It`s a family affair today as most of my home team comes to visit the station for some extra fun on this gorgeous long weekend. We`ve got requests & dedications, new music, and lots of laughs today.

2:00 – 2:30 pm

The Warped 45s – Victoria Day – Matador Sunset – CDN
The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN
Farmer Jason – Take a Hike (w/Mike Mills) – Nature Jams
Jason & The Scorchers – Days of Wine and Roses – Halcyon Times
Hoyt Axton – I Dream of Highways – Life Machine
Hoyt Axton – Snow Blind Friend – Flashes of Fire: Hoyt’s Very Best 1962-1990
Del Barber – Right Side of the Wrong – Headwaters – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Old Man Luedecke – The Palace is Golden – My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs – CDN
First Aid Kit – Emmylou – The Lion’s Roar
Jesse DeNatale – Everywhere I Go – recorded live on UMFM
Jesse DeNatale – Pretty Boy Floyd II – live recording
Matt Epp – She’s High Water – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Matt Epp and the Amorian Assembly – Never Have I Loved Like This – At Dawn – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Enough Love to Go Around – Radiant Land – CDN
Ron Hawkins – One Hundred Five – Straightjacket Love – CDN
Jim Bryson & the Weakerthans – Wild Folk – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Chrome – May Day
Gillian Welch – Hard Times – The Harrow & The Harvest
Steve Earle – Every Part of Me – I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Ken Pinchen – Mid-Century Modern – Mid-Century Modern – CDN – WPG
Hatcher-Briggs – What Yesterday Took – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
Garnet Rogers – All That Is – All That Is: The Songs of – CDN
Skydiggers – Northern Shore – Northern Shore – CDN
Skydiggers – Even When You Fall – Road Radio – CDN
Skydiggers – Feel You Closer – Restless – CDN

It’s Mom’s Day today, so we’ll try extra hard to be nice on today’s show. Moms are generous, we know that, so we’ve got some giveaways, including tickets to the upcoming Woody Guthrie 100th Birthday Party and the return of Garnet Rogers! I took my mom to see John Prine last night, and we’re still basking in the glory of his great songs, so a few Prine covers on the show as well as the usual mix of new music, upcoming events, and stuff we just feel like listening to today.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

JP Hoe – Mother – The Here in Review – CDN – WPG
Johnny Cash – Sam Stone – Live from Austin, TX
Shane Nicholson – Fish And Whistle – Bad Machines
Kasey Chambers – Leave the Lights On – Storybook
Deer Tick with Liz Isenberg – Unwed Fathers – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jimmy Lafave, Slaid Cleaves, Eliza Gilkyson – This Train Is Bound for Glory – Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway: The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour
Jimmy Lafave – Down in Oklahoma Hills – Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway: The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour
The Magnificent Sevens – Needle in the Hay – All Kinds of Mean – CDN – WPG
JD Edwards Band – This House Will Stand – Roads and Roads – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Eveything Is not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Dale Murray – Dream Mountain Dream – Dream Mountain Dream – CDN
Steven Bowers – Song for Grown You – Beothuk Words – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Abrams Brothers – Thirteen – Northern Redemption – CDN
Picture the Ocean – Wake Me Up – Picture the Ocean – CDN
Jess Klein – Tell Me This Is Love – Behind a Veil
Radiogram – Summer Song Summer – All the Way Home – CDN
Radiogram – Slide – Unbetween – CDN
Ox – Stolen Car – Dust Bowl Revival – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Dustin Bentall – Emmy-Lou – Orion EP – CDN
Garnet Rogers – Next Turn of the Wheel – All That Is: The Songs of Garnet Rogers
Stan Rogers – The Field Behind the Plow – Northwest Passage – CDN
Storyhill – Lay Down Your Weary Tune – Nod to Bob 2
The Tallest Man On Earth – The Dreamer – Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

