Today we’ve got some new (and rather old) music, as well as previews of the upcoming return of David Francey and a show billed as Stones vs. Beatles, which had us weighing the musical options. Things were going so well that we ended up going into overtime with a half hour of bonus classics!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Len Udow – River Run – Through Curved Glass – CDN – WPG
Paul Bergman – Sundogs – Anthropology – CDN
Alex Dezen – Leonardo – Alex Dezen
Jim Bryson – Call Out – Somewhere We Will Find our Place – CDN
Corin Raymond – Hard on Things – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Del Barber & The No Regretskys – Lights Go Out – The Puck Drops Here – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

David Francey – Border Line – Torn Screen Door – CDN
David Francey – Highwire – Far End of Summer – CDN
David Francey – Tonight in my Dreams – The Waking Hour – CDN
David Francey – Come Rain or Come Shine – Skating Rink – CDN
Dala – Lennon & McCartney – Best Day – CDN
Bob Schneider – John Lennon – Burden of Proof
Colin Linden – John Lennon in New Orleans – From the Water – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Co-Dependents – The Ballad of John and Yoko – Live at the Mecca Cafe Volume 2 – CDN
The Co-Dependents – Far Away Eyes – Live at the Mecca Cafe – CDN
Mike June & The Dirty Doves – The Ballad of the Ballad of John and Yoko – Lovesick
The Flying Burrito Brothers – Wild Horses – Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology
Matthew Ryan – Streets of Love – Paint It Black: An Alt-Country Tribute to The Rolling Stones
The Gaslight Anthem – Tumbling Dice – single
Steve Earle & The Supersuckers – Before they Make Me Run – Steve Earle & The Supersuckers

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Hayes Carll – Sake of the Song – single
Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO – KMAG YOYO
Bob Schneider – Miss Oblivion – The Californian
Buddy Miller – It’s Been a Change – Cruel Moon
Chuck Prophet – Where the Hell Is Henry? – Let Freedom Ring
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Six Shooter – Six Shooter – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – 4 O’Clock Stop – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN

4:00 – 4:30 pm

Johnathan Byrd & Chris Kokesh – You Can’t Outrun the Radio – Live at 4th & Main, Wray, Colorado
Scott Nolan – Swing Low – single – CDN – WPG
Paul Kelly – Nothing but a Dream – Ways & Means
Griffin House – Lonely One – Flying Upside Down
Christina Martin – Cut It Out – Two Hearts – CDN
Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons – Curious Thing – Death Won’t Send a Letter
Tim O’Reagan – These Things – Tim O’Reagan

We pride ourselves on the diversity of the program, and I think our record speaks for itself, but every once in a while, it’s nice to really get to know an artist and explore a rich back catalogue of material. Today, we have 2 such features, as we celebrate the long-awaited return (like 12 years or so…) of Canadian folk/roots legend Ken Whiteley, and we celebrate our pal Jon Dee Graham’s birthday!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jon Dee Graham – Big Sweet Life – First Bear on the Moon
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band – Beulah Land – Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Another Day’s Journey – Another Day’s Journey – CDN
Ken Whiteley – That’s When I Need a Song – One World Dance – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Sing with Me – Gospel Music Makes Me Feel Alright – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Don’t Burn the Candle at both Ends – Acoustic Eclectic – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ken Whiteley & Paradise Revue – People Get Ready – Stand the Storm – CDN
The Original Sloth Band – Working in a Coal Mine – 1978 – CDN
Chris and Ken Whiteley – Rich Gal – Junior Jug Band! – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Up Like a Rocket – All of the Seasons – CDN
Ken Whiteley, Jackie Washington, Mose Scarlett – We’ll Meet Again – Where Old Friends Meet – CDN
Mose Scarlett, Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley – I Just Want to Be Horizontal – We’ll Meet Again – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Skunks – Earthquake Shake – Soul Jazz Records Presents Punk 45
True Believers – Dedication – single
True Believers – One Moment to Another – Hard Road
The Resentments – World So Full – The Resentments
The Resentments – Message of Hope – Switcheroo
The Hobart Brothers & Li’l Sis’ Hobart – All Things Being Equal – At Least We Have each Other
Jon Dee Graham – $100 Bill – Escape from Monster Island

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jon Dee Graham – October – Summerland
Jon Dee Graham – Laredo (Small Dark Something) – Hooray for the Moon
Jon Dee Graham – Tie a Knot – Full
Jon Dee Graham – Holes – Swept Away
Jon Dee Graham & The Fighting Cocks – Beautifully Broken – It’s not as Bad as It Looks
Jon Dee Graham – The Orphan’s Song – Garage Sale
Jon Dee Graham – Robot Moving – The Great Battle

Today some great new music from some of our favourites and some exciting house concert news. We also got some great requests & suggestions today that led to some great classics we haven’t heard in a while!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

