A look back at this year’s again-incredible Static Roots Festival, a look ahead to some exciting upcoming local shows, some new music, and a few bangers in honour of a significant musical anniversary!

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

Mike Plume & Jenny Orenstein – Dance Ruby, Dance – single – CDN

Mike Plume – Waiting for the Fall – single – CDN

Evangeline Gentle – The Strongest People Have Tender Hearts – Evangeline Gentle – CDN
Beth // James – Voicemails – Get Together
The Beatles – Don’t Let Me Down – Let It Be (Super Deluxe)
Ferris & Sylvester – This Is How My Voice Sounds – live recording
Rowan – I Don’t Wanna Talk – Does It Make You Happy?
John Blek & The Rats – Old St. Catherine – KnockanStockan Vol. 3

Jim Bryson – Sleeping In Toronto – The North Side Benches – CDN
Jim Bryson – Pissing on Everything (Live) – Live at the First Baptist Church – CDN
Malin Pettersen – Cry If I Want To (feat. Bergljot Bjella) – Trouble Finding Words
Dylan Earl – White Painted Trees – I Saw the Arkansas
The Hello Darlins – Still Waters (feat. Matt Andersen) – Go by Feel – CDN

Willie P Bennett – Patience of a Working Man – The Lucky Ones – CDN
Ken Whiteley – Just Like a Miracle – Stand the Storm – CDN
David Wilcox – Medley: Do The Bearcat, Bad Apple and That Hypnotizin’ Boogie – Greatest Hits Too – CDN

Prairie Oyster – Goodbye, So Long, Hello – Different Kind Of Fire – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – For the Sake of a Dollar – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN
Russell deCarle – East of the Sun, West of the Moon – Under the Big Big Sky – CDN
Russell deCarle – She’s A Yum Yum – Alone In This Crowd – CDN
Bebop Cowboys – Misery (with Russell deCarle) – Canadian Dance Hall – CDN
Brothers Cosmoline – Motel 6 – Songs Of Work And Freedom – CDN

Del Barber – Still Got You – Almanac – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Everyday Life – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Meantime – Stray Dogs (Collected B-Sides / Vol. 1) – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond – Rec Room – Dirty Mansions – CDN
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN

Sierra Ferrell – Coat Of Many Colors – single
John Prine & Kelsey Waldon – Love At The Five & Dime – More than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith
Joshua Ray Walker – Hello – single

Petey – I’ll Wait – single
The Hold Steady – Sequestered In Memphis – Stay Positive
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive – Stay Positive
The Weakerthans – Watermark – Left and Leaving – CDN – WPG
Lowest of the Low – Kinda’ the Lonely One – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN

New music, a Fred birthday bash, more certified Canadian bangers, and we look forward to a very exciting show coming up this Tuesday, featuring Anna Tivel & Jeffrey Martin! Tickets: www.showpass.com/jeffanna23/

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

Fred Eaglesmith – The Highway Callin’ – Fred J Eaglesmith – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – Summerlea – Things Is Changin – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – 105 – Lipstick, Lies And Gasoline – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Wilder Than Her – Drive-in Movie – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Come On Train – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye (with Jim Bryson) – Fall for Beauty – CDN

Beth // James – Walking On Sunshine – single
Odds – Walk Among the Stars – Crash The Time Machine – CDN
Garrison Starr & The Milk Carton Kids – Fireworks – single
Teddy Thompson – A Picture of Me Without You – My Love of Country
Buddy & Julie Miller – In The Throes – In The Throes
Jess Klein – That Was My Family – single

Josiah and the Bonnevilles – Chronically Cautious (Country Version) – Chronically Cautious
Josiah and the Bonnevilles – Bloodbuzz Ohio (Live August 30, 2022) – Chronically Cautious
Josiah and the Bonnevilles – Skinny Love (Country Version) – Country Covers

Anna Tivel – Alleyway – Small Believer
Anna Tivel – The Question – The Question
Anna Tivel – The Bell – Outsiders

Jeffrey Martin – Poor Man – One Go Around
Jeffrey Martin – Hard Year – Dogs in the Daylight
Anna Tivel – Dark Chandelier – Dark Chandelier

Matt Andersen – So Gone Now – Something In Between – CDN
Colin Linden – The Last Thought – Big Mouth – CDN
Stephen Fearing – The Finest Kind – That’s How I Walk – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Somewhere Else – Back to Me – CDN
Sean Burns – Town Song – single – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Everything Is Not Enough – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Matt Mays & El Torpedo – Tall Trees – Terminal Romance – CDN

The DH Dominion Day Spectacular returns with two hours of great Canadian music, this time focusing on 100% pure Canadian bangers! All hits, all the time. Even a nasty allergy/sinus situation and a few complaint calls couldn’t spoil this year’s party.

