Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – Dec. 24, 2015

Jeremy is along to help me play a pile of Christmas music that doesn’t suck! We’ve got a bunch of our all-time favourites as well as some newer selections, all of which should make this Christmas Eve bright, festive, and fun!

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Artist – Title – Album

The Damnwells – XMas Eve – demo
Lindi Ortega – Christmas Eve with You – Tennessee Christmas
Kasey Chambers – Christmas Day – Bittersweet
Wyckham Porteous – Christmas Day Song (feat. Sam Parton) – single
Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – Words and Music
The Pogues – Fairytale of New York (with Kirsty MacColl) – The Best of
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family – Merry Christmas from the Family
Vince Guaraldi Trio – Linus and Lucy – A Charlie Brown Christmas
Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
Fred Eaglesmith – Hallelujah – CMT Christmas
Chris Tapper – Christmas Magic – It’s Christmas Time
Los Straightjackets – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – ’tis the Season for Los Straightjackets!
Nick Lowe – The North Pole Express – Quality Street
Skydiggers – Good King Wenceslas – Angels
Boreal – Shovelling Snow – Winter’s Welcome
David Francey – Silent Night – Carols for a Christmas Eve
Mike Plume – For Every Boy and Girl – Back Home for Christmas
David Myles – Blue Christmas Lights – It’s Christmas
Good Lovelies – Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) – Under the Mistletoe

Podcast: December 20, 2015

Episode #621

‘twas the show before Christmas and Jeremy was around to help ring in the holiday with some festive sounds. But people called in with non-festive requests, so all that we could do was pick some of the best!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – Snoopy and the Red Baron (featuring Jeremy Fisher) – Instant Holday Album – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Charles Bradley – Changes – single
Shovels & Rope – (What’s so Funny ’bout) Peace Love and Understanding – Busted Jukebox, Vol. 1
Joe Bonamassa – Christmas Date Blues – single

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Joe Bonamassa – Christmas Boogie (One Little Kiss) – single
George Throggood & the Destroyers – Rock And Roll Christmas – Classic Rock Christmas
Martyn Joseph – When Will We Find – Sanctuary
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK – CDN
James McMurtry – Levelland – Live in Aught-Three

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Heartless Bastards – Blue Christmas – Holidays Rule
Buddy Miller – Nothing Can Stop Me – Poison Love
David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo – It’s Christmas – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Country Christmas – Christmastime Is for Boys & Girls – CDN
Merle Haggard – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Season’s Greetings from Nashville
Swank – Christmas Is Fun! – Christmas Is Fun! – CDN
Wendell Ferguson – Why Does Every Christmas Song Have so many Chords? – Wendell’s Cranky Christmas – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Hank Snow – Nestor, the Long Eared Christmas Donkey – Christmas with Hank Snow – CDN
Chris Stapleton – Tennessee Whiskey – Traveller
David Wiffen – Crazy Me – Songs from the Lost & Found – CDN
Stan Rogers – Music in your Eyes – From Coffee House to Concert Hall – CDN
Glen Campbell – O Holy Night – Home for the Holidays

Playlist: Episode #622 Sunday, December 27, 2015

The annual university winter lockdown is in full swing, and most sensible show hosts stay home and spend time with loved ones and new toys. Good thing there’s nothing sensible about me!

This is another of our holiday marathons, this time largely filled with some of the best music released in 2015, but also featuring music from the genres covered in the shows that were pre-empted, so a little bit of jazz, movie soundtracks, blues, celtic, and even a little bit of hip-hop for good measure. We literally went from Miles Davis to Buck 65 and hit all stops in between!

