Playlist: Episode #754, August 26, 2018

Today a new song leads us off on a path through some hick/hip hop, but it was fun, and if you don’t agree, blame Bob! In hour two we get back on track with some requests, some great songs uncovered, and a bunch more great classics that we haven’t heard for a while.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – The Lost Occasional – The North Side Benches – CDN
Bob Schneider – Tell Me that You Love Me – Blood and Bones
Ridley Bent – Lucky to Be Alive – single – CDN – WPG
The Gourds – Gin and Juice – Shinebox
Good Lovelies – Crabbuckit – Let the Rain Fall – CDN
Asylum Street Spankers – Hick Hop (radio edit) – God’s Favourite Sampler
Chuck Prophet – Monkey in the Middle – Age of Miracles

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Chuck Prophet – Dyin’ All Young – The Hurting Business
Tom Wilson – Dig It – Planet Love – CDN
Po’ Girl – Take the Long Way – Vagabond Lullabies – CDN
Po’ Girl – Bleak St. – Po’ Girl – CDN
The Be Good Tanyas – Ootischenia – Hello Love – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Gillian Welch – Everything Is Free – Time (the Revelator)
John Wort Hannam – The Quiet Life – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Love Is a Game – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Will Kimbrough – A Couple Hundred Miracles – Wings
Pawtuckets – Song for Emily – Rest Of Our Days
Pawtuckets – She’s Gone – Dogsbody Factotum
Son Volt – Windfall – Trace
New Country Rehab – Cameo – New Country Rehab – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Fish & Bird – My Head My Heart My Gut – Left Brain Blues – CDN
Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons – Laura – Old Believers
Jessie Baylin – Was I On Your Mind – Firesight
Jess Klein – Cloud Song – Draw Them Near
Brian MacMillan – All I Have – Shine – CDN
Kieran Kane – He Never Knew What Hit Him – Dead Reckoning
Daniel Lanois – Under a Stormy Sky – Acadie – CDN

Tony Furtado & Luke Price at The Sunset Saloon, Sept. 19!

Tell the Band to Go Home & The Sunset Saloon proudly present:

Tony Furtado w/Luke Price (tonyfurtado.com/)
at The Sunset Saloon (house concert in Westwood)
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
7:30
Suggested donation $25 or more (price flexible, all proceeds to this amazing duo!)

If you wish, bring a drink for yourself, and/or a snack to share, but we’ve always got plenty of all of those on hand!

All are welcome (bring the kids, friends, family, people off the street, whatever)! Our house is family friendly (we’ve got 3 kids, a trampoline, and plenty of room, so feel free to bring the family), easy-going, friendly, and open to all! If you don’t know us yet, come on down and make some new friends!

The Sunset Saloon is a house concert venue in Westwood (near the YMCA on Portage.) We’re open to all. Feel free to pass along the event info, bring friends, bring your kids (our kids will thank you), or just come by yourself and make some new friends! Admission is by donation, which goes directly to the artists. Most folks pay $20, but these hard working guys wouldn’t turn down more.

Please RSVP for the address and more information!

Questions? RSVP? Fill out the contact form below! Forward this to a friend!

One of the most amazing and acclaimed musicians to ever step into the Saloon is BACK, and this time, he’s got some incredible accompaniment in the form of three time National Fiddle Champion Luke Price!

Tony has been asked to play on diverse albums by Alison Krauss, The String Cheese Incident, Michelle Shocked, Aoife O’Donovan, and, uh, Billy Ray Cyrus. (We’ll have to ask him about that one and see if he can play Achy Breaky Heart for us. Or maybe not.)

Tony is a giant in the folk, bluegrass, blues,americana, and various other musical communities. This is his ONLY Canadian stop. A few days after he plays here, he goes on to headline the renowned Cedar Cultural Centre in Minneapolis. He’ll sell hundreds of tickets in that big room. And he’s bringing a hotshot fiddle player. This one’s special. We’re going to ask you to dig a little deeper and suggest a $25 minimum donation. To be honest, we’re hoping a few generous souls might think it’s worth a little more. We understand that for some, $20 or less might be your best offer. We’ll take ’em all, just be here!