David Francey – Mirror Ball – Empty Train – CDN
David Francey – Big Texas Moon – Empty Train – CDN
Dori Freeman – Where I Stood (with Teddy Thompson) – Dori Freeman
Sinead O’Connor – Trouble Will Soon Be Over – God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson
Lucinda Williams – It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine – God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson
Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik – Basement of her Heart – A Congress of Treasons
Jim Bryson – Stuck Here in the Middle – Somewhere we Will Find our Place – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ken Whiteley – Friends and Ancestors – Acoustic Eclectic – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Bring Peace – Gospel Music Makes Me Feel Alright! – CDN
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band – Hands on that Guitar – Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band – CDN
Greg Brown – Help Me Make It through This Funky Day – In the Dark with You
Greg Brown – ‘cept You & Me Babe – Covenant
Pieta Brown – You’re My Lover Now – Shimmer

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Bo Ramsey – Desert Flower – In the Weeds
Lucinda Williams – Are You Down – Essence
Dave Rawlings Machine – The Weekend – Nashville Obsolete
Gillian Welch – Tear My Stillhouse Down – Revival
Storyhill – Cover Your Tracks – Shade of the Trees
Doug Seegers – There’ll Be no Teardrops Tonight (with Buddy Miller) – Going Down to the River
Corin Raymond – Two Miles of Train – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN

3:30 – 4:15 (ish)

Brooke Wylie – I Will Miss Growing Old with You (with John Wort Hannam) – Don’t Waste the Silence – CDN – WPG
John Wort Hannam – Chasing the Song – Love Lives On – CDN
Jon Dee Graham – Butterfly Wing – Summerland
The Hobart Brothers & Li’l Sis Hobart – Ballad of Sis (Didn’t I Love You) – At Least We Have Each Other
Sarah Borges – Daniel Lee – Silver City
John Hiatt – Slow Turning – Slow Turning
Radney Foster – A Fine Line – Del Rio, TX, 1959
Peter Case – Travellin’ Light – The Man with the blue postmodern fragmented neo-traditionalist Guitar
Lucero – What Are You Willing to Lose – 1372 Overton Park
The Lowest of the Low – The Last Recidivist – Sordid Fiction – CDN

It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air. We do like to do things a little differently around here though, so we explored some other non-traditional ways of expressing your affections. We also piled up a pretty good stack of new releases and relived some of the magic of Del Barber’s Festival du Voyageur set. Once again we paid a brief tribute to the late, great Willie P Bennett on the eve of Blue Valentine’s Day.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Willie P Bennett – Blue Valentine – Heartstrings – CDN
Dori Freeman – Ain’t Nobody – Dori Freeman
Dori Freeman – You Say – Dori Freeman
Carrie Rodriguez – La Ultima Vez – Lola
Lissie – Don’t You Give Up on Me – My Wild West
Corin Raymond – The Law and the Lonesome – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Corin Raymond – Morning Glories – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Alex Dezen – Into the Hands of Hazledon – Alex Dezen
Alex Dezen – Mad About You – After the Go-Go’s EP
Don Gibson – Oh Lonesome Me – Oh Lonesome Me
Loudon Wainwright III – Dead Skunk – Album III
John Prine – Spanish Pipedream – John Prine
Del Barber – Living with a Long Way to Go – Prairieography – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Steve Earle – Valentine’s Day – Together at the Bluebird Cafe
Leeroy Stagger – You Could Love Me (Valentines Day 2013) – single – CDN
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Valentine – Hard Love and Free Luck
Big Star – I’m in Love with a Girl – #1 Record/Radio City
Big Star – Thirteen – #1 Record/Radio City
William Prince – Eathly Days – Eathly Days – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Little Dreamer – Silverhill – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Bob Snider – Dog – Stealin’ Home – CDN
The Weakerthans – Plea from a Cat Named Virtute – Reconstruction Site – CDN
Lyle Lovett – Don’t Touch my Hat – The Road to Ensenada
Dustin Bentall – Such a Shame – Streets with no Lights – CDN
Washboard Hank – Love Song of the Dump – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Crowds – Dusty – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Stars – 6 Volts – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – CDN

Today we’ve got some great new music, some old school local music, and another pile of dusty vinyl from the archives!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Steve Poltz – The Plight of the Bumblebee – Kent Finlay: Dreamer – CDN
James McMurtry – Comfort’s Just a Rifle Shot Away – Kent Finlay: Dreamer
Jon Dee Graham – I’d Have Taken Better Care of Myself – Kent Finlay: Dreamer
Lucinda Williams – Factory – The Ghosts of Highway 20

