Episode #1147

Memories of Trout Forest & recent shows, new music, and a look at Barney Bentall and some of his family and friends!

Consider making a tax-deductible donation to one of the causes I’m supporting this month:

Great Cycle Challenge (in support of SickKids and their fight against childhood cancer): greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/JeffRobson

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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Madison Violet – Something To Live For – The Good In Goodbye – CDN

Hendrika – Alder – single – CDN
Hendrika – Being Around – I Can’t Remember – CDN
KC Is Lazy – Fire – single – CDN – WPG
Billie Zizi – Midnight Sun – Levitate – CDN

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Tables & Chairs – Better Off In Time And Other Songs For The Dance Floor – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Daddy Was an Auctioneer – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG
Rob Waddell – Lights Off Too Fast – Everything Is From Now On – CDN – WPG

Dani-Rae Clark – Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge – Empty Plates For Desperate Men – CDN
Dani-Rae Clark – Wish It Was You – Empty Plates For Desperate Men – CDN
Kimmi Bitter – Bigsby Burnout (feat. Willis Farnsworth) – Bittersweet
Kimmi Bitter – Don’t Talk to Strangers – Bittersweet
Alex Lambert – Shoot Me Down – single
Ken Pomeroy – This Old Guitar – Tonight’s News

The Rose Hips – Spacey – Into The Garden
Trueblood – Paint a Picture – single
Caroline Rose – Yip Yip Yow – Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall
The Replacements – Bastards of Young – Tim
The Weakerthans – Plea from a Cat Named Virtute – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG

So Faint & Hannah Georgas – Fully Slow – single – CDN
Los Lobos – Paddi-Wack Song (feat. Jason Gutierrez & The JG3) – Three Stars Tribute: Honoring the Legacies of Rock & Roll Pioneers
Amble – Last Rites – Love and all its Wares
Goodnight, Texas – Argentina (Goodbye for Now) – single
Julian Taylor – Drive – single – CDN

Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts – Crime Against Love – Lonely Avenue – CDN
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts – Like A Hurricane – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute To Neil Young – CDN
Barney Bentall & Co. – Come Back To Me – The Grand Cariboo Opry – CDN

Barney Bentall – A Man Is – Gift Horse – CDN
Barney Bentall – Hold My Heart – The Inside Passage – CDN
Barney Bentall – The Ocean and You ( A song for John Mann) – The Drifter and the Preacher – CDN

High Bar Gang – Mothers Not Dead – Lost And Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion – CDN
Wendy Bird – (Born To Be) Riding Only Down – Natural Wonder – CDN
RanchWriters – Bonaparte Plateau – RanchWriters – CDN
Spirit of The West – The Crawl – Tripping Up The Stairs – CDN

Dustin Bentall – The River Song – Streets With No Lights – CDN
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Six Shooter – Six Shooter – CDN
Dustin Bentall & The Smøkes – Shine – You Are an Island – CDN
Ridley Bent – Nine Inch Nails – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Leeroy Stagger – Everything Is Real – Everything Is Real – CDN

Joe Satriani – Ride – Flying In A Blue Dream

Episode #1146

Celebrating 20 festivals of amazing and diverse music in the woods at the Trout Forest Music Festival, programmed by our friend Devin Latimer! Devin took over booking the music for the festival in 2007, and I’ve been a regular attendee and a huge fan ever since! 2026 marks his 20th festival (including a couple of off-site festivals) and I thought it was worth a look back at some of my personal highlights from those festivals. Thank you Devin for coming up with one of the most impressive and entertaining lineups on a shoestring budget. It really is remarkable how great he’s done over the past 20 years. Here’s hoping for many more!

