Today we’re around the world – musically and physically – as I’m off at the Static Roots Festival in Germany, so a celebration of that great land in song, as well as a tip of the hat to my Scottish pal Iain who’s coming to the festival as well. We also look back at last year’s festival before letting you know about some amazing shows coming up in Winnipeg next weekend!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – Goodnight, Berlin – 2009-10-23 Laboratorium, Stuttgart, Germany – CDN
Ray Ullenboom – Back to Berlin – March 2013 – CDN – WPG
Spring Breakup – Dogs in Berlin – It’s Not You, It’s Me – CDN
Corb Lund – Alt Berliner Blues – Things That Can’t Be Undone – CDN
Jennifer Warnes – First we Take Manhattan – Famous Blue Raincoat
Clem Snide – The Sound of German Hip-Hop – End of Love
Wilco – Impossible Germany – Sky Blue Sky

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Paul Kelly – South of Germany – A to Z
John Prine – Speed of the Sound of Loneliness – German Afternoons
King Creosote – Cargill – From Scotland with Love
Joel Plaskett – New Scotland Blues – Three – CDN
Anna Mitchell – Let’s Run Away – Down to the Bone

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Midnight Union Band – Waiting for the Fall – Live at Static Roots Festival 2016
Malojian – It Ain’t Easy – Live at Static Roots Festival 2016
Leeroy Stagger – Passing Through – Live at Static Roots Festival 2016 – CDN
The Wynntown Marshals – Whatever It Takes – Live at Static Roots Festival 2016
John Blek & The Rats – Old St. Catherine – Live at Static Roots Festival 2016
Malojian – Out on the Weekend – Live at Static Roots Festival 2016

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Blek & The Rats – Ohio – Live at Static Roots Festival 2016
Jaxon Haldane – Crystal – Down in Oklahoma – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Don’t Be Scared – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – The You Know Whos – Hectic – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Corin Raymond – Hard on Things – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN

A bit of a rambling episode with some fun tangents, and a chat with one of our longest serving listeners and most steadfast supporters, Dietmar Leibecke about his amazing upcoming Static Roots Festival!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Greg Brown – Spring Wind – Dream Cafe
Richard Thompson – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Acoustic Classics
Rodney Crowell – Earthbound – Fate’s Right Hand
Gillian Welch – One Monkey – Soul Journey
Slaid Cleaves – Flowered Dresses – Unsung

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Slaid Cleaves – Call It Sleep – Unsung
Slaid Cleaves – Wranglin’ Ron – Bonus Tracks Vol. 1
Slaid Cleaves – Drunken Barber’s Hand – Ghost on the Car Radio
Catherine MacLellan – Put your Hand in the Hand – If It’s Alright with You – CDN
Gene MacLellan – Thorn in my Shoe – Gene MacLellan – CDN
Ron Hynes – Godspeed (Requiem for Gene MacLellan) – Face to the Gale – CDN
Ron Hynes – Sonny’s Dream – Face to the Gale – CDN
Stan Rogers – Fogerty’s Cove – Fogerty’s Cove – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

John Blek & The Rats – Take Me Home – Leave your Love at the Door

Dietmar Leibecke (Static Roots Festival) interview

Charlie Whitten – Who’ll Take my Place – Hey Love

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Luke Tuchscherer – You Get so Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense – Darling, it’s just too hard to Love
Donald Byron Wheatley – Ten Dollar Jenny – Moondogs and Mad Dogs
Abigail Lapell – Sally – Great Survivor
Abigail Lapell – Fur and Feathers – Hide nor Hair
Guy Davis – Waiting on the Cards to Fall – Butt Naked Free
Guy Davis – Bring Back Storyville – Sweetheart Like You

Today some new music, tributes, exciting concerts past & future, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jimmy Lafave – Emotionally Yours – Texoma
Oh Susanna – Lucky Star – A Girl in Teen City – CDN
The Secret Sisters – Carry Me – You Don’t Own Me Anymore
The Mastersons – Happy When I’m Movin’ – Transient Lullaby
John Moreland – Lies I Chose to Believe – Big Bad Luv
Los Straightjackets – Half a Boy and Half a Man – What’s so Funny about Peace, Love and Los Straightjackets

