It’s the busy season for shows, and we keep doing our best to keep you informed & ready with more previews, and Ron from Lockport challenges us to find a better “Wrecking Ball” than ol’ Hannah Montana; he didn’t know what he was getting into.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mary Gauther – Another Train – Trouble and Love
The 24th Street Wailers – Chin Wagger – Wicked – CDN
The 24th Street Wailers – Solid Ground – Wicked – CDN
The Secret Sisters – My Heart Skips a Beat – The Secret Sisters
Madison Violet – Baby in the Black and White – Come as You Are (Live) – CDN
Gillian Welch – Tear my Stillhouse Down – Revival

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Shannon Lyon – Mods Rule – The Lights Behind – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Jenny’s Song – The Lights Behind – CDN
Radney Foster – Whose Heart You Wreck (Ole To The Muse) – Everything I Should Have Said
Joe Purdy – Waiting for Loretta Too Long – Eagle Rock Fire
Baskery – The Fire – Little Wild Life
Jay Aymar – King of the World – Overtime – CDN
Jay Aymar – Gonna Love You Anyway – Halfway Home – CDN
Ian Tyson – My Cherry Coloured Rose – Yellowhead to Yellowstone and other Love Songs – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball – Wrecking Ball
Kasey Anderson and The Honkies – My Baby’s a Wrecking Ball – Live Honkies
Rod Picott – Wrecking Ball – Girl From Arkansas
Del Barber – Love Is Just A Wrecking Ball – Where The City Ends – CDN – WPG
John Wort Hannam – Wrecking Ball – Two Bit Suit – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Amelia Curran – Wrecking Ball – Hunter, Hunter – CDN
Gillian Welch – Wrecking Ball – Soul Journey
Emmylou Harris – Born to Run – Spyboy
James Keelaghan – Cold Missouri Waters – History: The First 25 Years – CDN
Cry Cry Cry – Fall on Me – Cry Cry Cry
Jess Klein – I Sure Would – Draw Them Near

Once again the hot new releases just keep on coming, and we’ve got more stellar upcoming shows to preview!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Easton Stagger Phillips – Festival Song – One for the Ditch
Shannon Lyon – I Crossed the Ocean – The Lights Behind – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Oh Why – The Lights Behind – CDN
Mary Gauthier – How You Learn to Live Alone – Trouble and Love
Scott Nolan – Darlene – North/South – CDN – WPG
Hayes Carll – Bad Liver and a Broken Heart – Trouble in Mind
Corb Lund Band – Expectation and the Blues – Modern Pain – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Radney Foster – Not In My House – Everything I Should Have Said
Jimmer – The Far Left Side of You – The Would-Be Plans
Jamestown Revival – Revival – Utah
Parker Millsap – Truck Stop Gospel – Parker Millsap
Buddy Miller – Worry Too Much – Universal United House of Prayer
The Civil Wars – From this Valley – Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Brandy Zdan – The Nearness Of You – Live At 280 – CDN – WPG
Twilight Hotel – No Place for a Woman – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Tower Of Song – True Love Leaves No Traces – In City and in Forest – CDN
Reid Jamieson – Tower Of Song – Reido Incognito – CDN
Amanda Shires – A Song for Leonard Cohen – Down Fell the Doves
James McMurtry – You’d a’Thought (Leonard Cohen Must Die) – Live In Europe

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Colleen Rennison – All La Glory – See the Sky About to Rain – CDN
The 24th Street Wailers – I Need You – Wicked Game – CDN
Jim Byrnes – The Duck’s Yas Yas Yas – St. Louis Times – CDN
Washboard Hank – Chompy the Headbiteroffer – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
Washboard Hank – You Should Always Pick Up String – Big Fun For Kids – CDN
Washboard Hank & The Country Squires – Washboard Boogie – Hoorah For Washboard Hank – CDN
Washboard Hank – My Pie – Willie P Bennett Legacy Project – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – White Trash – Ralph’s Last Show – CDN

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

Today lots of new music, including the beginning of our trip through the new album from Shannon Lyon, great shows to preview, and some roots rockin’ classics!

