Episode #428 Sunday, January 29, 2012

Today we’re looking forward to some exciting upcoming house concerts. We’ve also got some great new music, and we say a much appreciated farewell to January.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim White – Here We Go! – Where It Hits You
Shuyler Jansen – Kill January – Voice from the Lake – CDN
The Beauties – Die Die Die – The Beauties – CDN
Rheostatics – RDA (Rock Death America) – Whale Music – CDN
The Damnwells – Kung Fu Grip Kiss – Air Stereo
Ass Ponys – Kung Fu Reference – Lohio
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Sometimes It Comes Easy – Let’s Frolic Again – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Guthries – Season to Leave – Off Windmill – CDN
The Guthries – Left on Pages – Off Windmill – CDN
Christna Martin – Subject to Change – I Can Too – CDN
Christina Martin – Love Letters – Two Hearts – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – XOK – CDN
Washboard Hank – Love Song of the Dump – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Washboard Hank – Foolish Labours – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
Ridley Bent – Blood on the Stage – The Blood Trilogy – CDN – WPG
Red Molly – By the Mark – Light in the Sky
The Pines – If By Morning – Dark So Gold
Eric Taylor & Lyle Lovett – Memphis Midnight, Memphis Morning – Live at the Red Shack
Eliza Gilkyson – Looking for a Place – Roses at the End of Time

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Chic Gamine – I Don’t Lie – Chic Gamine – CDN – WPG
John Bottomley – The Fire of Love – The Healing Dream – CDN
Early Winters – Light of Day – Early Winters
John K Samson – When I Write My Master’s Thesis – Provincial – CDN – WPG
Butch Walker and the Black Widows – Bodegas and Blood – The Spade
Delta Spirit – Streetwalker – I Think I’ve Found It – EP

FAR #150

FAR #150
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

AoM: Dale Murray: Dream Mountain Dream (self) *JR
2. Early Winters: Early Winters (self)
3. Brock Zeman: Me Then You (Busted Flat)
4. Steven Bowers: Beothuk Words (self)
5. Red Molly: Light in the Sky (self)
6. Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers: In the Time of the Great Remembering (self)

T-Bar’s Tops

Our buddy Terry “B-Bar” Wilson has been co-hosting Steel Belted Radio with me and various others for almost 10 years. He still drops by every now and again.

Here are T-Bar’s faves for 2011:

Top Albums
The Duke and the King – self titled
The Damnwells – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
Deer Tick – Divine Providence
Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing
k d lang and the Siss Boom Bang – Sing it Loud
Adam Cohen – Like a Man
Romi Mayes – Lucky Tonight
Amos Lee – Mission Bell
Fred Eaglesmith – 6 Volts
Lucinda Williams – Blessed
The Decemberists – The King is Dead
Scott Nolan – Montgomery Eldorado
Steve Earle – I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Matthew Ryan – I Recall Standing as Though Nothing Could Fall
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Our Hearts Are Wrong

Top Songs
Adam Cohen – I Am That Guy
Foster The People – Call it What You Want
Mayer Hawthorn

Top Shows
Lucinda Williams – July 8 – Winnipeg Folk Festival
Prince – December 8 – MTS Centre
Robert Plant and Band of Joy – June 21 – Centennial Concert Hall
Chuck Prophet – July 11 – The Stu Dome
Leon Russell – October 31 – McPhillips Street Station
James McMurtry – October 1 – Park Theatre
Chris Isaac –August 14 – Centennial Concert Hall
U2 – May 29 – Canad Inns Stadium
Luke Doucet – March 23 – West End Cultural Centre [Mudge’s note: since Luke didn’t actually play the WECC in 2011, we’re betting that T-Bar means Martyn Joseph, who is supposedly T-Bar’s good buddy. Some friend!]

January 22, 2012

We like to mix things up on this show, and today we did both, with a bunch of very happy news and music, and some sad & bitter songs. Perfect. The first part of the show was a celebration of new music, new discoveries, concert news, and even a birthday tribute to a fine Canadian songwriter (now politician), Andrew Cash. Later in the show, we delved into the joys of sad, bitter, and miserable breakup songs! Why not?

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January 15, 2012

We took a trip back in time today with a whole bunch of classic songwriters’ songwriters. We played a game of Singer/Songwriter, where we heard some writers who are famous for their covers of their material, more than their own, as well as some famous folks who we love, covering classics by others. In the end, this show was heavy on the classic country, just the way listener Barb likes it. We’ve also got memories of concerts past, and exciting shows to look forward to.

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January 8, 2012

We’ve been pretty preoccupied lately with looking back at 2011, now it’s time to look forward to 2012. We talked about some of the exciting albums and shows we’re looking forward to, including one of the biggest and best shows, which goes down Saturday at the West End, when Ridley Bent is joined by Nathan and various special guests. Ridley and his guitarist, Chris Dunn, were our special guests this week, as they dropped by to chat and play some new songs.

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Episode #427 Sunday, January 22, 2012

We like to mix things up on this show, and today we did both, with a bunch of very happy news and music, and some sad & bitter songs. Perfect. The first part of the show was a celebration of new music, new discoveries, concert news, and even a birthday tribute to a fine Canadian songwriter (now politician), Andrew Cash. Later in the show, we delved into the joys of sad, bitter, and miserable breakup songs! Why not?

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Kathleen Edwards – Sidecar – Voyageur – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Change the Sheets – Voyageur – CDN
Lucero – Sometimes – Women & Work
Lindi Ortega – Jimmy Dean – Little Red Boots – CDN
Nikki Lane – Gone Gone Gone – Walk of Shame
John Doe – Don’t Forget How Much I Love You – Keeper

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ingrid Gatin – Tin Heart – Broken Tambourine – CDN – WPG
Jill Barber – Tell Me – Mischievous Moon – CDN
Matthew Barber – Hawks on the Highway – True Believer – CDN
David Myles – Cape Breton – On the Line – CDN
Dave Mccann & the Ten Toed Frogs – Circle of Stones – Shoot the Horse – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Night Shift Guru – How Was Tomorrow – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Guitar Strings And Foolish Things – How Was Tomorrow – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Skydiggers – You’ve Got A Lot Of Nerve – Road Radio – CDN
The Belle Brigade – Belt of Orion – The Belle Brigade
The Decemberists – Down by the Water – The King Is Dead
Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know – Making Mirrors
Spring Breakup – I Never – It’s Not You, It’s Me – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Spring Breakup – I’m Sorry That I Tried to Punch You in the Face – It’s Not You, It’s Me – CDN
John Prine – Dear John (I’ve Sent Your Saddle Home) – In Spite of Ourselves
Hayes Carll – Bye Bye Baby – KMAG YO YO (& Other American Stories)
Richard Shindell – Are You Happy Now? – Thirteen Songs You may, or may not Have Heard Before
Hayden – Let’s Break Up – The Place Where We Lived – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Dam – May Day
Matthew Ryan – Sadlylove – East Autumn Grin

Christina Martin returns to Sunset Saloon, Feb. 11!

By now hopefully you’ve heard me encouraging you to join us in our living room on Feb. 11 when one of Canada’s finest female singer/songwriters, Christina Martin, returns for her third visit.

For full details, surf on over to the previous sales pitch.

If I hadn’t convinced you already, hopefully these gorgeous show posters will do the trick – definitely our finest advertisement yet, and we wouldn’t put this out there unless the show was going to be high class, all the way. Hope you can join us!