Tell the Band to Go Home

Episode #843

This is another in our collection of timeless Standby episodes, which you may hear again sometime when I’m not able to put together a new episode for whatever reason. I’m pretty sure you won’t mind because this is a pretty good one.

Playing great Canadian music is a main mission and joy on this show because I really believe that the best music in the world comes from right here. Every week I try to stack the show with a lot of great homegrown music, but this week, in honour of Canada Day, we’re 100% all Canadian and proud of it.

This episode is kind of like a beginner’s guide to the best of Canadian music, or a Canadian Greatest Hits, if you will. It aims to pull together some of the most essential Canadian music ever made in an attempt to show the strength and breadth of our music. We look at some of the early giants whose shoulders today’s artists stand on, and a few contemporary artists who are making timeless music bound to be looked back on in years to come.

I can’t pretend to put together a comprehensive list in just 2 hours, but I think this one covers a lot of the most important bases. Please let me know what would be on your list of essential Canadian music!

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

Rheostatics – Seven (Northern Wish) – Music Inspired By The Group Of 7 – CDN
The Guess Who – These Eyes – Wheatfield Soul – CDN
Anne Murray – Snowbird – This Way Is My Way – CDN
Ian & Sylvia – Four Strong Winds – Four Strong Winds – CDN
Gordon Lightfoot – Early Mornin’ Rain – Lightfoot! – CDN
The Band – The Weight (Remastered) – Music From Big Pink – CDN

Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Cinnamon Girl – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – CDN
Joni Mitchell – You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio – For The Roses – CDN
Leonard Cohen – Bird on the Wire – Songs From A Room – CDN
Stan Rogers – Barrett’s Privateers – Fogarty’s Cove – CDN

Willie P Bennett – White Line – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – Summerlea – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Lynn Miles – Black Flowers – Unravel – CDN
Ron Hynes – Sonny’s Dream – Face to the Gale – CDN

Blue Rodeo – Hasn’t Hit Me Yet – Five Days In July – CDN
Spirit of the West – Home For A Rest – Save This House – CDN
Skydiggers – Slow Burning Fire – Restless – CDN
Blackie and The Rodeo Kings – Lean On Your Peers – Kings of Love – CDN
Michel Pagliaro – Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy – Rainshowers – CDN

The Lowest of The Low – Rosy and Grey – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
The Weakerthans – Left & Leaving – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
Sarah Harmer – Don’t Get Your Back Up – You Were Here – CDN
Oh Susanna – Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Johnstown – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – 12 Bellevue – Failer – CDN

David Francey – Wind In The Wires – Torn Screen Door – CDN
Mike Plume Band – Wind At My Back – Song & Dance, Man – CDN
Jim Bryson – February – The Occasionals – CDN
Nathan – Lampshade – Stranger – CDN – WPG

Episode #842

Happy Father’s Day to all of the great dads out there. We’ve got some songs for you today, as well as some great new music, requests, and some songs and love in honour of one of our most valuable music venues, which could use our help right now. Consider helping support the great work that Erick and his staff do down at the Park Theatre if you’re able: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-helping-high-five-for-the-park-theatre

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

Loudon Wainwright III – Bein’ a Dad – 40 Odd Years
Loudon Wainwright III – Daughter – Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up
Johnsmith – Father’s Day – Gravity of Grace
Jonathan Byrd – Father’s Day – Cackalack
Five Chinese Brothers – My Dad’s Face – Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief

Sean Burns – Daddy Was an Auctioneer – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN
Skinny Dyck – Glory for Me – Get to Know Lonesome – CDN – WPG
Colter Wall – Western Swing & Waltzes – Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs – CDN
Vincent Neil Emerson – Road Runner (feat. Colter Wall) – single
Corb Lund – Never Not Had Horses – Agricultural Tragic – CDN

Hailey Whitters – All The Cool Girls – The Dream
Elizabeth Cook – Perfect Girls of Pop – Aftermath
Katie Pruitt – Expectations – Expectations

American Aquarium – Six Years Come September – Lamentations
The Bottle Rockets – Perfect Far Away – 24 Hours A Day
Kieran Kane – Six Months, No Sun – Six Months, No Sun
Buddy & Julie Miller – Get Offa My Money – single

SomeRiseSomeFall – Biologically Blue (featuring John Blek) – Biologically Blue
Our Native Daughters – You’re Not Alone (feat. Rhiannon Giddens & Allison Russell) – Songs of Our Native Daughters
Norah Jones – I’m Alive – Pick Me Up Off The Floor
John Bottomley – Candle In The Dark – Blackberry – CDN

JP Hoe And The Truly Richards – Rise – The Live Beta Project – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Lay Down – North/South – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Living with a Long Way to Go – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Mike Plume – Five Crow Silver (Montreal) – Red and White Blues – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-In Movie – Drive-In Movie – CDN

Episode #841

Today we bounce around between new music and older classics, and most exciting of all, we get ready for the return of live music in Winnipeg!

