Podcast: June 4, 2023

Episode #991

Timely tunes, upcoming shows, new music, birthday celebrations, and a whole extra hour of rockin’ classics!

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

Greg MacPherson Band – Heatwave – Good Times Coming Back Again – CDN – WPG

Lee Hazlewood – Ode To Billie Joe – Strung Out On Something New: The Reprise Recordings
Eliza Gilkyson – Calm Before the Storm – Paradise Hotel
Richard Shindell – Waiting For The Storm – Somewhere Near Paterson
Brock Zeman – Storm’s A-comin’ – Welcome Home Ivy Jane – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN

Vivat Virtute – All My Ex-Boyfriends Are You – June First – CDN – WPG
Vivat Virtute – Do Not Worry – Hold Music – CDN – WPG
Christine Fellows – The Line – Stuff We All Get – CDN – WPG
SARAH BURTON – Today Is Gonna Be the Day – 64 Magic Queens – CDN
SARAH BURTON – How to Run – 64 Magic Queens – CDN
Bloc Parents – Never Judge A Man By His Umbrella – EP – CDN – WPG

Arrogant Worms – The Happy Happy Birthday Song – C’est Cheese – CDN
Joe Nolan – Hardwood Floors – Lost Verses – CDN
Ben de la Cour – Brother – Sweet Anhedonia

The Vegabonds – Tom Petty and The Braves – Tom Petty and The Braves
Dean Summerwind – Parked out by the Lake – single

Boy Golden – Mountain Road – For Jimmy – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – Mountain Road – CBC Radio 2’s Song Quest: Road Songs – CDN – WPG
Jonathan Byrd – Down the Old Mountain Road – The Waitress
Jonathan Byrd – Poor Johnny – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Matt Fockler – Lakota Sioux – Matt Fockler

Blake Mills – Don’t Tell Our Friends About Me – Heigh Ho
Ry Cooder – Go Home, Girl – Bop ‘til You Drop
Little Village – Don’t Think About Her When You’re Trying to Drive – Little Village
Nick Lowe – All Men Are Liars – Party of One

Bobby Dove – Hopeless Romantic – Hopeless Romantic – CDN – MB

James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
Robert Earl Keen – Levelland – Picnic
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Snake Farm – Snake Farm
Gurf Morlix – One More Second – Last Exit to Happyland
Jon Dee Graham – Holes – Swept Away
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence

Lucinda Williams – Can’t Let Go – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Gillian Welch – The Way It Goes – The Harrow & The Harvest
Patty Griffin – Truth #2 – Silver Bell
Shawn Colvin – I Want It Back – A FEW SMALL REPAIRS
Oh Susanna – Back Dirt Road – Johnstown – CDN
The Secret Sisters – Good Luck, Good Night, Goodbye – Put Your Needle Down

Playlist: Episode #991, June 4, 2023

Timely tunes, upcoming shows, new music, birthday celebrations, and a whole extra hour of rockin’ classics!

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

Greg MacPherson Band – Heatwave – Good Times Coming Back Again – CDN – WPG

Lee Hazlewood – Ode To Billie Joe – Strung Out On Something New: The Reprise Recordings
Eliza Gilkyson – Calm Before the Storm – Paradise Hotel
Richard Shindell – Waiting For The Storm – Somewhere Near Paterson
Brock Zeman – Storm’s A-comin’ – Welcome Home Ivy Jane – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN

Vivat Virtute – All My Ex-Boyfriends Are You – June First – CDN – WPG
Vivat Virtute – Do Not Worry – Hold Music – CDN – WPG
Christine Fellows – The Line – Stuff We All Get – CDN – WPG
SARAH BURTON – Today Is Gonna Be the Day – 64 Magic Queens – CDN
SARAH BURTON – How to Run – 64 Magic Queens – CDN
Bloc Parents – Never Judge A Man By His Umbrella – EP – CDN – WPG

Arrogant Worms – The Happy Happy Birthday Song – C’est Cheese – CDN
Joe Nolan – Hardwood Floors – Lost Verses – CDN
Ben de la Cour – Brother – Sweet Anhedonia

The Vegabonds – Tom Petty and The Braves – Tom Petty and The Braves
Dean Summerwind – Parked out by the Lake – single

