Podcast: July 19, 2015

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Episode #601

Today we preview some more exciting upcoming shows, and we reveal the truth behind some lies that we told on this show last week, exposing the true list of most played songs in TTBTGH history. Lastly, it’s National Ice Cream Day! Did you know that there was a day for that? That’s plenty reason to celebrate in song!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Lynn Miles – My Road – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Brock Zeman – Superman’s Song – live recording – CDN
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts – U Shook Me All Night Long – Greatest Hits 1986-1996 – CDN
Mike Lynch – Hard Times on the Left Hand Trouble on the Right – Transitions – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

George C. W. Douglas – I Am – Music from Big Muddy – CDN
George C. W. Douglas – I Remember Willie – Music from Big Muddy – CDN
Scott Nolan – Drive Day – Canadian Amplifier: Official Bootleg Series Vol.2 – CDN – WPG
Corb Lund – It’s Hard To Keep A White Shirt Clean – Losin’ Lately Gambler – CDN
Willie P Bennett – One Vessel – Heartstrings – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Oh Susanna – Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Johnstown – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – XOK – CDN
Kaizers Orchestra – Whiskey Rabbi – Festival Man
Carolyn Mark – It’s All Just A Matter Of (Where You Draw The Line) (with Geoff Berner) – Just Married: An Album Of Duets – CDN
Geoff Berner – Volcano God – We Shall Not Flag Or Fail, We Shall Go On To The End – CDN
The Decemberists – This Is Why We Fight (edit) – The King Is Dead

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Corin Raymond & The Sundowners – Don’t Spend It Honey – Paper Nickels – CDN
Corin Raymond – I Wish I Was in Love – There Will Always Be a Small Time – CDN
Tom Waits – Ice Cream Man – Closing Time
Jenny Orenstein – Ice Cream – Astroturf – CDN

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – July 16, 2015

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Well, the Winnipeg Folk Festival got me again, by introducing me to some great new artists and showing me an impressive side of ones that I knew. It turned out to be a pretty great year, and today we’ll look at some of the highlights, as well as look at some upcoming shows here and in Fargo!

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Artist – Title – Album

Nahko And Medicine For The People – Risk It – Dark As Night
Nahko And Medicine For The People – Warrior People – Dark As Night
The Dustbowl Revival – Lampshade On – With A Lampshade On
Birds Of Chicago – Cannonball – Live From Space
Jason Isbell – Something More than Free – Something More than Free
Todd Snider – Play a Train Song – The Storyteller
Elizabeth Cook – Not California – Welder
Sam Outlaw – Ghost Town – Angeleno
Dawes – If I Wanted Someone – Nothing Is Wrong
Rilo Kiley – Portions For Foxes – More Adventurous
Bahamas – Caught Me Thinkin – Barchords
The Sadies – The Shape I’m In – Garth Hudson Presents A Canadian Celebration Of The Band
Steve Poltz – Brief History of My Life – Traveling
Liz Longley – Outta My Head – Liz Longley
Mike Lynch – MJL Was Here – MJL Was Here
Mike Lynch – Road Map – Road Map
Mike Lynch – Who’s Gonna Save Country Music – Real to Reel

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – July 9, 2015 – Steel Belted Standby show 2015

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Every year or so I try to whip up another timeless episode that can be popped into my slot when I can’t make it down to the station live. This year’s entry has us spinning some straightforward blues and country classics!

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Artist – Title – Album

B.B. King – How Blue Can You Get? – Live At The Regal
Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign – The Very Best of Albert King
Howlin’ Wolf – Spoonful – 20 Blue Classics – Moanin’ At Midnight
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Give Me Back My Wig – Couldn’t Stand The Weather
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Amnesia – Tuff Enuff
The Rockin’ Highliners – Easy On The Eyes – What Were You Thinking?
The Perpetrators – 12,000 Miles – The Perpetrators
Carlos Del Junco – Yul Brynner – Big Boy
Lester Quitzau – Rollin’ & Tumblin’ – So Here We Are
Ray Bonneville – Gust Of Wind – Gust Of Wind
Colin Linden – Skeleton Key – recorded live on UMFM
Merle Haggard – Sing Me Back Home – The Complete ’60s Captitol Singles
Kris Kristofferson – Help Me Make It Through The Night – Kristofferson
Ian Tyson – Summer Wages – Cowboyography
Buck Owens – Sam’s Place (Original Mono Single Version) – Buck ‘Em! The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
Charlie Major – Nobody Gets Too Much Love – The Other Side
Radney Foster – A Fine Line – Del Rio, TX 1959
Robbie Fulks – Countrier than Thou – Georgia Hard
Kieran Kane – I’ll Go On Loving You – The Blue Chair
Jim Lauderdale – I Know Better Now – The Hummingbirds
Shane Nicholson – The Broken Things – Bad Machines

