A rambling episode full of great music, just the way mom likes it! (Well, I hope she likes it, anyway.) Today we’ve got a few (questionable) “mother” songs, a heaping pile of amazing new music, and a sad farewell to another great talent gone too soon.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

JP Hoe – Mother – The Here in Review – CDN – WPG
Me Mom & Morgentaler – My Mother’s Friends – Shiva Space Machine – CDN
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Mother Blues – The Grifter’s Hymnal
Rayland Baxter – Mother Mother – Imaginary Man
Lucero – Mom – 1372 Overton Park
Lucero – For the Lonely Ones – Among the Ghosts
Lucero – To My Dearest Wife – Among the Ghosts

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Mike Plume Band – Mama’s Rolling Stone – Born by the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Western Wind – Born by the Radio – CDN
Jon Brooks – Proxima B – No One Travels Alone – CDN
American Aquarium – Tough Folks – Things Change
Rayland Baxter – Cassanova – Wide Awake
Milk Carton Kids – Big Time – All The Things That I Did and All The Things That I Didn’t Do

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Les Stroud – Poison (w/Oh Susanna) – Bittern Lake – CDN
Birds of Chicago – Super Lover – Love in Wartime
Anna Tivel – The Question – Anna Tivel on Audiotree Live
Gretchen Peters – Wichita – Dancing with the Beast
William Prince – Breathless – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG
Animal Parts – Gitanjali – Wysteria – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Matthew Barber – A Living – Phase of the Moon – CDN
Dawes – Crack the Case – Passwords
Frightened Rabbit – The Loneliness and the Scream – The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Frightened Rabbit – The Oil Slick – Pedestrian Verse
Paul MacLeod – Broken Wing – Close and Play – CDN
John Bottomley – Candle in the Dark – Blackberry – CDN

Today we’ve got a pile of great new music, some requests, some great concerts to discuss, and a set of Steel Belted-style rockin’ classics. Good stuff!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Stan Rogers – Watching the Apples Grow – Fogarty’s Cove – CDN
Stan Rogers – Make and Break Harbour – Fogarty’s Cove – CDN
Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Grit – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Sleeping in Clay – Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Baby Come Turn Out the Lights – Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Middle of Nowhere – Hang on to Me – Middle of Nowhere – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Middle of Nowhere – Super Grande Factory – Middle of Nowhere – CDN – WPG
The Young Novelists – All Alone – In City & Country – CDN
Erin Rae – Can’t Cut Loose – Putting on Airs
Kasey Chambers – Early Grave – Campfire
Parker Millsap – Good Night – Other Arrangements
Ben de la Cour – Company Town – The High Cost of Living Strange
Joshua Hedley – Weird Thought Thinker – Mr. Jukebox

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Darlingside – The God of Loss – Birds Say
Richmond Fontaine – A Night in the City – You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing to Go Back To
The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You – I And Love And You
Jared & The Mill – Life We Chose – Life We Chose
Jared & The Mill – Keep Me Going – Orme Dugas

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Altameda – Blackmarket Blues – Dirty Rain – CDN
Altameda – I Saw a Ghost Last Night – Dirty Rain – CDN
Dustin Bentall & The Smokes – Every Chord that Rings – You Are an Island – CDN
Alejandro Escovedo – Chip & Tony – Real Animal
Chuck Prophet – Diamond Jim – The Hurting Business
Jon Dee Graham – Laredo (Small Dark Something) – Horray for the Moon
Greg Macpherson Band – Goes Like This – Fireball – CDN – WPG

Along with the weather, the concert calendar is heating up, so we’ve got some stellar shows to discuss, both past and future, as well as some great new music, a tribute to an ailing unsung hero behind many great records, some requests, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mayhemingways – Frances the Truck Driver – Skip Land – CDN
Trent Severn – Winnipeg White Out – Portage – CDN
Guadalcanal Diary – Watusi Rodeo – Walking In The Shadow Of The Big Man
Tom Petty – Square One – Highway Companion
The Watchmen – Any Day Now – Silent Radar – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Harry Manx – Only Then Will Your House Be Blessed – Wise and Otherwise – CDN
Harry Manx – Roses Given – Wise and Otherwise – CDN
Harry Manx – Long Black Veil – Bread and Buddha – CDN
Jory Nash – Dark Matter – Wilderness Years – CDN
Matt Epp – In A Flash – Shadowlands – CDN
Laura Cantrell – The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter – Not The Tremblin’ Kind
Ryan Adams – Firecracker – Gold
Butch Walker – East Coast Girl – Stay Gold

