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

We’re pre-recorded this week, live from the living room, so Jeremy stops in, and we also dig down deep in the basement for some classics that I don’t regularly lug down to the station. We start things off with a birthday tribute to Mary Gauthier, before moving on to some songs from her former producer Gurf Morlix, as well as their collaborator, Patty Griffin. We’ve got some more great collaborations, and a look ahead to shows featuring Sprit of the West and New Country Rehab.

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

2:00 – 2:30

Mary Gauthier – March 11, 1962 – The Foundling
Mary Gauthier – I Drink – Drag Queens in Limousines
Mary Gauthier – Good-Bye – Filth & Fire
Mary Gauthier – Mercy Now – Mercy Now
Gurf Morlix – I Need You Now – Diamonds to Dust
Gurf Morlix – Music You Mighta Made – Last Exit to Happyland

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Gurf Morlix – Cold, Cold World – recorded live on UMFM
Robert Plant – Harm’s Swift Way – Band of Joy
Todd Snider – Cape Henry – Peace Queer
Buddy & Julie Miller – Chalk – Written in Chalk
Bob Schneider – Changing Your Mind – Lovely Creatures
Patty Griffin – Flaming Red – Flaming Red

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jolene w/Patty Griffin – I Read What You Wrote Today – Hell’s Half Acre
Shooting John – Rain Song – Moodswings
John Rauhouse w/Neko Case – East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Steel Guitar Heart Attack
John Rauhouse w/Kelly Hogan – Big Iron – Steel Guitar Heart Attack
Dust Poets – Big World – World at Large – CDN
Dustin Bentall w/Romi Mayes – Crash Hard – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – My Love Is Not Waiting – Geronimo – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Pair of Twos – O Witness – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Spirit of the West – Profiteers – Labour Day – CDN
Spirit of the West – Save This House – Save This House – CDN
Spirit of the West – Sadness Grows – Faithlift – CDN
Spirit of the West – Get Down Tonight – Weights & Measures – CDN
New Country Rehab – Angel of Death – New Country Rehab – CDN
New Country Rehab – Cameo – New Country Rehab – CDN

Even though it doesn’t feel like it outside, it’s sounding a lot like spring as many of our favourites are delivering new albums already, so today we heard a whole heap of exciting new releases, as well as some requests and dedications.

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Rambling Dan Frechette – Good Time Charlie Blues – Nothing to Lose but the Blues – CDN – WPG
Chris Carmichael – Danger – Chris Carmichael – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Trial Separation – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
Rambling Dan and the Dylanaires – Deal with the Devil – Deal with the Devil – CDN – WPG
Leeroy Stagger – Enough Love – Radiant Land – CDN
Justin Townes Earle – Maria – Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now
Lyle Lovett – Isn’t That So – Release Me

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Wooden Sky – I’m Your Man – Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun – CDN
Rose Cousins – The Shell – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
American Aquarium w/Cary Ann Hearst – Good Fight – Live in Raleigh
American Aquarium – Redheads and Adderall – Burn.Flicker.Live
Lucero – Sometimes – Women & Work
Blue Rodeo – Where Are You Now – Lost Together – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN
Farmer Jason w/ Jason and the Scorchers – The Glacier – Nature Jams
Martin Sexton – Fall Like Rain – Fall Like Rain
Martin Sexton – Gypsy Woman – Black Sheep
Martin Sexton – Happy – recorded live on UMFM
Reid Jamieson – Rail – Staring Contest – CDN
Madison Violet – The Ransom – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Indio Saravanja – Hand of the Man – Little Child – CDN
Indio Saravanja – Silver Wheels – Little Child – CDN
Easton Stagger Phillips – Lexington – Over Seas
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Three Thousand Miles – Six Shooter – CDN
Mae Moore – Folklore – Folklore – CDN
Amelia Curran – The Mistress – Hunter, Hunter – CDN

Today we pay tribute to Blaze Foley & Gurf Morlix, as well as visits with Greg Brown and the Thompson family. For hour 2, it’s a Johnny Cash Birthday Bash, as The Man in Black would have turned 80 today, and that’s reason enough to celebrate his (ever)lasting musical legacy.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Greg Brown – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – The Live One
Richard Thompson – Walking the Long Miles Home – Mock Tudor
Teddy Thompson – In My Arms – A Piece of what You Need
Greg Brown – Laughing River – If I Had Known (Essential Recordings, 1980-1996)
Eliza Gilkyson – Sleeper – Going Driftless: An Artists’ Tribute to Greg Brown
Eliza Gilkyson – Not Lonely – Land Of Milk And Honey

