The mailbag overfloweth, so it’s time to dig deep and pull out some of the many new releases that have come our way. We’ve got plenty of good ones from past favourites and new discoveries. We’ve also got the goods on upcoming shows at Times Change(d) and the BBQ & Blues festival, and much more!

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Matthew Ryan – Little Darling – Keep Hoping Machine Running: Songs of Woody Guthrie
David Wilcox – 1927 Talking Dustbowl Blues – Keep Hoping Machine Running: Songs of Woody Guthrie
Malcolm Holcombe – The Crossing – Down the River
Tom House – Love Song – Winding Down the Road
Grant Peeples – Things Have Changed (with Ruthie Foster) – Prior Convictions
Jon Dee Graham – Unafraid – Garage Sale
Radney Foster – Easier Said than Done – Del Rio, Texas Revisited: Unplugged & Lonesome
Cris Cuddy – Long & Lonesome Old Freight Train – Diamond Shine – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Nels Andrews – Starboard – Scrimshaw
Headwater – Your Love (Focus) – Push – CDN
Portage & Main – What Have I Done – PEAK Performance Project 2012 – Top 20 – CDN
Redgy Blackout – Alexandria – PEAK Performance Project 2012 – Top 20 – CDN
T. Nile – Running – single – CDN
Animal Parts – King of Kings – Animal Parts – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Belle Starr – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) – The Burning of Atlanta – CDN
Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt – Company of Friends – Together
Patterson Hood – Come Back Little Star – Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons – Never Meant to Love You – Old Believers
Kelly Joe Phelps – Goodbye to Sorrow – Brother Sinner & The Whale
Steve Dawson – Nightshade – Nightshade – CDN
Jim Byrnes – Ophelia – My Walking Stick – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Sojourners – People Get Ready – Hold On – CDN
Jonathan Byrd – The Law & the Lonesome – The Law and the Lonesome
Jonathan Byrd – Reckon I Did – Cackalack
Corin Raymond – I Wish I Was in Love – There Will Always Be a Small Time – CDN
Raghu Lokanathan – Ghostbucketgirl – Blue Girl – CDN
Jeremy Messersmith – Repo Man – The Reluctant Graveyard
Jeremy Messersmith – Organ Donor – The Reluctant Graveyard

We’re deep in the thick of festival season (our favourite season), and next weekend marks an unpleasant apex, when 3 of our favourites, Edmonton, Regina, and Trout Forest take place on the same weekend. It’s tough to choose from among your favourites, so today on the show we’ll lay out the highlights of the two closest (and the ones not sold out) in hopes of reaching a decision. Today is also the day for the Gimli Alternative Folk Festival, and that’s always worth a drive, so a few highlights from that one as well.

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

2:00 – 2:30

Willie P Bennett – Down to the Water – Live 1978 – CDN
Lindy – Lake Winnipeg – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Lindy – May Not Be Right for You – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Lindy – Picture of You – Suspension Of Disbelief – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – Witness – What Are You Going To Do With Me EP – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Can’t Turn Around – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – As Far As I Can Tell – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Del Barber – Story That You Tell – Where the City Ends – CDN – WPG
Stan Rogers – Turnaround – Turnaround – CDN
Stan Rogers – The Mary Ellen Carter – Between the Breaks… Live! – CDN
Old Man Luedecke & Lake of Stew – Monsanto Jones – Sing All About It EP – CDN
Shred Kelly – Cabin Fever – In the Hills – CDN
Keri Latimer – Kindred Spirit – Crowsfeet and Greyskull – CDN – WPG
James Vincent McMorrow – Sparrow & The Wolf – Early in the Morning

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Scott Nolan – Montgomery Eldorado – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
Gordie Tentrees – Black Seeds – North Country Heart – CDN
Jonathan Byrd – The Fifth Wheel – The Law and the Lonesome
Jonathan Byrd – Prairie Girl – The Law and the Lonesome
Red Moon Road – Do or Die – Red Moon Road – CDN – WPG
Dan Frechette – Where The Water Tastes Like Wine – Lucky Day – CDN – WPG
Jon Brooks – Fort McMurray – Delicate Cages – CDN
Miss Quincy – I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl – Like the Devil Does – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Emmylou Harris – All My Tears – Wrecking Ball
Mavis Staples – Wrote A Song For Everyone – You Are Not Alone
Mavis Staples – We’ll Never Turn Back – We’ll Never Turn Back
Serena Ryder – Sweeping the Ashes – Is It O.K. – CDN
The Heartbroken – Tonight, Tonight – The Heartbroken – CDN

