It’s Junofest weekend in Winnipeg, and there’s so much going on that today’s show had to be pre-recorded, but I had to make sure that there was something on to celebrate great Canadian music and a couple of exciting upcoming events.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

David Francey – Long Long Road – So Say We All – CDN
Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five – Dead Cow Hill – Bison Ranch Recording Sessions – CDN – WPG
Lee Harvey Osmond – Break Your Body – The Folk Sinner – CDN
The Strumbellas – In This Life – We Still Move on Dance Floors – CDN
Lindi Ortega – I Want You – Tin Star – CDN
Ridley Bent – Kickin’ Up Dust – Wildcard – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Cry – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ridley Bent – Pastures of Heaven – Blam – CDN – WPG
Jadea Kelly – Heavy Heart – Eastbound Platform – CDN
Kim Churchill – Window to the Sky – Silence / Win
Matt Epp + The Amorian Assembly – War – Learning to Lose Control – CDN
Sunparlour Players – I Hope this Isn’t the End for You – The Living Proof – CDN
Brock Zeman – Don’t Forget to Grow Old – Rotten Tooth – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jonathan Byrd – Slip Away – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Corin Raymond – Brand New Song – Paper Nickels – CDN
Raghu Lokanathan – Sugar Candy Mountain – Petal Press – CDN
Scott Cook – When We’re Back Around – One More Time Around – CDN
Chris Trapper – Skin – The Few & The Far Between
Chris Trapper – Look What the Wind Blew In – ’til the Last Leaf Falls
The Push Stars – Keg on my Coffin – Paint the Town

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Chris Trapper – West Side – Technicolor
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Everything that I Have Is Broken – Crooked River Burning
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Li’l Firecracker – Hard Love and Free Luck
Ricky Young – Acoustic Guitars – Learn to Steal
Leeroy Stagger – Sleep Alone – Everything Is Real – CDN
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
The Jayhawks – Stumbling through the Dark – Rainy Day Music

The Juno Awards celebration is coming to Winnipeg, and it’s right around the corner, so we’re feeling the excitement and looking forward to some of the magic on today’s show. We’ve also got some great new music, a great new discovery, and memories of the 2 night CD release party for Del Barber’s Prairieography!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Ian & Sylvia – Someday Soon – Greatest Hits – CDN
Belle Plaine – Notes from a Waitress (Thanks Bulgakov) – Notes from a Waitress – CDN
Ridley Bent – High Lonesome – Wildcard – CDN – WPG
The Devin Cuddy Band – Dancin’ – Volume One – CDN
Chic Gamine – I Don’t Lie – Chic Gamine – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Sweet Alibi – I Will Wait – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp And The Amorian Assembly – When You Know (Featuring Serena Ryder) – Learning to Lose Control – CDN
Serena Ryder – Sweeping the Ashes – Is It O.K. – CDN
JP Hoe – Nothing’s Gonna Harm You – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Rah Rah – Prairie Girl – The Poet’s Dead – CDN
July Talk – Let Her Know – July Talk – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Lyle Lovett – Our Lady of the Well – Looking into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne
Bob Schneider – Running on Empty – Looking into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne
Jimmy Lafave – For Everyman – Looking into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne
Eliza Gilkyson – Fast Freight – The Nocturne Diaries
Joshua Hedley – Green Eyes – Green Eyes EP

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Joshua Hedley – Weird Thought Thinker – Jam in the Van
Jonny Corndawg – Silver Panty Liners – Down On The Bikini Line
Jonny Fritz – Ain’t It your Birthday – Dad Country
Johnny Cash – Baby Ride Easy – Out Among the Stars
Adam Carroll – Rough Side – Let It Choose You
New Country Rehab – Effigy – Lost Highway EP – CDN
Lyle Lovett – Step Inside this House – Step Inside this House
Steve Earle – I Feel Alright – I Feel Alright

A couple of long awaited new releases to kick off the show, from Ridley Bent and Sunparlour Players. We also got the Folk Fest lineup and the Junofest schedule this week, so plenty to chat about there. Lastly, there are a couple of great shows coming up this week, including the two night CD release for Del Barber’s new one, Prairieography!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