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Martyn Joseph – Cardiff Bay – Martyn Joseph
Martyn Joseph – Dic Penderyn – Evolved
Mayhemingways – CDs I Didn’t Sell – Mayhemingways EP – CDN
Mayhemingways – Wanderers – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Kasey Chambers – Barricades & Brickwalls – Barricades & Brickwalls

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Kasey Chambers – Runaway Train – Barricades & Brickwalls
Lucinda Williams – Righteously – World Without Tears
Emmylou Harris – Where Will I Be – Wrecking Ball
Shannon McNally – Down and Dirty – Jukebox Sparrows
Chris Whitley – Poison Girl – Living with the Law
Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain – May Your Kindness Remain
The Wailin’ Jennys – Across the Sea – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG

Today a conversation with one of our favourite artists and oldest friends, Leeroy Stagger, we celebrate the birthday of another long-standing friend and favourite, spin some Record Store Day finds, and much more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Worn Out Welcome Home – Dear Love – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Love Versus – Love Versus – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Saskatoon – Depression River – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Cities on Fire – Truth Be Sold – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Living in the Future – Love Versus – CDN
The Jerry Cans – Ahead by a Century – 7″ single – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Wilco – Hotel Arizona – Live at the Troubadour L.A. 1996
Stompin’ Tom Connors – Luke’s Guitar – Live at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, June 30, 1971 – CDN
Stompin’ Tom Connors – Bud the Spud – Live at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, June 30, 1971 – CDN
Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives – Rattle and Roll – Way Out West – Desert Suite (Trip One)
Tom Russell – Veteran’s Day – Old Songs Yet To Sing
Tom Russell Band – Blue Wing – Poor Man’s Dream
The Tom Russell Band – Winnipeg – Hurricane Season

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Leeroy Stagger interview

Steve Dawson – Loose Ends – Solid States and Loose Ends – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Enemy Inside – Love Versus – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Stephen Kellogg – Lost and Found – Blunderstone Rookery
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – The Morning Song – Souvenir
American Aquarium – Family Problems – Wolves
Nathan – Glorious Exhaust – Stranger – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – So Long – Crowsfeet and Greyskull – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG

Today’s episode was pre-recorded but full of great music, including some great new releases, requests, memories of concerts past and preview of exciting shows to come, including a very exciting in-studio guest on the show next week!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mike Plume Band – More than a Game – 8:30 Newfoundland – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Enemy Inside – Love Versus – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Enough Love to Go Around – Radiant Land – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Red Bandana – Everything Is Real – CDN
Steve Dawson – Rose’s Blues – Solid States and Loose Ends – CDN
Leaf Rapids – April – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Stephen Fearing – Blue Line – Up Front! Canadians Live from Mountain Stage – CDN
Stephen Fearing – The Life – Folkscene Collection Volume Two – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Whoville – Sixty Second Songs – CDN
Mayhemingways – Bad Old Days – Skip Land – CDN
Tim Easton – Never Punch the Clock Again – Paco & the Melodic Polaroids
John Prine – When I Get to Heaven – The Tree of Forgiveness
Frank Turner – Make America Great Again – Be More Kind

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Anna Tivel – Small Believer – Small Believer
Anna Ternheim – Just as Friends – For the Young
Courtney Marie Andrews – Two Cold Nights in Buffalo – May Your Kindness Remain
Neko Case – Bad Luck – Hell-On
The Artisinals – Angel 42 – Literally Anywhere EP

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Hold Steady – Eureka – Eureka b/w Esther
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive – Stay Positive
Major Love – So Good – Major Love EP – CDN
Skydiggers – This New Country – Desmond’s Hip City – CDN
John Bottomley – Long Way to Go – Blackberry – CDN
John Bottomley – The Healing Dream – The Healing Dream – CDN
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Don’t Walk Away – live recording
Jade Jackson – Motorcycle – Gilded

