Podcast: February 21, 2021

Episode #877

Once again we’ve got a whole bunch of new music, as well as music from Fly with your Shadow and Yellowstone, and Dagwood Radio redux!

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

Bob Snider – A Love To Call My Own – Words And Pictures – CDN
Nicky Mehta – Row Him Home – Weather Vane – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
Ben de la Cour – The Last Chance Farm – Shadow Land
Ben de la Cour – Down to the Water’s Edge – Midnight in Havana

Mike Plume – Shreveport To L.A. – Rock And Roll Recordings…Volume 1 – CDN
Mike Plume – Ride – Rock And Roll Recordings…Volume 1 – CDN
The White Buffalo – Fantasy – single
Charley Crockett – Lesson in Depression – single

John Blek – My Father’s Son – Digressions #2 Grounded
Anthony da Costa – Everything Has Changed and Nothing – What Plans?
David Gray – House With No Walls – Skellig
Down Like Silver – Broken Coastline – single

Max Gomez – Make It Me – Me & Joe
Max Gomez – Joe – Me & Joe
Karl Blau – Let the World Go By – Introducing Karl Blau
Joseph Huber – Another Man’s Shoes – Moondog

Stan Rogers – The White Collar Holler – Between The Breaks…Live! – CDN
Colter Wall – Fraulein (feat. Tyler Childers) – Colter Wall – CDN
Two Crows for Comfort – Older Still – Older Still – CDN – WPG
100 Mile House – Grateful – Love and Leave You – CDN
H.C. McEntire – ‘Til I Get It Right – Sings Tammy Wynette

Hayes Carll – Drunken Poet’s Dream – Trouble In Mind
Sturgill Simpson – Turtles All the Way Down – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Gregory Alan Isakov – The Stable Song – That Sea, the Gambler
Parker Ainsworth, Butch Walker, Paris Jackson, & Jessie Payo – Running For So Long (House A Home) – The Peanut Butter Falcon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Kieran Kane – This Dirty Little Town (feat. Emmylou Harris & Lucinda Williams) – Dead Reckoning

Playlist: Episode #877, Feb. 21, 2021

Once again we’ve got a whole bunch of new music, as well as music from Fly with your Shadow and Yellowstone, and Dagwood Radio redux!

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

Bob Snider – A Love To Call My Own – Words And Pictures – CDN
Nicky Mehta – Row Him Home – Weather Vane – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swing Low Sail High – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG
Ben de la Cour – The Last Chance Farm – Shadow Land
Ben de la Cour – Down to the Water’s Edge – Midnight in Havana

Mike Plume – Shreveport To L.A. – Rock And Roll Recordings…Volume 1 – CDN
Mike Plume – Ride – Rock And Roll Recordings…Volume 1 – CDN
The White Buffalo – Fantasy – single
Charley Crockett – Lesson in Depression – single

John Blek – My Father’s Son – Digressions #2 Grounded
Anthony da Costa – Everything Has Changed and Nothing – What Plans?
David Gray – House With No Walls – Skellig
Down Like Silver – Broken Coastline – single

Max Gomez – Make It Me – Me & Joe
Max Gomez – Joe – Me & Joe
Karl Blau – Let the World Go By – Introducing Karl Blau
Joseph Huber – Another Man’s Shoes – Moondog

Stan Rogers – The White Collar Holler – Between The Breaks…Live! – CDN
Colter Wall – Fraulein (feat. Tyler Childers) – Colter Wall – CDN
Two Crows for Comfort – Older Still – Older Still – CDN – WPG
100 Mile House – Grateful – Love and Leave You – CDN
H.C. McEntire – ‘Til I Get It Right – Sings Tammy Wynette

Hayes Carll – Drunken Poet’s Dream – Trouble In Mind
Sturgill Simpson – Turtles All the Way Down – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Gregory Alan Isakov – The Stable Song – That Sea, the Gambler
Parker Ainsworth, Butch Walker, Paris Jackson, & Jessie Payo – Running For So Long (House A Home) – The Peanut Butter Falcon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Kieran Kane – This Dirty Little Town (feat. Emmylou Harris & Lucinda Williams) – Dead Reckoning

Podcast: February 14, 2021

Episode #876

It is Valentine’s Day, and although that goofy greeting card holiday doesn’t really excite me, it is also the time when we celebrate the life and music of the great Willie P Bennett, who died on February 15, 2008. This year there’s a whole crop of great new cover versions that you can (and should) check out on YouTube, and we’ve got a few of my favourites on the show today as well as a bunch of great new music, German requests, and a tip of the hat to our friends at CKUW 95.9 fm, who are in the midst of their annual FunDrive. I support the cause every single year, and I hope that you will too! Go to ckuw.ca/donate to show your support!