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – We Don’t Need too Much – The Lights Behind – CDN
Shannon Lyon – The Lights Behind – The Lights Behind – CDN
Joe Purdy – Eagle Rock Fire – Eagle Rock Fire
Sturgill Simpson – Turtles All the Way Down – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Baskery – The Shadow – Little Wild Life
The Duhks – Beyond The Blue – Beyond The Blue – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Easton Stagger Phillips – Traveller – Resolution Road – CDN
Hannah Aldridge – Old Ghost – Razor Wire
Carlene Carter – Blackie’s Gunman (w/Elizabeth Cook) – Carter Girl
Melissa Payne – Cool West Wind – High and Dry – CDN
Ruth Moody – Far and Wide – 7″ single – CDN – WPG
Butch Walker – Battle vs. the War (w/Nikki Lane) – End of the World (One More Time) / Battle vs. the War
Old Man Luedecke – Brightest on the Heart (w/Ruth Moody) – 7″ single – CDN
Drive-By Truckers – Dragon Pants – Dragon Pants EP

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Other Brothers – Pitiful – Everything Can Change – CDN – WPG
Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five – Early Morning Thief – Bison Ranch Recording Sessions – CDN
Shotgun Jimmie – Skype Date – Everything, Everything – CDN
The Notorious Cherry Bombs – It’s Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night that Chew your Ass out all Day Long – The Notorious Cherry Bombs
The Cicadas – When Losers Rule the World – The Cicadas
Rodney Crowell – The Flyboy & The Kid – Tarpaper Sky

3:30 – 4:00 pm

True Believers – Sleep Enough to Dream – True Believers
The Hobart Brothers & L’il Sis Hobart – All Things Being Equal – At Least We Have Each Other
The Hobart Brothers & L’il Sis Hobart – Ballad of Sis (Didn’t I Love You) – At Least We Have Each Other
Daddy – Nobody from Nowhere – For a Second Time
Little Village – Take Another Look – Take Another Look
Linda Ronstadt – Poor Poor Pitiful Me – The Very Best of
Andrew Combs – Devil’s Got My Woman – Worried Man

We’ve got a look at great shows past and future, a celebration of Victoria Day, and Ron from Lockport sends us off on a trip to the country.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Martyn Joseph – How Did We End up Here? – Deep Blue
Crooked Fingers – Sleep All Summer (Featuring Emma Pollock of The Delgados) – Sleep All Summer 7″
Kelly Hogan – We Can’t Have Nice Things – I Like To Keep Myself In Pain
Jon Rauhouse – River Of No Return w/Neko Case – Steel Guitar Rodeo
Neko Case – Deep Red Bells – Blacklisted

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jonathan Byrd – May the River Run Dry – The Law & The Lonesome
Jonathan Byrd & Chris Kokesh – If I Was an Oak Tree – Live at 4th & Main, Wray, Colorado
The Other Brothers – Dull Skates – Everything Can Change – CDN – WPG
Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five – Restless Heart – Bison Ranch Recording Sessions – CDN – WPG
Shotgun Jimmie – Growing Like A Garden – Everything, Everything – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Lemonheads – Confetti – It’s a Shame about Ray
The Lemonheads – It’s a Shame about Ray – It’s a Shame about Ray
The Lemonheads – Layin’ up with Linda – Varshons
The Lemonheads – I Just Can’t Take It Anymore – Varshons
Johnny Paycheck – Take this Job and Shove It – Take this Job and Shove It
Sturgill Simpson – Life Ain’t Fair and the World Is Mean – High Top Mountain
Ridley Bent – Heartland Heartbreak – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Corb Lund – It’s Hard To Keep A White Shirt Clean – Losin’ Lately Gambler – CDN
Del Barber – Walking in a straight Line – Prairieography – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Whitehorse – Emerald Isle – Whitehorse – CDN
Whitehorse – Devil’s Got a Gun – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN
Melissa McClelland – Victoria Day (May Flowers) – Victoria Day – CDN
The Warped 45s – Victoria Day – Matador Sunset – CDN
Jon Dee Graham – Laredo ( Small Dark Something ) – Hooray For The Moon
Jon Dee Graham – Way Down In The Hole – Hooray For The Moon

It’s Mom’s Day, and what could be more important than spending some time with great mothers, so we’re pre-recorded today, but leaving you with some sweet sounds to share with that special lady. We’ve got show previews aplenty to encourage you to take mom out to see some live music, and a bunch of songs that we know she’ll love.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Sunparlour Players – Bless this City – This Beautiful City Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – CDN
The Other Brothers – Pitiful – Everything Can Change – CDN – WPG
Melissa Payne – Not the only One – High and Dry – CDN
Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt – Kiss Me Now – For Keeps
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Summertime’s Over – South – CDN
The Milk Carton Kids – Memphis – The Ash & The Clay

