It’s Halloween, and although (for a change) we had a full show planned with tons of spooky & scary tunes to get the ghosts & goblins ready for the big day, I played a dirty trick on myself, and it definitely wasn’t a treat… I left my ipod and the entire show at home! What happens when a totally technology dependent radio host tries to make up a show on the spot? Now that’s scary! Luckily, Del Barber dropped by to chat about his upcoming shows, and we bestow an annual honour upon him.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Andy Maize – Lovely You – The History of Forgetting – CDN
The Deep Dark Woods – Silver Ships of Andilar – More Townes Van Zandt by the Great Unknown
Chris Mills – Tecumseh Valley – Introducing Townes Van Zandt via the Great Unknown
The Sumner Brothers – Colorado Girl – More Townes Van Zandt by the Great Unknown
Blaze Foley – You’ll Get Yours Aplenty – The Dawg Years (1975-1978)
Blaze Foley – Living in the Woods in a Tree – The Dawg Years (1975-1978)

2:30 – 3:00 pm

John Prine w/Iris DeMent – In Spite of Ourselves – In Person and on Stage
Ryan Adams – Halloweenhead – Easy Tiger
Paul MacLeod – Ghosts – Close and Play – CDN
The Wooden Sky – My Old Ghosts – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone – CDN
Sara Bareilles – Not Alone – Kaleidoscope Heart
Matthew Ryan – The End of a Ghost Story – Dear Lover (acoustic version)

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Bobby Bare Jr. – Rock and Roll Halloween – A Storm a Tree My Mother’s Head
Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs – Devil’s in the Jukebox – God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise
Kasey Chambers – Devil on your Back – Little Bird
Matt Andersen – Devil’s Bride – Live from the Phoenix Theatre – CDN
Jeremy Messersmith – A Girl, a Boy, and a Graveyard – The Reluctant Graveyard
Jeremy Messersmith – Deathbed Salesman – The Reluctant Graveyard
Jeremy Messersmith – Lazy Bones – The Reluctant Graveyard

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Sunparlour Players – Robbers Lullaby – Hymns for the Happy – CDN

Del Barber interview

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

Another week of great upcoming shows to preview, including The Wailin’ Jennys, Josh Ritter, Porkbelly Futures, and Andy Maize & Michael Johnston, among others. We also try to fit in a few more best-of the year contenders.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Martyn Joseph – You’re the Moment – Under Lemonade Skies
NQ Arbuckle – Officer Down – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Part Of A Poem By Alden Nowlan Called Ypres: 1915 – XOK – CDN
Christina Martin – Subject to Change – I Can Too – CDN
The Pines – Meadows of Dawn – Tremolo

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Wailin’ Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Things that You Know – Firecracker – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Racing with the Sun – Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House – CDN – WPG
Darren Day and the Fading Hopes – Rainwalk – This Evening Tonight – CDN – WPG
Josh Ritter – Lantern – So Runs the World Away
Josh Ritter – Right Moves – The Historical Conquests of
Josh Ritter – Wolves – The Animal Years

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Josh Ritter – Kathleen – recorded live on UMFM
Porkbelly Futures – The Crooked Road – The Crooked Road – CDN
Porkbelly Futures – You Gotta Love a Train – Porkbelly Futures – CDN
Andy Maize – Northern Shore – The History of Forgetting – CDN
Andy Maize & Michael Johnston – Home to You – These Are Our Songs – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Skydiggers – Hello Beautiful Life – City of Sirens – CDN
Michael Johnston w/Andy Maize – The Country North of Peterborough – Curious Heart – CDN
Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – Hard Town – Little Victories – CDN
Brian MacMillan – Shine – Shine – CDN
Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man – Sigh No More
Drive-By Truckers – Drag the Lake Charlie – The Big To-Do

Even though it’s still a couple months away, it seems like Christmas, because we got a heaping helping of new music in the mail this week, including a box of great new stuff from one of Canada’s best labels, Busted Flat Records. These add to an already impressive list of great new releases this year, but we all know that the releases go into hibernation this time of year. With that in mind, we tried to look at what might be the best release of 2010… and then realized that it was slightly premature. We did, however, manage to look at some great concerts, past and present.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Kings of the Moon – Leaves – Kings of the Moon – CDN – WPG
Royal Wood – So Glad – A Good Enough Day – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Forever Young – Subterranean Homesick Blues: A Tribute to Bob Dylan’s ‘Bringing It All Back Home’
Kim Richey – When the Circus Comes to Town – Wreck Your Wheels
Jack Marks – Michigan Love – Lost Wages – CDN

