Podcast: January 17, 2016

Episode #625

Today a real mix of new music, classics, requests, timely tunes, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Soul of the Land That’s Mine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Joy Kills Sorrow – Such Great Heights – Wide Awake
Catherine MacLellan – Stealin’ – Silhouette – CDN
Brandon Wolfe Scott – Anymore – The Postcard Writer – CDN
Brandon Wolfe Scott – All That I’ve Done – The Postcard Writer – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matt Patershuk – Prettiest Ones – I Was so Fond of You – CDN
Ana Egge – Fifth of July – Bright Shadows – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Love Lives On – Love Lives On – CDN
Red Moon Road – I’ll Bend but I Won’t Break – Sorrows and Glories – CDN – WPG
John Moreland – Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars – High on Tulsa Heat
Jason Isbell – Cover Me Up – Southeastern

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Anthony da Costa – Mountain Range – The Family Record Singles Club Volume 11
Shovels & Rope – Leaving Lousiana in Broad Daylight – Broken Jukebox Vol. 1
Langhorne Slim – Rebel Side of Heaven – Langhorne Slim
Chuck Prophet – Would You Love Me? – Soap and Water
Roger Roger – 13 Crows – Fairweather – CDN – WPG
Jory Nash – Ain’t Coming Home – The Many Hats of Jory Nash – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – The Way I Feel – Songbook – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Oh, Linda – The Folk Sinner – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Fate’s Right Hand – Fate’s Right Hand
Steve Earle – I Feel Alright – I Feel Alright
Lydia Loveless – Can’t Change Me – Indestructible Machine
The Lowest of the Low – 4 O’Clock Stop – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN

Playlist: Episode #628 Sunday, February 7, 2016

Today we’ve got some great new music, some old school local music, and another pile of dusty vinyl from the archives!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Steve Poltz – The Plight of the Bumblebee – Kent Finlay: Dreamer – CDN
James McMurtry – Comfort’s Just a Rifle Shot Away – Kent Finlay: Dreamer
Jon Dee Graham – I’d Have Taken Better Care of Myself – Kent Finlay: Dreamer
Lucinda Williams – Factory – The Ghosts of Highway 20

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Buick 6 – So Much Trouble in the World (featuring Lucinda Williams) – Plays Well with Others
Tim O’Brien – Get Up Offa that Thing – Pompadour
Buick Six – Catch Me – Rollercoaster – CDN – WPG
John K Samson – Sunday Afternoon – Little Pictures – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Ryan’s Dream – Year of the Record Break – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Live of a Better Man – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Geoff Berner – Light Enough to Travel – Light Enough to Travel EP – CDN
Corb Lund – That’s What Keeps the Rent Down, Baby – Festival Man – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Baby Goats – The Queen of Vancouver Island – CDN
Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks – How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away? – Original Recordings
Steve Goodman – The Twentieth Century Is almost Over – Say It in Private
Warren Zevon – Poor Poor Pitiful Me – Stand in the Fire
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper – Elvis Is Everywhere – Bo Day Shus!!!

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN
The Beatles – Blackbird – The Beatles
The Band – Acadian Driftwood – Northern Lights – Southern Cross
King Harvest – Dancing in the Moonlight – Dancing in the Moonlight
John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves – In Spite of Ourselves
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

Playlist: Episode #627 Sunday, January 31, 2016

Today we celebrate February, Blaze Foley, Catherine MacLellan’s upcoming show, a big ol’ pile of vinyl records that I brought in, and play some requests and dedications!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Todd Snider – Vinyl Records – New Connections
Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Dogs of February – Hallucigenia – CDN
The Waifs – February – Beautiful You
David Francey – February Morning Drive – Far End of Summer – CDN
Idio Saravanja – That February Song – Little Child (bonus track) – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Blaze Foley – You’ll Get Yours Aplenty – The Dawg Years
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Wanted Dead More than Alive
Blaze Foley – If I Could Only Fly – Live at the Austin Outhouse
Blaze Foley – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream – Oval Room
Blaze Foley – Election Day – Cold, Cold World
Gurf Morlix – Baby Can I Crawl Back to You – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Gurf Morlix – Dirty Old Buffalo – Eatin’ at Me
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Saint Mary of the Woods

