Jen Lane – Movin’ On – This Life of Mine – CDN
Kayla Luky – Bottom of a Bottle – Back to Dirt – CDN – MB

The Buried Heart Project – Streets Where You Live – single – CDN

Back in the studio after the amazing Trout Forest Music Festival, and although it’s feeling a little dreary and like summer fun is winding down, we’ve got stories to tell, new music aplenty, memories of a sadly departed unsung hero, and much more!

All this month, I’m participating in the Great Cycle Challenge!: https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/JeffRobson

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

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Summertime’s Over – South – CDN

Colin Linden – Might As Well Enjoy The Rain – Southern Jumbo – CDN
Buddy & Julie Miller – Out In The Rain – Love Snuck Up
Steve Earle – Feel Alright – I Feel Alright
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Gurf Morlix – One More Second – Last Exit to Happyland

Derek & The Dominos – I Looked Away – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos – Keep On Growing – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos – Thorn Tree in the Garden – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Bobby Whitlock – Back in My Life Again – The Bobby Whitlock Story: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

Gene MacLellan – Put Your Hand In The Hand – If It’s Alright With You – CDN
Gene MacLellan – Shilo Song – If It’s Alright With You – CDN

The Young Novelists – All of My Friends Are Leaving – These Dark Canyons – CDN
Mariel Buckley – Swim Practice – single – CDN
Caroline Spence – Heart Go Wild – Heart Go Wild
Malin Pettersen – Carolina – single
Caitlin Canty – Night Owl / Mourning Dove – Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove

WILD HORSES – Sioux Falls – single
Josh Ritter – Noah’s Children – I Believe in You, My Honeydew
Katie Pruitt – Risk – single
Holly Carter – He’s a Man – Leave Your Mark
Altameda – Faint Of Heart – Crazy Blue – CDN

Bob Schneider – Highway to Hell – single
Ags Connolly – Drive – Covered: Pieces for the Head + Heart
Zoe Sky Jordan – Heaven (feat. Ezra Jordan) – single – CDN

Bevverly – Where I’m Found – single
Liam Titcomb – Love Don’t Let Me Down – Cicada – CDN
Jay Nash & Garrison Starr – Sweet Talking Liar – Live at Sun Studio
Garrison Starr – Be My Savior – The Forgotten Street

Paul Kelly – Rita Wrote A Letter – Seventy
Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – Words and Music
Paul Kelly – Sweet Guy (feat. Vika Bull) – The Merri Soul Sessions
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Oklahoma Tape Deck – Geronimo – CDN
Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons – Curious Thing – Death Won’t Send A Letter

Slow Leaves – Life of a Better Man – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG
Middle Of Nowhere – Hang on to Me – Middle Of Nowhere – CDN – WPG
David Myles – I Don’t Want To Know – On The Line – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Guitar Strings And Foolish Things – How Was Tomorrow – CDN

New music, upcoming shows aplenty, and a special primer for our upcoming house concert with Jadea Kelly! Not only has Jadea made some great albums of her own, she’s recorded a bunch of covers and appeared on albums and recordings alongside a wide variety of artists. We heard a whole bunch of Jadea’s contributions.

Jadea Kelly at Second Chance Saloon: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2025/06/30/jadea-kelly-the-second-chance-saloon-aug-7-2025/

Trout Forest Music Festival: https://www.troutfest.com/

All this month, I’m participating in the Great Cycle Challenge!: https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/JeffRobson

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

Lindy – Beautifully Undone – Suspension of Disbelief – CDN – WPG
Jacob Brodovsky – Weatherman – I Love You and I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG

Jim Bryson – Shadowed – Combinations 2+1 – CDN
Jim Bryson – No Reception – Combinations 2+1 – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – When The Truth Comes Out – Billionaire – CDN
Charley Crockett – All Around Cowboy – Dollar a Day
Ron Sexsmith – When Will The Morning Come – Hangover Terrace – CDN
Corb Lund – No Roads Here (Dark Horse Acoustic) – Five Dollar Bill (Dark Horse Edition) – CDN

