Tonight a look at some more great releases from 2015, including a heaping pile of cool covers that came out last year (and a few that didn’t.)

Artist – Title – Album

Martin Tielli – Bobcaygeon – demo
Joshua Fletcher – These Old Bones – His and Hers
Joshua Fletcher – Still Your Blues – Ready, Aim
Harper Blynn – Sickness Is the Cure – Get It Out
Harper Blynn – Go – Get It Out
Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place
Shovels & Rope – Patience (feat. the Milk Carton Kids) – Busted Jukebox, Vol. 1
Cameron Dezen Hammon – Suedehead – Words Don’t Bleed
The Woodshed Orchestra – Starry Eyed (with Ron Sexsmith) – Guest Book
Kelly Hogan & Nora O’Connor are Lady Parts – Me, Myself and Wine – Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Working Songs for the Drinking Class
Bobby Bare Jr. – One Bed, Two Girls, Three Bottles of Wine – Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Working Songs for the Drinking Class
Jesse Malin – Stay Free – Outsiders
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Into the Mystic – Live At Twist & Shout (11.16.07)
Kathleen Edwards – Only Love – Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) – EP
Steve Poltz & The Lojinx Collective – Forever Young – live recording
Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP
Tim Easton – One Hundred Miles – Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins
Leeroy Stagger – Sundown – Dream It All Away Tour EP
Leeroy Stagger – Living In America – Dream It All Away
Evan Phillips – The Fox – Silhouettes

Jeremy is along to help me play a pile of Christmas music that doesn’t suck! We’ve got a bunch of our all-time favourites as well as some newer selections, all of which should make this Christmas Eve bright, festive, and fun!

Artist – Title – Album

The Damnwells – XMas Eve – demo
Lindi Ortega – Christmas Eve with You – Tennessee Christmas
Kasey Chambers – Christmas Day – Bittersweet
Wyckham Porteous – Christmas Day Song (feat. Sam Parton) – single
Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – Words and Music
The Pogues – Fairytale of New York (with Kirsty MacColl) – The Best of
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family – Merry Christmas from the Family
Vince Guaraldi Trio – Linus and Lucy – A Charlie Brown Christmas
Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
Fred Eaglesmith – Hallelujah – CMT Christmas
Chris Tapper – Christmas Magic – It’s Christmas Time
Los Straightjackets – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – ’tis the Season for Los Straightjackets!
Nick Lowe – The North Pole Express – Quality Street
Skydiggers – Good King Wenceslas – Angels
Boreal – Shovelling Snow – Winter’s Welcome
David Francey – Silent Night – Carols for a Christmas Eve
Mike Plume – For Every Boy and Girl – Back Home for Christmas
David Myles – Blue Christmas Lights – It’s Christmas
Good Lovelies – Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) – Under the Mistletoe

Today, another deep dig through the archives as I sift through and pull out some albums and artists that we haven’t heard in some time (or perhaps ever.) You’d think that the warm, fuzzy feelings surrounding Christmas time would lead to pulling out some positive, family-friendly fare, but remember, this is not your “normal” radio! Instead, we take a trip straight through the gutter with some of the most offensive and ridiculous songs we’ve ever aired. These are songs that would even make T-Bar blush! Is Lucy still listening? Probably not, after this show!

Artist – Title – Album

The Handsome Family – So Much Wine – In the Air
Bottleneck – Late Nights, Early Mornings – Late Nights, Early Mornings
Daniel Lanois – The Messenger – For The Beauty Of Wynona
Dave Alvin – Rio Grande – Ashgrove
John Doe – Don’t Forget How Much I Love You – Keeper
Hoots & Hellmouth – This Hand Is A Mighty Hand – Hoots & Hellmouth
Mojo Nixon – Redneck Rampage – !Sock Ray Blue!
The Beat Farmers – Lakeside Trailer Park – Viking Lullabys
Rodney Carrington – Don’t Look Now – Nut Sack
Kinky Friedman – Ol’ Ben Lucas – Last of the Jewish Cowboys: The Best of Kinky Friedman
Asylum Street Spankers – Beer – What? And Give Up Show Biz?
Tom T. Hall – I Like Beer – The Definitive Collection
Hoofbeats – Put Your Toque On, Eh! – Songs of the Future by The Tomorrow Collective
Daniel Jordan and Sheena Rattai – Twenty Something Sentry Man – Songs of the Future by The Tomorrow Collective
Chris Neufeld – Told A Joke – Colorado Low
The Brothers Creeggan – Ali Baba’s – Sleepyhead
Matinee – Let Her Go – We Swore We’d See The Sunrise
The John Henrys – Little One – White Linen
Wilco – Pick Up The Change – A.M.
Son Volt – Tear Stained Eye – Trace
Uncle Tupelo – Sandusky – March 16-20 1992
Tim O’Brien – Kick Me When I’m Down – When No One’s Around
Great Speckled Bird – New Truckers Cafe – Great Speckled Bird

Tonight a look back at a great CD release gone by and look forward to one to come, as well as an annual Christmas tradition. December 10 marks the anniversary of the death of the great Rick Danko, so a tribute to the man and The Band is in order.

