Episode #633

Today a conversation with Ron Hawkins of The Lowest of the Low, a preview of tonight’s David Francey show, plus new music and much more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Ron Hawkins – Strum and Drag – Spit Sputter Sparkle – CDN
Ron Hawkins – Beautiful Girl – Spit Sputter Sparkle – CDN
Ron Hawkins – ’til It Kills ya – Spit Sputter Sparkle – CDN
Ron Hawkins – City of Lies – Spit Sputter Sparkle – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Lowest of the Low – Black Mondays – Hallucigenia – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Henry Needs a new Pair of Shoes – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN
David Francey – Junkie’s Heart – Empty Train – CDN
David Francey – Rain – So Say We All – CDN
Go Jane Go – My Blue Ridge Cabin Home – Go Jane Go – CDN
David Francey – I Live in Fear – Late Edition – CDN
David Francey – Wanna Be Loved – The Waking Hour – CDN
David Francey – Wind in the Wires – Torn Screen Door – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Poor Nameless Boy – Bravery – Bravery – CDN
Poor Nameless Boy – Atlantic Ocean – Bravery – CDN
Grant Lee Phillips – Find my Way – The Narrows
Malcolm Holcombe – Another Black Hole – Another Black Hole
Robbie Fulks – Fare thee Well, Carolina Gals – Upland Stories
Hayes Carll – The Love that We Need – single

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Carrie Rodriguez – Perfidia – Lola
Alejandro Escovedo – Sister Lost Soul – Real Animal
Chuck Prophet – Pin a Rose on Me – Age of Miracles
Lucinda Williams – Drunken Angel – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Kris Kristofferson – Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down – Third World Warrior
The Beatles – Blackbird – The Beatles

Episode #632

Today we’ve got some new (and rather old) music, as well as previews of the upcoming return of David Francey and a show billed as Stones vs. Beatles, which had us weighing the musical options. Things were going so well that we ended up going into overtime with a half hour of bonus classics!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Len Udow – River Run – Through Curved Glass – CDN – WPG
Paul Bergman – Sundogs – Anthropology – CDN
Alex Dezen – Leonardo – Alex Dezen
Jim Bryson – Call Out – Somewhere We Will Find our Place – CDN
Corin Raymond – Hard on Things – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Del Barber & The No Regretskys – Lights Go Out – The Puck Drops Here – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

David Francey – Border Line – Torn Screen Door – CDN
David Francey – Highwire – Far End of Summer – CDN
David Francey – Tonight in my Dreams – The Waking Hour – CDN
David Francey – Come Rain or Come Shine – Skating Rink – CDN
Dala – Lennon & McCartney – Best Day – CDN
Bob Schneider – John Lennon – Burden of Proof
Colin Linden – John Lennon in New Orleans – From the Water – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Co-Dependents – The Ballad of John and Yoko – Live at the Mecca Cafe Volume 2 – CDN
The Co-Dependents – Far Away Eyes – Live at the Mecca Cafe – CDN
Mike June & The Dirty Doves – The Ballad of the Ballad of John and Yoko – Lovesick
The Flying Burrito Brothers – Wild Horses – Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology
Matthew Ryan – Streets of Love – Paint It Black: An Alt-Country Tribute to The Rolling Stones
The Gaslight Anthem – Tumbling Dice – single
Steve Earle & The Supersuckers – Before they Make Me Run – Steve Earle & The Supersuckers

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Hayes Carll – Sake of the Song – single
Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO – KMAG YOYO
Bob Schneider – Miss Oblivion – The Californian
Buddy Miller – It’s Been a Change – Cruel Moon
Chuck Prophet – Where the Hell Is Henry? – Let Freedom Ring
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Six Shooter – Six Shooter – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – 4 O’Clock Stop – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN

4:00 – 4:30 pm

Johnathan Byrd & Chris Kokesh – You Can’t Outrun the Radio – Live at 4th & Main, Wray, Colorado
Scott Nolan – Swing Low – single – CDN – WPG
Paul Kelly – Nothing but a Dream – Ways & Means
Griffin House – Lonely One – Flying Upside Down
Christina Martin – Cut It Out – Two Hearts – CDN
Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons – Curious Thing – Death Won’t Send a Letter
Tim O’Reagan – These Things – Tim O’Reagan

