Today tributes to two Canadian legends who left us 5 years ago, Willie P Bennett and Jeff Healey. To bring up the mood, we have some music that’s fun for the whole family, some new stuff, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Willie P Bennett – Last Word – Heartstrings – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Breaking the Silence – Take my own Advice – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Love Is a Game – unreleased – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Acadian Driftwood (Live) – Old Settler’s Music Festival, TX 4/16/09 (Live) – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Jeff Healey Band – Angel Eyes – See the Light – CDN
Jeff Healey – The Weight – Mess of Blues – CDN
Jeff Healey – Some of these Days – Last Call – CDN
Jeff Healey – I Would Do Anything for You – Among Friends – CDN
Stan Rogers – The Mary Ellen Carter – Between the Breaks… Live! – CDN
Stan Rogers – Forty-Five Years – Fogerty’s Cove – CDN
David Francey – Come Rain Or Come Shine – Skating Rink – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Arrogant Worms – Rippy The Gator – Hindsight 20/20 – CDN
Washboard Hank – Chompy the Headbiteroffer – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
Archie Wood – I Think I’ll Eat a Tadpole – Archie Wood Presents Petite in Doggie in the Window – CDN
The Smurfs – Smurfing Beer – Father Abraham in Smurfland
Barry Louis Polisar – All I Want is You – My Brother Thinks He’s a Banana and other Provocative Songs
Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower – Everyone – Blue Clouds
Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill And The Little Hillbillies – The Ballad of Poppa Bill – Little Kasey Chambers and The Lost Music
Buddy Miller featuring Duane Eddy – Sneaky Snake – I LOVE: Tom T. Hall’s Songs of Fox Hollow

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Richard Thompson – Salford – Electric
Shinyribs – Sweeter Than The Scars – Gulf Coast Museum
The Hard Pans – Wallace – demo
The Gourds – Lower 48 – Blood Of The Ram
John Moreland & The Black Gold Band – Endless Oklahoma Sky – Endless Oklahoma Sky
New Country Rehab – Back in Time – Ghost of Your Charms – CDN

Today we’ve got some exciting house concert news and the return of one of our all-time favourites on Friday. We’ve also got wedding wishes for Amanda & Jason and lots of new and exciting music.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – Can’t Turn Around – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison – Leavin’ – Cheater’s Game
Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison – Long Way Home – Cheater’s Game
Gurf Morlix – My Life’s Been Taken – Finds the Present Tense
Corin Raymond – Dutch – Paper Nickels – CDN
Corin Raymond – Brand New Song – Paper Nickels – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jason Isbell – Shotgun Wedding – Sirens Of The Ditch
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Heart On A String – Here We Rest
Amanda Shires – What Happened Last Night? – Southern Independent, Vol. 3
Todd Snider – West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown – Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar – The Lion’s Roar
Langhorne Slim & The Law – Song for Sid – The Way We Move

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Christina Martin – Marina – Sleeping with a Stranger – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Backyard Song – recorded live @ Sunset Saloon – CDN
Chris Trapper – Long Goodbye – The Few & The Far Between
Ben Kyle & Carrie Rodriguez – Your Lonely Heart – We Still Love our Country
Express and Company – Out by the Trees – Ontario – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Stephen Fearing – As the Crow Flies – Between Hurricanese – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Blue Line – Blue Line – CDN
Stephen Fearing – The Assassin’s Apprentice – The Assassin’s Apprentice – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Nickels And Dimes – Kings Of Love – CDN
Ricky Young – Suitcase Afternoon – Learn to Steal

Yet another big batch of new music has come our way, and we’ve got a couple more exciting upcoming shows to preview – Justin Rutledge and Martyn Joseph. Still time for some requests, stories, and some discussion of my House Concert Host’s Manifesto.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Martyn Joseph – Everything Is Grace – recorded live on UMFM
The Good Lovelies – Best I Know – Live at Revolution – CDN
Jill Barber – Je Cherche un Homme – Chansons – CDN
Harry Manx – All Fall Down – Om Suite Ohm – CDN
Son Volt – Down the Highway – Honky Tonk
The Devin Cuddy Band – East Coast Bred – Volume One – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Whitney Rose – Daisies in our Eyes – Whitney Rose – CDN
The Steeldrivers – When I’m Gone – Hammer Down
Kevin Breit & The Upper York Mandolin Orchestra – Heavyweight Champion (of the World) – Field Recording – CDN
New Country Rehab – Home to You – Ghost of your Charms – CDN
Dustin Welch – Things I Cannot Change – Tijuana Bible
Brock Zeman – Triple Crown – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
K Phillips – Lincoln City (Keep It Safe) – American Girls