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

11:45 – 12:00 pm

Miles Davis – So What – Kind of Blue
John Moreland – You don’t Care for Me enough to Cry – High on Tulsa Heat

12:00 – 12:30 pm

Sturgill Simpson – It Ain’t All Flowers – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
The Damnwells – Soundtrack – One Last Century
Sunparlour Players – Bless this City – This Beautiful City Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – CDN
The Steeldrivers – Whiskey Before Breakfast – “Get Low” Soundtrack
Will Kimbrough, Butch Hornsby, and Duke Bardwell – I Miss Y’all – Dirtdobber Blues Soundtrack
Calexico – I Like Sharks – The Guard (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Sadies – The Times Change – Tales from the Rat Fink Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – CDN
Martyn Joseph – Her Name Is Rose – Sanctuary

12:30 – 1:00 pm

Amelia Curran – I Am the Night – They Promised You Mercy – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Don’t Call Me Stranger – The Raven’s Sun – CDN
Raine Hamilton – Lay Me Down – Past Your Past – CDN – WPG
8linez – Because It Matters to Me – Rubber Bands – CDN – WPG
Easily Amused – Song for Belfast – Simple Stuff – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – Moving to the Country – Walking in the Dark – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Run Away from Me – Hideaway – CDN – WPG

1:00 – 1:30 pm

B.B. King – How Blue Can You Get? – Live at the Regal
B.B. King – Nobody Loves Me but my Mother – The Ultimate Collection
B.B. King – Ghetto Woman – Why I Sing the Blues
Martin Harley and Daniel Kimbro – Winter Coat – Live at Southern Ground
Lance Canales – Stomp It Out – The Blessing and the Curse
The 24th Street Wailers – Spitfire – Where Evil Grows – CDN

1:30 – 2:00 pm

Ben Rogers – Panhandler – The Bloodred Yonder – CDN
Charlie Parr – Falcon – Stumpjumper
Michael Jerome Browne – My Road Is Rough and Rocky – Sliding Delta – CDN
Colin Linden – I Need Water – Rich in Love – CDN
Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band – How Fast Flies Time – Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band – CDN
Ginger St. James – Beer Bottle Pockets – Diesel & Peas – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – See You in the Morning – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Malcolm Holcombe – My Ol’ Radio – The RCA Sessions
Steve Earle & The Dukes – Ain’t Nobody’s Daddy Now – Terraplane
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Down by the River – The Ruffian’s Misfortune
Jon Dee Graham – Strange Conversation – Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins
Peter Case – Water from a Stone – HWY 62
Brock Zeman – Pulling your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – Pulling your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Mike June – The Darkness – Poor Man’s Bible
Jason Isbell – Hudson Commodore – Something More than Free
James McMurtry – These Things I’ve Come to Know – Complicated Game
Lucero – I Woke Up in New Orleans – All a Man Should Do
Chris Stapleton – Traveller – Traveller
Leaf Rapids – April – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
Red Moon Road – Beauty in these Broken Bones – Sorrows and Glories – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

William Prince – Breathless – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG
Richard Inman – Leo’s Blues – 30 Days – CDN – WPG
The Deep Dark Woods – 18th of December – Jubilee – CDN
The River and the Road – Coulee (The Prairie Song) – Headlights – CDN
Ron Hawkins & The Do Good Assassins – D.F.W. – Garden Songs – CDN
The Young Novelists – Always Make the Mistake – Made Us Strangers – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Damnwells – Kentexas – The Damnwells
The Damnwells – Lost – The Damnwells
Mike Dunn – Faith Healer – Hard Luck Soft Rock
Ryan Adams – All You Had to Do Was Stay – 1989
Joshua Fletcher – Wheels – Ready, Aim
Bob Schneider – Han Solo – King Kong
The Weepies – No Trouble – Sirens

4:00 – 4:30 pm

Fred Eaglesmith – Freight Train – Official Bootleg Series Vol. 2 – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – Little Buffalo – From the Paradise Motel – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flathead Noodlers – The Rocket – Balin’ – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Come on Train – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
George C. W. Douglas – I Am – Music from Big Muddy – CDN
Lindsay Ferguson – Bad as You – Chameleon – CDN

4:30 – 5:00 pm

Carolyn Mark – It’s All Just a Matter of (Where You Draw the Line) – Just Married: An Album of Duets – CDN
Geoff Berner – Sing a Chicken 3 Times Over your Head – We Are Going to Bremen to Be Musicians – CDN
Ben Caplan – Deliver Me – Birds with Broken Wings – CDN
Jayme Stone – Before this Time another Year – Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project – CDN
The Slocan Ramblers – Angeline – Coffee Creek – CDN
Ana Egge – Jenny Run Away – Bright Shadow – CDN
Pharis & Jason Romero – A Wanderer I’ll Stay – A Wanderer I’ll Stay – CDN

