Tell the Band to Go Home

Episode #1048

Pre-recorded today because we still can’t access the studio due to work going on at the university. Pre-recorded episodes sometimes allow me to explore a theme that I’ve been thinking about and spin some artists and songs that you don’t normally hear on the show. Today’s show contains a lot of stuff outside of the usual folky singer/songwriter fare. I’m pretty sure that some of you will hate some of it, but I bet if you give it a chance, you might just hear something you adore.

Today’s show is an exploration of one offs and one hit wonders. These aren’t your typical one hit wonders, these are either bands & artists that only released one project or an album or song that stands out in a band/artist’s catalogue as being a bigger “hit” than the rest. It’s very subjective and totally for fun and in no way meant as any kind of an insult to any of the bands/artists! After all, as the opening number tells us, one hit wonders have achieved something that very few do! These aren’t major hits destined for hits compilations, they’re beloved favourites that I enjoy revisiting over and over again. I hope that you will too!

This is one of our standby series of pre-recorded episodes that are meant to be timeless, so we can pop them into the schedule again some time when I can’t be at the studio live, so enjoy this one now and again!

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

Blair Packham – One-Hit Wonder – Could’ve Been King – CDN

Kings Of The Moon – Procrastination – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
The New Meanies – Letting Time Pass – Three Seeds – CDN – WPG
The Details – Always, Always, Always, Never. – Draw a Distance. Draw a Border. – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – Your attitude towards cuttlefish – Somebody Needs A Timeout – CDN – WPG
The Paperbacks – Local Celebrities – An Episode of Sparrows – CDN – WPG
Jim Bryson And The Weakerthans – Metal Girls – The Falcon Lake Incident – CDN
Middle Of Nowhere – Hang on to Me – Middle Of Nowhere – CDN – WPG
Rusty Robot – Ice Cream Truck – single – CDN – WPG

Michael Johnston – The Country North of Peterborough (Featuring Andy Maize) – Curious Heart – CDN
Andy Sheppard – Until Next Time – Andy Sheppard – CDN
Chris Neufeld – Waterwheel – Colorado Low – CDN – WPG
Lindy – Witness – Suspension Of Disbelief – CDN – WPG
Leaderhouse – Elephant Song – Leaderhouse – CDN – WPG

The Monkey Bunch – Boris The Spider (with Danny Michel) – Power To The Little People – CDN
Starling – Everything In The World – Sustainer – CDN
Jason Plumb – Back at Me – Under & Over – CDN
Liam Titcomb – Love Don’t Let Me Down – CICADA – CDN
The Philosopher Kings – Coupe De Ville – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute To Neil Young – CDN
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir/Rheostatics – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – 1985-1995 – CDN

Joshua Cockerill – Dance With You – The Trick With Your Heart I’m Learning To Do – CDN
Dave McEathron – I Will – Abandoned Companions & the Abandoned Companions Companion Piece – CDN
Brady Enslen – Beautiful Things – Beautiful Things – CDN
Andrew Combs – Please, Please, Please – Worried Man
Middle Brother – Daydreaming – Middle Brother

Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell – Second Option – Begonias
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin’ Bones – Rattlin’ Bones
The Cash Brothers – Night Shift Guru – How Was Tomorrow – CDN

Wild Moccasins – Desired Effect – Look Together
Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous – More Adventurous
Grace Potter And The Nocturnals – Never Go Back – The Lion The Beast The Beat
Noisettes – Never Forget You – Wild Young Hearts
The Flaming Lips – Fight Test – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Keane – Somewhere Only We Know – Hopes And Fears
Scouting For Girls – Elvis Ain’t Dead – Scouting For Girls

Sweet Thing – Over You – Sweet Thing – CDN
Paolo Nutini – New Shoes – These Streets
Ben Arnold – House Of Cards – Calico
Rah Rah – Prairie Girl – The Poet’s Dead – CDN

Cedar Park – What She Tells Me (feat. NQ Arbuckle) – Way Back Home – CDN
The Beauties – Without You – The Beauties – CDN
Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminals Starvation League – Valentine – From The End of Your Leash
Mike Dunn – Faith Healer – Hard Luck Soft Rock

Episode #1047

Another incredible Static Roots Festival has come and gone and once again, it was an amazing weekend of peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll! There were so many highlights this year, and so many new artists and bits of information to learn about. Today’s show is kind of debrief, with highlights, memories, and a lot of musical tangents to explore. This one is a little different than your usual singer/songwriter fare, but Static Roots and Tell the Band to Go Home are all about diverse music and ideas, so hopefully you’ll enjoy my indulgence. Static Roots returns in Oberahausen, Germany, on July 11-12, 2025. I’ll be there!

