It’s Juno weekend in the centre of the universe, so we call up our pal, first-time nominee Del Barber for some inside dirt. We take a look at some great upcoming shows and spin some rockin’ requests.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Nathan – You Win – Key Principles – CDN – WPG

Del Barber – Chicago – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

Del Barber interview

Old Man Luedecke – Lass Vicious – My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs – CDN

Del Barber – Thunder Bay – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

John Wort Hannam – Pier 21 – Queen’s Hotel – CDN

Jack Marks – Before the Flood – Two of Everything – CDN

The Whipsaws – Lonesome Joe – 60 Watt Avenue

Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – Sit Around This House – Little Victories – CDN

Dave Mccann & the Ten Toed Frogs – Circle of Stones – Shoot the Horse – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Other Brothers – Second Wind – Points of View – CDN – WPG

The Other Brothers – By My Side – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG

Jackson Browne – Somebody’s Baby – Solo Acoustic Vol. 2

Catherine MacLellan – Set His Heart on Fire – Water in the Ground – CDN

Stephen Fearing and Andy White – Mothership – Fearing & White – CDN

Stephen Fearing and Andy White – Under the Silver Sky – Fearing & White – CDN

Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – If I Catch You Cryin’ – Bark – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Stephen Fearing – Black Sheep – outtakes – CDN

The Wooden Sky – (Bit Part) – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone – CDN

The Rural Alberta Advantage – The Dethbridge in Lethbridge – Hometowns – CDN

Elliott BROOD – Write It All Down For You – Mountain Meadows – CDN

Sunparlour Players – Talk It to Death – Hymns for the Happy – CDN

This weekend marked the release of the information that we wait all year for – the lineup for the Winnipeg Folk Festival! This year’s lineup is an interesting mix of legends and unknowns, and we heard from some of the expected highlights. We also got to some exciting new music, as well as a look ahead to next week’s Juno Awards. Lastly, we had a conversation with our old friend Martyn Joseph, who returns to Winnipeg after a few years’ absence.

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

Martyn Joseph – Walk Down the Mountain – Whoever It Was that Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Home

Blue Rodeo – Photograph – Five Days in July – CDN

The Jayhawks – Waiting for the Sun – Hollywood Town Hall

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – That’s What I Like – Let’s Frolic – CDN

Chuck Prophet – You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) – Age of Miracles

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Dan Mangan & Shane Koyczan – Tragic Turn of Events / Move Pen Move – Roboteering EP – CDN

Matt Andersen – So Gone Now – Something in Between – CDN

Keith Mullins – Somewhere to Be – Localmotive Farms – CDN

Bill Bourne – Deep Dark Woods – Free Radio Dance Band – CDN

David Mayfield – I Just Might Pray – The David Mayfield Parade

Mae Moore – Folklore – Folklore – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the last 20 – CDN – WPG

Ruth Moody – Travellin’ Shoes – The Garden – CDN – WPG

Old Man Luedecke – My Love Comes Stepping Up The Stairs – My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs – CDN

Lynn Miles – Something Beautiful – Fall for Beauty – CDN

Chic Gamine – Closer – City City – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Martyn Joseph – Always Will Be – Under Lemonade Skies

Martyn Joseph interview

Martyn Joseph – You’re the Moment – Under Lemonade Skies

Carter’s along for the ride again, and that means that things get even sillier than usual, as we hear some songs from the animal kingdom, and some unusual bird calls, courtesy of Ron from Lockport. We’ve also got some great new music and previews of upcoming shows by the likes of Spirit of the West, Harry Manx, and more!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Matthew Ryan – You Are my Sunshine – Joey’s Song for Kids

Steve Wynn – Monkeys – Joey’s Song for Kids

Bob Snider – Dog – Stealin’ Home – CDN

Washboard Hank – Chompy the Headbiteroffer – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN

The Tallest Man on Earth – Where Do My Bluebird Fly – Shallow Grave

Robbie Fulks – Bluebirds Are Singing For Me – Revenge!