2:30 – 3:00

Dan Walsh – Smokomotive – Virtuoso – CDN
Lynn Jackson – Boots – Coming Down – CDN
Semko Fontaine Taylor – Anne Marie – Heartaches & Numb3rs – CDN
Jay Semko – Mountain Song – Jay Semko – CDN
Matt Andersen – Round and Round – Live from the Phoenix Theatre – CDN
Kasey Chmabers – Down Here on Earth – Little Bird
Holly Williams – Let Her Go – Here With Me
Stephanie Finch & The Company Men – Sensitive Boys – Cry Tomorrow
Alejandro Escovedo – Anchor – Street Songs of Love

3:00 – 3:30

Peter Katz and the Curious – These Are the Days – More Nights – CDN
Peter Katz – First of the Last to Know – First of the Last to Know – CDN
Andy Maize & Michael Johnston – Stay Awake – These Are Our Songs – CDN
The Damnwells – She Goes Around
The Damnwells – 55 Pictures – One Last Century

3:30 – 4:00

The Damnwells – I’ve Got You – Air Stereo
The Damnwells – I Will Keep the Bad Things from You – Bastards of the Beat
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Decidedly – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Christina Martin – Daisy – I Can Too – CDN
Del Barber – As Far As I Can Tell – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

It’s Thanksgiving weekend, and we here have plenty to be thankful for, including some cool upcoming shows and some great new music. We’re also thankful for the wonderful music left behind by the late, great Solomon Burke, and after hearing today’s tribute, you’ll be thankful, too.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Loudon Wainwright III – Thanksgiving – Career Moves
Mary Gauthier – Thanksgiving at the Prison – Season of Mercy
Kris Kristofferson – Thank You for a Life – This Old Road
Eilen Jewell – Thanks a Lot – Letters from Saints & Sinners
Solomon Burke – Thank You – Like a Fire
Solomon Burke – Ain’t that Something – Like a Fire
Solomon Burke (w/Gillian Welch) – Valley of Tears – Nashville
Solomon Burke – None of Us Are Free – Don’t Give up on Me

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Kim Richey – Wreck Your Wheels – Wreck Your Wheels
Thad Cockrell – Beauty Has a Name – To Be Loved
Matthew Ryan – The Wilderness – Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version)
Del Barber – Love Song for the Last 20 – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Constellation – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Wild Folk – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Karen Savoca – Give Me a Kiss – In the Dirt
Jeremy Messersmith – A Girl, a Boy, and a Graveyard – The Reluctant Graveyard
Patrick Park – Here We Are – Everyone’s in Everyone
Paul MacLeod – A Clear Thought – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Reid Jamieson – Hard to Swallow – Staring Contest – CDN
Dave Bidini – A Short Story about Nick Lowe – Swim Drink Fish Music – CDN
Dave Bidini with The Scribbled Out Man – The Moncton Hellraiser – Swim Drink Fish Music – CDN
Rheostatics – Horses – Melville – CDN
Justin Rutledge – St. Peter – Man Descending – CDN
Royal Wood – Juliet – A Good Enough Day – CDN

Today we got off to a rather rockin’ start, before heading into show previews, new releases, and just plain good stuff. We ended off with a celebration of the season, with some autumn songs!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

John Wort Hannam – Two-Bit Suit – Two-Bit Suit – CDN
Matthew Ryan – 3rd of October – East Autumn Grin
Leeroy Stagger – Everything Is Real – Everything Is Real – CDN
Sunparlour Players – The Detroit River Is Alive! – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me in the Well – Sway – CDN
Serena Ryder – Little Bit of Red – Is It O.K. – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Cuff the Duke – Ballad of a Lonely Construction Worker – Life Stories for Minimum Wage – CDN
Great Bloomers – Young Ones Slept – Speak of Trouble – CDN
The Wooden Sky – Angels – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone – CDN
The Wooden Sky – The Late King Henry – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone – CDN
Nathan – Let Them Look – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Jadea Kelly – Heavy Heart – Eastbound Platform – CDN
Karen Savoca – Nowhere to Go – Sunday in Nandua

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Kim Wempe – Bring It Here – Painting with Tides – CDN
Jen Lane – Lie to Me – For the Night – CDN
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Dust & Dirt – Ya Ain’t Crazy Henny Penny – CDN
Todd Snider – Is This Thing Working? – Peace Queer
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Call Me – With Blasphemy So Heartfelt

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jim Bryson – All the Fallen Leaves – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – The Autumn Leaves – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN
Paolo Nutini – Autumn – These Streets
Chris Trapper – Til The Last Leaf Falls – Til The Last Leaf Falls
Johnsmith – Come Some Autumn Day – Kickin’ this Stone
John Bottomley – The River – Blackberry – CDN
Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard – These Roads Don’t Move – One Fast Move Or I’m Gone

