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

A belated look at the career and production influence of Joel Plaskett, who stopped in town this past week, as well as a road trip playlist for any of us lucky enough to be getting out of town for a bit over Spring Break!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Skydiggers – Drive Away – Road Radio – CDN
Joel Plaskett – Happen Now – La De Da – CDN
Joel Plaskett – Fashionable People (Kids’ Cbc Version) – single – CDN
Shotgun Jimmie – That’s Not Joel (feat. Joel Plaskett & Joel Plaskett) – New Scotland Records Singles Series, Vol. 3. – CDN
Joel Plaskett – Jimmie’s Still Jimmie (feat. Joel Plaskett & Joel Plaskett) – New Scotland Records Singles Series, Vol. 3. – CDN
Bill & Joel Plaskett – Solidarity – Solidarity – CDN
Bill & Joel Plaskett – Help Me Somebody Depression Blues – Solidarity – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Shotgun Jimmie – Love Letter – Field Of Trampolines – CDN
Steve Poltz – Killin’ Myself (To Be With You) – Dreamhouse – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Baby, We’d Be Rich – I Never Sang Before I Met You – CDN
James Hill – Promenade – The Old Silo – CDN
Colleen Brown – Soap & Denim – Direction – CDN
Two Hours Traffic – Drop Alcohol – Territory – CDN
Two Hours Traffic – Heroes Of The Sidewalk – Two Hours Traffic – CDN
David Myles – Out of Love – Turn Time Off – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

James McMurtry – South Dakota – Complicated Game
Kinky Friedman – Rapid City South Dakota – Kinky Friedman
Bellwether – South Dakota – Bellwether
No River City – Visit Me – This Is Our North Dakota
Chris Knight – North Dakota – A Pretty Good Guy
Lyle Lovett – North Dakota – Joshua Judges Ruth
The Cave Singers – Hen Of The Woods – Welcome Joy

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Blue Rodeo – Underground – Outskirts – CDN
Jaxon Haldane – Underground – Down In Oklahoma – CDN – WPG
Drive-By Truckers – The President’s Penis is Missing – Pizza Deliverance
J.J. Cale – Travelin’ Light – Troubadour
Parker Millsap – Truck Stop Gospel – Parker Millsap
Griffin House – Vacation – Balls
Kris Delmhorst – Drive – Cars

Today we pay tribute to the music and legacy of Chuck Berry and look forward to my favourite weekend of the year, The Trout Forest Music Festival in August. Festival AD Devin Latimer and his second in command, son Oscar stop by to tell us all about it!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Steve Forbert – Too Much Monkey Business – King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: In Concert
George Jones & Johnny Paycheck – Maybelline – Double Trouble
Waylon Jennings – Brown Eyed Handsome Man – The Lost Nashville Sessions
Buck Owens & his Buckaroos – Johnny B. Goode – in London
Ernest Tubb – Thirty Days (to Come back Home) – Retrospective: Volume 2
The Co-Dependents – Bye Bye Johnny – Live Recording Event – CDN
Billy Cowsill – Roll Over Beethoven – Live – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Memphis, TN – Mason Jar Music & Friends: Decoration Day, Vol. 5

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Shannon McNally – Going Back to Memphis – Run to Cover
Linda Ronstadt – Back in the U.S.A. – Living in the U.S.A.
Emmylou Harris – C’est la vie – Luxury Liner
Rockpile – Oh What a Thrill – Seconds of Pleasure
Whitehorse – Nadine – The Northern South Vol 1 – CDN
The Razorbacks – It Wasn’t Me – Full House – CDN
Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks – Forty Days – I Feel Good
Wanda Jackson – There’s a Party Goin’ On – There’s a Party Goin’ On

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Dave Alvin – Promised Land – Live from Austin, TX
Ry Cooder – 13 Question Method – Get Rhythm
Chris Stapleton – Tennessee Whiskey – Traveller
Lindi Ortega – I Want You – Tin Star – CDN

Devin & Oscar Latimer (Trout Forest Music Festival) interview

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Mayhemingways – Oldest Home Bum – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
King Creosote + Michael Johnston – Will You Wait for Me? – The Bound of the Red Deer
Joey Landreth – Whiskey – Whiskey – CDN – WPG
Terra Lightfoot – No Hurry – Live in Concert – CDN
Del Barber – Livin’ with a long Way to Go – Prairieography – CDN – WPG

