Tell the Band to Go Home

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!

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

Not a lot of new music these days, leaving time to celebrate two beloved Canadian musical institutions. Borealis Records has served the Canadian folk & roots community like no other label over the past 25 years, so it’s with a bit of sadness but a lot of gratitude that we pay tribute to the end of the road for founders Grit Laskin and Bill Garrett. Winnipeg’s beloved Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club is one of the most important musical breeding grounds in the country (world?) and it celebrates 20 years this week. John Scoles has stared down the end of the road and refused to quit many times and we’re looking forward to the eventual post-COVID resurrection of the club with a look back at some of the amazing moments from the past 20 years.

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

D.Rangers – We Stay High and Lonesome – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG
Parker Millsap – The Real Thing – Be Here Instead
Lucero – Back in Ohio – When You Found Me
Matt Mays – Downtown – From Burnside With Love – CDN

Ryland Moranz – Run Rabbit Run – XO, 1945 – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Run Rabbit Run – Love Versus – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Run Rabbit Run – Hustle up Starlings

Laura Smith – As Long as I’m Dreaming – As Long as I’m Dreaming – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Don’t Burn the Candle at Both Ends – Acoustic Eclectic – CDN
Doug Paisley – Transient – The Al Purdy Songbook – CDN
Ron Hynes – My Father’s Ghost – Stealing Genius – CDN
Jon Brooks – Gun Dealer – The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside – CDN

Andrew Neville – Honky Tonk Shangri-La – We Still Gotta Lotta Livin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Adrien Sala – Andrew Neville – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. IV] – CDN – WPG
The Perpetrators – Josco, Can I Have Another Shot Of Beam? – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. III] – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Stone – Winnipeg: The High And Lonesome Years Vol. II – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Temptation – Winnipeg: The High And Lonesome Years Vol. II – CDN – WPG
Sound Czech – The Chicken Toss Song – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. 1] – CDN – WPG

Scott Nolan Band – Chicken Flew – American Hotel – CDN – WPG
Kev Corbett – 12 Steps to Hell – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
The Sadies – The Times Change – Tales Of The Rat Fink: Original Soundtrack – CDN

Alana Levandoski – Don’t Be Denied – Borrowed Tunes II (a Tribute to Neil Young) out of the Blue – CDN – MB
Geoff Berner – The Way That Girl Drinks Beer – We Shall Not Flag or Fail, We Shall Go On to the End – CDN
Kris Demeanor & his Crack Band – Party All Night – Party All Night: Live at the Ironwood – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – In Another Time – Hanging The Battle-Scarred Pinata – CDN
Jack Marks – Exley’s Blues – Two Of Everything – CDN
Corin Raymond – Hard on Things – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN

Back in the saddle for the first “regular” episode of the new year. After a couple of 4-hour specials the past couple of weeks and a bunch of Christmas business before that, we’ve got a bit of a backlog of new and new-to-me music to get through, as well as some requests and a trip back in time to some Can-con glory days spearheaded by one of our most loyal listeners.

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

Mayhemingways – 14th of January – Skip Land – CDN
Guy Clark – Step Inside My House – unreleased
Shawn Camp – She Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – unreleased
Jim Bryson – Grey Cup Sunday – A Country Blues Christmas: The 2010 Zunior Holiday Album – CDN
John Bottomley – The River – Star In the Singing Grove – CDN
John Bottomley – Black Mountain Breakdown (outtake from the Blackberry Sessions) – The Mountain Hammered, Vol. 1-unreleased Songs, Live Songs, demos, 1990-2009 – CDN

Steve Earle & The Dukes – Last Words – J.T.
Todd Snider – I Wish We Had Our Time Again – single
Charley Crockett – I Can Help – single
Langhorne Slim – Colors – Strawberry Mansion
Sam Kaiser – Good Things – single – CDN
Jon and Roy – Rising Sun – single
Beta Radio – Hope You Change Your Mind – Afraid of Love
John Blek – Right Moves – Digressions #2 Grounded

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard – New Coat of Paint: Tom Waits Tribute
Alana Levandoski – Ring Out Wild Bells – single – CDN – MB
Amanda Shires – That’s All – single
Strung Like a Horse – Fuck What They Think – WHOA!
Cinder Well – Wandering Boy – No Summer

