Playlist: Episode #547 Sunday, May 25, 2014

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

Today lots of new music, including the beginning of our trip through the new album from Shannon Lyon, great shows to preview, and some roots rockin’ classics!

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – We Don’t Need too Much – The Lights Behind – CDN
Shannon Lyon – The Lights Behind – The Lights Behind – CDN
Joe Purdy – Eagle Rock Fire – Eagle Rock Fire
Sturgill Simpson – Turtles All the Way Down – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Baskery – The Shadow – Little Wild Life
The Duhks – Beyond The Blue – Beyond The Blue – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Easton Stagger Phillips – Traveller – Resolution Road – CDN
Hannah Aldridge – Old Ghost – Razor Wire
Carlene Carter – Blackie’s Gunman (w/Elizabeth Cook) – Carter Girl
Melissa Payne – Cool West Wind – High and Dry – CDN
Ruth Moody – Far and Wide – 7″ single – CDN – WPG
Butch Walker – Battle vs. the War (w/Nikki Lane) – End of the World (One More Time) / Battle vs. the War
Old Man Luedecke – Brightest on the Heart (w/Ruth Moody) – 7″ single – CDN
Drive-By Truckers – Dragon Pants – Dragon Pants EP

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Other Brothers – Pitiful – Everything Can Change – CDN – WPG
Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five – Early Morning Thief – Bison Ranch Recording Sessions – CDN
Shotgun Jimmie – Skype Date – Everything, Everything – CDN
The Notorious Cherry Bombs – It’s Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night that Chew your Ass out all Day Long – The Notorious Cherry Bombs
The Cicadas – When Losers Rule the World – The Cicadas
Rodney Crowell – The Flyboy & The Kid – Tarpaper Sky

3:30 – 4:00 pm

True Believers – Sleep Enough to Dream – True Believers
The Hobart Brothers & L’il Sis Hobart – All Things Being Equal – At Least We Have Each Other
The Hobart Brothers & L’il Sis Hobart – Ballad of Sis (Didn’t I Love You) – At Least We Have Each Other
Daddy – Nobody from Nowhere – For a Second Time
Little Village – Take Another Look – Take Another Look
Linda Ronstadt – Poor Poor Pitiful Me – The Very Best of
Andrew Combs – Devil’s Got My Woman – Worried Man

Lynn Miles @ Sunset Saloon, Aug. 7!

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new lynn pic press LGLynn Miles w/special guest Scott Nolan
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2014
Live at The Sunset Saloon (House Concert, Westwood, Winnipeg)
7:30 pm
Suggested donation $25 (all money goes directly to this talented artist!)

If you wish, bring a drink for yourself, and/or a snack to share, but we’ve always got plenty of all of those on hand!
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Canada is renowned for its great songwriters and musicians; that much is undeniable. But among the crowd, there always stand a few who loom large and who impress and inspire all of the others. Lynn Miles is one such artist, and she’s in a rare class of songwriters. Throughout her career, from her acclaimed 1996 debut, Slightly Haunted, to the most recent, universally praised album, Downpour, Lynn’s albums have had a rare, consistent beauty – there aren’t any duds anywhere in the catalogue, and everything she’s done has stood above so many others. She writes some of the most powerful, personal, moving songs in the world. The only people who can say that they haven’t been moved by a Lynn Miles song are those unfortunate folks who haven’t heard them.

3womentruthAnd it’s true, her name does not loom as large in the public consciousness as some of her contemporaries, but so many great artists can be counted among her many, many devoted fans. She recently completed a co-headlining tour with two outstanding songwriters, Eliza Gilkyson and Mary Gauthier, called 3 Women and the Truth.

And Lynn Miles brings that truth with her wherever she goes. Her songs tend to lean toward the sad, lonely, desperate part of the human condition. She’s lived it all and isn’t afraid to write about it. Consider her duet with Jim Bryson on her 2010 album, Fall for Beauty (easily one of the most moving songs I’ve ever heard. If this doesn’t put a lump in your throat, you’ve never loved.) (listen here: www.sonicbids.com/band/lynnmiles2/audio/#Goodbye)

But Lynn Miles shows are far from a downer. In concert, she’s hilarious, charming, and really engaging. You’ll laugh as much as you cry, and you’ll fall in love with this wonderful woman and her legendary songs.