On this episode, we spin some new music, visit with an old friend, and take a trip to Ireland in advance of St. Patrick’s Day!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Guy Clark – Dublin Blues – Dublin Blues

New & “New”:
Guy Clark – The Last Hobo – The Best of the Dualtone Years
Chip Taylor – A Song I Can Live with – A Song I Can Live with
Curtis McMurtry – Loves Me More – The Hornet’s Nest
Colin Hay – A Thousand Million Reasons – Fierce Mercy

Revisiting Chris:
Chris Trapper – Skin – The Few and the Far Between
Chris Trapper – The Few and the Far Between – The Few and the Far Between

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Chris Trapper – Everything Was Possible – Symphonies of Dirt & Dust

New:
John Craigie – Bucket List Grandma – No Rain, No Rose
John Craigie – Tumbling Dice – No Rain, No Rose
Tony Furtado – Give Me your Soul – Cider House Sessions: Live at Reverend Nat’s
Shinyribs – A Certain Girl – I Got your Medicine
Scott H. Biram – Still Around – The Bad Testament

Emergency Can-Con infusion:
Lewis Melville – Cast Iron – Sixty Second Songs – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Can’t See Through – Sixty Second Songs – CDN
Hillbilly Burlesque – The Pines – Sixty Second Songs – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Michael Johnston – Bedbugs – Sixty Second Songs – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – The Midget Motorist – Sixty Second Songs – CDN
Stan Rogers – Northwest Passage – Northwest Passage – CDN
Off to Ireland:
John Blek – The Night and the Liquor – Cut the Light
John Blek – Valerie – Cutting Room Floor
John Blek & The Rats – Wandering Child – Borders
John Blek & The Rats – Calling out my Name – Leave your Love at the Door
Steve Earle – Galway Girl – Transcendental Blues

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jess Klein – Ireland – Draw Them Near
Romantica – The National Side – America
Little Green Cars – My Love Took me down to the River to Silence Me – Absolute Zero
Patty Griffin – Irish Boy – American Kid
Imelda May – Call me – LIFE. LOVE. FLESH. BLOOD

More Can-Con:
Brooke Wylie – I Will Miss Growing Old with You (with John Wort Hannam) – Don’t Waste the Silence – CDN
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet – The Singing Cowboy – Sport Fishin’ – CDN
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet – Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham – Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham – CDN

On this episode, we think back on the previous night’s fabulous Blackie & The Rodeo Kings show and have an early celebration of International Women’s Day by playing almost an hour and a half of fabulous female artists!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

The Guthries – Patsy Cline – Off Windmill – CDN

Memories of Blackie:
Thompson Wilson – Seeping through the Ground – Homewood Tapes – CDN
Willie P Bennett – White Line – Tryin to Start out Clean – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Sometimes It Comes so Easy – Take my own Advice – CDN
Stephen Fearing – The Bells of Morning – The Man who Married Music: The Best of – CDN
Colin Linden – Might as well Enjoy the Rain – Southern Jumbo – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Tom Wilson – Shine your Star – Planet Love – CDN

New & New-ish:
Lynne Hanson – Just for Now – Uneven Ground – CDN
Lynne Hanson – Gotta Have Rain – Uneven Ground – CDN
Abigail Lapell – Fur and Feathers – Hide nor Hair – CDN
Kayla Luky – Bottom of a Bottle – Back to Dirt – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Celebrating Fabulous Females:
Patsy Cline – I Fall To Pieces – 12 Greatest Hits
Patsy Cline – She’s Got You – 12 Greatest Hits
Loretta Lynn – Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (with Lovin’ on Your Mind) – Coal Miner’s Daughter: The Very Best of Loretta Lynn
Butcher Holler – Fist City (feat. Eilen Jewell) – Eilen Jewell Presents A Tribute To Loretta Lynn
Neko Case – Rated X – The Tigers Have Spoken
Dolly Parton – Just Because I’m A Woman – Dolly Parton (Box Set Sampler)
Ana Egge & The Stray Birds – Wildflowers – Bright Shadow
The Wailin’ Jennys – Light Of A Clear Blue Morning – The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom – CDN
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed – CDN
Nikki Lane – Lies – Walk of Shame

