Today some great new music, including the debut of songs from the brand new Jaxon Haldane album, a look back at the always magical Trout Forest Music Festival, a look ahead to a couple of shows, and we say bye bye to Bob (Egan, that is), who is retiring from active musician duty to take a job at the public library!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Kris Kristofferson, Gordon Lightfoot, and Ronnie Hawkins – Me and Bobby McGee – single
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry – The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore – Shine a Light: Field Recordings From the Great American Railroad
Kieran Kane – Lockeland Creek – Unguarded Moments
Lori McKenna – Wreck You – The Bird & the Rifle
Joe Purdy – Maybe We’ll All Get Along Someday – Who Will Be Next?
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Black Mark – Hearts and Lonely Hunters – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

100 Mile House – Hollow Ponds – Hollow Ponds – CDN
100 Mile House – My Love – Wait with Me – CDN
100 Mile House – Better, Still – Hollow Ponds – CDN
The Young Novelists – Couldn’t Be any Worse – Made Us Strangers – CDN
Graydon James & The Young Novelists – In your Defence – In the Year You Were Born – CDN
The Young Novelists – Always Make the Mistake – Made Us Strangers – CDN
Leaf Rapids – Agent of the Night – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Washboard Hank – Friendly Little Cat – Human Beans – CDN
Wax Mannequin – Volcano God – Festival Man – CDN
Chris Isaak – Baby Did a bad bad Thing – Forever Blue
Scott Cook – Time with You – Moonlit Rambles – CDN
Scott Cook – When We’re Back Around – One More Time Around – CDN
Jaxon Haldane – Charlie Parker – Hectic – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – You Know Whos – Hectic – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – Petrified – Hectic – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Wilco – Far Far Away – Being There
Oh Susanna – My Good Ol’ Gal – Johnstown – CDN
Reid Jamieson – The Unavoidable Truth – The Unavoidable Truth – CDN
Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – I Believe in Love – Little Victories – CDN
Matt Mays – Downtown – Matt Mays – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Sun’s Hanging Low – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN
Neko Case & her Boyfriends – We’ve Never Met – Furnace Room Lullaby – CDN

Inspired by a recent wedding mixtape, here’s a collection of songs of love and devotion for you to share with someone you love!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – Love Song For The Last 20 – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Greg Brown – I Wish I Was Married – Covenant
Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill – Until Death Do Them Part – Smoke
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Til Death Do Us Part – Wreck & Ruin
Bob Dylan – Wedding Song – Planet Waves
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band – Outlaw’s Honeymoon – The Mountain
Buck Owens – (I’ll Love You) Forever And Ever – Buck ‘Em! The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
Radney Foster – I’m In (w/Abra Moore) – See What You Want To See

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Buddy Miller – That’s How Strong My Love Is – Poison Love
Van Morrison – Into the Mystic – Moondance
Ray LaMontagne – You Are The Best Thing – Gossip In The Grain
David Francey – Come Rain Or Come Shine – Skating Rink – CDN
David Myles – I Wouldn’t Dance – In the Nighttime – CDN
Rose Cousins – If I Should Fall Behind (w/Mark Erelli) – We Have Made A Spark – CDN
Stan Rogers – Forty-five Years – The Very Best of Stan Rogers – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Dolly Parton – Islands In The Stream (With Kenny Rogers) – Dolly Parton (Box Set Sampler)
Jonathan Byrd and Chris Kokesh – Do You Smell Something Burning? – The Barn Birds
John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves (w/ Iris DeMent) – In Spite of Ourselves
Gordon Lightfoot – Beautiful – Songbook – CDN
Brothers Cosmoline – I Know I’m In Love – Songs Of Work And Freedom – CDN
Steven Bowers – Comfortably Sweet (Featuring Christina Martin) – Circadian Anthem – CDN
The Lowest of The Low – Subversives – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
John Bottomley – Reaching Out to You – The Healing Dream – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Willie P Bennett – Lace And Pretty Flowers – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Townes Van Zandt – I’ll Be Here in the Morning – Legend
Jon Dee Graham – Majesty of Love – First Bear On The Moon
Jimmy LaFave – Only One Angel – Austin Skyline
Jason Isbell – Traveling Alone – Southeastern
Guy Clark – All Through Throwin’ Good Love After Bad – Old Friends
Greg Brown – Spring Wind – If I Had Known (Essential Recordings, 1980-1996)

Today a fond farewell to a Canadian folk legend, a happy birthday to an American one, some new music, and some great upcoming shows, including our official preview of next weekend’s Trout Forest Music Festival (and its big city competitor, The Interstellar Rodeo!)