As if seeing Lynn wasn’t amazing enough, she often hires a hotshot guitar player to back her up (Keith Glass, Ian Lefeuvre, Jim Bryson, and more) and this time is no different. She’s tapped into the deep pool of talent in Winnipeg and come up with a pretty great choice, Scott Nolan! We’ve been wanting to have Scott visit the saloon for a long time, so we might not let him leave!

Lynn doesn’t come around here very often. She performed on a multi-artist bill in 2009, as part of a Bluebird North event in 2004, and at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1991, 1993, 1995, and 2000. All of this is to say that you might not be getting another chance any time soon! We do hope that she has such a great time that we can convince her to make it a little more regular. Here’s hoping.

It needs to be said that this amazing opportunity is entirely thanks to our pal Devin Latimer at The Trout Forest Music Festival! Lynn is part of another great lineup at the festival, Aug. 8-10 in Ear Falls, ON. This truly is the best little festival in Canada, with a stunning drive to the site, a gorgeous site, and the most relaxed, laid back atmosphere anywhere, this one is an annual highlight for me. If you’ve never been, consider checking it out this year for more Lynn Miles, and many more! www.troutfest.com

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Podcast: Steel Belted Radio May 8, 2014

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I have to be honest. It’s been a while, and I can’t remember or figure out what the theme of this show is, but I sure did play some great songs. Have a listen and see if you can figure out what the point is. Let me know? (and yes, I realize that I could just listen to it myself, but I don’t want to!)

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Artist – Title – Album

American Aquarium – Hurricane – Small Town Hymns
Drive-By Truckers – Tornadoes – The Dirty South
NQ Arbuckle – In Another Time – Hanging the Battle-Scarred Pinata
Jesse Malin – Lucinda – Glitter in the Gutter
John Moreland & the Black Gold Band – Alright, Let’s Go – Things I Can’t Control
The Bottle Rockets – Kerosene – The Bottle Rockets/The Brooklyn Side Reissues
Hard Working Americans – Down to the Well – Hard Working Americans

Todd Snider – If Tomorrow Never Comes – The Devil You Know
Todd Snider, Elizabeth Cook, and Chuck Mead – If I Could – East Nashville Tonight
Nikki Lane – Gasoline and Matches – Walk of Shame
Julie Miller – Out in the Rain – Broken Things
Buddy Miller – 100 Million Little Bombs – Poison Love
Doug Seegers – Going Down to the River (ft. Jill Johnson & Magnus Carlson) – single
Colin Linden – Love Everyone – Raised by Wolves
Shuyler Jansen – Write Your Will – Hobotron
The Co-Dependents – Vagabond – Live Recording Event
Murdoch & Sparrow – Share the Burden – Dominion Day – The Story Of Madeleine & Laverdiere
The John Henrys – Little One – White Linen
Silver Creek – Indian Summer – recorded live on UMFM
Dave McCann And The Firehearts – Dixiebluebird – Dixiebluebird

Podcast: May 4, 2014 w/The Other Brothers

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Our friends The Other Brothers are back in action and ready to release a new album, “Everything Can Change.” They stop in to spin some tracks from it, chat, and perform live! We’ve also got new releases and Skydiggers memories.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Skydiggers – I’ll Be Home – Skydiggers – CDN
The Other Brothers – Three Four Time – Everything Can Change – CDN – WPG
The Other Brothers – Corduroy – live performance – CDN – WPG
The Other Brothers – Hard to Know a Killer – live performance – CDN – WPG
The Other Brothers – Second Wind – Points of View – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Other Brothers interview

The Other Brothers – Fourth Quarter Breakdown – Everything Can Change – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Other Brothers – Progress – Points of View – CDN – WPG
Skydiggers – If I Live to 110 – Swinging on A Star (1992) – CDN
Skydiggers – Pull Me Down – The Truth About Us – CDN
Skydiggers – Tillsonburg – Northern Shore (Deluxe Edition) – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Shadow of Doubt – Brand New Night
Mary Gauthier – Walking Each Other Home – Trouble and Love

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Melissa Payne – High and Dry – High and Dry – CDN
Sarah Borges – Girl With A Bow – Radio Sweetheart
Jess Klein – If There’s a God – Learning Faith
Nikki Lane – All or Nothin’ – All or Nothin’
JD and the Sunshine Band – Talk to Yourself – JD and the Sunshine Band – CDN – WPG
Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt – Two White Clouds – For Keeps
Vance Gilbert – God Bless Everyone – BaD Dog Buffet

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio May 1, 2014

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It’s May Day! That means I have a good excuse to play a bunch of tracks from one of my very favourite albums of all time! We’ve also got more great new music and a look ahead to the return of one of Canada’s greatest roots rockin’ bands, Skydiggers!