If you were lucky enough to witness Tony’s 2016 show at The Saloon, well, I shouldn’t have to say another word. If you weren’t here then, correct your past mistakes and get on the list this time!

A bit of the official bio:

Tony Furtado is a major musical force without a doubt. He has his black-belt in voice and bottleneck guitar and his banjo playing scares the crap out of me.”

David Lindley, musical adventurer

Very few musicians of any stripe so personify a musical genre as completely as Tony Furtado embodies Americana roots music. Tony is an evocative and soulful singer, a wide-ranging songwriter and a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist adept on banjo, cello-banjo, slide guitar and baritone ukulele who mixes and matches sounds and styles with the flair of a master chef (he’s also an accomplished sculptor, but that’s another story). All of the music of America is in Tony’s music. Relix hit the nail on the head when writing of Tony: “True talent doesn’t need categories.”

Tony’s latest release:

Podcast: August 19, 2018

Episode #753

Fresh off another fabulous Trout Forest Music Festival, we’ve got some highlights to discuss, a road trip to look forward to, an exciting house concert to announce, and some special requests from Germany and our live studio audience today!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Chuck Prophet – Summertime Thing – No Other Love
Joe Ely – I Had My Hopes Up High – The Lubbock Tapes: Full Circle
Alejandro Escovedo – Outlaw for You – The Crossing
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence
Joe Ely – Me & Billy the Kid – Lord Of The Highway
Fred Eaglesmith – I Ain’t Ever Givin’ in – Falling Stars And Broken Hearts – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Annie Sumi – Reflections of Me – Reflections – CDN
Annie Sumi – The City – In the Unknown – CDN
Geoff Berner – The Ghost of Terry Fox – Canadiana Grotesquica – CDN
Oldseed – Bar/Star – Bloom – CDN – WPG
Dave Quanbury – Ghost Daughters – Still Life with Canadian – CDN – WPG
Murder Murder – When the Lord Calls Your Name – From the Stillhouse – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Tony Furtado – Dying Language (w/Luke Price) – live performance
Tony Furtado – Peggy O (w/Luke Price) – live performance
Linda McRae – When Love Is a Game – Shadow Trails – CDN
John Gorka – Mennonite Girl – True In Time
John Gorka – The Ballad of Iris & Pearl – True In Time
Jeffrey Foucault – I Love You (and You Are a Fool) – Salt as Wolves

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Kris Delmhorst – Saw It All – Blood Test
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson – Lead Balloon – Wreck & Ruin
John Wort Hannam – Song for a Young Son – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Jory Nash – Dark Matter – Wilderness Years – CDN
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – The Quiet Life – Wreck & Ruin
Father John Misty – Everything Is Free – Spotify single

Playlist: Episode #753, August 19, 2018

Fresh off another fabulous Trout Forest Music Festival, we’ve got some highlights to discuss, a road trip to look forward to, an exciting house concert to announce, and some special requests from Germany and our live studio audience today!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Chuck Prophet – Summertime Thing – No Other Love
Joe Ely – I Had My Hopes Up High – The Lubbock Tapes: Full Circle
Alejandro Escovedo – Outlaw for You – The Crossing
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence
Joe Ely – Me & Billy the Kid – Lord Of The Highway
Fred Eaglesmith – I Ain’t Ever Givin’ in – Falling Stars And Broken Hearts – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Annie Sumi – Reflections of Me – Reflections – CDN
Annie Sumi – The City – In the Unknown – CDN
Geoff Berner – The Ghost of Terry Fox – Canadiana Grotesquica – CDN
Oldseed – Bar/Star – Bloom – CDN – WPG
Dave Quanbury – Ghost Daughters – Still Life with Canadian – CDN – WPG
Murder Murder – When the Lord Calls Your Name – From the Stillhouse – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Tony Furtado – Dying Language (w/Luke Price) – live performance
Tony Furtado – Peggy O (w/Luke Price) – live performance
Linda McRae – When Love Is a Game – Shadow Trails – CDN
John Gorka – Mennonite Girl – True In Time
John Gorka – The Ballad of Iris & Pearl – True In Time
Jeffrey Foucault – I Love You (and You Are a Fool) – Salt as Wolves

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Kris Delmhorst – Saw It All – Blood Test
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson – Lead Balloon – Wreck & Ruin
John Wort Hannam – Song for a Young Son – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Jory Nash – Dark Matter – Wilderness Years – CDN
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – The Quiet Life – Wreck & Ruin
Father John Misty – Everything Is Free – Spotify single

Podcast: August 12, 2018 – Cavalcade of Classic Hits!

Episode #752

Today on the show we revisit some super solid classics that we used to have in heavy rotation years ago, but don’t listen to nearly enough anymore, and boy, are there some great ones! We’re calling this our Cavalcade of Classic Hits for good reason; it’s packed full of great classic songs that you will absolutely love revisiting or hearing for the first time!

The music on this one is soo good that we’re calling it one of our timeless “standby” episodes that you may hear again someday, but the music is so good that you won’t mind a bit!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – Since I’m Loving You – Wandered – CDN
Peter Mulvey – Shirt – Kitchen Radio
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockerill – Second Option – Begonias
Paul Kelly – Won’t You Come Around – Ways & Means
Matt Mays – Where Am I Going? – Matt Mays – CDN
Jason Plumb – Back at Me – Over & Under – CDN
Patrick Park – Here We Are – Everyone’s in Everyone

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Rodney Crowell – Still Learning How to Fly – Fate’s Right Hand
Johnsmith – Don’t Put Me in a Box – Kickin’ this Stone
Iain Matthews – Back of the Bus – Skeleton Key
Rod Picott – Stray Dogs – Stray Dogs
Slaid Cleaves – Broke Down – Broke Down
Dave McCann & The Firehearts – Road to Cain – Dixiebluebird – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Deep into the Water – 3 a.m. – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Melwood Cutlery – Ballad of the Moonlight Lady – Campfire – CDN
Bob Snider – Talk to Me Babe – Caterwaul & Doggerel – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – My Love Is Not Waiting – Geronimo – CDN
Melissa Payne – Bring Me Back – HIgh and Dry – CDN
Lori McKenna – Pour – Bittertown
Patty Griffin – Making Pies – 1000 Kisses
Richard Shindell – Confession – Somewhere Near Paterson

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me in the Well – Sway – CDN
The John Henrys – Little One – White Linen – CDN
Joshua Cockerill – Dance with You – The Trick With Your Heart I’m Learning To Do – CDN
The Warped 45s – Grampa Carl – Matador Sunset – CDN
Hoots & Hellmouth – Home for Supper – Hoots & Hellmouth
The Gourds – Lower 48 – Blood of the Ram
Cuff the Duke – Take My Money and Run – Cuff the Duke – CDN

Playlist: Episode #752, August 12, 2018 – Cavalcade of Classic Hits!

Today on the show we revisit some super solid classics that we used to have in heavy rotation years ago, but don’t listen to nearly enough anymore, and boy, are there some great ones! We’re calling this our Cavalcade of Classic Hits for good reason; it’s packed full of great classic songs that you will absolutely love revisiting or hearing for the first time!

The music on this one is soo good that we’re calling it one of our timeless “standby” episodes that you may hear again someday, but the music is so good that you won’t mind a bit!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – Since I’m Loving You – Wandered – CDN
Peter Mulvey – Shirt – Kitchen Radio
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockerill – Second Option – Begonias
Paul Kelly – Won’t You Come Around – Ways & Means
Matt Mays – Where Am I Going? – Matt Mays – CDN
Jason Plumb – Back at Me – Over & Under – CDN
Patrick Park – Here We Are – Everyone’s in Everyone

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Rodney Crowell – Still Learning How to Fly – Fate’s Right Hand
Johnsmith – Don’t Put Me in a Box – Kickin’ this Stone
Iain Matthews – Back of the Bus – Skeleton Key
Rod Picott – Stray Dogs – Stray Dogs
Slaid Cleaves – Broke Down – Broke Down
Dave McCann & The Firehearts – Road to Cain – Dixiebluebird – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Deep into the Water – 3 a.m. – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Melwood Cutlery – Ballad of the Moonlight Lady – Campfire – CDN
Bob Snider – Talk to Me Babe – Caterwaul & Doggerel – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – My Love Is Not Waiting – Geronimo – CDN
Melissa Payne – Bring Me Back – HIgh and Dry – CDN
Lori McKenna – Pour – Bittertown
Patty Griffin – Making Pies – 1000 Kisses
Richard Shindell – Confession – Somewhere Near Paterson

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me in the Well – Sway – CDN
The John Henrys – Little One – White Linen – CDN
Joshua Cockerill – Dance with You – The Trick With Your Heart I’m Learning To Do – CDN
The Warped 45s – Grampa Carl – Matador Sunset – CDN
Hoots & Hellmouth – Home for Supper – Hoots & Hellmouth
The Gourds – Lower 48 – Blood of the Ram
Cuff the Duke – Take My Money and Run – Cuff the Duke – CDN

Podcast: August 5, 2018

Episode #751

Today a tribute to one of my favourite summer activities, cycling, even though my trip to the station didn’t go exactly as planned today. We also discuss some great festivals past and future, and play a pile of German listener requests!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Stephen Fearing – One Flat Tire – Yellowjacket – CDN
Amy Rigby – ’til the Wheels Fall Off (w/Todd Snider) – ’til the Wheels Fall Off
Jay Smith – When the Wheels Slow Down – Jay Smith – CDN
Joshua Fletcher – Wheels – Ready, Aim
Keri McTighe – When I Ride My Bike – I’m Somebody Too – CDN – WPG
Joe Satriani – Ride – Flying in a Blue Dream

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Veal – Judy Garland – The Embattled Hearts – CDN
Vetiver – Ride Ride Ride – The Errant Charm
Lucero – Bikeriders – Nobody’s Darlings
Mike Plume Band – Ride (bonus track) – Fools for the Radio – CDN
John Hiatt – Ride Along – Slow Turning
Bob Schneider – Bicycle vs. Car – Lovely Creatures
Christina Martin – The Bike Song – Two Hearts – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Poor Nameless Boy – Atlantic Ocean – Bravery – CDN
Poor Nameless Boy – River & Trees – Bravery – CDN
The Weakerthans – Watermark – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
Kathleen Edwards – Six O’Clock News – Failer – CDN
Zachary Lucky – Everywhere a Man Can Be – Everywhere a Man Can Be – CDN
Geoff Berner – Maginot Line – We Shall Not Flag or Fail, We Shall Go On to the End – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Kris Demeanor – It’s Got to Be Wild (or not at all) – Go Away (With Me) – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Not a Doll – The Pros and Cons of Collaboration – CDN
H.C. McEntire – A Lamb, A Dove – Lionheart
Puss N Boots – Jesus, etc. – No Fools, No Fun
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Dwight Yoakam – Sidelong
Daniel Norgren – Your Love – The Green Stone
Chatham County Line – You Are my Light – Autumn

Playlist: Episode #751, August 5, 2018

Today a tribute to one of my favourite summer activities, cycling, even though my trip to the station didn’t go exactly as planned today. We also discuss some great festivals past and future, and play a pile of German listener requests!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Stephen Fearing – One Flat Tire – Yellowjacket – CDN
Amy Rigby – ’til the Wheels Fall Off (w/Todd Snider) – ’til the Wheels Fall Off
Jay Smith – When the Wheels Slow Down – Jay Smith – CDN
Joshua Fletcher – Wheels – Ready, Aim
Keri McTighe – When I Ride My Bike – I’m Somebody Too – CDN – WPG
Joe Satriani – Ride – Flying in a Blue Dream