Podcast: July 5, 2015 – TTBTGH #600!

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Episode #600

It’s our 600th episode today, and so we took a look back at the past 599 episodes to see how we’ve been doing. We’ve compiled some facts and figures about our most played albums, songs, and artists, and we’ll run down those lists today! Plus, a brief look ahead to the Winnipeg Folk Festival, which kicks off this week!

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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 Piano Song Person Again
Nathan Wiley – Black Bones – Bottom Dollar – CDN
Geoff & Maria Muldaur – New Orleans Hopscop Blues – Pottery Pie

Songs we love & play a lot:
The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
Bruce Springsteen – Pay Me My Money Down – We Shall Overcome; The Seeger Sessions; American Land Edition

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Blaze Foley – Election Day – Cold, Cold Wold
Gurf Morlix – Clay Pigeons – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Willie P Bennett – Lace And Pretty Flowers – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You – Legend
Geoff Berner – Light Enough to Travel – Light Enough to Travel – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Some albums that we play from a lot:
Del Barber – Running On A Wire – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – If I Told You That I Loved You – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson – Somewhere Else – The North Side Benches – CDN

And some of our most played artists:
Leeroy Stagger – Slowly Sinking – Dear Love – CDN
Skydiggers – A Penny More – Restless – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Punk Rocker – Hanging the Battle-Scarred Piñata – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Scott Nolan – This Time – Postcards – CDN – WPG
David Francey – Border Line – Torn Screen Door – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Water In The Fuel – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN

It’s Winnipeg Folk Festival time again!:
Steve Poltz – Some Things About Me You Should Know – Noineen Noiny Noin – CDN
Steve Poltz – Salt Suit – Noineen Noiny Noin and a Haff – CDN
Wilco – Outtasite (Outta Mind) – Being There

Playlist: Episode #604 Sunday, August 9, 2015

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Today we dig through the mail bag and find some great new submissions and we look forward to some exciting upcoming shows, including one of the strongest festival lineups we’ve ever seen (next to the legendary festival that was last held at The Forks), The Interstellar Rodeo!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Scott Cook – That’s Life – Go Long – CDN
Scott Cook – I Live Down Here – Go Long – CDN
Slocan Ramblers – Streamline Cannonball – Coffee Creek – CDN
Ken Whiteley And The Beulah Band – Feel Just Like Goin’ On – Ken Whiteley And The Beulah Band – CDN
Ana Egge – Fifth of July – Bright Shadow – CDN
The Stray Birds – Adelaide – Best Medicine

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jessy Bell-Smith – Deep Water – The Town – CDN
Gabrielle Papillon – With Our Trouble – The Tempest Of Old – CDN
River Road – Coulee (The Prairie Song) – Headlights – CDN
Carly Dow – Too Much to Go Back – Ingrained – CDN
Darrell Scott – Country Music, I’m Talking To You – 10: Songs Of Ben Bullington
Steve Goldberger – Ashes By Now – Cosmic Cowboy – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Old Man Luedecke – Joy of Cooking – Hinterland – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – In the Beginning – Proof of Love – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – My Love Comes Stepping Up The Stairs – My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs – CDN
Hawksley Workman – Your Beauty Must Be Rubbing Off – (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves – CDN
Scott Nolan and Willie Sugarcapps – Forever Is a Long Time – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
Blue Rodeo – Dark Angel – Five Days In July – CDN
Amelia Curran – I Am the Night – They Promised You Mercy – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Red Wine – The Future Happens Anyway – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Elliott BROOD – The Valley Town – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Justin Townes Earle – Hard Livin’ – The Good Life
Steve Earle – You’re Still Standin’ There – I Feel Alright
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? – Naturally
Ridley Bent – David Harley’s Son – Blam – CDN – WPG
Dwight Yoakam – Little Ways – Live From Austin TX
July Talk – Headsick – July Talk – CDN
Greg Macpherson Band – Forcefield – Fireball – CDN – WPG

