Today’s show is inspired by a bunch of “new” classic country compilations, with some twangy honky tonk sounds from some of the greats. We’ve also got a sonic preview of the Big Star movie and an upcoming show.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Robbie Fulks – Countrier than Thou – Georgia Hard
Robbie Fulks – Rose of Summer – Gone Away Backward
Merle Haggard – Shade Tree Fix-It-Man – The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles
Merle Haggard – Sing Me Back Home – The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles
George Jones – The Race Is On – The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
George Jones – She Thinks I Still Care – The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
Buck Owens – Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer – Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics
Buck Owens – Is Anybody Goin’ To San Antone – Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics
Old 97’s & Waylon Jennings – Iron Road – Old 97’s & Waylon Jennings

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Willie Nelson – Just Breathe – Hero
Kris Kristofferson – Help Me Make It Through the Night – Singer/Songwriter
Waylon Jennings – The Taker – Singer/Songwriter
Fred Eaglesmith – Johnny Cash – 6 Volts – CDN
Wanda Jackson – Mean Mean Man – The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles
Wanda Jackson – Rock Your Baby – The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles
Neko Case – Brown-Eyed Handsome Man – Hard Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson
Carolyn Mark & the Room-Mates – Hot Dog, that Made him Mad – Hard Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson – CDN
Dolly Parton – Why’d You Come In Here Lookin’ Like That – Dolly Parton
Sarah Harmer & The Weakerthans – Islands in the Stream -Live at the Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, November 18, 2005 – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Lee Hazlewood – Dolly Parton’s Guitar – Poet, Fool Or Bum/Back On The Street Again
Dolly Parton – Jolene – internet oddity
Wendy Bird – Deliver Me – Natural Wonder – CDN
The Blue Shadows – What the Hell I Got – On the Floor of Heaven (Deluxe Edition) – CDN
The Blue Shadows – (Born to Be) Riding Only Down – Lucky to Me – CDN
Mike Lynch – Road Map – Road Map – CDN
Kayla Luky – Two Long Years – The Time It Takes – CDN
Daniel Romano – I’m Not Crying Over You – Come Cry with Me – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Big Star – September Gurls (Movie Mix/2012) – Nothing Can Hurt Me
Big Star – The Ballad Of El Goodo (Alternate Mix/1972) – Nothing Can Hurt Me
Wilco – Thirteen – Big Star Tribute
Del Barber – Everything Is not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Liam Titcomb – Games – Cicada – CDN
Liam Titcomb – Love Don’t Let Me Down (acoustic) – Love Don’t Let Me Down – EP – CDN

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Bruce Springsteen – Cover Me – Born in the U.S.A.
Dolly Parton – (slow ass) Jolene – internet oddity
Ryan Adams – Wonderwall – Love Is Hell Pt. 1
Dee Carstensen – Angel – Home Away from Home
Reid Jamieson – I Want You, I Need You, I Love You – The Presley Sessions – CDN
Joy Kills Sorrow – I Still Miss Someone – Joy Kills Sorrow

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jimmy Lafave – Walk Away Renee – Austin Skyline
Kelly Willis And Bruce Robison – No Kinda Dancer – Cheater’s Game
Lyle Lovett – Ballad of The Snow Leopard and the Tanqueray Cowboy – Step Inside This House
Sarah Harmer and Jason Euringer – Trouble in the Fields – Songs for Clem – CDN
Slaid Cleaves – Flowered Dresses – Unsung
Karen Poston – Lydia – Real Bad

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Whitehorse – If You Could Read My Mind – The Road To Massey Hall – CDN
The Warped 45s – Bitter Green – Turning Back The Pages Of My Sweet Shattered Dreams – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Skybound Station – Kings of Love – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Lucifer’s Blues – A Quiet Evil – CDN
Matt Andersen – Angel From Montgomery – Live at Liberty House – CDN
Rose Cousins – If I Should Fall Behind – We Have Made a Spark – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Serena Ryder – Racing in the Street – single – CDN
Geoff Berner – When DD Gets Her Donkey (Everything will be Alright) – single
Clem Snide – Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright – Fan Chosen Covers (Best of)
The Be Good Tanyas – Light Enough To Travel – Blue Horse – CDN
Pistol George Warren – High School Blues – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