Ron Sexsmith – Beautiful View – Whereabouts – CDN
The Weakerthans – Pamphleteer – Left and Leaving – CDN – WPG
The Cash Brothers – Nebraska – How Was Tomorrow – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Night Shift Guru – How Was Tomorrow – CDN
Spirit of the West – D for Democracy – Go Figure – CDN
Barenaked Ladies – Enid – Gordon – CDN
Jim Bryson – Elizabeth – The North Side Benches – CDN

4 straight hours of nothing but my favourite music released in 2020. The year may have been a disaster in many areas, but it was an exceptional year for music, so much so that I couldn’t even fit it all into 4 hours. There’s much more great stuff to be heard, but this represents a pretty good overview of many of my favourite releases from the year.

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

Figure Walking – Colourful – Vertical / Horizontal – CDN – WPG
Justin Osborne – Rock On – The Real Brent Brent
Country Westerns – I’m Not Ready – I’m Not Ready
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit – Be Afraid – Reunions
Anthony da Costa – Sooner Than Later – Feet On The Dashboard
Steve Earle & The Dukes – It’s About Blood – Ghosts of West Virginia

Katie Pruitt – Expectations – Expectations
Ben de la Cour – Suicide of Town – single
Mike Plume – I’m Your Huckleberry – Lonesome Stretch of Highway – CDN
William Prince – That’s All I’ll Ever Become – Reliever – CDN – WPG
Ondara – Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday – Folk n’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation

Kennedy Road – Time – A Little Fight Left Yet – CDN
Bonny Light Horseman – The Roving – Bonny Light Horseman
Chuck Prophet – Best Shirt On – The Land That Time Forgot

Jesse Denatale – Beside You – The Wilderness
Lydia Loveless – Wringer – Daughter
Kathleen Edwards – Hard On Everyone – Total Freedom – CDN
Sarah Harmer – New Low – Are You Gone – CDN
Lynn Miles – Restless – We’ll Look for Stars – CDN
Melissa Payne – Darker Than Your Dark – Darker Than Your Dark – CDN

Lucinda Williams – Man Without a Soul (Acoustic) – Good Souls Better Angels
American Aquarium – The Long Haul – Lamentations
Richard Inman – New Years Blues – Faded Love Better Days – CDN – MB
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – King of This Town – King of This Town – CDN
Western Centuries – Space Force (feat. Jim Lauderdale) – Call the Captain
Thomas Csorba – Crooked Kind of Free – Thomas Csorba
Slow Leaves – Half of the Bed – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG

Sean Burns – Daddy Was an Auctioneer – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Phantom 309 – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ to Do – CDN – WPG
Andrew Neville – Honky Tonk Shangri-La – We Still Gotta Lotta Livin’ To Do – CDN – WPG
Skinny Dyck – Glory for Me – Get to Know Lonesome – CDN
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Chaparral – A Bakersfield Half-Dozen – CDN – WPG
Corb Lund – Rat Patrol – Agricultural Tragic – CDN

Gabe Lee – Honky Tonk Hell – Honky Tonk Hell
Justin Farren – Two Wheel Drive and Japanese – Pretty Free
Ben de la Cour – God’s Only Son – Shadow Land
Becky Warren – Me and These Jeans – The Sick Season
Hailey Whitters – All The Cool Girls – The Dream
Liz Longley – 3 Crow – Funeral for My Past
Juliet McConkey – Hung the Moon – Disappearing Girl
Evangeline Gentle – The Strongest People Have Tender Hearts – Evangeline Gentle – CDN

Jim Bryson – Mama Tried – single – CDN
Ken Yates – Surviving Is Easy – Quiet Talkers – CDN
Graven – Legend of You – Years – CDN
Charlie Whitten – A Long Time – I’m Waiting
Molly Parden – Weather2020 – 290520
John Blek – Empty Pockets – The Embers

Joe Nolan – Kisses in the Dark – Drifters – CDN
Courtney Marie Andrews – How You Get Hurt – Old Flowers
Last Year’s Man – Brave the Storm (feat. Anna Tivel) – Brave the Storm
Strays Don’t Sleep – I Walked Away – A Short Film for a Long Story
John Moreland – East October – LP5

Northcote – Keep on Saying Goodbye – Let Me Roar – CDN
Will Kimbrough – Plow to the End of the Row – Spring Break
Scott Cook – Just Enough Empties – Tangle of Souls – CDN

4-hour holiday marathon! Some of the best cover versions from 2020, a bunch of great classics, and a punk & indie dance party to close it off!