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Artist – Title – Album

Todd Snider – Can’t Complain – Near Truths And Hotel Rooms [Live]
Shannon Lyon – I’m Letting You Go – Broken Things
Brock Zeman – Where Words Mean Nothing – Rotten Tooth
Matthew Ryan – Beautiful Fool – May Day
Matthew Ryan – Railroaded – May Day
Matthew Ryan – The Dead Girl – May Day

Jess Klein – So Fucking Cool – Learning Faith
The Levon Helm Band – The Same Thing – Midnight Ramble Sessions Volume 3
Sarah Borges – Record On Repeat – Radio Sweetheart
Mary Gauthier – When a Woman Goes Cold – Trouble & Love
Ray LaMontagne – Ojai – Supernova
Radney Foster – Whose Heart You Wreck (Ode To The Muse) – Everything I Should Have Said
The Other Brothers – 4/4 Time – Everything Can Change
Sunparlour Players – Soapbox – The Living Proof
Skydiggers – We Don’t Talk Much Anymore – Skydiggers
Skydiggers – Just Before the Rain – Restless
Skydiggers – 80 Odd Hours – Just Over this Mountain
Skydiggers – What Do You See? – Road Radio
Skydiggers – Even When You Fall – Road Radio
Skydiggers – Pull Me Down – Just Over this Mountain

Podcast: April 27, 2014 w/Shannon Lyon

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I’ve been a huge fan of Shannon Lyon for over a decade. In the past few years, I’ve gotten to know him and enjoy his company, and I’ve had him play at my house a few times, but I’ve never been able to convince him to come on the show, until now! Shannon joins us today to talk about log-cabin living, Lost Creek recording studio, production work, and more. He also plays live and premieres some advance tracks from his upcoming album, The Lights Behind!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Skydiggers – I Will Give You Everything – Skydiggers – CDN
Shannon Lyon – The Lights Behind – The Lights Behind – CDN

Shannon Lyon interview

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Michael Coughlan – Means Crossed with Ends – The Sixth Avenue Verses – CDN
David Fougere – Westmorland Hotel – Somewhere in the Milky Way
James Gray – We Only Have so Long – Home to Me – CDN
Myrle – From Me to You – Myrle – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – I Crossed the Ocean – The Lights Behind – CDN
Shannon Lyon – OK Guy – live performance – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Suddenly – live performance – CDN
Shannon Lyon – I Am Watching – Broken Things – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jesse Winchester – Mississippi You’re on my Mind – The Best of
Son Volt – Windfall – Selections from 6 String Belief
Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Slaid Cleaves – One Good Year – Broke Down
Sunparlour Players – For this I Can’t Be Sure – The Living Proof – CDN
Skydiggers – Ramblin’ On – She Comes into the Room – CDN

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio Apr. 24, 2014

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More great new music, including Record Store Day goodies, and a couple of great upcoming shows to preview!

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Artist – Title – Album

Radney Foster – Mine Until The Morning (Featuring Pattty Griffin) – Everything I Should Have Said
Radney Foster – Not In my House – Everything I Should Have Said
Radney Foster – I’ve Got a Picture – See What You Want to See
Alex Dezen – Other People’s Drugs – 2/4
Alex Dezen – Death Metal and Disco – 1/4
Melissa Payne – High and Dry – High and Dry
Mary Gauthier – Another Train – Trouble & Love
Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – The Last One – North / South
Willie Sugarcapps – Oh, Colorado – Willie Sugarcapps
The Wild Feathers` – Marie – Got It Wrong / Marie
Doug Paisley – Lies Lead to Lies – Growing Souls single
Butch Walker – Battle vs. The War (w/Nikki Lane) – End of the Word (One More Time) / Battle vs. the War

Brock Zeman – Dreamland Motel – Rotten Tooth
Brock Zeman – Push Them Stones – Me Then You
Brock Zeman – Picture of You – $100 Difference
Shannon Lyon – Pleasing You Pleases Me – Broken Things
Shannon Lyon – Barcelona – Wandered
Shannon Lyon – The Hobo Song – Bound

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio Apr. 17, 2014

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It’s Bad Thursday, and we’re off to see Sunparlour Players tonight, so a bit of an abbreviated episode. A look back at a great Bad Thursday from our past, and a look ahead to this weekend’s Record Store Day!

