Tell the Band to Go Home

TTBTGH proudly presents: Two great shows in one great venue!

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:43:00 +0000

We here at the TTBTGH home office are still buzzing about the exciting house concert coming up on May 1, featuring our good friends and two of Manitoba's finest singer/songwriters, The Other Brothers (who will be joined by unquestionably Manitoba's finest pedal steel player, Bill Western). But when the opportunity came up to welcome back the man who christened The Sunset Saloon in such fine style, almost exactly one year ago, we jumped at it. So now, in addition to the previously announced show,

Tell the Band to Go Home and Steel Belted Free Range Radio are proud to present Brock Zeman, live in my living room, May 8, 2010!

Who: Brock Zeman joined by talented multi-instrumentalist Blair Hogan

WEB: http://www.brockzeman.com/

When: May 8, 2010, 8 pm

Where: The Sunset Saloon

How Much: $15-20 donation (all proceeds directly to the talented artists)

Why? Because he was a huge smash success last year and because the guy is a legend in the making!

Last year, we were lucky enough to have one of Canada's finest young singer/songwriters, Brock Zeman, christen our new house concert venue, The Sunset Saloon. His show was an energetic, amazing, entertaining night of music and everyone in attendance loved the show. Now, by popular demand, we're bringing him back on May 8th. Along with multi-instrumentalist Blair Hogan, Brock is guaranteed to put on a show that you won't forget.

Brock Zeman might be from Southern Ontario, but his sound is straight outta Texas. It harkens back to days when the greatest songs were lived and crafted. He might be young, but his spirit and songwriting wisdom belies his age. Over the course of 7 albums and countless tours, he has proven that heís got the talent and determination to make timeless music that matters.

Reserve your seat now, because this show is sure to be jam-packed. Email jeff@tellthebandtogohome.com to reserve your seat. Don't be left out!

AND:

Tell the Band to Go Home and Steel Belted Free Range Radio are proud to present The Other Brothers, live in my living room, May 1, 2010!

Who: The Other Brothers (singer/songwriters Chris Neufeld & Donovan Giesbrecht, along with pedal steel whiz Bill Western)

WEB: http://www.theotherbrothers.ca/index.html

When: May 1, 2010, 8 pm

Where: The Sunset Saloon

How Much: $15-20 donation (all proceeds directly to the talented artists)

Why? Are you kidding? Because it'll be AMAZING!

It's a crying shame that you likely haven't heard of The Other Brothers (yet). In a world full of superficial music, theirs is real and deep and honest. It's also a lot of fun. Sure, we'll forgive these guys for not being out there gigging at every bar and coffee house around, they are full time teachers after all. When they do get together, it's pure magic.

They're not really brothers, but the way these guys harmonize, sing, and write together so seamlessly, you'd swear they were. With songs that are insightful, beautiful, interesting, and memorable, they have the material to stand alongside the greats, but it's their live show that will really get your attention. Together they are funny, warm and charming. It's a show you won't soon forget. I know I still haven't forgotten their sold-out CD release show at the Park Theatre a year ago. It was a real highlight of the year for me, and their album, Points of View was definitely one of this city's finest CDs last year.

Chris and Don are both fine solo performers and recognized singer/songwriters in their own right. Chris came to our attention with the release of his great record Colorado Low in 2005 (http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/photos/chris_neufeld.htm) with great songs like "Told a Joke," "Reinventing Miss Exciting," and one of my favourite songs of that year, "Waterwheel," the album launched Chris on to the scene in a big way. He went on to be featured on national radio on the CBC, he got to play festivals and concerts, and he won over a bunch of fans. Donovan hasn't been at it quite as long, and he hasn't taken the spotlight for himself that often (he's more likely to help others, as he does as a co-founder of Winnipeg's festival of Mennonite music and culture, Mennofolk,) but when he has, people have paid attention. Bill Western is a quiet, unassuming guy, but whenever he's on stage, you can't help but take notice. Whether it was with his own band, Carter Monrose or backing up folks like Nathan and many others, Western is a whiz with his pedal steel. Sure, he's got the skills and the chops to really shine, but his playing is subtle and gorgeous, never detracting from the song it serves. He's also a family man and a heck of a good guy. Together, this combination is even better than the already amazing sum of its parts.

You might not know them yet, but bring money for a CD, because you will leave this show a huge fan. I guarantee it. Check them out online or email me if you have questions. But whatever you do, don't miss this show!

Join us for this very fun evening of music, fun, and friendship, May 1, 2010!

Bring a beverage of your choice, if you wish, but we'll have all of the snacks and refreshments you might need. Once again, we will be offering an optional early-bird pot-luck dinner. PLEASE CONFIRM that you would like to join us for that.

Please CONFIRM YOUR SEAT ASAP. We will try to accommodate everyone, no matter how late the response, but I'm hoping that this will be a busy one, so try to ensure that you won't be left out by letting us know NOW! You can prepay to reserve a seat, or just pay at the door. Our house is very family friendly, so feel free to bring the young 'uns. We're friendly folk, so whether you know us or not, you are welcome. Please pass this message along to anyone who might be interested.

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noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:40:00 +0000

FAR #128
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com
Artist: Album (Label) *JR
1. Old Man Luedecke: My Hands Are on Fire and other Love Songs (Black Hen)
*JR
2. Will Kimbrough: Wings (Daphne)
3. Various: Preservation (Preservation Hall)
4. Matthew Ryan: Dear Lover (The Dear Future Collective)
5. Drive-By Truckers: The Big To-Do (ATO)
6. Allison Moorer: Crows (Ryko)

TTBTGH Proudly Presents: The return of Brock Zeman @ Sunset Saloon!!

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:53:00 +0000

Reserve your seat now, because this show is sure to be jam-packed. Email jeff @ tellthebandtogohome.com to reserve your seat. Don't be left out!

Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home - Mar. 21 & 28/2010- CJUM/UMFM - Winnipeg

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:50:00 +0000

Episode #353
Sunday, March 21, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Halifax singer/songwriter Kev Corbett drops by to sing us some of his quirky
songs and chat. We preview upcoming shows by the likes of Cameron Latimer,
Kate Maki, and Brent Randall, and we play a special set for Lucy in honour
of her upcoming unbirthday.
Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Fred Eaglesmith - I Like Trains - Official Bootleg Series Vol. 2 - CDN
Kev Corbett - Cheese & Whiskey - Son of a Rudderless Boat - CDN
Kev Corbett interview
Kev Corbett - 12 Steps to Hell - live performance - CDN
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Kev Corbett - The Driving Song - live performance - CDN
Kev Corbett - Son of a Rudderless Boat - Son of a Rudderless Boat - CDN
Steven Bowers - Sleeping Dogs - Circadian Anthem EP - CDN
Old Man Luedecke - Woe Betide The Doer of the Deed - My Hands are on Fire
and other Love Songs - CDN
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Cameron Latimer - High Lonesome - Fallen Apart - CDN
Cameron Latimer - Empty Saddle - Fallen Apart - CDN
Kate Maki - Over - Confusion Unlimited - CDN
Kate Maki - Mid March Blues - The Sun Will Find Us - CDN
Brent Randall and those Magnificent Pinecones - We Were Strangers In
Paddington Green - CDN
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Lyle Lovett - Step Inside This House - Step Inside This House
Jimmy Lafave - Sweetheart Like You - Buffalo Return to the Plains
Steve Earle - Down Here Below
Brett Dennen - San Francisco - Hope for the Hopeless
The Swell Season - Feeling the Pull - Strict Joy
Sam Bush - They're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone - King of My World

Episode #354
Sunday, March 28, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
That wacky Robbie Fulks starts us off on a set of rootsy covers of 80s & 90s
hits, but we dug ourselves out of that hole with some great new music. We
chatted about the next great show at Sunset Saloon, the upcoming Bonfire
Ball, and we paid tribute to the greatest rock band in history, 3 years
after their last full concert.
Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Robbie Fulks - The Girl Is Mine - Happy
Robbie Fulks - Black or White - Happy
Bobby Bare Jr. - Cum on Feel the Noize - Nick Nacks and Paddy Whacks
Barney Bentall & the Legendary Hearts - You Shook Me All Night Long -
Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 - CDN
The Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain - King of Spain
Peter Gabriel - Flume - Scratch My Back
Josh Ritter - Change of Time - So Runs the World Away
2:30pm - 3:00pm
David Myles - Out of Love - Turn Time Off - CDN
Peter Katz - First of the Last to Know - First of the Last to Know - CDN
Greg Macpherson - Mr. Invitation - Mr. Invitation - CDN - WPG
Ruth Moody - Tell Me - The Garden - CDN - WPG
3:00pm - 3:30pm
The Other Brothers - By My Side - recorded live on UMFM - CDN - WPG
The Other Brothers - Progress - Points of View - CDN - WPG
Jack Marks - Charlotte Anne - Two of Everything - CDN
Jonathan Byrd - The Law & the Lonesome - The Law & the Lonesome
Corin Raymond - Blue Mermaid Dress - There Will Always Be a Small Time - CDN
Bill Chambers - South End Rain - Drifting South
Matthew Ryan - Your Museum - Dear Lover
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Jason Collett - Bitter Beauty - Motor Motel Love Songs - CDN
Jason Collett - We All Lose One Another - recorded live on UMFM - CDN
Jason Collett - No Redemption Song - Here's to Being Here - CDN
Bahamas - Southern Drawl - Pink Strat - CDN
Howie Beck - Don't Put Your Arms Around Me No More - How to Fall Down in
Public - CDN
Rheostatics - King of the Past - Good, Gone, Dead: live at Massey Hall - CDN
Rheostatics - Higher and Higher - Greatest Hits - CDN
Rheostatics - Record Body Count - Melville - CDN

TTBTGH proudly presents: The Other Brothers in concert, May 1

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:41:00 +0000

Join singer/songwriters Chris Neufeld & Donovan Giesbrecht, as well as pedal steel whiz Bill Western live in the cozy confines of my living room on May 1, 2010.