Today we’re joined by singer/songwriter/fringe festival performer Corin Raymond, who’s touring his new one-man show, Bookworm, and preparing for his upcoming album “Paper Nickels” which is made up of songs by great under-appreciated Canadian writers, and is being funded with Canadian Tire money! Along to help out with the hosting duties is a big fan of Corin’s and all kinds of great music, and a very knowledgeable and great guy, Oly Backstrom.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – Right Side of the Wrong – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Ron Hynes – Sawchuk – Stealing Genius – CDN
Ron Hynes – Record Man – Get Back Change – CDN
Jason Collett – Parry Sound – Idols of Exile – CDN
Dave Quanbury – Impatient Love – No Vacancy – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Corin Raymond interview

Corin Raymond – Ol’ Fort Mac – live performance – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Raghu Lokanathan – Sugar Candy Mountain – Petal Press – CDN
Corin Raymond – Fucking Genius – unreleased – CDN
Corin Raymond – Something to Lean On – live performance – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jonathan Byrd – I Was an Oak Tree – Cackalack
Corin Raymond – Brand New Song – Paper Nickles – CDN
Corin Raymond – There Will Always Be a Small Time – There Will Always Be a Small Time – CDN

We’ve got some great shows coming up around town this week, so some previews are in order. Today would have been the late great Paul Quarrington’s birthday, so a tribute is also in order.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – Soul of the Land That’s Mine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Joy Kills Sorrow – Wouldn’t Have Noticed – This Unknown Science
Joy Kills Sorrow – New Man – This Unknown Science
Robbie Fulks – Where There’s a Road – Georgia Hard
Chatham County Line – Chip Of A Star – IV
Old Crow Medicine Show – Carry Me Back to Virginia – Carry Me Back

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Corin Raymond – Blue Mermaid Dress – There Will Always Be a Small Time – CDN
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Three Thousand Miles – Six Shooter – CDN
Geoff Berner – That’s What Keeps the Rent Down, Baby – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Paul Quarrington – Wherever You Go – The Songs – CDN
Porkbelly Futures – You Gotta Love a Train – Porkbelly Futures – CDN
Paul Quarrington – Lake Effect Snow – The Songs – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Mastersons – The Other Shoe – Birds Fly South
Allison Moorer – The Broken Girl – Crows
Allison Moorer – New Years Day – Getting Somewhere
Allison Moorer – Revelator – Mockingbird
Gillian Welch – My First Lover – Time (The Revelator)

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Gillian Welch – Annabelle – Revival
Gillian Welch – Caleb Meyer – Hell Among the Yearlings
The Wailin’ Jennys – One More Dollar – Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House – CDN – WPG
Joy Kills Sorrow – One More Night – This Unknown Science
Steve Earle – Waitin’ on the Sky – I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive
Steve Earle – Tennessee Blues – Washington Square Serenade
Steve Earle – Even When I’m Blue – Copperhead Road

We’re pre-recorded today with a recently recorded in-studio session with Martyn Joseph, who was in town for the Folk Festival but found time to come in to chat and sing some of his powerful songs. We’ve also got previews of some great upcoming concerts, some great male/female harmonies.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm
Jimmy Lafave – Deportee – Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour
Shannon Lyon – Carry Me Down – Summer Blonde – CDN
Shannon Lyon – You Showed Me How – Wandered – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Backyard Song – Safe Inside – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Same Old Walk – El Sol – CDN
Shannon Lyon – On Losing Your Friends – Broken Things – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Joy Kills Sorrow – I Still Miss Someone – Joy Kills Sorrow
Joy Kills Sorrow – Send Me a Letter – Darkness Sure Becomes this City
Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Rose Cousins – If I Should Fall Behind (w/ Mark Erelli ) – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell – My Baby’s Gone – Livin’ Lovin’ Losin’: Songs of The Louvin Brothers
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Sweetest Waste of Time – Rattlin’ Bones
Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt – Company of Friends – Together
Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt – Swing from a Note – Together

