NEW DATE: Ben de la Cour at The Sunset Saloon, Friday, January 27, 2019!

Tell the Band to Go Home proudly presents:Ben de la Cour
at The Sunset Saloon (house concert in Westwood)
Sunday, January 27, 2019
7:30
Suggested donation $20 (price flexible, all proceeds to the artist)

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 any hard-working musician wouldn’t turn down more and will take whatever is comfortable for you to give.

Please RSVP for the address and more information!

Questions? RSVP? Fill out the contact form below! Forward this to a friend!When Ben first stopped by the Saloon in 2017, we didn’t know a whole lot about him other than that he came highly recommended. We found out really quickly why. He is the sweetest, most wonderful gentleman, and he writes some astounding songs. His last album, Midnight in Havana, was a real revelation and continues to be a mainstay on our stereo, and this year, he released The High Cost of Living Strange, which upped the ante substantially! It is rightly landing on a bunch of Best Of 2018 lists (including ours, of course), and has garnered widespread acclaim and recognition, and has earned him a lot of new fans.

With an album still relatively new, it seemed somewhat surprising that he was ready to record a new one already, and especially surprising that he’d leave his home of Nashville, TN, you know, Music City, and choose to come record an album here in Winnipeg, with none other than Scott Nolan, in the midst of our winter! Nashville is home to undoubtedly the greatest studios and producers on the planet, and, oh yeah, it’s WARM year-round! So to come to Winnipeg in the winter to record an album proves that Ben is either absolutely insane or has great faith in Scott and his studio. (Personally, I’m betting it’s a bit of both, but he swears it’s just the latter.)

“Biting wit and heartbreaking honesty.”

– ROOTS MUSIC CANADA

”Strange fever dreams of bad luck gone right, of embracing the long odds and playing them anyway, of laughing in the face of despair… and then inviting her in for a nightcap.”

THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION

“In songs like “Guy Clark’s Fiddle”, Ben writes about wounds that don’t heal, about the things in life that can’t really be put back together again. He is able to write about these often unspoken, painful, and tarnished events in a way that is deep and profoundly beautiful.”

ADAM CARROLL (Texas Songwriting Legend)

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Podcast: December 9, 2018

Episode #769

Great music galore today, with some new music, the first two announcements for the almighty Static Roots Festival in July, German requests, solid classics, and more!


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

Hayes Carll – Jesus and Elvis – What It is
Susto – Homeboy – Ever Since I Lost My Mind
The Decemberists – Traveling On – Traveling On EP
Rose Cousins & Don Brownrigg – Little Road to Bethlehem – single – CDN
Joe Nolan – I’m Just Looking for your Heart – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Joe Nolan – Stand Up for your Love – Cry Baby – CDN

Luke Tuchscherer – When the Dream Dies – Always Be True
Luke Tuchscherer – Darling, It’s Just Too Hard to Love – You Get so Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense
Caroline Spence – More Than Christmas – single
Gabriel Kahane – Little Love – Book of Travelers
Chris Smither – Killin’ the Blues – Happier Blue
Green on Red – Frozen in my Headlights – Too Much Fun

Dylan LeBlanc – Easy Way Out – Cautionary Tale
Blue Rodeo – Never Look Back – The Things We Left Behind – CDN
Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard – These Roads Don’t Move – One Fast Move Or I’m Gone Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur
Patty Griffin – Heavenly Day – Children Running Through
Ry Cooder – I Can’t Win – Bop Till You Drop
Band Of Horses – Marry Song – Cease to Begin
Band Of Horses – Detlef Schrempf – Cease to Begin

The Weakerthans – Pamphleteer – Left and Leaving – CDN – WPG
Nathan – John Paul’s Deliveries – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Blue Shadows – Deliver Me – On The Floor Of Heaven – CDN
Del Barber – Big Smoke – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison – Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Happy Holidays

Playlist: Episode #769, Dec. 9, 2018

Great music galore today, with some new music, the first two announcements for the almighty Static Roots Festival in July, German requests, solid classics, and more!

