Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home – May 2009

Episode #307
Sunday, May 3, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Pre-recorded live from the comfort of my living room. We get a special visit from a pint-sized cohost, great new music including the amazing new Jim Bryson live album, another attempt to prove that Band of Horses is really just folk music in disguise, and a 90th birthday tribute to the great Pete Seeger!
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Jim Bryson – Feel Much Better – Live at the First Baptist Church – CDN
Jim Bryson – Impaler – Live at the First Baptist Church – CDN
Wilco – Airline to Heaven – Ashes of American Flags DVD
The Dust Poets – Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key – World at Large – CDN
Jim Bryson – Phone It In – unreleased – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Serena Ryder – The Funeral – download – CDN
Band of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You – Cease to Begin
Band of Horses – Marry Song – Cease to Begin
Lee Harvey Osmond – I’m Going to Stay that Way – A Quiet Evil – CDN
Tom Wilson & Bob Lanois – That’s How I Walk – The Shack Recordings – CDN
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – The Caves of Jericho – Swingin’ from the Chains of Love: The Best of – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
The Band – Remedy – Jericho – CDN
Jim Byrnes – Ophelia – My Walking Stick – CDN
Pete Seeger – The Water Is Wide – American Favorite Ballads Vol. 2
Bruce Springsteen – Bring ’em Home – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Richard Shindell – Waist Deep in the Big Muddy – Vuelta
Dan Frechette – Where the Water Tastes like Wine – Lucky Day – CDN – WPG

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Amanda Shires – Angels & Acrobats – West Cross Timbers
Andrea Ramolo – Oh Brother – Thank You for the Ride – CDN
Shelley O’Brien – You, Me and the Birds – You, Me and the Birds – CDN
Jesse DeNatale – Twilight King – Shangri-La West
Eliza Gilkyson – The Beauty Way – Hard Times in Babylon
Caroline Herring – Tacoma Blues – Wellspring
John Doe & The Sadies – It Just Dawned on Me – Country Club
Episode #308
Sunday, May 10, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
We preview the upcoming Romi Mayes CD release show, send out some love to two great mothers on Mothers Day, send out some music to some great listeners, as well as some new music, some old music, and a whole lotta great music.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Romi Mayes – Achin’ in Yer Bones – Achin’ in Yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Sweet Somethin’ Steady – Sweet Somethin’ Steady – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Let Me Run – Sweet Somethin’ Steady – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Mama Ain’t No Fool – The Living Room Sessions Vol. 1 – CDN WPG
Romi Mayes – Mercy on Me – Achin’ in Yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Geoff Berner – Phoney Drawl – live recording – CDN
Kasey Chambers – Mother – Wayward Angel

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Justin Townes Earle – Mama’s Eyes – Midnight at the Movies
Karen Savoca – Mother’s Arms – In the Dirt
Jimmy Lafave – Elvis Loved his Mama – Texoma
Lyle Lovett – Bears – Step Inside this House
Glen Campbell – Sing – Meet Glen Campbell
Dan Bern – Jane – Fleeting Days
Barzin – Nobody Told Me – Notes to an Absent Lover – CDN
Barzin – Queen Jane – Notes to an Absent Lover – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Leeroy Stagger – Hell of a Life – Everything Is Real – CDN
Tim Easton – Porcupine – Porcupine
The Whipsaws – Jesse Jane – 60 Watt Avenue
Matthew Dean Herman – Southern Belle – Blackbird

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Iron & Wine – Waitin’ for a Superman – Around the Well
Calexico / Iron & Wine – He Lays in the Reins – In the Reins
Neal Casal – Fremont Row – Leaving Traces: Songs 1994-2004
David Wilcox – Captain Wanker – Open Hand
David Wilcox – Ecstasy – The Collected Works: 1977 – 1993 – CDN
Episode #309
Sunday, May 17, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Some new music to start us off, some of which is wonderful and some that makes me wonder… a couple of history lessons about a couple of late greats, Mickey Newbury and Tom Evans, and a bunch of random greats thrown in on a whim, just the way we like it.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Romi Mayes – Just Like the Rest – Achin’ in Yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Sunparlour Players – Nuclear – Wave North – CDN
Steve Earle – Marie – Townes
Cris Cuddy – Getaway Day – This Little World – CDN
Joe Purdy – School Teachers Blues – Last Clock on the Wall
Slaid Cleaves – Pretty Boy Floyd – Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway: The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Jesse DeNatale – Pretty Boy Floyd II – live recording
James McMurtry – Safe Side – Columbia Records Radio Hour, Volume 1
Leonard Cohen & The Webb Sisters – If It Be Your Will – Comes in Twos
The Guthries – Season to Leave – Off Windmill – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Lindsay Jane – Waiting – Lovers Find Reasons – CDN – WPG
Nicky Mehta – The Reckoning – Weather Vane – CDN – WPG
Dan Frechette – Horse and Buggy Rag – Lucky Day – CDN – WPG
Mickey Newbury – Just Dropped In – Harlequin Melodies/Sings His Own: The Complete RCA Recordings … Plus
Mickey Newbury – How I Love Them Old Songs – ‘Frisco Mabel Joy
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men – Mobile Blue – ‘Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited: For Mickey Newbury