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

JP Hoe – Nothing’s Gonna Harm You – Mannequin – CDN – WPG

Slow Leaves – Jenny – Meantime – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Lampshade – Stranger – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – Your attitude towards cuttlefish – Somebody Needs A Timeout – CDN – WPG
The Paperbacks – Who Will Run The Starfish Hospital? – An Episode of Sparrows – CDN – WPG

The Weakerthans – Plea from a Cat Named Virtute – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG
The New Meanies – I’m On Fire – Three Seeds – CDN – WPG
Warped 45s – Hurdle River Crossing – Matador Sunset – CDN
The Wheat Pool – Lefty – Hauntario – CDN
Radiogram – Slide – Unbetween – CDN
Ox – She Shot Me Down – Dust Bowl Revival – CDN
SWANK – Reverend Pleasant – The Survival Issue – CDN
Bruce Knauer – All Night Breakfast Special – All Night Breakfast Special – CDN

Matthew Barber – And You Give – Ghost Notes – CDN
Jill Barber – In Perfect Time – Oh Heart – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Don’t Get Your Back Up – You Were Here – CDN
Rose Cousins – What I See – We Have Made a Spark – CDN
Dala – Sunday Dress – Who Do You Think You Are – CDN

Brian MacMillan – Turn the Radio Up – Shine – CDN
Tom Wilson – Shine Your Star – Tom Wilson’s Planet Love – CDN
Bahamas – Lost In The Light – Barchords – CDN
Dan Mangan – Robots – Nice, Nice, Very Nice – CDN
JP Hoe And The Truly Richards – You’re Here And I’m Not – The Live Beta Project – CDN – WPG
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Not Alone (Medicins Sans Frontiéres) – CDN

Terra Lightfoot – No Hurry – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN
Jim Bryson – Impaler – The Occasionals – CDN

Some exciting new releases, a jam packed Canada/Dominion Day live music lineup, birthdays, and it’s already time to preview this year’s Static Roots Festival in Germany! staticrootsfestival.com

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

Danny Michel – Ghost Town – Ghost Town – CDN

The Damnwells – Without a Heart – single
Mike Dunn – You Belong to the Darkness – single
Mike Dunn – Faith Healer – Hard Luck Soft Rock
The Damnwells – The Girl That’s Not In Love With You – The Damnwells

Danny Michel – Lighthouse (The Wedding Song) – Ghost Town – CDN
Lake Street Dive – Can’t Help Falling In Love (feat. Monica Martin) – single
Josh Ritter & Aoife O’Donovan – Strong Swimmer (Duet) – single
Ryan Bingham – Where My Wild Things Are – single
Old Crow Medicine Show – Miles Away (feat. Willie Watson) – single
The Record Company – Talk to Me – single

James Murdoch & Jay Sparrow – Share The Burden – Dominion Day – The Story Of Madeleine & Laverdiere – CDN

Bobby Dove – Hopeless Romantic – Hopeless Romantic – CDN – MB
Vox Rea – Julia (acoustic) – single – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Write It All Down for You – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Edge of Town – Tin Type – CDN

Andrina Turenne – Out of Luck – Bold as Logs – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Half of the Bed – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Richard Inman – Faded Love Better Days – Faded Love Better Days – CDN – MB
Madeleine Roger – Sweet Little Lies – Cottonwood – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – All Good Things – Botanicals – CDN – WPG

One Eleven Heavy – Bama Yeti – Poolside
Evangeline Gentle – Sarah – single – CDN
Jim Bryson – All the Same Things (for the Same Reaction) – Country Wifi – CDN
Rowan – Nothing’s Gonna Change – Does It Make You Happy?
Cordovas – Rain On The Rail – Destiny Hotel

Woolf – Sink or Swim – Woolf
Beth // James – My Problem – Get Together
The Hello Darlins – Aberdeen (feat. Joey Landreth) – Go by Feel
Dylan Earl – Clay Pigeons – New Country to Be

Malin Pettersen – Who I Am – single
Ferris & Sylvester – London’s Blues – Made in Streatham
John Blek & the Rats – Hand on my Heart – Leave Your Love at the Door
John Blek & the Rats – Tooth and Nail – Borders
John Blek & the Rats – Lord! Don’t Leave Me – Leave Your Love at the Door

Colin Hay – Beautiful World – Going Somewhere
Chuck Prophet – Just to See You Smile – Age of Miracles
Chris Isaak – Graduation Day – Forever Blue
The Damnwells – What You Get – Bastards Of The Beat