They’re not really brothers, but the way these guys harmonize, sing, and write together so seamlessly, you’d swear they were. With songs that are insightful, beautiful, interesting, and memorable, they have the material to stand alongside the greats, but it’s their live show that will really get your attention. Together they are funny, warm and charming. It’s a show you won’t soon forget.

This is a really exciting show that I am REALLY looking forward to. Please email jeff@tellthebandtogohome.com to reserve your spot ASAP.

Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home - Mar. 7 & 21/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:34:00 +0000

Episode #351
Sunday, March 7, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Uncle Tupelo - Sandusky - March 16-20, 1992
Butterfingers - Bob the Cat - I'm Somebody, Too - CDN
The Weakerthans - Plea from a Cat Named Virtute - Reconstruction Site -
CDN - WPG
The Weakerthans - Virtute the Cat Explains her Departure - Reunion Tour -
CDN - WPG
Circus Wheelchairs - Yo Yo Man - I'm Somebody, Too - CDN - WPG
Keri McTighe - When I Ride My Bike - - I'm Somebody, Too - CDN - WPG
Paper Moon - Your Attitude Toward Cuttlefish - Somebody Needs a Timeout -
CDN - WPG
Bob Schneider - A Little Love - Songs to Howl at the Moon By
2:30 PM
Jack Johnson - Broken - Sing-a-longs and Lullabies for the Film: Curious
George
John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson, Lucy Kaplansky, Guy Davis, Lynn Miles, and The
Wailin' Jennys - Nothing but a Child - Down at the Sea Hotel
Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want Is You - My Brother Thinks He's a Banana
and other Provocative Songs
Alyssa Robbins - With a Giggle and a Hug and a Tickle and a Kiss - We're Not
Kidding: A Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar
Ham & Burger - You Can't Say "PSBPSBPSB" on the Radio - We're Not Kidding: A
Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar
Matthew Ryan - Night Watchman - Concussion
Rodney Crowell - Topsy Turvy - The Houston Kid
03:00 PM
Todd Snider - You Think You Know Somebody - Songs for the Daily Planet
Matthew Ryan - Somebody Got Murdered - Concussion
Greg Macpherson - Bankrobber - Maintenance - CDN - WPG
Danny Michel - Straight to Hell - Shatter the Hotel: A Dub Inspired Tribute
to Joe Strummer - CDN
Ian Kelly - Wiser Man - Speak Your Mind - CDN
Ian Kelly - Complicated - Speak Your Mind - CDN
03:30 PM
Ridley Bent - Faded Red Hoody - Buckles & Boots - CDN
Ridley Bent - Smoking Again - recorded live on UMFM - CDN
Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) - Crazy Heart (Orinal
Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Townes Van Zandt - If I Needed You - - Crazy Heart (Orinal Motion Picture
Soundtrack)
Kris Kristofferson & Matt Murphy - New Mr. Me - (The Life and Hard Times of)
Guy Terrifico: Bring It Back Home
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - I'm not There
Episode #352
Sunday, March 14, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Greg Brown - Spring Wind - If I Had Known (Essential Recordings, 1980-1996)
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (live) - A Musical History
Levon Helm - When I Go Away - Electric Dirt
John Hiatt - The Open Road - The Open Road
The Duhks - Mighty Storm - Fast Paced World - CDN - WPG
Greg Macpherson - Slow Stroke - Maintenance - CDN - WPG
02:30 PM
The Wailin' Jennys - One More Dollar - Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House -
CDN - WPG
Hoots & Hellmouth - West of Where the Sun Goes Down - Hoots & Hellmouth
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You - I and Love and You
Gregory Alan Isakov - Dandelion Wine - This Empty Northern Hemisphere
Andrew Bird - Oh No - Noble Beast
03:00 PM
Good Lovelies - Down, Down, Down - Good Lovelies - CDN
Jon and Roy - Another Noon - Another Noon - CDN
John K Samson - Cruise Night - City Route 85 EP - CDN - WPG
Leeroy Stagger - Brothers - Everything Is Real - CDN
The Other Brothers - Second Wind - Points of View - CDN - WPG
03:30 PM
Kev Corbett - The Driving Song - Son of a Rudderless Boat - CDN
Kev Corbett - Son of a Rudderless Boat - Son of a Rudderless Boat - CDN
Steven Bowers (with Christina Martin) - Comfortably Sweet - Circadian Anthem
EP - CDN
Christina Martin - Love Letters - Two Hearts - CDN
The John Henrys - Little One - White Linen - CDN

Playlists: Feb. 21 & 28/2010

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:33:00 +0000

Episode #349
Sunday, February 21, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
Not much notable this week other than the long-awaited return of the great
David Francey. That's always worth celebrating in song, so we sprinkled him
throughout the show. The rest of the show was made up of new, interesting,
and just plain wonderful music.
Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm - 2:30pm
David Francey & Mike Ford - The Chief Engineer - Seaway - CDN
David Francey - Border Line - Torn Screen Door - CDN
Old Man Luedecke - Caney Fork River - My Hands Are on Fire and other Love
Songs - CDN
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez - Sweet Tequila Blues - Putumayo Presents
Americana
Jack Marks - Before the Flood - Two of Everything - CDN
Corin Raymond - Blue Mermaid Dress - There Will Always Be a Small Time - CDN
02:30 PM
The Dustin Bentall Outfit - Three Thousand Miles - Six Shooter - CDN
Jon Dee Graham & The Fighting Cocks - Lucky Day - It's not as Bad as it
Seems
Matt the Electrician - Never Alone - relaytunes.com
Slaid Cleaves - God's Own Yodeler - relaytunes.com
Jess Klein - Fool - Bound to Love
03:00 PM
Danny Michel - Into the Flame - Live in Winnipeg - CDN
Sarah Harmer - Uniform Grey - You Were Here - CDN
Brandi Carlile - Love Songs - XOBC
The Bittersweets - Birmingham - Goodnight, San Francisco
Kathleen Edwards - What Are You Waiting For? - Back to Me
Patty Griffin - Poor Man's House - Living with Ghosts
03:30 PM
Patty Griffin - Heavenly Day - Children Running Through
Meg Hutchinson - Hard to Change - The Living Sideafs
Shannon McNally - Lonesome Ornery and Mean - Coldwater
David Francey - A Conversation - Right of Passage - CDN
Tony Denikos - River Don't Rise - Already Gone
Nick Rose - Trenchfoot Blues - Oxbow Lake - CDN
The Great Bloomers - Honey Blanket - Speak of Trouble - CDN
Geoff Berner - Official Theme song of the 2010 Vancouver/Whistler Olympic
Games - geoffberner.com - CDN

Episode #350
Sunday, February 28, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
We've got plenty of music that's new and notable this week. We also are
treated to some brand new music from one of our favourites, Keri Latimer
from Nathan, who stopped by after a long, long absence to play some of her
new solo songs. And speaking of special guests, we were joined by a new
co-host "Tony" who sounded a whole lot like our old pal Carter.
Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Nathan - Sunset Chaser - recorded live on UMFM - CDN - WPG
Matthew Barber - I Think You're Gonna Feel My Love - True Believer - CDN
Meaghan Smith - A Little Love - The Cricket's Orchestra - CDN
Gregory Alan Isakov - That Moon Song - This Empty Northern Hemisphere
Brandi Carlile - Way to You - XOBC
Joe Pug - Not so Sure - Messenger
02:30 PM
David Francey - Long Black Hair - Fixing this Place to Suit Myself - CDN
Keri Latimer interview
Keri Latimer - Starry Night - live performance - CDN - WPG
Keri Latimer - So Long - live performance - CDN - WPG
Nathan - Secrets - Key Principles - CDN - WPG
Nathan - Stone - Jimson Weed - CDN - WPG
03:00 PM
Johnny Cash - Redemption Day - American VI: Ain't No Grave
Blaze Foley - Down Here Where I Am - Wanted More Dead than Alive
Richard Shindell - Arrowhead - Best of the Kerrville Folk Festival Vol. 1
Shannon McNally & Neal Casal - Pale Moon - Ran on Pure Lightning
Easton Stagger Phillips - Long Way Home - Over Seas
Catherine MacLellan - The Long Way Home - Church Bell Blues - CDN
Romi Mayes - Long Way Home - Sweet Something Steady - CDN - WPG
Hayes Carll - Long Way Home - Little Rock
03:30 PM
Tom Waits - Long Way Home - Orphans
Townes Van Zandt - Tecumseh Valley - Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
The Tallest Man on Earth - Where Do My Bluebirds Fly? - Shallow Grave
Lonesome Bob - Someone Watching Over Me - Things Fall Apart
Jason Collett - Love Song to Canada - digital single - CDN