3:00 – 3:30 pm

John Moreland – Nobody Gives a Damn About Songs Anymore – Acoustic Oklahoma live recording
Calexico – Across the Wire – Feast of Wire
Ben Kyle – Simple Life – Ben Kyle
The Express and Co. – Carry Me Along – Seventh Fire Records 7″ – CDN
Christina Martin – Sleeping with a Stranger – Sleeping with a Stranger – CDN
Chris Trapper – Wake Me With Your Kiss – The Few & The Far Between

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Justin Rutledge – Out of the Woods – Valleyheart – CDN
Early Winters – Light of Day – Early Winters
Justin Rutledge – Greenwich Time – Man Descending – CDN
Martyn Joseph – Not a Good Time for God – Songs for the Coming Home
Martyn Joseph – Call It Democracy – Run to Cover

Well, somewhat reluctantly, I came back from my Texas trek with an armload of great new music and stories to tell about my adventures and the amazing sights and sounds of Austin. We’ve also got some great new releases from closer to home, as well as a preview of an exciting upcoming show and CKUW’s FunDrive.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Townes Van Zandt – T for Texas – Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971-1972
Gurf Morlix – Series of Closin’ Doors – Finds the Present Tense
Ray Bonneville – Oxford Town – Roll It Down – CDN
Kacy Crowley – Vertigo – Anchorless
Jon Dee Graham – Holes – Swept Away

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jon Dee Graham – Big Sweet Life – Summerland
Alejandro Escovedo – Arizona – The Boxing Mirror
James McMurtry – Restless (live bonus track) – Just Us Kids
Bob Schneider – Clean – Live at the Saxon Pub, Austin, TX
Shinyribs – Poor People’s Store – Well After Awhile
Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again – Home Again
What Made Milwaukee Famous – Rosewood (featuring Kathleen Edwards) – You Can’t Fall Off the Floor

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Stephen Fearing – Wheel of Love – Between Hurricanes – CDN
Ingrid Gatin – Slow Dancing – 1000 Lives – CDN – WPG
Rob Lutes – Natural Disaster – The Bravest Birds – CDN
Richard Thompson – Where’s Home? – Electric
Henry Wagons – Give Things a Chance to Mend (featuring Jenn Grant) – Expecting Company?
Corin Raymond and The Sundowners – Nine Inch Nails – Paper Nickels – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Dustin Bentall – Streets with No Lights – Streets with No Lights – CDN
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Take the Money – Six Shooter – CDN
Dustin Bentall & The Smokes – Oxford Street – Orion – CDN
Lindi Ortega – Jimmy Dean – Little Red Boots – CDN
Lindi Ortega – The Day You Die – Cigarettes & Truckstops – CDN
Hatcher-Briggs – The Last Ones – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
Gurf Morlix – Dan Blocker – Toad of Titicaca
Off the Wagon – Red Clay Halo – Twangtrust Broadcasts 1999-2007 – CDN – WPG

Texas holds a magical, mythical appeal, because it is the birthplace and the home of many of the greatest songwriters of all time. Today, a Texas Songwriter Special, featuring some of the many timeless songs and writers to emerge from The Lone Star State, as well as a few Canadians clearly connected to and influenced by Texans.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Guy Clark – Texas-1947 – Old No. 1
Townes Van Zandt – Pancho & Lefty – Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
Kris Kristofferson – Sunday Morning Coming Down – Singer/Songwriter
Mickey Newbury – How I Love Them Old Songs – ‘Frisco Mabel Joy
Willie Nelson – Angel Flying too Close to the Ground – Super Hits
Rodney Crowell – Telephone Road – The Houston Kid
Steve Earle – Telephone Road – El Corazon
Tom Russell – Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? – Wounded Heart of America (Tom Russell Songs)

