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

Pre-recorded today because of the Matt Epp @ Sunset Saloon show. There’s plenty of new music trickling in, another great house concert coming up, and the return of the always great Blue Rodeo. Plus, since we’re coming to you from the basement, it’s easy to pick out some old favourites that haven’t made the trip down to UMFM in a while.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – The Sparrow and the Crow – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Big Smoke – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – South – South – CDN
The Crooked Brothers – There Ain’t No One – Postcard – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp & The Amorian Assembly – War – Learning to Lose Control – CDN
Matt Epp & The Amorian Assembly – Use your Head – Learning to Lose Control – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Nathan – Casserole – Casserole EP – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – Mud & Slobber – Crowsfeet & Greyskull – CDN – WPG
NQ Arbuckle & Carolyn Mark – Officer Down – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Mixkin Dancehall Blues – Hanging the Battle-Scarred Piñata – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – You Look Like a Wreck – The Last Supper In A Cheap Town – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Saskatoon Tonight – live recording – CDN
Cedar Park – What She Tells Me (w/NQ Arbuckle) – Way Back Home – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Blue Rodeo – 5 Will Get You Six – Outskirts – CDN
Blue Rodeo – After the Rain – Casino – CDN
Blue Rodeo – In the Darkness – In our Nature – CDN
Bazil Donovan – Stage Door – Matinee – CDN
Mary Gauthier – Drag Queens In Limousines – Drag Queens In Limousines
Lori McKenna – Pour – Bittertown

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Shannon McNally – The Worst Part of a Broken Heart – Geronimo
Eliza Gilkyson – Coast – Hard Times in Babylon
Susan Werner – Yellow House – New Non-Fiction
Jackie Greene – Judgement Day – Gone Wanderin’
Reid Jamieson – Rail – Staring Contest – CDN
John Hiatt – Dust Down a Country Road – Walk On
John Gorka – Satellites – Writing in the Margins
Tim O’Reagan – These Things – Tim O’Reagan

There are a few upcoming shows that we’re pretty excited about and need to celebrate. We also take another trip to Outlaw Country with some leftovers from Thursday’s celebration on Steel Belted Free Range Radio.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Steve Earle – Satellite Radio – Washington Square Serenade
Matt Epp + The Amorian Assembly – When You Know (w/Serena Ryder) – Learning to Lose Control – CDN
Matt Epp – This Old House (w/Eliza Gilkyson) – Safe or Free – CDN
Matt Epp – She’s High Water – Orphan Horse – CDN
Matt Epp + The Amorian Assembly – Never Have I Loved like This – At Dawn – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Corin Raymond and The Sundowners – Dutch – Paper Nickels – CDN
Corin Raymond and The Sundowners – Brand New Song – Paper Nickels – CDN
Corin Raymond – Blue Mermaid Dress – There Will Always Be a Small Time – CDN
Romi Mayes – Just Like the Rest – Acxhin’ in yer Bones – CDN – WPG
The Sweet Alibi – I’ll Wait – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – Pleasing You Pleases Me – Broken Things – CDN
Shannon Lyon – You Showed Me How – Wandered – CDN
James Gray – A Song for Sandy – Home to Me – CDN
Myrle – Rossland – Myrle – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Try Try Try Again – South – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Fleur de Lys – South – CDN
Austin Lucas – Somebody Loves You – Somebody Loves You

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Austin Lucas – Nevada County Line – A New Home In The Old World
Sturgill Simpson – Four Flame Candle – Sturgill Simpson
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – Sturgill Simpson
Wayne Hancock – Highway 54 – That’s What Daddy Wants
The Brothers Cosmoline – It’s Alright – Songs Of Work And Freedom – CDN
Whiskeytown – Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight – Strangers Almanac (deluxe edition)
Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

One of the true legends of music left us this week, when Phil Everly, one half of the most successful and influential music duos of all time passed away. The influence of The Everly Brothers is heard in just about everything that we love on this show, so a fitting tribute is in order with just a few of the many covers of songs written or recorded by Don & Phil. And believe it or not, last week’s 5 hour marathon didn’t cover all of the musical highlights of 2013, so a bunch more this week!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

David Francey – Pandora’s Box – So Say We All – CDN
The Everly Brothers – Bird Dog – The Very Best of the Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers – Rip It Up – “They’re Off And Rolling” Says Archie
Buddy Miller – Price of Love – Midnight and Lonesome
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) – Raising Sand
Rockpile – When Will I Be Loved – Seconds Of Pleasure
Rockpile – When Will I Be Loved – Seconds Of Pleasure
Teddy Thompson – Take A Message To Mary (Everly Brothers cover, feat. Linda Thompson) – Separate Ways
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion – Like Strangers (Everly Brothers cover) – ?

2:30 – 3:00 pm

John Prine – So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) – In Spite of Ourselves
Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels – Sleepless Nights – Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology
Dawn McCarthy And Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Devoted To You (Everly Brothers cover) – What The Brothers Sang
Billie Joe + Norah – Roving Gambler – Foreverly
Kaizers Orchestra – Whiskey Rabbi – Festival Man
Wax Mannequin – Volcano God – Festival Man – CDN
Shinyribs – If You Don’t Know Me By Now – Gulf Coast Museum

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Kathleen Edwards – All Of My Memories – The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver – CDN
Jeff Tweedy – The Ballad Of The Opening Band – Songs For Slim: Rockin’ Here Tonight – A Benefit Compilation
Wooden Sky – All Apologies – Milkin’ It – CDN
Lindi Ortega – Ring of Fire – 7″ single – CDN
The Fundies – I Can’t Stay Mad At You – The Fundies
Lake Street Dive – Hello? Goodbye! – Lake Street Dive
Joy Kills Sorrow – Was It You – Wide Awake
Have Gun, Will Travel – Trouble – Fiction, Fact or Folktale?

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Slaid Cleaves – Rust Belt Fields – Still Fighting The War
Lori McKenna – Susanna – Massachusetts
Guy Clark – El Coyote – My Favorite Picture Of You
Lynn Miles – Lesson in Everything – Downpour – CDN
Oh Susanna – Mozart for the Cat – Namedropper – CDN
Del Barber – Living With A Long Way To Go – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
The Bros. Landreth – Runaway Train – Let It Lie – CDN – WPG