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

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Luke Doucet and the White Falcon – Sundown – Steel City Trawler – CDN
Luke Doucet and the White Falcon – Thinking People – Steel City Trawler – CDN
Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – I Believe in Love – Little Victories – CDN
Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – Long Way Home – Little Victories – CDN
Dave McCann & The Firehearts – Broken Bugs – Dixiebluebird – CDN
Justin Townes Earle – One More Night in Brooklyn – Harlem River Blues

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs – God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise – God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise
Bobby Bare Jr – Sad Smile Swollen but not the Same – A Storm a Tree an Acoustic EP
Reid Jamieson – The Combination – Staring Contest – CDN
Jackie Greene – Shaky Ground – Till the Light Comes
The Push Stars – Keg on my Coffin – Paint the Town
Chris Trapper – Look What the Wind Blew in – Til the Last Leaf Falls

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Alejandro Escovedo – Two Angels – Thirteen Years bonus disc –
Iain Matthews – God Looked Down – Sparkler: The Best of the Texas Recordings 1989-2004
Beth Neilson Chapman – Happy Girl – Greatest Hits
Mumford & Sons – The Cave – Sigh No More
The Cave Singers – Hen of the Woods – Welcome Joy
The Wooden Sky – Virginia – When Lost at Sea – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Hoots & Hellmouth – Forks & Knives – Hoots & Hellmouth
The Avett Brothers – The Weight of Lies – Emotionalism
Paul Thorn – I Don’t Like Half the Folks I Love – Pimps & Preachers
Steeldrivers – The Reckless Side of Me – Reckless
D. Rangers – We Stay High & Lonesome – We Stay High & Lonesome – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes & The Temporarily Employed – Comin’ Home Soon – The Living Room Sessions – CDN – WPG

One more pre-record for Trout Forest Music Festival. This week’s show is an Edmonton Folk Fest wrapup with interviews with Joey Burns (Calexico), Colin Hay (Men at Work), and Brandi Carlile! Plus, we hear festival faves and a bunch of great new music!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Brandi Carlile – The Story – The Story
Mike Plume – Looking for You: A Travelogue of Sorts – Drive Thru Volume II – CDN
Griffin House – The Lonely One – Flying Upside Down
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth – Hawks and Doves – Citation
Mike Mills – Ohio – Tell Us the Truth: The Live Concert Recording
Reid Jamieson – Pretty Pictures – Staring Contest – CDN
Rod Picott – Bring It On – Tiger Tom Dixon Blues Round 2

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jackie Greene – Shaky Ground – Till the Light Comes
Iron & Wine / Calexico – He Lays in the Reins – In the Reins

Joey Burns (Calexico) interview

Calexico – Sunken Waltz – Feast of Wires

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Colin Hay – Beautiful World – Going Somewhere
Colin Hay – Overkill (acoustic version) – Man @ Work

Colin Hay interview

Colin Hay – I Just Can’t Get Up Out of this Bed – American Sunshine
Brandi Carlile – Follow – Brandi Carlile

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Brandi Carlile interview

Brandi Carlile – Dreams – Give up the Ghost
Dave McCann & The Firehearts – Dixiebluebird – Dixiebluebird – CDN
Ian Tyson – Navajo Rug – All the Good ‘uns – CDN
Murray McLauchlan – Down by the Henry Moore – Songs from the Street – CDN
John Prine & Iris DeMent – In Spite of Ourselves – In Person & On Stage
The Avett Brothers – Spanish Pipedream – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows

Pre-recorded again, as we’re off at Edmonton Folk Festival. In honour of that, some songs about that fine city, and some of the many great artists performing there this year. We end off with some Trout Forest performers and a tribute to the late, great Paul Quarrington.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Rose Cousins – Edmonton – If You Were for Me – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Edmonton – Lucky Blue – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Edmonton – Party Girl – CDN
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Edmonton – Hometowns – CDN
The Pursuit of Happiness – Edmonton Block Heater – A Tribute to Hard Core Logo – CDN
The Pursuit of Happiness – Gretzky Rocks – Where’s the Bone – CDN
Moe Berg – How Will I Find You in Heaven – Summer’s Over – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Colin Hay – Waiting for my Real Life to Begin – Going Somewhere
John Prine – Angel of Montgomery – In Person & On Stage
Tom Russell – Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? – Wounded Heart of America (Tom Russell Songs)
Ian Tyson – My Cherry Colored Rose – Yellowhead to Yellowstone and other Love Stories – CDN
Van Morrison – And It Stoned Me – Moondance
The Blue Shadows – I Know – Lucky to Me – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jakob Dylan – Everybody’s Hurting – Women & Country
Calexico – Two Silver Trees – Carried to Dust
The Waifs – London Still – Up All Night
Alejandro Escovedo – Sister Lost Soul – Real Animal
Brandi Carlile – Fall Apart Again – Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile – Josephine – The Story
Brandi Carlile – Dying Day – Give up the Ghost

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Christina Martin – I Can Too – I Can Too – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Snowing in Nashville – Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 – CDN
Fish & Bird – Lydia – Left Brain Blues – CDN
Paul Quarrington – Wherever You Go – The Songs – CDN
Porkbelly Futures – You Gotta Love a Train – Porkbelly Futures – CDN
Porkbelly Futures – Gladstone Hotel – Way Past Midnight – CDN

Another pre-recorded episode, but that allows for some special guest cameos from Carter & Jeremy. This week we got a bunch of great music in the mail from Australia, featuring Australia’s best, Paul Kelly. We played a bunch from Paul, a tribute to Paul Kelly, and a bunch of stuff from the upcoming Trout Forest Music Festival.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill – Until Death Do Them Part – Smoke
Paul Kelly – When I First Met Your Ma – Live Apples
Paul Kelly – They Thought I Was Asleep – Live at the Enmore Theatre, July 15, 2005
Paul Kelly with Kasey Chambers – To Be Good Takes a Long Time – MusicMax Sessions – Live at the Sydney Opera House
Stardust Five – Everybody Loves You Baby – Stardust Five
Shannon Lyon – Same Old Walk – El Sol

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Blaze Foley – You’ll Get Yours Aplenty – The Dawg Years (1975-1978)
Blaze Foley – I Should Have Been Home – The Dawg Years (1975-1978)
Blaze Foley – The Way You Smile – Sittin’ by the Road
Gurf Morlix – Cold Cold World – recorded live on UMFM
Merle Haggard – If I Could Only Fly – If I Could Only Fly
John Prine – Clay Pigeons – Fair & Square
Old 97’s – Driver 8 – Mimeograph

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Matt Andersen & Mike Stevens – Workin’ my Way Home to my Girl – Piggyback – CDN
Matt Andersen – Broken Man – Something in Between – CDN
Ben Spencer’s Funeral – Accident Freaks – Saboteurs – CDN
Jackpine – Ebb – Cabbage – CDN – WPG
Bonnie Couchie – Fear – Feather for an Elephant – CDN
Chris Carmichael – Danger – Chris Carmichael -CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Christina Martin – Stole Something – I Can Too – CDN
Oh Susanna – Back Dirt Road – Johnstown – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Shallow – Cha Cha Cha – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Mister – Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 – CDN
Oliver Schroer & The Stewed Tomatoes – Barking Spiders – Freedom Row – CDN
John McVey – Leave a Little Mark – Unpredictable
Postdata – The Coroner – Postdata – CDN

Pre-recorded because we’re off at Lucy’s wedding. You’ve heard my wonderful co-hosts Sophie/Elysha and Tony/Carter, but now, it’s baby Jeremy’s turn! He’s too young for a radio name, but he’s not too young to add lots to the show, as he babbled his way through almost the whole thing. What can I say; my boy’s a natural! Music? Yup, we’ve got that in spades. New Christina Martin! House concert wish list! And, a long, all-star tribute to “Winnipeg’s own” Neil Young, who brings his high-priced solo tour to town this week.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Christina Martin – Hello – I Can Too – CDN
Christina Martin – Daisy – I Can Too – CDN
Christina Martin – Guard Your Heart – Two Hearts – CDN
Steven Bowers & Christina Martin – Comfortably Sweet – Circadian Anthem EP – CDN
Jory Nash – The Conversion of Pearl Hart – Spaz Loves Weezie – CDN
Matthew Ryan – The Wilderness – Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version)
Del Barber – Story I Can Believe – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Alana Levandoski – Don’t Be Denied – Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Neil Young – Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero, Pt. 1) – Freedom – CDN
The Wheat Pool – Neil Young – Township – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Western States – Saddle up the Palomino – Twang Trust Broadcasts 1999-2007 – CDN – WPG
Gillian Welch – Pocahontas – The Revelator Collection
Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball – Wrecking Ball
Neko Case – Dreaming Man – Canadian Amp
Kathleen Edwards – Unknown Legend – live recording – CDN
Allison Moorer – Don’t Cry No Tears – Show
Red Horse – I Am a Child – Red Horse

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rheostatics/Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Rheostatics – Record Body Count – Melville – CDN
Skydiggers – Mr. Soul – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Skydiggers – Toss & Turn – Road Radio – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Write It All Down for You – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Take My Money and Run – Cuff the Duke – CDN
Drive-By Truckers – Easy on Yourself – A Blessing and a Curse
Junkhouse – Praying for the Rain – Rounders: The Best of – CDN

This year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival was an exceptionally good one. On today’s program we talk with a couple of the best “new” discoveries of the festival, Gregory Alan Isakov and Hoots & Hellmouth. Plus, NQ Arbuckle is coming, and that’s always reason to celebrate. Speakin’ of celebrations, Lucy’s getting hitched on the weekend, and we’ve got some wedding/love songs to send her on her way.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Jim Bryson with the Weakerthans – Metal Girls – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Mixkin Dancehall Blues – Hanging the Battle Scarred Pinata – CDN
Gregory Alan Isakov – Evelyn – This Empty Northern Hemisphere –

Gregory Alan Isakov interview

Gregory Alan Isakov – Master & a Hound – This Empty Northern Hemisphere
Gregory Alan Isakov – 3 a.m. – That Sea the Gambler

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Romantica – How to Feel – Control Alt Country Delete
NQ Arbuckle – Sun’s Hanging Low – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – My Baby – XOK – CDN
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Officer Down – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
Hoots & Hellmouth – You and All of Us – The Holy Open Secret

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Sean Hoots (Hoots & Hellmouth) interview

Hoots & Hellmouth – Roll, Brandywine, Roll – The Holy Open Secret

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Bob Dylan – Wedding Song – Planet Waves
Peter Katz & The Curious – I Do – More Nights – CDN
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – My Love for You Is Real – Follow the Lights EP
Jack Johnson – Better Together – In Between Dreams
Charlie Robison – Love Means Never Having to Say You’re Hungry – Good Times
Greg Brown – I Wish I Was Married – Covenant
Lyle Lovett – She’s No Lady – Pontiac
Jimmy Lafave – Emotionally Yours – Texoma