Chip Taylor – Only One Joan – single
Richard Inman – Hell of a Daydream – single – CDN – MB
Zackery – Closed Eyes – Fragments – CDN – MB
The Paper Kites – When The Lavender Blooms – If You Go There I Hope You Find It
Honey Luck – Time and Water – single
Ruby Plume – Cherrypick – single – CDN

HORSEBATH – Hard to Love – Another Farewell – CDN
Slow Leaves – Sink Full of Dishes – In Solitude, For Company – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Looking out My Window – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Greg MacPherson – Slow Stroke – Good Times Coming Back Again – CDN – WPG

Jadea Kelly primer:

Jay Aymar – This Town Ain’t Big Enough (ft. Jadea Kelly) – Halfway Home – CDN
Jay Aymar – Always in Her Dreams (featuring Jadea Kelly) – The Chicken Came First – CDN
Jack Marks – So Hard – Two Of Everything – CDN
Jack Marks – What the Heart Does Well – Lost Wages – CDN
Justin Rutledge – No One Knows – East – CDN
Campbell Woods – Teardrops on the Table (Ink Stains on Your Hands) – Oxford Street – CDN

Loryn Taggart – Lighthouse (feat. Joe Moralez) – The Lost Art of Pulling Through – CDN
Leela Gilday – Hard Ground – North Star Calling – CDN

Jadea Kelly – Amazing Grace – MWI – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Wildflowers – Canada Covers Tom Petty – CDN
Jadea Kelly – River – single – CDN
Jadea Kelly & Joe Moralez – What a Wonderful World – single – CDN
Robby Hecht & Jadea Kelly – Stir It Up – single – CDN

Jadea Kelly – The Sound – Eastbound Platform – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Lone Wolf – Clover – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Make It Easy – Love & Lust – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Any Old Boat – Roses – CDN
Jadea Kelly – So What If I’m Lonely – Weather Girl – CDN

Jadea Kelly & Ryan O’Reilly – Every Little Piece of You – single – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Start With Sorry – Berlin Sessions – CDN
Amanda Rheaume – Light Is Gone – The Skin I’m In – CDN
Garrison Starr – Make Peace with It – Girl I Used to Be
Catherine MacLellan – Stealin – Silhouette – CDN

New music, upcoming shows & festivals, songs with similarities, and we celebrate 25 years of some truly monumental Manitoba music!

Weakerthans merch: https://cutloosemerch.ca/collections/the-weakerthans

Jadea Kelly at Second Chance Saloon: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2025/06/30/jadea-kelly-the-second-chance-saloon-aug-7-2025/

Trout Forest Music Festival: https://www.troutfest.com/

Team 81 fundraiser: https://www.team81.ca/jeff-robson

Great Cycle Challenge: https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/JeffRobson

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

Lowest of the Low – Pamphleteer – One Great Tribute! A love letter to The Weakerthans – CDN

The Weakerthans – Everything Must Go! – live recording – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – My Favourite Chords – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Without Mythologies – Transmissions (2004) – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Bad Time to Be Poor – The Secret Sessions: Rheostatics Tribute – CDN – WPG

Florry – First it was a movie, then it was a book – Sounds Like…
Wednesday – Elderberry Wine – Bleeds
Friendship – Resident Evil – Caveman Wakes Up
James McMurtry – Sons of the Second Sons – The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
Drive-By Truckers – The Righteous Path – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Drive-By Truckers – Sink Hole – Decoration Day

Lydia Loveless – There Is a Beach on Walnut Street – single
John Calvin Abney – Last Chance – Transparent Towns
Joe Ray McDonald – First Rains of May – Cowboy Cake – CDN
Joe Ray McDonald – Barrooms – Human Dogs – CDN
Micah Schnabel – No Xmas Cards for Fascists (feat. Call Me Rita) – single

Madi Diaz – Feel Something – Fatal Optimist
Sierra Ferrell & Nikki Lane – A Lesson In Leavin’ – single
Hannah White – Hard Hitting Memories – single
Anna Tivel – White Goose – single

Pony Gold – Impossible Dream – High Road Reverie – CDN
Anna Tivel – Altogether Alone – Living Thing
Kathleen Edwards – Change The Sheets – Voyageur – CDN