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:31:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0000

FAR #127
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com
Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Matthew Barber: True Believer (self) *JR
2. Jack Marks: Two of Everything (self)
3. Danny Michel: Live in Winnipeg (self)
4. Matthew Ryan: Dear Lover (The Dear Future Collective)
5. Jon Dee Graham & The Fighting Cocks: It's Not as Bad as it Looks
(Freedom)
6. Various: Crazy Heart Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (New West)

Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home - Jan.10,17,24,31, Feb. 7 & 14/2010- CJUM/UMFM - Winnipeg

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:17:00 +0000

Episode #343
Sunday, January 10, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

This week we hear from a bunch of artists who made (and inspired) great music in 2009. We talked about what they're up to, but more importantly, we dedicated the show to our good friend Dietmar in Germany who is a tireless champion of the music that we love. He is an inspiration and a great help the the artists we talked to, including Leeroy Stagger, Evan Phillips, Romi Mayes, Dustin Bentall, Matt Epp, T. Nile, and more! Here's to you, Big D. Keep up the great work.

Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Leeroy Stagger - Another Friday Night – Everything Is Real – CDN

Leeroy Stagger interview

Leeroy Stagger & The Grand Cariboo Opry – Carol - The Grand Cariboo Opry – CDN
Leeroy Stagger - Snowing in Nashville – recorded live at Big D’s - CDN
Leeroy Stagger - Lonesome Joe – Coming Home: The Songs of Evan Phillips - CDN
Easton Stagger Phillips - She Was Gone – One for the Ditch

02:30 PM

Evan Phillips interview

The Whipsaws - Jessie Jane – live recording

Matt Epp interview

Matt Epp - Cover Me – Safe or Free – CDN - WPG

03:00 PM

Dustin Bentall interview

Dustin Bentall Outfit - Little Bird in a Big Wind – Six Shooter - CDN
Dustin Bentall - Such a Shame – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

Romi Mayes interview

Romi Mayes - Just Like the Rest – Achin’ in yer Bones - CDN

03:30 PM

T. Nile interview

T Nile - Cabin Song – Cabin Song EP - CDN
Vanessa Peters & Ice Cream on Mondays - Coming to Meet Me – Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up
Jack Marks - The Dress Song – Two of Everything - CDN

Episode #344
Sunday, January 17, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

I've learned the hard way that sometimes, it is indeed best not to meet your heroes. With this in mind, for some reason, I've purposely avoided talking to one of the greatest songwriters in the world, even though I see him all over the place and have heard that he's a humble, decent dude. This week, I took my chances and chatted with John K Samson of The Weakerthans, and found that he is every bit as decent as I've heard. Phew. He kicks off a preview of an incredibly busy week in local shows, featuring John & Christine & friends, Dala (who also chatted with us from the road), Joe Pug, Cuff the Duke, Blue Rodeo, and more!

Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Jim Bryson - Clear the Crowds – Where the Bungalows Roam - CDN

John K Samson interview

John K Samson - Heart of the Continent – City Route 85 EP – CDN - WPG
The Weakerthans - My Favourite Chords – Left & Leaving – CDN - WPG
The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site - Reconstruction Site – CDN - WPG

02:30 PM

Christine Fellows - Face Down, Feet First – Paper Anniversary – CDN - WPG
Christine Fellows - A Day in the Road – The Last One Standing – CDN - WPG
Dala - Alive – Everyone Is Someone - CDN

Dala interview

Dala - Levi Blues – Everyone Is Someone - CDN
Dala - Drive Thru Summer – Angels & Thieves - CDN

03:00 PM

Joe Pug - Nation of Heat - Nation of Heat EP
Joe Pug - In the Meantime - In the Meantime EP
Ridley Bent - Arlington – Buckles & Boots – CDN - WPG

03:30 PM

Cuff the Duke - I Really Want to Help You – Cuff the Duke - CDN
Cuff the Duke - Listen to your Heart – Way Down Here - CDN
The Sadies - Loved on Look – Tremendous Efforts - CDN
Blue Rodeo - Joker's Wild – Outskirts - CDN
Blue Rodeo - Trust Yourself – Casino - CDN
Blue Rodeo - Restless – Lost Together - CDN
Blue Rodeo - Hasn't Hit Me Yet – 5 Days in July - CDN

Episode #345
Sunday, January 24, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Rheostatics - Self Serve Gas Station – Whale Music - CDN
Rheostatics - P.I.N. – Night of the Shooting Stars - CDN
Greg Macpherson - First Class – Mr. Invitation – CDN - WPG
Matthew Barber - True Believer - True Believer - CDN
Bill Chambers - Letter to Fred – Drifting South
Bill Chambers - Just Dreaming – Drifting South

02:30

Mary Gauthier - Your Sister Cried – Mercy Now
Fred Eaglesmith - Brand New Boy – Things Is Changin’ - CDN
Willie P Bennett - For the Sake of a Dollar – Blackie & the Rodeo King - CDN
Townes Van Zandt - Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold – High, Low, and In Between
Townes Van Zandt - Nothin' – Delta Momma Blues
Townes Van Zandt - A Song For – Acoustic Blue
Townes Van Zandt - Tecumseh Valley – For the Sake of the Song

03:00

Steve Earle - Little Rock N' Roller – Guitar Town
Steve Earle - The Rain Came Down – Exit 0
Steve Earle - Poison Lovers – El Corazon
Steve Earle - Down Here Below – Washington Square Serenade
Hayes Carll - Waiting on the Stars to Fall – T for Texas T from Tennessee

03:30

Hayes Carll - Bad Liver and a Broken Heart – Trouble in Mind
Hayes Carll - Take Me Away – recorded live on UMFM
James Keelaghan - Safe Home – recorded live on UMFM – CDN - WPG
Cry Cry Cry - Cold Missouri Waters – Cry Cry Cry
James Keelaghan - Love What a Road – Road
Rae Spoon - Come on Forest Fire Burn the Disco Down – SuperiorYouAreInferior - CDN
Carolyn Mark & Geoff Berner - It's all just a Matter of where You Draw the Line – Just Married: An Album of Duets - CDN

Episode #346
Sunday, January 31, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

This week, we're pre-taped, but boy have we got a great show for you in my absence. This is one of those timeless classic episodes that you won't mind listening to over and over again. It doesn't reference any particular time or date, all it does is contain some of the GREATEST MUSIC ON EARTH. We've got some old classics you haven't heard in a while.We even have a theme! Yes, in response to all of those folks who (rightly) complain that we don't play enough great female artists (although I swear, it's pretty close!), this show is a He Said/She Said workshop featuring a full hour of male artists and a full hour of female artists. We're keeping it even! And boy, are there some good ones to hear.

Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Luke Doucet - It's not the Liquor I Miss – Broken (and other Rogue States) - CDN
Kris Demeanor - This Old House – recorded live on UMFM - CDN
Matthew Ryan - Irrelevant – May Day
Greg Brown - If I Had Known - If I Had Known (Essential Recordings, 1980-1996)
Steve Earle - Hardcore Troubadour – I Feel Alright
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids - Just Us Kids

02:30 PM

Rodney Crowell - The Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me) – The Outsider
Todd Snider - Alright Guy – Songs for the Daily Planet
Bob Schneider - Medicine – I’m Good Now
Greg Macpherson - Company Store – Maintenance – CDN - WPG
Matt Mays - Where Am I Going? – Matt Mays - CDN
NQ Arbuckle - Huntsville Affair - Not Alone (Medicins Sans Frontiéres) - CDN

03:00 PM

Carolyn Mark - Not a Doll – The Pros and Cons of Collaboration - CDN
Neko Case - Look For Me (I'll Be Around) - Blacklisted
Sarah Harmer - Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Sweetheart: Love Songs - CDN
Lori McKenna - Pour - Bittertown
Julie Miller - All My Tears – Broken Things
Patty Griffin - Making Pies – 1000 Kisses

03:30 PM

Shannon McNally - The Worst Part of a Broken Heart - Geronimo
Jess Klein - Little White Dove – Draw Them Near
Nathan - Casserole – Casserole EP – CDN - WPG
The Wailin' Jennys - Arlington – 40 Days – CDN - WPG
Meg Hutchinson - Ready – Come Up Full
Lynn Miles - You're Not Coming Back – Unravel - CDN
Madison Violet - Crying – No Fool for Trying - CDN
Kim Richey - Those Words We Said – Kim Richey

Episode #347
Sunday, February 7, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

Another busy week of upcoming shows in Winnipeg, featuring The Wooden Sky, Jason Plumb, John Wort Hannam, and Spring Breakup, among others. We previewed those, had a listen to some Winnipeg classics, paid a birthday tribute to one of our most devoted listeners, and we still had plenty of time for new music from the mailbag and beyond!

Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Greg Macpherson - Churchill – Balanced on a Pin – CDN - WPG
Greg Macpherson - Windy – Balanced on a Pin – CDN - WPG
Nathan - Let Them Look – Key Principles – CDN - WPG
Katherine Wheatley - Hallelujah – Landed - CDN
Jenny Whiteley - Half Life – Forgive or Forget - CDN
Wendy Bird - Don't Expect a Reply (Runaway Train) – Natural Wonder - CDN

02:30 PM

NQ Arbuckle - Happy Birthday – Hanging the Battle Scarred Pinata - CDN
Clem Snide - All Green – Soft Spot
Ryan Adams - Come Pick Me Up - Heartbreaker
The Wooden Sky - The Wooden Sky – When Lost at Sea - CDN
The Wooden Sky - The Late King Henry – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone - CDN
Jason Plumb & The Willing - Middle of Nowhere – Wide Open Music: Songs for Saskatchewan - CDN
Jason Plumb - Wide Open – recorded live on UMFM - CDN

03:00 PM

John Wort Hannam - Scotsman's Bluff – Pocket Full of Holes - CDN
John Wort Hannam - Infantry Man – recorded live on UMFM
Spring Breakup - Spring Flings - Spring Breakup - CDN
Spring Breakup - Cosmic Sea - Spring Breakup - CDN
Courtney Farquhar - Nowhere I'd Rather Be - Nowhere I'd Rather Be - CDN

03:30 PM

Corin Raymond - Winter Is the Warmest Time of Year – There Will Always Be a Small Time - CDN
Mike Stevens & Matt Anderson - Workin' My Way Home to my Girl – Piggyback - CDN
Thom Swift - Blue Sky - Blue Sky Day - CDN
Serena Ryder - Racing in the Street – digital single - CDN
The Damnwells - The Great Unknown – Our New Record demos
Will Kimbrough - Three Angels - Wings

Episode #348
Sunday, February 14, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

It’s Valentine’s Day, and we here don’t take this goofy, made up, greeting card “holiday” too seriously, so we’re glad to play some of the dark & twisted love songs that we most enjoy. On a more serious note, tomorrow is the second anniversary of the death of the great Willie P. Bennett, and since you can’t buy his music anywhere (a crying shame!), we’ve got to do our best to get it out there and keep it heard. We’re glad to do so and we promise to never stop.

Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel – O.C.M.S.
Willie P Bennett - Blue Valentine – Heartstrings - CDN
Willie P Bennett - Step Away – Take My Own Advice - CDN
Willie P Bennett - Patience of a Working Man – The Lucky Ones - CDN
Willie P Bennett - For the Sake of a Dollar – Blackie and the Rodeo King - CDN
Willie P Bennett - If You Have to Choose – Hobo’s Taunt - CDN
Willie P Bennett - Driftin' Snow – Trying to Start Out Clean - CDN

02:30 PM

Willie P Bennett - Hearts in Decatur – unreleased - CDN
Stephen Fearing - The Lucky Ones – recorded live on UMFM - CDN
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings - Come on Train – High or Hurtin’ - CDN
Scott Nolan - Drive Day – Canadian Amplifier: Official Bootleg Series Vol.2 – CDN - WPG
C.R. Avery - The Boxer Who Just Returned from London – Magic Hour Sailor Songs - CDN
C.R. Avery - Live a Little – Midnight Goldmining - CDN

03:00 PM

Brandi Carlile - Heaven – XOBC EP
Reid Jamieson - Hello – Reido Radio downloads - CDN
Chris Neufeld - Against All Odds – Songs from Kentucky Waterfall – CDN - WPG
Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation - League Valentine – From the End of Your Leash
Drive-By Truckers - Feb 14 – A Blessing and a Curse
Aaron Lee Tasjan - Valentine – Hard Love and Free Luck

03:30 PM

NQ Arbuckle - Sun's Hanging Low – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town - CDN
NQ Arbuckle - My Baby – XOK - CDN
NQ Arbuckle - Huntsville Affair – XOK - CDN
Leeroy Stagger - Stupid Love Song – Tales from the Back Porch EP - CDN
Robbie Fulks - It Was Love that Ruined Me - 50-vc. Doberman Sampler
Weird Al Yankovic - You Don't Love Me Anymore – The Essential
Kris Demeanor and his Crack Band - I Hate Love – These United States - CDN

FAR #126

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:15:00 +0000

FAR #126

Artist: Album (Label) *JR
1. Wendy Bird: Natural Wonder (Beaumont Classic) *JR
2. Bill Chambers: Drifting South (Whitewater)
3. Romantica: Control Alt Country Delete (self)
4. Meg Hutchinson: The Living Side (Red House)
5. James Keelaghan: House of Cards (Borealis)
6. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle: Let's Just Stay Here (Mint)

Playlist: Tell the Band to Go Home - Jan.3/2010- CJUM/UMFM - Winnipeg

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:14:00 +0000

Episode #342
Sunday, January 3, 2010
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com
We close the book on 2009 as KK joins me to cohost another 5 hour holiday
marathon chock full of memories of music and events gone by.
Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist
12 Noon
Reid Jamieson - Last Day of the Year - recorded live on UMFM - CDN
Slaid Cleaves - One Good Year - Broke Down
Slaid Cleaves - New Year's Day - Wishbones
Todd Snider - Happy New Year / All that Matters - Live with the Devil You
Know at Grimey's
NQ Arbuckle - Goodnight Irene on New Year's Eve - The Last Supper in a Cheap
Town - CDN
Daddy - I Don't Like It - Rare & Unreleased vol. 1
12:30
Daddy - Nobody from Nowhere - For a Second Time
Jaxon Haldane - Drip Dry - Jaxon Haldane - CDN - WPG
Jackpine - Landscapes - Brand New Good Old Days - CDN - WPG
The Western States - Right of Return - Bye and Bye - CDN - WPG
Pieta Brown - Lovin' You Still - Shimmer
The Pines - Meadows of Dawn - Tremolo
The Breakmen - Racing in the Street - When You Leave Town - CDN
Chatham County Line - Country Boy/City Boy - IV
1:00
Prescott - Good Guys - Lakeside Sessions - CDN
The Dustin Bentall Outfit - Take the Money - Six Shooter - CDN
Barney Bentall - Papa Henry's Boy - The Inside Passage - CDN
Joshua Cockerill - Dance with You - The Trick with your Heart I'm Learning
to Do - CDN
Ox - Prom Queen - Burnout - CDN
The Wheat Pool - Lefty - Hauntario - CDN
The Warped 45s - Why Have You Passed Me By Grim Reaper - 10 Day Poem for
Saskatchewan - CDN
1:30
James Murdoch Band - Return Renewed - Wondering Where the Rush has Gone -
CDN
The Deep Dark Woods - All the Money I Had Is Gone - Winter Hours - CDN
Share - Lights Overhead - Slumping in your Murals - CDN
Joel Plaskett - Sailors Eyes - Three - CDN
Great Lake Swimmers - She Comes to Me in Dreams - Lost Channels - CDN
Langhorne Slim - Back to the Wild - Be Set Free
2:00
Dave Rawlings Machine - To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) - A Friend
of a Friend
Fish & Bird - Lydia - Left Brain Blues - CDN
The Avett Brothers - Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise - I and Love
and You
Justin Townes Earle - Mama's Eyes - Midnight at the Movies
Ron Hawkins - Turned Around - 10 Kinds of Lonely - CDN
02:30 PM
John Wort Hannam - Pier 21 - Queen's Hotel - CDN
Dust Poets - Big World - World at Large - CDN
Amelia Curran - Bye Bye Montreal - Hunter Hunter - CDN
Shannon McNally and Hot Sauce - Lonesome, Ornery and Mean - Coldwater
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles - No One Will Ever Love You - The Stars
Are Out
Novillero - Trans Am - CKUW Fundrive 2009: Uncovered - CDN - WPG
03:00 PM
Geoff Berner - Light Enough to Travel - recorded live on UMFM - CDN
Mike Plume - Steel Belted Radio - recorded live on UMFM - CDN
Brock Zeman & Dan Walsh - Ain't Nothin' - recorded live on UMFM - CDN
Dan Mangan - So Much for Everyone - recorded live on UMFM - CDN
The Deep Dark Woods - Two Time Loser - recorded live on UMFM - CDN
Silver Creek - Indian Summer - recorded live on UMFM - CDN
03:30 PM
Madison Violet - Baby in the Black & White - No Fool for Trying - CDN
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle - All Time Low - Let's Just Stay Here - CDN
Romi Mayes - Just Like the Rest - Achin' in yer Bones - CDN - WPG
Rose Cousins - White Daisies - The Send Off - CDN
Wendy Bird - Don't Expect a Reply (Runaway Train) - Natural Wonder - CDN
Jim Bryson - Captain Finch - Live at the First Baptist Church - CDN
4:00
The Damnwells - 55 Pictures - One Last Century
Chris Carmichael - Pop Song - Chris Carmichael - CDN - WPG
Two Hours Traffic - Painted Halo - Territory - CDN
Bob Schneider - 40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet) - Lovely Creatures
Dala - Alive - Everyone Is Someone - CDN
Leeroy Stagger - Brothers - Everything Is Real - CDN
4:30
Steven Bowers w/Christina Martin - Sleeping Dogs - Circadian Anthem - CDN
Hayes Carll - Waiting on the Stars to Fall - T for Texas T from Tennessee
Gurf Morlix - She's a River - Last Exit to Happyland

TTBTGH: presents, this Sunday, a star-studded start to 2010!

