Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home – July 2008

Episode #268
Sunday, July 6, 2008
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
This is it, this year’s artist-by-artist look at who not to miss at the 35th Winnipeg Folk Festival happening next weekend. There’s lots to see, and the folks we played today are the ones that I most recommend.
2:00pm – 2:30pm
JP Hoe – Fine – The Here in Review EP – CDN – WPG
Eliza Gilkyson – The Great Correction – Beautiful World
David Francey – Leaving Edmonton – Right of Passage – CDN
David Francey – Tonight in my Dreams – The Waking Hour – CDN
David Francey – Saints and Sinners – Torn Screen Door
Carrie Rodriguez with Tim Easton – Cortez the Killer – Like a Hurricane: A Tribute to Neil Young
Cara Luft – Give It Up – The Light Fantastic – CDN – WPG

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Danny Michel – If God’s on your Side – Feather, Fur, & Fin – CDN
Danny Michel – Fireworks – In the Belly of a Whale – CDN
The Weakerthans – Civil Twilight – Reunion Tour – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Everything Must Go! – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
Geoff Berner – Light Enough to Travel – Light Enough to Travel EP – CDN
Geoff Berner – Official Theme Song of 2010 Olympic Games – website download – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Jim White – Jailbird – Transnormal Skiperoo
Jim White – The Wound that Never Heals – Music from Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus
Catherine MacLellan – Dreams Dissolve – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Old Man Leudecke – Just Like a River – Proof of Love – CDN
Nanci Griffith – Trouble in the Fields – Country Gold
Justin Townes Earle – Hard Livin’ – The Good Life

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Tres Chicas – Am I Too Blue – Sweetwater
Calexico – Across the Wire – Feast of Wire
Calexico – Cruel – Garden Ruin
Kathleen Edwards – Somewhere Else – Back to Me – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Six O’Clock News – Failer – CDN
Harry Manx – Roses Given – Wise and Otherwise – CDN
Jim Byrnes – The Beast in Me – House of Refuge – CDN
Sunday July 13 – NO SHOW
It’s Folk Fest, so obviously I wasn’t going to be in live, but this year with the move to the new TTBTGH home office still leaving the staff in a bit of a chaotic state, it wasn’t really possible to whip up a pre-record. Hopefully all good hearted people were either at Folk Fest or enjoying good weather & good people with some good music.
Episode #269
Sunday, July 20, 2008
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Prerecorded, but all new. A look back at another great Winnipeg Folk Festival, a look forward to some great upcoming shows at Candor, and a listen to a few special songs for a very special person.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Alejandro Escovedo – Sister Lost Soul – Real Animal
Folk Fest ’08:
Jim White – Crash Into the Sun – Transnormal Skiperoo
Kathleen Edwards – Oh Canada – Asking for Flowers – CDN
Calexico – Carona – Convict Pool
Justin Townes Earle – South Georgia Sugar Babe – The Good Life
Tres Chicas – In a While – Sweetwater
Ray Davies – Vietnam Cowboys (demo) – Working Man’s Café

2:30pm – 3:00pm
D. Rangers & friends – White Line – recorded live at Winnipeg Folk Festival – CDN
Calexico & The Weakerthans – I Hate Tuscon– recorded live at Winnipeg Folk Festival
Hellwood – Fireworks Factory – Chainsaw of Life
JP Hoe – Last Good Thing – The Dear John Letters – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – She’s High Water – Orphan Horse – CDN – WPG

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Upcoming at Candor:
Kim Beggs – Up from the River – Wanderer’s Paean – CDN
JP Riemens & the Bar Flies – Sixty-five Dollars – Redneck Lullaby – CDN
Brock Zeman – Plain Wild – $100 Difference – CDN
Dan Walsh – Swingin’ Johnson – Diesel & Smokes – CDN
Romi Mayes – Long Way Home – Sweet Something Steady – CDN – WPG
JP Riemens & the Bar Flies – Small Town Inertia – Redneck Lullaby – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Happy Birthday Jaine:
Paul Kelly – You’re 39, You’re Beautiful, You’re Mine – Stolen Apples
Steve Earle – Sparkle and Shine – Washington Square Serenade
Dan Bern – Jane – Fleeting Days
Nathaniel Mayer – You Are the One – I Just Want to Be Held
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – You’re So Easy to Love – BARK – CDN
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals – My Love for You Is Real – Follow the Lights
Episode #270
Sunday, July 27, 2008
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Prerecorded this week as I’m off enjoying the Hillside Festival in Guelph, Ontario. To start off the show an overview of some of the great acts I’m seeing this weekend. Although you likely won’t make it to Hillside, you can still check out Trout Forest in early August, so a few songs to tempt you out there.
And, lots of great new, notable, and rediscovered music.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Wayne Petti – Up on the Hillside – City Lights Align – CDN
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Grow – Superior Cackling Hen – CDN
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Waiting in a Hurry – Superior Cackling Hen – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Margaret – Geronimo – CDN
The Brothers Creeggan – You Will Be Adored – Sleepyhead – CDN
Jason Collett – We All Lose One Another – Idols of Exile – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Elliott BROOD – The Valley Town – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Justin Rutledge – St. Peter – Man Descending – CDN
Kelly Joe Phelps – Rusting Gate – Slingshot Professionals
Po’ Girl – Movin’ On – Vagabond Lullabies – CDN
Ray Bonneville – Shy Star – Goin’ By Feel – CDN
Scott Nolan – All Over Now – receiver/reflector – CDN – WPG