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

Willie P Bennett – Blue Valentine – Heartstrings – CDN
John Blek – Like a Child – Digressions #2 Grounded
Ryan McMahon – Trucker Speed – single
Corb Lund – Horse Poor (feat. Jaida Dreyer & Tom Russell) – single – CDN
Bobby Dove – Chance in Hell (feat. Jim Cuddy) – Hopeless Romantic – CDN – MB
Shannon McNally – I Ain’t Living Long Like This (feat. Rodney Crowell) – The Waylon Sessions

Sean Burns and Lost Country – White Lines and Taillights (w/Del Barber) – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns and Lost Country – Andrew Neville intro – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns and Lost Country – Streets of Bakersfield (w/Andrew Neville) – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Cigarette Song – CKUW Fundrive 2009: Uncovered – CDN – WPG

Dirk Powell – I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly – live recording
Brandi Carlile – Take Me Home, Country Roads – single

Slow Leaves – Feel It Too – Holiday – CDN – WPG
David Olney & Anana Kaye – My Favorite Goodbye – Whispers And Sighs
Olivia Wolf – Hummingbird – The Hummingbird Sessions: Volume 1

Olivia Ellen Lloyd – Sorrow – Loose Cannon
The Brother Brothers – Sorrow – Calla Lily
Glen Hansard – Leave A Light – This Wild Willing
Nathaniel Rateliff – Redemption (From the Apple Original Film “Palmer”) – single

Jaxon Haldane – Turn Out the Lights – live recording – CDN – WPG
George Douglas – One Vessel – live recording – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Brave Wings – live recording – CDN
Keri Latimer – Andrew’s waltz – live recording – CDN – WPG
Willie P Bennett – Love Is a Game – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Lace And Pretty Flowers – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN

Playlist: Episode #876, Feb. 14, 2021

It is Valentine’s Day, and although that goofy greeting card holiday doesn’t really excite me, it is also the time when we celebrate the life and music of the great Willie P Bennett, who died on February 15, 2008. This year there’s a whole crop of great new cover versions that you can (and should) check out on YouTube, and we’ve got a few of my favourites on the show today as well as a bunch of great new music, German requests, and a tip of the hat to our friends at CKUW 95.9 fm, who are in the midst of their annual FunDrive. I support the cause every single year, and I hope that you will too! Go to ckuw.ca/donate to show your support!

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

Willie P Bennett – Blue Valentine – Heartstrings – CDN
John Blek – Like a Child – Digressions #2 Grounded
Ryan McMahon – Trucker Speed – single
Corb Lund – Horse Poor (feat. Jaida Dreyer & Tom Russell) – single – CDN
Bobby Dove – Chance in Hell (feat. Jim Cuddy) – Hopeless Romantic – CDN – MB
Shannon McNally – I Ain’t Living Long Like This (feat. Rodney Crowell) – The Waylon Sessions

Sean Burns and Lost Country – White Lines and Taillights (w/Del Barber) – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns and Lost Country – Andrew Neville intro – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns and Lost Country – Streets of Bakersfield (w/Andrew Neville) – Boots & Saddle and CKUW 95.9 fm Present A Night of Country Music – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Cigarette Song – CKUW Fundrive 2009: Uncovered – CDN – WPG

Dirk Powell – I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly – live recording
Brandi Carlile – Take Me Home, Country Roads – single

Slow Leaves – Feel It Too – Holiday – CDN – WPG
David Olney & Anana Kaye – My Favorite Goodbye – Whispers And Sighs
Olivia Wolf – Hummingbird – The Hummingbird Sessions: Volume 1

Olivia Ellen Lloyd – Sorrow – Loose Cannon
The Brother Brothers – Sorrow – Calla Lily
Glen Hansard – Leave A Light – This Wild Willing
Nathaniel Rateliff – Redemption (From the Apple Original Film “Palmer”) – single

Jaxon Haldane – Turn Out the Lights – live recording – CDN – WPG
George Douglas – One Vessel – live recording – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Brave Wings – live recording – CDN
Keri Latimer – Andrew’s waltz – live recording – CDN – WPG
Willie P Bennett – Love Is a Game – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Lace And Pretty Flowers – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN

Podcast: February 7, 2021

Episode #875

We’ve got a whole bunch of great new music, including this month’s Bandcamp Fee-Free Friday haul, we check in on some old friends, and we talk about the upcoming episode of my new show, Fly with your Shadow.