The Haileys – Good Girl – Get a Room – CDN – WPG

Jadea Kelly – Friday – Weather Girl (Deluxe) – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Mercy – Love & Lust – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Heavy Heart – Eastbound Platform – CDN

Greg Macpherson – Wide Turn – Maintenance – CDN – WPG
Washboard Hank – The Midnight Ride of Red Dog Ray – Donkeys & Tire Fires – CDN
Cara Luft, Keri Latimer, & Jess Reimer – Tumbling Tumbleweeds – HER (204): Stories of One Great City Revisited – CDN – WPG

Jacob Brodovsky – I Love You and I’m Sorry – I Love You and I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG
Lindy Vopnfjörð – The Limit – Young Waverer – CDN – WPG
Lindy Vopnfjörð – State of the Heart – State of the Heart – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Before She Made Me Crawl – Lost Country – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Trying To Start Out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG

Back live in the studio again after our trip to Germany for Static Roots Festival and we’ve got memories and highlights as well as local shows and a huge backlog of new music!

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

Christina Martin – Thank You For Being a Friend – single – CDN

Craig Cardiff – Miss Ohio – Mothers & Daughters – CDN
Craig Cardiff – Dirty Old Town – Goodnight (Go Home) – CDN
Craig Cardiff – Safe Here – Floods & Fires – CDN

The Jitters – That’s When I Need You – The Jitters – CDN
The Jitters – Closer Every Day – The Jitters – CDN
Blair Packham – Heads and Tails – The Impossible Dream – CDN
Wilco – Passenger Side – A.M.

Dom Glynn & His Sunday Best – My Get Up and Go’s Done Got Up and Gone – live recording
Savannah Gardner – Born in the Wrong Generation (feat. The Recovering Good Girls) – single
David Ford – Nobody Tells Me What To Do – Songs For The Road
Michele Stodart – Reason to Believe – The Nebraska Sessions: A Tribute

Hayley Reardon – Until It Happens – After Everything
Hayley Reardon – Awake in Berlin – single
Ryan O’Reilly – Good Enough (feat. Hayley Reardon) – single
Ryan O’Reilly – Wicklow (feat. Jadea Kelly) – single
Jadea Kelly – Start With Sorry – Weather Girl – CDN

Joe Nolan – Blood on the Pages – Luv in the New World – CDN
David Newbould – Broken Hearts Are Paint – Average Fidelity – CDN
Josh Ritter – Truth is a Dimension (Both Invisible and Blinding) – I Believe in You, My Honeydew
Hayes Carll – We’re Only Human – We’re Only Human
Steve Earle & Reckless Kelly – Bad Girls – single
William Prince – On Rolls the Wheel – Further from the Country – CDN – WPG
Altameda – Life Is A Desert – single – CDN
Benjamin Tod & Madison Hughes – Goner – single

Dominique Adams – Fine Lines – To Keep – CDN – WPG
Neko Case – Wreck – Neon Grey Midnight Green
Pony Gold – Impossible Dream – single – CDN
Caroline Spence – Fun At Parties – Heart Go Wild
Amanda Shires – A Way It Goes – Nobody’s Girl

Shannon McNally – After Midnight – single
BettySoo – Gulf Road (feat. James McMurtry) – If You Never Go Away
James McMurtry – Broken Freedom Song – The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
MJ Lenderman – Just Be Simple – I Will Swim to You: A Tribute to Jason Molina
Waxahatchee & Kevin Morby – You Found Me (From the Netflix Series “Too Much”) – single
Lissie – America – Promises
Ian Noe – Born In The USA – single
Mariel Buckley – The Other Man – 97 Riverdale – CDN

I take great pride in playing a lot of local music on this show and celebrating and supporting the local music community as much as I can, but I don’t think I’ve ever devoted an entire episode to showing off the wide variety of great music being made by artists from Manitoba or by other artists who have come here to record. I realized quickly that there was no way to distill it to a “Best of” or a complete overview, so this is a personal sampling of some of the great music that I love that came from here or was recorded here. There’s so much more to discover and enjoy, but I hope you get a sense of the talent and passion that comes from this place by listening to this show!

