Well, somewhat reluctantly, I came back from my Texas trek with an armload of great new music and stories to tell about my adventures and the amazing sights and sounds of Austin. We’ve also got some great new releases from closer to home, as well as a preview of an exciting upcoming show and CKUW’s FunDrive.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Townes Van Zandt – T for Texas – Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971-1972
Gurf Morlix – Series of Closin’ Doors – Finds the Present Tense
Ray Bonneville – Oxford Town – Roll It Down – CDN
Kacy Crowley – Vertigo – Anchorless
Jon Dee Graham – Holes – Swept Away

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jon Dee Graham – Big Sweet Life – Summerland
Alejandro Escovedo – Arizona – The Boxing Mirror
James McMurtry – Restless (live bonus track) – Just Us Kids
Bob Schneider – Clean – Live at the Saxon Pub, Austin, TX
Shinyribs – Poor People’s Store – Well After Awhile
Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again – Home Again
What Made Milwaukee Famous – Rosewood (featuring Kathleen Edwards) – You Can’t Fall Off the Floor

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Stephen Fearing – Wheel of Love – Between Hurricanes – CDN
Ingrid Gatin – Slow Dancing – 1000 Lives – CDN – WPG
Rob Lutes – Natural Disaster – The Bravest Birds – CDN
Richard Thompson – Where’s Home? – Electric
Henry Wagons – Give Things a Chance to Mend (featuring Jenn Grant) – Expecting Company?
Corin Raymond and The Sundowners – Nine Inch Nails – Paper Nickels – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Dustin Bentall – Streets with No Lights – Streets with No Lights – CDN
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Take the Money – Six Shooter – CDN
Dustin Bentall & The Smokes – Oxford Street – Orion – CDN
Lindi Ortega – Jimmy Dean – Little Red Boots – CDN
Lindi Ortega – The Day You Die – Cigarettes & Truckstops – CDN
Hatcher-Briggs – The Last Ones – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
Gurf Morlix – Dan Blocker – Toad of Titicaca
Off the Wagon – Red Clay Halo – Twangtrust Broadcasts 1999-2007 – CDN – WPG

Texas holds a magical, mythical appeal, because it is the birthplace and the home of many of the greatest songwriters of all time. Today, a Texas Songwriter Special, featuring some of the many timeless songs and writers to emerge from The Lone Star State, as well as a few Canadians clearly connected to and influenced by Texans.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Guy Clark – Texas-1947 – Old No. 1
Townes Van Zandt – Pancho & Lefty – Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
Kris Kristofferson – Sunday Morning Coming Down – Singer/Songwriter
Mickey Newbury – How I Love Them Old Songs – ‘Frisco Mabel Joy
Willie Nelson – Angel Flying too Close to the Ground – Super Hits
Rodney Crowell – Telephone Road – The Houston Kid
Steve Earle – Telephone Road – El Corazon
Tom Russell – Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall? – Wounded Heart of America (Tom Russell Songs)

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Eliza Gilkyson – Highway 9 – Land of Milk and Honey
Gurf Morlix – Killin’ Time in Texas – Diamonds to Dust
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Live at The Austin Outhouse
Billy Joe Shaver – Old Five and Dimers Like Me – Old Five and Dimers Like Me
Jerry Jeff Walker – Mr. Bojangles – Live from Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Romi Mayes – Just Like the Rest – Achin’ in yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Bad Liver/Broken Heart – Receiver/Reflector – CDN – WPG
The Western States – Time to Lose – Bye and Bye – CDN – WPG
Twilight Hotel – Poor & Hungry – When the Wolves Go Blind – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Triple Crown – Me Then You – CDN
Hayes Carll – Rivertown – Little Rock

3:30 – 4:00 pm

James McMurtry – Levelland – Where’d You Hide the Body
Alejandro Escovedo – Rhapsody – A Man Under the Influence
Robert Earl Keen – Not a Drop of Rain – Gravitational Forces
Lyle Lovett – That’s Right (You’re Not from Texas) – The Road to Ensenada
Sarah Harmer – Trouble in the Fields – Songs for Clem – CDN
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

