Today we got off to a rather rockin’ start, before heading into show previews, new releases, and just plain good stuff. We ended off with a celebration of the season, with some autumn songs!
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Today we got off to a rather rockin’ start, before heading into show previews, new releases, and just plain good stuff. We ended off with a celebration of the season, with some autumn songs!
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
John Wort Hannam – Two-Bit Suit – Two-Bit Suit – CDN
Matthew Ryan – 3rd of October – East Autumn Grin
Leeroy Stagger – Everything Is Real – Everything Is Real – CDN
Sunparlour Players – The Detroit River Is Alive! – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me in the Well – Sway – CDN
Serena Ryder – Little Bit of Red – Is It O.K. – CDN
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Cuff the Duke – Ballad of a Lonely Construction Worker – Life Stories for Minimum Wage – CDN
Great Bloomers – Young Ones Slept – Speak of Trouble – CDN
The Wooden Sky – Angels – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone – CDN
The Wooden Sky – The Late King Henry – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone – CDN
Nathan – Let Them Look – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Jadea Kelly – Heavy Heart – Eastbound Platform – CDN
Karen Savoca – Nowhere to Go – Sunday in Nandua
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Kim Wempe – Bring It Here – Painting with Tides – CDN
Jen Lane – Lie to Me – For the Night – CDN
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Dust & Dirt – Ya Ain’t Crazy Henny Penny – CDN
Todd Snider – Is This Thing Working? – Peace Queer
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Call Me – With Blasphemy So Heartfelt
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Jim Bryson – All the Fallen Leaves – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – The Autumn Leaves – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN
Paolo Nutini – Autumn – These Streets
Chris Trapper – Til The Last Leaf Falls – Til The Last Leaf Falls
Johnsmith – Come Some Autumn Day – Kickin’ this Stone
John Bottomley – The River – Blackberry – CDN
Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard – These Roads Don’t Move – One Fast Move Or I’m Gone
Here at Tell the Band to Go Home, we’re fortunate enough to get a lot of talented artists sending in CDs in the hopes that we’ll spin their music and make ’em rich and famous. Unfortunately, we’ve never made anyone rich and famous (especially ourselves), but we do our best to keep spreading the good word.
Unfortunately, among those talented artists who send in music, we also get a HUGE steaming pile of poo. There are so many bad CDs in the world, and somehow, many of them make their way into our mailbox. Don’t worry, I would never subject you to some of the garbage I get in the mail (well, we used to play some of it on Steel Belted Radio around New Year’s, but KK’s got a conscience and says we shouldn’t do it any more).
I hate listening to bad music more than almost anything. As our friends at Six Shooter Records say, “life’s too short to listen to shitty music.” Couldn’t agree more. It pains me to have to sit through even a couple of songs from a real stinker, so I have had to develop a way of separating the winners from the losers without even listening. As shocking as it might sound, while you might not be able to judge a book by its cover, you can almost always judge a CD by its cover. Anyone who goes to A Man Named Wrycraft to have his artwork done, or takes the time to do it right on their own or through someone else, cares enough to put out a good product. Dude who takes a picture of himself by the barn and uses MS Paint to put a title on it does NOT deserve to be heard. Plain and simple.
And so, when I saw this “artwork” online today, I knew it was a perfect example of something that you NEVER want to listen to!
Seriously, Claudette, do your family a favour and find yourself a less public way of embarrassing yourself! If you really do think you have talent (and I doubt that) put some effort into it! This looks terrible, so it’s got to sound terrible!
There are a million of ’em out there, I’m afraid. Look at this guy. This dude is (apparently) talented. He has a good publicist, some famous fans, and gets some attention from some decent people. However, I can’t, and won’t, take his music seriously while he’s putting out CDs with covers like this:
The worst part is that this isn’t dude’s first foray into the world of “crimes against CD artwork.” Look at his last CD:
Again, if you care about your music, and want people to listen to it, care enough to put a decent cover on the CD. Otherwise, some higher-than-thou radio nerd just might make fun of you on his website or his year-end radio show. Just ask David and Claudette!
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After writing that rant, I got in the mail perhaps the most ridiculous looking CD yet.
Boys, I’m just trying to help, honest. Get jobs. Quick.
Why would I want to listen to something that looks like that???
It’s another incredibly busy week for shows, including the return of Sunset Saloon favourite Christina Martin and the next big show at the Saloon, John Wort Hannam! Also, Cuff the Duke, Del Barber, Matt Epp, and more do shows this week, and we try to give you the details on them all. There are also some great new CDs out now (or soon) and we heard brand new tracks from Lynn Miles, Ken Whiteley, Jim Bryson and more! And, as if that weren’t enough, through the magic of modern technology, we went LIVE to a Leeroy Stagger concert in the Netherlands!
