Playlist – January 2, 2014

Artist – Title – Album

The Civil Wars – From this Valley (Acoustic) – Bare Bones EP
The Civil Wars – Dust to Dust – The Civil Wars
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Invitation To The Blues – Old Yellow Moon
Kelly Willis And Bruce Robison – Cheater’s Game – Cheater’s Game
Express and Company – Tall, Tall Pines – Ontario
Mike Lynch – Hard Times on the Left Hand, Troubles on the Right – Transitions
Robbie Fulks – I’ll Trade You Money For Wine – Gone Away Backward
New Country Rehab – Home to You – Ghost of your Charms
Steve Earle – Times Like This – Songs For Slim: Rockin’ Here Tonight – A Benefit Compilation
Steve Parkinson & The Stony Lonesome – Sam Steele – Kentucky Straight Heartbreak
Blake Berglund – Love’s Never Made a Man a Living – Coyote
The Burning Hell – Amateur Rappers – People
The Perpetrators – I Must Be Crazy – Stick ’em up
July Talk – My Neck – July Talk
Federal Lights – We Were Found in the Fog – We Were Found in the Fog
Little Green Cars – The John Wayne – Absolute Zero
Rah Rah – Prairie Girl – The Poet’s Dead
Bob Schneider – Unpromised Land – Burden of Proof
Alabama Shakes – Always Alright – single

Steel Belted Stats, 2013!

Steel Belted Radio’s website doesn’t get as much love as that other show. It doesn’t get as much action, though. We’ll try to start posting more on this site some day…

Here’s how the numbers shook out for 2013.

Thanks for hanging around with this site from time to time!

Playlist: December 26, 2013

It’s a Boxing Day, extended edition of the show tonight as we run wild while everyone else is off nursing their shopping wounds.

Artist – Title – Album

The Rocky Fortune – Merry Boxing Day – single
The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me in the Well – Sway
Veal – I Hate your Lipstick – The Embattled Hearts
Sons of Freedom – The Criminal – Sons of Freedom
Jon Dee Graham – Laredo (Small Dark Something) – Hooray for the Moon
Bob Schneider – Miss Oblivion – The Californian
The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound – The ’59 Sound
Matthew Ryan – Guilty – May Day
Jesse Malin – Wendy – The Fine Art of Self Destruction
Glossary – When We Were Wicked – Long live All of Us
Ron Hawkins And The Rusty Nails – Crackstatic – Crackstatic
The Inbreds – North Window – It’s Sydney Or The Bush
The Lemonheads – Bit Part – It’s A Shame About Ray
Lucero – What Are You Willing to Lose – 1372 Overton Park
Junkhouse – Praying for the Rain – Rounders: The Best Of Junkhouse
Two Hours Traffic – Better Sorry than Safe – Two Hours Traffic
Two Hours Traffic – Mr. Saturday – Two Hours Traffic
Two Hours Traffic – Jezebel – Little Jabs
Two Hours Traffic – Painted Halo – Territory
Two Hours Traffic – Amour than Amis – Foolish Blood
John Murry – The Ballad of the Pajama Kid – The Graceless Age
Jim White – Static on the Radio – Drill a Hole in that Substrate and Tell Me What You See
Wilco – Say You Miss Me – Being There
Son Volt – Tear Stained Eye – March 16-20 1992
Uncle Tupelo – Sandusky – March 16-20 1992
Del Barber – Farewell – Prairieography
Jesse DeNatale – Jungletown – Dreamer’s Holiday
Jesse DeNatale – Pretty Boy Floyd – live recording
Sunparlour Players – Pacifists Anthem – Hymns for the Happy
Shooting John – Bright Day – Moodswings
Matthew Barber – And You Give – Ghost Notes
Brandi Carlile – Josephine – The Story
Sarah Borges – Daniel Lee – Silver City
Shannon McNally – Down and Dirty – Jukebox Sparrows
Neko Case – Deep Red Bells – Black Listed
Lynn Miles – Over You – Unravel
Hoots & Hellmouth – West of Where the Sun Goes Down – Hoots & Hellmouth
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Passing Dream – Let’s Just Stay Here
The Western States – Valemont – The Western States
Greg Brown – ‘Cept You & Me Babe – Covenant
The Tallest Man On Earth – Where Do My Bluebird Fly – Shallow Grave
John Bottomley – You Lose and You Gain – Blackberry
Cuff the Duke – Listen to your Heart – Way Down Here
The Decemberists – Down by the Water – The King Is Dead
Ass Ponys – Kung Fu Reference – Lohio
The Damnwells – I Am a Leaver – Air Stereo

Playlist: December 19, 2013

Artist – Title – Album

Del Barber – Living With A Long Way To Go – Prairieography
Del Barber – Walking In A Straight Line – Prairieography
Del Barber – Yellowhead Road – Prairieography
Del Barber – All It Takes – Prairiography
Lissie – Further Away (Romance Police) – Back to Forever
Lissie – Sleepwalking – Back to Forever
Blue Rodeo – New Morning Sun – In Our Nature
Billie Joe + Norah – Silver Haired Daddy of Mine – Foreverly
The High Bar Gang – The Fields Have Turned Brown – Lost & Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion
Willie Sugarcapps – Oh Colorado – Willie Sugarcapps
Oh Susanna – Oregon – Namedropper
John Fullbright – Jericho – From the Ground Up
Brock Zeman – Dreamland Motel – Rotten Tooth
Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five – Keep a Song in your Soul – Bison Ranch Recording Sessions
Greg Macpherson Band – Slow Stroke – Good Times Coming Back Again
Greg Macpherson Band – 1995 – Fireball
The New Meanies – Weather – Three Seeds