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – One Cigarette – The Occasionals – CDN
Penny Lang – Bright Lights And Promises – Gather Honey – CDN
Penny Lang – Where Will You Be? – Somebody Else – CDN
Penny Lang – Let Me Fly – Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky – CDN
Skye Wallace – Blood Moon – single – CDN
Lydia Loveless – Heaven – Real

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Lydia Loveless – Same to You – Real
Rosanne Cash – L.A. Freeway – Mason Jar Music & Friends – Decoration Day vol. 4
Rodney Crowell – Memphis, TN – Mason Jar Music & Friends – Decoration Day vol. 5
Rodney Crowell – I Wish It Would Rain – The Houston Kid
Rodney Crowell – The Flyboy & The Kid – Tarpaper Sky
Turnpike Troubadours – Kansas City Southern – Diamonds and Gasoline
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – High Top Mountain
The 24th Street Wailers – Spitfire – Where Evil Grows – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
Oh Susanna – Loved You More – Namedropper – CDN
Leaf Rapids – Welcome Stranger – Lucky Stars – CDN
Jory Nash – Prisoner’s Lament – Tangle with the Ghost – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Young Novelists – Always Make the Mistake – Made Us Strangers – CDN
The Abrams Brothers – Thirteen – Northern Redemption – CDN
Scarlett Jane – Wild Fire – Stranger – CDN
Washboard Hank – Chompy the Headbiteroffer – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
Skydiggers – A Penny More – Restless – CDN
Sam Outlaw – Keep It Interesting – Angelino
Wilco – Pick up the Change – A.M.

Today a look back at this year’s Calgary Folk Music Festival, which happened last weekend. It was my first time there in a decade, and it had me wondering what took me so long to come back. Lots of highlights and sounds of the festival to share today! We’ve also got an exciting upcoming show to promote and some well-wishes for our favourite newlywed singer/songwriter!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Eilen Jewell – Santa Fe – Queen of the Minor Key
mini-Mekons & Carolyn Mark – Are You an Entertainer? – live recording
Carolyn Mark – It’s all just a Matter of (Where You Draw the Line) – live recording – CDN
Geoff Berner – Let’s Dance and Celebrate the Misfortunes of People we Hate (with Kris Demeanor and Carolyn Mark) – live recording – CDN
Bobby Bare, Jr. – My Baby Took my Baby away – live recording

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Kathleen Edwards – Football in the Grass – live recording – CDN
Carolyn Mark – In Another Time – Come! Back! Special! – CDN
Kris Demeanor – High Ground – Entirely New Beasts – CDN
Elizabeth Cook – Cutting Diamonds – Exodus Of Venus
Northern Beauties – You Make It Right – EP – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Robbie Fulks – Let’s Kill Saturday Night – Let’s Kill Saturday Night
The Dudes – Saturday Night – Barbers, Thieves and Bartenders – CDN
Oh Pep! – Bushwick – Stadium Cake
Colleen Rennison – Fancy – See The Sky About To Rain – CDN
The Tallest Man On Earth – The Gardener – Shallow grave
Sam Outlaw – Ghost Town – Sam Outlaw
Ian Tyson – Casey Tibbs – All The Good ‘uns – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Cave Singers – Summer Light – Welcome Joy
Brock Zeman – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN
Brock Zeman – Until It Bleeds – Me Then You – CDN
Brock Zeman – Gastown – Cold Winter Comes Back – CDN
Del Barber – Harvest Moon – Daytrotter Studio 1/20/201 – CDN – WPG

Last week’s look back at the previous weekend’s 56th Mariposa Folk Festival was fun, but we didn’t get through nearly enough of the great artists and moments I’d seen there, so we need another episode to look through some more of the Mariposa magic!