It’s another incredibly busy week for shows, including the return of Sunset Saloon favourite Christina Martin and the next big show at the Saloon, John Wort Hannam! Also, Cuff the Duke, Del Barber, Matt Epp, and more do shows this week, and we try to give you the details on them all. There are also some great new CDs out now (or soon) and we heard brand new tracks from Lynn Miles, Ken Whiteley, Jim Bryson and more! And, as if that weren’t enough, through the magic of modern technology, we went LIVE to a Leeroy Stagger concert in the Netherlands!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Metal Girls – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Lynn Miles – Something Beautiful – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Lunch at Allen’s – Try Walkin’ Away – More – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Another Day’s Journey – Another Day’s Journey – CDN
Ron Hynes – Judgment – Stealing Genius – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Joel Kroeker – Nothing Special – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Joel Kroeker – Goodbye Jane – Melodrama – CDN
The Arrogant Worms – Happy Birthday – C’est Cheese – CDN
The Drive-By Truckers – Birthday Boy – The Big-To Do
Washboard Hank – Chompy the Headbiteroffer – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
John Wort Hannam – When I Drink Too Much – Queen’s Hotel – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Sweet Sweet Rose – Two-Bit Suit – CDN
John Wort Hannam – 3 Cylinders – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Christina Martin – I Can Too – I Can Too – CDN
Christina Martin – Daisy – I Can Too – CDN
Christina Martin – You Come Home – Two Hearts – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Listen to your Heart – Way Down Here – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Remember the Good Times – Sidelines of the City – CDN
Cuff the Duke – I Really Want to Help You – Cuff the Duke – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Del Barber – Story that You Tell – Where the City Ends – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – This Old House – Safe or Free – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – She’s High Water – Orphan Horse – CDN – WPG
Leeroy Stagger & the Wildflowers – Saskatoon – Live in the Netherlands! – CDN

On this episode, we’re blessed with a couple of pretty amazing in-studio guests, as we’re joined for conversation and live performances by Austin, TX singer/songwriter Danny Schmidt, and our old pal John Wort Hannam (and trio!) As if that weren’t enough, we have some big shows coming up this week, and previews of those!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Jesse DeNatale – Jungletown – Dreamer’s Holiday
Jesse DeNatale – Soul Parade – recorded live on UMFM
Scott Nolan – Daytime Moon – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Darren Day and the Fading Hopes – Anne – This Evening Tonight – CDN – WPG
Chris Neufeld – Waterwheel – Colorado Low – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Petkau – B People (Fake It) – Don’t Say a Word – CDN – WPG
Darren Day and the Fading Hopes – This Woman from Prague – This Evening Tonight – CDN – WPG
Calexico – Across the Wire – Feast of Wire
Carolyn Mark – Point ‘o View – Nothing Is Free – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm
Danny Schmidt interview

Danny Schmidt – This Too Shall Pass – live performance
Danny Schmidt – Trail of Doubt – live performance
Danny Schmidt – Swing Me Down – Instead the Forest Rose to Sing

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Wort Hannam interview

John Wort Hannam – Requiem for a Small Town – live performance – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Worth a Damn – live performance – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Against the Grain – live performance – CDN

These days is busy with shows, and we’ve got a bunch of gooders to tell you about. We’ve also got a bunch of great new releases (and a few old ones that I finally got around to picking up), as well as a few favourites & requests!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Danny Michel – I’m ‘a Love You – Feather, Fur & Fin – CDN
Nathan – Lampshade – Stranger – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – As Far As I Can Tell – Love Songs for the last 20 – CDN
Christina Martin – Take – I Can Too – CDN
Danny Schmidt – Two Timing Bank Robber’s Lament – Instead the Forest Rose to Sing

2:30 – 3:00 pm

John Wort Hannam – Above Ground – Dynamite and ‘Dozers – CDN
John Wort Hannam – 10,000 Acres – Two-Bit Suit – CDN
Hayes Carll – Hey Baby, Where You Been – recorded live on UMFM
Hayes Carll – Waiting on the Stars to Fall – T for Texas T from Tennessee
D. Rangers – Runaway – We Stay High & Lonesome – CDN – WPG
The Co-Dependents – Far Away Eyes – Live Recording Event – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses – The Poet – Junky Star
Robert Plant – Angel Dance – Band of Joy
The Weepies – Be My Thrill – Be My Thrill
The Once – What Will You Be Building – The Once – CDN
Eva Cassidy – Wade in the Water – Songbird