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Sunparlour Players – We Want What’s Right – This Beautiful City Soundtrack – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Bless this City – This Beautiful City Soundtrack – CDN
Greg Brown – Enough – Nina Gerber Live: Good Music with Good People
John Gorka – Sweet Love – Nina Gerber Live: Good Music with Good People
Nels Andrews – Central Avenue Romance – Sunday Shoes
Nels Andrews – Meadowlake – Sunday Shoes

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Nathaniel Mayer – I Wanna Dance with You – I Just Want to Be Held
Nathaniel Mayer – Satisfied Fool – I Just Want to Be Held
Solomon Burke – Ain’t that Something – Like a Fire
Ron Sexsmith – Impossible World – Exit Strategy for the Soul – CDN
Teddy Thompson – In My Arms – Piece of What You Need
Alejandro Escovedo – Sensitive Boys – Real Animal
NQ Arbuckle – Marco Polo – XOK – CDN

July 27, 2008

Prerecorded this week as I’m off enjoying the Hillside Festival in Guelph, Ontario. To start off the show an overview of some of the great acts I’m seeing this weekend. Although you likely won’t make it to Hillside, you can still check out Trout Forest in early August, so a few songs to tempt you out there.

And, lots of great new, notable, and rediscovered music.

part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4

July 20, 2008

Prerecorded, but all new. A look back at another great Winnipeg Folk Festival, a look forward to some great upcoming shows at Candor, and a listen to a few special songs for a very special person.

part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4

July 6, 2008

This is it, this year’s artist-by-artist look at who not to miss at the 35th Winnipeg Folk Festival happening next weekend. There’s lots to see, and the folks we played today are the ones that I most recommend.

part 1
part 2

June 29, 2008

It’s part 2 of our official Winnipeg Folk Festival preview as our old pal JP Hoe drops by the studio for the first time in a long time to play us some new tunes and debut his long awaited full length CD.

Also on the show some exciting new releases and a look ahead at the jam packed concert schedule for Canada Day, featuring the first local appearance by the Drive-By Truckers and the return of one of my favourite live bands Sunparlour Players.

part 1
part 2

Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home – June 2008

Episode #263
Sunday, June 1, 2008
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
The new NQ Arbuckle is here! The new NQ Arbuckle is here! Couldn’t wait even a moment to play this one. Get it June 10.

Last night our beloved West End Cultural Centre said goodbye to the old hall and looked forward to the new with a stellar all-star recreation of the classic concert film, The Band’s Last Waltz. So many things came to mind, great memories, the amazing local music community, and how damn good The Band was. We paid tribute to The Band & friends for a good long while on the show.

And, at long last, June is here. Some songs celebrating the calendar’s turn for the better.

Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
NQ Arbuckle – Danko / Manuel – live recording – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – My Baby – XOK – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – XOK – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Punk Rocker – Hanging the Battle Scarred Pinata – CDN
Scott Nolan – No Bourbon & Bad Radio – No Bourbon & Bad Radio – CDN – WPG

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Damon Mitchell & Joanne Rodriguez – Evangeline – live recording – CDN – WPG
The Band – Ophelia – The Last Waltz – CDN
Bob Dylan & The Band – Forever Young – Planet Waves
The Band & friends – I Shall Be Released – The Last Waltz – CDN
Dave Berthiaume – Caravan – live recording – CDN – WPG

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Remedy – Kings of Love – CDN
The Band – Atlantic City – Jericho – CDN
Rick Danko & Garth Hudson – Twilight – Upfront! Canadians Live from Mountain Stage – CDN
Serena Ryder – This Wheel’s on Fire – If Your Memory Serves You Well – CDN
Luke Doucet – The Day Rick Danko Died – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Richard Shindell – Acadian Driftwood – South of Delia