This is one of our standby series of pre-recorded episodes that are meant to be timeless, so we can pop them into the schedule again some time when I can’t be at the studio live, so enjoy this one now and again!

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

JP Hoe – I Only Did It For Love – Mannequin – CDN – WPG

The Watchmen – One Man Gone – Indie-Can ’89 Sampler – CDN – WPG
Jeffrey Hatcher & The Big Beat – Man Who Would Be King – Cross Our Hearts – CDN – WPG
Crash Test Dummies – Here I Stand Before Me – God Shuffled His Feet – CDN – WPG
Leaderhouse – Elephant Song – Leaderhouse – CDN – WPG
The New Meanies – Scenic Anomaly – Three Seeds – CDN – WPG

Duck Shot Hunter – If You Were Here – Duck Shot Hunter – CDN – WPG
Kings Of The Moon – Coming Home – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – String Of Blinking Lights – Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day – CDN – WPG
Lindy – Witness – Suspension of Disbelief – CDN – WPG
Joel Kroeker – Goodbye Jane – Melodrama – CDN – WPG

The Paperbacks – If I Make it Through This Winter – An Episode of Sparrows – CDN – WPG
Novillero – Art Of Carrying On – Aim Right for the Holes in Their Lives – CDN – WPG

The Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Metal Girls – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Christine Fellows – A Day in the Road – The Last One Standing – CDN – WPG
Imaginary Cities – Bells Of Cologne – Fall Of Romance – CDN – WPG
Jacob Brodovsky – Night Baker – I Love You and I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG

Nathan – John Paul’s Deliveries – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – One Chance – Walking in the Dark – CDN – WPG
Easily Amused – Song For Belfast – Simple Stuff – CDN – WPG
Begonia – Hanging on a Line – Fear – CDN – WPG

Red Moon Road – Beauty in These Broken Bones – Sorrows and Glories – CDN – WPG
The Duhks – Four Blue Walls – The Duhks – CDN – WPG
Two Crows for Comfort – Older Still – Show Me Light – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Mercy On Me – Achin In Yer Bones – CDN – WPG

Corin Raymond – Dirty Mansions – Dirty Mansions – CDN – WPG
Jonathan Byrd – Poor Johnny – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Stephen Fearing – Stay with Me – The Unconquerable Past – CDN
Ben de la Cour – God’s Only Son – Shadow Land

Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Town Song – Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Trois Rivieres – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Arlington – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
JD Edwards Band – This House Will Stand – Roads And Roads – CDN – WPG

Del Barber – Farewell, God Bless You, Goodbye – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Rosie – No Bourbon & Bad Radio – CDN – WPG
Paul Bergman – Sundogs – Anthropology – CDN – MB
The Other Brothers – Second Wind – Points Of View – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Miss You – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Greg MacPherson – Buy a Ticket – Balanced on a Pin – CDN – WPG

Shining a spotlight on a true Canadian music MVP, producer/singer/songwriter/guitar player/pedal steel wizard/all-around good guy, Dale Murray! Dale is well-known by musicians but tends to be out of the spotlight most of the time, spending much of his time and sharing his talent by making others shine. He’s been a valuable contributor to a wide variety of bands and projects, and on today’s show, we listen to as many and as much as we can fit into 3 hours, but still ended up leaving a LOT out!

Dale Murray online: dalemurray.bandzoogle.com
music: dalemurray.bandcamp.com

This is one of our standby series of pre-recorded episodes that are meant to be timeless, so we can pop them into the schedule again some time when I can’t be at the studio live, so enjoy this one now and again!