The new music has been piling up again, so a listen to some of the great new releases. We’re super excited about having Tannis Slimmon and Lewis Melville in town soon, so a small listen to their amazing work. Coming up in Winnipeg is a benefit for the great Amos Garrett, so a bit of a look at his wonderful contributions. Lastly, a late-breaking tribute to Cowboy Jack Clement; RIP.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

JP Hoe – Do I Know You – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
Robbie Fulks – I’ll Trade You Money for Wine – Gone Away Backward
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – I Love You, I Do – Good Light
The Civil Wars – Dust to Dust – The Civil Wars
Dave Tough – Fortune’s Wheel (w/Serena Ryder) – Seventh Fire 7″ Series – CDN
Dustin Bentall & The Smøkes – Shalalala – You Are an Island – CDN
Pistol George Warren – No Love – Hoots Deuce – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Tannis Slimmon – In and Out of Harmony – In and Out of Harmony – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Around Him – Lucky Blue – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – There’s a Lift – Oak Lake – CDN
The Bird Sisters – Sweet Misery – Winnipeg Folk Festival Live: Volume #1 – CDN
Lewis Melville – Red – Noah’s Work – CDN
Lewis Melville – My Body Moves – Not Really A Blue Grass Album – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Amos Garrett – Sleepwalk – live recording – CDN
Maria Muldaur – Midnight at the Oasis – Maria Muldaur
Great Speckled Bird – Rio Grande – Great Speckled Bird – CDN
Amos Garrett – Some Kind of Fool – The Gift: A Tribute to Ian Tyson – CDN
Amos Garrett – Wrong Lake to Catch a Fish – Off the Floor Live! – CDN
Amos Garrett – I Hate Myself – Acoustic Album – CDN
Emmylou Harris – Here, There, and Everywhere – Elite Hotel

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rodney Crowell – Every Night – Let Us in Americana the Music of Paul Mccartney
Buddy Miller – Yellow Submarine – Let Us in Americana the Music of Paul Mccartney
Brandi Carlile – All You Need Is Love – XOBC
Crooked Still – We Can Work It Out – Friends of the Fall
The Handsome Family – Eleanor Rigby – Scattered
Dala – Lennon & McCartney – Best Day – CDN
George Jones – Just a Girl I Used to Know – The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
Johnny Cash – Ballad Of A Teenage Queen – The Legend
Johnny Cash – Guess Things Happen That Way – The Legend

Today a look ahead to next weekend’s Trout Forest Music Festival, including a chat with the Music Producer who put all the magic together, Devin Latimer. We also look ahead to an amazing show going on sale next weekend.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Nathan – Trans Am – Key Principles – CDN – WPG

Devin Latimer (Trout Forest Music Festival) interview

The C.R. Avery Band – Madison 22 – Chainsmoking Blues – CDN
The Perpetrators – 12,000 Miles – The Perpetrators – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Easy on You – Lucky Tonight – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Brock Zeman – Push Them Stones – Me Then You – CDN
The Duhks – Four Blue Walls – The Duhks – CDN – WPG
Geoff Berner – Volcano God – We Shall not Flag or Fail We Shall Go on to the End – CDN
Washboard Hank – Chompy the Headbiteroffer – Sweet Mysteries of Life
Fred Eaglesmith & the Flying Squirrels – White Trash – Ralph’s Last Show
JP Hoe – Learn to Let You Go – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
Catherine MacLellan – Keep on Fighting – Silhouette – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Great Speckled Bird – Long Long Time To Get Old – Great Speckled Bird – CDN
Ian Tyson – Navajo Rug – Live at Longview – CDN
Tom Russell – California Snow – Folkscene Collection Volume Two
Gretchen Peters – Sunday Morning (Up And Down My Street) – 15 song career retrospective
Mary Gauthier w/Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – Cigarette Machine – live recording
Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – The Last One – North/South – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Richard Thompson – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Austin City Limits: Live From Austin, TX
Richard Thompson – Salford – Electric
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Invitation to the Blues – Old Yellow Moon
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – My Baby’s Gone – Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’: Songs of the Louvin Brothers
Rodney Crowell – I Wish It Would Rain – The Houston Kid
The Civil Wars – The One That Got Away – The Civil Wars