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Lyle Lovett – Fat Babies – live at the West End Cultural Centre
Richard Thompson – Keep Your Distance – live at the West End Cultural Centre
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell – Waiting on June – Begonias
Slaid Cleaves – Song for June – Unsung
Camper Van Beethoven – June – Key Lime Pie
D. Rangers – June off of Drinkin’ – The Paw Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Episode #264
Sunday, June 8, 2008
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
I hate to strip away the magic, but the truth is that sometimes I show up to the station somewhat uninspired, with no real vision or idea what to play. Luckily, in those cases, the listeners often come to the rescue, and thankfully that was the case today. Loyal listeners Rob & Laura started us off by asking for some songs that might help them plant the flowers in the garden, and it was off and running from there. We slipped in a few for Allie and even one for our neighbour Julianne.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Reid Jamieson – Rail – Vinyl Café Demos 2008 – CDN
Reid Jamieson – Maybe Tomorrow – Vinyl Café Demos 2008 – CDN
Reid Jamieson – Trying to Get to You – The Presley Sessions – CDN
Howie James – Lazy Day – Don’t Be Ashamed – CDN
Billy Bragg & Wilco – I Guess I Planted – Mermaid Avenue
Malcolm Holcombe – Where Is My Garden – Not Forgotten
Chris Knight – Dirt – Enough Rope

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Martin Sexton – Happy – Seeds
Jim Bryson – Flowers – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Asking for Flowers – Asking for Flowers – CDN
Lynn Miles – Black Flowers – Unravel – CDN
Camper Van Beethoven – Flowers – Key Lime Pie
Shawn Camp – Why Me – The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson
Will Kimbrough – Horseshoe Lake – (EP)
Shannon Lyon – Lake Huron – Bound – CDN

3:00pm – 3:30pm
The Western States – Valemont – The Western States – CDN – WPG
John Hiatt – Same Old Man – Same Old Man
Tom Wilson – Keep on Grinning – Dog Years
NQ Arbuckle – Part of a Poem by Alden Nowlan called Ypres: 1915 – XOK – CDN
Drive-By Truckers – Tornadoes – The Dirty South

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Radiogram – Slide – Unbetween – CDN
Mark Erelli – The Only Way – Hope & Other Casualties
Crooked Still – When I First Came to this Country – When I First Came to this Country
Bob Schneider – Blue Skies for Everyone – Lonelyland
Paul Kelly – Don’t Harm the Messenger – A-Z Downloads
Grayson Capps – Graveyard – Songbones
D. Rangers – Social Season – The Paw Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Episode #265
Sunday, June 15, 2008
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
On today’s show we heard some eagerly awaited new music from folks like Shannon Lyon, Brock Zeman, Jackie Greene, the new Skydiggers! and much more.
Also, today marks father’s day, and although that day’s never meant a whole lot to me, that’s about to change, so we looked at some songs for dads and some famous dads & their offspring.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Skydiggers – Hello Beautiful Life – City of Sirens – CDN
Skydiggers – ’til I Arrive – City of Sirens – CDN
Andrew Cash – Sometimes Everybody Has to Cry – Murder= – CDN

Dad’s Day:
Jim Henry – Baby’s Coming Home – Jacksonville
Jim Henry – Pals Forever Dad – Jacksonville
Five Chinese Brothers – My Dad’s Face – Singer, Songwriter, Beggarman, Thief
Guy Clark – The Randall Knife – Live from Austin, TX

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Daddy – You Made Your Bed – At the Woman’s Club
Drive-By Truckers – Daddy Needs a Drink – Brighter than Creation’s Dark
Drive-By Truckers – Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife – Brighter than Creation’s Dark
James McMurtry – Just Us Kids – Just Us Kids
James McMurtry – Childish Things – Childish Things
Jesse Denatale – Baby Joe – Soul Parade
Jesse Denatale – Lucinda – Soul Parade

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Dustin Bentall – The Old Lonely Roamer – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Barney Bentall – A Man Is – Gift Horse – CDN
Loudon Wainwright III – Daughter – Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up
Martha Wainwright – You Cheated Me – I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too – CDN
Catherine Maclellan – The Long Way Home – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Eliza Gilkyson – Greenfields – Your Town Tonight
Justin Townes Earle – Who Am I to Say – The Good Life

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Bobby Bare Jr. – Music City – From the End of Your Leash