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Catherine MacLellan – Dreams Dissolve – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Isabel’s Song – Water in the Ground – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Keep on Fighting – Silhouette – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Don’t Call Me Stranger – The Raven’s Sun – CDN
Ray Bonneville – Love Is Wicked – Easy Gone – CDN
Ray Bonneville – Two Bends in the Road – Rough Luck – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Martyn Joseph – I Searched for You – Sanctuary
Leaf Rapids – Gravity and a Ladder of Gold – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
Calexico – Quattro (Worlds Drift In) – Feast of Wires
Neko Case – People Got a lotta Nerve – Middle Cyclone
Blue Northern – Can’t Stop – Blue Northern – CDN
Nick Lowe – Half a Boy and Half a Man – and his Cowboy Outfit
Buck Owens – Love’s Gonna Live Here – The Best of
Hoyt Axton – Boney Fingers – Life Machine
Del Barber – As Far as I Can Tell – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond – Give It April (Give It May) – Record Lonesome Night – CDN
Jim Bryson – Elizabeth – The North Side Benches – CDN
Hillbilly Burlesque – The Pines – Sixty Second Songs – CDN – WPG

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – Jan. 14, 2016

We’ve got a stack of non-stop celebrations tonight, including the brighter future for Times Change(d), Honky Tonk Heroes, the late great David Bowie, and a couple of exciting upcoming shows, including the returns of Canadian legends Blue Rodeo, including a Blue Rodeo tribute set with a twist – Blue Rodeo covering other great artists!

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Artist – Title – Album

D. Rangers – We Stay High & Lonesome – We Stay High & Lonesome
Barney Bentall & Co. – High and Lonesome (Cameron Latimer) – The Grand Cariboo Opry
The Gaslight Anthem – High Lonesome – The ’59 Sound
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Poor Choices Song – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. IV]
Adrian Sala – Andrew Neville – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. IV]
Waylon Jennings – Honky Tonk Heroes – Honky Tonk Heroes
Billy Joe Shaver – Played the Game Too Long – Old Five And Dimers Like Me
Leaf Rapids – The Man Who Sold The World – Lucky Stars
Danny Michel – DJ – Loving The Alien
Flight Of The Conchords – Bowie – Flight Of The Conchords
Rhett Miller – Queen Bitch – The Interpreter: Live at Largo
The Gourds – Ziggy Stardust – Shinebox
Fish & Bird – The Lake – Something in the Ether
Fish & Bird – Winnipeg – Every Whisper Is A Shout Across The Void
Fish & Bird – Burst Into Flower – Left Brain Blues
Blue Rodeo – Four Strong Winds – The Gift: A Tribute to Ian Tyson
Blue Rodeo – King Harvest – Garth Hudson Presents A Canadian Celebration Of The Band
Blue Rodeo – Go Go Round – Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot
Blue Rodeo – ’til I Gain Control Again – Five Days in July
The Sadies – Story’s Often Told (w/ Greg Keelor & Jim Cuddy) – In Concert Volume 1
Blue Rodeo – Rose Coloured Glasses – Outskirts
Blue Rodeo – Heart Like Mine – Outskirts

Podcast: January 10, 2016

Episode #624

New Jim Bryson! Very few things are more exciting to me than a long-awaited new album from one of our favourites, so we had to listen to a pile of it today, along with a whole lot of other great new music, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Jim Bryson – Ontario – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Stuck in the Middle – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Rust and Fade – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – On the Edge – Mother Tongue

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Bushpilots – Caffeine and Nicoteine Nights – All the Little Things – CDN
Lori Yates – Sweetheart of the Valley – Sweetheart of the Valley – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Full Moon Blues – Romantic as It Gets – CDN
Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell – Done This One Before – Sing Into my Mouth
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lucinda’s Room – In the Blazes
Dawes – Somewhere Along the Way – All of your Favorite Bands

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Bring It on Home to Memphis – The Traveling Kind
Jim Bryson – Changing Scenery – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Breathe – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Kalle Mattson – Lost Love – Avalanche – CDN
Whitehorse – You Get Older – Leave No Bridge Unburned – CDN
Frazey Ford – Done – Indian Ocean – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Terra Lightfoot – See You in the Morning – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
Blue Rodeo – New Morning Sun – Live at Massey Hall – CDN
Fish & Bird – My Head My Heart My Gut – Left Brain Blues – CDN
Rhiannon Giddens – Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind – Tomorrow Is My Turn
Amanda Shires – Bulletproof – Down Fell the Doves
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires – I Follow Rivers – Sea Songs