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Artist – Title – Album

Sunparlour Players – Point Pelee Is the Place to Be – live recording
Sunparlour Players – Green Thumb – live recording
Sunparlour Players – Soapbox – The Living Proof
Dan Mangan – The Indie Queens Are Waiting – recorded live on UMFM
Brock Zeman – Ain’t Nothin’ – recorded live on UMFM
The Deep Dark Woods – All the Money I Have Is Gone – recorded live on UMFM
Shannon Lyon – Since I’m Loving You – live recording

Flash Lightnin’ – On the Radio – For The Sinners
Ryan Adams – This Is It – 1974
Matthew Ryan – American Dirt – vs. The Silver State
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Ain’t No Stranger – There is a Bomb in Gilead
Trampled By Turtles – Victory – Palomino

Podcast: April 13, 2014 w/Andrew Penner (Sunparlour Players)

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It’s a good news/bad news kind of day. First the good! One of the most electrifying live bands in Canada, Sunparlour Players return to Winnipeg this week after a bit of a wait, so we celebrate with some of their amazing songs and a chat with Andrew Penner, one half of this truly dynamic duo. The bad news this week, is that we had to say goodbye to the great Jesse Winchester. The man’s name wasn’t nearly well enough known, but his amazing legacy of songs and performances proves that he had a larger impact than many would even realize. A heartfelt tribute to this great songwriter, performer, and person is definitely in order.

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2:00 – 2:30 pm

Stompin’ Tom Connors – Algoma Central 69 – Northlands Zone – CDN
Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Sunparlour Players – I Hope This Isn’t the End for You – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Old Fashioned Face – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Bless this City – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Runner – Us Little Devils – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Battle of ’77 – Wave North – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Andrew Penner (Sunparlour Players) interview

Sunparlour Players – Soapbox – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – How to Build a Fort with Nothing – The Living Proof – CDN
Brock Zeman – Until It Bleeds – Me then You – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Hot Shot – The Future Happens Anyway – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jesse Winchester – Quiet About It – Jesse Winchester
Jesse Winchester – Step By Step – Let the Rough Side Drag
Jesse Winchester – Rhumba Man – Nothing but a Breeze
Jesse Winchester – Sundown – Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
Jesse Winchester – Do It – Third Down, 110 to Go
Jesse Winchester – No Pride at all – Gentlemen of Leisure
Jesse Winchester – That’s What Makes You Strong – Live from Mountain Stage

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Buddy Miller – A Showman’s Life – Midnight and Lonesome
Emmylou Harris – My Songbird – Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
Lucinda Williams – Mississippi, You’re on my Mind – Quiet About it: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester
Kieran Kane – Love Is Fair – The Blue Chair
The Mavericks – O What a Thrill – What a Crying Shame
Lyle Lovett – Isn’t that So – Release Me

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio Apr. 10, 2014

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New music! Lots of it! It’s good! Listen!

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Artist – Title – Album

Doug Seegers – Going Down to the River (ft. Jill Johnson & Magnus Carlson) – single
Will Kimbrough – Soulfully – Sideshow Love
Willie Sugarcapps – Mr. Lee – Willie Sugarcapps
Rodney Crowell – The Long Journey Home (for Ben) – Tarpaper Sky
Jerry Leger – Factory Made – Early Riser
Carlene Carter – Blackie’s Gunman – Carter Girl
Doug Paisley – Radio Girl – Strong Feelings
Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminals’ Starvation League – Blame Everybody (But Yourself) – Undefeated
John Fullbright – Happy – Songs
John Murry – Glass Slipper – Califorlornia

The Hold Steady – Spinners – Teeth Dreams
J. Roddy Walston & The Business – Sweat Shack – Essential Tremors
Reverend Horton Heat – Smell of Gasoline – Rev
Gord Downie, The Sadies, And The Conquering Sun – The Conquering Sun – Gord Downie, The Sadies, And The Conquering Sun
Odds – Ghost Bike – Game Face On
NQ Arbuckle – Life Boat (Song for Carolyn Mark) – The Future Happens Anyway
Sunparlour Players – How to Build a Fort with Nothing – The Living Proof
The Wicks – Charlottetown – The Good Times Are Gone
The Wicks – What Went Wrong – The Good Times Are Gone