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Dave McCann And The Firehearts – Dixiebluebird – Dixiebluebird – CDN

Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminals’ Starvation League – Strange Bird – From the End of your Leash

The Civil Wars – Birds of a Feather – Barton Hollow

The Be Good Tanyas – The Littlest Birds – Blue Horse – CDN

David Francey – Red-Winged Blackbird – Torn Screen Door – CDN

Little Birdy – Brother – Confetti

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Steve Dawson – Torn and Frayed – Nightshade – CDN

Jill Barber – If It Weren’t For Loving You – Mischievous Moon – CDN

Danny Schmidt – Houses Sing – Man of many Moons

Spirit of the West – Political – Labour Day – CDN

Spirit Of The West – Home for a Rest – Spirituality: 1983-2008 – The Consummate Compendium (Book 1) – CDN

Spirit of the West – Get Down Tonight – Weights And Measures – CDN
3:30 – 4:00 pm

Ridley Bent – Lonesome Town – Rabbit on my Wheel – CDN – WPG

Ridley Bent – Smokin’ Again – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG

Harry Manx – Only Then Will Your House Be Blessed – Wise and Otherwise – CDN

Harry Manx – Love Is the Fire – Bread And Buddha – CDN

Chris Carmichael – Nowhere – Chris Carmichael – CDN – WPG

There’s some great music in and around Winnipeg these days, including the Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans show in Falcon Lake. We’re off to that tonight, so the live portion of the show is only an hour long. It features new and notable tunes, and music from some of the many talented musicians who have put on shows recently, or will do so this week.

Hour two is a pre-recorded hour of “forgotten gems,” where we dig back into the vault to pull out favourites that we haven’t heard in a while, from artists that we don’t hear often enough.

Sadly, the technology let us down, so the second hour did not air live. It lives on in podcast form, and we’ll try to slip it on air some time soon.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson & John K Samson – Somewhere Else – live recording – CDN

Teenage Fanclub – Concept – Bandwagonesque

The Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait (Early ’85 Alex Chilton Sessions) – Boink!

Big Star – The Ballad of El Goodo – #1 Record/Radio City

Nick Rose – Summer Dress – The Cloverhill EP – CDN

Nick Rose – Light at Dawn – The Cloverhill EP – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matthew Barber – And You Give – Ghost Notes – CDN

Oh Susanna – Drunk as a Sailor – Soon the Birds – CDN

Good Lovelies – Old Highway – Let the Rain Fall – CDN

Good Lovelies – Down, Down, Down – Good Lovelies – CDN

Ladybird Sideshow – Jaded – Demo – CDN

Melissa McClelland – Glimpse into Hell – Stranded in Suburbia – CDN

Mark Berube and the Patriotic Few with Dan Mangan – Side of the Road – June in Siberia – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Brothers Cosmoline – Motel 6 – Songs of Work & Freedom – CDN

Nels Andrews – Meadowlake – Sunday Shoes

Chris Knight – Cry Lonely – Enough Rope

Julie Miller – All My Tears – Broken Things

Dan Frechette – Where the Water Tastes Like Wine – Lucky Day – CDN – WPG

Colin Linden – The Last Thought – Big Mouth – CDN

Jim White – The Wound that Never Heals – No Such Place

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Eilen Jewell – Dusty Boxcar Walls – Letters from Sinners & Strangers

Chloe Albert – Firelight – Dedicated State – CDN

Carolyn Mark – Not a Doll – The Pros and Cons of Collaboration – CDN

Chris Whitley – Poison Girl – Living with the Law

The Flying Burrito Brothers – Hot Burrito #2 – Sacred Hearts and Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology

Mary Gauthier – Good-Bye – Filth & Fire

Eliza Gilkyson – Wonderland – Land of Milk & Honey

Chris Neufeld – Told a Joke – Colorado Low – CDN – WPG

Our favourite co-host, Carter, joins us for the first time in our fancy new studio, and for the first time in 2011. We’ve got some great new music and some great requests courtesy of our listeners. We send some birthday greetings out to the great Jon Dee Graham, and look forward to the upcoming shows by Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Wild Folk – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN

The Civil Wars – I’ve Got this Friend – Barton Hollow

The Head and the Heart – Cats and Dogs – The Head and the Heart

The Swell Season – Feeling the Pull – Strict Joy

Paul MacLeod – Be My Girl – Gauge – CDN

Lucinda Williams – Buttercup (kitchen tapes version) – Blessed

Lori McKenna – The Most – Lorraine

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Fish & Bird – Winnipeg – Every Whisper Is a Shout Across the Void – CDN

John Bottomley – With a little Help from Heaven – The Healing Dream – CDN

The Decemberists – This Is Why We Fight – The King Is Dead

Nathan – Casserole – Casserole EP – CDN – WPG
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Passing Dream – Let’s just Stay Here – CDN

Gurf Morlix – Baby Can I Crawl Back to You – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Ben Nichols – The Last Pale Light in the West – The Last Pale Light in the West