Artist – Title – Album

Richard Inman – Daughter Mine – 30 Days
William Prince – Breathless – Earthly Days
Scott Nolan – Curls & Curves – Silverhill
JP Hoe – Sing O’ Holy Night – Hoe Hoe Hoe Holiday Songs
JP Hoe – Shopping Mall Santa – Hoe Hoe Hoe Holiday Songs
PK DC – Paranoid King – The 2011 Zunior Holiday Blender
Luke Doucet – The Day Rick Danko Died – Blood’s Too Rich
Jackpine – Rick Danko Died – Brand New Good Old Days
Steve Forbert – Wild As The Wind (A Tribute To Rick Danko) – Just Like There’s Nothin’ To It
The Honeysliders – Danko/Manuel – demos
Drive-By Truckers – Danko/Manuel – The Dirty South
The Band – It Makes No Difference – A Musical History
Reid Jamieson & Michael Johnston – Twilight – recorded live on UMFM
Matt Andersen – I Shall Be Released – Live at Liberty House
Kelly Hogan – Wispering Pines – Beneath The Country Underdog
Richard Shindell – Acadian Driftwood – South of Delia
The Sadies – The Shape I’m In – Garth Hudson Presents A Canadian Celebration Of The Band
The Band – High Cotton – Jubilation

Some great new music, some bitter-sweet news about a truly great Canadian band, and a bunch of solid roots rock and rock ‘n’ roll classics!

Artist – Title – Album

Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams
Johnathan Byrd – The Law and the Lonesome – The Law and the Lonesome
Martyn Joseph – I Searched for You – Sanctuary
Joan Shelley – Not Over By Half – Over and Even
Neil Finn + Paul Kelly – Deeper Water – Goin’ Your Way
Spirit of the West – Take It from the Source – Labour Day
Spirit of the West – Sadness Grows – Faithlift
Spirit of the West – Get Down Tonight – Weights & Measures
Spirit of the West – D For Democracy (Scour The House) – Go Figure
AA Sound System – I Don’t Get You At All – Laissez Faire
Matt Mays – Your Heart – Matt Mays
Charlie Mars – Gather the Horses – Charlie Mars
Ox – She Shot Me Down – Dust Bowl Revival
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive – Stay Positive
The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me In The Well – Sway
J. Roddy Walston & The Business – Sweat Shock – Essential Tremors
Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social – All The Way From Moscow – Love It To Life
Japandroids – The House That Heaven Built – Celebration Rock

Just after the beginning of this show, the sad news arrived that one of Canada’s finest songwriters had died. All that could be done from there was to stop what we were doing and play a whole pile of amazing songs from this Canadian legend. He may be gone, but his songs will never be forgotten.

Artist – Title – Album

Lynn Miles – What if You Were a Refugee – single
Ron Hynes – Sonny’s Dream – Face to the Gale
Ron Hynes – Man of a Thousand Songs – Cryer’s Paradise
Ron Hynes – Godspeed (Requiem for Gene MacLellan) – Face to the Gale
Ron Hynes – Record Man – Get Back Change
Ron Hynes – Dry – Ron Hynes
Ron Hynes – No Change in Me – Get Back Change
Ron Hynes – The Final Breath – Face to the Gale
Ron Hynes – Story of my Life – Cryer’s Paradise
Ron Hynes – St. John’s Waltz – Face to the Gale
Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-in Movie – Drive-in Movie
NQ Arbuckle – Sun’s Hanging Low – The Last Supper in a cheap Town
The Damnwells – She’s the NYC Skyline – demo
William Prince – Earthly Days – Earthly Days
David Francey – The Waking Hour – The Waking Hour
Oh Susanna – Loved You More – Namedropper

We’ve got some seriously solid roots rockin’ classics on board tonight, as well as a couple of shows to preview.

Artist – Title – Album

Lucero – Can’t You Hear Them Howl – All a Man Should Do
Lucero – Tears Don’t Matter Much – Live from Atlanta
Lucero – What Are You Willing to Lose – 1372 Overton Park
Lydia Loveless – Boy Crazy – Boy Crazy
Lydia Loveless – Head – Somewhere Else
Mike Plume Band – Wind at my Back – Song & Dance, Man
Paul Kelly – God Told Me To – Stolen Apples
The Lowest of the Low – New Westminster Taxi Squad – Nothing Short of a Bullet
The Pursuit of Happiness – Kalendar – Where’s the Bone
The New Meanies – Rush Hour – Three Seeds
Greg Macpherson – Goes Like This – Fireball
Greg Macpherson – Forcefield – Fireball
Greg Macpherson – First Class – Mr. Invitation
Cedar Park – That’s What She Tells Me – Way Back Home
Skydiggers – I’ll Be Home – Skydiggers
Chris Trapper – Skin – The Few & the Far Between
Elliott BROOD – The Valley Town – Mountain Meadows
Frank Turner – Bigfoot! – The Third Three Years
Frank Turner – Reasons not to Be an Idiot – Love Ire & Song
John K Samson – Longitudinal Centre – Provincial
The Weakerthans – Watermark – Left & Leaving

Tonight we’ve got a special cultural exchange segment in conjunction with the fine folks at 89.3 The Current fm in Minneapolis where we share some local artists from here and there. We’ve also got a look ahead to a very busy weekend of concerts in Winnipeg and more!

Artist – Title – Album

Alex Dezen – Elephant – single
Alex Dezen – Honestly – The Bedhead EPs
The Damnwells – Kentexas – The Damnwells
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK
Kathleen Edwards – Somewhere Else – Back to Me
Jim Bryson – One Cigarette – The Occasionals
Gospel Machine – That Ring –
Living Hour – Miss Emerald Green –
Steve Poltz – Street Fighter’s Face – Traveling
Junkhouse – Gimme the Love – Rounders: The Best of
Tom Wilson – Dig It – Planet Love
Stephen Fearing – Anything You Want – Industrial Lullaby
Stephen Fearing – The Assassin’s Apprentice – The Assassin’s Apprentice
Martin Sexton – Freedom of the Road – Black Sheep
Scott Nolan – Golden – No Bourbon & Bad Radio
Scott Nolan – Postcards – No Bourbon & Bad Radio

Last night Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices ended off a 12 year run of weekly Wednesday shows with a big bash at The Cavern. That got me in the mood for some classic outlaw country and a bunch of goofy tunes as well.

Artist – Title – Album

Scott Nolan and Willie Sugarcapps – When You Leave this World – Silverhill
Myrle – Damn or Be Damned – A Dozen Hearts
James McMurtry – Big Things – Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins
Jon Dee Graham – Strange Conversation – Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins
Mayhemingways – Bowling Green – Mayhemingways
The Honeysliders – Danko and Manuel – demos
Fred J. Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – Carmelita – Things Is Changin’
Waylon Jennings – Honky Tonk Heroes – Honky Tonk Heroes
Billy Joe Shaver – Old Five and Dimers Like Me – Old Five and Dimers Like Me
Shaver – Blood Is Thicker than Water – Shaver’s Jewels: The Best of
Waylon Jennings – Waymore’s Blues – Dreaming my Dreams
Kris Kristofferson – Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down – Kris Kristofferson
Ian Tyson – Summer Wages – Cowboyography
Tom T. Hall – I Like Beer – The Definitive Collection
Rob Vaarmeyer – Famous in Winnipeg – Poster Child
Rob Vaarmeyer – Cadavra – Poster Child
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Two at a Time – Let ‘r Buck
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Prairie Boy – Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Let ‘r Buck – Let ‘r Buck
Chris Trapper – F#*k It – Symphonies of Dirt & Dust
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Not Punk – Telling Stories to the Wall
Dan Bern – Waffle House – Hoody
D. Rangers – June off of Drinkin’ – The Paw-Paw Patch
Washboard Hank – Love Song of the Dump – Sweet Mysteries of Life

It’s our annual Pledge-O-Rama special, this year featuring very special live guest William Prince! We’ve also got the premiere of the new album from Scott Nolan and Willie Sugarcapps!

Artist – Title – Album

Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – Transmissions from UMFM 2015
Jaxon Haldane – Skinny Mona – Transmissions from UMFM2014
Shannon Lyon – Suddenly – recorded live on UMFM
Joe Nolan – I’m Looking for your Heart – recorded live on UMFM
William Prince – The Carny – Earthly Days
William Prince – Bloom – live performance
William Prince – Ring of Fire – live performance
William Prince – Earthly Days – Earthly Days
Scott Nolan & Willie Sugarcapps – Fire Up – Silverhill
Scott Nolan & Willie Sugarcapps – Little Dreamer – Silverhill
Scott Nolan & Willie Sugarcapps – Curls & Curves – Silverhill
Scott Nolan & Willie Sugarcapps – When Can I See You Again – Silverhill
Scott Nolan & Willie Sugarcapps – The Last One – Silverhill