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

Steve Earle – Time Is Never On Our Side – Songs From Quarantine
Ry Cooder – Baby Started Wearing Her Mask – Songs From Quarantine
Lucinda Williams – When The Way Gets Dark – Songs From Quarantine
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, The War and Treaty – The Times They Are A-Changin’ – single
Blair Michael Hogan – Hoopleheads – Shit’s Gettin’ Weird (Around Here) – CDN

Jesse Dayton – Old Ghost Drinkin’ – Me & My Guitar
Jesse Malin – The Favorite – Me & My Guitar
James McMurtry – Levelland – Soundcheck at the Gallery

Benj Rowland – Accident – live recording – CDN
Black Feather – Willie’s Diamond Joe – live recording – CDN
Matt Mays – Tall Trees (Live) – From Burnside with Love – CDN
The Avett Brothers – February Seven – The Carpenter
Lucero – The Match – When You Found Me
Todd Snider – You Think You Know Somebody (Live) – Music Hall Live (Live 1995)

Kerji Stephens – Hunted & Hunter – Hunted & Hunter – CDN – WPG
Paul Bergman – I just want to walk in the dark with you – single – CDN – MB
Hailey Whitters – Glad To Be Here (feat. Brent Cobb) – Living the Dream
Taylor Ashton – Alex (feat. Rachael Price) – Romanticize – CDN

Matt Fockler – The Struggle – live recording
Mike Lynch – Has Everybody Gone Crazy – Building Character – CDN
Mike Lynch – Old Fashioned Side of Me – Road Map – CDN

Chris Bottomley & Brainfudge – A Better Day Will Come – Bright Eye Day – CDN
John Bottomley – Saint Psalm – Blackberry – CDN
Colin Linden – Hook’s In The Water – Southern Jumbo – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – King of This Town – King of This Town – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Baby, Come and Turn Out the Lights – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN

Playlist: Episode #875, Feb. 7, 2021

We’ve got a whole bunch of great new music, including this month’s Bandcamp Fee-Free Friday haul, we check in on some old friends, and we talk about the upcoming episode of my new show, Fly with your Shadow.

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

Steve Earle – Time Is Never On Our Side – Songs From Quarantine
Ry Cooder – Baby Started Wearing Her Mask – Songs From Quarantine
Lucinda Williams – When The Way Gets Dark – Songs From Quarantine
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, The War and Treaty – The Times They Are A-Changin’ – single
Blair Michael Hogan – Hoopleheads – Shit’s Gettin’ Weird (Around Here) – CDN

Jesse Dayton – Old Ghost Drinkin’ – Me & My Guitar
Jesse Malin – The Favorite – Me & My Guitar
James McMurtry – Levelland – Soundcheck at the Gallery

Benj Rowland – Accident – live recording – CDN
Black Feather – Willie’s Diamond Joe – live recording – CDN
Matt Mays – Tall Trees (Live) – From Burnside with Love – CDN
The Avett Brothers – February Seven – The Carpenter
Lucero – The Match – When You Found Me
Todd Snider – You Think You Know Somebody (Live) – Music Hall Live (Live 1995)

Kerji Stephens – Hunted & Hunter – Hunted & Hunter – CDN – WPG
Paul Bergman – I just want to walk in the dark with you – single – CDN – MB
Hailey Whitters – Glad To Be Here (feat. Brent Cobb) – Living the Dream
Taylor Ashton – Alex (feat. Rachael Price) – Romanticize – CDN

Matt Fockler – The Struggle – live recording
Mike Lynch – Has Everybody Gone Crazy – Building Character – CDN
Mike Lynch – Old Fashioned Side of Me – Road Map – CDN

Chris Bottomley & Brainfudge – A Better Day Will Come – Bright Eye Day – CDN
John Bottomley – Saint Psalm – Blackberry – CDN
Colin Linden – Hook’s In The Water – Southern Jumbo – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – King of This Town – King of This Town – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Baby, Come and Turn Out the Lights – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN

Podcast: January 31, 2021

Episode #874

Today on the show, some new music, we visit Yellowstone, ease into February with some timely tunes, and talk more about my new show, Fly with your Shadow!

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

Leeroy Stagger – Me And The Mountain – Me and the Mountain – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Caught In The Middle – Me and the Mountain – CDN
Kim Richey – Those Words We Said – Kim Richey
Patty Griffin – Change – Flaming Red
Lynn Miles – Over You – Unravel – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Summerlong – Back to Me – CDN

Stephanie Lambring – Daddy’s Disappointment – Autonomy
Stephanie Lambring – Joy of Jesus – Autonomy
SomeRiseSomeFall – Funny Time of Year (feat. Anna Mitchell) – Funny Time of Year
Allison Russell – By Your Side – By Your Side / Landslide – CDN
Shovels & Rope – In My Room (feat. Sharon Van Etten) – In My Room

Ryan Bingham – The Weary Kind – Junky Star
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Alabama Pines – Here We Rest

Lyle Lovett – She’s No Lady – Pontiac
Lyle Lovett – Nobody Knows Me – Lyle Lovett And His Large Band
Kacey Musgraves – Slow Burn – Golden Hour
William Prince – All I Know – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG

Russ Goozee & Chris Bottomley – Lonely Days – single – CDN
John Bottomley – She Lay Down by the Water – Library of the Sun – CDN
Corin Raymond – Dirty Mansions – Dirty Mansions – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys – Lakota Sioux – Pickup Cowboy
Scott Cook – Tangle of Souls – Tangle of Souls – CDN

Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN
David Francey – February Morning Drive – Far End of Summer – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Dogs of February – Hallucigenia – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – February Song – Dark Dream Midnight – CDN

Playlist: Episode #874, Jan. 31, 2021

Today on the show, some new music, we visit Yellowstone, ease into February with some timely tunes, and talk more about my new show, Fly with your Shadow!