3:00 – 3:30 pm

D.Rangers – Trois Rivieres – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
D.Rangers – Runaway – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG

Martyn Joseph interview

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Martyn Joseph – Everything Is Grace – live performance
Martyn Joseph – There’s Always Maybe – live performance
Martyn Joseph – Whoever It Was that Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Home – live performance

Today is the OFFICIAL Winnipeg Folk Fest preview show, as we play some of the artists that you need to see and talk about some of the places that you need to be at next weekend’s festival.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Canada Day/Toronto – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
Jimmy Lafave – Oklahoma Hills (w/Lucinda Williams) – Trail
Eliza Gilkyson – Peace Call – Land of Milk and Honey
Billy Bragg & Wilco – Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key – Mermaid Avenue
Todd Snider – Alcohol and Pills – East Nashville Skyline

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Todd Snider – If Tomorrow Never Comes – The Devil You Know
The Beauties – Hearts Are Down – The Beauties – CDN
Blitzen Trapper – Furr – Furr
Elliott BROOD – Northern Air – Days Into Years – CDN
Madison Violet – Crying – No Fool for Trying – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Martyn Joseph – How Did We End Up Here – Deep Blue
Willy Porter – Unconditional – High Wire Live
Matt Andersen – So Gone Now – Something in Between – CDN
Mary Gauthier – Mercy Now – Mercy Now
Early Winters – Heaven Help Us – Early Winters
Doug Paisley – No One But You – Constant Companion – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Bahamas – Lost in the Light – Barchords – CDN
Feist – One Evening – Let It Die – CDN
The Head and the Heart – Down in the Valley – The Head and the Heart
Iron & Wine – Sunset Soon Forgotten – Our Endless Numbered Days
Wyckham Porteous – Jimmy Lafave – In This World – CDN
Jimmy Lafave – Only One Angel – Austin Skyline

We’re pre-recorded today as it’s Family Day at The Red River Ex. It’s also my last chance to play the official theme song of The Ex, and that means a little hip-hop to kick things off and kick out the jams. We get a little wordy with some poetry and look ahead to some other notable upcoming shows.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Colin Linden – When the Carnival Ends – Sad & Beautiful World: 1975-1999 – CDN
Farm Fresh – My Ex-Girl – Time Is Running Out – CDN – WPG
Chuck Prophet – What Makes the Monkey Dance – No Other Love
Ridley Bent – Fruitpickers (in Dubious Battle) – Blam – CDN – WPG
The Gourds – Gin and Juice – Shinebox
Asylum Street Spankers – Hick Hop (radio edit) – God’s Favorite Sampler
Vance Gilbert – Country Western Rap – Edgewise

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Tanya Davis – Tra La La – Clocks and Hearts Keep Going – CDN
Tanya Davis – Eulogy for You and Me – Clocks and Hearts Keep Going – CDN
Tanya Davis – How to Be Alone – single – CDN
Shane Koyczan – Instructions for a Bad Day – single – CDN
Mike Plume – Dirty Old Town – live recording – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jack Marks – The Dress Song – Two of Everything – CDN
Jack Marks – Charlotte Anne – Two of Everything – CDN
Jack Marks – Michigan Love – Lost Wages – CDN
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Alabama Pines – Here We Rest
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Codeine – Here We Rest
Drive-By Truckers – When the Well Runs Dry – The Fine Print (A Collection Of Oddities And Rarities 2003-2008)

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Keith & Renee – Best Day – Best Day – CDN – WPG
Ana Egge – Motorcycle – Bad Blood
American Aquarium – Betting Man – Dances for the Lonely
Rodney Crowell & Mary Karr – God I’m Missing You (w/Lucinda Williams) – KIN
Emmylou Harris – When Halley Came To Jackson – Mark Twain: Words & Music
Dala – Virginia Woolf – Best Day – CDN
Dan Frechette – Where The Water Tastes Like Wine – Lucky Day – CDN – WPG
Rambling Dan Frechette – Blowing Down This Old Dusty Road – Songs of Woody Guthrie – CDN – WPG