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Eliza Gilkyson – Highway 9 – Land of Milk and Honey
Gurf Morlix – Killin’ Time in Texas – Diamonds to Dust
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Live at The Austin Outhouse
Billy Joe Shaver – Old Five and Dimers Like Me – Old Five and Dimers Like Me
Jerry Jeff Walker – Mr. Bojangles – Live from Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Romi Mayes – Just Like the Rest – Achin’ in yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Bad Liver/Broken Heart – Receiver/Reflector – CDN – WPG
The Western States – Time to Lose – Bye and Bye – CDN – WPG
Twilight Hotel – Poor & Hungry – When the Wolves Go Blind – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Triple Crown – Me Then You – CDN
Hayes Carll – Rivertown – Little Rock

3:30 – 4:00 pm

James McMurtry – Levelland – Where’d You Hide the Body
Alejandro Escovedo – Rhapsody – A Man Under the Influence
Robert Earl Keen – Not a Drop of Rain – Gravitational Forces
Lyle Lovett – That’s Right (You’re Not from Texas) – The Road to Ensenada
Sarah Harmer – Trouble in the Fields – Songs for Clem – CDN
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

Dropping by the studio today is a phenomenal photographer/videographer, Mike Latschislaw (www.latschphotography.com), who is hard at work on a documentary about the fertile and amazing Winnipeg music community. One of the artists featured in the movie is Scott Nolan, and we’re always glad to chat with him, so we got him on the phone. We’re also excited about a star-studded show on Feb. 8, and we’ve got some exciting new music to debut, and a legend to remember.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – The Waitress – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Daniel Romano – Middle Child – Come Cry with Me – CDN
Whitehorse – Cold July – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN
Whitehorse – Emerald Isle – Whitehorse – CDN
Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Daniel Romano – A New Love (Can Be Found) – Come Cry With Me – CDN
Whitehorse – Out Like a Lion – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Scott Nolan – Go Out Sing Your Best Song – Soundcloud – CDN – WPG

Scott Nolan interview

Scott Nolan – You Rock We Roll – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Bros. Landreth – Greenhouse – Works in Progress EP – CDN – WPG
The Bros. Landreth – Runaway Train – Works in Progress EP – CDN – WPG
Dan Frechette – Our Flames Ain’t Dyin’ in the Cold – unreleased – CDN – WPG
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Everything That I Have is Broken – The Thinking Man’s Filth
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Dirty Angel – The Thinking Man’s Filth
Dawes – So Well – Paste Festival Sessions

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Amy LaVere & Shannon McNally – If it Were Mine To Keep – Chasing The Ghost Rehearsal Sessions
Holly Williams – Without You – The Highway
Shinyribs – East TX Rust (w/Ray Wylie Hubbard) – Well After Awhile
Shinyribs – Change Is Gonna Come – Well After Awhile
Gurf Morlix – Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Blaze Foley – Baby Can I Crawl Back to You? – Cold, Cold World

This one’s called “On Heroes, Hope, and The Cold, Hard Truth. We’ve learned some lessons lately about putting people up on pedestals, only to later find out that we’re all only human, and we all do things that don’t seem so good. This one’s for Lance, Kasey, and you. Read more about it.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Three Thousand Miles – Six Shooter – CDN
Townes Van Zandt – Tecumseh Valley – For the Sake of the Song
Guy Clark – Let Him Roll – Old #1
Rod Picott – Tiger Tom Dixon’s Blues – Tiger Tom Dixon Blues
Slaid Cleaves – 29 – No Angel Knows
Holly Williams – Mama – Here With Me

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Serena Ryder & The Beauties – Ramblin’ Man – Serena Ryder & The Beauties – CDN
Martin Sexton – Freedom of the Road – Black Sheep
Fred Eaglesmith – The Boy That Just Went Wrong – The Boy That Just Went Wrong – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – White Ash & Black Ash – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Scott Nolan – Drive Day – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
David Essig & Rick Scott – Willie P – Double Vision – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Kasey Anderon & The Honkies – Heavy Heart – Let the Bloody Moon Rise
Kasey Anderon & The Honkies – Two More Bottles of Wine – Let the Bloody Moon Rise
Kasey Anderon & The Honkies – Ain’t Life Grand – Let the Bloody Moon Rise
Eliza Gilkyson – Easy Rider – Lost and Found
Eliza Gilkyson – Ballad of Yvonne Johnson – Land of Milk and Honey