Today we’re joined by our old pal JP Hoe who drops by to play some songs from his new CD, Mannequin, and we chat with Leeroy Stagger, who returns to town to promote his new disc “Radiant Land.” As always, we’ve got plenty of new releases and news as well.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Keri Latimer – So Long – Crowsfeet and Greyskull – CDN – WPG
Drew Nelson – Here to There – Tilt-a-Whirl
Jon Dee Graham – The Orphan’s Song – Garage Sale
Shannon Lyon – The Catfish Song – Sorrow & Solitude – CDN
Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent – Gasoline – Shovels & Rope
Old Man Luedecke – Closing Time – The Bard of Montreal – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Enough Love to Go Around – Radiant Land – CDN
Ron Sexsmith – All in Good Time – Time Being – CDN
JP Hoe – Lions and Tigers – Mannequin – CDN – WPG

JP Hoe interview

3:00 – 3:30 pm

JP Hoe – Conversation – live performance – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Dazed and Confused – live performance – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Learn to Let You Go – Mannequin – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Radiant Land – Radiant Land – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Hard Town – Little Victories – CDN

Leeroy Stagger interview

Leeroy Stagger – Maria – Radiant Land – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Red Bandana – Everything Is Real – CDN

Lots to celebrate again today, with some special birthdays, new music, great upcoming shows, and even a little bit of the blues (always cause for celebration).

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Ken Whiteley w/ Guy Davis – Motherless Children – Another Day’s Journey – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Everybody Has the Blues – One World Dance – CDN
Muddy Waters – The Same Thing – Folk Singer (bonus tracks)
Harry Manx – Baby, Please Don’t Go – Dog My Cat – CDN
Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen – The Mountain – Push Record: The Banff Sessions – CDN
Matt Andersen – Home Sweet Home – Coal Mining Blues – CDN
Miss Quincy – I Want a little Sugar in my Bowl – Like the Devil Does – CDN
Ariana Gillis – Money Money – Forget Me Not – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Linda McRae – Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts – Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts – CDN
Keri Latimer – Mud and Slobber – Crowsfeet and Greyskull – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – Kindred Spirit – Crowsfeet and Greyskull – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Learn To Let You Go – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Nothing’s Gonna Harm You – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Everything Is not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Skydiggers – Northern Shore – Northern Shore – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Luke Doucet – Cleveland – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Del Barber – Soul of the Land That’s Mine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Dry the River – Bible Belt – Shallow Bed
the wicks – vacation – clouds – CDN
Ana Egge – Evil – Bad Blood

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rose Cousins – Rumour Has It – live recording – CDN
Royal Wood – Pumped Up Kicks – The Cover Sessions – CDN
Lissie – Bad Romance – Covered Up with Flowers
KT Tunstall – Fade Like A Shadow – KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 19
Walk Off the Earth – Somebody that I Used to Know – single – CDN
The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN

Today we’re joined by Rob Lutes who’s busy on the Home Routes tour. He drops by to chat and play some of his great songs live. Today is also especially well-stocked with great new music, as well as a couple of significant birthdays and a fond farewell.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – The Waitress – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Whitehorse – I’m on Fire – Whitehorse – CDN
Emma-Lee – I’ll Dream for You – Backseat Heroine – CDN
Harper Blynn – Knife – Busy Hands
The Damnwells – Werewolves – No One Listens to the Band Anymore

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Dustin Bentall – Emmy-Lou – Orion EP – CDN
Evan Phillips – Stereo – Goodnight My Dearest Stranger
Indio Saravanja – Hand of the Man – Little Child – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – For the Love of You – Radiant Land – CDN
Skydiggers – The Herd – Northern Shore – CDN
The Band w/Emmylou Harris – Evangeline – The Last Waltz
The Warped 45s – (Bring on that) New Depression – 10 Day Poem for Saskatchewan – CDN
Keri Latimer – Mountain Road – CBC Radio 2’s Song Quest: Road Songs – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Rob Lutes – Throw Me from this Train – Ride the Shadows – CDN
Rob Lutes – Things We Didn’t Choose – live performance – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rob Lutes – Constancy – live performance – CDN
Rob Lutes – The Ship that Sails Today – live performance – CDN
Ridley Bent – Crooked and Loaded – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Halloween in NYC – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG

Today we’re proud to present the world premiere of Del Barber’s new album “Headwaters,” which will be released May 1 on Six Shooter Records. We’ve been fanatics and friends of Del’s since first seeing him a couple of years ago, so we’ve watched the progress and are super excited about his new contract and this great record. Del stops by to chat about it and play a couple of songs live.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Scott Nolan Band – Guns, Guns, Guns – Guess Who’s Home – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Del Barber – Believe Me – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Everything Is Not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Queen of July – Headwaters – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Del Barber – Right Side of the Wrong – live performance – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Hen House Manifesto – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – The Waitress – live performance – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Del Barber – Running on a Wire – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Katy Sparrow – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Old Man Luedecke – Monsanto Jones – Sing All About It EP – CDN – WPG
Old Man Luedecke – The Palace is Golden – My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs – CDN – WPG
Whitehorse – Emerald Isle – Whitehorse – CDN
Frank Turner – I Still Believe – Rock & Roll EP

It’s Easter Sunday, so that means we’re bound for trouble with a little bit of sacreligious snarky music. We try to redeem ourselves by celebrating birthdays, paying tribute to the late great John Bottomley, and looking forward to exciting upcoming shows, including the long-awaited return of Kathleen Edwards.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

NQ Arbuckle – Danko/Manuel – live recording – CDN
Woody Guthrie – Jesus Christ – My Dusty Road
Deer Tick – Christ Jesus – The Black Dirt Sessions
Paul Thorn – Rise Up – So Far So Good Live
JP Hoe – Rise – The Dear John Letters – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat – Rabbit Fur Coat
Kris Demeanor – Chocolate And Lust – Go Away (With Me) – CDN
James McMurtry – Candyland – Candyland
John Bottomley – The River – Blackberry – CDN
John Bottomley – Klee Wyck – Blackberry – CDN
John Bottomley – The Healing Dream – The Healing Dream – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jay Aymar – My Cherry Coloured Rose – Halfway Home – CDN
Jay Aymar – This Town Ain’t Big Enough – Halfway Home – CDN
Cara Luft – Only Love Can Save Me – Darlingford – CDN – WPG
The Other Brothers – Second Wind – Points of View – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Ball and Chain – Lucky Tonight – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Wort Hannam – Requiem for a Small Town – Queen’s Hotel – CDN
Brian MacMillan – Shine – Shine – CDN
Hannah Georgas – Lovers Breakdown – This Is Good – CDN
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Empty Threat – Voyageur – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – 12 Bellevue – Failer – CDN

A real mixed bag today, something for everybody: April Fools, 90s indie rock, new music, goodbye Earl (Scruggs), birthday parties for Emmylou, Merle, and Eilen, as well as a look at this year’s Junos. All of that, jammed into 2 hours.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Rufus Wainwright – April Fools – Rufus Wainwright – CDN
Chalk Circle – April Fool – The Great Lake – CDN
The Inbreds – Drag Us Down – It’s Sydney Or The Bush – CDN
Rheostatics – King of the Past – Whale Music – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Great Lake Swimmers – New Wild Everywhere – New Wild Everywhere – CDN
Great Lake Swimmers – Don’t Cry No Tears – Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Tom Russell – Navajo Rug – Veteran’s Day
David Newberry – Easter – No One Will Remember You – CDN
Old Time Machine – Doin’ All I Can Do – Old Time Machine – CDN
Trampled by Turtles – Risk – Stars and Satellites
Iris DeMent – Quality Time – The Way I Should
David Wilcox – Three Women – Rhythm of Love – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Will the Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two: And the Circle Will Continue
Emmylou Harris – Jupiter Rising – Stumble Into Grace
Gram Parsons w/Emmylou Harris – Love Hurts – Heartaches & Highways: The Very Best of Emmylou Harris
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings w/Emmylou Harris – Step Away – Kings & Queens – CDN
The Wailin’ Jennys – Deeper Well – The Wailin’ Jennys – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Wailin’ Jennys – You Are Here – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
Bruce Cockburn – Pacing the Cage – The Charity of Night – CDN
Dan Mangan – About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All – Oh Fortune – CDN
Lindi Ortega – Jimmy Dean – Little Red Boots – CDN
Eilen Jewell – Dusty Boxcar Wall – Letters from Sinners & Strangers
Merle Haggard – Sing Me Back Home – 16 Biggest Hits