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

Peter A. Toal – Static Roots – single

Ole Kirkeng – Bare Minimum – live recording
Louien – If I Could only Fly – live recording
Louien – Heart and Mind Alike – None of My Words

Chris Cacavas – Burn The Maps – Burn The Maps
Green On Red – Hair of the Dog – Gas Food Lodging
Giant Sand – 1 Helvakowboy Song – Glum
The Dream Syndicate – The Way In – These Times
Mazzy Star – Hair and Skin – Flowers In December
Chris Cacavas & Junkyard Love – I Love Lyle Lovett – Dwarf Star

David Newbould – Powderfinger – Live In Germany – CDN
Suzie Ungerleider – Pumpkins – My Name is Suzie Ungerleider – CDN

Shannon Lyon – Naive – Wandered – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Someday Mourning – Safe Inside – CDN
BJ Baartmans – Old Habits Die Hard – Ghostwriter
High Fidelity – Shine a Light on Me – Come Rain Or Shine
Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party – Whatever It Takes – Old Town – CDN

The Sadies – Tell Her What I Said – Darker Circles – CDN
Richmond Fontaine – Postcard Written With a Broken Hand – Post to Wire
Richmond Fontaine – Post to Wire – Post to Wire
The Delines – My Blood Bleeds The Darkest Blue – The Lost Duets

The Damnations – Wanna Be Your Mama – Where It Lands
The Gourds – Raining in Port Arthur – Stadium Blitzer
Freddy Trujillo – I Didn’t Cross the Border, The Border Crossed Me – I Never Threw a Shadow at It
Alejandro Escovedo – Rio Navidad – The Crossing

David Keenan – Radiate a Smile – single
Louis Brennan – Black Limousine – single
Hannah White & The Nordic Connections – Walk Beside Me (feat. Tim O’Brien) – single
Hannah White – Nobody Minds – single

Evangeline Gentle – The Strongest People Have Tender Hearts – Evangeline Gentle – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Wishes Pile Up [w Evangeline Gentle] – live recording – CDN
Joe Nolan – Looking For Your Heart – Rootsy House Session – CDN

John Blek – Country Mile – Cheer Up
Bella White – Nobody Dies Anymore – Five for Silver – CDN
Noah Derksen – Through It All – single – CDN – WPG
Jeremie Albino – Rolling Down The 405 – Our Time in the Sun – CDN
Mali Velasquez – Medicine – I’m Green

Episode #1046

It’s time once again to play Namedropper, where each and every song is either about another song or songwriter, or mentions one or more of them! See if you can keep score at home and pick out all of the mentions; there’s a lot of them!

This show is a continuation of a theme I started in 2018. If you missed that first episode, revisit it HERE

Even after 5 hours of these so far, I’ve got a whole pile more, so I’ll surely revisit this topic again in the future, so if you’ve got other suggestions, let me know!

This is one of our standby series of pre-recorded episodes that are meant to be timeless, so we can pop them into the schedule again some time when I can’t be at the studio live, so enjoy this one now and again!

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Mike Plume Band – Steel Belted Radio – Steel Belted Radio – CDN

Todd Snider – Vinyl Records – New Connection
Brent Cobb – When Country Came Back to Town – Southern Star
Ags Connolly – When Country Was Proud – How About Now
Joey Frendo – Old-Fashioned Country Singer – Old-Fashioned Country Singer

Waylon Jennings – Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way – Dreaming My Dreams
Guy Clark – Hank Williams Said It Best – Dublin Blues
Sunny Sweeney – I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight – Trophy
Eleven Hundred Springs – Hank Williams Wouldn’t Make It Now in Nashville Tennessee – Bandwagon
Johnny Cash – The Night Hank Williams Came To Town (& Waylon Jennings) – The Legend: Family & Friends
Fred Eaglesmith – Alcohol & Pills – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN

Geoff Berner – Phoney Drawl – live recording – CDN
Bill Chambers – Letter To Fred – Drifting South
Fred Eaglesmith – Mrs. Hank Williams – Milly’s Cafe – CDN

Scott Nolan – Drive Day – Canadian Amplifier: Official Bootleg Series Vol.2 – CDN – WPG
Corb Lund – It’s Hard To Keep A White Shirt Clean – Losin’ Lately Gambler – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Jackie Washington – Bark – CDN
Adam Baldwin – Bonnie Raitt – Adam Baldwin EP – CDN
Luke Doucet And The White Falcon – The Ballad Of Ian Curtis – Steel City Trawler – CDN
Colleen Brown – Randy Newman – Direction – CDN

Kathleen Edwards – I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory – Asking For Flowers – CDN
Allison Moorer – Bad Weather – Blood
Evangeline Gentle – So It Goes – Evangeline Gentle – CDN
Hailey Whitters – Mellencamp – I’m In Love
Lucinda Williams – Lake Charles – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lydia Loveless – Steve Earle – Indestructible Machine
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – Dwight Yoakam – Sidelong
Elizabeth Cook – Times Are Tough in Rock N’ Roll – Balls
Emma-Lee – What Would Tom Petty Do? – single – CDN

Danny Michel – Lifeboat – Khlebnikov – CDN
Skydiggers – All of Our Dreaming – Brother’s Keeper – songs with Paul – CDN
Barney Bentall – The Ocean and You ( A song for John Mann) – The Drifter and the Preacher – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Ventura (For Neal Casal) – Dystopian Weekends – CDN
Ron Hynes – Godspeed (Requiem for Gene MacLellan) – Face to the Gale – CDN
Cris Cuddy – The Night the Lights Blew Out (In St. John’s Newfoundland) – Dream On – CDN

Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Officer Down – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
Drive-By Truckers – Danko/Manuel – The Dirty South
The Cash Brothers – Nebraska – How Was Tomorrow – CDN
John Hiatt – Slow Turning – Slow Turning

The Hold Steady – Constructive Summer – Stay Positive
The Lowest of The Low – …And Then The Riot – Sordid Fiction – CDN
Alejandro Escovedo – Chelsea Hotel ’78 – Real Animal
Chuck Prophet – Bad Year for Rock and Roll – Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins
Rheostatics – Me And Stupid – Introducing Happiness – CDN

Episode #1045

Summer is finally here, and that means it’s time for some amazing music festivals. Today’s show is a preview of the two that I’m most excited about and that I recommend the most. First up is an artist-by-artist preview of the brilliant Static Roots Festival in Oberhausen, Germany. I’m joined by my dear friend and festival director Dietmar Leibecke to talk about the amazing music, atmosphere, and some of the ways that this festival spreads peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll all year long, around the world! Check out the festival here: staticrootsfestival.com and help out the amazing work done by Doctors without Borders here: action.msf.ca

In hour 3, a leftover from a recent Fly with your Shadow episode, where I spoke with Evangeline Gentle about the experience of playing at Static Roots twice and let her in on what to expect as she heads to Trout Forest Music Festival for the first time. She’ll also be making a stop in Winnipeg on her way (DETAILS). We’ll hear music from just some of the amazing artists that festival director Devin Latimer has booked this year! Check out that festival and get your tickets here: troutfest.com

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

Evangeline Gentle – Underdog – Where The Diamonds Are – CDN

Danny Michel – Nobody Rules You – White & Gold – CDN
Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG
Kelsey Waldon – Keep Your Garden Clean – There’s Always a Song

Ole Kirkeng – Highway Blues – Still Not Lost
Jenny Don’t And The Spurs – Unlucky Love – Broken Hearted Blue
Louien – Better Woman – No Tomorrow
Chris Cacavas & Junkyard Love – Pale Blonde Hell – Pale Blonde Hell
The Sadies – Anna Leigh – New Seasons – CDN

Louis Brennan – Airport Hotel – Dead Capital
Suzie Ungerleider – Carrie Lee – Oh Susanna – CDN
David Newbould – Last Letter – Power Up! – CDN
David Keenan – Radiate a Smile – single
David Keenan – Love In A Snug – live recording
Hannah White – Car Crash – About Time
The Delines – Little Earl – The Sea Drift
Prinz Grizzley – Aftermovie or Way Too Many Cigarettes – live recording