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Robert Earl Keen – 10, 000 Chinese Walk Into A Bar – The Rose Hotel
Lucinda Williams – Drunken Angel – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Blaze Foley – Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries – Cold, Cold World
Gurf Morlix – Baby Can I Crawl Back To You? – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Gurf Morlix – One More Second – Last Exit To Happyland
Romi Mayes – Mercy on Me – Achin In Yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Everything to Everybody – Receiver/Reflector – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Shawn Mullins – The Ghost of Johnny Cash – Light You Up
Fred Eaglesmith – Johnny Cash – 6 Volts – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny’s Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash – CDN
Rodney Crowell – I Walk The Line (Revisited) – The Houston Kid
Roseanne Cash – Tennessee Flat Top Box – The Essential
Roseanne Cash – September When It Comes – The Essential

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Porter Wagoner – Committed to Parkview – Wagonmaster
Johnny Cash – Ain’t No Grave – American VI: Ain’t No Grave
Johnny Cash – Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down – Live from Austin, TX
Michael Johnston & Reid Jamieson – I Still Miss Someone – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Harry Manx – Long Black Veil – Johnny’s Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash – CDN
Ry Cooder – Get Rhythm – Get Rhythm
Johnny Cash, Oscar the Grouch – Nasty Dan – Sesame Street: Songs from the Street, Vol. 3

We’ve got lots of new music and lots of tasty cover versions today (and some that fall into both categories). The new Shane Nicholson album had me climbing through the Nicholson/Chambers family tree which sent us off in various directions. We also took a trip to Austin, TX to visit the KGSR Broadcasts archive, and paid tribute to John Prine, who returns to town in May, and Willie P Bennett, who left us four years ago this past week.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Stan Rogers – Music in your Eyes – From coffee house to concert hall – CDN
Rose Cousins – What I See – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Josh Ritter – Darlin’ – Bringing in the Darlings
Roadside Graves – Love Me More – We Can Take Care of Ourselves
Shane Nicholson – The Broken Things – Bad Machines
Shane Nicholson w/Paul Kelly – Whistling Cannonballs – Bad Machines
Kasey Chambers – Everything’s Turning to White – Storybook

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Once in a While – Rattlin’ Bones
Shane Nicholson – Fish And Whistle – Bad Machines
Matt Andersen – Angel From Montgomery – Live at Liberty House – CDN
John Prine – Lake Marie – Live on Tour

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Bill Chambers – Letter to Fred – Drifting South
Fred Eaglesmith – Stars – Six Volts – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Codeine – live recording – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Willie P Bennett w/Daisy DeBolt – One Vessel – Heartstrings – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Red Dress – Take My Own Advice – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings w/Emmylou Harris – Step Away – Kings & Queens – CDN
Emmylou Harris – Hard Bargain – Hard Bargain

3:30 – 4:00 pm

First Aid Kit – Emmylou – The Lion’s Roar
Kasey Chambers – Tear Stained Eye – KGSR Broadcasts vol. 9
Chris Whitley – Wild Century – KGSR Broadcasts vol. 6
Steve Forbert – Thinkin’ – KGSR Broadcasts vol. 1
The Deep Dark Woods – All the Money I Had Is Gone – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
John Prine – Day Is Done – Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings
Del Barber – As Far as I Can Tell – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

Today we’re joined by a couple of very special guests, as Christina Martin and Dale Murray drop in to chat, play some songs, and even program the second half of the show. Plus, we get to be the first to play Dale’s exceptional new album, Dream Mountain Dream. This was indeed, one come true.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Tom Waits – Hold On – Mule Variations
Dale Murray – Dream Mountain Dream – Dream Mountain Dream – CDN
Christina Martin – Subject to Change – I Can Too – CDN

