Playlist: May 29, 2014

Artist – Title – Album

Shannon Lyon – The Lights Behind – The Lights Behind
Shannon Lyon – I Crossed the Ocean – The Lights Behind
Del Barber – Farewell, God Bless You, Goodbye – Prairieography
Sunparlour Players – For This I Can’t Be Sure – The Living Proof
The Damnwells – Feast of Hearts – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
Christina Martin – Marina – Sleeping With A Stranger
Matthew Ryan – Amy, I’m Letting Go – In the Dusk of Everything
James McMurtry – Ruby and Carlos – Just Us Kids
Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent – Boxcar – Shovels & Rope
Langhorne Slim – Diamonds And Gold – Langhorne Slim
Shinyribs – Take Me Lake Charles – Gulf Coast Museum
The Wooden Sky – It Gets Old To Be Alone – Every Child A Daughter, Every Moon A Sun
David Myles – I Will Love You – In the Nighttime
Oh Susanna – Oregon – Namedropper
Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans – Wild Folk – The Falcon Lake Incident
Mike Plume Band – Something To Say – Song And Dance, Man
Bob Schneider – Blue Skies for Everyone – Lonelyland
Chuck Prophet – You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) – Age Of Miracles

Martyn Joseph Live @ Sunset Saloon, July 29!

The hits just keep on coming! Martyn was booked to come to town for two shows at The StuDome, but those sold out so quickly, he wanted to add another day, and once again, Management at The StuDome is throwing us a bone, and it’s a good one!

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Martyn Joseph
Live at The Sunset Saloon (House Concert, Westwood, Winnipeg)
7:30 pm
Suggested donation $25 (all money goes directly to this talented artist!)

If you wish, bring a drink for yourself, and/or a snack to share, but we’ve always got plenty of all of those on hand!
All are welcome (bring the kids, friends, family, people off the street, whatever)

We’re hoping for an outdoor show for this one (weather dependent.) We will update this page and send out information via Facebook, Twitter, and my email list (join by filling out the contact form below and stating that you wish to be added) closer to the show.

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Martyn also plays The StuDome in Crescentwood on July 30 & 31. Those shows are sold out, but if you really can’t make our show and want to be placed on a waiting list for one of the others, please fill out the contact form below and we’ll pass along your request.

Also check out Jon Dee Graham @ Sunset Saloon, June 17! (also appearing at The Studome June 18 and River City Social Club, June 19!)

Who could forget the first time that Martyn Joseph played the Winnipeg Folk Festival. It must have been 2002 or 2003. Here was this artist who’d had a successful pop career, signed to a major label, playing huge shows, opening for the likes of Chris DeBurgh and Celine Dion (seriously!), and he came to the festival only to be placed in a tiny, unsuitable tent outside of the music store, in some serious Manitoba heat. The way the sound was set up, Martyn couldn’t hear anything in the tent, so he had to step out of the tiny tent and into the blazing sun. He was 20 years into his remarkable career, and playing a show that could only be called humbling. But he did it masterfully. He quickly won over the crowd with his quick wit, undeniable Welsh charm, that strong guitar playing, a powerful, emotive voice, and those songs… what songs.

Martyn Joseph performs a live session for 101.5 UMFM.

Martyn Joseph performs a live session for 101.5 UMFM.

I’ve spoken to Martyn a number of times on UMFM, and every time feels uplifting and revealing. He’s truly one of my favourite interview guests, and someone that I love to talk to and learn from. In 2012, he was kind enough to spend an afternoon singing and chatting with me in UMFM’s live studio. Being that close to such a performance was a real highlight of my time at UMFM.

Check out the podcast featuring my interview and Martyn’s performances here.

Download tracks from Martyn’s live session here.

Seeing Martyn Joseph live is an experience like no other. I use the word ‘passionate’ far too often when describing Martyn, but it just fits so well. I’ve seen him get swept up in emotion on stage, both joyful and sad. I’ve seen him speak and motivate audiences like the best preacher. I’ve seen him silence a noisy room, and of course he can get a crowd singing and clapping along with ease.

Martyn Joseph at The Winnipeg Folk Festival, 2012

Martyn Joseph at The Winnipeg Folk Festival, 2012

Martyn’s songs are nothing if not honest. He isn’t afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve,telling heartwrenching songs of love and loss, joy and hope, and rallying against evil and injustice. He’s a champion of environmental and social causes, a man who exudes goodness, and isn’t afraid to try to motivate his audience to do good in the world. Seeing Martyn live, you feel like you know him well, and you probably do. Offstage, he’s gracious and kind, just what you’d expect.