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

Leeroy Stagger – Me And The Mountain – Me and the Mountain – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Caught In The Middle – Me and the Mountain – CDN
Kim Richey – Those Words We Said – Kim Richey
Patty Griffin – Change – Flaming Red
Lynn Miles – Over You – Unravel – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Summerlong – Back to Me – CDN

Stephanie Lambring – Daddy’s Disappointment – Autonomy
Stephanie Lambring – Joy of Jesus – Autonomy
SomeRiseSomeFall – Funny Time of Year (feat. Anna Mitchell) – Funny Time of Year
Allison Russell – By Your Side – By Your Side / Landslide – CDN
Shovels & Rope – In My Room (feat. Sharon Van Etten) – In My Room

Ryan Bingham – The Weary Kind – Junky Star
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Alabama Pines – Here We Rest

Lyle Lovett – She’s No Lady – Pontiac
Lyle Lovett – Nobody Knows Me – Lyle Lovett And His Large Band
Kacey Musgraves – Slow Burn – Golden Hour
William Prince – All I Know – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG

Russ Goozee & Chris Bottomley – Lonely Days – single – CDN
John Bottomley – She Lay Down by the Water – Library of the Sun – CDN
Corin Raymond – Dirty Mansions – Dirty Mansions – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys – Lakota Sioux – Pickup Cowboy
Scott Cook – Tangle of Souls – Tangle of Souls – CDN

Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN
David Francey – February Morning Drive – Far End of Summer – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Dogs of February – Hallucigenia – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – February Song – Dark Dream Midnight – CDN

New Show: Fly with your Shadow!

You may have heard me talking about this one a lot lately, but in case you missed it, I have a brand new show called Fly with your Shadow, and it’s available now!

The show is named after this fabulous song by the late, great John Bottomley:

I remember the sad, horrible feeling I had when I’d heard that John had died in 2011. I wrote about it here.

That feeling got much worse when I learned that he’d taken his own life. I wrote about that here.

That got me to thinking about a way to honour him and start a public discussion about mental illness. The new show is the realization of that dream. I’m really sorry that it took me 10 years, but I’m glad to finally get things going.

The first episode features a conversation with someone who’s certainly no stranger to this show, Leeroy Stagger. He’s been very open with his difficult past, struggles with addiction and finding his path to maintain his mental health. He had a lot of very interesting things to say and was the perfect guest for the first episode.

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and many more outlets to come very soon. I hope you’ll give it a listen and will enjoy. If you do, please help spread the word. Share the info with a friend or two. It would really help get the show out into the world.

Podcast: January 24, 2021

Episode #873

2021 new music has started to roll out and we’ve got a pile of it to start things off today. We also take a look at one of my favourite albums of all time, veer into some great Canadian classics, and announce the details of my brand new show, coming this week!

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

Steve Forbert – January 23-30, 1978 – Jack Rabbit Slim
The Brother Brothers – On The Road Again – Calla Lily
Anthony da Costa – Messages – single
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Don’t Overthink It – Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
Birdy – Surrender – Y O U N G H E A R T
Begonia – Bus – single – CDN – WPG

Spencer Burton – Hard Times – Coyote – CDN
Raine Hamilton – Brave Land – Brave Land – CDN
The Franklin Electric – After All – single
Robert Vincent – I Was Hurt Today but I’m Alright Now – From Home, Vol. 3 (As Live as Can Be)
Holly Macve – Be My Friend – NOT THE GIRL
Church of Roswell – Crazy Train – live recording

Stephanie Lambring – Mr. Wonderful – Autonomy
Stephanie Lambring – Somebody Else’s Dress – Autonomy

Mike Plume Band – Rattle the Cage – Song and Dance, Man – CDN
Mike Plume Band – If There Ever Was a Fool – Song and Dance, Man – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Wind at My Back – Song and Dance, Man – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith & the Flying Squirrels – Harold Wilson – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Country Squall – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Lean On Your Peers – Kings Of Love – CDN
Colin Linden – The Last Thought – Big Mouth – CDN

John Bottomley – Fly With Your Shadow – Blackberry – CDN
John Bottomley – For The One I Love – The Healing Dream – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Red Bandana – Everything Is Real – CDN
Bob Schneider – Please Ask for Help – Burden of Proof
Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues – Harlem River Blues