Super special guests today as we chat with our old pal Mike Plume who returns to Winnipeg with the band this week and we’re joined live in-studio by Steven Bowers for some chat, live performances, and even a few new music tips.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mike Plume – The Best Job I Ever Had – Table for One – CDN
The Warped 45s – Voice Of The Mountain’s Song – Matador Sunset – CDN
Shane Nicholson – The Broken Things – Bad Machines
Steve Earle – Days Aren’t Long Enough – Washington Square Serenade
Drew Nelson – My Girl (Shooting Star Wishes) – Tilt-a-Whirl

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Mike Plume Band – There’s Nothing I Don’t Love About You – 8:30 Newfoundland – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Dimaggio – Fools for the Radio – CDN

Mike Plume interview

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Mike Plume Band – Give a Little to Get a Little Back – 8:30 Newfoundland – CDN
Mike Plume and his Band – Walking Home – Jump Back Kerouac – CDN
Steven Bowers – Beothuk Words – Beothuk Words – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Steven Bowers – Song for Little You – live performance – CDN
Steven Bowers – Song for Grown You – live performance – CDN
Leaves off Trees – Song for a New Beginning – unreleased – CDN

A birthday dedication and a special request got us off to a rockin’ start today, before we settled in for some concert news and rumours, and a whole bunch of great new music out of the mail bag.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Luke Doucet – Blood’s Too Rich – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – 49 Tons – Kings of Love – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Not Alone (Medicins Sans Frontiéres) – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Shannon Lyon – Buckskin Stallion Blues – Sorrow & Solitude – CDN
Gillian Welch – Pocahantas – Music From The Revelator Collection
Gillian Welch – Annabelle – Revival
Rodney Crowell – I’m a Mess – KIN
Mary Chapin Carpenter – What to Keep and What to Throw Away – Ashes and Roses
Ana Egge – Evil – Bad Blood

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Steven Bowers – Bees in Jars – Homing – CDN
Steven Bowers – Labrador – Beothuk Words – CDN
Chris Carmichael – Far Away Gone – Chris Carmichael – CDN
Tom House – Love Song – Winding Down the Road
Brock Zeman – Until It Bleeds – Me Then You – CDN
Jon Brooks – Fort McMurray – Delicate Cages – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Tony Denikos – Bad Boy Blues (Susie’s Song) – Under the Church
Ian Sherwood – Short End of the Stick – And Now the Fun Begins – CDN
The Refugees – 7 Days – Three
John Prine – Spanish Pipedream – John Prine
Ridley Bent – Nine Inch Nails – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Burnin’ Down Barns – Rabbit on My Wheel – CDN – WPG
Mike Plume Band – Wind At My Back – Song & Dance, Man – CDN

We’re a bit scattered today, with a little bit of everything, birthdays, new music, upcoming shows, requests, and even a live linkup with a show going on in Moncton. Lots to love on today’s show!

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

2:00 – 2:30

Middle Brother – Daydreaming – Middle Brother
Christina Martin – Sleeping with a Stranger – Sleeping with a Stranger – CDN
Steven Bowers – Sleeping Dogs – Circadian Anthem EP – CDN
Shannon Lyon – I’m All for That – Broken Things – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Houses on the Hill – Dharma – CDN
Headwater – Sky Falling – Push – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Sons of Bill – Santa Ana Winds – Sirens
Lydia Loveless – Steve Earle – Indestructable Machine
Steve Earle – Meet Me in the Alleyway – I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Justin Townes Earle – Racing in the Street – Christchurch Woman Single
Allison Moorer – A Change is Gonna Come – Dear New Orleans
Greg Macpherson – Party at Greg’s – Disintegration Blues – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Ridley Bent – Smokin’ Again – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Crooked Brothers – 17 Horses – Lawrence, Where’s Your Knife? – CDN – WPG
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – It’s Mighty Dark to Travel – Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Capitalism Must Die! – live recording – CDN
Doug Paisley – Two Like Us – Golden Embers EP – CDN
The Tallest Man on Earth – Revelation Blues – There’s No Leaving Now
Brandi Carlile – Keep Your Heart Young – Bear Creek
The Civil Wars – From this Valley – Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Dala – Life on Earth – Best Day – CDN
Deer Tick – Clownin’ Around – Divine Providence
Deer Tick – Song About a Man – Born on Flag Day
Deer Tick – Ashamed – War Elephant
Deer Tick – Mr. Cigarette – Divine Providence
Kris Demeanor and his Crack Band – Soul Food (feat. Stephen Bishop) – These United States – CDN