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Lydia Loveless – Longer – Real
Irish Mythen – Tullamore Blues – live recording – CDN
Samantha Robichaud – Jesus (featuring Irish Mythen) – In the Green Room – CDN
Irish Mythen – Gypsy Dancer – Irish Mythen – CDN
Stef Paquette – Tout c’que j’veux – live recording – CDN
Melanie Brulée – Strange Desire – Sucré/Salé – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Sheesham and Lotus and ‘Son – 1929 – 1929: The New Kings of Old-Time – CDN
Murder Murder – The Last Gunfighter Ballad – From the Stillhouse – CDN
Murder Murder – Sweet Revenge – From the Stillhouse – CDN
Jeffrey Foucault – Mexican Home – Shoot The Moon Right Between The Eyes: Jeffrey Foucault Sings The Songs Of John Prine
Jeffrey Foucault – I Love You (And You Are A Fool) – Salt As Wolves
Jeffrey Foucault – Des Moines – Salt As Wolves
Colin Linden – Knob & Tube – Rich In Love – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Tragically Hip – Black Day In July – Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – Alberta Bound – Songbook – CDN
James Hill – Promenade – The Old Silo – CDN
Anne Janelle & James Hill – Ah, Poor Bird – Ah, Poor Bird – CDN
Anne Janelle – Black is the Colour – So Long at the Fair – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Brother Sun – Sad – Some Part of the Truth
Brother Sun – These Hands – Some Part of the Truth
Dave Gunning – Coal from the Train – No More Pennies – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Gone Too Soon – The Raven’s Sun – CDN
Dan Reeder – Maybe – This New Century
Slow Leaves – Dreamer – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG
Ane Brun – All My Tears – Rarities
Ane Brun – Orphan Girl – Rarities

A look back at the 56th Mariposa Folk Festival, which was held last weekend in Orillia, ON (with one off-topic tangent along the way), including an interview with my favourite Mariposa memory-maker, Jon Brooks!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mike Ferris – Mercy Now – Shine For All The People
Mary Gauthier – Between the Daylight and the Dark – Between the Daylight and the Dark
Mary Gauthier – Last of the Hobo Kings – Between the Daylight and the Dark
Mary Gauthier – When a Woman Goes Cold – Trouble & Love

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Fred Eaglesmith – Cigarette Machine – 6 Volts – CDN
Scott Nolan – Fire Up – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
William Prince – 7 – single – CDN – WPG
Gretchen Peters – The Matador – Hello Cruel World
Gretchen Peters – Five Minutes – Hello Cruel World
George Strait – The Chill of an early Fall – Chill of an early Fall

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jon Brooks – When We Go – Moth nor Rust – CDN

Jon Brooks interview

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jon Brooks – If We Keep what’s within Us, What’s within us will Kill Us, but if we Give what’s within Us, What’s within Us Will Save Us – Moth nor Rust – CDN
Jon Brooks – Cage Fighter – Delicate Cages – CDN

Today a tribute to a friend who’s tying the knot this summer, some sounds of the month of July, a look ahead to the Mariposa Folk Festival next weekend as well as Mike Plume’s upcoming StuDome show, some of my current musical obsessions, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Ian & Sylvia – Someday Soon – Northern Journey – CDN
Del Barber – Country Girl – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – All that It Takes – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Queen of July – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Spirit of the West – July – Star Trails – CDN
Matt Mays – Full July Moon – Matt Mays – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Avett Brothers – Sixteen in July – Four Thieves Gone
Grant Lee Phillips – No Mercy in July – The Narrows
Joe Ely – July Blues – Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men – Fourth of July – Out in California
Joe Purdy – 4th of July – 4th of July
David Francey – Fourth of July – The Waking Hour – CDN
Ana Egge – Fifth of July – Bright Shadow – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Milk Carton Kids – Memphis – The Ash & Clay
Gretchen Peters – Sunday Morning (Up and Down my Street) – Burnt Toast & Offerings
Eliza Gilkyson – Hard Times in Babylon – Hard Times in Babylon
Mary Gauthier – Mercy Now – Mercy Now

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Blek and the Rats – Take Me Home – Leave your Love at the Door
John Blek and the Rats – Calling out my Name – Leave your Love at the Door
John Blek and the Rats – Cities Keep Changing – Leave your Love at the Door
The Wynntown Marshals – There Was a Time – The End of the Golden Age
Mike Plume Band – Dimaggio – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Mike Plume – Looking for You (A Travelogue of Sorts) – A Drive Thru Record Volume II – CDN

On Saturday, June 18, our namesake artist, Paul MacLeod passed away at his home in Ontario. Paul was a wonderfully funny and talented individual who brought a lot of light into a lot of lives. Today’s show is an overview of his recording career, from his first CD (called Tell the Band to Go Home) to the latest, including his time with Skydiggers. I’ll continue to share Paul’s music as long as I’m able. I didn’t know him all that well, but I’ll miss Paul a great deal.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Rectify – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Black Boys on Mopeds – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Already Done – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Giants – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Ugly Pride – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Skydiggers – Desmond’s Hip City – Desmond’s Hip City – CDN
Skydiggers – This new Country – Desmond’s Hip City – CDN
Skydiggers – See You Again – Bittersweet Harmony – CDN
Skydiggers – Biloxi – There and Back: Live – CDN
Skydiggers – You’ve Got a lot of Nerve – live recording – CDN
Skydiggers – The Kids Are Alright – live recording – CDN
Skydiggers – Pull Me Down – live recording – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Paul MacLeod – Broken Wing – Close and Play – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Listen Mary – Close and Play – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Giants – Close and Play – CDN
Hibakusha – The Moped Song – Hibakusha – CDN
Paul MacLeod – A Clear Thought – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Paul MacLeod – Annalisa – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Lies – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Do they Know It’s Christmas? – live recording – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Be my Girl – Gauge – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Instrumental – Gauge – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Holland – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Cienfuegos – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Down in the Street – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN

Many great things have come to me as a result of hosting this show, but I don’t think that anything could match the latest. Last week I was invited to attend the inaugural Static Roots Festival in Germany, put together by long-time friends and supporters Dietmar and Marion Leibecke, and it was an absolutely incredible experience all around. Much of today’s show is guided by memories of that great event. But closer to home, there are some great shows coming up here in Winnipeg to talk about, and we still had time to play a pile of great new music!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Something Beautiful – Dream It All Away – CDN
Anna Mitchell – Let’s Run Away – Down to the Bone
The Midnight Union Band – I’m Your Leader – Of Life and Lesser Evils
Malojian – Julie-Anne – The Deer’s Cry
Leeroy Stagger – Stormy – Everything Is Real – CDN
The Wynntown Marshals – The End of the Golden Age – The End of the Golden Age
John Blek & The Rats – Wandering Child – Borders
John Blek & The Rats – Tooth and Nail – Borders

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ryland Moranz – Rocket – Hello New Old World – CDN
The Provincial Archive – Daisy Garden – It’s All Shaken Wonder – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Passing Through – live recording – CDN
John Blek and the Rats – Ohio – live recording
Daniel Romano – Maybe Remember Me – Mosey – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Spirit Of The West – D for Democracy (featuring Steven Page) – live recording – CDN
Steven Page – The Work At Hand – Heal Thyself Pt. 1: Instinct – CDN
Odds – Took A Long Time (To Get To I Don’t Care) – The Most Beautiful Place On Earth – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Never Will – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
The Sadies – What’s Left Behind – New Seasons – CDN
The Sadies – Whispering Circles – Darker Circles – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles – Monticello – live recording
Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles – Spitshine – Soon Enough
Jadea Kelly – Mercy – Love & Lust – CDN
Dori Freeman – You Say – Dori Freeman
Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones – Make A Wish On Me – Little Windows
Dylan LeBlanc – Easy Way Out – Cautionary Tale
Jill Barber, Matthew Barber – One True Love – The Family Album – CDN
Malcolm Holcombe – Sweet Georgia – Another Black Hole
Mayhemingways – Oldes Home Bum – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Mayhemingways – CD’s I Didn’t Sell – Mayhemingways – CDN

We’re pre-recorded this week because I’m off living a huge dream that I’ve had for many years by flying to Germany to meet our good friends Dietmar & Marion. They are kind, generous, wonderful people who have been HUGE supporters of UMFM and this program for a long time. In January, 2010, Dietmar found himself sick in the hospital, and to try and cheer him up, I invited a bunch of his friends to call in to the show and tell him how much his support means. Well, he’s turning 50 this weekend, so he clearly needs some cheering up again! Even if you don’t know Big D, you’ll enjoy the wonderful music and uplifting stories about someone who does a lot of good in this world.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Snowing in Nashville – live recording
Jay Aymar – King of The World – The Chicken Came First – Live
Jay Aymar – Worthless String of Pearls (with Jadea Kelly) – Passing Through
Ian Tyson – My Cherry Colored Rose – Yellowhead to Yellowstone and other love stories

Leeroy Stagger interview (2010)

Leeroy Stagger – Carol – Solo Acoustic Vol. 1

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Lonesome Joe – Coming Home (The Songs of Evan Phillips)

Evan Phillips interview (2010)

Easton Stagger Phillips – Begin – Resolution Road
The Whipsaws – Coming Home – 60 Watt Avenue
Matt Epp – Ready In Time – Ready In Time

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Wilco – Impossible Germany – Sky Blue Sky
Clem Snide – The Sound of German Hip-Hop – End of Love
Paul Kelly – South Of Germany – A to Z
The Wynntown Marshals – Canada – The Long Haul

Matt Epp interview (2010)

Matt Epp – Cover Me – Safe or Free

3:30 – 4:00 pm

T. Nile interview (2010)

T. Nile – Cabin Song – Cabin Song EP
Colour Film – The Changes – Super 8
Mayhemingways – End Up this Way – Hunter St. Blues
Jay Aymar – Acadian Son – Overtime