He’s played the biggest festivals (he’s been a big hit at The Winnipeg Folk Festival a number of times over the years,) and has headlined big venues all over the place (he’s a regular headlining The West End Cultural Centre,) so it’s a rare and incredible treat to see him in an intimate house concert environment.

Martyn’s most recent album is “Tires Rushing By in the Rain,” an album of Bruce Springsteen covers. Here’s one that he’s been doing for years; it blows me away every time:

One of Martyn’s signature songs, about his home town, Cardiff, Wales:

On Martyn’s support of charities and causes close to his heart:

30 minutes of live performance & conversation:

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Jon Dee Graham @ Sunset Saloon, June 17!

The house concert hosting racket has been amazingly good to me over the past 5 years, so there’s no reason to expect that it could get even better, but it continues to! Our Old Pal Stu at CKUW‘s Twang Trust is bringing in some serious superstar performers this summer, and he’s sharing the wealth, so we get a piece of the action!

Jon Dee Graham, Live @ Sunset Saloon, June 17!

Jon Dee Graham, Live @ Sunset Saloon, June 17!

JON DEE GRAHAM 
with special guest from Austin, TX: MIKE JUNE
TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 7:30PM
THE SUNSET SALOON (House concert, Westwood, Winnipeg)

All are welcome (bring the kids, friends, family, or whoever might tag along!)

You can bring a beverage of your choice to enjoy or some food to share, but we’ll have plenty of both on hand, so it’s not necessary, so feel free to show up and enjoy whatever’s on hand!

*Space is limited, so RSVP early. Seating is limited, so some may stand/dance/move around.

You should also check out Martyn Joseph live at The Sunset Saloon, July 29!

Questions? RSVP? Fill out the contact form below!

What’s more, this is just Night #1 of JDG’s 3 Night / 3 Venue House Concert Tour of Winnipeg! 

Night #2 will be at The StuDome in Crescentwood. Jon Dee will be performing accompanied by another acclaimed Austin artist, Mike June who will also perform an opening set.

A special treat on Night #3 will be a bonus closing-set at River City Social Club (Point Douglas) with an all-star Winnipeg backing band featuring Corb Lund‘s secret weapon, Grant Siemans on guitar, Twisty on bass and Corndog on drums!

Admission is a suggested donation of $20 each night. Anyone who attends all three nights of the tour will receive a $10 discount on the series – $50 for all 3 nights. And trust me – all good-hearted people need to be there all 3 nights! 

It’s understandable if you don’t know Jon Dee’s name, but if you ask any musician, you’ll get an enthusiastic response. Graham started out in legendary punk band The Skunks, went on to play for a long time with Alejandro Escovedo in The True Believers, was a member of The Resentments, played backing John Doe (X) and Kelly Willis and has added his talents to records by the likes of The Gourds and James McMurtry. In short, Jon Dee is a true musicians’ musician, but non players will be dazzled by his talents as well.

First and foremost, he’s a powerful guitar player who can hold his own alongside anyone, but he’s also a great singer with a unique, gruff voice, and a masterful songwriter, revered by many (see the great 2008 Jon Dee tribute CD, “Big Sweet Life,” featuring Matt the Electrician, Bob Schneider, James McMurtry, and many more.)

In a town full of legends, Austin, TX, Jon Dee Graham is one of the most respected. He holds down two weekly residencies at the legendary Continental Club. On Wednesdays, he plays a rockin’ set with his band, just before James McMurtry takes over for his weekly set. On Sunday nights, he hosts Jon Dee Graham and friends at The Continental Gallery. I had the immense pleasure of attending both last year, and they’re memories that will stay with me forever, two very different, but equally amazing shows.

Here’s a moment from the Jon Dee & Friends show I saw, featuring some unexpected Winnipeg content:

If I ever get tired of songs like “Holes” or “Laredo (Small Dark Something,)” I’ll know that I’ve given up on life and it’s time to move on. I’d travel just about anywhere to see this guy, but incredibly, I will get to see him in my living room.

Seriously, DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW!

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One of Jon Dee’s most requested and amazing songs:

Watch a full show featuring his rockin’ band!