Boy Golden – Mountain Road – For Jimmy – CDN – WPG
Keri Latimer – Mountain Road – CBC Radio 2’s Song Quest: Road Songs – CDN – WPG
Jonathan Byrd – Down the Old Mountain Road – The Waitress
Jonathan Byrd – Poor Johnny – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Matt Fockler – Lakota Sioux – Matt Fockler

Blake Mills – Don’t Tell Our Friends About Me – Heigh Ho
Ry Cooder – Go Home, Girl – Bop ‘til You Drop
Little Village – Don’t Think About Her When You’re Trying to Drive – Little Village
Nick Lowe – All Men Are Liars – Party of One

Bobby Dove – Hopeless Romantic – Hopeless Romantic – CDN – MB

James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
Robert Earl Keen – Levelland – Picnic
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Snake Farm – Snake Farm
Gurf Morlix – One More Second – Last Exit to Happyland
Jon Dee Graham – Holes – Swept Away
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence

Lucinda Williams – Can’t Let Go – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Gillian Welch – The Way It Goes – The Harrow & The Harvest
Patty Griffin – Truth #2 – Silver Bell
Shawn Colvin – I Want It Back – A FEW SMALL REPAIRS
Oh Susanna – Back Dirt Road – Johnstown – CDN
The Secret Sisters – Good Luck, Good Night, Goodbye – Put Your Needle Down

Podcast: May 28, 2023

Episode #990

On this, the last show of May, we celebrate June’s arrival, look ahead to some exciting concerts and spend a lot of time going through the backlog of great recently released music!

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

Mike June – Alright – The Blurst of Mike June

Kris Demeanor & his Crack Band – Airborne Bastard – Party All Night: Live at the Ironwood – CDN
Mike Plume – Wind At My Back – Song And Dance, Man – CDN
D.Rangers – June Off Of Drinkin’ – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell – Waiting On June – Begonias

Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Town Song – Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder – Blam – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – Ready In Time – single – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp And The Amorian Assembly – When You Know (Featuring Serena Ryder) – Learning to Lose Control – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – Inside Out Man – Rolling Wave – CDN – WPG

Odds – Fall Guy – Crash The Time Machine – CDN
Jenn Grant – One Hit Wonders – Champagne Problems – CDN

Slow Leaves – Nothing Really Changes – Meantime – CDN – WPG
NQ Arbuckle – Wicked Thing – Love Songs for the Long Game – CDN
Raul Malo – Granada Boulevard – Say Less
Ags Connolly – Change My Mind – Siempre
Gabe Lee – Property Line – Drink the River
The Paper Kites – Hurts so Good – At The Roadhouse

Brandi Carlile – Home – single
Lori McKenna – Killing Me (feat. Hillary Lindsey) – 1988
Margo Cilker – Lowland Trail – Valley of Heart’s Delight
Anna Tivel – The Good Fight – Outsiders B Sides
Courtney Marie Andrews – These Are The Good Old Days – Loose Future

Eliza Gilkyson – Safety Zone – Home
Nels Andrews – Mr. Rabbit – single
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – Troubles – Strangers no More

Playlist: Episode #990, May 28, 2023

On this, the last show of May, we celebrate June’s arrival, look ahead to some exciting concerts and spend a lot of time going through the backlog of great recently released music!

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

Mike June – Alright – The Blurst of Mike June

Kris Demeanor & his Crack Band – Airborne Bastard – Party All Night: Live at the Ironwood – CDN
Mike Plume – Wind At My Back – Song And Dance, Man – CDN
D.Rangers – June Off Of Drinkin’ – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell – Waiting On June – Begonias

Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Town Song – Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder – Blam – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – Ready In Time – single – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp And The Amorian Assembly – When You Know (Featuring Serena Ryder) – Learning to Lose Control – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – Inside Out Man – Rolling Wave – CDN – WPG

Odds – Fall Guy – Crash The Time Machine – CDN
Jenn Grant – One Hit Wonders – Champagne Problems – CDN

Slow Leaves – Nothing Really Changes – Meantime – CDN – WPG
NQ Arbuckle – Wicked Thing – Love Songs for the Long Game – CDN
Raul Malo – Granada Boulevard – Say Less
Ags Connolly – Change My Mind – Siempre
Gabe Lee – Property Line – Drink the River
The Paper Kites – Hurts so Good – At The Roadhouse

Brandi Carlile – Home – single
Lori McKenna – Killing Me (feat. Hillary Lindsey) – 1988
Margo Cilker – Lowland Trail – Valley of Heart’s Delight
Anna Tivel – The Good Fight – Outsiders B Sides
Courtney Marie Andrews – These Are The Good Old Days – Loose Future

Eliza Gilkyson – Safety Zone – Home
Nels Andrews – Mr. Rabbit – single
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – Troubles – Strangers no More

Podcast: May 21, 2023

Episode #989

We’re thoroughly enjoying the Victoria Day long weekend this year with some timely tunes, eagerly anticipated new music, songs about the troubles in my yard, and a whole lot of big, dumb, nostalgic rock.