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:21:00 +0000

2009 was a pretty good year overall, and a terrific year for music, but it's over. Done. Finito. Now, it's time for the future. Well, just about. Last Sunday KK and I went over our official best of lists, but if you're one of those no-show kind of folks (ahem, T-Bar...), you missed it. Well, we've got 'em for you below (and up at the blog, and soon up at steelbeltedradio.com)

We've got one more official Best of 2009 show to do, and boy oh boy, you don't want to miss this one. I can't give away too much yet, but suffice to say this may be the most exciting, star-studded show in Tell the Band to Go Home in history. Seriously. I'm actually working hard, planning this one out for a change, and it's going to be good. I guarantee it. We'll hear from some of the many artists who rocked our world this year, and pay tribute to some other folks who really made 2009 special. Check it out this Sunday.

Here's them lists:

Tell the Band To Go Home Top Twelve CDs of 2009

Wendy Bird - Natural Wonder – (Beaumont Classic)

Jim Bryson – Live at the First Baptist Church – (Kelp)

Rose Cousins – The Send Off – (Old Farm Pony)

The Damnwells – One Last Century – (Poor Man)

Ron Hawkins – 10 Kinds of Lonely – (self)

Lucero – 1372 Overton Park – (Universal Republic)

Madison Violet – No Fool for Trying – (True North)

Dan Mangan – Nice, Nice, Very Nice – (File Under: Music)

Carolyn Mark and NQ Arbuckle – Let's Just Stay Here – (Mint)

Romi Mayes – Achin' in yer Bones – (self)

Leeroy Stagger – Everything Is Real – (Boompa)

Two Hours Traffic – Territory - (Bumstead)

2009 best live shows:

Top 10:

March 26 Slaid Cleaves/Guy Clark CFRUC

April 30 Leonard Cohen MTS Centre

May 27 TTBTGH songwriters' Circle WECC

June 13 Leeroy Stagger StuDome

June 15 Coldplay/Snow Patrol MTS Centre

June 18 Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson Fargo Theatre

July 8 Elvis Costello Folk Fest

August 27 Christina Martin/Steven Bowers Sunset Saloon

Oct. 24 Paul Quarrington tribute Harbourfront (Toronto)

Dec. 6 Sunparlour Players Folk Exchange

Honourable mentions:

Jan. 10 Bebop Cowboys/Nathan Times Change(d)

March 25 Tom Wilson House concert

April 3 The Other Brothers Park

April 10 Brock Zeman/Dan Walsh Sunset Saloon

May 14 Romi Mayes CD Release Pyramid

June 30 Al Green/Dirty Dozen Concert Hall

Oct. 2 Jesse DeNatale Park

Oct. 24 Skydiggers Glen Gould Theatre (Toronto)

Nov. 25 Royal Wood/Rose Cousins Park

Nov. 27 Silver Creek The Standard

And, most importantly:

Tell the Band to Go Home fans of the year (in no logical order, and in no way a complete list):

Dietmar, Allison, Tonya, Eugene, KK, Jaine, Lucy, Zenon, Melissa, Ron, Rob, Laura, Dean, Art, Barb, Shelly, Oly, Laura, Stu, and everyone else who calls, sends emails, listens, comes to concerts, buys music, spreads the good word, lives a good life, etc.

We've still got a few Best of 2009 CD packages to give away. Email me if you're interested in receiving CDs or downloading it yourself! Tons of great music on there for you to enjoy!

Don't forget about our survey:

If you have a few moments, please visit one of the following sites:

http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/survey.htm

or, if that doesn't work, try this one:

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Any feedback (even negative) is VERY helpful and MUCH appreciated. The goal is to give you more of what YOU want, so here's your chance to speak up.

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Live shows 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:57:00 +0000

Here's the "full" list of shows I attended this year (except, of course, for the ones that I forgot, didn't write down, or just plain don't want to tell you about:

Jan. 10- Bebop Cowboys/Nathan-Times Change(d)
Feb. 7-Pat Dinizio-StuDome
Feb. 8-Pat Dinizio-Times Change(d)
March 10-Amelia Curran/Luke Doucet - Park
March 14 - Geoff Berner/Bob Wiseman - Ellice Theatre
March 21 - Bonnie Prince Billy - Pyramid
March 25 - Tom Wilson - House concert
March 26 - Slaid Cleaves/Guy Clark - CFRUC
April 3 - The Other Brothers - Park
April 10 - Brock Zeman/Dan Walsh - Sunset Saloon
April 15 - Martin Sexton - Walker
April 17 - Weakerthans/Constantines/Oh Susanna - Walker
April 19 - Wiretap - Art Gallery
April 21 - Melissa McClelland & Jason Plumb - Park
April 30 - Leonard Cohen - MTS Centre
May 1 - Madame Butterfly - Concert Hall
May 14 - Romi Mayes CD Release - Pyramid
May 21 - Nathan/WECC grand opening reception - WECC
May 25 - Hawksley Workman/G.Mac - WECC
May 27 - TTBTGH songwriters’ Circle - WECC
May 29 - Danny Michel - WECC
June 5 - Stephen Fearing - Into the Music
June 13 - Leeroy Stagger - StuDome
June 15 - Coldplay/Snow Patrol - MTS Centre
June 16 - The Watchmen - The Ex
June 18 - Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson - Fargo Theatre
June 28 - Jill Barber - WECC
June 30 - Al Green/Dirty Dozen - Concert Hall
July 8 - Royal Wood - Old Market Square
July 8 - Elvis Costello - Folk Fest
July 9-12 - - Folk Fest
July 27 - Glen Campbell - McPhillips St. Station
August 2 - John K Samson/Royal Wood/Fred Penner - Gimli Folk Fest
August 7-9 - - Trout Forest
August 24 - Liam Titcomb - Forks
August 27 - Christina Martin/Steven Bowers - Sunset Saloon
Sept. 16 - Keane - Walker
Sept. 17 - Ayla Brook/Cuff the Duke - Albert
Sept. 19 - Cohenfest - The Cyrk
Sept. 21 - Leeroy Stagger - StuDome
Sept. 24 - The Hold Steady - WECC
Sept. 24 - Two Hours Traffic - The Albert
Sept. 30 - Elliott BROOD/Wooden Sky - WECC
Oct. 1 - Gaslight Anthem - Garrick
Oct. 2 - Jesse DeNatale - Park
Oct. 6 - Two Hours Traffic - Music Trader
Oct. 24 - Paul Quarrington tribute - Harbourfront (Toronto)
Oct. 24 - Skydiggers - Glen Gould Theatre (Toronto)
Nov. 5 - Mike Plume Band - Times Change(d)
Nov. 10 - Justin Rutledge/Melissa McClelland - WECC
Nov. 13 - Skydiggers - WECC
Nov. 15 - Michael Johnston - Sunset Saloon
Nov. 18 - Joshua Cockerill - Pyramid
Nov. 25 - Royal Wood/Rose Cousins - Park
Nov. 27 - Kelly Hughes Live w/Stu - Aqua Books
Nov. 27 - Silver Creek - The Standard
Nov. 28 - Billy Bragg/Ron Hawkins - Walker
Dec. 5 - Fish & Bird - The Cyrk
Dec. 6 - Sunparlour Players - Folk Exchange
Dec. 18 - Danny Michel - WECC
Dec. 19 - JP Hoe Holiday Show - Park

Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home - December 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:43:00 +0000

Episode #338

Sunday, December 6, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

Today, we're joined by special guest co-host Elysha for some fun & great
music.

Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Bob Schneider - The Most Wonderful Day of the Year - Christmastime
Sunparlour Players - Battle of '77 - recorded live on UMFM - CDN
Sunparlour Players - North - recorded live on UMFM - CDN
Sunparlour Players - If the Creeks Don't Rise - Hymns for the Happy - CDN
Alejandro Escovedo - Only a Friend - Real Animal
Chuck Prophet - Where the Hell is Henry? - !Let Freedom Ring!

