Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home – March 2009

Episode #298
Sunday, March 1, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Occasionally, we take on the role of the “other” show that plays you “both kinds of music,” this week it’s the really old and the really young. Last week we had a few long-time listeners wondering if we’d lost our minds with our “hipster” set, so this week we went straight back in time for some singer/songwriter classics straight out of the history books. Heck, it almost seemed perfect that the computer was on the fritz so we even had to resort to playing vinyl for a change.

But the show was also for the very young, since I was joined by my hilarious occasional co-host Carter for some jokes and animal facts. He keeps me laughing and keeps me feeling young, so a bunch of songs for the young and the young at heart followed. Those technical difficulties made for a challenging show, but somehow, we made it through.

Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Alejandro Escovedo – Real As an Animal – Real Animal
Buddy Miller – Through the Eyes of a Broken Heart – Your Love and other Lies
Buddy Miller – You Wrecked up my Heart – Your Love and other Lies
Tom Waits – Downtown Train – Rain Dogs
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals – Always on my Mind – Jacksonville City Nights

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Tom T. Hall – That’s How I Got to Memphis – Greatest Hits
Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings – ‘Til I Gain Control Again – Take It to the Limit
Waylon Jennings – Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) – Ol’ Waylon
Emmylou Harris – Luxury Liner – Luxury Liner
Woody Guthrie – Blowin’ Down the Road (I Ain’t Going to Be Treated this Way) – Dust Bowl Ballads
Woody Guthrie – I Want My Milk (I Want It Now) – Dust Bowl Ballads
Woody Guthrie – Dust Bowl Blues – Dust Bowl Ballads
Hank Williams – You’re Gonna Change (or I’m Gonna Leave) – The Ultimate Collection
Hank Williams – Alone and Foresaken – The Ultimate Collection

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Farmer Jason – Guitar Pickin’ Chicken – A Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason
Rosie Flores – Red, Red Robin – The Bottle Let Me Down: Songs for Bumpy Wagon Rides
Robbie Fulks – Godfrey – The Bottle Let Me Down: Songs for Bumpy Wagon Rides
Jon Dee Graham – Hippopotamus – Songs to Howl at the Moon By
Nathan – Compound Eyes – Somebody Needs a Time Out – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – Your Attitude Towards Cuttlefish – Somebody Needs a Time Out – CDN – WPG
Butterfingers – Bob the Cat – I’m Somebody, Too – CDN – WPG

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Sarah Harmer – Peanut Butter Toast – For the Kids Too! – CDN
Rheostatics – Loving Arms – The Story of Harmelodia – CDN
Old Man Leudecke – Little Bird – Proof of Love – CDN
David Francey – Red-Winged Blackbird – Torn Screen Door – CDN
Emma-Lee – That Sinking Feeling – Never Just a Dream – CDN
Lynne Hanson – I Won’t Ask Why – Things I Miss – CDN
Episode #299
Sunday, March 8, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Tons of great new music made its way into my ears recently, so we just had to share much of it. That sent us off in all kinds of directions (as these things often do.) This week’s history lesson segment was on the late great Steve Goodman and we heard a few of his best. Last up, a brief prelude to the upcoming homecoming by Luke Doucet and the lovely Amelia Curran
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
NQ Arbuckle – My Baby – XOK – CDN
Elliott BROOD – The Valley Town – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
Bob Schneider – Version Mary – Songs Sung and Played on Guitar
Josh Ritter – In the Dark (acoustic demo) – Girl in the War (digital EP)
Josh Ritter (with string quartet) – Empty Hearts – live recording

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Catherine MacLellan – Water in the Ground – Water in the Ground – CDN
Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch – Lua – Dark Was the Night
Mark Olson & Gary Louris – The Rose Society – Ready for the Flood
The Great Lake Swimmers – Pulling on a Line – Lost Channels – CDN
Justin Townes Earle – They Killed John Henry – Midnight at the Movies
Buddy & Julie Miller – What You Gonna Do Leroy – Written in Chalk