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Chuck Prophet – You’re Not My Same Sweet Baby – ‘Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited: For Mickey Newbury
The Original Sloth Band – Working in a Coal Mine – 1978 – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Give Me Just a Little More Time – Up Above My Head – CDN
Jim Bryson – Captain Finch – Live at the First Baptist Church – CDN
Great Lake Swimmers – She Comes to Me in Dreams – Lost Channels – CDN
Elvis Costello – Distorted Angel – All This Useless Beauty
Episode #310
Sunday, May 24, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
After a long, lonely absence, our beloved West End Cultural Centre is ready for business, and this week’s Grand Re-Opening festival is giving us plenty of reasons to celebrate on this week’s show, including Wednesday’s Tell the Band to Go Home Songwriters’ Circle. The show was largely devoted to previewing those shows, although some great new music made it in, and we paid tribute to the folks at Paste Magazine who are going through some hard times but are getting some help from some very talented musicians.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Nathan – Bad Ideas – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Hotel Motel – Night Flares – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Wide Turn – Maintenance – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Buy a Ticket – Balanced on a Pin – CDN – WPG
Hawksley Workman – Your Beauty Must Be Rubbing Off – Last Night We Were the Delicious Wolves – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Dan Frechette – My Bride and I – Lucky Day – CDN – WPG
Lindsay Jane – I Can’t Rescue You – Lovers Find Reasons – CDN – WPG
Nicky Mehta – Row Him Home – Weathervane – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Avila – Firecracker – CDN – WPG
Nudie and the Turks – Nudie’s Lament – The Kershaw Sessions – CDN
Nudie and the Turks – You Try to Be Right – The Kershaw Sessions – CDN
The Brothers Cosmoline – It’s Alright – Songs of Work & Freedom – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Vanessa Peters & Ice Cream on Mondays – Coming to Meet Me (acoustic) – Paste Digital Vault
Brandi Carlile – Downpour (live in Boston) – Paste Digital Vault
The Watson Twins – Better Go On Home – Paste Digital Vault
The Believers – Higher Ground – Paste Magazine Sampler 52

3:30pm – 4:00pm
The Dust Poets – Skeletons in your Inbox – World at Large – CDN
Das Macht Show – Marching Over the Bones – Four Legs Good – CDN
Das Macht Show – 4 More Meals – One Night in Berlin – CDN
Danny Michel – I’m a Love You – Feather Fur and Fin – CDN
Danny Michel – Midnight Train – Valhalla – CDN
Episode #311
Sunday, May 31, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Today, an interview with the always interesting Stephen Fearing, as well as some great new music. Also, we look ahead to our favourite season, festival season.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Tom Waits – Time – Rain Dogs
Stephen Fearing – The Man Who Married Music – Yellowjacket – CDN
Stephen Fearing – The Big East West – The Man Who Married Music: The Best of – CDN
Stephen Fearing – The Finest Kind – That’s How I Walk – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Anything You Want – Industrial Lullaby – CDN
Stephen Fearing – The Longest Road – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Madison Violet – Small of my Heart – No Fool for Trying – CDN
Madison Violet – Crying – No Fool for Trying – CDN
Dala – Sunday Dress – Who Do You Think You Are? – CDN
Kasey Chambers – Not Pretty Enough – Barricades & Brick Walls
Patty Griffin – Making Pies – 1000 Kisses

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Stephen Fearing interview
Stephen Fearing – No Dress Rehearsal – The Man Who Married Music: The Best of – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm
T. Nile – Silently – At My Table – CDN
T. Nile – Cabin Song – The Cabin Song EP – CDN
Eilen Jewell – Sea of Tears – Sea of Tears
Mark Erelli – Baltimore – Delivered
Nels Andrews – Butterfly Wing – Off-Track Betting
Iron & Wine – Belated Promise Ring – Around the Well
Po’ Girl – Drive All Night – Home to You – CDN

May 24, 2009

After a long, lonely absence, our beloved West End Cultural Centre is ready for business, and this week’s Grand Re-Opening festival is giving us plenty of reasons to celebrate on this week’s show, including Wednesday’s Tell the Band to Go Home Songwriters’ Circle. The show was largely devoted to previewing those shows, although some great new music made it in, and we paid tribute to the folks at Paste Magazine who are going through some hard times but are getting some help from some very talented musicians.

And, for some added entertainment and educational value, Carter and “Sophie” came in to co-host!

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New Website, coming soon!

I built the Tell the Band to Go Home website myself on a whim a few years ago. I had all of these grand ideas for all of the great content that it would contain, and the ways in which it would change and get better. Then reality set in, and the site got neglected like oh, so many projects before. It’s been needing an overhaul for a long time, but I can’t really find the time or the creative spark to reinvent it in a way that makes sense. I’ve been thinking more and more about finding someone who could help me fix it up right, but I wasn’t sure who would undertake such a thankless proposition. Enter, KK’s brother Jason, who’s an all around good guy, and who, it seems, builds websites in his spare time. Who knew? Well, Jason’s hard at work trying to fix us up right, and I know that the inconvenience of having the site down for a while will be worth the wait. Stay tuned for our grand re-launch, coming soon. Thanks Jason and thanks to everyone who visited that old dinosaur of a site. Looking forward to brighter, better days ahead!

May 17, 2009

Some new music to start us off, some of which is wonderful and some that makes me wonder… a couple of history lessons about a couple of late greats, Mickey Newbury and Tom Evans, and a bunch of random greats thrown in on a whim, just the way we like it.

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May 3, 2009

Pre-recorded live from the comfort of my living room. We get a special visit from a pint-sized cohost, great new music including the amazing new Jim Bryson live album, another attempt to prove that Band of Horses is really just folk music in disguise, and a 90th birthday tribute to the great Pete Seeger!

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Steel Belted Radio – April 30, 2009

KK takes the wheel for a rare solo show, and does the unthinkable: plays 1.5 hours of great music with no ridiculous arguing. She’s trying to ruin the show, I’m sure of it. Hopefully you don’t get used to hearing just the best music out there, because the circus will be back in town soon. In the meantime, enjoy it with birthday wishes for Jim Bryson, and great tunes from the likes of The Weakerthans, Leeroy Stagger, Romi Mayes, Matt Mays, and much more!

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Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home – April 2009

Episode #303
Sunday, April 5, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
A little bit of everything we enjoy here on the show: some new, some notable classics, some upcoming shows/show guests, and some dedications. All around good stuff.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Rheostatics – Legal Age Life at Variety Store – Whale Music – CDN
The Other Brothers – Second Wind – Points of View – CDN – WPG
Ken Whiteley – Bring Peace – Gospel Music Makes Me Feel Alright! – CDN
David Wall – Yonder Come Day – The Spell I Was Under – CDN
Jeffrey Foucault – That’s the Way that the World Goes ‘Round – Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes: Jeffrey Foucault Sings The Songs Of John Prine
Richard Shindell – Get up Clara – Not Far Now

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Antje Duvekot – Ragdoll Princes & Junkyard Queens – The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer
Shawn Colvin – You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome when You Go – Cover Girl
Todd Snider – Don’t Tempt Me – The Excitement Plan (bonus track)
Steve Earle – Rake – Townes
Leeroy Stagger – Petrified World – Everything Is Real – CDN
Leeroy StaggerToo Many Rainy Days – Everything Is Real – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Slaid Cleaves – Beyond Love – Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
Dan Mangan – Fabulous – Postcards and Daydreaming – CDN
Dan Mangan – Robots – The Roboteering EP – CDN
Zeman & Walsh – Blood on the Hardwood Floor – The Bourbon Sessions – CDN
Brock Zeman – Ain’t Nothin’ – $100 Difference – CDN
The Deep Dark Woods – Hang Me, Oh Hang Me – Hang Me, Oh Hang Me – CDN
The Deep Dark Woods – All the Money I Had Is Gone – Winter Hours – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Trevor Alguire – Full of Rust – Thirty Year Run – CDN
Nick Rose – Summer Dress – The Cloverhill EP – CDN
Liam Titcomb – Under Angels – Under Angels: Design Hope Vol. 3 – CDN
The Damnwells – I Am a Leaver (alternate stripped version) – demos/outtakes
Warren Zevon – I Have to Leave – My Ride’s Here
Christina Martin – Pale Moon – Pretty Things – CDN
Episode #304
Sunday, April 12, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
A look ahead at this week’s shows, including Martin Sexton and the Weakerthans/Oh Susanna. And, as usual, some great new music, some great old music, and whatever else there is.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – CDN
Brock Zeman – Gastown – Cold Winter Comes Back – CDN
Dan Mangan – Not What You Think It Is – Postcards and Daydreaming – CDN
Evan Phillips – Small Town Music Writer – unreleased demo