Evangeline Gentle – Fall Again – Where The Diamonds Are – CDN
Sarah Jane Scouten – Dragonheart – Turned to Gold – CDN
Begonia – Hanging on a Line – Fear – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Velvet Painting – Velvet Paintings – CDN – WPG

Novillero – Daydreams & Distractions – A Little Tradition – CDN – WPG
Bloc Parents – The Attraction – EP – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Half of the Bed – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Valdy – Rock And Roll Song – Country Man – CDN

Ryland Moranz – If I Had Wings – Xo, 1945 – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Acres of Elbow Room – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Scott Cook – Just Enough Empties – Tangle Of Souls – CDN
Deacon Creek – Dead and Gone – single – CDN – WPG
Andrina Turenne – August Lament – Bold as Logs – CDN – WPG

Episode #1044

The annual feature of all-Canadian music returns, with an extension of last year’s fine playlist of All-Canadian Bangers, I had absolutely no trouble finding three more hours’ worth, with no real repeat artists from last year! Three hours of great Canadian music, all killer, no filler. Turn this one up!

In case you missed last year’s episode, check it out HERE

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

Sean Burns – Town Song – single – CDN – WPG

Kings of the Moon – Procrastination – Kings of the Moon – CDN – WPG
Duck Shot Hunter – All This Time – Yum – CDN – WPG
Greg MacPherson – Slow Stroke – Good Times Coming Back Again – CDN
Stephen Fearing – The Finest Kind – That’s How I Walk – CDN
Danny Michel – Sweet Things – Feather, Fur & Fin – CDN

AA Sound System – I Don’t Get You At All – Laissez Faire – CDN
Lindy – Witness – Suspension Of Disbelief – CDN – WPG
Moe Berg – Angelique Is A Free Spirit – Summer’s Over – CDN
Serlin Greaves – Teenage Heart – Sad Songs For Sale – CDN – WPG
Matt Mays – Take It On Faith – Coyote – CDN
Wintersleep – Black Camera – New Inheritors – CDN
Hey Rosetta! – Red Heart – Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood) – CDN
Two Hours Traffic – Mr. Saturday – Two Hours Traffic – CDN

Andrina Turenne – Out of Luck – Bold as Logs – CDN – WPG
The Duhks – Mountains O’ Things – Migrations – CDN – WPG
The Be Good Tanyas – Ootischenia – Hello Love – CDN
Ladybird Sideshow – Jaded – demo – CDN
Sweet Alibi – One Chance – Walking In The Dark – CDN – WPG
Christina Martin – Falling For You – Sleeping With A Stranger – CDN
Rah Rah – Prairie Girl – The Poet’s Dead – CDN

Del Barber – Everything Is Not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Blue Shadows – Deliver Me – On The Floor Of Heaven – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Lean On Your Peers – Kings Of Love – CDN
Daniel Lanois – Under A Stormy Sky – Acadie – CDN
The Sadies – Loved on Look – Tremendous Efforts – CDN

Teenage Head – Picture My Face – Teenage Head – CDN
Slow – Have Not Been The Same (Re-Mastered) – Against the Glass – CDN
Rheostatics – Record Body Count – Melville – CDN

Brothers Cosmoline – It’s Alright – Songs Of Work And Freedom – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Red Dress – Take My Own Advice – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – 105 – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN
Jack Marks – Exley’s Blues – Two Of Everything – CDN
Corin Raymond – Three Thousand Miles – Record Lonesome Night – CDN
Express and Company – Carry Me Along – Ontario – CDN
Cuff the Duke – Take My Money and Run – Cuff the Duke – CDN

Serena Ryder – Little Bit Of Red – is it o.k – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Oklahoma Tape Deck – Geronimo – CDN
Feist – Past In Present – The Reminder – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Not a Doll – Pros and Cons of Collaboration – CDN

Scott Nolan – Swing Low – single – CDN – WPG
Dustin Bentall – Streets With No Lights – Streets With No Lights – CDN
Joshua Cockerill – Dance with You – The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do – CDN
Reid Jamieson – Grass & Dirt – The Unavoidable Truth – CDN
David Myles – Cape Breton – On The Line – CDN