Playlist – March 19, 2015

Artist – Title – Album

Brock Zeman – Some Things Always Stay – Pulling Your Sword Out of the Devil’s Back
Allison Moorer – Like It Used To Be – Down To Believing
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Chick Singer, Badass Rockin’ – single
The Minus 5 – In The Ground – Dungeon Golds
Diamond Rugs – Voodoo Doll – Cosmetics
Peter Mulvey – You Don’t Have To Tell Me – Silver Ladder
The Last Hombres – Mae West – Oddfellows Rest
Frank Turner – Bigfoot! – The Third Three Years
Frank Turner – Live & Let Die – The Third Three Years
Barnstar! – Flaming Red – Sit Down! Get Up! Get Out!
Asleep At The Wheel – Time Changes Everything (feat. Buddy Miller) – Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His T
Chuck Prophet – Bob Wills Is Still The King – Dreaming Waylon’s Dreams
Emma-Lee – What Would Tom Petty Do? – single
Mark Knopfler – Wherever I Go (feat. Ruth Moody) – Tracker
Joel Plaskett – Captains Of Industry – The Park Avenue Sobriety Test
Gretchen Peters – When You Comin’ home (feat. Jimmy La Fave) – Blackbirds
Will Hoge – They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To – single
John Wort Hannam – Pretty Good – Brambles And Thorns
John Wort Hannam – National Hotel – Two Bit Suit
John Wort Hannam – With the Grain – recorded live on UMFM
The Watchmen – Crazy Days – McLaren Furnace Room

Playlist – March 12, 2015

This show is almost entirely about exciting new releases, including one standout release from one of our pals and favourites, which is rocking my world at the moment!

Artist – Title – Album

The Damnwells – Lost – The Damnwells
Bob Schneider – Han Solo – King Kong
Christina Martin – Somewhere With You – It’ll Be Alright
The Mavericks – Summertime (When I’m With You) – Mono
Paul Kelly – Sweet Guy (w/Vika Bull) – Paul Kelly Presents – The Merri Soul Sessions
Peter Katz – Brother (featuring Royal Wood) – We Are the Reckoning
Swank – Reverend Pleasant – The Survival Issue
Swank – Keep It Together – Keep It Together
Cracker – Beautiful – Berkeley to Bakersfield
The 24th Street Wailers – Spitfire – Where Evil Grows
Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – Lucky Stars
Slow Leaves – Rearview – Beauty Is so Common
Scott Nolan and Willie Sugarcapps – Forever Is a Long Time – Silverhill
Brock Zeman – Walking in the Dark – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back
Brock Zeman – Little Details – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back
Brock Zeman – Pulling Your Sword – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back
Martyn Joseph – Luxury of Despair – Kiss the World Beautiful
Chuck Prophet – Pin A Rose On Me – Age Of Miracles

Playlist – March 5, 2015

Lots and LOTS of exciting new music on this episode, including a few great releases from Signature Sounds Recordings and more. We’ve also got some Winnipeg Folk Festival predictions, and a couple of exciting upcoming shows to preview!

Artist – Title – Album

Leaf Rapids – Virtual Machine – live recording
LeE HARVeY OsMOND – Blue Moon Drive – Beautiful Scars
Grey Lands – Music U.F.O. (feat. Nils Edenloff of The Rural Alberta Advantage) – Songs By Other People
Parker Millsap – Quite Contrary – Parker Millsap
Brandi Carlile – The Things I Regret – The Firewatcher’s Daughter
The Mavericks – Stories We Could Tell – Mono
Zoe Muth – Too Shiny – World of Strangers
Andrew Combs – Long Gone Lately – All These Dreams
Lera Lynn – Not Home Anymore (Live at Sun Studio) – single
Malcolm Holcombe – Who Carried You – The RCA Sessions
William Prince – Bloom – live recording
Lake Street Dive – Signature Sounds Theme – Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Rarities From The Second Decade
Jeffrey Foucault – Real Love – Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Rarities From The Second Decade
Eilen Jewell – Can’t Shake These Blues – Link of Chain: A Songwriters Tribute To Chris Smither
Jory Nash – Are You Ready To Love? – The Many Hats of Jory Nash
Martyn Joseph – Dic Penderyn – Evolved
Martyn Joseph – Feels Like This – Songs for the Coming Home
John Wort Hannam – Great Lakes – Brambles And Thorns
John Wort Hannam – Worth a Damn – recorded live on UMFM

Playlist – February 19, 2015

For a long time now, Steel Belted Free Range Radio has been followed by a great show called Venus Envy, which plays female artists, and often provides new discoveries and inspiration. Today’s show tipped the hat to that fine program at the beginning and the end, with some stellar female content. We’ve also got ourselves a weekend battle royal, with 3 of our favourites, all on one night! We look at the contenders tonight.

Artist – Title – Album

Rah Rah – Saint – The Poet’s Dead
Rah Rah – Prairie Girl – The Poet’s Dead
Christina Martin – Somewhere with You – It’ll Be Alright
Lissie – In Sleep – Catching a Tiger
Eddi Reader – California – Angels & Electricity
Kim Richey – Those Words We Said – Kim Richey
Julie Miller – Out In the Rain – Broken Things
Shannon Lyon – Naive – Wandered
Whiskeytown – Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight – Strangers Almanac
Leeroy Stagger – Paint a Picture – Dear Love
Elliott BROOD – Write It All Down For You – Mountain Meadows
Corin Raymond – Record Lonesome Night – Record Lonesome Night
Corin Raymond – I Wish I Was in Love – There Will Always Be a Small Time
Corin Raymond – Don’t Spend It Honey – Paper Nickels
July Talk – Guns + Ammunition – July Talk
July Talk – Someone – July Talk
July Talk – Headsick – July Talk
The 24th Street Wailers – Aim to Please – Wicked
Imelda May – Sneaky Freak – Mayhem
Nikki Lane – Walk of Shame – Walk of Shame

Playlist – February 12, 2015

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

Playlist – February 5, 2015

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

Playlist – January 29, 2015

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?

Playlist – January 22, 2015

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

Playlist – January 15, 2015

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″

Playlist – January 8, 2015

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