Today, it’s the OFFICIAL Winnipeg Folk Festival wrap-up, as we go over the highlights of the 40th festival, and there were some great ones. We’ve also got a few new releases to get to, as well as previews of some stellar summer shows. Lastly, a bit of a tribute to our wonderful and talented friend Oh Susanna to wish her well.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Whitehorse – Radiator Blues – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN
Whitehorse – Emerald Isle – Live at Massey Hall charity single – CDN
Whitehorse – Winterlong – The Road to Massey Hall – CDN
Sean Rowe – Night – Magic
Sean Rowe – Signs – The Salesman and the Shark
Sean Rowe – To Leave Something Behind – 7″ single

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Milk Carton Kids – Michigan – Prologue
The Milk Carton Kids – Memphis – The Ash & The Clay
Jordie Lane – I Just Can’t Take It Anymore – Blood Thinner
Jordie Lane – Black Diamond – Live at the Wheaty
Matt the Electrician – Facebook Friend – Is Alive
Robert Ellis – Comin’ Home – Photographs

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Wicks – Lonely Heart – The Good Times Are Gone – CDN
Dustin Bentall & The Smokes – Pretty Good Life – You Are an Island – CDN
Animal Parts – Where the Heart Is – Six Arms to Hold You – CDN
Skydiggers – Spin Spin – No. 1 Northern – CDN
Scott Nolan – Trial Separation – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
Mary Gauthier – Blood Is Blood – Live at Blue Rock
Mary Gauthier – I Don’t Know Nothin’ about Love – Genesis
Lori McKenna – Mercy Now (feat. Mark Erelli, Zach Hickman & Nathan Chapman) – 1% For The Planet, The Music (Vol. 1)

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jack Marks – The Dress Song – Two of Everything – CDN
Jack Marks – Michigan Love – Lost Wages – CDN
Jack Marks – Blues Like These – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Oh Susanna – Tangled & Wild – Johnstown – CDN
Oh Susanna – See What Promises Can Bring – Soon the Birds – CDN

Pre-recorded today because we’re off at the 40th Winnipeg Folk Festival! It was important to put together a show today, however, to expose the truth behind yet more Stu Reid lies, including the announcement of a July 22 Winnipeg show with Mary Gauthier, Scott Nolan, and Joanna Miller, and the truth behind Danny Michel’s real first appearance at The Winnipeg Folk Fest. New music! Mail Bag! More!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mary Gauthier – Drag Queens in Limousines – Drag Queens in Limousines
Scott Nolan – Curls & Curves – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – This Time – Postcards – CDN – WPG
Mary Gauthier – Sugar Cane – Filth & Fire
Lee Harvey Osmond & Mary Gauthier – Dear Doctor – Paint It Black: An Alt Country Tribute to the Rolling Stones – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Big Chief (w/Oh Susanna) – The Folk Sinner – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Rheostatics – Rain, Rain, Rain – Whale Music – CDN
Danny Michel – Toledo – In the Belly of a Whale – CDN
Danny Michel – Straight to Hell – live in Fargo 10-13-0 – CDN
Danny Michel – Life Is Good – 2010-05-01 Mülheim – CDN
Alun Piggins – Pull My Chicken (w/Danny Michel) – Live at Ted’s Wrecking Yard – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Beginners Guide to Endings – I Found Out – Beginners Guide to Endings – CDN
James McKenty – Kingston Prison – 7th Fire 7″ Series – CDN
The Weber Brothers – Time Bomb – 7th Fire 7″ Series – CDN
Express and Company – Carry Me Along – Express and Company – CDN
Melissa Payne – High & Dry – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Mike Lynch – Old Fashioned Side of Me – Road Map – CDN
Mike Lynch – Last Cigarette – Transitions – CDN
Kevin Breit & the Upper York Mandolin Orchestra – Johnny Dollar – Field Recording – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Bob Ardern – Out of Work – Wires, Rosewood, & Roots – CDN
Putnam Smith – Succotash – Kitchen Love…
Lauren Mann & The Fairly Odd Folk – I Lost Myself – Over Land and Sea – CDN
Jason Isbell & Elizabeth Cook – Tecumseh Valley – Tecumseh Valley / Pancho & Lefty
Amanda Shires – Devastate – Down Fell the Doves
Gregory Alan Isakov – Living Proof – The Weatherman