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Leeroy Stagger – Stormy – Everything Is Real – CDN
Matthew Dean Herman – Blackbird – Blackbird
Shuyler Jansen – Don’t Ask Why – Today’s Remains – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK – CDN
Blitzen Trapper – Furr – Furr
Blitzen Trapper – Black River Killer – Furr
Royal Wood – Juliet – A Good Enough Day – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
John Doe & the Sadies – It Just Dawned on Me – Country Club
Todd Snider – America’s Favorite Pastime – The Excitement Plan
Slaid Cleaves – Cry – Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
Sumner Brothers – Both Back – Sumner Brothers – CDN
Martin Sexton – Freedom of the Road – Black Sheep

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Martin Sexton – The Beast in Me – The American
Martin Sexton – Happy – Seeds
Martin Sexton – How Far I’ve Come – Solo
Oh Susanna – Pretty Penny – Short Stories – CDN
Oh Susanna – The One – Oh Susanna – CDN
Oh Susanna – Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Johnstown
The Weakerthans – Night Windows – Reunion Tour – CDN – WPG
Episode #305
Sunday, April 19, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Another week, another great upcoming show, this time featuring Melissa McClelland and Jason Plumb. Also, more new music, we revisit some live and classic music, and listen to some of the great new & old music I picked up yesterday on Independent Record Store Day, including brand new Wilco!
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Martin Sexton – Folsom Prison Blues – live recording
Jason Plumb – Back at Me – Under & Over – CDN
Jason Plumb and The Willing – I Do – Beauty in this World – CDN
Luke Doucet – Gun St. Girl – Outlaws: Live & Unreleased – CDN
Ladybird Sideshow – Blue Farewell – Live at the Orange Lounge – CDN
Melissa McClelland – Jaded – Stranded in Suburbia – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Melissa McClelland – A Girl Can Dream – Victoria Day – CDN
Guy Clark – The Guitar – live recording
Guy Clark – Sometimes You Write the Song – live recording
Guy Clark – New Cut Road – The South Coast of Texas
Oh Susanna – Schoolyard – Short Stories – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Romi Mayes – Slow Down – Achin’ in Yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Twilight Hotel – Viva La Vinyl – Highway Prayer – CDN – WPG
Ian & Sylvia – Early Morning Rain – Greatest Hits – CDN
David Wiffen – Skybound Station – Coast to Coast Fever – CDN
Jesse Winchester – Biloxi – Jesse Winchester – CDN
Buddy Miller – A Showman’s Life – Midnight and Lonesome

3:30pm – 4:00pm
The Jayhawks – Stumbling Through the Dark – Rainy Day Music
Wilco – Hate it Here – Ashes of American Flags
Wilco – The Thanks I Get – Sky Blue Sky bonus EP
Wilco – A Magazine Called Sunset – More Like the Moon EP
John Doe & The Sadies – I Still Miss Someone – Country Club
Scott Macleod – Drank the Ocean Dry – Old Soul – CDN
Andrea Ramolo – Lovesick Blues – Thank You for the Ride – CDN
Episode #306
Sunday, April 26, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Our old friend Matt Epp drops by to preview some of the songs on his upcoming CD, and we look at the songs of Leonard Cohen, who comes to town this week. All that and exciting new music, classics, and more.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Greg Brown – The Chimney Sweeper – Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Steve Earle – My Old Friend the Blues – Guitar Town
Steve Earle (with Justin Townes Earle) – Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold – Townes
Townes Van Zandt – I’ll Be Here in the Morning – For the Sake of the Song
Justin Townes Earle – Black Eyed Suzy – Midnight at the Movies
The Flatlanders – After the Storm – Hills and Valleys
The Tallest Man on Earth – Into the Stream – Shallow Grave
Mike McClure Band – Walkin’ on the Moon – Camelot Falling

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Daddy – I Don’t Like It – Live & Unreleased, Vol. 1
Newton Faulkner – Dream Catch Me – Hand Built by Robots
Ian Foster – If the Weather Holds – Room in the City – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Matt Epp interview
Matt Epp – This Old House – unreleased – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – I Am the Wind – unreleased – CDN – WPG

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Al Tuck – Ready (As I’m Ever Going to Be) – Food for the Moon – CDN
Jonathan Richman – Here It Is – Because her Beauty Is Raw and Wild
The Duhks – Everybody Knows – The Duhks – CDN – WPG
Ron Sexsmith – Heart with No Companion – Ron Sexsmith – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Hallelujah – CMT Christmas – CDN
Josh Ritter – Chelsea Hotel #2 – Golden Age of Radio bonus track
Leonard Cohen – Suzanne – More Best of – CDN

April 19, 2009

Another week, another great upcoming show, this time featuring Melissa McClelland and Jason Plumb. Also, more new music, we revisit some live and classic music, and listen to some of the great new & old music I picked up yesterday on Independent Record Store Day, including brand new Wilco!

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