Steel Belted Radio – Feb. 2, 2012

It’s Arbuckle eve, as NQ Arbuckle returns to town tomorrow. We also chat with Christina Martin who returns for another house concert on Feb. 11. And we may not be the biggest Bob Dylan fans, but the new Amnesty International compilation has plenty to love, so a few songs from his Bobness to end things off.

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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.

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Steel Belted Radio – Jan. 26, 2012

Your usual mix of roots rockin’ goodness, and today we discover something called Squidbillies.

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Episode #429 Sunday, February 5, 2012

It’s a wild ride today, with really new music, really old music, a seemingly random tribute to Paul Kelly, and a deliberate tribute to Bob Marley, who would have celebrated his 67th birthday tomorrow.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

NQ Arbuckle – Goodnight Irene on New Year’s Eve – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN
The Wooden Sky – Malibu Rum – Every child a daughter, every moon a sun – CDN
Kevin Fox – Set Right – Set Right – CDN
The Civil Wars – My Father’s Father – Barton Hollow
Matt Epp – Valentine – single – CDN
Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen – She Loves It All – Push Record: The Banff Sessions – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ray Bonneville – Funny ’bout Love – Bad Man’s Blood
Geoff Arsenault – Hound You – Voodoo Baby Rattle – CDN
Drew Nelson – Danny and Maria – Tilt-a-Whirl
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer – Better Way – Little Blue Egg
Billy Bragg & Wilco w/ Natalie Merchant – Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key – Mermaid Avenue
Dan Frechette – Where The Water Tastes Like Wine – Lucky Day – CDN – WPG
k.dl lang And The Siss Boom Bang – Perfect Word – Sing It Loud – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Paul Kelly – Other People’s Houses – The A to Z Recordings
Paul Kelly – They Thought I Was Asleep – The A to Z Recordings
Paul Kelly – If I Could Start Today Again – The A to Z Recordings
John Prine – All the Best – The Missing Years
John Prine – Mexican Home – Sweet Revenge

3:30 – 4:00

Ry Cooder – Mexican Divorce – Paradise and Lunch
Ry Cooder – The Bourgeois Blues – Chicken Skin Music
Steve Earle and the Dukes – Promise You Anything – The Hard Way
Bill Bourne – No Woman, No Cry – Boon Tang – CDN
Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer – Redemption Song – Unearthed III: Redemption Songs
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Waiting in Vain – Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Roots, Rock Reggae – Rastaman Vibration

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!]

Steel Belted Radio – January 19, 2012

Tonight we chat with Doug Paisley, who’s headed to town to open for Jim Cuddy.

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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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