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

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

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

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

Episode #872

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.

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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