We gots lots goin’ on today, including previews of some of the best shows coming up this week (and there are plenty), including Rose Cousins, who joins us on the telephone today to chat about her fine new album and upcoming debut at the West End Cultural Centre. We’re also celebrating Nick Lowe’s birthday (whenever it might be) and looking at the lineup for this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival, which was announced this weekend.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Point Pelee is the Place to Be – Wave North – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Runner – Us Little Devils – CDN
The Wooden Sky – The Wooden Sky – When Lost at Sea – CDN
The Wooden Sky – Malibu Rum – Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun – CDN
Rose Cousins – What I See – We Have Made a Spark – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Rose Cousins interview

Rose Cousins – If I Should Fall Behind – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Rose Cousins – The Shell – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Rose Cousins – Go First – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Rose Cousins – Maybe I Knew – The Send Off – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Mark Erelli – The Only Way – Hope & Other Casualties
Matt Mays – Where Am I Going? – Matt Mays – CDN
Joel Plaskett – Sailor’s Eyes – Three – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Ain’t Goin’ My Way – Proof of Love – CDN
Mark Erelli – I Live on a Battlefield – live recording
Dar Williams – All Men Are Liars – Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
Foster & Lloyd – Without Love – Lowe Profile: A Tribute to Nick Lowe
Nick Lowe – Half a Boy and Half a Man – and his Cowboy Outfit

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Nick Lowe – Cruel to Be Kind – Labour of Lust
Nick Lowe – What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding? – At My Age (bonus track)
Nick Lowe – What’s Shaking on the Hill – Party of One
Nick Lowe – True Love Travels on a Gravel Road – The Impossible Bird
Beth Orton – Stolen Car – Central Reservation
The Head and the Heart – Winter Song – The Head and the Heart

This weekend I took a trip back to the 90s when I saw Spirit of the West in concert, and saw some folks I haven’t seen in a long time. This had me thinking about the good old days, and today’s show was loaded with retro nostalgic goodness, largely from Winnipeg’s consistently amazing music scene.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Chuck Prophet – Summertime Thing – No Other Love
Joey Gregorash – Jodie – North Country Funk – CDN – WPG
Mood Jga Jga – Ma Cherie – Boys Will Be Boys – CDN
Crash Test Dummies – Bereft Man’s Song – Indie-Can ’89 – CDN – WPG
The Big Beat – Days Gone By – Indie-Can ’90 – CDN – WPG
Aptekman – Juicy Josy – Indie-Can ’90 – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Duck Shot Hunter – Lines – The Orange Tape – CDN – WPG
Kings of the Moon – Coming Home – Kings of the Moon – CDN – WPG
Tuesday’s Girl – So Sarcastic – Go West: A Vital Collection of Western Canadian Music – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Ryan’s Dream – The Year of the Record Break – CDN – WPG
Chains on 20 – Bleed – Finally – CDN – WPG
Helen – Anybody – Core Fest – CDN – WPG
Post ’76 – Child in the Man – Post ’76 – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Guess Who – Mr. Nothin – Let’s Go – CDN – WPG
Murray McLauchlan – Farmer’s Song – Songs from the Street – CDN
Skydiggers – Leslie (Listening Mix) – download – CDN
Acoustically Inclined – Knot – Acoustically Inclined – CDN – WPG
Veal – Cauchemar – Hot Loser – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Fred Eaglesmith – 6 Volts – 6 Volts – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Brock Zeman – Chenelle – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Brock Zeman – Ridin’ on the Rims – Cold Winter Comes Back – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Buckskin Stallion Blues – Sorrow & Solitude – CDN
Shannon Lyon – X-Mas in Korea – X-Mas in Korea – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Naive – Songs Volume One – CDN