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

Hayes Carll – Jesus and Elvis – What It is
Susto – Homeboy – Ever Since I Lost My Mind
The Decemberists – Traveling On – Traveling On EP
Rose Cousins & Don Brownrigg – Little Road to Bethlehem – single – CDN
Joe Nolan – I’m Just Looking for your Heart – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Joe Nolan – Stand Up for your Love – Cry Baby – CDN

Luke Tuchscherer – When the Dream Dies – Always Be True
Luke Tuchscherer – Darling, It’s Just Too Hard to Love – You Get so Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense
Caroline Spence – More Than Christmas – single
Gabriel Kahane – Little Love – Book of Travelers
Chris Smither – Killin’ the Blues – Happier Blue
Green on Red – Frozen in my Headlights – Too Much Fun

Dylan LeBlanc – Easy Way Out – Cautionary Tale
Blue Rodeo – Never Look Back – The Things We Left Behind – CDN
Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard – These Roads Don’t Move – One Fast Move Or I’m Gone Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur
Patty Griffin – Heavenly Day – Children Running Through
Ry Cooder – I Can’t Win – Bop Till You Drop
Band Of Horses – Marry Song – Cease to Begin
Band Of Horses – Detlef Schrempf – Cease to Begin

The Weakerthans – Pamphleteer – Left and Leaving – CDN – WPG
Nathan – John Paul’s Deliveries – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Blue Shadows – Deliver Me – On The Floor Of Heaven – CDN
Del Barber – Big Smoke – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison – Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Happy Holidays

Podcast: December 2, 2018

Episode #768

It’s December once again, and with some great music, we’ll surely make it through, so we kicked off with some survival-empowering songs, moseyed into some great new music, some German requests, some of the very best of 2018, and looked at a few of our favourite CFMA winners and nominees!


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

Oh Susanna & Michael Johnston – City Snow – Decemberly – CDN
Blue Shadows – If We Make It Through December – On The Floor Of Heaven – Deluxe Re-issue – CDN
Chris Trapper – This December – It’s Christmas Time
The Minus 5 – See You in December – Dear December
Shannon Lyon – December Song – Naive – CDN
Shannon Lyon – The Price that I Pay – X-Mas In Korea – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK – CDN
Altameda – Rolling Back To You – Time Hasn’t Changed You – CDN

The Bright Light Social Hour – Harder Out Here (“Sneaky Pete” Main Title Theme) – single
Craig Finn & John K Samson and the Uptown Controllers – Wrecking Ball – Don’t Stop Now II: A Collection of Covers
Abigail Lapell – Gonna Be Leaving – Getaway – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Not Been Sleeping – single – CDN
Don Brownrigg – Room for Me – Fireworks – CDN
Jennah Barry – Roller Disco – single – CDN

The Chestnuts – Rudolph The Black-Eyed Reindeer – single
May Erlewine – Grateful – Mother Lion
Uncle Tupelo – No Depression – No Depression
Golden Smog – Radio King – Down By The Old Mainstream
Jeff Tweedy – Don’t Forget – WARM
Dave McEathron – His Mother Named Him Angel – Abandoned Companions & the Abandoned Companions Companion Piece – CDN
Dave McEathron – I Will – Abandoned Companions & the Abandoned Companions Companion Piece – CDN

Jonathan Byrd – Tractor Pull – The Pickup Cowboys
Jonathan Byrd – When the Well Runs Dry – The Pickup Cowboys
The Lynnes – Recipe for Disaster – Heartbreak Song for the Radio – CDN
Rob Lutes – There’s No Way to Tell You That Tonight – Walk in the Dark – CDN
Pharis & Jason Romero – Salt and Powder – Sweet Old Religion – CDN
Raine Hamilton – Lift Me Up – Night Sky – CDN – WPG
Kellie Loder – Telescope – Benefit of the Doubt – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Thorn in my Shoe – If It’s Alright With You – The Songs of Gene MacLellan – CDN

Playlist: Episode #768, Dec. 2, 2018

It’s December once again, and with some great music, we’ll surely make it through, so we kicked off with some survival-empowering songs, moseyed into some great new music, some German requests, some of the very best of 2018, and looked at a few of our favourite CFMA winners and nominees!

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

Oh Susanna & Michael Johnston – City Snow – Decemberly – CDN
Blue Shadows – If We Make It Through December – On The Floor Of Heaven – Deluxe Re-issue – CDN
Chris Trapper – This December – It’s Christmas Time
The Minus 5 – See You in December – Dear December
Shannon Lyon – December Song – Naive – CDN
Shannon Lyon – The Price that I Pay – X-Mas In Korea – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK – CDN
Altameda – Rolling Back To You – Time Hasn’t Changed You – CDN

The Bright Light Social Hour – Harder Out Here (“Sneaky Pete” Main Title Theme) – single
Craig Finn & John K Samson and the Uptown Controllers – Wrecking Ball – Don’t Stop Now II: A Collection of Covers
Abigail Lapell – Gonna Be Leaving – Getaway – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Not Been Sleeping – single – CDN
Don Brownrigg – Room for Me – Fireworks – CDN
Jennah Barry – Roller Disco – single – CDN

The Chestnuts – Rudolph The Black-Eyed Reindeer – single
May Erlewine – Grateful – Mother Lion
Uncle Tupelo – No Depression – No Depression
Golden Smog – Radio King – Down By The Old Mainstream
Jeff Tweedy – Don’t Forget – WARM
Dave McEathron – His Mother Named Him Angel – Abandoned Companions & the Abandoned Companions Companion Piece – CDN
Dave McEathron – I Will – Abandoned Companions & the Abandoned Companions Companion Piece – CDN

Jonathan Byrd – Tractor Pull – The Pickup Cowboys
Jonathan Byrd – When the Well Runs Dry – The Pickup Cowboys
The Lynnes – Recipe for Disaster – Heartbreak Song for the Radio – CDN
Rob Lutes – There’s No Way to Tell You That Tonight – Walk in the Dark – CDN
Pharis & Jason Romero – Salt and Powder – Sweet Old Religion – CDN
Raine Hamilton – Lift Me Up – Night Sky – CDN – WPG
Kellie Loder – Telescope – Benefit of the Doubt – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Thorn in my Shoe – If It’s Alright With You – The Songs of Gene MacLellan – CDN

Podcast: November 25, 2018

Episode #767

A large part of this episode was inspired by a fine night of country music this weekend put together by Sean Burns of CKUW’s Boots & Saddle. We spun some of his special guests and some of the great classics covered on stage. We also got back into playing German requests, took a trip to Mexico, and spun some Steel Belted style roots-rock classics. Best of all, we were joined by co-host, Jeremy, The Whispering Ghost.


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

Loudon Wainwright III – Surviving Twin – Surviving Twin
Gene Autry – Take Me Back to my Boots & Saddle – Back In the Saddle Again
Patsy Cline – I Fall to Pieces – Greatest Hits
Darrell Scott – You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive – Aloha From Nashville
Sol James – Here’s to Drinkin’ – Sol James – CDN – WPG
Skinny Dyck & Friends – Willow Tree (Shaela Miller) – Twenty One-Nighters – CDN

Mel Tillis – Mental Revenge – Stateside
John Prine – Spanish Pipedream – John Prine
Merle Haggard – I’m A Lonesome Fugitive – I’m A Lonesome Fugitive
Buck Owens – Streets of Bakersfield – Buck ‘Em! Volume 2: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
Sean Burns – Big Freightliner – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Glen Hansard – Her Mercy – Didn’t He Ramble
Laura Gibson – Damn Sure – Empire Builder
Cat Clyde – The Meadow – Ivory Castanets
The Haden Triplets – Raining Raining – The Haden Triplets

Geoff Berner – Phoney Drawl – Canadiana Grotesquica – CDN
James Taylor – Mexico – Gorilla
Mia Sheard – Mexico Texaco – Reptilian – CDN
Gob Iron – Hills of Mexico – Death Songs for the Living
The Grapes of Wrath – Mexico – High Road – CDN

The Lowest of the Low – Letter from Bilbao – live recording – CDN
Skydiggers – Radio Waves – Road Radio – CDN
Junkhouse – Gimme the Love – Strays – CDN
Jim Bryson – Impaler – The Occasionals – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Heartache Weather – East Autumn Grin
Three O’Clock Train – It’s Not Worth It – Cuatro de Los Ángeles – CDN

Playlist: Episode #767, Nov. 25, 2018

A large part of this episode was inspired by a fine night of country music this weekend put together by Sean Burns of CKUW’s Boots & Saddle. We spun some of his special guests and some of the great classics covered on stage. We also got back into playing German requests, took a trip to Mexico, and spun some Steel Belted style roots-rock classics. Best of all, we were joined by co-host, Jeremy, The Whispering Ghost.

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

Loudon Wainwright III – Surviving Twin – Surviving Twin
Gene Autry – Take Me Back to my Boots & Saddle – Back In the Saddle Again
Patsy Cline – I Fall to Pieces – Greatest Hits
Darrell Scott – You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive – Aloha From Nashville
Sol James – Here’s to Drinkin’ – Sol James – CDN – WPG
Skinny Dyck & Friends – Willow Tree (Shaela Miller) – Twenty One-Nighters – CDN

Mel Tillis – Mental Revenge – Stateside
John Prine – Spanish Pipedream – John Prine
Merle Haggard – I’m A Lonesome Fugitive – I’m A Lonesome Fugitive
Buck Owens – Streets of Bakersfield – Buck ‘Em! Volume 2: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
Sean Burns – Big Freightliner – Music for Taverns, Bars, And Honky Tonks – CDN – WPG
Glen Hansard – Her Mercy – Didn’t He Ramble
Laura Gibson – Damn Sure – Empire Builder
Cat Clyde – The Meadow – Ivory Castanets
The Haden Triplets – Raining Raining – The Haden Triplets

Geoff Berner – Phoney Drawl – Canadiana Grotesquica – CDN
James Taylor – Mexico – Gorilla
Mia Sheard – Mexico Texaco – Reptilian – CDN
Gob Iron – Hills of Mexico – Death Songs for the Living
The Grapes of Wrath – Mexico – High Road – CDN

The Lowest of the Low – Letter from Bilbao – live recording – CDN
Skydiggers – Radio Waves – Road Radio – CDN
Junkhouse – Gimme the Love – Strays – CDN
Jim Bryson – Impaler – The Occasionals – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Heartache Weather – East Autumn Grin
Three O’Clock Train – It’s Not Worth It – Cuatro de Los Ángeles – CDN

Podcast: November 18, 2018

Episode #766

If great new music is on your wish list this year, we’ve got you covered with some great new releases and even some new Christmas music that doesn’t suck! We also curl up on the couch for some Netflix time and pay tribute to the late, great Ron Hynes.


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

Gordon Lightfoot – Song for a Winter’s Night – The Way I Feel – CDN
The Mavericks – Christmas Time Is (Coming Once Again) – Hey! Merry Christmas!
JD McPherson – Hey Skinny Santa! – SOCKS
Old 97’s – Love The Holidays – Love The Holidays
Christina Martin – This Christmas – single – CDN
Nathan – Favorite Things – Maybe This Christmas, Vol .8 – CDN – WPG
Malcolm Holcombe – Merry Christmas – Come Hell or High Water
Rodney Crowell – Let’s Skip Christmas This Year – Christmas Everywhere

John K. Samson – Saturday Night On Utopia Parkway – single – CDN – WPG
Kelly Willis – If I Had a Rose (Bruce Robison) – single
Liv Wade – Be the Belly – single
Sarah MacDougall – Animal – All the Hours I Have Left to Tell You Anything – CDN
The Dill – Divorce in Open D – Greetings from the Dill – CDN
Candi Staton with Jason Isbell & John Paul White – I Ain’t Easy to Love – Muscle Shoals: Small Town, Big Sound
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Hope the High Road – Live from the Ryman
Hayes Carll – None’ya – What It Is

The Deep Dark Woods – All the Money I Had Is Gone – Winter Hours – CDN
Gillian Welch – Carefree Drifter – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Tim Blake Nelson – Little Joe the Wrangler (Surly Joe) – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Midland – East Bound And Down – single
Gregory Alan Isakov – If I Go, I’m Goin’ – This Empty Northern Hemisphere

Ken Tizzard – My Father’s Ghost – A Good Dog Is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs – CDN
Terry Kelly – How Far Can a Little Girl Fall – Face To Face – CDN
Murray McLauchlan – No Change in Me – Gulliver’s Taxi – CDN
Del Barber & The No Regretzkys – Sawchuk – The Puck Drops Here – CDN – WPG
Ron Hynes – Sonny’s Dream – Face to the Gale – CDN
Ron Hynes – No Kathleen – Cryer’s Paradise – CDN
Ron Hynes – A Good Dog Is Lost – Get Back Change – CDN
Lennie Gallant – Saying Goodbye to Ron – Time Travel – CDN

Playlist: Episode #766, Nov. 18, 2018

If great new music is on your wish list this year, we’ve got you covered with some great new releases and even some new Christmas music that doesn’t suck! We also curl up on the couch for some Netflix time and pay tribute to the late, great Ron Hynes.

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

Gordon Lightfoot – Song for a Winter’s Night – The Way I Feel – CDN
The Mavericks – Christmas Time Is (Coming Once Again) – Hey! Merry Christmas!
JD McPherson – Hey Skinny Santa! – SOCKS
Old 97’s – Love The Holidays – Love The Holidays
Christina Martin – This Christmas – single – CDN
Nathan – Favorite Things – Maybe This Christmas, Vol .8 – CDN – WPG
Malcolm Holcombe – Merry Christmas – Come Hell or High Water
Rodney Crowell – Let’s Skip Christmas This Year – Christmas Everywhere

John K. Samson – Saturday Night On Utopia Parkway – single – CDN – WPG
Kelly Willis – If I Had a Rose (Bruce Robison) – single
Liv Wade – Be the Belly – single
Sarah MacDougall – Animal – All the Hours I Have Left to Tell You Anything – CDN
The Dill – Divorce in Open D – Greetings from the Dill – CDN
Candi Staton with Jason Isbell & John Paul White – I Ain’t Easy to Love – Muscle Shoals: Small Town, Big Sound
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Hope the High Road – Live from the Ryman
Hayes Carll – None’ya – What It Is

The Deep Dark Woods – All the Money I Had Is Gone – Winter Hours – CDN
Gillian Welch – Carefree Drifter – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Tim Blake Nelson – Little Joe the Wrangler (Surly Joe) – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Midland – East Bound And Down – single
Gregory Alan Isakov – If I Go, I’m Goin’ – This Empty Northern Hemisphere

Ken Tizzard – My Father’s Ghost – A Good Dog Is Lost: A Collection of Ron Hynes Songs – CDN
Terry Kelly – How Far Can a Little Girl Fall – Face To Face – CDN
Murray McLauchlan – No Change in Me – Gulliver’s Taxi – CDN
Del Barber & The No Regretzkys – Sawchuk – The Puck Drops Here – CDN – WPG
Ron Hynes – Sonny’s Dream – Face to the Gale – CDN
Ron Hynes – No Kathleen – Cryer’s Paradise – CDN
Ron Hynes – A Good Dog Is Lost – Get Back Change – CDN
Lennie Gallant – Saying Goodbye to Ron – Time Travel – CDN

Podcast: Nov. 11, 2018

Episode #765

Songs of remembrance, an extended, unofficial contribution to InternatioNeil Young Day/Neilfest, exciting upcoming reunion shows, and more!

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

Mike Plume – On Remembrance Day – single – CDN
Neil Young – Downtown – Mirror Ball – CDN
Neil Young – Freedom – Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero, Pt. 1) – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Thrasher – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN

Skydiggers – Mr. Soul – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Rheostatics/Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young – CDN
Lori McKenna – The Needle and the Damage Done – Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
Neko Case – Dreaming Man – Canadian Amp
Gillian Welch – Pocahantas – Music From The Revelator Collection (Live)
The Wailin’ Jennys – Old Man – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
Kathleen Edwards – Only Love – Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) – EP – CDN
Joey Gregorash – Down by the River – Tell the People – CDN – WPG

John Blek & The Rats – Ohio – live recording
John Blek & The Rats – Don’t Let It Bring You Down – live recording
Cordovas – Down by the River (w/Anthony da Costa & Charlie Whitten) – live recording
The Wheat Pool – Neil Young – Township – CDN
Will + The Bushmen – Neil Young – Gawk
Trent Dabbs – Neil Young – Southerner

NQ Arbuckle – Part of a Poem by Alden Knowlan Called Ypes: 1915 – XOK – CDN
Jon Brooks – Sgt. Tommy Prince – Ours and the Shepherds – CDN
Jon Brooks – War Resister – Moth nor Rust – CDN
Mary Gauthier – The War After the War – Rifles and Rosary Beads
Off the Wagon – 74 Backdoor – Off the Wagon – CDN – WPG
Off the Wagon – Gimme a Squirt of That (Root Beer Lake) – Off the Wagon – CDN – WPG
The Details – Always, Always, Always, Never – Draw a Distance, Draw a Border – CDN – WPG