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

The Guthries – Trials and Tribulations – Off Windmill – CDN

Anne Murray – Rest Easy (In My Love) – Here You Are – CDN
Sandbox – Curious – Bionic – CDN
Bubbles and the Shitrockers – Drinkin’ With The Angels – Longhauler – CDN

Dale Murray – Thought You Were Right – Brighter Lives, Darker Side – CDN
Dale Murray – The Grove – Dream Mountain Dream – CDN

The Guthries – Terrible Thing – The Guthries – CDN
The Guthries – Coax Me – Take It In: A Tribute to Sloan – CDN

Booming Airplanes – Silver Lining – Yarn – CDN
the Heavy Blinkers – Lazy In Love – Better Weather – CDN
Ruth Minnikin – This Heavy Heart – EP – CDN

Kate Maki, Ruth Minnikin, Dale Murray, Ryan Levecque, Nathan Lawr – Brighter Lives, Darker Side – A Midautumn Night’s Dream – CDN
Kate Maki, Ruth Minnikin, Dale Murray, Ryan Levecque, Nathan Lawr – On Our Way – A Midwinter Night’s Dream – CDN
Kate Maki – Old Guitar – The Sun Will Find Us – CDN

Matt Mays – Back Home Weather – Matt Mays – CDN
Matt Mays & El Torpedo – Good People – Matt Mays & El Torpedo – CDN
Matt Mays – Take It On Faith – Coyote – CDN

Cuff the Duke – Confessions from a Parkdale Basement – Sidelines of the City – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Follow Me – Way Down Here – CDN
Two Hours Traffic – Stolen Earrings – Little Jabs – CDN
Liam Corcoran – July-eh, July-oh – Rom-Drom – CDN

Buck 65 – Wicked and Weird – Talkin’ Honky Blues – CDN
The Hylozoists – The Hylozoists – La Nouvelle Gauche – CDN
Dale Murray – Away From Home – Pickers for Grinners vol. 1 – CDN
Hayden – The Valley – The Place Where We Lived – CDN
Hayden – Barely Friends – In Field & Town – CDN

David Myles – Where I Want To Be – Things Have Changed – CDN
The Olympic Symphonium – Blood from a Stone (feat. Catherine MacLellan & Dale Murray) – More in Sorrow Than in Anger – CDN

Jenn Grant – Britt n’ kip – Orchestra for the Moon – CDN
Dave Gunning – Merry Christmas Lonely Cowboy – Christmas Too – CDN
Al Tuck – Tuck My Blues Away – Food For The Moon – CDN
Joel Plaskett – Pine, Pine, Pine – Three – CDN
Joel Plaskett – Broken Heart Songs – The Park Avenue Sobriety Test – CDN

Norma MacDonald – Everyone Lets You Down – the forest for the trees – CDN
Kim Wempe – Bring It Here – Painting With Tides – CDN
Ashley Condon – A New Heart – Come In From The Cold – CDN

Jason Haywood – Nothing Stays the Same – Nothing Stays the Same – CDN
Adam Puddington – Deer in the Headlights – For the Meantime – CDN
The Prospector’s Union – The Valley Neighbours – Syracuse – CDN
Matt Murphy – New Mr. Me – The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico: Bring It Back Home – CDN

Dale Murray – My New World – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Christina Martin – You Come Home – Two Hearts – CDN
Christina Martin – Somewhere with You – It’ll Be Alright – CDN

Normally the weekend I’d roll out the annual Canada Day spectacular, but instead a freewheeling (or “freeballing,” if you ask a gym teacher) episode featuring birthdays, new music, a full preview of this year’s exciting and eagerly anticipated Static Roots Festival, and a bunch of great classics!

If you’re looking for great Canadian music, check out last week’s Six Shooter Records retrospective: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2025/06/22/podcast-june-22-2025-six-shooter-records-retrospective/

or last year’s All Canadian Bangers II: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2024/07/01/podcast-june-30-2024-all-canadian-bangers-ii/

or the first All Canadian Bangers: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2023/07/03/podcast-july-2-2023-all-canadian-bangers/

Static Roots Festival: staticrootsfestival.com

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

Jason Collett – Love Song to Canada – To Wit To Woo – CDN

Colin Hay – Overkill – Man at Work
Colin Hay – Beautiful World – Going Somewhere
Colin Hay – Waiting For My Real Life To Begin – Going Somewhere

Chuck Prophet – Pin a Rose on Me – Age of Miracles
The Damnwells – Newborn History – Bastards Of The Beat
Chris Isaak – Somebody’s Crying – Forever Blue

