I don’t know about you, but the freezing cold is getting to me, so we started off the show with some hot, summery thoughts. We’ve also got some new songs, and a tangent where we appreciated the genius of Colin Linden!

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Artist – Title – Album

Chuck Prophet – Summertime Thing – No Other Love
The Weepies – I Was Made For Sunny Days – Be My Thrill
Radiogram – Slide – Unbetween
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches
Middle Brother – Daydreaming – Middle Brother
Deer Tick – Let’s All Go to the Bar – Divine Providence
Steph Cameron – Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady – Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado
Colin Linden – Hook’s In The Water – Southern Jumbo
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Sometimes It Comes Easy – Let’s Frolic Again
The Band – Remedy – Jericho
Hard Working Americans – Down to the Well – Hard Working Americans
John Bottomley – Candle in the Dark – Blackberry
The Damnwells – Let’s Get Physical – The Damnwells
Amanda Shires, Jason Isbell – I Follow Rivers – Sea Songs
Bob Schneider – Dirty Feeling – King Kong
American Aquarium – Wichita Falls – Wolves
Whitney Rose – Little Piece of You – Heartbreaker of the Year
Blaze Foley – Baby Can I Crawl Back to You? – Cold, Cold World

I get a little excited whenever I hear something new from Alex Dezen/The Damnwells, what can I say? The debut of the new single from their upcoming self-titled record was a little extra exciting. In between Damnwells tracks, we heard some other great new music, talked about some upcoming shows, and played some other great stuff.

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Artist – Title – Album

The Damnwells – Lost – The Damnwells
The Damnwells – Money and Shiny Things – The Damnwells
The Damnwells – Feast of Hearts – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
Alex Dezen – None of these Things – El Ganzo Sessions
Whitehorse – Oh Dolores – Leave No Bridge Unburned
Whitehorse – The One I Hurt – Leave No Bridge Unburned
James McMurtry – How’m I Gonna Find You Now – Complicated Game
James McMurtry – Copper Canteen – Complicated Game
Catherine MacLellan – Don’t Call Me Stranger – The Raven’s Sun
Jenn Grant – Spades – Compostela
The Bros. Landreth – Tappin’ On the Glass – Let It Lie
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Summertime’s Over – South
Del Barber – The Sparrow and the Crow – Prairieography
The Damnwells – Lost – The Damnwells
Matthew Ryan – Me & My Lover – East Autumn Grin
The Lemonheads – I Just Can’t Take It Anymore – Varshons
Animal Parts – I Won’t Ever Let You Down – Animal Parts
Romantica – The National Side – America
Dala – Anywhere Under the Moon – Who Do You Think You Are?

New music, upcoming shows, and a pile of classics. Good stuff.

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Artist – Title – Album

Scott Nolan – Lay Down – North/South
Scott Nolan – Swing Low – unreleased
Scott Nolan – Golden – No Bourbon & Bad Radio
Christina Martin – Reaching Out – It’ll Be Alright
Christina Martin – Things You Can’t Tell by Looking her Way – It’ll Be Alright
Catherine MacLellan – Jack’s Song – The Raven’s Sun
James McMurtry – Valley Road – Saint Mary Of The Woods
James McMurtry – Levelland – Where’d You Hide the Body
Robert Earl Keen – Hot Corn, Cold Corn (w/Danny Barnes) – Happy Prisoner (The Bluegrass Sessions)
Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill – You Can’t Take It With You – Smoke
Chatham County Line – Birmingham Jail – IV
The Duhks – Four Blue Walls – The Duhks
Jonathan Byrd – Poor Johnny – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Ted Hawkins – Long as I can See the Light – The Next Hundred Years
Willie P Bennett – White Line – Tryin’ to Start out Clean
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – White Ash & Black Ash – Things Is Changin’
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Sometimes It Comes Easy – Let’s Frolic Again
Lydia Loveless – Boy Crazy – Boy Crazy

Great new music keeps on rolling in, so a bunch of that tonight, as well as some vinyl classics and Best of 2014 leftovers!

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Artist – Title – Album

Gurf Morlix – Dirty Old Buffalo – Eatin’ at Me
Gurf Morlix – Coming Back to Haunt Me – The Bridge
Girls Guns & Glory – Move It On Over – Tribute to Hank Williams LIVE
Charlie Mars – Hell Yeah – The Money
Paul Kelly – Smells Like Rain (w/Linda Bull) – Paul Kelly Presents – The Merri Soul Sessions
Shannon Lyon – Come Find Me – Lost Creek Recordings
The Damnwells – Money and Shiny Things – Best of What’s Next Playlist 2015
The Damnwells – No One Listens to the Band Anymore – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
The Damnwells – The Sound – Bastards Of The Beat
Matthew Ryan – God’s not Here Tonight – Boxers
Matthew Ryan – Killing the Ghost – vs. the Silver State
John Moreland and the Dust Bowl Souls – Low – Everything the Hard Way
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet – Having an Average Weekend – Savvy Show Stoppers
Sunparlour Players – Green Thumb – Us Little Devils
Chalk Circle – Me, Myself, and I – The Great Lake
Ox – 747 – American Lo-Fi
Ryan Adams – Achin’ for More – Gimme Something Good 7″
The Wild Feathers – Marie – Got It Wrong/Marie
Ruth Moody – Far and Wide – Ruth Moody/Old Man Luedecke 7″

The new year has brought some great new music, some brand new and some new to me. One of the more interesting finds is a song about ME that’s been on iTunes for 3 years, and I had no idea! We’ve also got a great list of some of the greatest cover versions of 2014.

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Artist – Title – Album

Shannon Lyon – You Don’t Belong Here – Lost Creek Recordings
Martyn Joseph – Crazy as Me – Let Yourself Trust exclusive
Danny Schmidt – Guns & The Crazy Ones – Owls (solo acoustic)
Steve Earle – Nothin’ Without You (with Emmylou Harris) – Live in Nashville 1995
Steve Earle & The Dukes – The Tennessee Kid – Terraplane
Gurf Morlix – Coming Back to Haunt Me – The Bridge
The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan – Stu Reid of Twang Trust (Thanks, Friend) – Unexpected Songs of Joy, and Celebrations of Music Stars
Papa Razzi and The Photogs – Jeff Robson, Tell The Band To Go Home! – The Maniac Genius Piano Song Person Again
Ron from Lockport – Jeff Robson Brings Bruce Springsteen to Winnipeg (Radio Edit) – TTBTGH: 2011 Live CD
Ray Ullenboom – Don’t Tell the Band to Go Home – March 2013
The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan – People Like Townes Van Zandt Even More Because of His Addict – Unofficial Tributes to Officially Awesome Music People
Gurf Morlix – Dan Blocker – Toad Of Titicaca
Richmond Fontaine – Allison Johnson – Post To Wire
Richmond Fontaine – Post To Wire – Post To Wire
Girls Guns & Glory – Jambalaya – Tribute to Hank Williams LIVE
Rose Cousins – What’s Love Got to Do with It – Stray Birds
Bahamas – Always on my Mind – Sweetheart 2014
John K. Samson – Sentimentalists – My Name is Mathias: a tribute to the songs of Mathias Kom
The Burning Hell – One Works Days, One Works Nights – Here Comes The Gold: A Tribute to the Music of Construction & Destruction
The Duhks – Beyond the Blue – Beyond the Blue
24th Street Wailers – Cry to Me – recorded live on UMFM