5:00 – 5:30 pm

The Dustbowl Revival – Old Joe Clark – With a Lampshade on
Steve Earle – Dirty Old Town – Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
Deer Tick – If I Should Fall from Grace with God – Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Drinking Songs for Working People
Lindsay Ferguson – Donal Og – Chameleon – CDN
Farm Fresh – Frail Dale – Time Is Running Out – CDN – WPG
Farm Fresh – Duck Duck Goose – The Space EP – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – David Harley’s Son – Blam! – CDN – WPG
Buck 65 – That’s the Way Love Dies – Neverlove – CDN

Playlist: Episode #621 Sunday, December 20, 2015

‘twas the show before Christmas and Jeremy was around to help ring in the holiday with some festive sounds. But people called in with non-festive requests, so all that we could do was pick some of the best!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – Snoopy and the Red Baron (featuring Jeremy Fisher) – Instant Holday Album – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Charles Bradley – Changes – single
Shovels & Rope – (What’s so Funny ’bout) Peace Love and Understanding – Busted Jukebox, Vol. 1
Joe Bonamassa – Christmas Date Blues – single

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Joe Bonamassa – Christmas Boogie (One Little Kiss) – single
George Throggood & the Destroyers – Rock And Roll Christmas – Classic Rock Christmas
Martyn Joseph – When Will We Find – Sanctuary
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK – CDN
James McMurtry – Levelland – Live in Aught-Three

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Heartless Bastards – Blue Christmas – Holidays Rule
Buddy Miller – Nothing Can Stop Me – Poison Love
David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo – It’s Christmas – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Country Christmas – Christmastime Is for Boys & Girls – CDN
Merle Haggard – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Season’s Greetings from Nashville
Swank – Christmas Is Fun! – Christmas Is Fun! – CDN
Wendell Ferguson – Why Does Every Christmas Song Have so many Chords? – Wendell’s Cranky Christmas – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Hank Snow – Nestor, the Long Eared Christmas Donkey – Christmas with Hank Snow – CDN
Chris Stapleton – Tennessee Whiskey – Traveller
David Wiffen – Crazy Me – Songs from the Lost & Found – CDN
Stan Rogers – Music in your Eyes – From Coffee House to Concert Hall – CDN
Glen Campbell – O Holy Night – Home for the Holidays

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – Dec. 17, 2015

Today, another deep dig through the archives as I sift through and pull out some albums and artists that we haven’t heard in some time (or perhaps ever.) You’d think that the warm, fuzzy feelings surrounding Christmas time would lead to pulling out some positive, family-friendly fare, but remember, this is not your “normal” radio! Instead, we take a trip straight through the gutter with some of the most offensive and ridiculous songs we’ve ever aired. These are songs that would even make T-Bar blush! Is Lucy still listening? Probably not, after this show!

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Artist – Title – Album

The Handsome Family – So Much Wine – In the Air
Bottleneck – Late Nights, Early Mornings – Late Nights, Early Mornings
Daniel Lanois – The Messenger – For The Beauty Of Wynona
Dave Alvin – Rio Grande – Ashgrove
John Doe – Don’t Forget How Much I Love You – Keeper
Hoots & Hellmouth – This Hand Is A Mighty Hand – Hoots & Hellmouth
Mojo Nixon – Redneck Rampage – !Sock Ray Blue!
The Beat Farmers – Lakeside Trailer Park – Viking Lullabys
Rodney Carrington – Don’t Look Now – Nut Sack
Kinky Friedman – Ol’ Ben Lucas – Last of the Jewish Cowboys: The Best of Kinky Friedman
Asylum Street Spankers – Beer – What? And Give Up Show Biz?
Tom T. Hall – I Like Beer – The Definitive Collection
Hoofbeats – Put Your Toque On, Eh! – Songs of the Future by The Tomorrow Collective
Daniel Jordan and Sheena Rattai – Twenty Something Sentry Man – Songs of the Future by The Tomorrow Collective
Chris Neufeld – Told A Joke – Colorado Low
The Brothers Creeggan – Ali Baba’s – Sleepyhead
Matinee – Let Her Go – We Swore We’d See The Sunrise
The John Henrys – Little One – White Linen
Wilco – Pick Up The Change – A.M.
Son Volt – Tear Stained Eye – Trace
Uncle Tupelo – Sandusky – March 16-20 1992
Tim O’Brien – Kick Me When I’m Down – When No One’s Around
Great Speckled Bird – New Truckers Cafe – Great Speckled Bird