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matthew Ryan – Steer Your Way – Like a Drunk in a Midnight Choir
Tom Russell – Rio Grande – Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia
Buddy Miller – Treasure of the broken Land – Treasure of the broken Land: The Songs of Mark Heard
Matthew Ryan – Run Rabbit Run – Hustle Up Starlings
Leeroy Stagger – Run Rabbit Run – Love Versus – CDN
Ryland Moranz – Rocket – Hello New Old World – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Mike Plume Band – Steel Belted Radio – Born So Long Ago Live 1997-2002 – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK – CDN
Dylan Ireland – Time & Again – Every Other Night – CDN
Kayla Howran – Country Radio – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jack Marks – The I Need You Blues – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
David Corley – The Joke – Available Light
Peter Bruntnell – Mr. Sunshine – Nos da Comrade
John Blek & The Rats – Rosie – Leave your Love at the Door
Nadine Khouri – You Got a Fire – The Salted Air
Erin Rae and the Meanwhiles – Crazy Talk – Crazy Talk EP

We start off with a carry-over from Romi’s Layla tribute and some new music, before venturing to Germany for a look at the amazing Static Roots Festival, and then we bring it back home for some made in Manitoba music, exciting upcoming shows, and a visit with Blue Rodeo’s inner circle!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Rheostatics – Dopefiends and Boozehounds – Brave New Waves Session – CDN
Derek & the Dominoes – Thorn Tree in the Garden – Layla and other assorted Love Songs
Derek & the Dominoes – I Looked Away – Layla and other assorted Love Songs
Aretha Franklin – It ain’t Fair (featuring Duane Allmann) – An Anthology Vol. 2
Shannon McNally – It Makes no Difference – Black Irish
Lydia Loveless – Sorry – Sorry/Desire

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Nadine Khouri – I’m on Fire – I Ran Through the Dark (to the Beat of my Heart)
Erin Rae & the Meanwhiles – Monticello – Soon Enough
Jack Marks – Song for Me – Blues like These – CDN
David Corley – Easy Mistake – Available Light
The Wynntown Marshalls – Dead Sunflowers – The End of the Golden Age
John Blek & The Rats – Cities Keep Changing – Leave your Love at the Door

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Weakerthans – Pamphleteer – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
John K Samson – Postdoc Blues – Winter Wheat – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson – Breathe – Somewhere We Will Find our Place – CDN
Dylan Ireland – Silver Screen – Silver Screen – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Kayla Howran – Spare Parts – Spare Parts – CDN
Kayla Howran – Flowers on your Grave – Spare Parts – CDN
Express and Company – Out by the Trees – Ontario – CDN
Colin Cripps – Aurora Skies – Stormy Northern Days – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Hard to Remember – 1000 Arms – CDN
The Sadies – It’s Nothing to Me – Pure Diamond Gold – CDN

Today some great new music, exciting concerts past and future, and we play a game of Too Close for Comfort by listening to some songs that sound kind of similar!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Ron Sexsmith – Strawberry Blonde – Other Songs – CDN
The Secret Sisters – Losing Heart – Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years of The Story
The Secret Sisters – He’s Fine – You Don’t Own Me Anymore
Jessica Mitchell – That Record Saved my Life – Hold Onto the Light: Tour EP – CDN
Chris Stapleton – Without your Love – Songs from a Room

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives – Air Mail Special – Way Out West
Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives – Torpedo – Way Out West
Chris Stapleton – Second One to Know – Songs from a Room
Matthew Ryan – (I Just Died) Like an Aviator – Hustle Up Starlings
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Cumberland Gap – The Nashville Sound
Figure Walking – Singapore – The Big Other – CDN – WPG
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Live by the Song (w/Rodney Crowell) – Kings and Kings – CDN
Brinsley Schwarz – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding – Surrender to the Rhythm

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Butch Walker and the Black Widows – Summer of ’89 – The Spade
The Dixie Chicks – Goodbye Earl – Fly
Mike Edel & Leeroy Stagger – Hello Hello Goodbye – PEAK Boot Camp 2015 – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Enemy Inside – Love Versus – CDN
The Sweet Alibi – One Chance – Walking in the Dark – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Nothing’s Gonna Harm You – Mannequin – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

