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

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

Jon Dee Graham & Mike June in Winnipeg

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Something truly special happened this week in Winnipeg, and I sure hope you were lucky enough to be part of it. The mighty Stu Reid pulled off quite a feat when he lured the great Jon Dee Graham, Texas songwriting/guitar playing legend, to come to Winnipeg along with his touring partner Mike June, for 3 shows. The first was here at the TTBTGH home office, The Sunset Saloon, and it was incredible. It was a night filled with Jon Dee classics, a terrific introduction to Mike June, and it was topped off with some of Jaine’s finest ice cream to date!

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After that, things switched over to a jam-packed StuDome for another amazing show, entirely different from the first. The last night was held at The River City Social Club. The pouring rain chased some people (wimps) away, and those people missed out on one of the most amazing shows ever held in this city. The show featured an all-star Winnipeg band composed of Damon Mitchell, Tom “Twisty” Fodey, and Emmett “Corndog” Van Etten, affectionately dubbed “The Winnipeg Cocks” (Jon Dee’s regular band in Texas is “The Fighting Cocks.”) I’ve been to many, many shows, but it’s been years since I’ve seen anything even remotely close to being as powerful, memorable, and amazing as this one. It will live in my Top 10 shows of all time list for a long time to come, I’m sure.

Somewhere in there, Jon Dee and Mike were kind enough to head on down to UMFM to record an interview and some live performances, and those will air TODAY, June 22 on Tell the Band to Go Home, 2-4 pm CDT (the live bit is at 3:15, but there’s music from both right off the top as well.) Listen live: http://www.umfm.com/listenonline/

Here’s a brief preview of one of Jon Dee’s performances:

Here are some of Stu’s clips from River City Social Club. The night started off with an amazing solo section where Jon Dee played some of his most beautiful songs, and told some astonishingly hilarious stories (I hurt myself laughing so hard!)

And here are some photos from the visit:

Please, friends, check out:

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Jon Dee Graham and his amazing music

And make sure you do your best to attend shows at The Sunset Saloon (including Martyn Joseph July 29!), The StuDome (including Leeroy Stagger, June 26) and River-City Social Club (including Rodney Decroo in July.)

Listen to The Twang Trust, Wednesdays, 6-8 pm on CKUW: http://twangtrust.ca/

Podcast: April 6, 2014

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Here’s the latest entry in our archive of timeless episodes that you may hear again at some point when I can’t make it in, and can’t quite find the time to record something new. It doesn’t happen all that often, but when it does, it’s nice to have a few of these on hand.

This time, we’re going with a theme, albeit a bit of a silly one – we’re playing artists in order of their alphabetical placement – going all the way from Alvin to Zeman on this A to Z episode!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men – Mobile Blue – Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited: For Mickey Newbury
Rayland Baxter – Olivia – Feathers & Fishhooks
Neko Case – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis – New Coat of Paint
Dala – Sunday Dress – Who Do You Think You Are? – CDN
Justin Townes Earle – Mama’s Eyes – Midnight at the Movies
Steve Forbert – Song for Katrina – The Best Of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy?
Patty Griffin – The Cape – This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark (This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark)

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Lee Hazlewood – Summer Wine ( With Suzi Jane Hokum) – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Alabama Pines – Here We Rest
Eilen Jewell – Dusty Boxcar Wall – Letters From Sinners & Strangers
Peter Katz And The Curious – These Are the Days – More Nights – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Letter from Bilbao – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN
Paul Macleod – Giants – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Nathan – Let them Look – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Oh Susanna – Alabaster – Johnstown – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

K Phillips – Lincoln City, OR (Keep It Safe) – American Girls
Paul Quarrington – Wherever You Go – The Songs – CDN
Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous – More Adventurous
John K Samson – Relative Surplus Value – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
The Tallest Man on Earth – Troubles Will Be Gone – The Wild Hunt
Uncle Tupelo – Moonshiner – 89/93: An Anthology
Townes Van Zandt – Our Mother the Mountain – Our Mother the Mountain

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Tom Waits – Hold On – Mule Variations
XTC – Dear God – Skylarking
Neil Young – No More – Freedom – CDN
Brock Zeman – Talking Reality Show Blues – Brock Zeman & The Dirty Hands – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK – CDN
The Band – Get Up Jake – A Musical History – CDN

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio Apr. 3, 2014

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Show reviews & previews aplenty, including Juno madness, Ridley Bent, Sweet Alibi, Matt Epp, and more, along with an unreleased gem from our namesake, Mike Plume!

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Artist – Title – Album

Rodney Crowell – Fever on the Bayou – Tarpaper Sky
Bobby Bare Jr – The Big Time – Undefeated
The Belle Brigade – How I See It – Just Because
The Bros. Landreth – Our Love – Let It Lie
The Bros. Landreth – Runaway Train – Let It Lie
Luke Doucet – Blood’s Too Rich – Blood’s Too Rich

JP Hoe – Conversation – Mannequin
Justin Rutledge – Through with You – Valleyheart
Chloe Albert – Honey Bee – Dedicated State
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Lean on your Peers – Kings of Love
Ridley Bent – Fill Your Boots – Wildcard
Ridley Bent – Heartland Heartbreak – Buckles & Boots
Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder – Blam
Sweet Alibi – Deep – We’ve Got To
Sweet Alibi – Trouble – We’ve Got To
Kim Churchill – Single Spark – Silence / Win
Matt Epp & The Amorian Assembly – Learning to Lose Control – Learning to Lose Control
Mike Plume Band – Me and Ern – unreleased

Podcast: March 30, 2014

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It’s Junofest weekend in Winnipeg, and there’s so much going on that today’s show had to be pre-recorded, but I had to make sure that there was something on to celebrate great Canadian music and a couple of exciting upcoming events.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

David Francey – Long Long Road – So Say We All – CDN
Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five – Dead Cow Hill – Bison Ranch Recording Sessions – CDN – WPG
Lee Harvey Osmond – Break Your Body – The Folk Sinner – CDN
The Strumbellas – In This Life – We Still Move on Dance Floors – CDN
Lindi Ortega – I Want You – Tin Star – CDN
Ridley Bent – Kickin’ Up Dust – Wildcard – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Cry – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ridley Bent – Pastures of Heaven – Blam – CDN – WPG
Jadea Kelly – Heavy Heart – Eastbound Platform – CDN
Kim Churchill – Window to the Sky – Silence / Win
Matt Epp + The Amorian Assembly – War – Learning to Lose Control – CDN
Sunparlour Players – I Hope this Isn’t the End for You – The Living Proof – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jonathan Byrd – Slip Away – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Corin Raymond – Brand New Song – Paper Nickels – CDN
Raghu Lokanathan – Sugar Candy Mountain – Petal Press – CDN
Scott Cook – When We’re Back Around – One More Time Around – CDN
Chris Trapper – Skin – The Few & The Far Between
Chris Trapper – Look What the Wind Blew In – ’til the Last Leaf Falls
The Push Stars – Keg on my Coffin – Paint the Town

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Chris Trapper – West Side – Technicolor
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Everything that I Have Is Broken – Crooked River Burning
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Li’l Firecracker – Hard Love and Free Luck
Ricky Young – Acoustic Guitars – Learn to Steal
Leeroy Stagger – Sleep Alone – Everything Is Real – CDN
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
The Jayhawks – Stumbling through the Dark – Rainy Day Music