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Drive-By Truckers - When the Well Runs Dry - The Fine Print (A Collection Of
Oddities And Rarities 2003-2008)
Buddy Miller - Water When the Well Is Dry - Midnight and Lonesome
Leeroy Stagger - Saskatoon - Depression River - CDN
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle - Saskatoon Tonight - Let's Just Stay Here - CDN
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle - Canada Day/Toronto - Let's Just Stay Here - CDN

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Dave Rawlings Machine - Bells of Harlem - King Easy Radio Sampler Volume 6
Gillian Welch - Red Clay Halo - The Revelator Collection
Romi Mayes - Just Like the Rest - Achin' in Yer Bones - CDN - WPG
Gurf Morlix - One More Second - Last Exit to Happyland
The Western States - Born to Lose - Bye and Bye - CDN - WPG

3:30pm - 4:00pm
Gretchen Peters - December Child - Northern Lights
Jill Barber - The Christmas Song - A Peanuts Christmas: The 2009 Zunior
Holiday Album - CDN
Paul Kelly - How to Make Gravy - recorded live on UMFM
Tom Wilson and The Dogs We're Gonna Make a Beautiful World Together -
December Songs - CDN
Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger
Sessions
Elliott BROOD - Miss You Now - Mountain Meadows - CDN

Episode #339
Sunday, December 13, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

Christmas time's a comin', and that means that we have to do our best to
prove that not all holiday music stinks. It also means that we have to work
on our "best of" lists for the year, so we ran down some contenders. And,
just before the year ends, we had to squeeze in our (almost) annual visit
from local singer/songwriter/super guy, JP Hoe to chat about his upcoming
Hoe Hoe Hoe Holiday show. He also, yet again, has some dazzling new songs to
play.

Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Danny Michel - Snowglobe - In the Belly of a Whale - CDN
James McMurtry - Holiday - Childish Things
Robert Earl Keen - Merry Christmas from the Family - No. 2 Live Dinner
T. Nile - The Ballad of Jack Pine - digital single - CDN
Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill, and the Little Hillbillies - Christmas Time -
Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill, and the Little Hillbillies

2:30 PM

Lynn Harrison - People Come and Go - Simplicity - CDN
Oliver Schroer - The Colour of Snow - Hymns and Hers - CDN
Antje Duvekot - Ragdoll Princes & Junkyard Queens - The Near Demise of the
High Wire Dancer
Richard Shindell - Parasol Ants - Not Far Now
John Gorka - Night Into Day - So Dark You See
Kris Kristofferson - Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Closer to the Bone
Roseanne Cash - Motherless Children - The List

3:00 PM

Jim Bryson - Feel Much Better - Live at the First Baptist Church - CDN
Hayden - Let's Break Up - The Place Where We Lived - CDN
Bob Schneider - Everybody's Doing It - Live at the Paramount Theatre
Matthew Ryan - Irrelevant - May Day
Joe Purdy - Miss Me - Last Clock on the Wall
JP Hoe - The Shopping Mall Santa - 2009 Christmas single - CDN - WPG

3:30 PM

JP Hoe interview

JP Hoe - How Did I Learn to Let You Go - live performance - CDN - WPG
JP Hoe - I Only Did it for Love - live performance - CDN - WPG
JP Hoe - Older - 2007 Christmas single - CDN - WPG

Episode #340
Sunday, December 20, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

Carter drops by to co-host our last show before Christmas, and as usual he's
got some jokes & questions to keep us entertained. And of course, we've got
some Christmas songs that don't suck to sing our way into the holidays.

Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Fred Eaglesmith - Hallelujah - CMT Christmas - CDN
Oh Susanna - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - CMT Christmas - CDN
Emmylou Harris - Light of the Stable - Light of the Stable
Shawn Colvin - Love Came Down at Christmas - Holiday Songs and Lullabies
Ben Keith & Friends - We Will Rock You (Rocking) - Christmas at the Ranch
Swank - Christmas Is Fun - Chrismas Is Fun EP - CDN
NQ Arbuckle - Christmas in Hell - digital single - CDN

2:30 PM

The Smithereens - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Christmas with The
Smithereens
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison - Baby, It's Cold Outside - Happy Holidays
Slaid Cleaves - You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Holiday Sampler
Drive-By Truckers - Hope Santa's out of Rehab for Christmas - Flagpole
Christmas
Mike Plume Band - Merry Christmas from the Family - live recording - CDN

3:00 PM

Johnny Cash - Away in a Manger - Christmas with Johnny Cash
Melissa McClelland & Lisa Winn - O Holy Night - digital single - CDN
The Hillside Singers - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - I'd Like to
Teach the World to Sing
Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas - Blue Christmas
Roger Miller - Silent Night
Michael Johnston & His Gentlemen Collars - Dear Santa - Zunior Holiday
Collection 2005 - CDN

3:30 PM

The Kelele Brothers - Father Christmas - Has-Beens & Wives - CDN
The Details - Strings and Ribbons - single - CDN - WPG
Cam Penner - Balsam Fir - Balsam Fir EP - CDN
John Prine - Christmas in Prison - John Prine Christmas
The Handsome - Family So Much Wine - Live at Schuba's Tavern
Swank - Santa Claus Is Out on Bail - Christmas Is Fun EP - CDN
Oliver Schroer - Beneath the Ice, They Heard Bells - Stuck on a Cold Steel
Pole - CDN

Episode #341
Sunday, December 27, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm central time
CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.umfm.com

Most folks take it easy over the holidays and stay home instead of coming in
to do a radio show they don't get paid for. Bah! I'll pick up the slack for
those lazy jokers, as usual. 5 hours of great music to keep your holidays
enjoyable. And to keep me company, my good pal KK dropped by to cohost. Some
bluesy stuff, some old classics we haven't heard in a while, a tribute to
Townes, a little bit o' rock, tribute to Vic Chesnutt, and much more.

Artist - Song title - Album Title - CDN=Canadian - WPG=Winnipeg artist

12 Noon

Ray Bonneville - Listen - Gust of Wind - CDN
Ray Bonneville - Roll with the Punches - CDN
Colin Linden - Sad & Beautiful World - Sad & Beautiful World - CDN
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings - Remedy - Kings of Love - CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond - Lucifer's Blues - A Quiet Evil - CDN
David Wiffen - Skybound Station - Coast to Coast Fever - CDN
Bill Chambers - Falling Like the Snow - Frozen Ground
Bill Chambers - Theresa - Frozen Ground

12:30

Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill, and The Little Hillbillies - The Lost Music
Blues - Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill, and The Little Hillbillies
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Jackson Hole - Rattlin' Bones
Steve Earle - Ft. Worth Blues - KGSR Broadcasts vol. 17
Steve Earle - Rake - Townes
Townes Van Zandt - Tower Song - Delta Momma Blues

1:00

Townes Van Zandt - Kathleen - Live at the Old Quarter
Great Lake Swimmers - Our Mother the Mountain - Introducing Townes Van Zandt
via the Great Unknown - CDN
Kate Maki - I'll Be Here in the Morning - Introducing Townes Van Zandt via
the Great Unknown - CDN
The Lemonheads - Waitin' Around to Die - Varshons
Gurf Morlix & Romi Mayes - Cold Cold Word - recorded live on UMFM
Merle Haggard - If I Could Only Fly - If I Could Only Fly
John Prine - Clay Pigeons - Fair & Square
Blaze Foley - Small Town Hero - Cold, Cold World

1:30

Blaze Foley - Picture Cards Can't Picture You - Live at the Austin Outhouse
Blaze Foley - No Goodwill Stores in Waikiki - Oval Room
Easton Stagger Phillips - George's Blues - Over Seas
Easton Stagger Phillips - She Was Gone - One for the Ditch
Leeroy Stagger - Lonesome Joe - Coming Home (The Songs of Evan Phillips) -
CDN
Aaron Lee Tasjan - Fighting for the Man - Coming Home (The Songs of Evan
Phillips)

2:00

Luke Doucet - Vladivostok - Broken (and other Rogue States) - CDN
NQ Arbuckle - Huntsville Affair - Not Alone (Médecins Sans Frontierès) - CDN
Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere - Magic
Lucero - What Are You Willing to Lose - 1372 Overton Park
Robbie Fulks - Let's Kill Saturday Night - Let's Kill Saturday Night
Matthew Ryan - Guilty - May Day

2:30 PM

Ryan Adams - This Is It - Rock N' Roll
Jon Dee Graham - Laredo (Small Dark Something) - Hooray for the Moon
The Damnwells - I Am a Leaver - Air Stereo
Hey Rosetta! - Red Heart - Into Your Lungs - CDN
Jesse Malin - Leaving Babylon - On Your Sleeve
Hoots & Hellmouth - West of Where the Sun Goes Down - Hoots & Hellmouth