We pride ourselves on the diversity of the program, and I think our record speaks for itself, but every once in a while, it’s nice to really get to know an artist and explore a rich back catalogue of material. Today, we have 2 such features, as we celebrate the long-awaited return (like 12 years or so…) of Canadian folk/roots legend Ken Whiteley, and we celebrate our pal Jon Dee Graham’s birthday!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jon Dee Graham – Big Sweet Life – First Bear on the Moon
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band – Beulah Land – Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Another Day’s Journey – Another Day’s Journey – CDN
Ken Whiteley – That’s When I Need a Song – One World Dance – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Sing with Me – Gospel Music Makes Me Feel Alright – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Don’t Burn the Candle at both Ends – Acoustic Eclectic – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ken Whiteley & Paradise Revue – People Get Ready – Stand the Storm – CDN
The Original Sloth Band – Working in a Coal Mine – 1978 – CDN
Chris and Ken Whiteley – Rich Gal – Junior Jug Band! – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Up Like a Rocket – All of the Seasons – CDN
Ken Whiteley, Jackie Washington, Mose Scarlett – We’ll Meet Again – Where Old Friends Meet – CDN
Mose Scarlett, Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley – I Just Want to Be Horizontal – We’ll Meet Again – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Skunks – Earthquake Shake – Soul Jazz Records Presents Punk 45
True Believers – Dedication – single
True Believers – One Moment to Another – Hard Road
The Resentments – World So Full – The Resentments
The Resentments – Message of Hope – Switcheroo
The Hobart Brothers & Li’l Sis’ Hobart – All Things Being Equal – At Least We Have each Other
Jon Dee Graham – $100 Bill – Escape from Monster Island

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jon Dee Graham – October – Summerland
Jon Dee Graham – Laredo (Small Dark Something) – Hooray for the Moon
Jon Dee Graham – Tie a Knot – Full
Jon Dee Graham – Holes – Swept Away
Jon Dee Graham & The Fighting Cocks – Beautifully Broken – It’s not as Bad as It Looks
Jon Dee Graham – The Orphan’s Song – Garage Sale
Jon Dee Graham – Robot Moving – The Great Battle

Episode #630

Today some great new music from some of our favourites and some exciting house concert news. We also got some great requests & suggestions today that led to some great classics we haven’t heard in a while!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

David Francey – Mirror Ball – Empty Train – CDN
David Francey – Big Texas Moon – Empty Train – CDN
Dori Freeman – Where I Stood (with Teddy Thompson) – Dori Freeman
Sinead O’Connor – Trouble Will Soon Be Over – God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson
Lucinda Williams – It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine – God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson
Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik – Basement of her Heart – A Congress of Treasons
Jim Bryson – Stuck Here in the Middle – Somewhere we Will Find our Place – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ken Whiteley – Friends and Ancestors – Acoustic Eclectic – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Bring Peace – Gospel Music Makes Me Feel Alright! – CDN
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band – Hands on that Guitar – Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band – CDN
Greg Brown – Help Me Make It through This Funky Day – In the Dark with You
Greg Brown – ‘cept You & Me Babe – Covenant
Pieta Brown – You’re My Lover Now – Shimmer

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Bo Ramsey – Desert Flower – In the Weeds
Lucinda Williams – Are You Down – Essence
Dave Rawlings Machine – The Weekend – Nashville Obsolete
Gillian Welch – Tear My Stillhouse Down – Revival
Storyhill – Cover Your Tracks – Shade of the Trees
Doug Seegers – There’ll Be no Teardrops Tonight (with Buddy Miller) – Going Down to the River
Corin Raymond – Two Miles of Train – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN

3:30 – 4:15 (ish)

Brooke Wylie – I Will Miss Growing Old with You (with John Wort Hannam) – Don’t Waste the Silence – CDN – WPG
John Wort Hannam – Chasing the Song – Love Lives On – CDN
Jon Dee Graham – Butterfly Wing – Summerland
The Hobart Brothers & Li’l Sis Hobart – Ballad of Sis (Didn’t I Love You) – At Least We Have Each Other
Sarah Borges – Daniel Lee – Silver City
John Hiatt – Slow Turning – Slow Turning
Radney Foster – A Fine Line – Del Rio, TX, 1959
Peter Case – Travellin’ Light – The Man with the blue postmodern fragmented neo-traditionalist Guitar
Lucero – What Are You Willing to Lose – 1372 Overton Park
The Lowest of the Low – The Last Recidivist – Sordid Fiction – CDN