It’s time once again for the OFFICIAL Winnipeg Folk Festival preview! We’ll tell you where to go, who to seek out, and what to listen to at this year’s festival, and since we’re so brilliant and authoritative, you will believe everything we say and do as we say without question. You’re welcome.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – Queen of July – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
The Avett Brothers – Murder in the City – The Second Gleam
The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You – I and Love and You
Indigo Girls – Closer to Fine – Retrospective
Indigo Girls – Run – Despite our Differences
Josh Ritter – Man Burning – Hello Starling
Josh Ritter – Right Moves – The Historical Conquests of

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Serena Ryder – Sweeping the Ashes – Is It O.K. – CDN
The Decemberists – Down by the Water – The King Is Dead
Jason Collett – I’ll Bring the Sun – Idols of Exile – CDN
Matt the Electrician – All I Know – Accidental Thief
Lindi Ortega – Jimmy Dean – Little Red Boots – CDN
Dan Bern – Jane – Fleeting Days

3:00 – 3:30 pm

David Francey – Harm – So Say We All – CDN
Rose Cousins – The Shell – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
The Flatlanders – After the Storm – Hills and Valleys
Whitehorse – Devil’s Got a Gun – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN
Danny Michel & The Benque Players – Survivor’s Guilt – Black Birds Are Dancing over Me – CDN
Ken Whiteley – I Don’t Want to Be Lost – Gospel Music Makes Me Feel Alright! – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Martin Sexton – Freedom of the Road – Black Sheep
Xavier Rudd – G.B.A. – Solace
David Lindley & Wally Ingram – King of the Bed – Twango Bango II
Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO – KMAG YOYO (& other American Stories)
The Howlin’ Brothers – Julia Belle Swain – Howl

It’s almost Canada Day, and while we always excel at playing great Canadian talent, it’s an especially good reason to go all-Canadian today. Take that, Can-Con regulations! We’re joined live in-studio by Jamie from The Honeysliders for some getting to know each other chat, and some live performances. Jaine and Jeremy also sat in on the party.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mike Plume Band – 8:30 Newfoundland – 8:30 Newfoundland – CDN
Mike Plume – So Long Stompin’ Tom – single – CDN
Mike Plume – Thunder Bay – Red and White Blues – CDN
The Honeysliders – Sad Country Song – Demos – CDN
Jamie Buckboro – Danko and Manuel – live performance – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jamie Buckboro – Harvest Moon – live performance – CDN
The Honeysliders – Mercy of Machines – Demos – CDN
Romi Mayes – Easy on You – Lucky Tonight – CDN
JD Edwards Band – Singing all the way Home – Roads and Roads – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Dustin Bentall & The Smokes – Every Chord that Rings – You Are an Island – CDN
Dustin Bentall & the Smokes – Shine – You Are an Island – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Cities on Fire – Truth Be Sold – CDN
Brock Zeman – Push them Stones – Me then You – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Sad Nights – Live at Steinenhaus, Solingen, Germany 05/09/07 – CDN
Shannon Lyon – I Believe in You – Live at Steinenhaus, Solingen, Germany 05/09/07 – CDN
Shannon Lyon – In All Honesty – Wandered – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Tannis Slimmon – What to Do – Oak Lake – CDN
Lewis Melville – Time Is a Healer – Not Really a Bluegrass Album – CDN
Scarlett Jane – Ride On – Stranger – CDN
City and Colour – Take Care – The Hurry and the Harm – CDN
Stompin’ Tom – Name the Capitals – Sings Canadian History – CDN