The Damnwells – You’re Gonna Love Me Again – Golden Days EP
Ridley Bent – The Most Beautiful Woman Around – Wildcard – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – You Got Lucky – Wildcard – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Brooklyn Texas – Wildcard – CDN – WPG
Sunparlour Players – Soapbox – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – How To Build A Fort With Nothing – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Bless this City – The Living Proof – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
Langhorne Slim & The Law – The Way We Move – The Way We Move
Shovels & Rope – Boxcar – Shovels & Rope
Shinyribs – Song of Lime Juice & Despair – Gulf Coast Museum
James Hill – Little Wing – A Flying Leap – CDN
David Myles – I Will Love You (acoustic version) – single – CDN
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Bros. Landreth – Tappin’ On the Glass – Let It Lie – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Learn to Let You Go – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
Chloe Albert – Say Goodbye – Dream Catcher – CDN
Luke Doucet – Long Haul Driver – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Oh Linda – The Folk Sinner – CDN
July Talk – Having You Around – July Talk – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Del Barber – Story that You Tell – Where the City Ends – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – The Waitress – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Big Smoke – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
New Country Rehab – Home to You – Ghost of your Charms – CDN

The new music just keeps on rolling in, and we’ve got plenty of wonderful releases to go through today. Yesterday was International Women’s Day, and while we never need a reason to play a bunch of our favourite female artists, it seems especially important to do it today.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Greg Brown – Spring Wind – Dream Cafe
Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik – Who Woulda Thunk It – Punishing the Myth
Lydia Loveless – Chris Isaak – Somewhere Else
Dawes – Someone Will – Stripped Down at Grimey’s
Alex Dezen – Death Metal & Disco – 1/4
Whitehorse – It Ain’t Me Babe – The Road to Massey Hall – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Chris Mills and the Distant Stars – Wild Places – Alexandria
Early Winters – The Weight of the World – Vanishing Act – CDN
Early Winters – A Thing for You – Vanishing Act – CDN
Drive-By Truckers – Primer Coat – English Oceans
Drive-By Truckers – Pauline Hawkins – – Before The Night Takes Me
John Gorka – High Horse – Bright Side of the Down

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Steve Dawson – The Medicine Show Comes to Avalon – Rattlesnake Cage – CDN
Fafard and Schwartz – State Trooper – Borrowed Horses – CDN
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Roebuck Parkway – There Is a Bomb in Gilead
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Centreville – There Is a Bomb in Gilead
Shari Ulrich – It’s Alright – Everywhere I Go – CDN
Amanda Rheaume – Passed Down the Line – Keep a Fire – CDN
Ann Vriend – You Can Have Me – For the People in the Mean Time – CDN
Lake Street Dive – Use Me Up – Bad Self Portraits

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Fundies – Maniac Fool – The Fundies
Joy Kills Sorrow – Jake – Wide Awake
Rheostatics – Loving Arms (w/Sarah Harmer) – The Story of Harmelodia – CDN
Oh Susanna – Into my Arms – Namedropper – CDN
Sweet Alibi – Never Change – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG
Scarlett Jane – Beautiful – Stranger – CDN
Romi Mayes – Long Way Home – Sweet Somthing Steady – CDN – WPG
Kathleen Edwards – Sidecar – Voyageur – CDN

It’s a busy week for shows, and there are some great ones in the weeks to come, so plenty to preview and celebrate today. We also pay tribute to the late great Jeff Healey, a day after the anniversary of his untimely death.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Keri Latimer – Kindred Spirit – Crowsfeet and Greyskull – CDN – WPG
Ron Hynes – Sawchuk – Stealing Genius – CDN
Ron Hynes – A Good Dog Is Lost – Get Back Change – CDN
Ron Hynes – Movie Scenes – Ron Hynes – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Sorry If I Let You Down – I Never Sang Before I Met You – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Tender Is the Night – Tender Is the Night – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jordie Lane – I Could Die Looking at You – Live at the Wheaty
The Fugitives – Bigger than Luck – Bigger than Luck EP – CDN
The Fugitives – All this Trouble – Eccentrically We Love – CDN
Tim Hus – Western Star – Western Star – CDN
Tim Hus – Curse of Hank – Alberta Crude – CDN
Shannon Lyon – I Believe in You (UR Reason) – Safe Inside – CDN
Chris Trapper – Technicolor – Technicolor

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Brock Zeman – Triple Crown – Me Then You – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Runner – Us Little Devils – CDN
Del Barber – Big Smoke – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
The Jeff Healey Band – Confidence Man – See the Light – CDN
The Jeff Healey Band – Someday, Someway – See the Light – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Jeff Healey Band – How Long Can a Man Be Strong – Hell to Pay – CDN
Jeff Healey – I Would Do Anything for You – Among Friends – CDN
Jeff Healey – My Blackbirds Asre Bluebirds Now – Adventures in Jazzland – CDN
Skydiggers – Ramblin’ On (w/Jessy Bell Smith) – She Comes Into the Room – CDN
Skydiggers – 80 Odd Hours – Just Over this Mountain – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Nebraska – How Was Tomorrow – CDN