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Neko Case – This Tornado Loves You – Middle Cyclone
Howie Beck – Flashover – How to Fall Down in Public – CDN
Jason Collett – Roll on Oblivion – Here’s to Being Here – CDN
The Felice Brothers – Little Ann – The Felice Brothers
The Tallest Man on Earth – The Blizzard’s Never Seen the Desert Sands – Shallow Grave
Guy Davis – Bring Back Storyville – Sweetheart Like You

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Steve Goodman – The I Don’t Know Where I’m Goin’, But I’m Goin’ Nowhere in a Hurry Blues – Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman – City of New Orleans – Steve Goodman
Ana Egge – Old Fashioned – My Old Man: A Tribute to Steve Goodman
Amelia Curran – Scattered & Small – War Brides – CDN
Amelia Curran – You Won’t Find Me – CDN
Luke Doucet – Outlaws – Aloha, Manitoba – CDN
Luke Doucet – Long Haul Driver – Foke Star – CDN
Episode #300
Sunday, March 15, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Celebrating International Women’s Day in true TTBTGH style, a week late… We pulled out some of our favourite ladies, we let the gentlement in with a couple of timely songs featuring ladies, and one request, because we love our listeners. Most of all though, we love good music, and man, woman, child, whatever, it’s all good to us!
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Carolyn Mark & Geoff Berner – It’s All Just a Matter (of where you draw the line) – Just Married: An Album of Duets – CDN
Luke Doucet & the White Falcon – Ophelia – live recording – CDN
Melissa McClelland – Glen Rio – live recording – CDN
Amelia Curran – Bye Bye – live recording – CDN
Ladybird Sideshow – Roadblock – demo CD – CDN
Lisa Winn – Brown Haired Angel – Mother Earth – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Tannis Slimmon – Around Him – Lucky Blue – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Set this Heart on Fire – Water in the Ground – CDN
Chloe Albert – Firelight – Dedicated State – CDN
Christina Martin – Two Hearts – Two Hearts – CDN
Serena Ryder – Sweeping the Ashes – Is It O.K. – CDN
Neko Case – People Got a Lotta Nerve – Middle Cyclone

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles – Me and your Ghost – The Stars Are Out
Shawn Colvin – Fill Me Up – These Four Walls
Jess Klein – Cloud Song – Draw Them Near
Lynn Miles – Over You – Unravel – CDN
Julie Miller – All My Tears – Songcatcher Soundtrack
Brandi Carlile – Late Morning Lullaby – The Story
Shannon McNally – Down and Dirty – Jukebox Sparrows

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous – More Adventurous
The Waifs – London Still – Up All Night
Romi Mayes – Just Like the Rest – Achin’ in Yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Kiss Me Again – With Blasphemy, So Heartfelt
Gillian Welch – Red Clay Halo – Music from the Revelator Collection
Michelle Shocked – Anchorage – Short Sharp Shocked
Elliott BROOD – Without Again – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Episode #301
Sunday, March 22, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Spotlighting upcoming shows by Serena Ryder & Great Lake Swimmers, some new music, a birthday tribute to Brock Zeman, and some surprisingly good music featured on Grey’s Anatomy.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Serena Ryder – Hiding Place – Live – CDN
Serena Ryder – And Some Money Too – Live in Oz – CDN
Serena Ryder – Sing Sing – Unlikely Emergency – CDN
Serena Ryder – Blown Like the Wind at Night – Told You in a Whispered Song EP – CDN
Serena Ryder – All for Love – Is It O.K. – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Piers Faccini – A Storm Is Going to Come – single
Joe Purdy – Wash Away – Julie Blue
Joe Purdy – San Jose – Take My Blanket and Go
Leeroy Stagger – Just In Case – Beautiful House – CDN
Brandi Carlile – The Story – The Story
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lil’ Firecracker – Hard Love and Free Luck