Dropping by the studio today is a phenomenal photographer/videographer, Mike Latschislaw (www.latschphotography.com), who is hard at work on a documentary about the fertile and amazing Winnipeg music community. One of the artists featured in the movie is Scott Nolan, and we’re always glad to chat with him, so we got him on the phone. We’re also excited about a star-studded show on Feb. 8, and we’ve got some exciting new music to debut, and a legend to remember.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – The Waitress – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Daniel Romano – Middle Child – Come Cry with Me – CDN
Whitehorse – Cold July – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN
Whitehorse – Emerald Isle – Whitehorse – CDN
Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Daniel Romano – A New Love (Can Be Found) – Come Cry With Me – CDN
Whitehorse – Out Like a Lion – The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Scott Nolan – Go Out Sing Your Best Song – Soundcloud – CDN – WPG

Scott Nolan interview

Scott Nolan – You Rock We Roll – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Bros. Landreth – Greenhouse – Works in Progress EP – CDN – WPG
The Bros. Landreth – Runaway Train – Works in Progress EP – CDN – WPG
Dan Frechette – Our Flames Ain’t Dyin’ in the Cold – unreleased – CDN – WPG
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Everything That I Have is Broken – The Thinking Man’s Filth
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Dirty Angel – The Thinking Man’s Filth
Dawes – So Well – Paste Festival Sessions

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Amy LaVere & Shannon McNally – If it Were Mine To Keep – Chasing The Ghost Rehearsal Sessions
Holly Williams – Without You – The Highway
Shinyribs – East TX Rust (w/Ray Wylie Hubbard) – Well After Awhile
Shinyribs – Change Is Gonna Come – Well After Awhile
Gurf Morlix – Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
Blaze Foley – Baby Can I Crawl Back to You? – Cold, Cold World

This one’s called “On Heroes, Hope, and The Cold, Hard Truth. We’ve learned some lessons lately about putting people up on pedestals, only to later find out that we’re all only human, and we all do things that don’t seem so good. This one’s for Lance, Kasey, and you. Read more about it.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Three Thousand Miles – Six Shooter – CDN
Townes Van Zandt – Tecumseh Valley – For the Sake of the Song
Guy Clark – Let Him Roll – Old #1
Rod Picott – Tiger Tom Dixon’s Blues – Tiger Tom Dixon Blues
Slaid Cleaves – 29 – No Angel Knows
Holly Williams – Mama – Here With Me

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Serena Ryder & The Beauties – Ramblin’ Man – Serena Ryder & The Beauties – CDN
Martin Sexton – Freedom of the Road – Black Sheep
Fred Eaglesmith – The Boy That Just Went Wrong – The Boy That Just Went Wrong – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – White Ash & Black Ash – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Scott Nolan – Drive Day – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
David Essig & Rick Scott – Willie P – Double Vision – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Kasey Anderon & The Honkies – Heavy Heart – Let the Bloody Moon Rise
Kasey Anderon & The Honkies – Two More Bottles of Wine – Let the Bloody Moon Rise
Kasey Anderon & The Honkies – Ain’t Life Grand – Let the Bloody Moon Rise
Eliza Gilkyson – Easy Rider – Lost and Found
Eliza Gilkyson – Ballad of Yvonne Johnson – Land of Milk and Honey

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Catherine MacLellan – Stronger – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Loudon Wainwright III – Your Mother and I – More Love Songs
Martha Wainwright – Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole – Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole – CDN
Mary Gauthier – I Drink – Live at Blue Rock
Justin Townes Earle – Mama’s Eyes – Midnight At The Movies
Steve Earle – Little Rock ‘n’ Roller – Guitar Town
Chris Trapper – Easy Flyer – The Few & The Far Between