Trout Forest Music Festival: troutfest.com

About the Trout:

Trout Forest 2020: Trout on a Line:

Trout Forest 2021: Rolling Trout Revue:

check out Devin’s band, Leaf Rapids: leafrapids.org

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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Nathan – Let Them Look – Key Principles – CDN – WPG

Elliott BROOD – Chuckwagon – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Fireworks (with NQ Arbuckle) – Just Married: An Album Of Duets – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Outside the Stars – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN

The New Meanies – Northern Shore – Highways – CDN – WPG
Ray Bonneville – Roll With the Punches – Rough Luck – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Deep Into The Water – 3 AM – CDN
Kevin Fox – Lightning – Come Alive – CDN

Matt Andersen – So Gone Now – Something In Between – CDN
Christina Martin – Daisy – I Can Too – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Around Him – Lucky Blue – CDN
Jon Brooks – Mimico – Ours And The Shepherds – CDN

C.R. Avery – Folk Singer – The Great Canadian Novel – CDN
Geoff Berner – Phoney Drawl – Canadiana Grotesquica – CDN
Lynn Miles – Lesson in Everything – Downpour – CDN
Bourne & Macleod – Ole Buffalo – Dance & Celebrate – CDN

The Philosopher Kings – Coupe De Ville – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute To Neil Young – CDN
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado – CDN
Jim Bryson – Sleeping In Toronto – The North Side Benches – CDN
The 24th Street Wailers – Aim To Please – Wicked – CDN

Terra Lightfoot – Paradise – New Mistakes – CDN
Mayhemingways – Hunter St. Blues – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Campbell Woods – Picture of You – Keeper – CDN
Noah Derksen – don’t think twice, it’s all right – stolen serenades – CDN – WPG

Steve Poltz – Salt Suit – Noineen Noiny Noin – CDN
Scott Cook – Just Enough Empties – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Russell deCarle – She’s A Yum Yum – Alone In This Crowd – CDN
Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices – Two at a Time – Let’r Buck – CDN – WPG

Skinny Dyck – Dreamin’ – Get to Know Lonesome – CDN
Lindy – Beautifully Undone – Suspension of Disbelief – CDN – WPG
Begonia – Butterfly – Powder Blue – CDN – WPG
Evangeline Gentle – Underdog – Where The Diamonds Are – CDN

Jadea Kelly – Waiting for You (feat. Zoe Sky Jordan) – Weather Girl – CDN
Kris Ulrich – Friends on the Internet – Big in the USA – CDN – WPG
Greg MacPherson – Invisible – Balanced on a Pin – CDN – WPG
Mariel Buckley – Shooting at the Moon – Everywhere I Used to Be – CDN

Episode #1145

New music, a look ahead to some exciting upcoming shows, including our beloved Trout Forest Music Festival next weekend, which features the return of the great Lynn Miles, who was featured today with a deep dive into some covers & contributions, a local show down the road, and we ended off with some big, dumb, rock ‘n’ roll!

Trout Forest Music Festival: troutfest.com

Tom Phillips & the D.T.s, Aug. 18: 3common.com/event/tom-phillips-and-the-dts-at-blue-note-park/69fa9104fe2247e7795cbbf7

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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Mary Gauthier – Some Times – Reckoning

Ruby Plume – Sadder Days – single – CDN
Lucy Dacus – Clay Pigeons – Sittin’ With Blaze, A Tribute to Blaze Foley
Sierra Ferrell – Trying to Love You – single
Mama’s Broke – Heaven – single – CDN

Steve Earle & Los Lobos – Volver A Celaya – single
Charlie Mars – Country Home – Times Have Changed
Drayton Farley – Trouble In The Pines – OurVinyl Live EP
Dean Owens – The Night Johnny Cash Played San Quentin (feat. The Sinners) – New Mexico (Live at the Slate Room)
Lee Bains – (In Remembrance of the) 40-Hour Week (Live) – Free South 2025 (Live)

Joey Frendo – Just Tell Me When – single
NQ Arbuckle – Atlantic City – Live at Lincoln County Social Club – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – Wilder Than Her – Drive-in Movie – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Ordinary Guy – Falling Stars And Broken Hearts – CDN
Melwood Cutlery – Ballad Of The Moonlight Lady – Campfire – CDN
Jim Bryson – Captain Finch – The North Side Benches – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye – Fall for Beauty – CDN

David Wiffen – Crazy Me – Songs From the Lost & Found – CDN
The Iain Ad Venture – Unravel – Ride The Times
Art Of Time Ensemble – Black Flowers (feat. Sarah Slean) – Black Flowers – CDN

Lynn Miles – Scorpio – Dancing Alone: Songs of William Hawkins – CDN
Lynn Miles – Everybody Cries – Down at the Sea Hotel – CDN
Lynn Miles – I Always Told You the Truth – Women of Kerrville – CDN
Lynn Miles – What If You Were a Refugee – single – CDN
Lynn Miles – Moth (on TTBTGH Aug. 17, 2014) – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

Shaye Zadravec – Night Drive – Now and Then – CDN
Skinny Dyck & Friends – Tom Phillips – Hard Part of Town – Twenty One-Nighters – CDN
Tom Phillips & the D.T.S – Blue Shadows (For Billy Cowsill) – Satellites and Stars – CDN
Tom Phillips & the D.T.S – Wherever There’s a Party (Live) – Tom Phillips & the D.T.S Live on the Music Mile – CDN

Caroline Rose – Yip Yip Yow – single
The Mountain Goats – Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds – Days
The Hold Steady – Massive Nights – Boys and Girls in America
Drive-By Truckers – The Righteous Path – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Lucero – Tears Don’t Matter Much – That Much Further West
John Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls – Low – Everything The Hard Way
Deer Tick – Miss K. – Divine Providence
Shovels & Rope – Boxcar – Shovels & Rope
Nikki Lane – Walk of Shame – Walk of Shame

Episode #1144

New music, a tribute to the great Glen Hansard, who died tragically this past week, upcoming shows, and some 90s commercial country nostalgia (why not?)

Willy Vlautin: The Left & The Lucky: willyvlautin.com/the-left-and-the-lucky

What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome: The Authorized Biography of Justin Townes Earle: dacapopress.com/titles/jonathan-bernstein/what-do-you-do-when-youre-lonesome/9780306833274/

Jason Schneider: The City Knows: A Novel: lnk.bio/JasonSchneiderBooks

Will Mosley: Angel Of Avalon: willmosley.bandcamp.com/album/angel-of-avalon

Mike Lynch at Park Alleys: 3common.com/event/mike-lynch/6a5d5cb066fdfec49b9eda24

Trout Forest Music Festival: troutfest.com

Lynn Miles & Mike T. Kerr (SOLD OUT!): tellthebandtogohome.com/2026/04/04/lynn-miles-mike-t-kerr-t-a-garage-aug-13/

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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

The Delines – When Marlene was Marlene – The Left and the Lucky Soundtrack

Bywater Call – Is This Thing On? – Broken Souvenirs – CDN
Will Mosley – Green Fields In Daylight – Angel Of Avalon – CDN
Matt Epp – When I Fell (feat. Ron Sexsmith) – Sugar in the Rain – CDN
The Jayhawks – American Midnight – Sanctuary Park
Charley Crockett – The Hallelujah Trail – Clovis

Scott Cook – Frankie’s Braids – Troubadourly Yours – CDN
Ian Noe – The Heidelberg Fisherman’s Ball – Canyon Falls Trailer Band
Cory Chisel – Take The Light – single
Buddy Miller – Don’t Look Back (feat. Dan Penn) – Buddy Miller

Katie Pruitt – Little Boxes – Fools for the Fleeting
Dennis Ellsworth – Sundried Daisies – Living – CDN
Rayland Baxter – The Fool – single

Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – Falling Slowly – The Swell Season
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – When Your Mind’s Made Up – The Swell Season
Glen Hansard – Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy – Once (Music From The Motion Picture)
The Swell Season – Low Rising – Strict Joy
The Swell Season – Great Weight – Forward

Glen Hansard – Love Don’t Leave Me Waiting – Rhythm And Repose
Glen Hansard – Wheels On Fire – Between Two Shores
Glen Hansard – Take the Heartland – The Hunger Games : Songs from District 12 and Beyond Ost
Glen Hansard – As You Did Before – Flag Day (Original Soundtrack)

Eddie Vedder – Sleepless Nights (feat. Glen Hansard) – Ukulele Songs
Martha Wainwright – One of Us – Goodnight City – CDN
Luka Bloom – Heart Man – This New Morning
Peter Katz – First of the Last to Know (with Glen Hansard) – First Of The Last To Know – CDN
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – I’m Not There (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Lynn Miles – Highway 105 – TumbleWeedyWorld – CDN
Mike T. Kerr – Think My Radio’s Broke – Guitar Rags & Country Ballads – CDN
The Lynnes – Heartbreak Song for the Radio – Heartbreak Song for the Radio – CDN

Mike Lynch – Used to Dream I Was a Cowboy – Used to Dream I Was a Cowboy – CDN
Mike Lynch – Old Fashioned Side of Me – Real to Reel – CDN
Mike Lynch – Entertainer Tonight – Entertainer Tonight – CDN

J. Plank – Alone at Sea – The Bend – CDN

Charlie Major – I’m Feeling Kind Of Lucky Tonight – Everything’s Alright – CDN
Radney Foster – Nobody Wins – Del Rio, TX 1959
Kieran Kane – This Dirty Little Town (feat. Emmylou Harris & Lucinda Williams) – Dead Rekoning
Mary Chapin Carpenter – I Feel Lucky – Come On Come On
Kim Richey – I’m Alright – Bittersweet
Patty Griffin – Poor Man’s House – Living With Ghosts

Back in the studio for a live episode after a long while. I’ve got tales to tell about a few gigs at home and my beloved Static Roots Festival last weekend, loads of new music, and a Marty party, getting you geared up for this week’s anticipated show by Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives!

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Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Steve Forbert and The Rough Squirrels – All Because of You – Here’s Your Pizza

Sean Burns & Lost Country – Harold’s Super Service – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – A Postcard from Rochester, New York (Talkin’ ’bout Now) – Cold Beans & Broken Eggs – CDN – WPG
David Myles – When It Comes My Turn – Things Have Changed – CDN
Stephen Fearing – One Flat Tire – Yellowjacket – CDN
Animal Parts – Poets – Animal Parts – CDN

Irish Mythen – Little Bones – Little Bones – CDN
Ben De La Cour – God’s Only Son – recorded live on UMFM
Vandoliers – Bible Belt – Life Behind Bars
Vandoliers – Every Saturday Night – Vandoliers
Vandoliers – Cigarettes in the Rain – Forever

Jacob Brodovsky – Beneath It All (feat. Charlotte Cornfield) – Tell The Kids We Tried – CDN – WPG
Phoebe Bridgers – Lost Boys (Acoustic) – single
Dan Reeder – maybe – this new century
Charley Crockett – Country Music – Clovis

Scott Cook – There Is a River – Troubadourly Yours – CDN
Mary Gauthier – Reckoning – Reckoning
River Shook – Wildlands – River Shook
John Moreland – Faded Loves and Memories (feat. Lydia Loveless) – Sittin’ with Blaze: A Tribute to Blaze Foley
Carla Geneve – Finally Broke Me – single
Madi Diaz – This is How a Woman Leaves (UN-unplugged) – single
Starpainter – Summer in Your Mouth – Cayenne Flowerbed – CDN
The Privateers – Shelter From The Rain – single – CDN

Johnny Cash – The Cowboy Who Started The Fight – Rockabilly Blues
June Carter Cash – Diamonds in the Rough – Press On
Marty Stuart – Hey Porter – Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash

Marty Stuart – Crying, Waiting, Hoping (w/Steve Earle) – Compadres An Anthology Of Duets
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band – Pilgrim – The Mountain
Marty Stuart & Del McCoury – Let Us Travel, Travel On – Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’: Songs Of The Louvin Brothers
Charlie Louvin – Blues Stay Away From Me – Charlie Louvin
Allison Moorer – The Hardest Part – The Hardest Part

Emmylou Harris – Get Up John (Live) – At the Ryman
Guy Clark – I Don’t Love You Much Do I – Boats to Build
Sylvia Tyson – Chickenhawk Charlie – Sugar For Sugar, Salt For Salt – CDN
George Strait – You’re Right I’m Wrong (Pure Country/Soundtrack Version) – Holding My Own
The Mavericks – Forever Blue – From Hell To Paradise
John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves (feat. Iris DeMent) – In Spite Of Ourselves
Steve Goodman – When My Rowboat Comes In – Affordable Art