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Mike McClure Band – Walkin’ on the Moon – Camelot Falling
The Gougers – Rosaline – A Long Day for the Weathervane
Lynn Miles – You’re Not Coming Back – Black Flowers Vol. 1 – CDN
Lynn Miles – The People You Love – Black Flowers Vol. 2 – CDN
Great Lake Swimmers – Moving Pictures, Silent Films – Great Lake Swimmers – CDN
Great Lake Swimmers – Your Rocky Spine – Ongiara – CDN
Great Lake Swimmers – Everything Is Moving So Fast – Lost Channels – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Kate Maki – Over – Confusion Unlimited – CDN
Brock Zeman & the Dirty Hands – Chanelle – Welcome Home Ivy Jane – CDN
Brock Zeman – Picture of You – $100 Difference – CDN
The Deep Dark Woods – Polly – Winter Hours – CDN
The Victor Mourning – Zachariah – Fire Fire Demos
Live Country Music – Light of the World – Live Country Music – CDN
Matthew Barber – I’m Gonna Settle My Accounts with You – Ghost Notes – CDN
Episode #302
Sunday, March 29, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Some new & timely music (including a look at the only two Junos that matter) squeezed in between two exciting segments featuring live, in studio guests The Other Brothers (Chris Neufeld & Donovan Giesbrecht) and a look ahead at one of the most exciting concerts to come to town in a long time, next week’s Guy Clark/Slaid Cleaves double bill.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Reid Jamieson – Maybe Tomorrow – Vinyl Café Demos – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Solitaire – Hope – CDN
Lisa Winn – Joy – Under Angels – CDN
The Other Brothers – Suit and Tie – Points of View – CDN – WPG
The Other Brothers – Many Ways to Love – live performance – CDN – WPG

2:30pm – 3:00pm
The Other Brothers – By My Side – live performance – CDN – WPG
The Other Brothers – Slep in the Sunshine – Points of View – CDN – WPG
Chris Neufeld – Reinventing Miss Exciting – Colorado Low – CDN – WPG
Chic Gamine – Butterfly Woman – Chic Gamine – CDN – WPG

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Old Man Luedecke – Ain’t Going My Way – Proof of Love – CDN
Murray McLauchlan – Red River Flood – Songs from the Street: The Best of – CDN
James Keelaghan & Oscar Lopez – Red River Rising – Compadres – CDN
Slaid Cleaves – Lydia – Broke Down
Slaid Cleaves – Below – Wishbones
Slaid Cleaves – Call it Sleep – Unsung

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Lyle Lovett – Step Inside this House – Step Inside this House
Guy Clark – Let Him Roll – Old No. 1
Guy Clark – The Cape – Together at the Bluebird Cafe
Guy Clark – Stuff that Works – Dublin Blues
Guy Clark – All Through Throwin’ Good Love After Bad – Old Friends
Guy Clark – Anyhow, I Love You – Texas Cookin’

Great New Tunes

The show is always the best way to know what I’m listening to, but in the spirit of T-Bar’s great short reviews at the Steel Belted site (www.steelbeltedradio.com), I’ll try to let you know about the new arrivals that are catching my ear.

Tom Wilson’s new project Lee Harvey Osmond is definitely growing on me big time (as almost all of Tom’s records have done over time). It features Tom (Junkhouse, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, etc. etc.) as well as a bunch of Cowboy Junkies, a couple o’ Skydiggers, and a bunch of other heavyweights. It’s a more groovy, soulful brand of folk music that should appeal to just about anyone with an ear. It’s available on CD locally at Music Trader or online at Maple Music (although they rip you off with their crazy shipping fees, so I avoid them these days) or you can buy the digital download at a site called Latent Recordings, which is the online source for Cowboy Junkies and a bunch of their pals.

A great US Label called Signature Sounds has some pretty fine new releases. I just got Richard Shindell’s long-awaited new album “Not Far Away,” which is, as usual, pretty great. Richard’s last CD was an album of covers that showed how great he is and got me hungry for some new originals. This one does not disappoint.

Not on Signature, but part of their “discoveries” series is a CD produced by Shindell and featuring some real heavyweights (Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky, John Gorka, and more). The lady’s name is Antje Duvekot, and boy is she impressive. A great looking CD, impeccably produced, and featuring such stellar guests can’t go wrong really, but she’s got the songs and the pipes to back it all up. She sounds like she went to the Shawn Colvin school, but has a distinctive sound all her own. Well worth checking out.

