Tonight, a visit by one of the finest songwriters to ever emerge from Winnipeg, Jeffrey Hatcher. In working with bands like The Fuse, The Six, Jeffrey Hatcher and the Big Beat, and the legendary Blue Shadows, Hatcher has cemented his reputation as one of this country’s finest. Now, he returns with a great new disc featuring his brothers and longtime bandmates, Hatcher-Briggs.

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

The Hatcher-Briggs Band – The Leavings – Getting There From Here – CDN – WPG
Jeff Hatcher – What Yesterday Took – Live performance – CDN – WPG

The Hatcher-Briggs Band – If Ever I Should Fall – Getting There From Here – CDN – WPG
Wendy Bird – We’ve Both Been There – Natural Wonder – CDN
Blue Shadows – If It Ain’t Rockin’ – On The Floor Of Heaven – CDN

The Fuse – Mercy – Trying Must Count For Something – CDN – WPG
The Fuse – Long May It Rain – Trying Must Count For Something – CDN – WPG
Luke Doucet and the White Falcon – Sundown – Steel City Trawler – CDN

Today, a very special visit by our old pals, Jesse DeNatale and Scott Nolan (along with Joanna Miller!). These guys are great on their own, but together, it’s pure magic!

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Mudge goes solo again, and he starts off in typically miserable style with a set of Townes Van Zandt songs. Somehow, those sad songs only cheer him up, so we started previewing great upcoming shows (there are a bunch!), playing great new releases, and a bunch of just plain great music. Sounds great, to me!

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Hey, hey, it’s our (unofficial) birthday! Steel Belted Radio kicked off on September 11, 2003, and that means that T-Bar and I have managed not to kill each other for 7 full years! To kick off year #8, we heard from our latest MIA co-host! We also heard some new, some notable, and some weird. After 7 years, we’re still sticking to that format!

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Tonight, T-Bar & Mudge get a visit from The Sumner Brothers, who stop by to chat and play.

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Mudge goes solo for this show. Looks like summer’s coming to a close, so what we need is some great music to end off another good one, and keep us going into the fall, and that’s exactly what you’ll get on this episode!

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Tonight we get our annual visit from Devin Latimer, Artistic Director of the best little festival in Canada, The Trout Forest Music Festival. He drops in with some new tunes and some details on what to expect this year in Ear Falls.

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Pre-recorded because all good hearted folks are in my living room attending the Christina Martin house concert. But because not everyone can attend and because we’ve got her here anyway, Christina was kind enough to sit in on the recording of the show for some talk, some requests, and some live performances!

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This is a show we’ve long dreamed about – NQ Arbuckle is in the house. One of the finest songwriters on the planet, a heck of a good guy, and a bit of a mysterious non-traveler, we finally coaxed Arbuckle out west for a show, and dragged him into the studio to chat and sing a couple of his incredible songs.

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Another Winnipeg Folk Festival has come and gone, and we’ve all got plenty of highlights to discuss and play. Also, we chat with an old favourite of ours, Danny Michel, who plays a big role in Folk Fest memories for us, and he’s also got a dandy new record to celebrate.

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