We’ve got some mighty exciting shows to preview today, some old/new classics, and some new music from Kieran Kane and David Francey, which led into a celebration of both artists.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Hayes Carll – Long Way Home – Little Rock
Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison – Long Way Home – Cheater’s Game
Bonnie Whitmore – There I Go Again – There I Go Again
Romi Mayes – Eight More Days – Sweet Somethin’ Steady – CDN – WPG
The Brothers Landreth – Runaway Train – Works in Progress EP – CDN – WPG
JD Edwards Band – This House Will Stand – Roads and Roads – CDN – WPG
Odds – Wendy Under the Stars – Neopolitan – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Odds – It Falls Apart – Bedbugs – CDN
Odds – I Would Be Your Man – Good Weird Feeling – CDN
Peter Case – Put Down the Gun – The Man with the Blue Postmodern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar
Robert Earl Keen – Travellin’ Light – Walking Distance
Lyle Lovett – Walk Through the Bottomland – Pontiac
Charlie Robison – The Preacher – Step Right Up

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – Naive – Wandered – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Olde Freightliner – Durstein Sessions – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Lake Huron – Live from Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands – CDN
Shannon Lyon – I’m Letting You Go – Broken Things – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Amy, I’m Letting You Go – In the Dusk of Everything

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Go Jane Go – Go Jane Go – Go Jane Go
Kieran Kane – In a Town this Size – Six Months, No Sun
Kieran Kane – I’ll Go On Loving You – The Blue Chair
Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch with Fats Kaplan – Flycatcher Jack and the Whippoorwill’s Song – You Can’t Save Everybody
Kieran Kane – He Never Knew What Hit HIm – Dead Reckoning
David Francey – The Waking Hour – The Waking Hour – CDN

Well, what do you know, it’s our 500th episode! More than 1000 hours on Sunday afternoons and counting. And rather than sitting around tooting our own horn, we’re back doing what we love, playing the best music in the world. Today it’s a star-studded tribute to the great dads out there, on Father’s Day.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Nathan – Grassy Lake – Stranger – CDN – WPG
Eliza Gilkyson – The Bare Necessities – Your Town Tonight
Catherine MacLellan – Snowbird – Silhouette – CDN
Pieta, Zoe, & Constie Brown – Ella Mae – Going Driftless: An Artists’ Tribute to Greg Brown
Greg Brown – Remember the Sun – Freak Flag
Greg Brown – Spring Wind – Dream Cafe

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and The Little Hillbillies – The Ballad of Poppa Bill – Little Kasey Chambers and The Lost Music
Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill And The Little Hillbillies – Poppa Bill Says – Little Kasey Chambers and The Lost Music
Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill And The Little Hillbillies – My Oh My – Little Kasey Chambers and The Lost Music
Bobby Bare, Jr with Isabella Bare – Daddy What If – Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein
Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue – At San Quentin
Woody Guthrie – My Daddy (Flies A Ship In The Sky) – My Dusty Road
Merle Travis – Sixteen Tons – Folk Songs of the Hills
Washboard Hank – Daddy couldn’t Play the Fiddle – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
Geoff Berner – My Dad’s a Lawyer – Light Enough to Travel EP – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Johnsmith – Father’s Day – Gravity of Grace
Frank Turner – Father’s Day – Last Minutes And Lost Evenings
Cat Stevens – Father and Son – Tea for the Tillerman
Matthew Barber – Father and Son – Songs For The Haunted Hillbilly
Jim Henry – Baby’s Coming Home – Jacsksonville
Ray Ullenboom – Back to Berlin – Don’t Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN – WPG
Leeroy Stagger – Mister – Truth Be Sold – CDN
Christina Martin – You Come Home – Two Hearts – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Drive-By Truckers – Outfit – Decoration Day
Drive-By Truckers – Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Guy Clark – The Randall Knife – Craftsman
Rodney Crowell & Kris Kristofferson – My Father’s Advice – Kin
Adrien Sala & Rob Pachol – Horse and Rider – Parlour Music – WPG
Mike Plume Band – Five Crow Silver (Montreal) – Red and White Blues – CDN
Animal Parts – I Won’t Ever Let You Down – Animal Parts – CDN