An exciting episode indeed, as we welcomed back to the studio one of my very favourite guests and songwriters of them all, Stephen Fearing, who dropped in to chat and sing a few songs. What a treat! We also had another exciting show to preview and some great new music.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Stephen Fearing – Love like Water – Every Soul’s a Sailor – CDN

Stephen Fearing interview

Stephen Fearing – Red Lights in the Rain – live performance – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Stephen Fearing – Blowhard Nation – live performance – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Every Soul’s a Sailor – live performance – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Scott Nolan – Fire Up – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Rosie – No Bourbon & Bad Radio – CDN – WPG
Mayhemingways – Bad Old Days – Skip Land – CDN
Mayhemingways – Wanderers – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Loretta – Let’r Buck – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Ben de la Cour – Uncle Boudreaux Went to Texas – The High Cost of Living Strange
Mariel Buckley – Rose Coloured Frames – Driving in the Dark – CDN
Robby Hecht & Caroline Spence – Over You – single
Parker Millsap – Come Back when you can’t Stay – Other Arrangements
Harrow Fair – Told a Lie to my Heart – Call to Arms – CDN
David Francey – Lonely Road – The Broken Heart of Everything – CDN
The Landreth Bros. – Alone in the Dark – Undercover Bros. – CDN – WPG
Travis Linville – Wishes – Up Ahead

No jokes & no fools on today’s show, just great music through and through! We’ve got some exciting shows past & future to discuss, including a big guest on next week’s episode, some stellar listener suggestions, and a pile of new & new to me music.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Scott Nolan – Easter at the Waffle House – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
Stephen Fearing – The Assassin’s Apprentice – The Assassin’s Apprentice – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Blowhard Nation – Every Soul’s a Sailor – CDN
Martyn Joseph – Here Come the Young – unreleased
John Prine – God Only Knows – The Tree of Forgiveness

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Courtney Marie Andrews – Kindness of Strangers – May Your Kindness Remain
Bennett Wilson Poole – Ask Me Anything – Bennett Wilson Poole
Traveller – Hummingbird – Western Movies
The Vegabonds – Everything I Need – single
The Artisanals – Roll With It – Literally Anywhere
The Pollies – Lost – Not Here
Dylan Leblanc – Look How Far We’ve Come w/Rayland Baxter – Luck Mountain Sessions

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Skylar Bouchard – Montreal – Tired of the City – CDN – WPG
Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle – If I Needed You – We Still Love Our Country
Lyle Lovett – Step Inside this House – Step Inside this House
Adela Diane – Ether & Wood – Cusp
The Black Lillies – Two Hearts Down – 100 Miles of Wreckage
Fred Eaglesmith – Freight Train – Official Bootleg Series Vol. 2 – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Ridley Bent & The Killer Tumbleweeds – Pretty Li’l Self – Ridley Bent & The Killer Tumbleweeds – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder – Blam! – CDN – WPG
Omar & The Howlers – Hard Times in the Land of Plenty – Hard Times in the Land of Plenty
Jerry Miller – What a Little Moonlight Can Do (w/Eilen Jewell) – New Road Under my Wheels
Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Tonight I Think I’m Gonna Go Downtown – After Awhile
Greg Brown – Downtown – One Night

A long-awited visit by Quinton Blair, who stops by to chat and sing some great songs before tonight’s Honky Tonk Blues show at The West End Cultural Centre, as well as a bunch of requests & dedications and a pile of great new music!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Huey Lewis & The News – Honky Tonk Blues – Sports
Quinton Blair – Following Him Around – Cash Crop – CDN – MB
Little Miss Higgins – My Home, My Heart – My Home, My Heart – CDN – MB
Jess Reimer – 1500 Appeals – The Nightjar and the Garden – CDN – MB
Jaxon Haldane – Twenty-One – Hectic – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Quinton Blair – 300,000 KM – live performance – CDN – MB
Quinton Blair – Someday Soon – live performance – CDN – MB
Quinton Blair – After They’re Gone – live performance – CDN – MB
Quinton Blair – Blues Man – Blues Man – CDN – MB
Del Barber – Living with a Long Way to Go – Prairiography – CDN – WPG
Blake Berglund – Moose Mountain – Realms – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Ian Felice – In the Kingdom of Dreams – In the Kingdom of Dreams
Mipso – Coming Down the Mountain – Coming Down the Mountain
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Officer Down – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Cheap Town – Live at the Dakota – CDN
John Moreland – Nobody Gives a Damn About Songs Anymore – In the Throes
John Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls – Low – Everything the Hard Way