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Imelda May – Tainted Love – More Mayhem
Sarah Harmer – Weakened State – You Were Here – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – What Are You Waiting For? – Back To Me – CDN
Madison Violet – Lauralee – No Fool For Trying – CDN
Brandi Carlile – Have You Ever – The Story
Caroline Herring – Fireflies – Camilla
Chloe Albert – Say Goodbye – Dream Catcher – CDN
Dala – Anywhere Under the Moon – Who Do You Think You Are? – CDN
Rose Cousins – All The Stars – We Have Made A Spark – CDN

Today a heaping helping of great new music, as well as a couple of exciting shows to preview, including the long-awaited Winnipeg debut of Bidiniband! Author, newspaper columnist, songwriter, founding member of Rheostatics, and leader of Bidiniband joins us to chat.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Sexsmith & Kerr – Lemonade Stand – Destination Unknown – CDN
The Kelele Brothers – Hang on to your Guiness, Man! – Escape from Bover County – CDN
Communism – Crapitalism – Get Down Get Together – CDN
Communism – Haunt Me – Get Down Get Together – CDN
Bidiniband – The Motherland – The Motherland – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Chuck Prophet – Bobby Fuller Died for your Sins – Bobby Fuller Died for your Sins
Shinyribs – Trouble, Trouble – I Got your Medicine
Steve Poltz – Hey God I’ll Trade you Donald Trump for Leonard Cohen – single – CDN
Loudon Wainwright III – I Had a Dream – single
Annabelle Chvostek – Like a Hurricane – Be the Media – CDN
Bidiniband – Desert Island Poem – The Land Is Wild – CDN
Bidiniband – The Fatherland – The Motherland – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Dave Bidini interview

Bidiniband – Hey Paul and Donna – In the Rock Hall – CDN
Bidiniband – Last of the Dead Wrong Things – In the Rock Hall – CDN
Son Volt – Back against the Wall – Notes of Blue

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Brigitte DeMeyer & Will Kimbrough – Broken Fences – Mockingbird Soul
Bill & Joel Plaskett – The Next Blue Sky – Solidarity – CDN
Scott Cook – Careful with my Heart – Further down the Line – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Come on Train – High or Hurtin’ – CDN
Blackie & the Rodeo Kigns – The Lucky Ones – Kings of Love – CDN

The political climate is getting downright disgusting down there, but luckily there are great artists who can make something beautiful out of a very bad situation. A bunch of those songs & stories today. We’ve also got a bunch of new music, an exciting show to preview, and we step on Skippy & Chelsea’s toes a bit by playing a few songs about time – this week’s theme on What’s the Narrative!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mary Gauthier – Can’t Find the Way – Between Daylight and Dark
Mary Gauthier – Mercy Now – Mercy Now
Jon Brooks – Mercy – Delicate Cages – CDN
Tom Russell – California Snow – Borderland
Tom Russell – Who’s Gonna Build your Wall? – Wounded Heart of America
Drive-By Truckers – Ramon Casiano – American Band

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Stephen Fearing – Blowhard Nation – Every Soul’s a Sailor – CDN
Scott Cook – If He Showed up now – live recording – CDN
Anais Mitchell – Why We Build the Wall – Hadestown
Imelda May – Black Tears – Life Love Flesh Blood
Whitehorse – Boys Like You – single – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Fred Eaglesmith – Twin City Mini – Standard – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Old Machine – Standard – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Miss Mary Jane – Standard – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Codeine – live recording – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – CDN
Willie P Bennett – If You Have to Choose – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Stan Rogers – The Field Behind the Plow – Northwest Passage – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Mayhemingways – Wanderers – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Mayhemingways – Jenny Ran Away in the Mud – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Mayhemingways – Bowling Green – Mayhemingways – CDN
Mayhemingways – Sad, Single, and Sorry – Mayhemingways – CDN
Melissa Payne – Bring Me Back – High and Dry – CDN
Express and Company – Out by the Trees – Ontario – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – 4 O’Clock Stop – Shakespeare my Butt – CDN
Three O’Clock Train – Train of Dreams – Train of Dreams – CDN
B.B. King – Three O’Clock Blues – The Ultimate Collection