I don’t know about you, but the freezing cold is getting to me, so we started off the show with some hot, summery thoughts. We’ve also got some new songs, and a tangent where we appreciated the genius of Colin Linden!

Artist – Title – Album

Chuck Prophet – Summertime Thing – No Other Love
The Weepies – I Was Made For Sunny Days – Be My Thrill
Radiogram – Slide – Unbetween
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches
Middle Brother – Daydreaming – Middle Brother
Deer Tick – Let’s All Go to the Bar – Divine Providence
Steph Cameron – Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady – Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado
Colin Linden – Hook’s In The Water – Southern Jumbo
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Sometimes It Comes Easy – Let’s Frolic Again
The Band – Remedy – Jericho
Hard Working Americans – Down to the Well – Hard Working Americans
John Bottomley – Candle in the Dark – Blackberry
The Damnwells – Let’s Get Physical – The Damnwells
Amanda Shires, Jason Isbell – I Follow Rivers – Sea Songs
Bob Schneider – Dirty Feeling – King Kong
American Aquarium – Wichita Falls – Wolves
Whitney Rose – Little Piece of You – Heartbreaker of the Year
Blaze Foley – Baby Can I Crawl Back to You? – Cold, Cold World

Artist – Title – Album

Mike Plume Band – Steel Belted Radio – Born So Long Ago Live 1997-2002
Mike Plume – Looking For You: A Travelogue Of Sorts – A Drive Thru Record Volume II
Lynn Miles – Never Coming Back – Love Sweet Love
Lynn Miles – Unravel – Unravel
Craig Cardiff – Safe Here – Floods & Fires
Brock Zeman – Picture of You – $100 Difference
Sean Rowe – Downwind – The Salesman And The Shark
Sean Rowe – Wrong Side Of The Bed – Magic
Matthew Ryan – God’s Not Here Tonight – Boxers
Alex Dezen – The Ballad of Eve and Randy Quaid – 2/4
The Damnwells – She’s the NYC Skyline – demo
The Damnwells – Lost – The Damnwells
Shovels & Rope – Hollowpoint Blues – Shovels & Rope
Shovels & Rope – Stono River Blues – Swimmin’ Time
The Wilderness of Manitoba – Echoes – recorded live on UMFM
Rilo Kiley – Love And War (11/11/46) – More Adventurous
Rah Rah – Prairie Girl – The Poet’s Dead

Artist – Title – Album

The Damnwells – Lost – The Damnwells
The Damnwells – Money and Shiny Things – The Damnwells
The Damnwells – Feast of Hearts – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
Alex Dezen – None of these Things – El Ganzo Sessions
Whitehorse – Oh Dolores – Leave No Bridge Unburned
Whitehorse – The One I Hurt – Leave No Bridge Unburned
James McMurtry – How’m I Gonna Find You Now – Complicated Game
James McMurtry – Copper Canteen – Complicated Game
Catherine MacLellan – Don’t Call Me Stranger – The Raven’s Sun
Jenn Grant – Spades – Compostela
The Bros. Landreth – Tappin’ On the Glass – Let It Lie
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Summertime’s Over – South
Del Barber – The Sparrow and the Crow – Prairieography
The Damnwells – Lost – The Damnwells
Matthew Ryan – Me & My Lover – East Autumn Grin
The Lemonheads – I Just Can’t Take It Anymore – Varshons
Animal Parts – I Won’t Ever Let You Down – Animal Parts
Romantica – The National Side – America
Dala – Anywhere Under the Moon – Who Do You Think You Are?

Artist – Title – Album

Scott Nolan – Lay Down – North/South
Scott Nolan – Swing Low – unreleased
Scott Nolan – Golden – No Bourbon & Bad Radio
Christina Martin – Reaching Out – It’ll Be Alright
Christina Martin – Things You Can’t Tell by Looking her Way – It’ll Be Alright
Catherine MacLellan – Jack’s Song – The Raven’s Sun
James McMurtry – Valley Road – Saint Mary Of The Woods
James McMurtry – Levelland – Where’d You Hide the Body
Robert Earl Keen – Hot Corn, Cold Corn (w/Danny Barnes) – Happy Prisoner (The Bluegrass Sessions)
Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill – You Can’t Take It With You – Smoke
Chatham County Line – Birmingham Jail – IV
The Duhks – Four Blue Walls – The Duhks
Jonathan Byrd – Poor Johnny – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Ted Hawkins – Long as I can See the Light – The Next Hundred Years
Willie P Bennett – White Line – Tryin’ to Start out Clean
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – White Ash & Black Ash – Things Is Changin’
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Sometimes It Comes Easy – Let’s Frolic Again
Lydia Loveless – Boy Crazy – Boy Crazy

Great new music keeps on rolling in, so a bunch of that tonight, as well as some vinyl classics and Best of 2014 leftovers!

Artist – Title – Album

Gurf Morlix – Dirty Old Buffalo – Eatin’ at Me
Gurf Morlix – Coming Back to Haunt Me – The Bridge
Girls Guns & Glory – Move It On Over – Tribute to Hank Williams LIVE
Charlie Mars – Hell Yeah – The Money
Paul Kelly – Smells Like Rain (w/Linda Bull) – Paul Kelly Presents – The Merri Soul Sessions
Shannon Lyon – Come Find Me – Lost Creek Recordings
The Damnwells – Money and Shiny Things – Best of What’s Next Playlist 2015
The Damnwells – No One Listens to the Band Anymore – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
The Damnwells – The Sound – Bastards Of The Beat
Matthew Ryan – God’s not Here Tonight – Boxers
Matthew Ryan – Killing the Ghost – vs. the Silver State
John Moreland and the Dust Bowl Souls – Low – Everything the Hard Way
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet – Having an Average Weekend – Savvy Show Stoppers
Sunparlour Players – Green Thumb – Us Little Devils
Chalk Circle – Me, Myself, and I – The Great Lake
Ox – 747 – American Lo-Fi
Ryan Adams – Achin’ for More – Gimme Something Good 7″
The Wild Feathers – Marie – Got It Wrong/Marie
Ruth Moody – Far and Wide – Ruth Moody/Old Man Luedecke 7″

The new year has brought some great new music, some brand new and some new to me. One of the more interesting finds is a song about ME that’s been on iTunes for 3 years, and I had no idea! We’ve also got a great list of some of the greatest cover versions of 2014.

Artist – Title – Album

Shannon Lyon – You Don’t Belong Here – Lost Creek Recordings
Martyn Joseph – Crazy as Me – Let Yourself Trust exclusive
Danny Schmidt – Guns & The Crazy Ones – Owls (solo acoustic)
Steve Earle – Nothin’ Without You (with Emmylou Harris) – Live in Nashville 1995
Steve Earle & The Dukes – The Tennessee Kid – Terraplane
Gurf Morlix – Coming Back to Haunt Me – The Bridge
The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan – Stu Reid of Twang Trust (Thanks, Friend) – Unexpected Songs of Joy, and Celebrations of Music Stars
Papa Razzi and The Photogs – Jeff Robson, Tell The Band To Go Home! – The Maniac Genius Piano Song Person Again
Ron from Lockport – Jeff Robson Brings Bruce Springsteen to Winnipeg (Radio Edit) – TTBTGH: 2011 Live CD
Ray Ullenboom – Don’t Tell the Band to Go Home – March 2013
The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan – People Like Townes Van Zandt Even More Because of His Addict – Unofficial Tributes to Officially Awesome Music People
Gurf Morlix – Dan Blocker – Toad Of Titicaca
Richmond Fontaine – Allison Johnson – Post To Wire
Richmond Fontaine – Post To Wire – Post To Wire
Girls Guns & Glory – Jambalaya – Tribute to Hank Williams LIVE
Rose Cousins – What’s Love Got to Do with It – Stray Birds
Bahamas – Always on my Mind – Sweetheart 2014
John K. Samson – Sentimentalists – My Name is Mathias: a tribute to the songs of Mathias Kom
The Burning Hell – One Works Days, One Works Nights – Here Comes The Gold: A Tribute to the Music of Construction & Destruction
The Duhks – Beyond the Blue – Beyond the Blue
24th Street Wailers – Cry to Me – recorded live on UMFM

We’re ringing in the new year with a 5 hour marathon, including a look back at 2014, with more of the best of the year, plus lengthy tributes to two of the most important and amazing songwriters of all time, Townes Van Zandt and Hank Williams, who share an anniversary of their deaths. The men may be gone, but the music will last forever. Even with 5 hours, there was still plenty of great music left over for weeks to come!

Artist – Title – Album

Paul Kelly – Love Letter – Professor Ratbaggy
Paul Kelly – Blowfly – Professor Ratbaggy
Paul Kelly – Pouring Petrol on a Burning Man – Hidden Things
Paul Kelly – Other People’s Houses – Hidden Things
Paul Kelly – New Found Year – Spring and Fall
Louvin Brothers – A Tiny Broken Heart – Tragic Songs of Life
Louvin Brothers – Knoxville Girl – Tragic Songs of Life
The Byrds – The Christian Life – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Uncle Tupelo – Atomic Power – March 16-20 1992
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – My Baby’s Gone – Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’: Songs of the Louvin Brothers
The Damnwells – Money and Shiny Things – Best of What’s Next Playlist 2015
Alex Dezen – Death Metal and Disco – 1/4
Alex Dezen – The Ballad of Eve and Randy Quaid – 2/4
Alex Dezen – Crying Our Hearts Out – 3/4
Alex Dezen – Money and Shiny Things (and Drugs) – 4/4
Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado
Steph Cameron – Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady – Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady
Steph Cameron – Five Dollars – recorded live on UMFM
Lynne Hanson – Heaven or Hell – recorded live on UMFM
Last Ditch on the Left – Anjalee – recorded live on UMFM
Jay Aymar – I’ll Leave When I’m Ready to Go (with Don Zeuff on Steel Belted Radio, June 12, 2014) – recorded live on UMFM
Shannon Lyon – Suddenly – recorded live on UMFM
Del Barber – Big Smoke – recorded live on UMFM
Melissa Payne – Cold Out There – live recording
Melissa Payne – Bring Me Back – High & Dry
Lucinda Williams – Burning Bridges – Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Lucinda Williams – Passionate Kisses (live) – Lucinda Williams
The Secret Sisters – Black and Blue – Put your Needle Down
Mary Gauthier – Trouble and Love – Trouble and Love
Lynn Miles – Long Time Coming – Black Flowers Vol. 4
Lynne Hanson – Waiting by the Water – River of Sand
Eliza Gilkyson – Eliza Jane – The Nocturne Diaries
The Duhks – Beyond The Blue – Beyond The Blue
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison – Motor City Man – Our Year
Hannah Aldridge – Lie Like You Love Me – Razor Wire
Matthew Ryan & Hammock – Like New Year’s Day (Edit) – Like New Year’s Day
Allison Moorer – New Years Day – Getting Somewhere
Charlie Robison – New Year’s Day – Good Times
Slaid Cleaves – New Year’s Day – Wishbones
Townes Van Zandt – Waitin’ Around to Die – For the Sake of the Song
Townes Van Zandt – Kathleen – Our Mother the Mountain
Townes Van Zandt – I’ll Be Here in the Morning – For the Sake of the Song
Townes Van Zandt – Colorado Girl – Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt – Rake – Delta Momma Blues
Townes Van Zandt – Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold – High, Low, and in Between
Townes Van Zandt – Pancho and Lefty – The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt – Loretta – Flyin’ Shoes
Lyle Lovett – Flyin’ Shoes – Step Inside this House
Steve Earle – Techumseh Valley – Train A Comin’
Jay Farrar And Kelly Willis – Rex’s Blues – Sun Volt Retrospective
Gillian Welch – White Freightliner Blues – Music From The Revelator Collection
Shinyribs – Dollar Bill Blues – More Townes Van Zandt by the Great Unknown
Great Lake Swimmers – Our Mother the Mountain – Introducting Townes Van Zandt via the Great Unknown
Guy Clark – To Live’s to Fly – Old Friends
Shannon Lyon – If I Needed You – Sorrow & Solitude
Neko Case – Alone & Forsaken – Canadian Amp
The Secret Sisters – Why Don’t You Love Me – The Secret Sisters
Serena Ryder & The Beauties – Ramblin’ Man – Serena Ryder & The Beauties
Emmylou Harris – Jambalaya – Elite Hotel
Merle Haggard – Honky Tonkin’ – Roots Volume 1
Billy Cowsill – Hotter than Fire – Sorrow Bound: Hank Williams Re-Examined
Billy Cowsill – Hey Good Lookin’ – Sorrow Bound: Hank Williams Re-Examined
Mary Gauthier – Lost Highway – Mary Gauthier: Live On The Air 1998 – 2004
Hank Williams – I’m so Lonesome I could Cry – The Ultimate Collection
Hank Williams – Your Cheatin’ Heart – The Ultimate Collection
Hank Williams – I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive – The Ultimate Collection
Hank Williams – There’s a Tear in my Beer – The Ultimate Collection
Hank Williams – I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You) – The Ultimate Collection