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

Kathleen Edwards – Options Open – live recording – CDN
John Prine – I Remember Everything – single
Mick Flannery – In the Gutter – Alive – Cork Opera House 2019
John Blek – Hannah (Live at StudiOwz) – Digressions #1 Live at StudiOwz
J.S. Ondara – Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday – Folk n’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation

Matt Fockler – Write a Song? – live recording
Jonathan Byrd – Do You Dream? – Pickup Cowboy
Corin Raymond – The Law and the Lonesome – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Scott Cook – Leave a Light On – Tangle of Souls – CDN
Mayhemingways – Haybales – Skip Land – CDN

Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Poor Choices Song – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. IV] – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Postcards – No Bourbon And Bad Radio – CDN – WPG
JD Edwards Band – This House Will Stand – Roads and Roads – CDN – WPG

John Moreland – Nobody Gives a Damn About Songs Anymore – In the Throes
Erin Enderlin – Tonight I Don’t Give a Damn – Faulkner County
Ruby Boots – Don’t Give a Damn – Don’t Talk About It

Bootsy Collins – Stars (MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund) w/ Emisunshine – single
The Ropes – Waterfall – The Ropes – CDN
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Bad Trick (feat. Ringo Starr, Don Was, Joe Walsh & Chris Robinson) – Co-Starring
Silver Clouds – A Minor Hesitation – Silver Clouds – CDN – WPG
Matthew Ryan – Farewell (feat. Dave Coleman & Kevin Salem) (More Guitars Mix) – Farewell
Elvis Costello – No Flag – single
Fontaines D.C. – I Don’t Belong – A Hero’s Death

John Craigie – Part Wolf – Asterisk the Universe
Jaime Wyatt – Hurt So Bad (w/Shooter Jennings) – Neon Cross
Sean Burns – Beans, Bacon, and Gravy – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG
Son Volt – Windfall – Trace

Episode #840

We held back a bit on the new music last week for our Minneapolis themed show, so we had a bit of a backlog to clear out today and it filled up pretty much the entire show outside of a couple of timely tunes and some music as heard on TV.

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

Steve Earle – What’s So Funny About Peace, Love & Understanding – Just An American Boy: The Audio Documentary
Colin Linden – Love Everyone – Raised By Wolves – CDN
Grayson Capps – May We Love – South Front Street
Son Volt – The Globe – single
Scott The Hoople – Why Can’t We Do Less Wrong? – Sad Box & Other Hits
Kellie Loder – Molded Like a Monster – single – CDN

Chuck Prophet – Love Doesn’t Come From the Barrel of a Gun – The Land That Time Forgot
Arborist | Malojian – Good Things Follow You – Good Things Follow You
Campbell Woods – Leave Me (The Way You Found Me) – Fool For You #1 EP – CDN
Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck To Get The Best Of Me – CDN – WPG
Figure Walking – Heavy Rain – Vertical/Horizontal – CDN – WPG
Red Moon Road – Time to Remember (live at Nonsuch) – Homemade Winnipeg: An Isolation Compilation – CDN – WPG

Kathleen Edwards – Birds On A Feeder – Total Freedom – CDN
Zoe Guigueno – Gettin’ Away with It – Secret Admirer – CDN
Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards – Corduroy Jacket – Bitter Better
Samantha Crain – Holding To The Edge Of Night – A Small Death
Molly Parden – Bolting Volts – 290520

Tim Bluhm – Too Far Into The Weeds – Gone With The Windshield
Peter Katz – Paper Thin – single – CDN
The Jayhawks – Dogtown Days – XOXO
Western Centuries – Space Force (feat. Jim Lauderdale) – Call the Captain
Jesse Malin – Crawling Back to You – Backstabbers
Ben de la Cour – Swan Dive – Shadow Land

The Eddy – The Eddy – The Eddy (From The Netflix Original Series)
Dar Williams – The Beauty of the Rain – The Beauty of the Rain
Glen Hansard – Bird of Sorrow – Rhythm And Repose

Episode #839

A smaller crop of new releases this week leads things off, but we do have the great privilege of premiering some amazing new music from Winnipeg’s own Sean Burns, created in isolation and coming out on the next BandCamp day. Most of today’s show is a love letter to a city that I love and visit often, Minneapolis, MN. The city has been at the forefront of racial tensions in the USA this week. Our hope is that things can move forward and get better without further violence. Sending some peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll to all!

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

Alex Dezen – My Whole Life – single
Sean Burns – Daddy Was an Auctioneer – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – Don’t Let the Highway Get You Lost – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns – NYC – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG
Northcote – Keep on Saying Goodbye – single – CDN

Lynn Miles – We’ll Look for Stars – We’ll Look for Stars – CDN
Courtney Marie Andrews – It Must Be Someone Else’s Fault – Old Flowers
Molly Parden – Weather2020 – 290520
Anna Tivel – Minneapolis (Acoustic) – The Question (Live and Alone)

Ben Kyle – Minneapolis – Ben Kyle
Romantica – St. Paul City Lights – Shadowlands

The Be Good Tanyas – When Doves Cry – Hello Love – CDN
Dwight Yoakam – Purple Rain – Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars..
Lydia Loveless – I Would Die 4 U – Boy Crazy and Single(s)
The Jayhawks – Blue – Live at First Avenue – 6/21/10

Lifter Puller – Lake Street Is For Lovers – Fiestas & Fiascos
The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Stations – Boys and Girls in America
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive – Stay Positive
Slim Dunlap – Times Like This – Times Like This
The Replacements – Skyway – Pleased To Meet Me

Mark Mallman – True Love – Mr. Serious
Mark Mallman – Minneapolis – single
Mason Jennings – Ballad For My One True Love – Live At First Ave.
Lucinda Williams – Minneapolis – World Without Tears

Tom Waits – Christmas Card From Hooker In Minneapolis – Blue Valentine
Tom Waits – 9th & Hennepin – Rain Dogs