Also on Signature is Jeffrey Foucault’s new CD of John Prine covers, “Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes.” Obviously the songs are great (I’m kind of glad to see no “Sam Stone” on here, I mean, it’s such a great song, but such an obvious choice. Many of the choices are obvious, but ther are some lesser known gems as well), but Foucault is as usual great as well. His rich, deep voice and expressive playing really bring the songs to life all over again, and put a distinctive original spin on things. Lots of great guests on here including Foucault’s beautiful wife Kris Delmhorst, their pal Peter Mulvey, and some stellar players. Highly recommended.

This Sunday on TTBTGH – The Other Brothers

At long last we’ll be visited once again by Chris Neufeld. You may recall (although it’s been a long time) that Chris was on the show years ago and wowed us with his great CD, “Colorado Low.” Since then, he’s been busy teaching, but word came down a little while ago that he was preparing a new CD. This time, he’s got some help in the form of fellow Mennonite singer/songwriter Donovan Giesbrecht. Together, they’re known as The Other Brothers, and they’re releasing their CD with a show at the Park Theatre on Friday night. They’ll stop by to chat and play for us this Sunday. I’ll try to behave so Chris doesn’t avoid me for another 3 years. I promise!

Steel Belted Radio – March 26, 2009

A special episode featuring an interview with Texas singer/songwriter Slaid Cleaves, who makes his long-awaited return to Winnipeg in a little over a week. And, as usual, your Roots Rock Weirdos play some great tunes and talk a whole lot.

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Tonight on SBFRR – Slaid Cleaves!

Here’s a last minute announcement that I didn’t have time to make to the email list. Tonight (March 26) we’ll be talking to Slaid Cleaves. We’ve been singing Slaid’s praises since he was at the folk festival 8 or 9 years ago. For reasons I cannot comprehend, he hasn’t been back to Winnipeg since. Maybe he’s been too busy putting out some of the finest records of the past few years, including his stellar Wishbones CD and his great album of covers of under-appreciated songwriters, Unsung. The Steel Belted crew has travelled to Grand Forks and Dauphin just to see the guy, but finally, he’s coming back. He’ll be opening for the legendary Guy Clark on April 5 and he’s got a new CD coming out shortly after that. We’ll catch up with him and talk about the above and much more when we chat tonight on Steel Belted Radio. Tune in at 6:30 pm central time.

Oh, and as if that weren’t enough… we’ve got tickets to the Guy Clark / Slaid Cleaves concert to give away! You won’t want to miss it.

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March 15, 2009

Episode #300

Celebrating International Women’s Day in true TTBTGH style, a week late… We pulled out some of our favourite ladies, we let the gentlemen in with a couple of timely songs featuring ladies, and one request, because we love our listeners. Most of all though, we love good music, and man, woman, child, whatever, it’s all good to us!

part 1
part 2

March 8, 2009

Tons of great new music made its way into my ears recently, so we just had to share much of it. That sent us off in all kinds of directions (as these things often do.) This week’s history lesson segment was on the late great Steve Goodman and we heard a few of his best. Last up, a brief prelude to the upcoming homecoming by Luke Doucet and the lovely Amelia Curran.

part 1
part 2

March 1, 2009

Occasionally, we take on the role of the “other” show that plays you “both kinds of music,” this week it’s the really old and the really young. Last week we had a few long-time listeners wondering if we’d lost our minds with our “hipster” set, so this week we went straight back in time for some singer/songwriter classics straight out of the history books. Heck, it almost seemed perfect that the computer was on the fritz so we even had to resort to playing vinyl for a change.

But the show was also for the very young, since I was joined by my hilarious occasional co-host Carter for some jokes and animal facts. He keeps me laughing and keeps me feeling young, so a bunch of songs for the young and the young at heart followed. Those technical difficulties made for a challenging show, but somehow, we made it through.

part 1
part 2