Artist – Title – Album

Alex Dezen – Honestly – 4/4
Alex Dezen – Along the Way – 4/4
The Damnwells – Xmas Eve – demo
Nat King Cole and the Children’s Chorus – The Little Boy Santa Claus Forgot – The Magic of Christmas with Children
Emmylou Harris – Christmas Time’s a-Comin’ – Light of the Stable
Hank Snow – A Letter to Santa Claus – Christmas with Hank Snow
Find the Others – Christmas Is just another Day – Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada VI
Jim Bryson – Half Price (Featuring Amanda Rheaume) – Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada
David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo – It’s Christmas
Boreal – Gotta Go – Winter’s Welcome
Ondine Chorus – Children, Go Where I Send Thee – Towards a Little Light
Fred Eaglesmith – Hallelujah – CMT Christmas
The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York – The Very Best of the Pogues
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family – Live In Austin Texas
Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – recorded live on UMFM
Lynn Miles – Highheels in the Snow – Songs for the Darkest Night
Shannon Lyon – The Lights Behind – The Lights Behind
Easton Stagger Phillips – Lucillia – Resolution Road
Matthew Ryan – God’s Not Here – Boxers
Radney Foster – Not In My House – Everything I Should Have Said

Artist – Title – Album

Melissa Payne – Bring Me Back – High and Dry
Melissa Payne – Cool West Wind – High and Dry
Shannon Lyon – Danger It Runs – Lost Creek Recordings
Gurf Morlix – Caney Fork River – The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project
Lynn Miles – Just Let It Snow – Songs for the Darkest Night
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Blue Christmas – Christmas Is For Boys And Girls!
David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo – It’s Christmas!
Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – recorded live on UMFM
The Secret Sisters – Good Luck, Good Night, Goodbye – Put Your Needle Down
The 24th Street Wailers – Chin Wagger – Wicked
Matthew Ryan – God’s Not Here Tonight – Boxers
Sean Rowe – The Real Thing – Madman
Bob Schneider – Han Solo – King Kong
Chris Trapper – Easy Flyer – The Few & The Far Between
The Details – Vulture Mechanics – Lost Art
Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons – Born Again – Death Won’t Send A Letter
Animal Parts – I Won’t Ever Let You Down – Animal Parts
Joey Gregorash – Jodie – North Country Funk
Harper Blynn – I Think I’m Falling in Love – Busy Hands
Lissie – In Sleep – Catching A Tiger

Artist – Title – Album

Whitehorse – Baby What’s Wrong – Leave No Bridge Unburned
Jon Dee Graham – Look Up – Do Not Forget
Jon Dee Graham – Robot Moving – live recording
Mike June – I’ve Got the Darkness – live recording
Farmer Jason – Eat Your Fruitcake – Christmas on the Farm
David Myles – Blue Christmas Lights – It’s Christmas
Merle Haggard – Goin’ Home for Christmas – Season’s Greetings from Nashville
Nick Lowe – Christmas at the Airport – Quality Street – A Seasonal Selection for All the Family
Chris Trapper – Black and Blue Christmas – It’s Christmas Time
The Bros. Landreth – Greenhouse – Let It Lie
The Bros. Landreth – Runaway Train – Let It Lie
Michael Johnston & Andy Maize – Stay Awake – These Are Our Songs
Michael Johnston – The Country North of Peterborough (Featuring Andy Maize) – Curious Heart
Skydiggers – Church Bells Ringing – Angels
Skydiggers – I’ll Be Home – Skydiggers
Skydiggers – Swamp Boogie – Restless
Skydiggers – Alice Graham – Road Radio
Melissa Payne – Bring Me Back – High And Dry
Sunparlour Players – For This I Can’t Be Sure – The Living Proof
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Everything That I Have Is Broken – Crooked River Burning
Joy Kills Sorrow – Was It You – Wide Awake
Lake Street Dive – Use Me Up – Bad Self Portraits