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Playlist: May 22, 2014

Artist – Title – Album

Easton Stagger Phillips – Baby Come Home – Resolution Road
Easton Stagger Phillips – Begin – Resolution Road
Easton Stagger Phillips – Life of Crime – Resolution Road
Easton Stagger Phillips – George’s Blues – Over Seas
Tim Easton – Next to You – Before The Revolution – The Best Of 1998-2011
The Whipsaws – Lonesome Joe – 60 Watt Avenue
Leeroy Stagger – Enough Love to Go Around – Radiant Land
The Wailin’ Jennys – One Voice – Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House
Twilight Hotel – Frozen Town – When the Wolves Go Blind
The Crooked Brothers – There Ain’t No One – Postcard EP
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – White Line – High or Hurtin’
Valdy & Gary Fjellgaard – The Boys Of Rhythm – Contenders
Bop Ensemble – Husbands And Wives – Between Trains
Stellar Band of Neighbours – Three Women – Live at the Legion Hall
Go Jane Go – Go Jane Go – Go Jane Go
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin – Flycatcher Jack And The Whipporwill’s Song – You Can’t Save Everybody
Dead Reckoners – When We’re Gone, Long Gone – A Night Of Reckoning
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Jackson Hole – Rattlin’ Bones
Eliza Gilkyson – I Ain’t Got no Home – Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway: The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour
Red Horse – Forget to Breathe – Red Horse
More than a Song – Bird of Paradise – More than a Song
Hamilton Pool – Evening Sun – Return to Zero

Playlist: May 8, 2014

Artist – Title – Album

American Aquarium – Hurricane – Small Town Hymns
Drive-By Truckers – Tornadoes – The Dirty South
NQ Arbuckle – In Another Time – Hanging the Battle Scarred Pinata
Jesse Malin – Lucinda – Glitter in the Gutter
John Moreland & the Black Gold Band – Alright, Let’s Go – Things I Can’t Control
The Bottle Rockets – Kerosene – The Bottle Rockets/The Brooklyn Side Reissues
Hard Working Americans – Down to the Well – Hard Working Americans
Todd Snider – If Tomorrow Never Comes – The Devil You Know
Todd Snider, Elizabeth Cook, and Chuck Mead – If I Could – East Nashville Tonight
Nikki Lane – Gasoline and Matches – Walk of Shame
Julie Miller – Out in the Rain – Broken Things
Buddy Miller – 100 Million Little Bombs – Poison Love
Doug Seegers – Going Down to the River (ft. Jill Johnson & Magnus Carlson) – single
Colin Linden – Love Everyone – Raised by Wolves
Shuyler Jansen – Write Your Will – Hobotron
The Co-Dependents – Vagabond – Live Recording Event
Murdoch & Sparrow – Share the Burden – Dominion Day – The Story Of Madeleine & Laverdiere
The John Henrys – Little One – White Linen
Silver Creek – Indian Summer – recorded live on UMFM
Dave McCann And The Firehearts – Dixiebluebird – Dixiebluebird

Playlist: May 1, 2014

Artist – Title – Album

Todd Snider – Can’t Complain – Near Truths And Hotel Rooms [Live]
Shannon Lyon – I’m Letting You Go – Broken Things
Brock Zeman – Where Words Mean Nothing – Rotten Tooth
Matthew Ryan – Beautiful Fool – May Day
Matthew Ryan – Railroaded – May Day
Matthew Ryan – The Dead Girl – May Day
Jess Klein – So Fucking Cool – Learning Faith
The Levon Helm Band – The Same Thing – Midnight Ramble Sessions Volume 3
Sarah Borges – Record On Repeat – Radio Sweetheart
Mary Gauthier – When a Woman Goes Cold – Trouble & Love
Ray LaMontagne – Ojai – Supernova
Radney Foster – Whose Heart You Wreck (Ode To The Muse) – Everything I Should Have Said
The Other Brothers – 4/4 Time – Everything Can Change
Sunparlour Players – Soapbox – The Living Proof
Skydiggers – We Don’t Talk Much Anymore – Skydiggers
Skydiggers – Just Before the Rain – Restless
Skydiggers – 80 Odd Hours – Just Over this Mountain
Skydiggers – What Do You See? – Road Radio
Skydiggers – Even When You Fall – Road Radio
Skydiggers – Pull Me Down – Just Over this Mountain

