1996 leftovers, noteable concerts past and future, loads of new music, and a tribute to Mike Little, who recently lost a battle with cancer, but leaves behind a legacy of contributions to a lot of great recordings.

1996 special: tellthebandtogohome.com/2026/06/14/playlist-episode-1140-june-14-2026/

Mike Little: mikelittlekeys.com / Legacy Fund: gofundme.com/f/7fq8m-mike-little / Hello Darlins: thehellodarlins.com

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

The Hello Darlins – Shine – single – CDN

Wilco – Far, Far Away – Being There
Iris DeMent – The Way I Should – The Way I Should
Greg Brown – Hey Baby Hey – Further In

Greg Brown – Two Little Feet – Further In
Ron Hynes – No Kathleen – Cryer’s Paradise – CDN

Jeff Crosby – Red, White and Blue – Waking Days
Jeff Crosby – I Miss You (But I Never Want You Back Again) – Waitin’ on a Miracle
Jeff Crosby – Hate Goodbyes – single

Pony Gold – Wait for Me – High Road Reverie – CDN
Northcote – Keep On Saying Goodbye – Let Me Roar – CDN
Northcote – How Can You Turn Around – Northcote – CDN

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Glory For Me – Better Off In Time And Other Songs For The Dance Floor – CDN – WPG
Raul Malo – Forever and Ever (Live in Nashville) – BELLA CIAO: Raul Malo Live In Nashville
Charles Wesley Godwin & Wyatt Flores – Hey There Son – Christian Name
Moranz & Fremlin – Better Days – Williwaw – CDN

John Samson Fellows and the After School Leaders – Vivat Virtute presents: 50/50 Funding – single – CDN – WPG
Danny Michel – Hey Veronica – single – CDN
American Aquarium – Whatever Helps You Sleep at Night – New Ways to Lose
Julia Jacklin – Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon) – The Gem
Jess Klein – Old Rock ‘n’ Roller (feat. Pat Byrne) – Dreaming Aloud

Dala – Lewiston – The Big Bang – CDN
Katie Pruitt & Nolan Taylor – Blackout – Fools for the Fleeting
Hayley Reardon, Seth Glier & Antje Duvekot – Stay Soft – single
Ken Pomeroy – Late for the Sky – single
Ferris & Sylvester – Jealous – single
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lydia’s Boots – Get Over It, Underdog

John Mellencamp – Check It Out – The Lonesome Jubilee

Mike Little – Earlene (feat. Matt Andersen) – Keys to the Universe – CDN
The Hello Darlins – Stranger in the Mirror (feat. Martin Sexton) – The Alders & The Ashes – CDN
The Hello Darlins – Catch That Train – Go by Feel – CDN

Joe Nolan – Rose Marie’s House – Drifters – CDN
Chloe Albert – Die Trying – Come Around Again – CDN
Cam Penner – Manitoba – Felt Like a Sunday Night – CDN
Noah Derksen – Lonely in America – America, Dreaming – CDN

The Grapes Of Wrath – Good To See You – High Road – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Mr. Soul – Heart of Gold Volume 1
Art Bergmann – The Greatest Story Never Told (feat. Mike Little, Lorrie Matheson, Paul Rigby & Ian Grant) – The Apostate – CDN
Charlie Major – All Of Your Love – More of the Best – CDN
Clayton Bellamy – Racing On The Wind – Clayton Bellamy Band – CDN
Theo Fleury – Road to Misery – I Am Who I Am – CDN

Episode #1140

It’s time to jump in the time machine once again and set it back 30 years to 1996 for some musical highlights and memories of a really interesting year in music and live shows!

This show was inspired by last year’s look back at 1995. In case you missed it or want to revisit that one, it’s here: https://wp.me/p1lizT-h24

This is one of our standby series of episodes that are meant to be timeless, so we can pop them into the schedule again some time when I can’t be at the studio live, so enjoy this one now and again!

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

Punchbuggy – Dressed For Success – Grand Opening Going Out Of Business Sale – CDN

The Pursuit Of Happiness – Edmonton Block Heater – Tribute to Hard Core Logo – CDN
The Watchmen – Incarnate – Brand New Day – CDN
Crash Test Dummies – He Liked To Feel It – A Worm’s Life – CDN
Special Fancy – Train Guy – King Me – CDN
Chains on 20 – Bleed – Finally – CDN
Dud – Wasted – May Not Go (Unrealized Recordings from 1996) – CDN

Barenaked Ladies – The Old Apartment – Born on a Pirate Ship – CDN
The Tragically Hip – Ahead By A Century – Trouble At The Henhouse – CDN
Dave Matthews Band – Too Much – Crash
Big Sugar – Diggin’ A Hole – Hemi-Vision – CDN
The Wallflowers – One Headlight – Bringing Down the Horse
Gin Blossoms – Follow You Down – Congratulations I’m Sorry

George Strait – I Can Still Make Cheyenne – Blue Clear Sky
Murray McLauchlan – No Change In Me – Gulliver’s Taxi – CDN
Mark Knopfler – Cannibals – Golden Heart
Shawn Colvin – Get Out Of This House – A Few Small Repairs
Lyle Lovett – Private Conversation – The Road To Ensenada

Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-in Movie – Drive-in Movie – CDN
Lynn Miles – I Always Told You The Truth – Slightly Haunted – CDN
Prairie Oyster – One Way Track – Blue Plate Special – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Come On Train – High Or Hurtin’ – CDN

Watertown – I’m Looking For A Love To Call My Own – Poetreason: The Songs Of Bob Snider – CDN
Ursula – The Only One – Pine Ridge (Songs For Leonard Peltier) – CDN
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts – U Shook Me All Night Long – Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 – CDN
Big Dave Mclean – Regrets To The Jets – Hockey Rock Winnipeg Style! – CDN

Rheostatics – Bad Time to Be Poor – The Blue Hysteria – CDN
The Inbreds – North Window – It’s Sydney or the Bush – CDN
Odds – Make You Mad – Nest – CDN
Kim Stockwood – She’s Not In Love – Bonavista – CDN
Elvis Costello And The Attractions – Distorted Angel – All This Useless Beauty

Bruce Cockburn – Pacing The Cage – The Charity Of Night – CDN
Gillian Welch – Annabelle – Revival
Todd Snider – Tension – Step Right Up
Keb’ Mo’ – More Than One Way Home – Just Like You
David Wilcox – O Freedom – Thirteen Songs – CDN

Martin Sexton – Black Sheep – Black Sheep
Dar Williams – The Christians and the Pagans – Mortal City
Steve Earle – You’re Still Standin’ There – I Feel Alright

Episode #1139

Technological difficulties derailed the first hour or so, but we made the best of it with some classics on CD before getting the train back on the track for some new releases, podcast recommendations, exciting upcoming shows, and more!

SB & LC album release: https://www.sidestagewpg.com/tm-event/sean-burns-lost-country-album-release/

It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me: https://seanburns.bandcamp.com/album/it-takes-luck-to-get-the-best-of-me

Canadian Football and Me podcast: https://joelstewartk.podbean.com/

Employee of the Myth podcast: https://employeeofthemyth.buzzsprout.com/

The Blindboy Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/blindboy

Heavyweight: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/heavyweight

Soul Asylum in Winnipeg: https://myparktheatre.com/tm-event/soul-asylum-tbd/

Noah Derksen: https://www.noahderksen.com/

Children’s House benefit: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/homegrown-a-benefit-concert-for-childrens-house-2

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

Matthew Ryan – American Dirt – vs. the Silver State
Christina Martin – You Come Home – Two Hearts – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Lean on your Peers – Kings of Love – CDN
Billy Bragg & Wilco – California Stars – Mermaid Avenue

Murray McLauchlan – Down by the Henry Moore – Songs from the Street – CDN
Jack Marks – Song for You – Blues Like These – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Emily’s Song – Church Bell Blues – CDN
James Keelaghan – Mirabeau Bridge – Road – CDN

Melwood Cutlery – Ballad of the Moonlight Lady – Campfire – CDN
Bob Snider – If I Sang It Pretty – Caterwaul & Doggerel – CDN

Romi Mayes – Long Way Home – Sweet Somethin’ Steady – CDN – WPG
Crash Test Dummies – Comin’ Back Soon (The Bereft Man’s Song) – The Ghosts That Haunt Me – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Daddy Was an Auctioneer – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG

Louis Brennan – The Doing the Thing – Louis Brennan
Dean Owens – Sinner of Sinners (feat. The sinners) – Sinner of Sinners (Live at the Slate Room)
Dean Owens – New York Hummingbird – New York Hummingbird
The Royston Club – Cariad – Songs For The Spine

Joel Stewart and the Future Hall of Famers – Buffalo – Songs for Stadiums – CDN
Skydiggers – Shimmy Up Those Words – West Montrose – CDN
Chip Taylor – On Your Block or Mine – single
Brent Cobb – Mill Creek (Story) – Live a Song, Write a Memory, Vol. 1
Brent Cobb – Bar, Guitar, and a Honky Tonk Crowd – Live a Song, Write a Memory, Vol. 1

Soul Asylum – What Will Become of Me – MPLS Unplugged (Live) – single
Tyson Ray Borsboom – 10 Miles from Nashville – These Days – CDN – WPG
Jacob Brodovsky – Kids – Tell the Kids We Tried – CDN – WPG

Noah Derksen – look at miss ohio – stolen serenades – CDN – WPG
Noah Derksen – Nothing – America, Dreaming – CDN – WPG
Noah Derksen – Mercy on the Skyline (feat. Lori McKenna) – Mercy on the Skyline – CDN – WPG

Das Macht Show – Auxiliary Workhouse Breakdown – … One Night In Berlin – CDN – MB
Das Macht Show – Modern World – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – MB
Dust Poets – Good Enough for Me – Lovesick Town – CDN – MB
Dust Poets – Big World – World At Large – CDN – MB
Roots 10 Collective – Good Time to Be Lonely – single – CDN – MB

Greg MacPherson – Windy – Balanced on a Pin – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Wide Turn – Maintenance – CDN – WPG
Shannon Lyon – The Lights Behind – The Lights Behind – CDN
Steven Bowers – Beothuk Words – Beothuk Words – CDN

Episode #1138

Memories and disappointments of another amazing but under-attended show, songs & names too close for comfort, new music, upcoming shows, and lamented local bands.

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

Slaid Cleaves – Song for June – Unsung

Carter Felker – The Bad Guy – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Sittin’ by the Road
John Prine – Daddy’s Little Pumpkin – The Missing Years
Bruce Cockburn – If I Had A Rocket Launcher – Waiting For A Miracle – CDN
Starpainter – I Found a River – Cayenne – CDN

India Ramey – Cult Money – Villain Era
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – High Top Mountain
Turnpike Troubadours – Kansas City Southern – Diamonds & Gasoline
Chris Knight – Framed – Chris Knight
Thomas Csorba – Crooked Kind of Free – Thomas Csorba

Dougie MacLean – Another Time – Resolution
Clive Gregson – I Love This Town – The Best of Clive Gregson
Bap Kennedy – Moonlight Kiss – Serendipity

Liv Wade – Carolina – single
Liv Greene – Wild Geese – Deep Feeler

Noah Derksen – Walking Home (feat. FONTINE) – Mercy on the Skyline – CDN – WPG
Tyson Ray Borsboom – Let You Down – These Days – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Summer Rain – Pilgrimage – CDN
Ferris & Sylvester – 5-4-3-2-1 – single
Amble – Moral Victory – single

Carl M Banks – My Repertoire – ‘Mericana Mixtape, Vol. 1
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Cassette Mix Tape – Reel 2 Reel 4 Real
Kaitlin Butts – Never Really Mine – single
Boy Golden – Suffer (Acoustic) – single – CDN – WPG
Boy Golden – Cowboy Dreams (feat. Cat Clyde) – Best of Our Possible Lives – CDN – WPG

Corb Lund Band – No Roads Here – Five Dollar Bill – CDN
Corb Lund – Hair In My Eyes Like a Highland Steer – Hair In My Eyes Like a Highland Steer – CDN
Corb Lund – My Saddle Horse Has Died – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! – CDN
Corb Lund – It’s Hard to Keep a White Shirt Clean (for Willie P. Bennett) – Losin’ Lately Gambler – CDN
Corb Lund – Dig Gravedigger Dig – Cabin Fever – CDN
Sean Burns – Someday Soon – single – CDN – WPG

Crash Test Dummies – Here I Stand Before Me – God Shuffled His Feet – CDN – WPG
Kings Of The Moon – Crab Song – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
Duck Shot Hunter – All This Time – Yum – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – These New Friends Of Yours… – Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day – CDN – WPG
The Details – Always, Always, Always, Never. – Draw a Distance. Draw a Border. – CDN – WPG

NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Live At The Dakota – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Wishes Pile Up – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN

Episode #1137

Highlights of a great David Essig/D. Rangers show, new music, can-rock bangers, upcoming shows featuring Carter Felker and Odds, and we dive into head Odd Craig Northey‘s extensive career!

David Essig‘s Fair Days (and more): https://soundcloud.com/david-essig

Carter Felker, May 30: https://3common.com/event/carter-felker-at-park-alleys/69f40b1bd64d443a033fa018

Odds, May 26: https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/the-odds-with-guests-the-the-park-theatre-tickets/14773533

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

Matt Andersen – My Old Friend The Blues – Second Time Around – CDN

Freddy Fender – Before The Next Teardrop Falls – Before The Next Teardrop Falls
David Essig – For the Sake of a Dollar – live recording – CDN
D. Rangers – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Blackie and the Rodeo King – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN

Jackpine – Careless Love – Brand New Good Old Days – CDN – WPG
The Western States – Valemount – The Western States – CDN – WPG
David Essig – Motel As Metaphor – Fair Days – CDN

Carter Felker – Throwing Words Around – Loser – CDN
Carter Felker – Nothin’ But Net – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN
Mike Plume Band – My Old Friend – Born by the Radio – CDN

Ross Fizzard – Honey For The Weekend Let’s Agree – single – CDN
Trevor Tchir – There I Go – What Fools Endure – CDN
Jake Vaadeland – The Homesteader’s Song – This Is Jake Vaadeland – CDN
Jesse Welles – Masks Off – single

Thomas Csorba – The Big Time – Tender Country
Son Volt – Skeleton at the Feast – Sound Signal Serenades
The Deslondes – Try Again – Don’t Let It Die: Vol. 1
Noah Gundersen – Die Young – Rites Of Spring
Dasher The Band – Ouachita Woods – single
Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill – The Rebel – The House Must Win

Whitney Rose – Tootsies – The Tennessee Polaroids – CDN
Jess Klein – All It’ll Take – single
Brandi Carlile – Life On The Run – single
Ken Pomeroy – Look at Miss Ohio – single

Carter Felker – Losing Hand – Loser – CDN

Odds – 25 Words – Crash the Time Machine – CDN
Odds – Took a Long Time (to Get to I don’t Care) – Universal Remote – CDN
Odds – My Happy Place – Cheerleader – CDN
Odds – It Falls Apart – Bedbugs – CDN

Trans-Canada Highwaymen – Make My Life A Little Bit Brighter – Explosive Hits Vol.1 – CDN
Steven Page – The Work At Hand – Heal Thyself Pt. 1: Instinct – CDN
Colin James – Please, Baby Don’t Do That – The Little Big Band 3 – CDN
Kim Stockwood – She’s Not In Love – Bonavista – CDN
Rosanne Cash – Beautiful Pain (w/Sheryl Crow) – Rules Of Travel – CDN
Craig Northey – Old Mistakes – Giddy Up – CDN

Tom Wilson – Shine Your Star – Tom Wilson’s Planet Love – CDN
Big Wreck – Under The Lighthouse – In Loving Memory Of – CDN
Doug and the Slugs – Day by Day – Slugcology 101 – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Heart Like Mine – Outskirts – CDN