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Milk Carton Kids – Michigan – Prologue
(The Milk Carton Kids) Kenneth Pattengale & Joey Ryan – Broken Headlights – Retrospect
Jonathan Byrd and Chris Kokesh – You Can’t Outrun the Radio – Live at 4th & Main, Wray, Colorado
Jonathan Byrd and Chris Kokesh – A Big Truck Brought It – Live at 4th & Main, Wray, Colorado
Jonathan Byrd – Cackalack – Cackalack

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Neko Case – Night Still Comes – The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
Neko Case – Hold On, Hold On – CBC Radio: In Session at Studio 211
The Sadies – Jason Fleming (w/ Neko Case & Garth Hudson) – In Concert Volume One – CDN
The Corn Sisters – She’s Leaving Town – The Other Women – CDN
Reid Jamieson – King Of The Road – ReidoRadio – CDN
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Invitation To The Blues – Old Yellow Moon
Lyle Lovett – Walk Through The Bottomland – Pontiac

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jimmy Lafave – Sweetheart Like You – Buffalo Return to the Plains
Jackie Greene – Honey I Been Thinking About You – Sweet Somewhere Bound
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – My Love For You Is Real – Follow The Lights [EP]
David Francey – Come Rain Or Come Shine – Skating Rink – CDN
David Myles – All I’ve Got To Give – In the Nighttime – CDN
Matthew Barber – Keep It Alive – Matthew Barber – CDN
Jill Barber – Never Quit Loving You – Chances – CDN

I’ve been a huge fan of Shannon Lyon for over a decade. In the past few years, I’ve gotten to know him and enjoy his company, and I’ve had him play at my house a few times, but I’ve never been able to convince him to come on the show, until now! Shannon joins us today to talk about log-cabin living, Lost Creek recording studio, production work, and more. He also plays live and premieres some advance tracks from his upcoming album, The Lights Behind!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Skydiggers – I Will Give You Everything – Skydiggers – CDN
Shannon Lyon – The Lights Behind – The Lights Behind – CDN

Shannon Lyon interview

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Michael Coughlan – Means Crossed with Ends – The Sixth Avenue Verses – CDN
David Fougere – Westmorland Hotel – Somewhere in the Milky Way
James Gray – We Only Have so Long – Home to Me – CDN
Myrle – From Me to You – Myrle – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – I Crossed the Ocean – The Lights Behind – CDN
Shannon Lyon – OK Guy – live performance – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Suddenly – live performance – CDN
Shannon Lyon – I Am Watching – Broken Things – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jesse Winchester – Mississippi You’re on my Mind – The Best of
Son Volt – Windfall – Selections from 6 String Belief
Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Slaid Cleaves – One Good Year – Broke Down
Sunparlour Players – For this I Can’t Be Sure – The Living Proof – CDN
Skydiggers – Ramblin’ On – She Comes into the Room – CDN

It’s the day after Record Store Day, but the celebration’s still going on! Some RSD releases, before a chat with Brock Zeman, who we’ve been blessed to have play a number of times at The Sunset Saloon, but who is now headed to town to play the big room, The West End Cultural Centre! We’ll find out how he feels and how he’s preparing for this big break. Today we also get to be the official announcer of the 2014 lineup for The Trout Forest Music Festival! AD Devin Latimer gave us a call to spill the beans and get us excited for that great festival in August.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

JP Hoe – Rise – The Live Beta Project – CDN – WPG
Neko Case, Howe Gelb, Jason Lytle, etc. – Satellite of Love – Songs from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Mars
Wax Mannequin & The Burning Hell – Total Eclipse of the Heart – Hear Some Evil – CDN
Drive-By Truckers – Trying to Be the Boss (on a Beaver Brown Budget) – Dragon Pants EP
Brock Zeman – Rotten Tooth – Rotten Tooth – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Brock Zeman – Day Before Tomorrow – Rotten Tooth – CDN
Brock Zeman – There Will Always Be a Right Now – Rotten Tooth – CDN
Ridley Bent – Brooklyn Texas – Wildcard – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Lynn Miles – Love Sweet Love – Love Sweet Love – CDN
The Sweet Alibi – I Will Wait – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG
JD Edwards Band – This House Will Stand – Roads and Roads – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Life of a Better Man – Second Chances – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Fearing & White – Secret Of A Long-Lasting Love – Tea and Confidences – CDN
Fearing & White – Heart o’ the Morning – Fearing & White – CDN
Shannon Lyon – I’m Letting You Go – Broken Things – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Three Days of You – el Sol – CDN
Shannon Lyon – I Believe in You – Safe Inside – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Blue Flowers – This Love This Love – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Sometimes It Hurts – Wandered – CDN
Andrew James O’Brien – Thank You – Songs for Searchers – CDN