It’s another incredibly busy week for shows, including the return of Sunset Saloon favourite Christina Martin and the next big show at the Saloon, John Wort Hannam! Also, Cuff the Duke, Del Barber, Matt Epp, and more do shows this week, and we try to give you the details on them all. There are also some great new CDs out now (or soon) and we heard brand new tracks from Lynn Miles, Ken Whiteley, Jim Bryson and more! And, as if that weren’t enough, through the magic of modern technology, we went LIVE to a Leeroy Stagger concert in the Netherlands!
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Metal Girls – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Lynn Miles – Something Beautiful – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Lunch at Allen’s – Try Walkin’ Away – More – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Another Day’s Journey – Another Day’s Journey – CDN
Ron Hynes – Judgment – Stealing Genius – CDN
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Joel Kroeker – Nothing Special – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Joel Kroeker – Goodbye Jane – Melodrama – CDN
The Arrogant Worms – Happy Birthday – C’est Cheese – CDN
The Drive-By Truckers – Birthday Boy – The Big-To Do
Washboard Hank – Chompy the Headbiteroffer – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
John Wort Hannam – When I Drink Too Much – Queen’s Hotel – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Sweet Sweet Rose – Two-Bit Suit – CDN
John Wort Hannam – 3 Cylinders – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Christina Martin – I Can Too – I Can Too – CDN
Christina Martin – Daisy – I Can Too – CDN
Christina Martin – You Come Home – Two Hearts – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Listen to your Heart – Way Down Here – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Remember the Good Times – Sidelines of the City – CDN
Cuff the Duke – I Really Want to Help You – Cuff the Duke – CDN
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Del Barber – Story that You Tell – Where the City Ends – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – This Old House – Safe or Free – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – She’s High Water – Orphan Horse – CDN – WPG
Leeroy Stagger & the Wildflowers – Saskatoon – Live in the Netherlands! – CDN
Artist: Album (Label) *JR
1. Lynn Miles: Fall for Beauty (True North)
2. Christina Martin: I Can Too (self)
3. Del Barber: Love Songs for the Last 20 (self)
4. Ken Whiteley: Another Day’s Journey (Borealis)
5. Lunch at Allen’s: More (True North)
6. Ron Hynes: Stealing Genius (Borealis)
On this episode, we’re blessed with a couple of pretty amazing in-studio guests, as we’re joined for conversation and live performances by Austin, TX singer/songwriter Danny Schmidt, and our old pal John Wort Hannam (and trio!) As if that weren’t enough, we have some big shows coming up this week, and previews of those!
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Jesse DeNatale – Jungletown – Dreamer’s Holiday
Jesse DeNatale – Soul Parade – recorded live on UMFM
Scott Nolan – Daytime Moon – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Darren Day and the Fading Hopes – Anne – This Evening Tonight – CDN – WPG
Chris Neufeld – Waterwheel – Colorado Low – CDN – WPG
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Petkau – B People (Fake It) – Don’t Say a Word – CDN – WPG
Darren Day and the Fading Hopes – This Woman from Prague – This Evening Tonight – CDN – WPG
Calexico – Across the Wire – Feast of Wire
Carolyn Mark – Point ‘o View – Nothing Is Free – CDN
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Danny Schmidt interview
Danny Schmidt – This Too Shall Pass – live performance
Danny Schmidt – Trail of Doubt – live performance
Danny Schmidt – Swing Me Down – Instead the Forest Rose to Sing
3:30 – 4:00 pm
John Wort Hannam interview
John Wort Hannam – Requiem for a Small Town – live performance – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Worth a Damn – live performance – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Against the Grain – live performance – CDN
On this episode, we’re blessed with a couple of pretty amazing in-studio guests, as we’re joined for conversation and live performances by Austin, TX singer/songwriter Danny Schmidt, and our old pal John Wort Hannam (and trio!) As if that weren’t enough, we have some big shows coming up this week, and previews of those!
playlist
part 1
part 2 (Danny Schmidt)
part 3 (John Wort Hannam)
Mudge goes solo again, and he starts off in typically miserable style with a set of Townes Van Zandt songs. Somehow, those sad songs only cheer him up, so we started previewing great upcoming shows (there are a bunch!), playing great new releases, and a bunch of just plain great music. Sounds great, to me!