We’ve got a bunch of new & notable music to start today’s show, before shifting gears and going back into the past and digging through the big ol’ pile o’ vinyl records I lugged into the station for a vinyl revival show.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Steven Bowers – Bees in Jars – Tired Light – CDN
Steven Bowers – Only One – Tired Light – CDN
Ron Hynes – Love and Hunger – Stealing Genius – CDN
Christina Martin – There Is a Light – There Is a Light EP – CDN
Christina Martin – Take – I Can Too – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Sorry If I Let You Down – I Never Sang Before I Met You – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Old Man Luedecke – My Love Comes Stepping up the Stairs – My Hands Are on Fire and other Love Songs – CDN
Jordie Lane – Lost in You – Live at the Wheaty
Sean Rowe – To Leave Something Behind – 7″ single
John Prine – Fish and Whistle – Bruised Orange
The O’Kanes – When We’re Gone, Long Gone – The O’Kanes
Mickey Newbury – How I Love Them Old Songs – Frisco Mabel Joy

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Ry Cooder – The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor) – Bop ’til You Drop
Randy Newman – Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) – Good Old Boys
Leon Redbone – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (I’m Savin’ My Love for You) – On the Track
Tom T Hall – I Care – Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Bob Dylan & The Band – Wedding Song – Planet Waves
Jesse Winchester – Step By Step – Let the Rough Side Drag
Nick Lowe – Half a Boy and Half a Man – Nick Lowe and his Cowboy Outfit
Easton Stagger Phillips – Lucillia – Resolution Road – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jack Marks – Maggie’s Hardware Store – Blues Like These – CDN
Ox – She Shot Me Down – Dust Bowl Revival – CDN
Chalk Circle – My, Myself & I – The Great Lake – CDN
Jeffrey Hatcher & The Big Beat – Deliver Me – Cross Our Hearts – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – None of the Above – Fallow – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – My Favourite Chords – Left and Leaving – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG

Today a chat with one of the greats, and one we’re excited to be welcoming back to town this week, Mary Gauthier. She’s headed in to reunite with her frequent backing band, Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller, as well as working on a book and awaiting the release of a new album. Lots to talk about.

And following up on last week’s chat with Jaxon Haldane about The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project, we present our annual tribute to the late, great Willie P Bennett, who left this world on Feb. 15, 2008. I didn’t even know the guy, but I miss him terribly. There’s never a bad time to listen to a lot of his brilliant songs, but the anniversary of his death reminds me that I’ll do my best to never let the music be forgotten, and thankfully, folks like Jaxon are taking the cause to a whole new level.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mary Gauthier – The Rocket – Live at Blue Rock – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Mighty – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Truth – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
John P Allen & Willie P Bennett – Lace & Pretty Flowers – The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Blue Valentine (w/Prairie Oyster) – Heartstrings – CDN
Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players – Take my own Advice – The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project – CDN
David Essig – For the Sake of a Dollar – The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

David Essig & Rick Scott – Willie P – Double Vision – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith @ The Flying Squirrels – White Ash & Black Ash – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Codeine – live recording – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Caney Fork River – My Hands Are on Fire and other Love Songs – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Baby We’d Be Rich (Cuss Version) – I Never Sang Before I Met You – CDN
Mary Gauthier – Another Day Borrowed – The Foundling

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Mary Gauthier interview

Mary Gauthier – Sugar Cane – Live at Blue Rock
Mary Gauthier – Last of the Hobo Kings – Live at Blue Rock

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – Lay Down – North/South – CDN – WPG
Lennie Gallant – Dance the Dark Away – If We Had a Fire – CDN
Lennie Gallant – If We Had a Fire – If We Had a Fire – CDN
Northcote – How Can You Turn Around – Northcote – CDN
Del Barber – Walking in a Straight Line – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Chris Trapper – West Side – Technicolor
Madison Violet – All Apologies – Come As You Are (Live) – CDN

We’re all about the big shows and one big new project today. Previews of some stellar upcoming events, and then a chat with Jaxon Haldane about The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project, which aims to protect and promote the amazing, but under-appreciated legacy of the late, great Willie P Bennett. This is truly a wonderful project, and one that I can’t endorse highly enough. Please check it out: www.willieplegacy.com

