Tell the Band to Go Home

Episode #1082

Memories, tributes to some gone but not forgotten greats, new music, and an hour of great soul music, because why not!

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

Stephen Fearing – The Longest Road – The Assassin’s Apprentice – CDN

The Privateers, Adam Wendler, & Charles Cleyn – Never Give It Up (Oh Canada) (feat. d.boom) – single – CDN
Mike Plume – More Than a Game – 8:30 Newfoundland – CDN

Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – High Top Mountain
Merle Haggard & The Strangers – Mama Tried – Mama Tried
Merle Haggard & The Strangers – Branded Man – Branded Man
John Prine – Angel from Montgomery – John Prine

John Bottomley – You Lose And You Gain – Blackberry – CDN
John Bottomley – Fly With Your Shadow – Blackberry – CDN
John Bottomley – For The One I Love – The Healing Dream – CDN
Kipp Kocay – April – April and Other Months – CDN – WPG

John Wort Hannam – Acres of Elbow Room – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN

Ken Yates – Total Cinema – single – CDN
Altameda – Body Spray – single – CDN
S.G. Goodman – Fire Sign – Planting by the Signs
David Newbould – Coin Flip – Average Fidelity – CDN
Sarah Jane Scouten – The Sweetest Homewrecker – The Sweetest Homewrecker – CDN

Kelsey Waldon – Comanche – Every Ghost
Willie Nelson – Oh What A Beautiful World (feat. Rodney Crowell) – Oh What A Beautiful World
Waylon Wyatt & Willow Avalon – Smoke & Embers – single
Leif Vollebekk & Angie McMahon – Take It to the Limit – single – CDN
Jake Vaadeland – Don’t Go to the Valley – single – CDN

Gurf Morlix – Kapow Kaboom – The Taste of Ashes
Matt Andersen – Wayaheadaya – The Hammer & The Rose – CDN
The Bones of J.R. Jones – Shameless – Radio Waves

James Carr – The Dark End of the Street – You Got My Mind Messed Up
James Carr – Pouring Water on a Drowning Man – You Got My Mind Messed Up
James Carr – A Woman Is a Man’s Best Friend – A Man Needs a Woman

Nathaniel Mayer – Satisfied Fool – I Just Want to Be Held
Nathaniel Mayer – I Want to Dance with You – I Just Want to Be Held
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? – Naturally
Alice Russell – Seven Nation Army – Under The Munka Moon Selection

Solomon Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me – Don’t Give Up On Me
Solomon Burke – That’s How I Got To Memphis – Nashville
Charles Bradley – In You (I Found a Love) (feat. Menahan Street Band) – No Time For Dreaming
James Hunter – The Hard Way – The Hard Way
Paolo Nutini – Coming up Easy – Sunny Side Up
Paul Kelly – Don’t Let A Good Thing Go (w/Dan Sultan) – The Merri Soul Sessions
Al Green – Let’s Stay Together – Let’s Stay Together

Episode #1081

Great new music, upcoming shows, stories from a busy and entertaining week that’s just wrapping up, and more!

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

Mike Plume Band – Rattle The Cage – Song & Dance, Man – CDN

Kathleen Edwards – Westby – Failer – CDN

Joel Stewart – Alex Chilton – live recording – CDN
Joel Stewart and the Future Hall of Famers – Baseball In the Summer – Manufactured Pop Star – CDN
Mike Plume – Moving On – Jump Back, Kerouac – CDN

Kim Richey – Come Around – Glimmer
Kim Richey – Other Side of Town – A Long Way Back: The Songs of Glimmer
Radney Foster – Nobody Wins – Del Rio

Ruby Plume – Duel – single – CDN
Steph Cameron – Summer Song – Blood Moon – CDN
Shannon McNally – It’s Gonna Be a Long Night – single
Allison Russell – Superlover (feat. Annie Lennox) – single – CDN

Daniel Lanois – Where Will I Be – Here Is What Is – CDN
Erika Fowler – The Way My World Turns – Stay – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – The Same Old Thing Again – Lost Country – CDN – WPG