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Buick 6 – So Much Trouble in the World (featuring Lucinda Williams) – Plays Well with Others
Tim O’Brien – Get Up Offa that Thing – Pompadour
Buick Six – Catch Me – Rollercoaster – CDN – WPG
John K Samson – Sunday Afternoon – Little Pictures – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Ryan’s Dream – Year of the Record Break – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Live of a Better Man – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Geoff Berner – Light Enough to Travel – Light Enough to Travel EP – CDN
Corb Lund – That’s What Keeps the Rent Down, Baby – Festival Man – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Baby Goats – The Queen of Vancouver Island – CDN
Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks – How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away? – Original Recordings
Steve Goodman – The Twentieth Century Is almost Over – Say It in Private
Warren Zevon – Poor Poor Pitiful Me – Stand in the Fire
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper – Elvis Is Everywhere – Bo Day Shus!!!

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN
The Beatles – Blackbird – The Beatles
The Band – Acadian Driftwood – Northern Lights – Southern Cross
King Harvest – Dancing in the Moonlight – Dancing in the Moonlight
John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves – In Spite of Ourselves
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

Today we celebrate February, Blaze Foley, Catherine MacLellan’s upcoming show, a big ol’ pile of vinyl records that I brought in, and play some requests and dedications!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Todd Snider – Vinyl Records – New Connections
Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Dogs of February – Hallucigenia – CDN
The Waifs – February – Beautiful You
David Francey – February Morning Drive – Far End of Summer – CDN
Idio Saravanja – That February Song – Little Child (bonus track) – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Blaze Foley – You’ll Get Yours Aplenty – The Dawg Years
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Wanted Dead More than Alive
Blaze Foley – If I Could Only Fly – Live at the Austin Outhouse
Blaze Foley – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream – Oval Room
Blaze Foley – Election Day – Cold, Cold World
Gurf Morlix – Baby Can I Crawl Back to You – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Gurf Morlix – Dirty Old Buffalo – Eatin’ at Me
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Saint Mary of the Woods

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Catherine MacLellan – Dreams Dissolve – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Isabel’s Song – Water in the Ground – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Keep on Fighting – Silhouette – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Don’t Call Me Stranger – The Raven’s Sun – CDN
Ray Bonneville – Love Is Wicked – Easy Gone – CDN
Ray Bonneville – Two Bends in the Road – Rough Luck – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Martyn Joseph – I Searched for You – Sanctuary
Leaf Rapids – Gravity and a Ladder of Gold – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
Calexico – Quattro (Worlds Drift In) – Feast of Wires
Neko Case – People Got a lotta Nerve – Middle Cyclone
Blue Northern – Can’t Stop – Blue Northern – CDN
Nick Lowe – Half a Boy and Half a Man – and his Cowboy Outfit
Buck Owens – Love’s Gonna Live Here – The Best of
Hoyt Axton – Boney Fingers – Life Machine
Del Barber – As Far as I Can Tell – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond – Give It April (Give It May) – Record Lonesome Night – CDN
Jim Bryson – Elizabeth – The North Side Benches – CDN
Hillbilly Burlesque – The Pines – Sixty Second Songs – CDN – WPG

Today we’ve got some great new songs from Alex Dezen’s upcoming solo record, we threw a birthday party for our friend Nicky Mehta of The Wailin’ Jennys, talked about some upcoming shows, and played a pile of great classics.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Alex Dezen – This Is the Last Song (I’ll Ever Write on this Guitar) – Alex Dezen
Alex Dezen – Ode to Ex-Girlfriends – Alex Dezen
Alex Dezen – A Little Less Like Hell – Alex Dezen
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find our Place – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

John Bottomley – The Healing Dream – The Healing Dream – CDN
John Bottomley – Candle in the Dark – Blackberry – CDN
Rodney Crowell – This Too Will Pass – Fate’s Right Hand
Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues
Jon Dee Graham – Robot Moving – The Great Battle
Townes Van Zandt – Be Here to Love Me – Our Mother the Mountain
Scott Nolan & John K. Samson – Black Bear – Love, Lake Winnipeg: A Tribute to the Songs of Sol Sigurdson – CDN – WPG
William Prince – Bloom – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Nicky Mehta – Row Him Home – Weather Vane – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Deeper Well – The Wailin’ Jennys – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Begin – Firecracker – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
Good Lovelies – Down, Down, Down – Good Lovelies – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Good Lovelies – Broken Hearted – Burn the Plan – CDN
Lucinda Williams – I Just Want to See You so Bad (live) – Lucinda Williams (Deluxe Edition)
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams – Out of Touch – Essence
John Gorka – The Dutchman – So Dark You See
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Codeine – Here We Rest
Ridley Bent – Cry – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG

Today a real mix of new music, classics, requests, timely tunes, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Soul of the Land That’s Mine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Joy Kills Sorrow – Such Great Heights – Wide Awake
Catherine MacLellan – Stealin’ – Silhouette – CDN
Brandon Wolfe Scott – Anymore – The Postcard Writer – CDN
Brandon Wolfe Scott – All That I’ve Done – The Postcard Writer – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matt Patershuk – Prettiest Ones – I Was so Fond of You – CDN
Ana Egge – Fifth of July – Bright Shadows – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Love Lives On – Love Lives On – CDN
Red Moon Road – I’ll Bend but I Won’t Break – Sorrows and Glories – CDN – WPG
John Moreland – Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars – High on Tulsa Heat
Jason Isbell – Cover Me Up – Southeastern

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Anthony da Costa – Mountain Range – The Family Record Singles Club Volume 11
Shovels & Rope – Leaving Lousiana in Broad Daylight – Broken Jukebox Vol. 1
Langhorne Slim – Rebel Side of Heaven – Langhorne Slim
Chuck Prophet – Would You Love Me? – Soap and Water
Roger Roger – 13 Crows – Fairweather – CDN – WPG
Jory Nash – Ain’t Coming Home – The Many Hats of Jory Nash – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – The Way I Feel – Songbook – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Oh, Linda – The Folk Sinner – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Fate’s Right Hand – Fate’s Right Hand
Steve Earle – I Feel Alright – I Feel Alright
Lydia Loveless – Can’t Change Me – Indestructible Machine
The Lowest of the Low – 4 O’Clock Stop – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN

New Jim Bryson! Very few things are more exciting to me than a long-awaited new album from one of our favourites, so we had to listen to a pile of it today, along with a whole lot of other great new music, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Jim Bryson – Ontario – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Stuck in the Middle – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Rust and Fade – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – On the Edge – Mother Tongue

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Bushpilots – Caffeine and Nicoteine Nights – All the Little Things – CDN
Lori Yates – Sweetheart of the Valley – Sweetheart of the Valley – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Full Moon Blues – Romantic as It Gets – CDN
Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell – Done This One Before – Sing Into my Mouth
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lucinda’s Room – In the Blazes
Dawes – Somewhere Along the Way – All of your Favorite Bands

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Bring It on Home to Memphis – The Traveling Kind
Jim Bryson – Changing Scenery – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Breathe – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Kalle Mattson – Lost Love – Avalanche – CDN
Whitehorse – You Get Older – Leave No Bridge Unburned – CDN
Frazey Ford – Done – Indian Ocean – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Terra Lightfoot – See You in the Morning – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
Blue Rodeo – New Morning Sun – Live at Massey Hall – CDN
Fish & Bird – My Head My Heart My Gut – Left Brain Blues – CDN
Rhiannon Giddens – Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind – Tomorrow Is My Turn
Amanda Shires – Bulletproof – Down Fell the Doves
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires – I Follow Rivers – Sea Songs

Lots of people will show you their “Best of 2015” lists, but those are always based on some joker’s opinion. Ha! How are you supposed to trust that!? We take things a step further here in our continuing efforts to bring you the TRUTH all the time. We enlisted science! We’ve run our picks through rigorous testing and scientific analysis. They’ve been peer reviewed and are now ready for sharing. So today, in part 2 of our Best of 2015 shows, we present the ONLY scientifically accurate, 100% truthful, “Best of 2015” list!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Andre Williams – I’m Stuck – Rock & Roll Is a Beautiful Thing: Alive Naturalsound 20th Anniversary
Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight – Sound & Color
Sam Outlaw – Ghost Town – Angelino
Liz Longley – Camaro – Liz Longley
Brady Enslen – Beautiful Things – Beautiful Things – CDN
The Pine Hill Project – Such Sweet Angels – Tomorrow You’re Going
The Lucky Sisters – Grateful – So Lucky – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Paul Kelly – Righteous Woman – The Merri Soul Sessions
Paul Kelly – Sweet Guy – The Merri Soul Sessions
Paul Kelly – Keep on Coming Back for More – The Merri Soul Sessions
The Damnwells – Wreck You – The Damnwells
Joshua Fletcher – To Find My Name – Ready, Aim
Harper Blynn – Sickness Is the Cure – Get It Out

3:00 – 3:30 pm

James McMurtry – How’m I Gonna Find You Now? – Complicated Game
Jason Isbell – 24 Frames – Something More than Free
JP Hoe – Danger – Hideaway – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – Walking in the Dark – Walking in the Dark – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Walking in the Dark – Pulling your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN

3:30 – 4:00

Jess Klein – Shonalee – Bootleg
Andrew Combs – Rainy Day Song – All these Dreams
John Wort Hannam – Write Me Back In – Love Lives On – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – Love Is the Law – Mother Tongue
Chris Trapper – Everything Was Possible – Symphonies of Dirt & Dust