Corin Raymond – Blue Mermaid Dress – There Will Always Be a Small Time – CDN

Jonathan Byrd – Chicken Wire – Cackalack

Indio Saravanja – Nothing Can Be Done – The Caravan Sessions – CDN

Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – Carol – Live at the Red River Saloon – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jon Dee Graham – $100 Bill – Escape from Monster Island

Jon Dee Graham & The Fighting Cocks – My Lucky Day – It’s not as Bad as It Looks

Jon Dee Graham – Laredo (Small Dark Something) – Hooray for the Moon

Punchbuggy – Pat Benatar – All Nite Christian Rollerskate – CDN

Jim Bryson & The Occasionals – Impaler – The Occasionals – CDN

Jim Bryson – Feel Much Better – The North Side Benches – CDN

Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Metal Girls – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN

The arrival of the new Stan Rogers “Best of” collection got us started on a set of new music and and clever cover versions. We heard some classics from Lyle Lovett, and a great set of music requested by one of our most loyal listeners.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Willie P. Bennett – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – Rough Edges – Things Is Changin’ – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – York Road – Official Bootleg Series Vol. 2 – CDN

Prairie Oyster – Long & Lonesome Old Freight Train – One Kiss – CDN

Stan Rogers – Forty-Five Years – The Very Best of – CDN

Stan Rogers – Barrett’s Privateers – The Very Best of – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Stephen Fearing – Early Morning Rain – unreleased outtake – CDN

Bruce Cockburn – Driving Away – Small Source of Comfort – CDN

The Wailin’ Jennys – Asleep at Last – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG

The Good Lovelies – Crabbuckit – Let the Rain Fall – CDN

The Secret Sisters – Something Stupid – The Secret Sisters

Romi Mayes – Hand Me Down World – Guess Who’s Home – CDN – WPG

Brandi Carlile – Dreams – KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 18

Bob Schneider – The Bringdown – KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 18

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Lyle Lovett – Closing Time – Lyle Lovett

Lyle Lovett – Just the Morning – I Love Everybody

Lyle Lovett – Private Conversation – The Road to Ensenada

Matthew Ryan – Dam – May Day

Matthew Ryan – Me & My Lover – East Autumn Grin

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN

The Cash Brothers – Nebraska – How Was Tomorrow – CDN

Shannon Lyon – Naive – Wandered – CDN

Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – Sleep Alone – Live at the Red River Saloon – CDN

Steve Earle – You Belong to Me – Copperhead Road

Mike Plume Band – She’s Still Everything to Me – Fools for the Radio – CDN

Today, it’s our Blue & True Valentine’s Day special! We start off in Blue Valentines mode, as we celebrate the great musical legacy of the late, great Willie P. Bennett, who left this world on Feb. 15, 2008. We sure do miss him, but luckily he left behind some amazing music. Sadly, his music is not available for purchase or download ANYWHERE, which is absolutely criminal, so it’s more important than ever that we keep his music on the radio.

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

We love starting our day off with great new music, and this week’s haul was exceptional. We threw in a few requests/dedications for our wonderful listeners, before heading off into “upcoming concert” territory. We finished with a dusty old pile of vinyl records, in honour of the upcoming screenings of Allan Zweig’s documentaries about obsessive collectors!

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

Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Change Your Life – Gauge – CDN
Shannon McNally – Toast – Western Ballad
Chic Gamine – Closer – City City – CDN – WPG
Ron Sexsmith – Get in Line – Long Player Late Bloomer – CDN
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00

Bobby Long – The Bounty of Mary Jane – A Winter Tale
Steve Earle – Tennessee Blues – Washington Square Serenade
Steve Earle & The Dukes – I Ain’t Ever Satisfied – Exit 0
Jack Marks – Michigan Love – Lost Wages – CDN
Jadea Kelly – The Sound – Eastbound Platform – CDN
Justin Rutledge – Robin’s Tune – The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park – CDN
Christina Martin – Hello – I Can Too – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – In Another Time – Hanging the Battle Scarred Piñata – CDN

3:00 – 3:30

Lee Harvey Osmond – The Love of One – A Quiet Evil – CDN
The Sadies – Idle Tomorrows – Darker Circles – CDN
The Sadies – Tiger Tiger – Stories Often Told – CDN
The Sadies – Loved on Look – Tremendous Efforts – CDN

