Some solid, undesputed classics as well as a look at this week’s exciting upcoming shows!

Artist – Title – Album

Corin Raymond – Three Thousand Miles – Record Lonesome Night
Corin Raymond And The Sundowners – Don’t Spend It Honey – Paper Nickels
Raghu Lokanathan – Sugar Candy Mountain – Petal Press
Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices – Brand New Song – Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices
John Bottomley – Klee Wyck – Blackberry
Matthew Ryan – Me & My Lover – East Autumn Grin
The Damnwells – Newborn History – Bastards of the Beat
Christina Martin – Cut It Out – Two Hearts
The Cash Brothers – Night Shift Guru – How Was Tomorrow
Jason Collett – Bitter Beauty – Motor Motel Love Songs
Bruce Knauer – All Night Breakfast Special – All Night Breakfast Special
Cold Specks – A Quiet Chill – Neuroplasticity
Last Ditch on the Left – Not Even Near – Last Ditch on the Left
Danny Michel – Fireworks – In The Belly Of A Whale
Odds – Took A Long Time (To Get To I Don’t Care) – The Most Beautiful Place On Earth
The New Meanies – Scenic Anomoly – Three Seeds
Wax Mannequin – Volcano God – Festival Man
Geoff Berner – Phoney Drawl – live recording

Lots of what we love most, live music tonight, as we’re joined for conversation and live performances by acclaimed Ottawa area singer/songwriter Lynne Hanson, and a wonderful, upcoming local duo named Last Ditch on the Left!

Artist – Title – Album

Lynne Hanson – River of Sand – River of Sand

Lynne Hanson interview

Lynne Hanson – Heaven and Hell – live performance
Lynne Hanson – Colour my Summers Blue – live performance
Lynne Hanson – Foolish Things – live performance
Lynne Hanson – Whiskey and Tears – River of Sand
Vance Gilbert – Taking It all to Tennessee – Somerville Live
David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo – It’s Christmas
Farmer Jason – Christmas on the Farm – Christmas on the Farm
Last Ditch on the Left – Poorman’s War – Last Ditch on the Left

Last Ditch on the Left interview

Last Ditch on the Left – Anjalee – live performance
Last Ditch on the Left – Made the News – live performance
Last Ditch on the Left – Bind my Heart – live performance

We were supposed to talk to Buck 65 on tonight’s show… we’re still waiting for his call. Good thing we’ve got plenty else to do as we preview MORE amazing upcoming shows!

Artist – Title – Album

Buck 65 – Only War – Neverlove
Buck 65 – Roses in the Rain – Neverlove
Buck 65 – A Case for Us – Neverlove
Buck 65 – That’s the Way Love Dies – Neverlove
Jenn Grant – Spades – Compostela
Jenn Grant – I’ve Got Your Fire – The Beautiful Wild
Matthew Barber – Keep It Alive – Matthew Barber
Matthew Barber – Soft One – Sweet Nothing
Matthew Barber – Tilt-a-whirl – The Story of Your Life
Matt The Electrician – It’s a Beacon It’s a Bell – It’s a Beacon It’s a Bell
Matt The Electrician – Facebook Friend – Is Alive
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Three Thousand Miles – Six Shooter
Barney Bentall & Co. – Come Back To Me – The Grand Cariboo Opry

November is the month of non-stop live shows in Winnipeg, so we’ve got a bunch more to preview this week! Get on out there and enjoy some of the best live music in the world as it’s passing through our city! One of the most exciting is the return of Oh Susanna and her Namedropper collaborator Jim Bryson! A chat with Suzie, tonight.

Artist – Title – Album

Oh Susanna – Into My Arms – Namedropper
Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – Lay Down – North/South
Chris Carmichael – Far Away Gone – Chris Carmichael
Greg Macpherson – Wide Turn – Maintenance
Oh Susanna – Mozart for the Cat – Namedropper
Oh Susanna – Cottonseed – Namedropper

Oh Susanna interview

Oh Susanna – I Love the Way She Dresses – Namedropper
Oh Susanna – Oregon – Namedropper
Jim Bryson – Travelled by Land – The Occasionals
Northcote – Walking Home in the Rain – Northcote
Twin Forks – Back to You – Twin Forks
Jenn Grant – Trailer Park (with Sarah Harmer) – Compostela

We’ve got upcoming shows out the wazoo, and plenty to celebrate and look forward to! Somehow, we still got a little off track (we’re good at that around here) and headed down to Buddy & Julie’s place for a spell.