It’s a good news/bad news kind of day. First the good! One of the most electrifying live bands in Canada, Sunparlour Players return to Winnipeg this week after a bit of a wait, so we celebrate with some of their amazing songs and a chat with Andrew Penner, one half of this truly dynamic duo. The bad news this week, is that we had to say goodbye to the great Jesse Winchester. The man’s name wasn’t nearly well enough known, but his amazing legacy of songs and performances proves that he had a larger impact than many would even realize. A heartfelt tribute to this great songwriter, performer, and person is definitely in order.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Stompin’ Tom Connors – Algoma Central 69 – Northlands Zone – CDN
Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Sunparlour Players – I Hope This Isn’t the End for You – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Old Fashioned Face – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Bless this City – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Runner – Us Little Devils – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Battle of ’77 – Wave North – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Sunparlour Players – Soapbox – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – How to Build a Fort with Nothing – The Living Proof – CDN
Brock Zeman – Until It Bleeds – Me then You – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Hot Shot – The Future Happens Anyway – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jesse Winchester – Quiet About It – Jesse Winchester
Jesse Winchester – Step By Step – Let the Rough Side Drag
Jesse Winchester – Rhumba Man – Nothing but a Breeze
Jesse Winchester – Sundown – Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
Jesse Winchester – Do It – Third Down, 110 to Go
Jesse Winchester – No Pride at all – Gentlemen of Leisure
Jesse Winchester – That’s What Makes You Strong – Live from Mountain Stage

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Buddy Miller – A Showman’s Life – Midnight and Lonesome
Emmylou Harris – My Songbird – Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
Lucinda Williams – Mississippi, You’re on my Mind – Quiet About it: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester
Kieran Kane – Love Is Fair – The Blue Chair
The Mavericks – O What a Thrill – What a Crying Shame
Lyle Lovett – Isn’t that So – Release Me

Here’s the latest entry in our archive of timeless episodes that you may hear again at some point when I can’t make it in, and can’t quite find the time to record something new. It doesn’t happen all that often, but when it does, it’s nice to have a few of these on hand.

This time, we’re going with a theme, albeit a bit of a silly one – we’re playing artists in order of their alphabetical placement – going all the way from Alvin to Zeman on this A to Z episode!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men – Mobile Blue – Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited: For Mickey Newbury
Rayland Baxter – Olivia – Feathers & Fishhooks
Neko Case – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis – New Coat of Paint
Dala – Sunday Dress – Who Do You Think You Are? – CDN
Justin Townes Earle – Mama’s Eyes – Midnight at the Movies
Steve Forbert – Song for Katrina – The Best Of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy?
Patty Griffin – The Cape – This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark (This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark)

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Lee Hazlewood – Summer Wine ( With Suzi Jane Hokum) – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Alabama Pines – Here We Rest
Eilen Jewell – Dusty Boxcar Wall – Letters From Sinners & Strangers
Peter Katz And The Curious – These Are the Days – More Nights – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Letter from Bilbao – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN
Paul Macleod – Giants – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Nathan – Let them Look – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Oh Susanna – Alabaster – Johnstown – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

K Phillips – Lincoln City, OR (Keep It Safe) – American Girls
Paul Quarrington – Wherever You Go – The Songs – CDN
Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous – More Adventurous
John K Samson – Relative Surplus Value – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
The Tallest Man on Earth – Troubles Will Be Gone – The Wild Hunt
Uncle Tupelo – Moonshiner – 89/93: An Anthology
Townes Van Zandt – Our Mother the Mountain – Our Mother the Mountain

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Tom Waits – Hold On – Mule Variations
XTC – Dear God – Skylarking
Neil Young – No More – Freedom – CDN
Brock Zeman – Talking Reality Show Blues – Brock Zeman & The Dirty Hands – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK – CDN
The Band – Get Up Jake – A Musical History – CDN