James McMurtry – Laredo (Small Dark Something) – The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
Yukon Blonde – Adore You – Friendship & Rock ‘n’ Roll – CDN
Katie Pruitt – Backseat Driver – single
The Accidentals – Better Than Me – Time Out 3
Ron Sexsmith – Cigarette And Cocktail – Hangover Terrace – CDN

Dom Glynn & his Sunday Best – Singing to Survive – single
Savannah Gardner – Wildfire – Recovering Good Girl

Todd Day Wait – Time Will Let You Know – Letters From The Road
The Southern Fold – Before the Fall – single
Bobbie – I need you more than I want you – The Sacred in the Ordinary
Peter Bruntnell – Out of the Pines – Houdini and the Sucker Punch
Bywater Call – Colours – Shepherd – CDN

Embla and the Karidotters – Resting Bitch Face – Off Leash
Hayley Reardon – Child of a Giver (feat. Arnau Figueres & Pau Figueres) – Live at Starseed Studios
Pert Near Sandstone – Can’t Hardly Wait – single
Michele Stodart – These Bones – Invitation
Pearl Charles – Does This Song Sound Familiar? (7″ Version) – single
Uncle Lucius – Bertha – Live from Ear Studio
The Godfathers – Bring On The Sunshine – Alpha Beta Gamma Delta PLUS

John K. Samson – Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World – single – CDN – WPG
John K. Samson – When I Write My Master’s Thesis – Provincial – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Wild Folk – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Tuns – Lonely Life – Tuns – CDN
Steven Page – The Work at Hand – Heal Thyself Pt. 1: Instinct – CDN
Odds – It Falls Apart – Bedbugs – CDN
Trans-Canada Highwaymen – Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy – Explosive Hits Vol.1 – CDN

Brock Zeman – Push Them Stones – Me Then You – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – 105 – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN
Blackie and The Rodeo Kings – Stoned – BARK – CDN
Gillian Welch – The Way It Goes – The Harrow & The Harvest
Ian Noe – Letter to Madeline – Between the Country
Jeffrey Martin – Edge of Lost – single

Independent Canadian record label Six Shooter Records celebrated its 25th anniversary this week. I’m pretty sure that no other source has provided as much great material for this show over the 22+ years that it’s been on the air. The label has helped to release and promote some amazing music that wouldn’t have been given a chance elsewhere and has given opportunities to a lot of talented artists. Today’s show is a highlight reel picking out some of my many favourites that have been released by and on the label over the years.

Six Shooter Records: sixshooterrecords.com
25th Anniversary re-releases and commemorative merchandise: store.sixshooterrecords.com/collections/silver-series

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

Luke Doucet – Outlaws – Aloha, Manitoba – CDN

Martin Tielli – I’ll Never Tear You Apart – We Didn’t Even Suspect He Was the Poppy Salesman – CDN
Christine Fellows – A Day in the Road – The Last One Standing – CDN – WPG
NQ Arbuckle – In Another Time – Hanging the Battle-Scarred Pinata – CDN

Veal – I Hate Your Lipstick – The Embattled Hearts – CDN
Martin Tielli – Beauty On – Operation Infinite Joy – CDN
Justin Rutledge – Too Sober to Sleep – No Never Alone – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Sun’s Hanging Low – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN

Captain Tractor – Big American Headliner – North of the Yellowhead – CDN
Elliott BROOD – President 35 – Ambassador – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Miss You Now – Mountain Meadows – CDN

Wendy McNeill – Such a Common Bird – The Wonder Show – CDN
Christine Fellows – Face Down. Feet First. – Paper Anniversary – CDN – WPG
Royal Wood – Juliet – A Good Enough Day – CDN
Justin Rutledge – Greenwich Time – Man Descending – CDN

NQ Arbuckle – Marco Polo – XOK – CDN
Luke Doucet And The White Falcon – Blood’s Too Rich – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Melissa McClelland – Victoria Day (May Flowers) – Victoria Day – CDN
Whitehorse – Emerald Isle – Whitehorse – CDN
Whitehorse – Devil’s Got a Gun – The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss – CDN

The Beauties – Without You – The Beauties – CDN
Jason Plumb & The Willing – Wide Open – Wide Open Music: Songs for Saskatchewan – CDN
Harlan Pepper – Great Lakes – Young and Old – CDN
The Dead South – Banjo Odyssey – Good Company – CDN