3:30 – 4:00

Todd Snider – Vinyl Records – New Connection
Nick Lowe – Cruel to Be Kind – Labour of Lust
Andrew Cash – Boomtown – Boomtown – CDN
Jeffrey Hatcher & The Big Beat – The Man Who Would Be King – Cross Our Hearts – CDN – WPG
The O’Kanes – When We’re Gone, Long Gone – The O’Kanes
David Wiffen – Skybound Station – Coast to Coast Fever – CDN
Willie P Bennett – For the Sake of a Dollar – Blackie & The Rodeo King – CDN
Tom T Hall – That’s How I Got to Memphis – Greatest Hits

This weekend marked the 10th anniversary of one of the most important music venues in town (if not Canada), The Times Change(d), and we relived some of the great musical moments to start off today’s show. Next weekend brings Rufus & Martha’s pappy to town, and we couldn’t let that go by without some classic songs. Loudon’s a bit of a curmudgeon, and that led us to hear a few other crusty classics. We had some great new music, a concert rumour, and whatever else came to mind!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Wyckham Porteous – Hungry Heart – 3 a.m. – CDN
Alana Levandoski – Don’t Be Denied – Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN – WPG
The New Meanies – Letting Time Pass – Three Seeds – CDN – WPG
Chris Carmichael – Nowhere – Chris Carmichael – CDN – WPG
Loudon Wainwright III – Dead Skunk – Album III

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Loudon Wainwright III – Your Mother & I – Career Moves
Loudon Wainwright III – One Man Guy – One Man Guy
Loudon Wainwright III – Motel Blues – Recovery
Loudon Wainwright III – Daughter – Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up
Ian Tyson – M.C. Horses – All the Good ‘uns – CDN
Stan Rogers – Night Guard – Northwest Passage – CDN
Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues
Richard Thompson – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Live from Austin TX

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Hoyt Axton – Snow Blind Friend – Flashes of Fire: Hoyt’s Very Best 1962-1990
Gurf Morlix – Clay Pigeons – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Carrie Rodriguez & Ban Kyle – If I Needed You – We Still Love Our Country
Carrie Elkin – The Things We’re Afraid Of – Call It My Garden
Twilight Hotel – Frozen Town – When the Wolves Go Blind – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

NQ Arbuckle & Carolyn Mark – Passing Dream – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Fireworks – Just Married: An Album of Duets – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Goodnight Irene on New Year’s Eve – The Last Supper In A Cheap Town – CDN
Buddy & Julie Miller – Love Snuck Up – Love Snuck Up
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Wildflower – Rattlin’ Bones
Jess Klein – Cloud Song – Draw Them Near
The Jayhawks – I’d Run Away – Tomorrow The Green Grass

I’ve never been afraid to go far and wide to check out a good show, but this weekend just might be the craziest yet. Since we’re off on that crazy adventure, this show is pre-taped, but we’ll hear some tunes from the guys we’re headed to see, and some traveling/driving/road songs to keep us rolling. This week brings us some great new tunes, so we dive into some of those. And, next weekend, one of Canada’s finest female singer/songwriters, Sarah Harmer, returns to town, so we hear a bunch of her great solo work and her work backing up others.

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Paul Kelly – Keep on Driving – Stolen Apples
Del Barber – Chicago – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Wilco – Via Chicago – Summerteeth
Peter Case – Travellin’ Light – The Man With The Blue Postmodern fragmented neo-traditionalist Guitar
Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar – These Roads Don’t Move – One Fast Move Or I’m Gone
Kings Of The Moon – Drive So Far – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Scott Dibble & Watertown – Rich Man – One Phoebe Street – CDN
Hemingway Corner – Watch Over You – Under the Big Sky – CDN
Hemingway Corner – On the Run – Speed of Life – CDN
The Heartbroken – Tonight Tonight – Tonight Tonight – CDN
Phosphorescent – We’ll Be Here Soon – Here’s To Taking It Easy
Drive-By Truckers – Everybody Needs Love – Go Go Boots
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Users – III/IV

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Sarah Harmer – Weakened State – You Were Here – CDN
Rheostatics – Loving Arms – The Story Of Harmelodia – CDN
Skydiggers – Dear Henry – Desmond’s Hip City – CDN
Reid Jamieson w/Sarah Harmer – Holding Out – The Unavoidable Truth – CDN
Reid Jamieson – Coffee Stain – Unreleased demos Nov 2008 – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Hear Music: Sweetheart Love Songs – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Late Bloomer – Oh Little Fire – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Del Barber – If I Told You That I Loved You – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG
James McMurtry – Hands Like Rain – Candyland
James McMurtry – Childish Things – Childish Things
James McMurtry – Just Us Kids – Just Us Kids
James McMurtry – Levelland – Live in Aught-Three
Del Barber – Katy Sparrow – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG