The folks at WordPress (which provides us with the tools to build & maintain this site) have provided some stats detailing visits to the site over the course of 2014.
Have a look and see how we did in 2014. 2015 promises some much needed changes to the site as we (finally) move to a new host and separate ourselves from that other site/show!
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
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