Amelia Curran – The Mistress – Hunter Hunter – CDN
Jenn Grant – I’ve Got Your Fire – The Beautiful Wild – CDN
Good Lovelies – Waiting for You – Burn The Plan – CDN

Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado – CDN
Del Barber – Everything Is Not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Danny Michel – Click Click – Matadora – CDN
C and C Surf Factory – Dirty Skirty – Garage City – CDN

Sam Outlaw – Ghost Town – Angeleno
Whitney Rose – Better to My Baby – Rule 62 – CDN
Boy Golden – The Year That Clayton Delaney Died – Church of Better Daze – CDN – WPG
William Prince – When You Miss Someone – Stand in the Joy – CDN – WPG

Rheostatics – Rearview – Here Come the Wolves – CDN
The Violet Archers – Animal Song (feat. Sarah Harmer) – Animal Song – CDN

New music, a busy week of big upcoming shows, and a feature focusing on the mysterious California-based A.V.R.A. Records, which is re-releasing some incredible underappreciated Canadian music!

Sean Burns & Lost Country: tickets

Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs w/Shannon McNally: info
Shannon McNally 4:00 Feature

Dan Bern/Orit Shimoni: Night 1 / Night 2
A.V.R.A.: avra-records.com
A.V.R.A. on YouTube: youtube.com/@AVRArecords/playlists

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

Del Barber – Country Girl – Prairieography – CDN – WPG

Ruby Plume – What’s This Really About – single – CDN
Molly Tuttle – That’s Gonna Leave a Mark – So Long Little Miss Sunshine
Julianna Riolino – On a Bluebird’s Wing – single – CDN
Malin Pettersen – Number and a Street (Studio Version) – single
S.G. Goodman – Michael Told Me – Planting by the Signs
Hannah White – Fine Day – single

Kashus Culpepper & Sierra Ferrell – Broken Wing Bird – single
Salt Tree – Answers – single
Murder By Death – Searcher – Egg & Dart
Joshua Ray Walker – I Hope I Have Fun Dying – Tropicana
Josh Ritter – You Won’t Dig My Grave – I Believe in You, My Honeydew

Branson Anderson – Who Loves Ya – King of Lonely
Ron Sexsmith – Don’t Lose Sight – Hangover Terrace – CDN
Amanda Shires – Parking Lot Pirouette – To the Sunset

Sean Burns – Cup of Tea – Rocket Ships and Lemon Trees – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Before She Made Me Crawl – Lost Country – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Have You Seen That Train – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG

Dan Bern – Talkin’ Canada Blues – live recording
Dan Bern – Jerusalem – Dan Bern
Dan Bern – Fascist – Dan Bern Live in Los Angeles

Dan Bern – Thunder Road – Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen
Dan Bern – One Piece at a Time – Hoody

Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs – Heart of the Heartland – single
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs – So Alive – Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits

Blue Northern – Too Late to Turn Back – Blue Northern – CDN
Blue Northern – Vagabond – Blue Northern – CDN

Blue Northern – Rebecca – Tango! – CDN
Blue Northern – Get Away – Tango! – CDN

Blue Northern – Sound on Sound – Sound on Sound – CDN
Blue Northern – Can’t Go Home – Sound on Sound – CDN

The Six – Coming to Collect – The Six – CDN – WPG
Jeffrey Hatcher & The Big Beat – My Elizabeth – Trying Must Count for Something – CDN – WPG
Jeffrey Hatcher & The Big Beat – Man Who Would Be King – Cross Our Hearts – CDN – WPG
The Blue Shadows – (Born to Be) Riding Only Down – Lucky to Me – CDN
The Blue Shadows – Deliver Me – On the Floor of Heaven – CDN
The Blue Shadows – A Paper and a Promise – A Little Bit Blue – The Studio Extras – CDN

The Razorbacks – Lower Beverly – Go to Town – CDN
The Razorbacks – My Generation – Live a Little – CDN
The Razorbacks – Not Fade Away – Early Rarities and Unreleased Gems – CDN