Playlist: Episode #626 Sunday, January 24, 2016

Today we’ve got some great new songs from Alex Dezen’s upcoming solo record, we threw a birthday party for our friend Nicky Mehta of The Wailin’ Jennys, talked about some upcoming shows, and played a pile of great classics.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Alex Dezen – This Is the Last Song (I’ll Ever Write on this Guitar) – Alex Dezen
Alex Dezen – Ode to Ex-Girlfriends – Alex Dezen
Alex Dezen – A Little Less Like Hell – Alex Dezen
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find our Place – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

John Bottomley – The Healing Dream – The Healing Dream – CDN
John Bottomley – Candle in the Dark – Blackberry – CDN
Rodney Crowell – This Too Will Pass – Fate’s Right Hand
Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues
Jon Dee Graham – Robot Moving – The Great Battle
Townes Van Zandt – Be Here to Love Me – Our Mother the Mountain
Scott Nolan & John K. Samson – Black Bear – Love, Lake Winnipeg: A Tribute to the Songs of Sol Sigurdson – CDN – WPG
William Prince – Bloom – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Nicky Mehta – Row Him Home – Weather Vane – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Deeper Well – The Wailin’ Jennys – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Begin – Firecracker – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
Good Lovelies – Down, Down, Down – Good Lovelies – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Good Lovelies – Broken Hearted – Burn the Plan – CDN
Lucinda Williams – I Just Want to See You so Bad (live) – Lucinda Williams (Deluxe Edition)
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams – Out of Touch – Essence
John Gorka – The Dutchman – So Dark You See
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Codeine – Here We Rest
Ridley Bent – Cry – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG

Playlist: Episode #625 Sunday, January 17, 2016

Today a real mix of new music, classics, requests, timely tunes, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Soul of the Land That’s Mine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Joy Kills Sorrow – Such Great Heights – Wide Awake
Catherine MacLellan – Stealin’ – Silhouette – CDN
Brandon Wolfe Scott – Anymore – The Postcard Writer – CDN
Brandon Wolfe Scott – All That I’ve Done – The Postcard Writer – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matt Patershuk – Prettiest Ones – I Was so Fond of You – CDN
Ana Egge – Fifth of July – Bright Shadows – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Love Lives On – Love Lives On – CDN
Red Moon Road – I’ll Bend but I Won’t Break – Sorrows and Glories – CDN – WPG
John Moreland – Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars – High on Tulsa Heat
Jason Isbell – Cover Me Up – Southeastern

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Anthony da Costa – Mountain Range – The Family Record Singles Club Volume 11
Shovels & Rope – Leaving Lousiana in Broad Daylight – Broken Jukebox Vol. 1
Langhorne Slim – Rebel Side of Heaven – Langhorne Slim
Chuck Prophet – Would You Love Me? – Soap and Water
Roger Roger – 13 Crows – Fairweather – CDN – WPG
Jory Nash – Ain’t Coming Home – The Many Hats of Jory Nash – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – The Way I Feel – Songbook – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Oh, Linda – The Folk Sinner – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Fate’s Right Hand – Fate’s Right Hand
Steve Earle – I Feel Alright – I Feel Alright
Lydia Loveless – Can’t Change Me – Indestructible Machine
The Lowest of the Low – 4 O’Clock Stop – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN

Playlist: Episode #624 Sunday, January 10, 2016

New Jim Bryson! Very few things are more exciting to me than a long-awaited new album from one of our favourites, so we had to listen to a pile of it today, along with a whole lot of other great new music, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Jim Bryson – Ontario – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Stuck in the Middle – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Rust and Fade – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – On the Edge – Mother Tongue

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Bushpilots – Caffeine and Nicoteine Nights – All the Little Things – CDN
Lori Yates – Sweetheart of the Valley – Sweetheart of the Valley – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Full Moon Blues – Romantic as It Gets – CDN
Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell – Done This One Before – Sing Into my Mouth
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lucinda’s Room – In the Blazes
Dawes – Somewhere Along the Way – All of your Favorite Bands

