It’s Arbuckle eve, as NQ Arbuckle returns to town tomorrow. We also chat with Christina Martin who returns for another house concert on Feb. 11. And we may not be the biggest Bob Dylan fans, but the new Amnesty International compilation has plenty to love, so a few songs from his Bobness to end things off.
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Your usual mix of roots rockin’ goodness, and today we discover something called Squidbillies.
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Our buddy Terry “B-Bar” Wilson has been co-hosting Steel Belted Radio with me and various others for almost 10 years. He still drops by every now and again.
Here are T-Bar’s faves for 2011:
Top Albums
The Duke and the King – self titled
The Damnwells – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
Deer Tick – Divine Providence
Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing
k d lang and the Siss Boom Bang – Sing it Loud
Adam Cohen – Like a Man
Romi Mayes – Lucky Tonight
Amos Lee – Mission Bell
Fred Eaglesmith – 6 Volts
Lucinda Williams – Blessed
The Decemberists – The King is Dead
Scott Nolan – Montgomery Eldorado
Steve Earle – I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Matthew Ryan – I Recall Standing as Though Nothing Could Fall
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Our Hearts Are Wrong
Top Songs
Adam Cohen – I Am That Guy
Foster The People – Call it What You Want
Mayer Hawthorn
Top Shows
Lucinda Williams – July 8 – Winnipeg Folk Festival
Prince – December 8 – MTS Centre
Robert Plant and Band of Joy – June 21 – Centennial Concert Hall
Chuck Prophet – July 11 – The Stu Dome
Leon Russell – October 31 – McPhillips Street Station
James McMurtry – October 1 – Park Theatre
Chris Isaac –August 14 – Centennial Concert Hall
U2 – May 29 – Canad Inns Stadium
Luke Doucet – March 23 – West End Cultural Centre [Mudge’s note: since Luke didn’t actually play the WECC in 2011, we’re betting that T-Bar means Martyn Joseph, who is supposedly T-Bar’s good buddy. Some friend!]
Tonight we chat with Doug Paisley, who’s headed to town to open for Jim Cuddy.
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T-Bar stops in to talk about some of the best of 2011.
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It’s our last show of the year, and the official release of the annual compilations. It was another jam-packed year of great music, so we couldn’t fit it into our usual 1.5 hour time slot, so we’re doubling that and going a full 3 hours!
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We’ve got a couple of great local bands doing holiday-time shows this week, and that’s reason to celebrate. And, we’re still toiling away on those “best of” lists (and compilations), so we sift through some more contenders.
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This year is winding down, and it’s time to celebrate. We’ve got some decidedly non-cheesy Christmas tunes, and we start looking at some of our favourites from throughout the year.
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Looking back at the year, we had some pretty amazing guests, as usual. All of them are available as downloadable podcasts on the Downloads Page, or at the iTunes feed. Check out the ones you missed or revisit some favourites!
Let us know which was your favourite? Which was a bomb? Who should we try to get next year?
Here’s the rough list (so far):
Jan 13 – Steel Belted – Romi Mayes & Jason Nowicki
Feb 3 – Steel Belted – Tom Wilson (phoner)
Feb 24 – Steel Belted – Trevor Strong (Arrogant Worms) (phoner)
March 3 – Steel Belted – Mae Moore (phoner)
March 20 – Martyn Joseph (phoner)
March 27 – Del Barber (phoner)
April 3 – Catherine MacLellan (w/Del Barber)
April 10 – Taylor Ashton (Fish & Bird)
April 28 – Steel Belted – Geoff Berner (phoner)
May 22 – Paul MacLeod (phoner)
May 29 – Oh Susanna (phoner)
June 5 – Del Barber, Ron from Lockport (UMFM Open House)
June 30 – Steel Belted – The Warped 45s
Aug. 11 – Steel Belted – NQ Arbuckle & Carolyn Mark
Aug. 14 – Edmonton Folk Fest (Deer Tick, Lissie, Secret Sisters)
Aug. 28 – Fish & Bird
Sept. 15 – Romi Mayes
Sept. 22 – Steel Belted – Lindy
Sept. 25 – James McMurtry
Sept. 29 – Steel Belted – Jesse Dee & Jacquie B., Bull Kelp
Oct. 2 – Ramblin’ Dan Frechette
Oct. 9 – David Francey (phoner)
Nov. 24 – Steel Belted – Jeffrey Hatcher
Dec. 8 – Steel Belted – JD Edwards
Dec. 11 – Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller
It’s been a great year for Winnipeg music, but there’s another great disc yet to come, with the release of Roads and Roads by The JD Edwards Band. JD drops by to chat about the new disc and the upcoming CD release show. We’ve got plenty of other great local music, including previews of upcoming exciting shows by The Magnificent 7s, Scott Nolan, and The New Meanies. And, we drop a couple of new holiday classics.
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