Artist – Title – Album

Steph Cameron – Sad Eyed Lonesome Lady – Sad Eyed Lonesome Lady
Steph Cameron – Goodbye Molly – Sad Eyed Lonesome Lady
Last Ditch on the Left – Howlin’ Coyotes – Last Ditch on the Left
The Wailin’ Jennys – Heaven When We’re Home – 40 Days
The Wailin’ Jennys – Avila – Firecracker
Julie Miller – All My Tears – Broken Things
Julie Miller – Out In the Rain – Broken Things
Buddy Miller – 100 Million Little Bombs – Poison Love
Keri Latimer – Mountain Road – CBC Radio 2’s Song Quest: Road Songs
Keri Latimer – Mud And Slobber – Crowsfeet And Greyskull
Oh Susanna – Cottonseed – Namedropper
Oh Susanna – Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Johnstown
Jim Bryson – Without Piano – The Occasionals
The Sadies – Tiger Tiger – In Concert Volume One
NQ Arbuckle – Atlantic City – live recording
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK
NQ Arbuckle – Mixkin Dancehall Blues – Hanging the Battle-Scarred Piñata

It’s Pledge-O-Rama time once again! All year long we try to give you, the listener, the best music, interviews, and information. One week a year, we rely on you to help us, and the time has come. We’ve got lots to give away, lots to celebrate, and some very special guests along to sing for your pledges! There’s a brand new supergroup in town called Leaf Rapids, which is made up of Devin & Keri Latimer (of Nathan) and Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller! They’re here to play publicly for the FIRST TIME EVER! Now there’s something worth supporting!

Artist – Title – Album

Nathan – Casserole – Casserole
Scott Nolan – Drive Day – Montgomery Eldorado
Oh Susanna – Cottonseed – Namedropper
Andrew Combs – Emily – live recording
Kaizers Orchestra – Whiskey Rabbi – Festival Man
Little Green Cars – My Love Took Me down to the River to Silence Me – Absolute Zero
Brock Zeman – Dreamland Motel – Rotten Tooth
Amelia Curran – I Am the Night – They Promised You Mercy

Leaf Rapids interview

Leaf Rapids – Galaxie 500 – live performance
Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – live performance

More big shows coming up to preview, and speaking of big, we’ve got BIG news about who’s joining us for Pledge-O-Rama next week! We’ve also got some time to slip in some great new releases as well.

Artist – Title – Album

Del Barber – The Waitress – recorded live on UMFM
Nathan – Trans Am – recorded live on UMFM
John K Samson – Relative Surplus Value – recorded live on UMFM
Nathan – Lampshade – Stranger
Scott Nolan – Swing Low – single
Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – Lay Down – North/South
Matthew Ryan – The First Heartbreak – Boxers
Matthew Ryan – We Are Libertines – Boxers
Shakey Graves – Only Son – And The War Came
Chris Koster – Fully Completely – 7th Fire Records single
Oh Susanna – Loved You More – Namedropper
Butch Walker – Chrissie Hynde – Afraid of Ghosts
Ray Bonneville – Mile Marker 41 – Easy Gone
Ray Bonneville – Oxford Town – Roll It Down
Bahamas – Little Record Girl – Bahamas is Afie
Boy & Bear – Old Town Blues – Harlequin Dream
July Talk – Headsick – July Talk
July Talk – Guns & Ammunition – July Talk
The Weakerthans – Watermark – Left & Leaving
Weeping Tile – South of Me – Valentino
Patty Griffin – Flaming Red – Flaming Red

Artist – Title – Album

Jesse Winchester – A Little Louisiana – A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble
Mark Erelli – Letter From Heaven – Milltowns
Blitzen Trapper – Working on the Highway – Dead Man’s Town: A Tribute to Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.
Jim White Vs. The Packway Handle Band – Smack Dab in a Big Tornado – The Sawyer Sessions EP
Eugene Ripper – Hangman – Hangman
Shakey Graves – Family And Genus – And The War Came
July Talk – Blood + Honey – For Your Bloodshot Eyes
The Wooden Sky – Our Hearts Were Young – Let’s be ready.
The Wooden Sky – City Of Light – Every Child A Daughter, Every Moon A Sun
Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado
Chloe Albert – Little White Lies – Dream Catcher
The Deep Dark Woods – Red, Red Rose – Jubilee
Crooked Brothers – Organs On Demand – Thank You I’m Sorry
Dan Mangan + Blacksmith – Vessel – single
Dan Mangan – Post-War Blues – Oh Fortune
Dan Mangan – So Much for Everyone – recorded live on UMFM
James McMurtry – Freeway View – Just Us Kids
Del Barber – Everything Is Not Enough – Headwaters
Del Barber – Walking in a Straight Line – The Live Beta Project
JP Hoe And The Truly Richards – Rise – The Live Beta Project

Artist – Title – Album

Fish & Bird – The Lake – Something in the Ether
Lennie Gallant – 47 Angels on her front Lawn – Live Acoustic at the Carlton
Pieta Brown – Ricochet – Paradise Outlaw
Lucinda Williams – Are You Down – Essence
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – If I Can’t Have You (feat. Lucinda Williams) – Kings & Queens
Gurf Morlix – One More Second – Last Exit To Happyland
Romi Mayes – Mercy On Me – Achin In Yer Bones
Scott Nolan – Everything To Everybody – Receiver/Reflector
Oliver Swain – Temptation Rag – In a big Machine
Tower of Song – Baby in the Bay – In City and in Forest
C.R. Avery – The Boxer who just Returned from London – Magic Hour Sailor Songs
C.R. Avery – Big in Japan – The Great Canadian Novel
Ridley Bent – David Harley’s Son – Blam
Tom Waits – Long Way Home – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Sean Rowe – Shine my Diamond Ring – Madman
The Wooden Sky – Saturday Night – Let’s be ready.
The Wooden Sky – The Late King Henry – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone
The Lowest of The Low – Bleed a Little While Tonight – Shakespeare My Butt…