Playlist: April 24, 2014

Artist – Title – Album

Radney Foster – Mine Until The Morning (Featuring Pattty Griffin) – Everything I Should Have Said
Radney Foster – Not In my House – Everything I Should Have Said
Radney Foster – I’ve Got a Picture – See What You Want to See
Alex Dezen – Other People’s Drugs – 2/4
Alex Dezen – Death Metal and Disco – 1/4
Melissa Payne – High and Dry – High and Dry
Mary Gauthier – Another Train – Trouble & Love
Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – The Last One – North / South
Willie Sugarcapps – Oh, Colorado – Willie Sugarcapps
The Wild Feathers` – Marie – Got It Wrong / Marie
Doug Paisley – Lies Lead to Lies – Growing Souls single
Butch Walker – Battle vs. The War (w/Nikki Lane) – End of the Word (One More Time) / Battle vs. the War
Brock Zeman – Dreamland Motel – Rotten Tooth
Brock Zeman – Push Them Stones – Me Then You
Brock Zeman – Picture of You – $100 Difference
Shannon Lyon – Pleasing You Pleases Me – Broken Things
Shannon Lyon – Barcelona – Wandered
Shannon Lyon – The Hobo Song – Bound

Playlist: April 17, 2014

Artist – Title – Album

Sunparlour Players – Point Pelee Is the Place to Be – live recording
Sunparlour Players – Green Thumb – live recording
Sunparlour Players – Soapbox – The Living Proof
Dan Mangan – The Indie Queens Are Waiting – recorded live on UMFM
Brock Zeman – Ain’t Nothin’ – recorded live on UMFM
The Deep Dark Woods – All the Money I Have Is Gone – recorded live on UMFM
Shannon Lyon – Since I’m Loving You – live recording
Ryan Adams – This Is It – 1974
Matthew Ryan – American Dirt – vs. The Silver State
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Ain’t No Stranger – There is a Bomb in Gilead
Trampled By Turtles – Victory – Palomino

Playlist: April 10, 2014

Artist – Title – Album

Doug Seegers – Going Down to the River (ft. Jill Johnson & Magnus Carlson) – single
Will Kimbrough – Soulfully – Sideshow Love
Willie Sugarcapps – Mr. Lee – Willie Sugarcapps
Rodney Crowell – The Long Journey Home (for Ben) – Tarpaper Sky
Jerry Leger – Factory Made – Early Riser
Carlene Carter – Blackie’s Gunman – Carter Girl
Doug Paisley – Radio Girl – Strong Feelings
Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminals’ Starvation League – Blame Everybody (But Yourself) – Undefeated
John Fullbright – Happy – Songs
John Murry – Glass Slipper – Califorlornia
The Hold Steady – Spinners – Teeth Dreams
J. Roddy Walston & The Business – Sweat Shack – Essential Tremors
Reverend Horton Heat – Smell of Gasoline – Rev
Gord Downie, The Sadies, And The Conquering Sun – The Conquering Sun – Gord Downie, The Sadies, And The Conquering Sun
Odds – Ghost Bike – Game Face On
NQ Arbuckle – Life Boat (Song for Carolyn Mark) – The Future Happens Anyway
Sunparlour Players – How to Build a Fort with Nothing – The Living Proof
The Wicks – Charlottetown – The Good Times Are Gone
The Wicks – What Went Wrong – The Good Times Are Gone

Playlist: April 3, 2014

Artist – Title – Album

Rodney Crowell – Fever on the Bayou – Tarpaper Sky
Bobby Bare Jr – The Big Time – Undefeated
The Belle Brigade – How I See It – Just Because
The Bros. Landreth – Our Love – Let It Lie
The Bros. Landreth – Runaway Train – Let It Lie
Luke Doucet – Blood’s Too Rich – Blood’s Too Rich
JP Hoe – Conversation – Mannequin
Justin Rutledge – Through with You – Valleyheart
Chloe Albert – Honey Bee – Dedicated State
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Lean on your Peers – Kings of Love
Ridley Bent – Fill Your Boots – Wildcard
Ridley Bent – Heartland Heartbreak – Buckles & Boots
Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder – Blam
Sweet Alibi – Deep – We’ve Got To
Sweet Alibi – Trouble – We’ve Got To
Kim Churchill – Single Spark – Silence / Win
Matt Epp & The Amorian Assembly – Learning to Lose Control – Learning to Lose Control
Mike Plume Band – Me and Ern – unreleased