Christina Martin & Dale Murray interview

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Christina Martin – I’m Gonna Die – live performance – CDN
Christina Martin – Temporary Hell – A House Concert – CDN
Dale Murray – My New World – ive performance – CDN
Dale Murray – The Wind Is Trying to Kill Me – Dream Mountain Dream – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Jayhawks – Tampa to Tulsa – Rainy Day Music
Lynn Miles – Something Beautiful – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Proof of Love – Proof of Love – CDN
Matt Epp – Valentine – single – CDN
Bry Webb – Ex-Punks – Provider – CDN
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues – Helplessness Blues

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Al Tuck – February Blues – My Blues Away – CDN
Danny Michel – Feather, Fur & Fin – Feather, Fur & Fin – CDN
Nathan Lawr and the Minotaurs – Footsteps – A Sea of Tiny Lights – CDN
Daniel Ledwell – I Have Made You a Mixed Tape – Two Over Seven – CDN

It’s a wild ride today, with really new music, really old music, a seemingly random tribute to Paul Kelly, and a deliberate tribute to Bob Marley, who would have celebrated his 67th birthday tomorrow.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

NQ Arbuckle – Goodnight Irene on New Year’s Eve – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN
The Wooden Sky – Malibu Rum – Every child a daughter, every moon a sun – CDN
Kevin Fox – Set Right – Set Right – CDN
The Civil Wars – My Father’s Father – Barton Hollow
Matt Epp – Valentine – single – CDN
Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen – She Loves It All – Push Record: The Banff Sessions – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ray Bonneville – Funny ’bout Love – Bad Man’s Blood
Geoff Arsenault – Hound You – Voodoo Baby Rattle – CDN
Drew Nelson – Danny and Maria – Tilt-a-Whirl
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer – Better Way – Little Blue Egg
Billy Bragg & Wilco w/ Natalie Merchant – Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key – Mermaid Avenue
Dan Frechette – Where The Water Tastes Like Wine – Lucky Day – CDN – WPG
k.dl lang And The Siss Boom Bang – Perfect Word – Sing It Loud – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Paul Kelly – Other People’s Houses – The A to Z Recordings
Paul Kelly – They Thought I Was Asleep – The A to Z Recordings
Paul Kelly – If I Could Start Today Again – The A to Z Recordings
John Prine – All the Best – The Missing Years
John Prine – Mexican Home – Sweet Revenge

3:30 – 4:00

Ry Cooder – Mexican Divorce – Paradise and Lunch
Ry Cooder – The Bourgeois Blues – Chicken Skin Music
Steve Earle and the Dukes – Promise You Anything – The Hard Way
Bill Bourne – No Woman, No Cry – Boon Tang – CDN
Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer – Redemption Song – Unearthed III: Redemption Songs
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Waiting in Vain – Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Roots, Rock Reggae – Rastaman Vibration

Today we’re looking forward to some exciting upcoming house concerts. We’ve also got some great new music, and we say a much appreciated farewell to January.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim White – Here We Go! – Where It Hits You
Shuyler Jansen – Kill January – Voice from the Lake – CDN
The Beauties – Die Die Die – The Beauties – CDN
Rheostatics – RDA (Rock Death America) – Whale Music – CDN
The Damnwells – Kung Fu Grip Kiss – Air Stereo
Ass Ponys – Kung Fu Reference – Lohio
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Sometimes It Comes Easy – Let’s Frolic Again – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Guthries – Season to Leave – Off Windmill – CDN
The Guthries – Left on Pages – Off Windmill – CDN
Christna Martin – Subject to Change – I Can Too – CDN
Christina Martin – Love Letters – Two Hearts – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – XOK – CDN
Washboard Hank – Love Song of the Dump – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Washboard Hank – Foolish Labours – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
Ridley Bent – Blood on the Stage – The Blood Trilogy – CDN – WPG
Red Molly – By the Mark – Light in the Sky
The Pines – If By Morning – Dark So Gold
Eric Taylor & Lyle Lovett – Memphis Midnight, Memphis Morning – Live at the Red Shack
Eliza Gilkyson – Looking for a Place – Roses at the End of Time

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Chic Gamine – I Don’t Lie – Chic Gamine – CDN – WPG
John Bottomley – The Fire of Love – The Healing Dream – CDN
Early Winters – Light of Day – Early Winters
John K Samson – When I Write My Master’s Thesis – Provincial – CDN – WPG
Butch Walker and the Black Widows – Bodegas and Blood – The Spade
Delta Spirit – Streetwalker – I Think I’ve Found It – EP