Some festive songs (of sorts,) rediscovering Jim Bryson’s first album, paying tribute to Kevin Welch & friends, and more!

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Artist – Title – Album

Odds – Love Is what You Get – single
The Sweetback Sisters – The Christmas Boogie – Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular
Minus 5 – Your Christmas Whiskey – Oh Santa! New and Used Holiday Classics from Yep Roc Records
The Decemberists – Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk this Christmas) – CONNECT Set
George Strait – When It’s Christmas Time in Texas – Merry Christmas Strait to You
Jim Bryson – 26 Miles by Car – The Occasionals
Jim Bryson – Soupy Sayles – The Occasionals
Jim Bryson – Impaler – The Occasionals
Kevin Welch – A Flower – live performance
The O’Kanes – Rocky Road – Tired of the Runnin’
The O’Kanes – When We’re Gone, Long Gone – The O’Kanes
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, and Fats Kaplan – Clean Getaway – Lost John Dean
The Dead Reckoners – Waiting for the Assassin – A Night of Reckoning
Mike Plume Band – Eggshells (New Day) – Fools for the Radio
David Francey – The Waking Hour – The Waking Hour
Del Barber – Living with a long Way to Go – Prairieography
Del Barber – Everything Is not Enough – Headwaters
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed
Eilen Jewell – Dusty Boxcar Walls – Letters from Sinners & Strangers

Episode #672

Today we kick things off in the (unorthodox) holiday spirit, before pausing to consider some contenders for the Best of 2016 list. We also pay a long overdue tribute to the late, great Bap Kennedy, and play a bunch of great stuff that we haven’t heard in a while!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Rueben de Groot – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Christmas Is For Boys And Girls! – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Blue Christmas – Christmas Is For Boys And Girls! – CDN
Chris Trapper – Black and Blue Christmas – It’s Christmas Time
Warp Drive – Christmas Time (Is Religiously Complicated) – single
Beards (featuring Erin Rae) – Incarcerated Christmas – Christmas
Abbie Gardner – We Need a Little Christmas (feat. Anthony da Costa) – Naughty and Nice
Mayhemingways – Hunter St. Blues – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
BJ Barham – Reidsville – Rockingham

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Shannon Lyon – I Might Just Stay Home – My Throat Is Sore – CDN
Mandolin Orange – Lonesome Whistle – Blindfaller
Kieran Kane – The Girl from Oklahoma – Unguarded Moments
Dylan LeBlanc – Easy Way Out – Cautionary Tale
Jack Marks – Wicked Moon – Wicked Moon – CDN
Dori Freeman – Go On Lovin’ – Dori Freeman
Rob Vaarmeyer – Tantric Tobogganing – Back to Normal – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Energy Orchard – The House Must Fall – Energy Orchard
Bap Kennedy – Rock and Roll Heaven – Big Picture
Bap Kennedy – Long Time a Comin’ – Domestic Blues
Bap Kennedy – Elvis Hank and Me – Lonely Street
Bap Kennedy – Ballad of Neil Armstrong – Howl On
Kasey Anderson – Home – Nowhere Nights
Nels Andrews – Jesse’s Mom – Jesse’s Mom

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Fullbright – Moving – From The Ground Up
Meg Hutchinson – Ready – Come Up Full
Caroline Herring – Traveling Shoes – Camilla
Stan Rogers – California – Northwest Passage – CDN
Stan Rogers – Song Of The Cradle – Folkscene Collection Volume Two – CDN
David Wiffen – One Step – David Wiffen – CDN
David Wiffen – I’ve Got My Ticket – David Wiffen – CDN

Episode #671

Today we look back at some of the winners of last night’s Canadian Folk Music Awards, we help our old friend Michael Johnston celebrate 25 years of music, we play some songs for the season, take a look at the already impressive 2017 Static Roots Festival lineup, and play a few of Big D’s 2016 favourites!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

David Francey – Big Texas Moon – Empty Train – CDN
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Donovan Woods – My Good Friends – Hard Settle, Ain’t Troubled – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Mercy – Love & Lust – CDN
Kaia Kater – Harvest and the Plough – Nine Pin – CDN
The Andrew Collins Trio – And It Was Good – And It Was Good – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

King Creosote + Michael Johnston – Supermoon – The Bound of the Red Deer – CDN
Michael Johnston & Andy Maize – Stay Awake – These Are our Songs – CDN
Michael Johnston – My Curious Heart – Curious Heart – CDN
Skydiggers – I’ll Be Home – Skydiggers – CDN
Skydiggers – 80 Odd Hours – Just Over this Mountain – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Nebraska – How Was Tomorrow? – CDN
Slydiggers – Ramblin’ On – She Comes into the Room – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Night Shift Guru – How Was Tomorrow? – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo – It’s Christmas – CDN
Hank Snow – The Reindeer Boogie – Christmas with Hank Snow – CDN
Booker T & The MG’s – Merry Christmas Baby – In the Christmas Spirit
Good Lovelies – Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) – Under the Mistletoe – CDN
Good Lovelies – Waiting for You – Burn the Plan – CDN
Good Lovelies – Down. Down, Down – Good Lovelies – CDN
John Blek & The Rats – Calling Out my Name – Leave your Love at the Door
John Blek & The Rats – Wandering Child – Borders

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles – Monticello – Soon Enough
Jack Marks – Song for Me – Blues like These – CDN
Jim Bryson – Rust and Fade – Somewhere We Will Find our Place – CDN
Malojian – I’ll Be Alright – I’ll Be Alright
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Memphis Rain – Silver Tears
The Loved – The One You Want – The Loved
Peter Bruntnell – Mr. Sunshine – Nos Da Comrade

Episode #670

Last night I witnessed a really fun and memorable evening of songs about love. It was full of many great original songs, but also a whole bunch of terrific covers. Today we go through the highlight reel and hear a bunch of the original versions of songs that were performed there. Also, we’ve got some requests, great new music, and an exciting upcoming show to preview!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Corin Raymond – I Wish I Was in Love – There Will Always Be a Small Time – CDN
Richard Thompson – Keep your Distance – Rumor and Sigh
John Moreland – Break my Heart Sweetly – In the Throes
Leonard Cohen – Leaving the Table – You Want It Darker – CDN
Patty Griffin – Getting Ready – Children Running Through

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice It’s all right – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – The Last Thing on my Mind – Dolly
Julie Miller – Take Me Back – Blue Pony
Patsy Cline – You Belong to Me – The Angels Sing Merry Christmas
Lou Reed – Perfect Day – Transformer
John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves (w/Iris DeMent) – In Person & On Stage
Van Morrison – Into the Mystic – Moondance
Van Morrison – If I Ever Needed Someone – His Band and the Street Choir

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Brandi Carlile – Sweet Home – live recording
Old Crow Medicine Show – Sweet Amarillo – Remedy
Gillian Welch – 455 Rocket (Revival Outtake) – Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg
NQ Arbuckle – Punk Rocker – Live at the Dakota – CDN
David Olney – Upside Down – Holiday in Holland

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Brock Zeman – 50 Dollar Bill – The Pinball Sessions – CDN
C.R. Avery – The Boxer who just Returned from London – Magic Hour Sailor Songs – CDN
C.R. Avery – Live a Little – Midnight Goldmining – CDN
C.R. Avery – Against the World – All the Angels Didn’t Scare Me – CDN
Gregory Alan Isakov – Saint Valentine – The Weatherman
Gregory Alan Isakov – That Moon Song – This Empty Northern Hemisphere