D. Rangers – Trois Riveres – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players – Auxiliary Workhouse Breakdown – Stone Boat – CDN
Pat Temple – So Long Gone – One Song at a Time – CDN
Shotgun Jimmie – Join the Band – Field of Trampolines – CDN – MB
The Burning Hell – Amateur Rappers – People – CDN
The Burning Hell – My Name Is Mathias – Flux Capacitor – CDN

Today, a birthday party, some new & newish music, a couple of requests, and a visit from the great Scott Cook, who dropped in to chat and play some of his wonderful songs!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – Breathe – Somewhere We Will Find our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Without Piano – The Occasionals – CDN
Jim Bryson – Captain Finch – The North Side Benches – CDN
Larissa Tandy – My Mother’s Boyfriend – The Grip – CDN
Larissa Tandy – I Won’t Let You Go – The Grip – CDN
Steph Cameron – Young and Living Free – Daybreak over Jackson Street – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Waifs – Sugar Mama – Ironbark
Lynne Hanson – Every Honest Misstep – Uneven Ground – CDN
100 Mile House – Hidden Springs – Hiraeth – CDN
John K Samson – Vampire Alberta Blues – Winter Wheat – CDN
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Cumberland Gap – The Nashville Sound
Figure Walking – Victorious – The Big Other – CDN – WPG
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Scott Cook – Your Sweet Time – Further down the Line – CDN

Scott Cook interview

Scott Cook – Further down the Line – live performance – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Scott Cook – Alberta, you’re Breaking my Heart – live performance – CDN
Scott Cook – The Kid with the Comic Book – live performance – CDN
Scott Cook – Pass It Along – live performance – CDN
Tom Waits – Downtown Train – Rain Dogs

A great show by Elliott BROOD last night gets us started and off on some tangents. We’ve also got some great Record Store Day finds, some requests and upcoming shows, as well as a tribute to the great Jimmy Lafave.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jimmy Lafave – For Everyman – Looking into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne
D. Rangers – Runaway – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG
Emmylou Harris – Bad Moon Rising – Evangaline
Bob Seger – Night Moves – Greatest Hits
Mike June – The Darkness – Poor Man’s Bible

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Elliott BROOD – Taken – Work and Love – CDN
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – Live from Welcome to 1979
Steve Earle and the Dukes – Are You Sure Hank Done It this Way – Live at the Continental Club
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin – Hard Travelin’ – Hard Travelin’
Dolly Parton – Girl Left Alone – Puppy Love/Girl Left Alone 7″
E.L. Fields Gospel Wonders – Heaven Bound (featuring Sharon Jones) – 7″ single

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jimmy Lafave – When It Starts to Rain – Austin Skyline
Jimmy Lafave – Buffalo Return to the Plains – Buffalo Return to the Plains
Jimmy Lafave – The Beauty of You – The Night Tribe
Jimmy Lafave – On a Bus to St. Cloud – Texoma
Gretchen Peters – When You Comin’ Home (with Jimmy Lafave) – Blackbirds
Slaid Cleaves – Still Fighting the War – Still Fighting the War

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Johnsmith – The Times they Are a Changin’ – Gravity of Grace
Jimmy Lafave – Lorena – Dark River: Songs of the Civil War Era
Scott Cook – Fellas, Get out of the Way – Further down the Line – CDN
Serena Ryder – Weak in the Knees – Live – CDN
The Hold Steady – Sequestered in Memphis – Stay Positive
Scott Nolan – Right on the wrong Time – No Bourbon and Bad Radio – CDN – WPG
Post Script – Avec les yeux ferme – If Not for You – CDN

Today, in honour of Easter, some of our annual slightly sacrilegious, sarcastic silliness, as well as a listen to another of 2017’s greatest releases so far, and a look ahead to an intimate show coming up next week.