Podcast: December 13, 2015

Episode #620

My favourite co-host is along for today’s show, but since Dad is a bit of a dork and forgot about piano class (oops) we had to leave a little early. In 90 minutes we managed to have a lot of fun and include some Christmas music, some cool covers, some requests, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Papa Razzi and the Photogs – Jeff Robson, Tell the Band to Go Home – The Maniac Genius Song Person Again
The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN
Bruce Springsteen – Radio Nowhere – Magic
Bruce Springsteen – Pay Me My Money Down – The Seeger Sessions
Carlos del Junco & Rich Greenspoon – Jingle Bells – Stuck on a Cold Steel Pole – CDN
Farmer Jason – All I Want for Christmas (Is a Punk Rock Skunk) – Christmas on the Farm

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matt Andersen – Ol’ Nick and Rudy – Spirit of Christmas – CDN
David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo – It’s Christmas – CDN
Jessy Bell Smith – Deep Water – The Town – CDN
Skydiggers – Deep Water (31 Mile Lake) – Northern Shore – CDN
Paul Kelly – Deeper Water – Deeper Water

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Deer Tick – If I Should Fall from Grace with God – Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Working Songs for Drinking People
Deer Tick – Kiss Me on the Bus – Live Current: Cover to Cover
The Decemberists – Crazy on You – Live Current: Cover to Cover
Dan Wilson, Caroline Smith. and Jeremy Messersmith – Don’t Forget to Cry – Live Current Volume 11
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence

Playlist: Episode #620 Sunday, December 13, 2015

My favourite co-host is along for today’s show, but since Dad is a bit of a dork and forgot about piano class (oops) we had to leave a little early. In 90 minutes we managed to have a lot of fun and include some Christmas music, some cool covers, some requests, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Papa Razzi and the Photogs – Jeff Robson, Tell the Band to Go Home – The Maniac Genius Song Person Again
The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN
Bruce Springsteen – Radio Nowhere – Magic
Bruce Springsteen – Pay Me My Money Down – The Seeger Sessions
Carlos del Junco & Rich Greenspoon – Jingle Bells – Stuck on a Cold Steel Pole – CDN
Farmer Jason – All I Want for Christmas (Is a Punk Rock Skunk) – Christmas on the Farm

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matt Andersen – Ol’ Nick and Rudy – Spirit of Christmas – CDN
David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo – It’s Christmas – CDN
Jessy Bell Smith – Deep Water – The Town – CDN
Skydiggers – Deep Water (31 Mile Lake) – Northern Shore – CDN
Paul Kelly – Deeper Water – Deeper Water

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Deer Tick – If I Should Fall from Grace with God – Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Working Songs for Drinking People
Deer Tick – Kiss Me on the Bus – Live Current: Cover to Cover
The Decemberists – Crazy on You – Live Current: Cover to Cover
Dan Wilson, Caroline Smith. and Jeremy Messersmith – Don’t Forget to Cry – Live Current Volume 11
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – Dec. 10, 2015

Tonight a look back at a great CD release gone by and look forward to one to come, as well as an annual Christmas tradition. December 10 marks the anniversary of the death of the great Rick Danko, so a tribute to the man and The Band is in order.