Playlist: December 12, 2013

Artist – Title – Album

Nick Lowe – A Dollar Short of Happy – Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for all the Family
Chris Trapper – This December – It’s Christmas Time
The Blue Shadows – If We Make It Through December – On The Floor Of Heaven – Deluxe Re-issue
The Beauties – Hearts Are Down – The Beauties
Bobby Long – A Winter Tale – A Winter Tale
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – Codeine – Here We Rest
Matthew Ryan – Jane, I Still Feel the Same – vs. The Silver State
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Officer Down – Let’s Just Stay Here
Drive-By Truckers – Daddy Needs A Drink – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Band of Horses – Marry Song – Cease to Begin
Blue Rodeo – Outskirts – Outskirts
Cuff the Duke – Listen to your Heart – Way Down Here
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Pair Of Twos – O Witness
Greg Macpherson – Buy a Ticket – Sun Beats Down
Greg Macpherson Band – Motel Hotel – Fireball
The Blue Meanies – You’re Driving Me Crazy – Experience Is Lost
The New Meanies – Three Seeds – Three Seeds
Scott Nolan – Clint Duty – Postcards
Scott Nolan Band – Golden – No Bourbon and Bad Radio
Del Barber – Running on a Wire – Headwaters

Playlist: December 5, 2013

Artist – Title – Album

Luke Doucet & The White Falcon – Sundown – Steel City Trawler
Gordon Lightfoot – Summer Side of Life – Summer Side of Life
Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gord’s Gold Volume II
Scott Nolan & Joanna Miller – Poor Man’s Holiday – North/South
Scott Nolan – Swing Low – single
Red Moon Road – Do or Die – Red Moon Road
Red Moon Road – Liesel Friedl – recorded live on UMFM
Meaghan Smith – A Little Love – The Cricket’s Orchestra
David Wilcox – Rudy Rap – A Very Blue Rock Christmas
Rod Picott – Dad’s Drunk Again on Christmas – Decembersongs: An East Nashville Christmas
Skydiggers – Christmas in Prison – Angels
JP Hoe – Learn to Let You Go – Mannequin
David Myles – All I’ve Got to Give – In the Nighttime
Alex Dezen – None of these Things – El Ganzo Sessions
The Matinee – Let Her Go – We Swore We’d See the Sunrise
Matt Epp & The Amorian Assembly – War – Learning to Lose Control
John Murry – Penny Nails – The Graceless Age
The Lemonheads – December – The Lemonheads

Playlist: November 21, 2013

Tonight, exclusive live performances by Charlie Mars!

Artist – Title – Album

Whitehorse – Boss Man – single
Luke Doucet – Vladivostok – Broken (and other Rogue States)
Rheostatics – Marginalized – 2067
Wilson Pickett – Hey Jude – Duane Allmann: An Anthology Volume II
Drive-By Truckers – Let There Be Rock – Southern Rock Opera
NQ Arbuckle – Danko Manuel – live recording
Charlie Mars – How I Roll – recorded live on UMFM
Charlie Mars – Nothing but the Rain – recorded live on UMFM
Charlie Mars – Listen to the Dark Side – recorded live on UMFM
Chrarlie Mars – The Money – recorded live on UMFM
Charlie Mars – Picture of an Island – recorded live on UMFM
Junior Brown – Hang Up and Drive – Volume Ten
The High Bar Gang – Paul and Silas – Lost & Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion
The High Bar Gang – All My Tears – Lost & Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion
Dustin Bentall & The Smokes – Pretty Good Life – You Are an Island
Leeroy Stagger – Cities on Fire – Truth Be Sold
Easton Stagger Phillips – Begin – Resolution Road
Easton Stagger Phillips – Traveler – Resolution Road
Nick Lowe – Christmas at the Airport – Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for All the Family
Nick Lowe – A Dollar Short of Happy – Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for All the Family

Playlist: November 14, 2013

Tonight, a chat with Charlie Mars!

Artist – Title – Album

Brock Zeman – Don’t Forget to Grow Old – Rotten Tooth
The Roofhoppers – Church St. Khosidl – The Roofhoppers
The Roofhoppers – Roof Union – The Roofhoppers
Don Brownrigg – Swing Song – It Takes All Kinds (to make this world, I find)
Bob Frank & John Murry – In My Time of Dying – The Gunplay EP
Bob Frank & John Murry – Gary Gilmore, 1977 – The Gunplay EP
Fred Eaglesmith – Drunk Girl – Tambourine
Charlie Mars – Let the Meter Run – Blackberry Light

Charlie Mars interview

Charlie Mars – Picture of an Island – Blackberry Light
The Fugitives – Love Affair – Everything Will Happen
The Fugitives – Bigger than Luck – Everything Will Happen
Barney Bentall & Co. – Poorhouse – The Grand Cariboo Opry
Wendy Bird – Natural Wonder – Natural Wonder
John Murry – Penny Nails – The Graceless Age
Derek & The Dominos – Thorn Tree In The Garden – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs

Texas Trip 2013

A look back at the highlight of 2013 for me, my first trip to Austin, Texas. I’ll never forget it and I can’t wait to get back there!

I’m eternally grateful to my friends Ken & Sheila (and my pal Jake) for their support along the way!

Hot Video/Song – new Damnwells!

If you’ve listened to the show at all, you surely know that I am a huge fan (fantatic, really) of The Damnwells. For the past few years, it’s basically been front man Alex Dezen and a supporting cast, but watch this video and try to tell me he needs any help at all. He did, however, just reassemble the original band to record album #5! Once again they are doing the crowd-funding thing, and you can be part of making the magic happen. This one’s guaranteed to be worth the investment!

Check out this stunning new song from Alex. Have some tissues or your favourite hanky ready. This is powerful stuff!

We’re good buddies, as you can plainly see:
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