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

We’re still flying high after last night’s amazing Skydiggers show, so we’ve got a couple of theirs and a couple from former Skydigger Paul MacLeod, who celebrated a birthday this week. We’ve also got news of upcoming house concerts at Sunset Saloon, as well as tunes from another birthday boy, Jory Nash, who performed at the Saloon recently. We’ve also got some special requests and dedications as well as a look ahead to tomorrow’s Del Barber/Old Man Luedecke show.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Skydiggers – Slow Burning Fire – Restless – CDN
Skydiggers – I Will Give You Everything – Skydiggers – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Giants – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – A Clear Thought – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
Steven Bowers – Beothuk Words – Beothuk Words – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Steven Bowers – Comfortably Sweet (featuring Christina Martin) – Circadian Anthem EP – CDN
Christina Martin – Take – I Can Too – CDN
Dale Murray – The Wind Is Trying to Kill Me – Dream Mountain Dream – CDN
Jory Nash – The Conversion of Pearl Hart – Spaz Loves Weezie – CDN
Jory Nash – God Don’t Know Me Anymore – New Blue Day – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Come a Long Way – X-Mas In Korea – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Blue Flowers – This Love This Love – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – Jenny’s Song – Wandered – CDN
Todd Snider – Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, White American Male – Storyteller: Live
Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball – Wrecking Ball
Burton Cummings – Stand Tall – The Collection – CDN – WPG
Doc Watson – Snowbird – A Truer Xmas 2

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Doc Watson & Friends (Docabilly) – Train Of Love – FestivaLink.net – Highlights From Year Three (2008)
Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Old Man Luedecke – My Love Comes Stepping Up The Stairs – My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Sad as a Forest – Proof of Love – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Joy of Cooking – Hinterland – CDN
Sons of Bill – Find My Way Back Home – Sirens

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