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Bring It on Home to Memphis – The Traveling Kind
Jim Bryson – Changing Scenery – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Breathe – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Kalle Mattson – Lost Love – Avalanche – CDN
Whitehorse – You Get Older – Leave No Bridge Unburned – CDN
Frazey Ford – Done – Indian Ocean – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Terra Lightfoot – See You in the Morning – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
Blue Rodeo – New Morning Sun – Live at Massey Hall – CDN
Fish & Bird – My Head My Heart My Gut – Left Brain Blues – CDN
Rhiannon Giddens – Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind – Tomorrow Is My Turn
Amanda Shires – Bulletproof – Down Fell the Doves
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires – I Follow Rivers – Sea Songs

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – Jan. 7, 2016

Tonight a look at some more great releases from 2015, including a heaping pile of cool covers that came out last year (and a few that didn’t.)

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Artist – Title – Album

Martin Tielli – Bobcaygeon – demo
Joshua Fletcher – These Old Bones – His and Hers
Joshua Fletcher – Still Your Blues – Ready, Aim
Harper Blynn – Sickness Is the Cure – Get It Out
Harper Blynn – Go – Get It Out
Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place
Shovels & Rope – Patience (feat. the Milk Carton Kids) – Busted Jukebox, Vol. 1
Cameron Dezen Hammon – Suedehead – Words Don’t Bleed
The Woodshed Orchestra – Starry Eyed (with Ron Sexsmith) – Guest Book
Kelly Hogan & Nora O’Connor are Lady Parts – Me, Myself and Wine – Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Working Songs for the Drinking Class
Bobby Bare Jr. – One Bed, Two Girls, Three Bottles of Wine – Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Working Songs for the Drinking Class
Jesse Malin – Stay Free – Outsiders
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Into the Mystic – Live At Twist & Shout (11.16.07)
Kathleen Edwards – Only Love – Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) – EP
Steve Poltz & The Lojinx Collective – Forever Young – live recording
Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP
Tim Easton – One Hundred Miles – Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins
Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP
Leeroy Stagger – Living In America – Dream It All Away
Evan Phillips – The Fox – Silhouettes

Podcast: January 3, 2016

Lots of people will show you their “Best of 2015” lists, but those are always based on some joker’s opinion. Ha! How are you supposed to trust that!? We take things a step further here in our continuing efforts to bring you the TRUTH all the time. We enlisted science! We’ve run our picks through rigorous testing and scientific analysis. They’ve been peer reviewed and are now ready for sharing. So today, in part 2 of our Best of 2015 shows, we present the ONLY scientifically accurate, 100% truthful, “Best of 2015” list!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Andre Williams – I’m Stuck – Rock & Roll Is a Beautiful Thing: Alive Naturalsound 20th Anniversary
Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight – Sound & Color
Sam Outlaw – Ghost Town – Angelino
Liz Longley – Camaro – Liz Longley
Brady Enslen – Beautiful Things – Beautiful Things – CDN
The Pine Hill Project – Such Sweet Angels – Tomorrow You’re Going
The Lucky Sisters – Grateful – So Lucky – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Paul Kelly – Righteous Woman – The Merri Soul Sessions
Paul Kelly – Sweet Guy – The Merri Soul Sessions
Paul Kelly – Keep on Coming Back for More – The Merri Soul Sessions
The Damnwells – Wreck You – The Damnwells
Joshua Fletcher – To Find My Name – Ready, Aim
Harper Blynn – Sickness Is the Cure – Get It Out

3:00 – 3:30 pm

James McMurtry – How’m I Gonna Find You Now? – Complicated Game
Jason Isbell – 24 Frames – Something More than Free
JP Hoe – Danger – Hideaway – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – Walking in the Dark – Walking in the Dark – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Walking in the Dark – Pulling your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN

3:30 – 4:00

Jess Klein – Shonalee – Bootleg
Andrew Combs – Rainy Day Song – All these Dreams
John Wort Hannam – Write Me Back In – Love Lives On – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – Love Is the Law – Mother Tongue
Chris Trapper – Everything Was Possible – Symphonies of Dirt & Dust