Rose Cousins – White Daisies – The Send Off – CDN
Rose Cousins – The Send Off – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Rose Cousins – What I See – We Have Made a Spark – CDN

Kathleen Edwards – The Logical Song – Covers – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Traveling Alone (feat. Jason Isbell) – Covers – CDN
Slow Leaves – Underneath This – In Solitude, for Company – CDN – WPG

Shinyribs – Shitty Music – Leaving Time
Branson Anderson – Thunderman – single
Petey USA – The Milkman – single
Lowest of the Low – The Only One I See – single – CDN

A special podcast exclusive deep dive into the recording career of Stephen Fearing! There’s a power outage at the radio station this weekend, so no new episode will air on UMFM, however, I had some special plans this week because there are some exciting shows coming up, so I thought I’d put together some exclusive podcast episodes.

Seeing Stephen Fearing at my first folk festival in 1993 was a monumental moment for me. I remember being blown away and amazed that I’d never seen him or even heard of him before. I realized that there was a world of great music that I had been missing out on, and it set me off on a path of musical discovery that continues to this day. I also vowed to some day be able to help others discover music like his, and eventually that vehicle became Tell the Band to Go Home. Stephen has been one of the most played artists on the show since the beginning, and I’ve been attending his shows ever since that first festival.

On this special episode, we hear selections from throughout Stephen’s solo career, as well as some covers, live performances, and collaborations, including his longstanding supergroup Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.

Get to know Denmark’s The Sentimentals on the Dec. 8, 2024 episode: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2024/12/08/podcast-december-8-2024/

Stephen Fearing & The Sentimentals, March 29: https://www.wecc.ca/events/2025/03/stephenfearing

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

Part 1: Solo and Studio recordings:

Stephen Fearing – Bring This Song – The Empathist – CDN

Stephen Fearing – Beguiling Eyes – Out To Sea – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Blind Horses – Blue Line – CDN

Stephen Fearing – The Assassin’s Apprentice – The Assassin’s Apprentice – CDN

Stephen Fearing – Anything You Want – Industrial Lullaby – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Black Silk Gown – That’s How I Walk – CDN

Stephen Fearing – Wheel of Love – Between Hurricanes – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Time – The Secret of Climbing – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Vigil – The Secret of Climbing (bonus track) – CDN

Stephen Fearing – Stay with Me – The Unconquerable Past – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Someone Else’s Shoes – Vejpoesi – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Above The Water – The Empathist – CDN

Part 2: Live, Rare, & Collaborations:

Stephen Fearing – Thrasher – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute To Neil Young – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Whoville – Sixty Second Songs – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Younger Than That Now – One Too Many Mornings – CDN
Stephen Fearing, Connie Kaldor, James Keelaghan, Shari Ulrich – Hard Times Come Again No More – single – CDN

Stephen Fearing – The Lucky Ones – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Dog on a Chain – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Blowhard Nation – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Stephen Fearing – The Life – Folkscene Collection Volume Two – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Blue Line – Upfront! Canadians Live from Mountain Stage – CDN

Fearing & White – Heart o’ the Morning – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Fearing & White – Heaven for a Lonely Man – Fearing & White – CDN
Fearing & White – Secret of a Long-Lasting Love – Tea and Confidences – CDN

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Lace and Pretty Flowers – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Nickles & Dimes – Kings of Love – CDN
Blackie and The Rodeo Kings – If I Catch You Cryin’ – BARK – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Heaven For A Lonely Man – Let’s Frolic – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Sometimes It Comes So Easy – Let’s Frolic Again – CDN

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Black Sheep (feat. Serena Ryder) – Kings and Queens – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – I’d Have to Be a Stone – South – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Live by the Song (feat. Rodney Crowell) – Kings and Kings – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Trust Yourself – King of This Town – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Far from the Middle – O Glory – CDN

Terra Spencer – East to West (feat. Stephen Fearing) – Sunset – CDN
The Woodshed Orchestra – Unconditional Love (feat. Stephen Fearing) – Guest Book – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Brave Wings – Heartstrings – CDN