We gots lots goin’ on today, including previews of some of the best shows coming up this week (and there are plenty), including Rose Cousins, who joins us on the telephone today to chat about her fine new album and upcoming debut at the West End Cultural Centre. We’re also celebrating Nick Lowe’s birthday (whenever it might be) and looking at the lineup for this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival, which was announced this weekend.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Point Pelee is the Place to Be – Wave North – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Runner – Us Little Devils – CDN
The Wooden Sky – The Wooden Sky – When Lost at Sea – CDN
The Wooden Sky – Malibu Rum – Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun – CDN
Rose Cousins – What I See – We Have Made a Spark – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Rose Cousins interview

Rose Cousins – If I Should Fall Behind – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Rose Cousins – The Shell – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Rose Cousins – Go First – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Rose Cousins – Maybe I Knew – The Send Off – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Mark Erelli – The Only Way – Hope & Other Casualties
Matt Mays – Where Am I Going? – Matt Mays – CDN
Joel Plaskett – Sailor’s Eyes – Three – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Ain’t Goin’ My Way – Proof of Love – CDN
Mark Erelli – I Live on a Battlefield – live recording
Dar Williams – All Men Are Liars – Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
Foster & Lloyd – Without Love – Lowe Profile: A Tribute to Nick Lowe
Nick Lowe – Half a Boy and Half a Man – and his Cowboy Outfit

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Nick Lowe – Cruel to Be Kind – Labour of Lust
Nick Lowe – What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding? – At My Age (bonus track)
Nick Lowe – What’s Shaking on the Hill – Party of One
Nick Lowe – True Love Travels on a Gravel Road – The Impossible Bird
Beth Orton – Stolen Car – Central Reservation
The Head and the Heart – Winter Song – The Head and the Heart

This weekend I took a trip back to the 90s when I saw Spirit of the West in concert, and saw some folks I haven’t seen in a long time. This had me thinking about the good old days, and today’s show was loaded with retro nostalgic goodness, largely from Winnipeg’s consistently amazing music scene.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Chuck Prophet – Summertime Thing – No Other Love
Joey Gregorash – Jodie – North Country Funk – CDN – WPG
Mood Jga Jga – Ma Cherie – Boys Will Be Boys – CDN
Crash Test Dummies – Bereft Man’s Song – Indie-Can ’89 – CDN – WPG
The Big Beat – Days Gone By – Indie-Can ’90 – CDN – WPG
Aptekman – Juicy Josy – Indie-Can ’90 – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Duck Shot Hunter – Lines – The Orange Tape – CDN – WPG
Kings of the Moon – Coming Home – Kings of the Moon – CDN – WPG
Tuesday’s Girl – So Sarcastic – Go West: A Vital Collection of Western Canadian Music – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Ryan’s Dream – The Year of the Record Break – CDN – WPG
Chains on 20 – Bleed – Finally – CDN – WPG
Helen – Anybody – Core Fest – CDN – WPG
Post ’76 – Child in the Man – Post ’76 – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Guess Who – Mr. Nothin – Let’s Go – CDN – WPG
Murray McLauchlan – Farmer’s Song – Songs from the Street – CDN
Skydiggers – Leslie (Listening Mix) – download – CDN
Acoustically Inclined – Knot – Acoustically Inclined – CDN – WPG
Veal – Cauchemar – Hot Loser – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Fred Eaglesmith – 6 Volts – 6 Volts – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Brock Zeman – Chenelle – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Brock Zeman – Ridin’ on the Rims – Cold Winter Comes Back – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Buckskin Stallion Blues – Sorrow & Solitude – CDN
Shannon Lyon – X-Mas in Korea – X-Mas in Korea – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Naive – Songs Volume One – CDN

We’re pre-recorded this week, live from the living room, so Jeremy stops in, and we also dig down deep in the basement for some classics that I don’t regularly lug down to the station. We start things off with a birthday tribute to Mary Gauthier, before moving on to some songs from her former producer Gurf Morlix, as well as their collaborator, Patty Griffin. We’ve got some more great collaborations, and a look ahead to shows featuring Sprit of the West and New Country Rehab.

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

2:00 – 2:30

Mary Gauthier – March 11, 1962 – The Foundling
Mary Gauthier – I Drink – Drag Queens in Limousines
Mary Gauthier – Good-Bye – Filth & Fire
Mary Gauthier – Mercy Now – Mercy Now
Gurf Morlix – I Need You Now – Diamonds to Dust
Gurf Morlix – Music You Mighta Made – Last Exit to Happyland

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Gurf Morlix – Cold, Cold World – recorded live on UMFM
Robert Plant – Harm’s Swift Way – Band of Joy
Todd Snider – Cape Henry – Peace Queer
Buddy & Julie Miller – Chalk – Written in Chalk
Bob Schneider – Changing Your Mind – Lovely Creatures
Patty Griffin – Flaming Red – Flaming Red

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jolene w/Patty Griffin – I Read What You Wrote Today – Hell’s Half Acre
Shooting John – Rain Song – Moodswings
John Rauhouse w/Neko Case – East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Steel Guitar Heart Attack
John Rauhouse w/Kelly Hogan – Big Iron – Steel Guitar Heart Attack
Dust Poets – Big World – World at Large – CDN
Dustin Bentall w/Romi Mayes – Crash Hard – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – My Love Is Not Waiting – Geronimo – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Pair of Twos – O Witness – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Spirit of the West – Profiteers – Labour Day – CDN
Spirit of the West – Save This House – Save This House – CDN
Spirit of the West – Sadness Grows – Faithlift – CDN
Spirit of the West – Get Down Tonight – Weights & Measures – CDN
New Country Rehab – Angel of Death – New Country Rehab – CDN
New Country Rehab – Cameo – New Country Rehab – CDN