Playlist: Episode #603 Sunday, August 2, 2015

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Today we’ve got some new music, some rockin’ classics, a look ahead to the Trout Forest Music Festival, and a tribute to a recently departed legend!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mike June – The Darkness – Poor Man’s Bible
Mike June – Baseball Song – Poor Man’s Bible
Sweet Alibi – Not a Fight – unreleased – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond – Hard on Things – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper – For Everybody – The Wrestling Album – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Burning Hell – Amateur Rappers – People – CDN
Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminals’ Starvation League – Valentine – From the End of your Leash
Cracker – Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) – Cracker Greatest Hits Redux
The Lowest of The Low – 4 O’clock Stop – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
Brian Macmillan – Turn The Radio Up – Shine – CDN
Kieran Kane – Dirty Little Town – Dead Reckoning
Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – Hard town – Little Victories – CDN
Nick Rose – Light at Dawn – The Cloverhill EP – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Hemingway Corner – On The Run – Speed Of Life – CDN
Hemingway Corner – Watch Over You – Under The Big Sky – CDN
Scott Dibble and Watertown – I Run to You – One Phoebe Street – CDN
Barenaked Ladies – Wrap Your Arms Around Me – Gordon – CDN
D. Rangers – Viscosity Breakdown – D. Rangers – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

D. Rangers – Runaway – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – June off of Drinking – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Son of Dave – Low Rider – 03 – CDN – WPG
Shred Kelly – Cabin Fever – In the Hills – CDN
Federal Lights – We Were Found in the Fog – We Were Found in the Fog – CDN
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado – CDN
Fortunate Ones – The Bliss – The Bliss – CDN

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – July 2, 2015

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It’s our belated Canada Day special, and instead of just doing the usual lineup of great Canadian talent, we’re going to stick closer to home and play some great Manitoba talent from the past and present, including a few that maybe you didn’t even know had local roots!

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Artist – Title – Album

The Guess Who – Sour Suite – So Long Bannatyne
D. Rangers – Runnin’ Back To Saskatoon – Guess Who’s Home – A Tribute
SwingSoniq – Ma Cherie – Moonglow
Alana Levandoski – Don’t Be Denied – Borrowed Tunes II (a Tribute to Neil Young) out of the Blue
Crash Test Dummies – The Ghosts That Haunt Me – The Ghosts That Haunt Me
Remy Shand – Take a Message – The Way I Feel
Acoustically Inclined – Knot – Acoustically Inclined
Veal – Cauchemar – Hot Loser
Greg MacPherson – The Song – The Year of the Record Break
The Weakerthans – None of the Above – Fallow
Special Fancy – Train Guy – King Me
Paper Moon – String Of Blinking Lights – Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day
The Details – Always, Always, Always, Never. – Draw a Distance. Draw a Border.
The Paperbacks – Plans In Advance – An Episode of Sparrows
leaderhouse – Elephant Song – leaderhouse
Spirit of the West – Political – Labour Day
Corin Raymond And The Sundowners – Brand New Song – Paper Nickels
Bob Wiseman – Cousin Dave – It’s True
Rheostatics – The Royal Albert (Joey 2) – Double Live [Disc 2]
Rheostatics – King Of The Past – Whale Music