3:00 PM

Royal Wood - Juliet - A Good Enough Day
Rose Cousins - Edmonton - If You Were for Me - CDN
Gretchen Peters - Sunday Morning (up and down my street) - Burnt Toast &
Offerings
David Myles - I Don't Want to Know - On the Line - CDN
Charlie A'Court - Take Me Down - Bring on the Storm - CDN

3:30 PM

Liam Titcomb - Take the Wheel - Can't Let Go - CDN
Ian Kelly - Take Me Home - Speak Your Mind
Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song - Fleet Foxes
Bon Iver - Skinny Love - For Emma, Forever Ago

4:00

Vic Chesnutt - Flirted with You all my Life - At the Cut
Vic Chesnutt & Victorial Williams - What a Wonderful World - Talkin' 'bout
Sweet Relief: Onstage and in the Artists' Own Words
Vic Chesnutt - White Christmas - The Mother of all Flagpole Christmas Albums
Jolene - Isadora Duncan - Hell's Half Acre
Ryan Adams - Two - Easy Tiger
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Fix It - Cold Roses
Christina Martin - Cut It Out - Two Hearts - CDN

4:30

Christina Martin - You Come Home - Two Hearts - CDN
Paolo Nutini - Candy - Sunny Side Up
Paolo Nutini - New Shoes - These Streets
Frank Turner - Reasons Not to Be an Idiot - Love Ire & Song
Charlie Mars - Listen to the Darkside - KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 17
Alejandro Escovedo - Velvet Guitar - KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 17
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Bread and Water - KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 17

FAR #125

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:23:00 +0000

FAR #125

Jeff Robson

Tell the Band to Go Home

CJUM 101.5 UMFM

Winnipeg, Manitoba

www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Wendy Bird: Natural Wonder (Beaumont Classic) *JR

2. Bill Chambers: Drifting South (Whitewater)

3. Shannon McNally and Hot Sauce: Coldwater (self)

4. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle: Let's Just Stay Here (Mint)

5. Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and The Little Hillbillies (Essence)

6. Various: Face a Frowning World - An E.C. Ball Memorial Album (Tompkins
Square)

TTBTGH & SBFRR present a Super-Sized Steel Belted Sunday this week!

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:47:00 +0000

Well friends, the holidays are just about over as many of us head back to the real world on Monday. With that in mind, there's still time for one last super-sized music extravaganza this Sunday. And, because the calendar wasn't kind to us on Thursdays this year, we haven't yet had a chance for our Steel Belted marathon of silliness. So, this weekend, we combine 'em both into one action packed show.

We'll be on this Sunday from 12-5, and T-Bar and KK are expected to drop in. We'll have "Best of" lists and music aplenty, as well as some memories of some stuff that we might rather forget.

Speaking of the "Best of" we've still got a stack of Best of 2009 CDs here. The folks who responded to the survey should have theirs now (well, almost all of 'em, anyway), but we're still glad to send a few more out into the world. Either fill out the survey and LEAVE YOUR NAME (http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/survey.htm), or, just respond to this email, call in during the show, take out a billboard, whatever works for you. For those who might not be aware, every year for the past 8 years I compile a CD (two, actually) of some of my favourite music of the year, as well as some live on UMFM recordings and some other fun stuff, as my gift to you. If you're an iPod/.mp3 listener, we've got the full thing on one handy CD, or you can download the entire package at your leisure. Whatever suits you, just let me know and it's yours to enjoy! If you know anyone who might like in on that, just ask for an extra copy or let me know who to send one to and we'll make it so.

Hope you can join us for some fun this Sunday. Drop me a line any time. Thanks for being out there,

Jeff

If you have a few moments, please visit one of the following sites:

http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/survey.htm

or, if that doesn't work, try this one:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFFVeGtsQWVlR0dZX0hybW1vZUtadHc6MA

Any feedback (even negative) is VERY helpful and MUCH appreciated. The goal is to give you more of what YOU want, so here's your chance to speak up.

Tell The Band to Go Home

Sunday, January 3, 2010

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm central

www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Steel Belted Free Range Radio

Thursdays

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm central

www.steelbeltedradio.com

on CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg

Listen online live at www.umfm.com.

No radio? Bad reception? UMFM can be heard crystal clear on MTS digital TV on channel 718

Listen at your leisure to the online archives at http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/downloads.htm

Subscribe to the FREE iTunes podcast: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=261247396

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Re: FAR & Away 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:42:00 +0000

Far & Away 2009
Jeff Robson

Tell the Band to Go Home

CJUM 101.5 UMFM

Winnipeg, Manitoba

www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
1. Leeroy Stagger: Everything Is Real (Boompa) *JR
2. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle: Let's Just Stay Here (Mint)
3. Wendy Bird: Natural Wonder (Beaumont Classic)
4. Rose Cousins - The Send Off - (Old Farm Pony)
5. Dan Mangan - Nice, Nice, Very Nice - (File Under: Music)
6. Romi Mayes - Achin' in yer Bones - (self)

DEBUT ALBUM (up to 3)

1. Madison Violet: No Fool For Trying (True North) *JR
2. Joshua Cockerill: The Trick with your Heart I'm Learning to Do (self)
3. Bop Ensemble: Between Trains (Cordova Bay)

VARIOUS ARTISTS/TRIBUTE ALBUM (up to 3)
1. Coming Home: The Songs of Evan Phillips (self)
2. Things About Comin' My Way: A Tribute to the Music of The Mississippi
Shieks (Black Hen)
3. The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village (429)

REISSUE/HISTORIC ALBUM (up to 3)

1. Skydiggers: The Truth About Us (Pheromone)
2. The Jayhawks: Music from the North Country (American)
3. Elvis Costello: Live at the el Mocambo (Universal)

LIVE ALBUM:

1. Jim Bryson: Live at the First Baptist Church (Kelp)
2. James McMurtry: Live in Europe (Lightning Rod)
3. Bob Schneider: Live at the Paramount Theatre (Brando/Shockorama)

FEMALE ARTIST (up to 3)
1. Rose Cousins
2. Gretchen Peters
3. Romi Mayes

MALE ARTIST (up to 3)

1. Leeroy Stagger
2. Dan Mangan
3. Tom Russell

INSTRUMENTALIST (up to 3)

1. Jim Bryson
2. Bill Chambers
3. Buddy Miller

DUO/GROUP (Up to 3)

1. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle
2. Madison Violet
3. Lucero

SONGWRITER (up to 3)

1. Leeroy Stagger
2. Gretchen Peters
3. Guy Clark

BEST IN THE INDUSTRY (up to 3)

1. Ken Beattie: Killbeat Music
2. Ellen Stanley: Red House
3. Richard Flohil: Richard Flohil and Associates

TTBTGH thinks that YOU are the best of 2009!

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:38:00 +0000

Merry Christmas, happy days off, enjoy your life, or whatever greeting you prefer!

I've been having a wonderful Christmas so far with my family, and I hope that you are doing the same with friends & family that you love (or at least that you can tolerate once a year, anyway).

A couple of quick notices:

1) Tell the Band to Go Home is Super-Sized for the holidays this Sunday (and next) when we run from 12-5 pm central time. I've got a few ideas for how to fill the time this week, but I'm always open to suggestion, so do let me know if you've got any to offer.

2) Steel Belted Radio is pre-empted tonight (obviously) and next Thursday, but we'll be back in action in the new year!

3) The long-awaited Best of 2009 compilations are ready! Finally! Some of you have requested CD copies, and I'll get those to you as soon as I can, but in the meantime we've got the digital download versions ready to load into iTunes or your .mp3 player or whatever you use. Of course, those files will be available on CD as well (soon), so if you want to wait for that, we'll get back to you soon with details on how you can get yours. If you haven't requested a copy yet, get in touch! Better yet, fill out the survey (link below) and request a copy that way!

If you wish to download the compilations and information yourself, I will email you links to the .zip files. I've already sent those out to the folks who previously requested it or expressed interest so if you don't have that link, I either forgot/messed up (entirely possible) or you haven't dropped me a line lately. Let's fix that, ok?

Whatever you celebrate, do it safely, and do it with love and great music. Hope to hear from you soon, but I'll be in touch in the next little while...

All the best to you & yours,

Jeff

If you have a few moments, please visit one of the following sites:

http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/survey.htm

or, if that doesn't work, try this one:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFFVeGtsQWVlR0dZX0hybW1vZUtadHc6MA

Any feedback (even negative) is VERY helpful and MUCH appreciated. The goal is to give you more of what YOU want, so here's your chance to speak up.

Tell The Band to Go Home

Sunday, December 27

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm central

www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Steel Belted Free Range Radio

Thursdays

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm central

www.steelbeltedradio.com

on CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg

Listen online live at www.umfm.com.

No radio? Bad reception? UMFM can be heard crystal clear on MTS digital TV on channel 718

Listen at your leisure to the online archives at http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/downloads.htm

Subscribe to the FREE iTunes podcast: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=261247396

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Be my "friend" on Facebook. FINALLY, you can join the work-in-progress Fan Page also!