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
The Hold Steady – How a Resurrection Really Feels – Separation Sunday
The Hold Steady – Both Crosses – Live from SoHo
Glossary – Cheap Wooden Cross – Long Live All of Us
Shinyribs – The Cross Is the Boss – I Got your Medicine

2:30 – 3:00 pm

David Newberry – Easter – No One will Remember You – CDN
Works Progress Administration – Rise Up – WPA
Band of Horses – Is There a Ghost – Cease to Begin
John Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls – Holy Ghost Haunted – Everything the Hard Way
Chuck Prophet – Jesus Was a social Drinker – Bobby Fuller Died for your Sins
Chuck Prophet – I Felt like Jesus – Temple Beautiful
Chuck Prophet – Would You Love Me? – LIVE! at the Krush

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Chuck Prophet – Doubter Out of Jesus (All Over You) – Soap and Water
Rodney Crowell – Life without Susanna – Close Ties
Rodney Crowell – Nashville 1972 – Close Ties
Rodney Crowell – I Don’t Care Anymore – Close Ties
Leeroy Stagger – Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone – Love Versus – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Living in the Future – Love Versus – CDN
John Paul White – Fight for You – Beulah

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Elliott BROOD – Edge of Town – Tin Type – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Second Son – Ambassador – CDN
Elliott BROOD – W.I.A.D.F.Y. – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Elliott BROOD – If I Get Old – Days into Years – CDN
Elliott BROOD – The Fall – single – CDN
Altameda – Dirty Rain – Dirty Rain – CDN

Today we look back at a terrific concert that happened in town this weekend, we spin some new music, including the greatest album I’ve heard so far this year, preview a show, and celebrate a couple of birthdays!

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Romi Mayes – Just Like the Rest – Achin’ in yer Bones – CDN – WPG
The Watchmen – Brighter Hell – Live and in Stereo – CDN – WPG
R.E.M. – Superman – Life’s Rich Pageant
R.E.M. – Disturbance at the Heron House – Unplugged 1991/2001: The Complete Sessions
Garham Parker – The Three Martini Lunch – Live! Alone in America
Them – Richard Cory – Complete Them (1964-1967)

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Redemption Song (band version) – Uprising
Ken Tizzard with bad Intent – Someone to Stand beside Me – The Goodness of bad Intent – CDN
Ken Tizzard – Waste your Time – No Dark No Light – CDN
Sean Rowe – I’ll Follow your Trail – New Lore
Andrew Combs – Lauralee – Canyons of my Mind

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Mike Edel & Leeroy Stagger – Hello Hello Goodbye – PEAK Boot Camp 2015 – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Enemy Inside – Love Versus – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Love Versus – Love Versus – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Little Brother – Love Versus – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Love Lives On – Love Lives On – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Wort Hannam – Pretty Good – Brambles & Thorns – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Scotsman’s Bluff – Pocket Full of Holes – CDN
Brian MacMillan – Turn the Radio Up – Shine – CDN
Brian MacMillan – Signs – Let the Darkness Go – CDN
Charlie Parr – Falcon – Stumpjumper
Charlie Parr – Manifold – While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records

Tonight’s the night when the fancy Juno Awards broadcast happens, but everyone knows that the good stuff is decided the night before, so we’ve already got some exciting results and reactions. We’ve also got some great new music to share and a look ahead to tomorrow’s star-studded tribute to The Band’s Last Waltz!

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Leaf Rapids – April – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
William Prince – Earthly Days – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond – Morning Glories – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Corin Raymond – Hard on Things – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
William Prince – Bloom – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Scott Nolan – Forever Is a Long Time – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
Scott Cook – Dogs and Kids – Further Down the Line – CDN
Richard Laviolette – Someone to Tell my Story when I’m Gone – Taking the Long Way Home – CDN
Sam Outlaw – Tenderheart – Tenderheart
Altameda – I Saw a Ghost last Night – Dirty Rain – CDN
Abigail Lapell – Diamond Girl – Hide nor Hair – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Joel Plaskett – Just Because (for Gord Downie) – single – CDN
Gord Downie – Son – Secret Path – CDN
Colin Linden – I Need Water – Rich in Love – CDN
Whitehorse – Pretty Thing – Rich in Love – CDN
Paul Reddick – Celebrate – Ride the One – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Band – Don’t Do It – The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Collection – CDN
Corb Lund – It’s Hard to Keep a white Shirt Clean (for Willie P Bennett) – Losin’ Lately Gambler – CDN
Ollabelle – I Am Waiting – Ollabelle
Matt Andersen – So Gone Now – Something in Between – CDN
Matt Andersen & Del Barber – Willie’s Diamond Joe – live recording – CDN