Podcast: June 28, 2015 – Mike June & Jess Klein

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It’s our last show before Canada Day, and although we celebrate great Canadian music every week on this program, a few special songs in honour of the day. We also look ahead to the return of Washboard Hank, and play a bit of a 4th of July tribute for our American friends. Most excitingly, we’ve got some very special live guests today, as Texas based singer/songwriters Mike June and Jess Klein dropped in to chat and play some of their great songs!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mike Plume Band – So Long Stompin’ Tom – unreleased band version – CDN
The Wailin’ Jennys – The Parting Glass – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – O Canada (with The Profiteers) – live recording – CDN – WPG
Kathleen Edwards – Oh Canada – Asking For Flowers – CDN
Jason Collett – Love Song to Canada – single – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Washboard Hank and the Country Squires – Donut Shops of Ontario – Hoorah for Washboard Hank – CDN
Washboard Hank – Love Song of the Dump – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN Washboard Hank – Chompy the Headbiteroffer – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – White Trash – Official Bootleg Series Vol. 2 – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Mighty – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Del Barber – Queen Of July – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Spirit Of The West – July – Spirituality: 1983-2008 – The Consummate Compendium – CDN
Early Winters – 4th Of July – 4th Of July
David Francey – Fourth of July – The Waking Hour – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Danny Barnes – Get It While You Can – Dirt on the Angel
Bad Livers – Love Songs Suck – Blood & Mood
Guy Forsyth – Should Have Been Raining – The Freedom to Fail
Jon Dee Graham – Faithless – Swept Away
Doug Sahm & Band – Texas Tornado – Country Outlaws: Renegade Country Music

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Mike June – never going back to San Antone – live performance
Jess Klein – Kids – live performance
Mike June – Fall from Grace – live performance
Jess Klein – Open Road – live performance
Mike June – I’ve Got the Darkness – live performance

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio – June 25, 2015

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Wasn’t that a party! A look back at last night’s amazing Mike Plume Band show, and a look ahead to the exciting upcoming Mike June & Jess Klein show! I only recently figured out that one of my favourite songwriters ever, Alex Dezen of The Damnwells is my birthday neighbour, so I have to wish him well, and give myself the gift of some great Damnwells songs. We end off with a solid set of Steel Belted classics.

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Artist – Title – Album

Mike Plume Band – Silver Lining – Song & Dance, Man
Mike Plume Band – Live It Up until they Lower Me Down – Red and White Blues
JP Hoe – Beautifully Crazy – Hideaway
Mike June – Hard Times – Talkin’ Revolution Blues
Mike June – What If God Gave Up (with Jon Dee Graham) – recorded live on UMFM
Jess Klein – If There’s a God – Bootleg
Jess Klein – Behind a Veil – Behind a Veil
Jess Klein – Open Me – Draw Them Near
The Damnwells – Kentexas – The Damnwells
The Damnwells – She Goes Around – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
The Damnwells – Kiss Catastrophe – Bastards Of The Beat
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Not Alone (Medicins Sans Frontiéres) (Disc 4)
Kathleen Edwards – 12 Bellevue – Failer
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Stoned – Bark
Matt Mays & El Torpedo – On the Hood – Matt Mays & El Torpedo
Christina Martin – Falling For You – Sleeping With A Stranger

Podcast: June 21, 2015 – Matt Epp / Father’s Day Special

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It’s Father’s Day today, so a very special episode featuring fathers & our children, as I’m joined by my son Jeremy, and a special co-host, Gary Annable, who was one of the original hosts of Steel Belted Radio but hasn’t been back on UMFM in a decade; he brought his son along and we were joined by Matt Epp, who brought his infant daughter Luma with him for a chat and to play some songs from his new album.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jess Klein – Cloud Song – Draw Them Near
Mike June – Let It Go (with Jon Dee Graham) – recorded live on UMFM
Mike Plume Band – Dimaggio – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Leaf Rapids – Galaxie 500 – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – North Star – Ready in Time – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matt Epp interview

Matt Epp – Promised Land – Luma – CDN
Matt Epp – Hard to Say – live performance – CDN
Matt Epp – Cash & Blood – live performance – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Matt Epp – Ready in Time – Ready in Time – CDN
Guy Clark – The Randall Knife – Dublin Blues
Drive-By Truckers – Outfit – Decoration Day
Steve Goodman – My Old Man – No Big Surprise: Anthology
Weddings Parties Anything – Father’s Day – Difficult Loves

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) – Remember Me – The Low Highway
Loudon Wainwright III – A Year – Grown Man
Bobby Bare Jr. with Isabella Bare – Daddy, What If – Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute To The Songs of Shel Silverstein
Syd Straw – My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky) – Daddy-O Daddy: Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie
Catie Curtis – Dad’s Yard – Hello Stranger
Sean Rowe – My Little Man – Madman