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Bennett Wilson Poole – Soon Enough – Bennett Wilson Poole
Parker Millsap – Fine Line – Other Arrangements
Calexico – Music Box – The Thread that Keeps Us
The Young Novelists – Back to the Hard Times – In City & Country – CDN
Hannah Aldridge – Parchman – Razor Wire
Caroline Rose – Jeannie Becomes a Mom – LONER

Wow, what a weekend! A couple of amazing shows with the Cuddy crew kicked things off in fine form and required some reflection on the show today. We also had a big ol’ pile of new music, as well as a whole lot of music from some wonderful women in belated honour of International Women’s Day!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Luke Doucet – One Too Many – Broken (and other Rogue States) – CDN
The Devin Cuddy Band – Maggie’s Hardware Store – Amy’s Dream – CDN
Sam Polley and The Old Tomorrow – Rude Girl – EP in a Day – CDN
Bazil Donovan – Little ole Wine Drinker Me – Matinee – CDN
Colin Cripps – Your True Colours – Stormy Northern Days – CDN
Jim Cuddy – Water’s Running High – Skyscraper Soul – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Erin Costelo – Fighter – Down Below, the Status Quo – CDN
Major Love – So Good – Major Love EP – CDN
The Decemberists – Once in my Life – I’ll Be your Girl
Neko Case – Hell-On – Hell-On
Bob Schneider – Making It Up – Blood and Bones
Scenic Route to Alaska – All These Thoughts – Tough Luck – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Julie Miller – I Need You – Broken Things
Julie Miller – Out in the Rain – Broken Things
Kathleen Edwards – Westby – Failer – CDN
Christina Martin – You Come Home – Two Hearts – CDN
Eliza Gilkyson – Wonderland – Land of Milk and Honey
Eilen Jewel – Dusty Boxcar Wall – Letters from Sinners & Strangers
Eddi Reader – California – Angels & Electricity

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Bronwynne Brent – Heartbreaker – Stardust
Hannah Aldridge – Living on Lonely – Gold Rush
Anna Tivel – Illinois – Small Believer
Mary Gauthier – Camelot Motel – Filth & Fire
Mary Gauthier – Brothers – Rifles & Rosary Beads

This Friday marks the long-awaited return of Barney Bentall to Winnipeg, when he opens for Jim Cuddy. We were fortunate enough to chat with Barney once again today. We also heard a bunch of new music, talked about some interesting upcoming shows, paid tribute to a fallen great, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Barney Bentall & the Legendary Hearts – Come Back to Me – Barney Bentall & the Legendary Hearts – CDN
Barney Bentall – The Miner – The Drifter and the Preacher – CDN
Barney Bentall – Won’t Change the World – The Drifter and the Preacher – CDN
Jim Cuddy – She Gets Down – The Light that Guides You Home – CDN
Jim Cuddy – Lonely When You Leave – Constellation – CDN
Skydiggers – The Air that I Breathe – Warmth of the Sun – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

John Prine – Knockin’ on your Screen Door – The Tree of Forgiveness
Matthew Ryan – Run Rabbit Run (Unadorned) – Run Rabbit Run EP
Tracy Grammer – Hole – Low Tide
Leeroy Stagger – Run Rabbit Run – Love Versus – CDN
Mike Edel – Finish Line – single – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Barney Bentall interview

Barney Bentall – The Ocean and You (A Song for John Mann) – The Drifter and the Preacher – CDN
Spirit of Canada: Friends of John Mann – Home for a Rest – single – CDN
Spirit of the West – Political – Labour Day – CDN
The Jeff Healey Band – My Little Girl – See the Light – CDN
Jeff Healey – My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now – Adventures in Jazzland – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Fred J. Eaglesmith and the Flying Squirrels – York Road – There Ain’t No Easy Road – CDN
Fred J. Eaglesmith and the Flying Squirrels – White Ash & Black Ash – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Sleeping in Clay – Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Flowers in the Dell – Let’r Buck – CDN
D. Rangers – Hold Back the Tears – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN
Mayhemingways – Better of You – Skip Land – CDN
Brock Zeman – 10 Year Fight – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN