Tell the Band to Go Home

Had to slip in some exciting new music and one big concert announcement, but the bulk of today’s show is inspired by a recent trip down to Blue Note Park where I saw Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices tear through a set of stellar songs that had me thinking that Poor Choices sure do make excellent choices, so I stole a pile of classics off of their playlist and threw in a bunch of my own for a pretty solid set of music that’ll have you eager to join me down at the Park this week for another sure-to-be-great Poor Choices show! Tickets are limited but available here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/andrew-neville-and-the-poor-choices-tickets-160294359745

It’s a pretty incredible week all around at Blue Note Park. Hope to see you there! Whatever tickets remain are available here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/times-changed-high-amp-lonesome-club-18256543452

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

Luke Doucet And The White Falcon – Long Haul Driver – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Joe Nolan – Cherry Valance – Scrapper – CDN
Del Barber – Nothing Left To Find – Stray Dogs – CDN – WPG
John R. Miller – Motor’s Fried – Depreciated
Sierra Ferrell – In Dreams – Long Time Coming
Brandi Carlile – Right on Time – In These Silent Days
Colin Linden – Blow – Blow – CDN

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Big Freightliner – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Hayes Carll – Rivertown – Little Rock
Merle Haggard – The Bottle Let Me Down – Swinging Doors And The Bottle Let Me Down
Junior Brown – Highway Patrol – Guit With It
John Prine – Paradise – John Prine
Waylon Jennings – Lonesome, On’ry and Mean – Lonesome, On’ry and Mean

Fred Eaglesmith – Cryin’ Yet – Things Is Changin – CDN
Matt Masters – Centennial Swell – Centennial Swell – CDN
Shaver – Georgia on a Fast Train – Tramp On Your Street
The Texas Tornados – Who Were You Thinkin’ Of – The Best Of
Fred Eaglesmith – Water In The Fuel – Lipstick, Lies And Gasoline – CDN
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Workin’ Man’s Song – Let’r Buck – CDN – WPG

Brothers Cosmoline – It’s Alright – Songs Of Work And Freedom – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Streets With No Lights – Streets With No Lights – CDN
Blue Shadows – Coming On Strong – On The Floor Of Heaven – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – In Another Time – Hanging The Battle-Scarred Pinata – CDN
Carolyn Mark – 2 Days Smug and Sober – Pros and Cons of Collaboration – CDN

Chris Knight – Banging Away – The Jealous Kind
Chuck Prophet – Rise – The Hurting Business
Mary Gauthier – Good-Bye – Filth & Fire
Gurf Morlix – Fishin’ In The Muddy – Fishin’ In The Muddy
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – High Top Mountain

No need for the music to bring the heat today because it’s frickin’ hot out, so things heated up quickly with some songs about the seemingly ever-present blazing sun. We paid tribute to the late, great William “Skinny” Tenn, looked at some upcoming shows, heard a bit more from Shawna Caspi who was the guest on Fly with your Shadow this week, rediscovered Storyhill and heard some great new music!

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

Jim White – Crash Into The Sun – Transnormal Skiperoo
Jason Collett – I’ll Bring The Sun – Best Of – CDN
The Jayhawks – Waiting For The Sun – Hollywood Town Hall
The Weepies – I Was Made For Sunny Days – Be My Thrill
Boy & Bear – Southern Sun – Harlequin Dream
Cuff The Duke – Brightest Part of the Sun – Morning Comes – CDN

Cuff The Duke – I Really Want To Help You – Cuff The Duke – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Black Mondays – Hallucigenia – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Broken Fuckin’ Heart – Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs – CDN

The New Lightweights – Boxes – What Keeps Us Together – CDN – WPG
Bobby Dove – Chance in Hell (feat. Jim Cuddy) – Hopeless Romantic – CDN – MB
Bobby Dove – Thunderchild – Thunderchild – CDN – MB

Shawna Caspi – Lay Low Shadow – Hurricane Coming – CDN
Shawna Caspi – interview
Shawna Caspi – Never Enough – Forest Fire – CDN

Storyhill – Give Up The Ghost – Storyhill
Storyhill – Better Angels – Stages
Storyhill – Lay Down Your Weary Tune – Nod to Bob 2

Anna Tivel – Alleyway (Map Room Sessions) – Blue World
Suzie Ungerleider – Sweet Little Sparrow – My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider – CDN
James McMurtry – If It Don’t Bleed – The Horses and the Hounds
John R. Miller – Coming Down – Depreciate

Ida Mae – Click Click Domino (feat. Marcus King) – Click Click Domino
Ida Mae – Learn to Love You Better – Click Click Domino
The Secret Sisters – Heavy Balloon – Quicksand EP

Summer is here and outdoor live shows are happening every night here in Winnipeg and we love it! Today, we preview some of the most exciting upcoming shows and play a whole bunch of great new music.

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

D. Rangers – Love, Lust, and Loneliness – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Andrina Turenne – When the Smoke Clears – single – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Citizen Alien – Citizen Alien – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Welcome Stranger – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Trois Rivieres – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG

Del Barber – Meantime – Stray Dogs – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Miss You – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
The Small Glories – Sing – Assiniboine & The Red – CDN – WPG

Son Volt – Living in the USA – Electro Melodier
Brett Dennen – Not A Free Country – single
Martin Sexton – Calling on America – single
Rod Gator – For Louisiana – For Louisiana
Bob Schneider – American Jesus – In A Roomful of Blood With A Sleeping Tiger

Shawna Caspi – Lay Low Shadow – Hurricane Coming – CDN

Rusty Robot – Ice Cream Truck – single – CDN – WPG
Imaginary Cities – Hummingbird – Temporary Resident – CDN – WPG
Imaginary Cities – Bells Of Cologne – Fall Of Romance – CDN – WPG
Middle Of Nowhere – Then I Find You – Middle Of Nowhere – CDN – WPG

Charley Crockett – I Need Your Love – Music City USA
Yola – Starlight – Stand for Myself
Nathaniel Rateliff – Still out There Running – Red Rocks 2020
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – Family – Family EP
Matthew Fowler – I’m Still Trying – The Grief We Gave Our Mother

The Artisanals – The Road – Zia
Rodney Crowell – Triage – Triage
Paul Thorn – Here We Go – Never Too Late to Call
Deer Tick – If She Could Only See Me Now (Live) – Live from Fort Adams

The Flatlanders – Moanin’ of the Midnight Train – Treasure of Love

It’s the Fourth of July, and a few songs are in order for our friends to the South, as well as some words about what’s been going on here at home lately. We’ve got a big backpile of great new music, including new tracks from some of our very favourites. This past week on Fly with your Shadow, I spoke to old friend and longtime favourite, David Francey, and had a bit left for this show, where he talked about the new music that he’s been working on and some of his favourite artists right now.

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

David Francey – Fourth of July – The Waking Hour – CDN
Shane Koyczan – Inconvenient Skin – live recording – CDN
Joe Purdy – 4th of July – 4th of July
Steve Poltz – 4th Of July – Shine On – CDN
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men – Fourth Of July – Out In California

Anna Tivel – Two Dark Horses (Map Room Sessions) – Blue World
Suzie Ungerleider – Summerbaby – My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider – CDN
Del Barber – Meantime – Stray Dogs – CDN – WPG
Leeroy Stagger – Ventura – Dystopian Weekends – CDN

Ken Tizzard – Working Class Hero – All Together Now – CDN
Jason Isbell – Sad But True – The Metallica Blacklist
Larkin Poe – Layla – live recording

David Francey – Sumach Street – Torn Screen Door – CDN
David Francey – Lonely Road – The Broken Heart of Everything – CDN

David Francey interview

Terra Spencer – Manitoba Maple – Chasing Rabbits – CDN
Chris Coole – Make this Day – single – CDN
Steel Rail – Kate’s Song – Coming Home – CDN
Dave Clarke – Lucinda – The Healing Garden – CDN
Shawna Caspi – Nearly Midnight – live recording – CDN

Whitehorse – Fade into You – Strike Me Down – CDN
Ellen McIlwaine – Can’t Find My Way Home – Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years – CDN
Ellen McIlwaine – It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years – CDN

Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers – Roses in the Snow (Live) – Ramble in Music City
Brandi Carlile – Speak Your Mind (From the Netflix Series “We the People”) – single
The Highwomen – Highway Unicorn (Road to Love) (feat. Brittney Spencer & Madeline Edwards) – Born this Way Reimagined

Friday, June 18, 2021 marked five years since we lost our friend and namesake artist, Paul MacLeod. This show started as an avenue for talented artists like Paul to get some of the exposure that they so deserve. Paul was a friend and an inspiration and like a lot of people, I miss him and wish he could still be here. I put together a tribute to Paul for my other show, Fly with your Shadow, which I hope you’ll check out at flywithyourshadow.com or on the streaming service of your choice. Although that one was the longest episode of the show ever, I had much more left over, and it only seemed fitting that the tribute would spill over onto the show that he gave a name to. Today we’ll hear from Andy Maize of Paul’s former band Skydiggers, Jason Schneider, Mark Logan of Busted Flat Records, and Lynn Jackson. They’ll tell you which of Paul’s songs they loved the most and which of the hundreds of cover versions that he could perform were their favourites.

I’ve been super busy with that, so not much time to look up new music or even get through my Record Store Day purchases, so not much on the new side here, but I did find a few. The big news of the week is the imminent return of live music in Winnipeg, as The Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club announced their outdoor summer concert series at Blue Note Park! That lineup of locals is stellar and well worth looking forward to, so I fit in as many highlights as I could today. I hope to see you there!

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

Mike Plume Band – Ride – Fools for the Radio (leftover) – CDN

Slow Leaves – Did It Again – Holiday – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Holiday – live recording – CDN – WPG
Colin Hay – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
Whitehorse – Why So Cruel – Strike Me Down – CDN

Sweet Alibi – I’ll Wait – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder – Blam – CDN – WPG
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Nick Hill – Let’r Buck – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Don’t Let the Highway Get You Lost – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
JD Edwards Band – This House Will Stand – Roads and Roads – CDN – WPG
The Perpetrators – Six-Pack – The Perpetrators – CDN – WPG

Paul MacLeod – Money – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN
The Who – I’m One – Quadrophenia
Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Close and Play – CDN
Sinéad O’Connor – Black Boys on Mopeds – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
Paul MacLeod – Giants – Close and Play – CDN
Soundgarden – Blow Up The Outside World – Down On The Upside
Paul MacLeod – Broken Wing – Close and Play – CDN
Jesse Winchester – Biloxi – Jesse Winchester

Lynn Jackson – Random Breakdowns, False Starts & New Beginnings – Follow that Fire – CDN
Lynn Jackson – Meet Me in the City (w/Andy Maize) – Follow that Fire – CDN
Skydiggers – Those Memories – There and Back – CDN
Skydiggers – See You Again – Bittersweet Harmony – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Down in the Street – Bright Eyes Fade – CDN