TTBTGH: Still looking for your feedback

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:37:00 +0000

Hi Friends,

I've been so overwhelmed by the great, thoughtful feedback I've received from the folks who have responded to my listener survey I mentioned earlier in the week. I really value your comments and suggestions, and will do my best to make the show as interesting and relevant to you, but I need to know what you like and what you want. The responses are surprising, enlightening, and oh so interesting. I'd love it if a few more of you took a moment to fill it out. I promise to get Best of CDs out to survey respondents first (ok, as part of the very first wave, anyway), and with any luck, that will be very soon, so get your responses in. I'm also going to put together a few CDs to give away to a couple of lucky folks who fill out the survey, so leave contact info if you want in on either of those deals. The survey can be done anonymously and all questions are optional.

If you have a few moments, please visit one of the following sites:

http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/survey.htm

or, if that doesn't work, try this one:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFFVeGtsQWVlR0dZX0hybW1vZUtadHc6MA

Any feedback (even negative) is VERY helpful and MUCH appreciated. The goal is to give you more of what YOU want, so here's your chance to speak up.

Thanks, now back to work on those CDs...

Tell The Band to Go Home

Sundays

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm central

www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Steel Belted Free Range Radio

Thursdays

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm central

www.steelbeltedradio.com

on CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg

Listen online live at www.umfm.com.

No radio? Bad reception? UMFM can be heard crystal clear on MTS digital TV on channel 718

Listen at your leisure to the online archives at http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/downloads.htm

Subscribe to the FREE iTunes podcast: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=261247396

NEW: Get your own TTBTGH merchandise: http://www.cafepress.com/bandgohome

Be my "friend" on Facebook. FINALLY, you can join the work-in-progress Fan Page also!

TTBTGH wants to hear from YOU!

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:25:00 +0000

The staff at TTBTGH is hard at work putting together this year's Best of compilation, and that, as well as the end of a year and looking forward to a new one, has us looking back and wondering how we can make things even more useful and interesting for you, the listener. Before we put it all together, we'd love to hear your thoughts. Of course, you're welcome to email or call us any old time, but we (who the heck is we... who am I trying to impress? I'm a one-man operation.) have also designed an easy survey that you can fill out anonymously if you like, so that we know what you would like on the show and what you think of the compilations.

If you have a few moments, please visit one of the following sites:

http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/survey.htm

or, if that doesn't work, try this one:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFFVeGtsQWVlR0dZX0hybW1vZUtadHc6MA

Any feedback (even negative) is VERY helpful and MUCH appreciated. The goal is to give you more of what YOU want, so here's your chance to speak up.

Thanks, we'll (uh, I mean, I'll) get back to you soon when the compilation is ready.

Tell The Band to Go Home

Sundays

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm central

www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Steel Belted Free Range Radio

Thursdays

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm central

www.steelbeltedradio.com

on CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg

Listen online live at www.umfm.com.

No radio? Bad reception? UMFM can be heard crystal clear on MTS digital TV on channel 718

Listen at your leisure to the online archives at http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/downloads.htm

Subscribe to the FREE iTunes podcast: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=261247396

NEW: Get your own TTBTGH merchandise: http://www.cafepress.com/bandgohome

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Re: FAR #124/last

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:38:00 +0000

FAR #124
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Rose Cousins: The Send Off (Old Farm Pony) *JR
2. Ron Hawkins: 10 Kinds of Lonely (self)
3. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle: Let's Just Stay Here (Mint)
4. Joshua Cockerill: The Trick with your Heart I'm Learning to Do (self)
5. Jory Nash: New Blue Day (self)
6. Lucero: 1372 Overton Park (Universal Republic)

TTBTGH this week celebrates a November to Remember!

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000

Greetings friends,

It's this time of year that I start thinking about my annual "Best of" compilations and going through my favourite songs & CDs of the year. There have been plenty of good ones, so there's no shortage of material. I also start looking back on the guests who have appeared live on the program for that compilation. We've had some pretty stellar live guests this year, but I was a little bit worried that I wouldn't have a whole lot for that compilation. I don't agressively chase interviews & live performers as much as I used to, so there haven't been as many guests as in some previous years. I didn't want to let you down, though, so I've been hard at work securing some GREAT live guests in the near future, including this week's Tell the Band to Go Home, which promises to be one of the best of the year.

First up is a guy who is quite honestly the most important songwriter in my life, Ron Hawkins of The Lowest of the Low. I live and breathe great songwriters and have done so, ever since I heard Ron's songs. I was already a big music fan, but I had no idea how powerful a truly great song could be until I heard an album called Shakespeare My Butt in 1992 (at least, I think it was '92...). The melodies and the music fit right in with the stuff I loved on the radio, but there was something about Hawkins' lyrics that seemed like they were written for me. I understood them. I felt like I lived some of them. I laughed, I was moved, but most of all, I was motivated to hear more great music that I wasn't hearing on the radio. That band has continued to be a cornerstone of my musical existence, and I suppose they always will. In 2005 I was lucky enough to have Ron & Stephen Stanley from the band come into the studio, and it was a very intimidating experience, but one that turned out to be one of my favourite interviews of all time. They were intelligent, interesting, and I don't think I embarassed myself too much. They even liked the interview, so much so that they took a copy and have several times suggested that when they eventually get around to rereleasing Shakespeare My Butt, our interview will be included as a bonus (the rumour mill is buzzing that it will happen soon... I won't hold my breath.) The Low took another long hiatus a couple of years ago, but Ron Hawkins is not one to retire. He's been active and making some of the best music of his career. His new album 10 Kinds of Lonely is a gem. It's a more country/rootsy kind of affair, but it contains the same lyrical genius that changed my life so long ago. Hawkins describes it as "Songs about dead-ends, deadbeats and deadmen... Tunes about whiners, piners and miners...Ditties about dust bowls, watering holes and lost souls..." and what more could you want from a collection of songs. Ron Hawkins makes his long, long awaited return to Winnipeg next Saturday, opening for the legendary Billy Bragg. I'm very excited to be speaking with Ron on the phone this Sunday about it all. Please join me.

And he's just the opening act. Following that, joining us live, IN-STUDIO after that is one of the most exciting, interesting, original live bands in this country or any other, Sunparlour Players. Those guys came to our attention a few years ago when they opened for another band that fits that description, Elliott BROOD at the West End. Sunparlour Players get a lot of comparisons to the BROOD (they're both trios, both primarily acoustic, both write some pretty country songs about death & other touching topics, and both can REALLY rock out live). However, don't go see this band expecting to hear Elliott BROOD v.2.0, beause they are an entity unto themselves. There's something so powerful about leader Andrew Penner's vocals and Dobro guitar, and drummer Rosie is one of the most entertaining stickmen I've ever come across. Multi instrumentalist Dennis rounds out the trio in fine style. All three are expected to join us for some songs & conversation this Sunday. Trust me folks, this band is the real deal. Get your tickets NOW to see them Dec. 6 at Folk Exchange, because after they play live on the radio this Sunday, the word will be out and the rush for tickets will be on.

And that's just Sunday. We've got even more guests lined up for Thursday on Steel Belted Radio, so mark your calendars, set your alarms, do what you have to do, but don't miss these episodes.

New music, considerations for Best Of lists, upcoming shows, classics, stories, etc. etc., you'll get it all this Sunday, so tune in!

Tell The Band to Go Home

Sundays

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm central

www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Steel Belted Free Range Radio

Thursdays

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm central

www.steelbeltedradio.com

on CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg

Listen online live at www.umfm.com.

No radio? Bad reception? UMFM can be heard crystal clear on MTS digital TV on channel 718

Listen at your leisure to the online archives at http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/downloads.htm

Subscribe to the FREE iTunes podcast: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=261247396

NEW: Get your own TTBTGH merchandise: http://www.cafepress.com/bandgohome

Be my "friend" on Facebook. FINALLY, you can join the work-in-progress Fan Page also!

Sadly, with a show this exciting, we always have to pull it out and dust it off, just in case... The Fred Eaglesmith Clause returns. As Fred has proven many times over the years, just because I book the interviews and do everything I can to make them happen, it doesn't mean that my guests will actually come through. We'll keep on 'em and do what we can, but if you hear silence on your dial tomorrow at 2, you'll know it's because I'm sad and can't go on without my guests. We pray that won't be the case.

Michael Johnston - house concert TOMORROW!!

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:07:00 +0000

Re: FAR #123

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Robson) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:21:00 +0000

FAR #123
Jeff Robson
Tell the Band to Go Home
CJUM 101.5 UMFM
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.tellthebandtogohome.com

Artist: Album (Label) *JR

1. Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle: Let's Just Stay Here (Mint) *JR
2. Jory Nash: New Blue Day (self)
3. Joshua Cockerill: The Trick with your Heart I'm Learning to Do (self)
4. James Keelaghan: House of Cards (Borealis)
5. Lucero: 1372 Overton Park (Universal Republic)
6. Bob Schneider: Lovely Creatures (Shockorama)