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Artist – Title – Album

Richard Inman – Daughter Mine – 30 Days
William Prince – Breathless – Earthly Days
Scott Nolan – Curls & Curves – Silverhill
JP Hoe – Sing O’ Holy Night – Hoe Hoe Hoe Holiday Songs
JP Hoe – Shopping Mall Santa – Hoe Hoe Hoe Holiday Songs
PK DC – Paranoid King – The 2011 Zunior Holiday Blender
Luke Doucet – The Day Rick Danko Died – Blood’s Too Rich
Jackpine – Rick Danko Died – Brand New Good Old Days
Steve Forbert – Wild As The Wind (A Tribute To Rick Danko) – Just Like There’s Nothin’ To It
The Honeysliders – Danko/Manuel – demos
Drive-By Truckers – Danko/Manuel – The Dirty South
The Band – It Makes No Difference – A Musical History
Reid Jamieson & Michael Johnston – Twilight – recorded live on UMFM
Matt Andersen – I Shall Be Released – Live at Liberty House
Kelly Hogan – Wispering Pines – Beneath The Country Underdog
Richard Shindell – Acadian Driftwood – South of Delia
The Sadies – The Shape I’m In – Garth Hudson Presents A Canadian Celebration Of The Band
The Band – High Cotton – Jubilation

Podcast: December 6, 2015

Episode #619

It’s the sad anniversary of the terrible Montreal Massacre in 1989. As much as we like to believe that mass shootings are exclusive to our southern neighbours, Canada has seen its share, including this horrific murder directed at women. Today some songs to remember those women by, as well as a bunch of sung or written by strong and inspiring women. We’ve also got a bit of a tribute to Sinead O’Connor, who has been struggling this week. We’ve also got a few great shows to look forward to, and we finally welcome the Christmas season in song!

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Artist – Title – Album

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Scott Nolan – Fire Up – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
Evalyn Parry – 14 (for December 6) – Small Theatres – CDN
Stephen Fearing – The Bells of Morning – Blue Line – CDN
Martyn Joseph – Working Mother – Evolved
Eliza Gilkyson – Ballad of Yvonne Johnson – Land of Milk and Honey

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Iain Matthews – For Better or Worse – The Dark Ride
The Drive-By Truckers – The Wig He Made Her Wear – The Big To-Do
Dolly Parton – Just Because I’m a Woman – Just Because I’m a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton
Eilen Jewell – Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (with Lovin’ on your Mind) – Butcher Holler: Eilen Jewell Presents a tribute to Loretta Lynn
Carolyn Mark & The Room-Mates – Hot Dog, that Made Him Mad – Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson – CDN
Spirit of the West – Coyote – Back to the Garden: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

William Prince – Earthly Days – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG
William Prince – Bloom – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
William Prince – Ring of Fire – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Silverhill – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – When You Leave this World – Silverhill – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Tom Waits – Ol’ 55 – Closing Time
Tom Waits – Hold On – Mule Variations
Sinead O’Connor – War – Throw Down Your Arms
Bettye Lavette – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got – I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise
Paul MacLeod – Black Boys on Mopeds – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
JP Hoe – Don’t Give Me – Hoe Hoe Hoe Holiday Songs – CDN – WPG
Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – Words & Music

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – Dec. 3, 2015

Some great new music, some bitter-sweet news about a truly great Canadian band, and a bunch of solid roots rock and rock ‘n’ roll classics!

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Artist – Title – Album

Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams
Johnathan Byrd – The Law and the Lonesome – The Law and the Lonesome
Martyn Joseph – I Searched for You – Sanctuary
Joan Shelley – Not Over By Half – Over and Even
Neil Finn + Paul Kelly – Deeper Water – Goin’ Your Way
Spirit of the West – Take It from the Source – Labour Day
Spirit of the West – Sadness Grows – Faithlift
Spirit of the West – Get Down Tonight – Weights & Measures
Spirit of the West – D For Democracy (Scour The House) – Go Figure
AA Sound System – I Don’t Get You At All – Laissez Faire
Matt Mays – Your Heart – Matt Mays
Charlie Mars – Gather the Horses – Charlie Mars
Ox – She Shot Me Down – Dust Bowl Revival
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive – Stay Positive
The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me In The Well – Sway
J. Roddy Walston & The Business – Sweat Shock – Essential Tremors
Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social – All The Way From Moscow – Love It To Life
Japandroids – The House That Heaven Built – Celebration Rock