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Veal – Judy Garland – The Embattled Hearts – CDN
Vetiver – Ride Ride Ride – The Errant Charm
Lucero – Bikeriders – Nobody’s Darlings
Mike Plume Band – Ride (bonus track) – Fools for the Radio – CDN
John Hiatt – Ride Along – Slow Turning
Bob Schneider – Bicycle vs. Car – Lovely Creatures
Christina Martin – The Bike Song – Two Hearts – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Poor Nameless Boy – Atlantic Ocean – Bravery – CDN
Poor Nameless Boy – River & Trees – Bravery – CDN
The Weakerthans – Watermark – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
Kathleen Edwards – Six O’Clock News – Failer – CDN
Zachary Lucky – Everywhere a Man Can Be – Everywhere a Man Can Be – CDN
Geoff Berner – Maginot Line – We Shall Not Flag or Fail, We Shall Go On to the End – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Kris Demeanor – It’s Got to Be Wild (or not at all) – Go Away (With Me) – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Not a Doll – The Pros and Cons of Collaboration – CDN
H.C. McEntire – A Lamb, A Dove – Lionheart
Puss N Boots – Jesus, etc. – No Fools, No Fun
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Dwight Yoakam – Sidelong
Daniel Norgren – Your Love – The Green Stone
Chatham County Line – You Are my Light – Autumn

The Last Songwriter – MUST SEE film

By now you’ve surely heard about the difficult reality facing performers in the “new” music industry, based largely on streaming sites. Maybe you’ve even heard about how little performers are earning for those streams. But have you stopped to think about the talented songwriters hidden behind the scenes creating many of the songs that you know and love? This film lays it all out. The first half is all about those songwriters and how they create hit songs in Nashville. The last half is the bitter truth: they’re being forced out. It’s a painful, terribly sad, but important message.

I have no doubt that talented, hardworking indie singer/songwriters will always be out there creating great music and they’ll find a way for us to hear it. Music isn’t going to die. But it is getting more difficult and requires more and more sacrifice, and that will surely be a barrier for many. I wouldn’t wish the stress and uncertainty of a music career on anyone, but I’m so grateful every day that so many people are still crazy enough to give it a go. I need those people.

But like it or not, we also need a larger music industry that creates hit songs like the ones discussed in this film. You may not necessarily like those songs, but after watching this, you should have a whole new appreciation for where they come from, and hopefully you’ll have some understanding of the necessity of this industry, as well as the bleak future in front of it.

Watch this. If you care about songs, it’ll inspire you and then break your damn heart. It’s not an easy message, but it’s one that needs to be heard.

(of course, I realize all-too-well the irony of encouraging you to stream this wonderful piece of art for free…)

The Last Songwriter from Mark Barger Elliott on Vimeo.

Podcast: July 29, 2018

Episode #750

Well would you look at that? Episode #750! That sounds like reason enough to abandon the usual format and just have some fun, wouldn’t you say? Today we rock out and even veer off into some 80s inspired synth pop. Don’t worry, it’ll make just as much sense as this show usually does. We also talk about a couple of exciting upcoming festivals, spin some great new music, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – Breathe – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
Jim Bryson – Cut Bait – Tired of Waiting – CDN
Frightened Rabbit – Get Out – Ping of a Panic Attack
Rilo Kiley – Portions for Foxes – More Adventurous
Wild Moccasins – Temporary Vase – Look Together

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Amanda Shires – Parking Lot Pirouette – To The Sunset
Colter Wall – Plain to See Plainsman – Songs of the Plains – CDN
Rayland Baxter – Without Me – Wide Awake
Andrew Combs – Reptilia – 5 Covers & A Song
The Glorious Sons – S.O.S. (An Open Letter) – S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun) – CDN
The Glorious Sons – S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun) – S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun) – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons – Born Again – Death Won’t Send a Letter
The Vegabonds – Everything I Need – single
The Artisinals – Angel 42 (radio edit) – single
Terra Lightfoot – Paradise – New Mistakes – CDN
Carolyn Mark – It’s All Just a Matter (Of Where you Draw the Line) w/Geoff Berner – Just Married: An Album of Duets – CDN
Kris Demeanor & His Crack Bandq – Airborne Bastard – Party All Night: Live at the Ironwood – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder – Blam! – CDN – WPG
Murder Murder – Where the Water Runs Black – From the Stillhouse – CDN
Sean Burns – Don’t Let the Highway Get You Lost – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – Ready in Time – Ready in Time – CDN
Del Barber – Louise – live recording – CDN – WPG
NQ Arbuckle – In Another Time – Hanging The Battle-Scarred Pinata – CDN