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Stan Rogers – Northwest Passage – Northwest Passage – CDN
John Prine – Glory of True Love – In Person & on Stage
Drive-By Truckers – Daddy’s Little Pumpkin – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
The Damnwells – 55 Pictures – One Last Century
Jim Bryson – Sleeping in Toronto – The North Side Benches – CDN
Paul Kelly – Keep on Driving – Stolen Apples

We’ve got some big concert news, including a tribute to our friend Darren Day, and the next big Sunset Saloon performer, John Wort Hannam! We veer off in to Twang Trust territory with a bunch of “All Bruce, all the Time.” And, after years of ignoring those requests to post the “15 albums that really matter” on Facebook, we finally have a crack at it, on-air, and discover how hard it really is to boil your life down to 15 CDs!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Scott Nolan Band – Rosie – No Bourbon & Bad Radio – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan Band – Golden – No Bourbon & Bad Radio – CDN – WPG
Darren Day – Power World – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
John Wort Hannam – Scotsman’s Bluff – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Infantryman – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Danny Schmidt w/ Carrie Elkin – Rex’s Blues – Riding the Range: The Songs of Townes Van Zandt

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Mark Erelli & Jeffrey Foucault – Johnny 99 – Seven Curses
Matt Andersen – I’m on Fire – Live at Liberty House – CDN
Serena Ryder – Racing in the Streets – single – CDN
Melissa McClelland – Factory – Stranded in Suburbia – CDN
Son Volt – Open All Night – Retrospective
Josh Ritter – The River – live recording
Elvis Costello – Brilliant Disguise – Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Van Morrison – Come Running – Moondance
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Positive Vibration – Rastaman Vibration
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Lip Service – This Year’s Model
The Lowest of the Low – Salesmen, Cheats, and Liars – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN
Skydiggers – Restless (It’s Alright) – Restless – CDN
The Lemonheads – Alison’s Starting to Happen – It’s a Shame About Ray

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rheostatics – Self Serve Gas Station – Whale Music – CDN
The Weakerthans – Everything Must Go! – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Westby – Failer – CDN
Willie P. Bennett – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – CDN
Townes Van Zandt – Waitin’ Around to Die – Legend
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Take the Money and Run – Six Shooter – CDN
Danny Michel – When I Get Out – Welcome Home (1997-2007) – CDN

Today, we’re pre-recorded because I’m off riding in the MS Bike Tour, which sees me and a whole bunch of fit people ride from Stonewall to Gimli, and back again. So how does an overweight, out of shape, nerd like myself manage such a task? Why, with the right music, of course! Today, we take a listen to some of the songs in my “Motivators” playlist, which definitely rocks a little harder than we’re used to on a Sunday afternoon.

Plus, you’ve heard all those dog songs, even our pal Stu’s cat songs, but how about monkey songs! That’s right, in honour of one of the few words that Jeremy can actually say pretty clearly, he sits in on the show and plays a whole set of songs about his favourite animal (we think), monkeys!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Luke Doucet & The White Falcon – Monkeys – Steel City Trawler – CDN
Chuck Prophet – Monkey in the Middle – Age of Miracles
Chuck Prophet – What Makes the Monkey Dance – No Other Love
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Monkey on a Wire – Rattlin’ Bones
The Traveling Wilburys – Tweeter & the Monkey Man – Volume 1

2:30 – 3:00

Richard Buckner – Town – Meadow
Great Bloomers – Honey Blanket – Speak of Trouble – CDN
Uncle Tupelo – I Wanna Be Your Dog – 89/93: An Anthology
The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me in the Well – Sway – CDN
Sunparlour Players – John Had a Bell and a Whistle – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Swank – The Mountain – The Survival Issue – CDN
Matt Mays – Lonely Highway Night – Matt Mays – CDN
Cracker – Get Off This – Greatest Hits Redux

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Stan Rogers – Canal Road – Northwest Passage – CDN
Willie P Bennet – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – 105 – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN
Dustin Bentall – The River Song – Streets with no Lights – CDN
Scott Nolan – Clint Duty – Postcards – CDN – WPG
Ry Cooder – Little Sister – Bop ’til You Drop
Little Village – She Runs Hot – Little Village
Rockpile – When I Write the Book – Seconds of Pleasure

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rilo Kiley – Portions for Foxes – More Adventurous
Band of Horses – Islands on the Coast – Cease to Begin
The Damnwells – Sell the Lie – Air Stereo
Hannah Georgas – Chit Chat – This Is Good – CDN
Bob Schneider – Miss Oblivion – The Californian
Brian MacMillan – Turn the Radio Up – Shine – CDN
Josh Ritter – Right Moves – The Historical Conquests of