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

Melissa McClelland – Victoria Day (May Flowers) – Victoria Day – CDN

Jeff Beadle – Victoria Day – single – CDN
The Warped 45s – Victoria Day – Matador Sunset – CDN
Melissa McClelland – Little Birds – Stranded In Suburbia – CDN

Darlingside – Birds Say – Birds Say
Abigail Lapell – Night Bird And Morning Bird – Hide nor Hair – CDN
Lynn Miles – Little Bird – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Kasey Chambers – Little Bird – Little Bird
Rheostatics – Little Bird, Little Bird – 2067 – CDN
Anne Janelle & James Hill – Ah, Poor Bird – single – CDN

NQ Arbuckle – Funny Bone – Love Songs for the Long Game – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Seven Year Itch – Love Songs for the Long Game – CDN
Mike Plume & Jenny Orenstein – Dance Ruby, Dance – single – CDN
Mike Plume Band – You Don’t Believe (That’s Something You Could Do) – single – CDN

The Nude Party – Ride On – Rides On
Jess Klein – Never Gonna Break Me – single
Lydia Loveless & Jason Hawk Harris – Portions For Foxes – single
Rilo Kiley – Love and War (11/11/46) – More Adventurous
Wild Moccasins – No Muse – Look Together
Neko Case – People Got A Lotta Nerve – Middle Cyclone

Scouting For Girls – Elvis Ain’t Dead – Scouting For Girls
Jeffrey Gaines – I Like You – Somewhat Slightly Dazed
The Jayhawks – Waiting for the Sun – Hollywood Town Hall
Luke Doucet – The Lovecats – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Paul Kelly – Won’t You Come Around – Ways & Means
Josh Ritter – Right Moves – The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter

Red Wanting Blue – White Snow – From The Vanishing Point
The Wallflowers – One Headlight – Bringing Down the Horse
Soul Asylum – Black Gold – Grave Dancers Union
Gin Blossoms – Found Out About You – New Miserable Experience
R.E.M. – The One I Love – Document

The Glorious Sons – White Noise – The Union – CDN
July Talk – Let Her Know – July Talk – CDN
The Four Horsemen – Rockin’ Is Ma Business – Nobody Said It Was Easy
Great White – Move It – Twice Shy
Brother Cane – And Fools Shine On – Seeds
The New Meanies – Scenic Anomaly – Three Seeds – CDN – WPG

Playlist: Episode #989, May 21, 2023

We’re thoroughly enjoying the Victoria Day long weekend this year with some timely tunes, eagerly anticipated new music, songs about the troubles in my yard, and a whole lot of big, dumb, nostalgic rock.

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

Melissa McClelland – Victoria Day (May Flowers) – Victoria Day – CDN

Jeff Beadle – Victoria Day – single – CDN
The Warped 45s – Victoria Day – Matador Sunset – CDN
Melissa McClelland – Little Birds – Stranded In Suburbia – CDN

Darlingside – Birds Say – Birds Say
Abigail Lapell – Night Bird And Morning Bird – Hide nor Hair – CDN
Lynn Miles – Little Bird – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Kasey Chambers – Little Bird – Little Bird
Rheostatics – Little Bird, Little Bird – 2067 – CDN
Anne Janelle & James Hill – Ah, Poor Bird – single – CDN

NQ Arbuckle – Funny Bone – Love Songs for the Long Game – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Seven Year Itch – Love Songs for the Long Game – CDN
Mike Plume & Jenny Orenstein – Dance Ruby, Dance – single – CDN
Mike Plume Band – You Don’t Believe (That’s Something You Could Do) – single – CDN

The Nude Party – Ride On – Rides On
Jess Klein – Never Gonna Break Me – single
Lydia Loveless & Jason Hawk Harris – Portions For Foxes – single
Rilo Kiley – Love and War (11/11/46) – More Adventurous
Wild Moccasins – No Muse – Look Together
Neko Case – People Got A Lotta Nerve – Middle Cyclone

Scouting For Girls – Elvis Ain’t Dead – Scouting For Girls
Jeffrey Gaines – I Like You – Somewhat Slightly Dazed
The Jayhawks – Waiting for the Sun – Hollywood Town Hall
Luke Doucet – The Lovecats – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Paul Kelly – Won’t You Come Around – Ways & Means
Josh Ritter – Right Moves – The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter

Red Wanting Blue – White Snow – From The Vanishing Point
The Wallflowers – One Headlight – Bringing Down the Horse
Soul Asylum – Black Gold – Grave Dancers Union
Gin Blossoms – Found Out About You – New Miserable Experience
R.E.M. – The One I Love – Document

The Glorious Sons – White Noise – The Union – CDN
July Talk – Let Her Know – July Talk – CDN
The Four Horsemen – Rockin’ Is Ma Business – Nobody Said It Was Easy
Great White – Move It – Twice Shy
Brother Cane – And Fools Shine On – Seeds
The New Meanies – Scenic Anomaly – Three Seeds – CDN – WPG

Podcast: May 14, 2023

Episode #988

Pre-recorded today as we’re celebrating some great moms today on Mother’s Day! In their honour, some songs for Mama, as well as talk about a bunch of live shows past and future, as well as some related classics and a whole lot more! Happy Day to all of the wonderful moms out there!

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

Loudon Wainwright III – My Mother And My Sweetheart – High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project

Crash Test Dummies – Afternoons & Coffeespoons – God Shuffled His Feet – CDN – WPG
The Replacements – Androgynous – Let It Be
XTC – Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead – Nonsuch

The Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait – Pleased To Meet Me
The Replacements – Alex Chilton – Pleased To Meet Me
Big Star – When My Baby’s Beside Me – #1 Record
Big Star – The Ballad Of El Goodo – #1 Record

Cry Cry Cry – Cold Missouri Waters – Cry Cry Cry
James Keelaghan – Hillcrest Mine – Small Rebellions – CDN
James Keelaghan – Kiri’s Piano – History – The First 25 Years – CDN

James McMurtry – Red Dress – Live in Aught-Three
Ben de la Cour – In God We Trust … All Others Pay Cash – Shadow Land

Mary Gauthier – Drag Queens in Limousines – Drag Queens in Limousines

Gordon Lightfoot – Mama Said – Songbook – CDN
Ridley Bent – Mama – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Suzie Ungerleider – Mama – Oh Susanna – CDN
Post Script – Mama – If Not for You – CDN
William Prince – Mama – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson – Mama Tried – single – CDN

Anna Tivel – Alleyway – Small Believer
Jeffrey Martin – I Know What I Know – OurVinyl Sessions
Ondara – Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday – Folk n’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation
Great Lake Swimmers – Bodies and Minds – Bodies and Minds – CDN
Mike Plume – Dance Ruby Dance – single – CDN

Playlist: Episode #988, May 14, 2023

Pre-recorded today as we’re celebrating some great moms today on Mother’s Day! In their honour, some songs for Mama, as well as talk about a bunch of live shows past and future, as well as some related classics and a whole lot more! Happy Day to all of the wonderful moms out there!

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

Loudon Wainwright III – My Mother And My Sweetheart – High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project

Crash Test Dummies – Afternoons & Coffeespoons – God Shuffled His Feet – CDN – WPG
The Replacements – Androgynous – Let It Be
XTC – Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead – Nonsuch

The Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait – Pleased To Meet Me
The Replacements – Alex Chilton – Pleased To Meet Me
Big Star – When My Baby’s Beside Me – #1 Record
Big Star – The Ballad Of El Goodo – #1 Record

Cry Cry Cry – Cold Missouri Waters – Cry Cry Cry
James Keelaghan – Hillcrest Mine – Small Rebellions – CDN
James Keelaghan – Kiri’s Piano – History – The First 25 Years – CDN

James McMurtry – Red Dress – Live in Aught-Three
Ben de la Cour – In God We Trust … All Others Pay Cash – Shadow Land

Mary Gauthier – Drag Queens in Limousines – Drag Queens in Limousines

Gordon Lightfoot – Mama Said – Songbook – CDN
Ridley Bent – Mama – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Suzie Ungerleider – Mama – Oh Susanna – CDN
Post Script – Mama – If Not for You – CDN
William Prince – Mama – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson – Mama Tried – single – CDN

Anna Tivel – Alleyway – Small Believer
Jeffrey Martin – I Know What I Know – OurVinyl Sessions
Ondara – Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday – Folk n’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation
Great Lake Swimmers – Bodies and Minds – Bodies and Minds – CDN
Mike Plume – Dance Ruby Dance – single – CDN

Podcast: May 7, 2023

Episode #987

A few cool live shows to talk about, an exciting new band to introduce, and a whole lot of love and respect for one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Gordon Lightfoot!

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

Rheostatics – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Melville – CDN

Crash Test Dummies – The Voyage – The Ghosts That Haunt Me – CDN – WPG
Crash Test Dummies – Here I Stand Before Me – God Shuffled His Feet – CDN – WPG
Ray LaMontagne – How Come – Trouble
Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – Lay Down – North/South – CDN – WPG

Ratboys – Black Earth, WI – single
Ratboys – The Stanza – Happy Birthday, Ratboy
Chris Carmichael – Nowhere – Chris Carmichael – CDN – WPG

The Gourds – Lower 48 – Blood of the Ram

Johnny Cash – If You Could Read My Mind – American V – A Hundred Highways
Waylon Jennings – Long Way Back Home – Country-Folk
Anne Murray – Cotton Jenny – Talk It Over In The Morning – CDN
Ian & Sylvia – For Lovin’ Me – Folk Hits – CDN

Bill Bourne – Early Morning Rain – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Summer Side Of Life – Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Oh, Linda – The Folk Sinner – CDN
The Warped 45s – Bitter Green – Turning Back The Pages Of My Sweet Shattered Dreams – CDN
Luke Doucet And The White Falcon – Sundown – Steel City Trawler – CDN – WPG
John Bottomley – The Way I Feel – Songs With The Ornamental Hermits – CDN

Gordon Lightfoot – Canadian Railroad Trilogy – Songbook – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – Carefree Highway – Sundown – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – Beautiful – Gord’s Gold – CDN
Ron Sexsmith – Stay Loose – Covered in Gold: 5.0, Side A – CDN
Stompin’ Tom Connors – Spin, Spin (Live) – Stompin’ Tom Live At The Horseshoe – CDN

Playlist: Episode #987, May 7, 2023

A few cool live shows to talk about, an exciting new band to introduce, and a whole lot of love and respect for one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Gordon Lightfoot!

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

Rheostatics – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Melville – CDN

Crash Test Dummies – The Voyage – The Ghosts That Haunt Me – CDN – WPG
Crash Test Dummies – Here I Stand Before Me – God Shuffled His Feet – CDN – WPG
Ray LaMontagne – How Come – Trouble
Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – Lay Down – North/South – CDN – WPG

Ratboys – Black Earth, WI – single
Ratboys – The Stanza – Happy Birthday, Ratboy
Chris Carmichael – Nowhere – Chris Carmichael – CDN – WPG

The Gourds – Lower 48 – Blood of the Ram

Johnny Cash – If You Could Read My Mind – American V – A Hundred Highways
Waylon Jennings – Long Way Back Home – Country-Folk
Anne Murray – Cotton Jenny – Talk It Over In The Morning – CDN
Ian & Sylvia – For Lovin’ Me – Folk Hits – CDN

Bill Bourne – Early Morning Rain – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Summer Side Of Life – Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Oh, Linda – The Folk Sinner – CDN
The Warped 45s – Bitter Green – Turning Back The Pages Of My Sweet Shattered Dreams – CDN
Luke Doucet And The White Falcon – Sundown – Steel City Trawler – CDN – WPG
John Bottomley – The Way I Feel – Songs With The Ornamental Hermits – CDN

Gordon Lightfoot – Canadian Railroad Trilogy – Songbook – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – Carefree Highway – Sundown – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – Beautiful – Gord’s Gold – CDN
Ron Sexsmith – Stay Loose – Covered in Gold: 5.0, Side A – CDN
Stompin’ Tom Connors – Spin, Spin (Live) – Stompin’ Tom Live At The Horseshoe – CDN