It’s the end of 2012 as we know it, and I feel fine. Our last show of the year is a perfect time to look back at the year that was – highlights and letdowns, and look forward to things to come in the new year. Today’s show is full of all of that, as well as a little New Year celebration (and one leftover Christmas classic.)

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Hank Snow – Nestor, The Long Eared Christmas Donkey – Christmas with Hank Snow – CDN
Early Winters – 4th of July – single
Cedar Park – What She Tells Me (Featuring NQ Arbuckle) – Way Back Home – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Side by Side – Union – CDN
Matthew Barber – Father and Son – Songs For The Haunted Hillbilly – CDN
Matthew Barber – The Clap – Songs For The Haunted Hillbilly – CDN
Justin Rutledge – Don’t Be So Mean Jellybean – In the Fall – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Steve Poltz – Some Things About Me You Should Know – Noineen Noiny Noin – CDN
Todd Snider – Digger Dave’s Crazy Woman Blues – Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
Farmer Jason – The Moose Lives Where? (with Todd Snider and Jo Nesbo) – Nature Jams
Jonathan Byrd and Chris Kokesh – Do You Smell Something Burning? – The Barn Birds
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Flat Nail Joe – Wreck & Ruin
Rodney Crowell & Mary Karr – I’m a Mess – Kin
Rayland Baxter – Willy’s Song – Feathers & Fishhooks
Andrew Combs – Runnin’ You Out of my Mind – Worried Man

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jon Dee Graham – The Orphan Song – Garage Sale
The Hobart Brothers & L’il Sis Hobart – Ballad of Sis (Didn’t I Love You) – At Least We Have Each Other
Sons of Bill – Santa Ana Winds – Sirens
The Do Good Assassins – Public Transit – Rome – CDN
Turnpike Troubadours – Gin, Smoke, Lies – Goodbye Normal Street
Dustin Bentall & The Smokes – Emmy-Lou – Orion – CDN
First Aid Kit – Emmylou – The Lion’s Roar

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Dennis Ellsworth – Electric Stars – Dusk Dreams – CDN
Scarlett Jane – Wild Fire – Stranger – CDN
Van Morrison – Brand New Day – Moondance
Jim Bryson – Mary New Year’s Eve – Instant Holiday Album – CDN
Reid Jamieson – Last Day of the Year – Songs for a Winter’s Night – CDN
Hey Rosetta! – New Year Song – A Cup of Kindness Yet – CDN

‘twas the show before Christmas and on today’s show, we’re playing some great Christmas music; it exists, you know.
Yeah, we’re playing songs with that festive feeling, as well as some non holiday requests, favourites, and looking at some upcoming shows.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Skydiggers – Good King Wenceslas – The Truth About Us – CDN
Doug Paisley – Winter Days – Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 4 – CDN
The Wilderness of Manitoba – River – Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 4 – CDN
Jim Cuddy – Winter Wonderland – Holiday Songs – CDN
Oliver Schroer – Beneath the Ice, They Heard Bells – Stuck on a Cold Steel Pole – CDN
Matthew Perryman Jones and Hannah Miller – Baby It’s Cold Outside – single

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Reid Jamieson – Song For A Winter’s Night – Songs For A Winter’s Night – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Little Drummer Boy – Hopeless to Hopeful
Matthew Ryan – It’s Christmas Time – single
Some Scandinavian Dude – I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas – Christmas Through the Years
Buck Owens & Susan Raye – Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy – A Truer Christmas
John Prine – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – A John Prine Christmas
The Arrogant Worms – Santa’s Gonna Kick Your Ass – Hindsight 20/20 – CDN
Adam’s House Cat – Santa’s Out of Rehab by Christmas – A Truer Christmas
Swank! – Santa Claus Is Out on Bail – Christmas Is Fun – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Crackling – Keep Me Drunk – Ashen EP – CDN
The Crackling – I Love You Tonight – Ashen EP – CDN
The Honeysliders – Danko and Manuel – Demos – CDN
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Danko / Manuel – Live from Alabama
The Band – Acadian Driftwood – A Musical History – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

D. Rangers – Trois Rivieres – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN
Whitehorse – Cold July – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN
Ken Whiteley – The Last Month of the Year – The Light of Christmas – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Christmasy Kind of Day – The Light of Christmas – CDN