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Catherine MacLellan – Stronger – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Loudon Wainwright III – Your Mother and I – More Love Songs
Martha Wainwright – Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole – Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole – CDN
Mary Gauthier – I Drink – Live at Blue Rock
Justin Townes Earle – Mama’s Eyes – Midnight At The Movies
Steve Earle – Little Rock ‘n’ Roller – Guitar Town
Chris Trapper – Easy Flyer – The Few & The Far Between

It’s days like today that hold the most promise (and often the most danger); there’s not much going on, not a lot of new music, no real plan whatsoever. We’ll leave it up to you to figure out whether things turned out beautifully… or not.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mary Gauthier – Sugar Cane – Live at Blue Rock
Caroline Herring – Tales of the Islander – Golden Apples of the Sun
Caroline Herring – Camilla – Camilla
Lucy Kaplansky – Reunion – Reunion
Sara Hickman – Listen to the Radio – Trouble in the Fields: An Artists’ Tribute to Nanci Griffith
LP – Someday – Into the Wild: Live at Eastwest Studios

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Garrison Starr – To Garrison, on her 29th Birthday – Amateur
Jay Nash & Garrison Starr – Sweet Talking LIar – Live at Sun Studio
Joe Purdy & Garrison Starr – Mansion On The Hill – Long Distance Salvation: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska
Scott Miller and The Commonwealth – Hawks and Doves – Citation
Scott Nolan – Don’t Blame Your Blues on Me (w/The Weber Brothers & Paul Reddick) – soundcloud – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Scott Nolan – Go Out, Sing Your Best Song and Leave – soundcloud – CDN
Gurf Morlix – Cold, Cold World – recorded live on UMFM
Dustin Bentall – Crash Hard – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Bobby Long – Sick Man Blues – A Winter Tale
Shannon Lyon – Sometimes It Hurts – Shannon Lyon Songs Volume Two – CDN
Will Hoge – Goodnight/Goodbye – The Wreckage
Griffin House – Better than Love – Flying Upside Down

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Will Kimbrough – Hey Big Sister – Home Away
The Express and Company – Tall, Tall Pines – 7th Fire Series single – CDN
The Spades – The Unknown – Live from the Narrows – CDN
Melissa Payne – Liars – Melissa Payne – CDN
The Express – Nobody Knows – The Express – CDN
Craig Cardiff – Making Pies – Mothers & Daughters – CDN

One last look at the OFFICIAL Best of 2012 list. We play some of our favourites, some great new discoveries, some surprises, and more. Oh, and The Hockey Song, because, uh, you know.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Stompin’ Tom Connors – The Hockey Song – Souvenirs: 25 of the Best
Del Barber – Everything Is Not Enough – Headwaters
Del Barber – Willie’s Diamond Joe – recorded live on UMFM
Christina Martin – I’m Gonna Die – recorded live on UMFM
Christina Martin – Falling For You – Sleeping with a Stranger
Dale Murray – The Wind Is Trying to Kill Me – Dream Mountain Dream
Dale Murray – My New World – recorded live on UMFM

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Shannon Lyon – Pleasing You Pleases Me – Broken Things
Matthew Ryan – It Always Rains When You Miss Her – In the Dusk of Everything
Kathleen Edwards – House Full of Empty Rooms – Voyageur
The Do Good Assassins – A Little Rain – Rome
Leeroy Stagger – Enough Love to Go Around – Radiant Land
John Antoniuk – Holding On (for Marlene) – Always With You
John Wort Hannam – Radiant Land – Brambles and Thorns

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Redgy Blackout – Lovely Lovely Day – Songs at 140 BPM
Jay Sparrow – Stronger – White
The Wilderness of Manitoba – Echoes – recorded live on UMFM
JP Hoe – Nothing’s Gonna Harm You – Mannequin
Rose Cousins – What I See – We Have Made a Spark
Keri Latimer – Here Comes Ted – Crowsfeet and Greyskull

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Drew Nelson – Lessons – Tilt-A-Whirl
Brian Dunn – Country – TVs and Radios
Jory Nash – An Old Invitation – Little Pilgrim
Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt – Company of Friends – Together
Lynn Miles – All Bitter Never Sweet – Black Flowers Vol. 3
Bahamas – Lost in the Light – Barchords