New!:
Brock Zeman – Picture of You – $100 Difference – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Good Feeling – el Sol – CDN
Jay Semko – That’s the Kind of Lover – International Superstar – CDN
Jackie Greene – Don’t Let that Devil Take your Mind – Giving Up the Ghost
Ayla Brook – Sweater Song – After the Morning After – CDN
Episode #266
Sunday, June 22, 2008
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Our favourite time of year is almost here, it’s almost time for the Winnipeg Folk Festival! This is the first of our official Folk Fest previews, and the first of two special podcasts we’re doing in conjunction with the Winnipeg Folk Festival website. This week, one of the most exciting performers coming to the festival for the very first time, all the way from Austin Texas, the legendary Eliza Gilkyson. We caught up with her on the telephone before she heads to town to find out all about her new album and her amazing career up to this point.
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Elliott BROOD – T-Bill – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Eliza Gilkyson – The Party’s Over – Beautiful World
Eliza Gilkyson interview
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Eliza Gilkyson – Emerald Street – Beautiful World
Eliza Gilkyson – Borderline – Paradise Hotel
Eliza Gilkyson – Beauty Way – Hard Times in Babylon
Eliza Gilkyson – Wonderland – Land of Milk and Honey
Eliza Gilkyson – Dark Side of Town – Land of Milk and Honey

3:00pm – 3:30pm
David Francey – Ballad of Bowser MacRae – Right of Passage – CDN
David Francey – Lucky Man – Far End of Summer – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Emily’s Song – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Too Easy – Church Bell Blues – CDN
Harry Manx – Don’t Forget to Miss Me – Wise and Otherwise – CDN
JP Hoe – Until You Wait – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Jim White – Static on the Radio – Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See
Justin Townes Earle – Lone Pine Hill – The Good Life
Josh Ritter – Good Man – The Animal Years
Joe Purdy – Wash Away – Julie Blue
Kate Maki – Highway – On High – CDN
Elliott BROOD – W.I.A.D.F.Y. – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Episode #267
Sunday, June 29, 2008
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist
It’s part 2 of our official Winnipeg Folk Festival preview as our old pal JP Hoe drops by the studio for the first time in a long time to play us some new tunes and debut his long awaited full length CD.
Also on the show some exciting new releases and a look ahead at the jam packed concert schedule for Canada Day, featuring the first local appearance by the Drive-By Truckers and the return of one of my favourite live bands Sunparlour Players.
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Teddy Thompson – What’s This?? – Piece of What You Need
Ray Davies – Working Man’s Café – Working Man’s Cafe
Camper Van Beethoven – When I Win the Lottery – Popular Songs of Great Enduring Strength and Beauty
Elliott BROOD – Without Again – Mountain Meadows – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – XOK – CDN
Matt Mays + El Torpedo – Digital Eyes – Terminal Romance – CDN

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Sunparlour Players – Pacifists Anthem – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Drive-By Truckers – Tornadoes – The Dirty South
Drive-By Truckers – Feb. 14 – A Blessing and a Curse
Drive-By Truckers – The Righteous Path – Brighter than Creation’s Dark
Joe Purdy – Goldfish – Take My Blanket and Go

3:00pm – 3:30pm
JP Hoe – Are You Feeling Better Now – The Dear John Letters – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe interview
JP Hoe – Simple Life – live performance – CDN – WPG
JP HoeStart a War – live performance – CDN – WPG

3:30pm – 4:00pm
JP Hoe – I won’t Lie – live performance – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – ’til I Get to the Door – The Dear John Letters – CDN – WPG
Kathleen Edwards – A Face in the Crowd – Sweetheart: Love Songs – CDN

June 22, 2008

Winnipeg Folk Festival preview part 1

Our favourite time of year is almost here, it’s almost time for the Winnipeg Folk Festival! This is the first of our official Folk Fest previews, and the first of two special podcasts we’re doing in conjunction with the Winnipeg Folk Festival website. This week, one of the most exciting performers coming to the festival for the very first time, all the way from Austin Texas, the legendary Eliza Gilkyson. We caught up with her on the telephone before she heads to town to find out all about her new album and her amazing career up to this point.

part 1
part 2

Steel Belted Radio – June 19, 2008

Featuring a live in-studio visit by Ayla Brook, leader of AA Sound System, who just released a great new solo album and dropped by to talk and play us some tunes. Also, a look ahead at the Winnipeg Jazz Festival and more.

part 1
part 2

June 15, 2008

On today’s show we heard some eagerly awaited new music from folks like Shannon Lyon, Brock Zeman, Jackie Greene, the new Skydiggers! and much more.

Also, today marks father’s day, and although that day’s never meant a whole lot to me, that’s about to change, so we looked at some songs for dads and some famous dads & their offspring.

yup, podcast machine was broken AGAIN, so another episode that you’ll never get to hear again, sadly

June 8, 2008

I hate to strip away the magic, but the truth is that sometimes I show up to the station somewhat uninspired, with no real vision or idea what to play. Luckily, in those cases, the listeners often come to the rescue, and thankfully that was the case today. Loyal listeners Rob & Laura started us off by asking for some songs that might help them plant the flowers in the garden, and it was off and running from there. We slipped in a few for Allie and even one for our neighbour Julianne.

part 1
part 2