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Gurf Morlix – Music You Mighta Made – Last Exit to Happyland
Gurf Morlix – Series of Closing Doors – Finds the Present Tense
Mary Gauthier – Just Say She’s a Rhymer – Mercy Now
Mary Gauthier – I Drink – Live at Blue Rock
David Myles – When It Comes My Turn – Things Have Changed – CDN
David Myles – Cape Breton – On the Line – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

David Myles – Out of Love – Turn Time Off – CDN
David Myles – Be With You – In the Nighttime – CDN
Matt Andersen – So Far Gone – Something in Between – CDN
Matt Andersen – Home Sweet Home – Coal Mining Blues – CDN
J.P. Cormier – Now that the Work Is Done – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
J.P. Cormier – Blackbird – Another Morning – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Lennie Gallant – You Don’t Know How Beautiful You Are – If We Had a Fire – CDN
Andy Shauf – Singer of Love Songs – Four Songs – CDN
Andy Shauf – Drink My Rivers – The Bearer of Bad News – CDN
The F5Four – Man Bein’ a Fool – Bandcamp single

Jaxon Haldane interview

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Scott Nolan – Don’t Blame Your Blues on Me (with The Weber Brothers and Paul Reddick) – The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project – CDN – WPG
Rick Taylor – Come on Train – The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – CDN
Willie P Bennett – If You Have to Choose – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN

February 1 marked 25 years since the tragic death of one of the great, unsung songwriting heroes of all time, Blaze Foley. His reputation has grown over the course of those years, thanks to friends and fans who have sung his songs and spread the word, but there’s still more to be done. We’re doing our part today with a retrospective of some great Blaze covers and of course some from the man himself. Plus, we’re joined by a very special guest, Blaze’s good friend and musical partner for many years, the great Gurf Morlix!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN
Indio Saravanja – The February Song – Little Child – CDN
David Francey – February Morning Drive – Far End of Summer – CDN
The Fuse! – Shadows – Trying Must Count For Something – CDN – WPG
John Bottomley – Fly With Your Shadow – Blackberry – CDN
Del Barber – Farewell, God Bless You, Goodbye – Prairieography – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matt Andersen – What Will You Leave – Weightless – CDN
David Myles – Maureen – In the Nighttime – CDN
Andy Shauf & The Lazy MKs – Covered in Dust – The Sunset Sessions – CDN
Romi Mayes – Ball and Chain – Lucky Tonight – CDN – WPG
Chris Carmichael – Far Away Gone – Chris Carmichael – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Careless and Serene – Second Chances – CDN – WPG
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Don’t Walk Away, I’m Talkin’ to You – live recording

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Blaze Foley – You’ll Get Yours Aplenty – The Dawg Years (1975-1978)
Blaze Foley – The Way You Smile – Sittin’ by the Road
Lyle Lovett – Election Day – My Baby Don’t Tolerate
Gurf Morlix – Baby Can I Crawl Back To You? – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
John Prine – Clay Pigeons – Fair and Square
Merle Haggard – If I Could Only Fly – If I Could Only Fly

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Lucinda Williams – Drunken Angel – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Townes Van Zandt – Blaze’s Blues – Documentary

Gurf Morlix interview

Blaze Foley – Cold, Cold World – Cold, Cold World

At last we’re joined by Grant Davidson, who’s now going as Slow Leaves, and is building quite a buzz for his new EP and sound. Today he stopped by to chat about the project and play some of his terrific songs. We’ve also got more great new music to share.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Ryan Adams – Two – Easy Tiger
Mary Gauthier – Our Lady of the Shooting Stars – Live at Blue Rock
Romi Mayes – Easy on You – Lucky Tonight – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Second Chances – Second Chances – CDN – WPG

Slow Leaves (Grant Davidson) interview

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Slow Leaves – Love, Honest, and Kindness – live performance – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Enough About Me – live performance – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Slow Leaves – Everybody Wants to Be in Love – live performance – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Life of a Better Man – Second Chances – CDN – WPG
SLow Leaves – Careless and Serene – Second Chances – CDN – WPG
The Sweet Alibi – Never Change – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG
The Sweet Alibi – Get It Right – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – Devil’s Train – The Lone Ranger: Wanted

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Caroline Herring – Camilla – Camilla
Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado – CDN
Rod Picott – All the Broken Parts – Hang Your Hopes on a Crooked Nail
Oh Susanna – Mozart for the Cat – Namedropper – CDN
Girls Guns & Glory – One of these Days – Good Luck
Del Barber – Can’t Turn Around – Daytrotter Studio 1/20/2014 – CDN – WPG
Nikki Lane – Right Time – Big Light Studio 5/27/2013