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

Justin Townes Earle – Rocket 88 – New West Records Nashville & Athens Artist Celebrity Coronavirus Awareness Fun Mix Pro-Am Mix For The Cure
Steve Earle & The Dukes – Harlem River Blues – J.T.
Chris Stapleton – Old Friends – Starting Over
Zachary Lucky – Bad Liver and a Broken Heart – single
Will Kimbrough – Cape Henry – Spring Break
Todd Snider – Angel from Montgomery – single

Brian Wright – Got Me Under Pressure / Nice to See You Smile Again – The Sneak Ups
The Oldest Forest – Mr. Brownstone (Wild Turkey Version) – single – CDN
Will Courtney – Cracking Up – At Home With Will Courtney and the Wild Bunch
Eilen Jewell – Green River – Green River
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) – Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)

Skydiggers – Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy – single – CDN
Courtney Marie Andrews, Liz Cooper & the Stampede & Molly Sarlé – America – single
Jonathan Byrd – I Wish I Was In Love – Pickup Takeout
Good Lovelies – Torn Screen Door – single – CDN

The Circuit Breakers – Somewhere Else – single

Matthew Ryan – Another Christmas (Until I Am There With You) – single
Jackson Emmer – Christmas on the Bayou (feat. Isa Burke) – single
Brennen Leigh – Merry Christmas Asshole – single

Matthew Ryan – Heaven Is a Place on Earth – single
Sons of Bill – In Your Eyes – single
Mary Bragg – You Got It – Think About It
Phoebe & Maggie – Iris – single
Dan Mangan – Losing My Religion – Thief – CDN

Larkin Poe – Bell Bottom Blues – Kindred Spirits
Katie Pruitt – Ohio – Ohio / After The Gold Rush
Serlin Greaves – The Needle and the Damage Done – single – CDN – WPG
Scott The Hoople – Thrasher – NEIL (Vol. 1)
The Wild Feathers – Blue – Medium Rarities

Stan Rogers – Fogarty’s Cove – Fogarty’s Cove – CDN
Ron Hynes – No Kathleen – Cryer’s Paradise – CDN
Colin Linden – Between The Darkness And The Light Of Day – From The Water – CDN
John Bottomley – The Healing Dream – The Healing Dream – CDN

Oh Susanna – Sacrifice – Sleepy Little Sailor – CDN
Luke Doucet – Outlaws – Aloha Manitoba – CDN
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG
John K. Samson – Postdoc Blues – Winter Wheat – CDN – WPG

John Wort Hannam – Acres of Elbow Room – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Mariel Buckley – Driving in the Dark – Driving in the Dark – CDN
Dave McCann and the Firehearts – Road to Cain – Dixiebluebird – CDN
Corin Raymond – Three Thousand Miles – Record Lonesome Night – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Six Shooter – Six Shooter – CDN

Teenage Head – You’re Tearin’ Me Apart – Teenage Head – CDN
Ramones – Sheena Is a Punk Rocker – Rocket to Russia
Deer Tick – Let’s All Go to the Bar – Divine Providence
The Replacements – Bastards of Young – Tim

Rheostatics – RDA (Rock Death America) – Whale Music – CDN
The Inbreds – North Window – It’s Sydney or the Bush – CDN
Sloan – Underwhelmed – Smeared – CDN
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet – I Know a Guy Named Larry – Dim the Lights, Chill The Ham – CDN
Lowest of the Low – The Last Recidivist – Sordid Fiction – CDN

Fontaines D.C. – Too Real – Dogrel
The Hold Steady – You Can Make Him Like You – Boys and Girls in America
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea – This Year’s Model
Camper Van Beethoven – Take the Skinheads Bowling – Telephone Free Landslide Victory
The Lemonheads – Confetti – It’s A Shame About Ray

Rose Tattoo – All the Lessons – Assault & Battery
The Chats – Drunk n Disorderly – High Risk Behaviour
The Gaslight Anthem – Great Expectations – The ’59 Sound