Playlist August 23 2010

It was nice to actually do a show together after a summer of solo efforts, and Brad shared co-hosting duties once again.  The sadness of summer's departure is softened by the promise of an abundance of fall concerts.  Today's show included just a sampling of some of the acts coming to town in the next few months.  CFCR has brought in a lot of great bands for our annual FM-Phasis fundraiser, so be sure to check out some of these shows at Amigos - Blitzen Trapper, Cuff the Duke, Yukon Blonde, and The Wooden Sky just to name a few.  There is no shortage of good music to make the return to school/university/shorter days/cooler weather more enjoyable!

*Colleen Brown - I Can't Make You Love Me
Calexico with Iron and Wine - He Lays in the Reins
*Jenn Grant - (I've Got) The Two of You
Devendra Banhart - Baby
The Gaslight Anthem - Queen of Lower Chelsea
*The Golden Dogs - Cheap Umbrellas
Ra Ra Riot - Can You Tell
*Daniel Romano - Workin' For the Music Man
*Patrick Watson & The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a Home
The Magnetic Fields - From a Sinking Boat
*Bend Sinister - Fool to Love
The Black Keys - Everlasting Light
*Tim Gilbertson - Sinners
*City and Colour - Against the Grain
*Two Hours Traffic - Better Sorry Than Safe
*Yukon Blonde - Tapes Forever Be Tapes
Natalie Merchant - Motherland
Pink Mountaintops - Plastic Man, You're the Devil
Josh Ritter - Change of Time
The Avett Brothers - Incomplete and Insecure
Emily Wells - Take it Easy San Francisco
*The Acorn - Restoration
*Buck 65 and Jenn Grant - Who By Fire
The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
*Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
Blitzen Trapper - The Tailor
Avi Buffalo - One Last

Playlist for August 9, 2010

I love summer shows, when waking up at 5 am and hopping on your bike doesn't seem like such a chore.  My bro-in-law, Brad, willingly joined in this morning routine, and provided excellent company and music choices in Janelle's absence.  This might be our folkiest show to date, as both Brad and I were filled with ideas from this past weekend's Regina Folk Festival.  We also fit in some favourites from past folk festivals.  Brad suggested that an outdoor rooftop studio would be quite suited to days like this; CFCR, is this in the budget?


Alela Diane - White As Diamonds
*Jon and Roy - Another Noon
*The Violet Archers - Sunshine at Night
*Forest City Lovers - Oh the Wolves!
Peter Wolf Crier - Hard as Nails
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home
Fleetwood Mac - Never Going Back Again
*Malajube - Luna
Monsters of Folk - Man Named Truth
Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain
*The Acorn - Misplaced
*National Frost - The Death of Print
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
*Sarah Harmer - One Match
Blitzen Trapper - Below the Hurricane
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
*Sam Roberts - A Stone Would Cry Out
Emily Wells - Symphony 1 in the Barrel of a Gun
*Ohbijou- The Woods
Arrested Development - The World is Changing
*Old Man Luedecke - Carney Fork River
*Ghostkeeper- By Morning
*The Mountains and the Trees - More and More and More
*Justin Rutledge - Be a Man
Broken Bells - Citizen
*Wilderness of Manitoba- Summer Fires
*Cuff the Duke - Follow Me

Playlist July 26 2010

Summer!  There's nothing quite like a 5:30 AM bike ride to the station to wake you up!  Once again it was a solo show as Camille was out of town on a 100km bike tour (or something crazy like that....kind of puts my commuter rides to shame).  Today's playlist is a list of new and old.  It also included a sweet 3-song set dedicated to all \you fabulous people who garden.  I am jealous of your talents and patience.  Keep up the good work and thanks for listening!
-Janelle

*Daniel Romano - Workin' For the Music Man
*Broken Social Scene - Sentimental Xs
*The Wooden Sky - Something Hiding For Us in the Night
*Chad VanGaalen - Willow Tree
Groove Armada - Fall Silent
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy
*Olenka and the Autumn Lovers - The Decline
*Owl - Airport
*The Mountains and the Trees - More & More & More
*Metric - Help I'm Alive (Daytrotter Session)
The Morning Benders - Promises
*Wolf Parade - Yulia
Band of Horses - Evening Kitchen
*Stars - Changes
*Forest City Lovers - Constellation
Kendal Johansson - Blue Moon (Big Star cover)
Karen Elson - Garden
*Shad - Rose Garden
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Gardener
The White Stripes - Walking With a Ghost (*Tegan and Sara Cover)
*Five Alarm Funk - Pay Day
Bonnie Prince Billy - Lay and Love
Foals - This Orient

Playlist for July 5, 2010

Back to the gool ol' solo show - when I can get away with playing bluegrass and Swedish bands because Janelle's not in town.  Summer is the time for festivals, and Saskatoon just wrapped up a great 10 day Jazz Festival.  Last night's bluegrass performance by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder was a festival highlight for me, and inspired me to dust off the banjo that's been sitting in my house and give it a go.  Be sure to hit up more of the local(ish) music festivals this summer, including the Regina Folk Festival in early August and the Ness Creek Folk and Bluegrass Festivals.

Thomas Dybdahl - From Grace
*Final Fantasy - This is the Dream of Wine and Regine
Ray Lamontagne - Hold You In My Arms
*Forest City Lovers - Oh the Wolves!
*Wildnerness of Manitoba - Hardship Acres
*Leif Vollebekk - Québec
*Cuff the Duke - You Were Right
*Joel Plaskett Emergency - Fashionable People
*Reid Jamieson - Rail
*Black Mountain - Angels
of Montreal - Coquet Coquette
Tori Amos feat. Damien Rice - The Power of Orange Knickers
*Idlers - Love Moves
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
*Tegan and Sara - Turnpike Ghost (Steel Train cover)
Blitzen Trapper-  The Tailor
Avi Buffalo - Truth Sets In
*Miss Emily Brown - Sleeping Lions
*K'Naan - Take a Minute
*Hey Rosetta - Red Song
The Black Keys - She's Long Gone
Karen Elson - The Truth is in the Dirt
*Buck 65 feat. Jenn Grant - Who By Fire (Leonard Coehn cover)
*The Acorn - Misplaced
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder - Black Eyed Suzy
*Rose Cousins & Rose Polenzani - Book of Love (Magnetic Fields cover)\
Band of Horses - On My Way Back Home
The Tallest Man On Earth - Pistol Dreams

Playlist for June 28, 2010

It must be summer, because the studio is hot hot hot these mornings!  Thanks for tuning in for today's "renunion show."  It was nice to finally get a chance to be back in the studio together after a couple of months of solo shows.  With so many great new albums out, we had to make some tough cuts near the end.  There are so many great shows coming up - make sure you work them into your summer plans!

Asa - 360°
Pinback - How We Breathe
Junip - Rope and Summit
Peter Wolf Crier - Crutch and Cane
*Hot Hot Heat - Goddess on the Prairie
*Greg Macpherson - First Class
*Mother Mother - Legs Away
*Lightning Dust - History
*Patrick Watson - Big Bird in a Small Cage
Xavier Rudd - Messages
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
The Strokes - Someday
The Black Keys - Tighten Up
*Wolf Parade - Cave-O-Sapien
*Bend Sinister - Spring Romance
Sean Hayes - Sufidrop
Band of Horses - On My Way Back Home
*Royal Canoe - Saw An Arrow
*Broken Social Scene - Sentimental Xs
*Bedouin Soundclash - 12:59 Lullaby
Karen Elson - The Truth is in the Dirt
*Great Lake Swimmers - Your Rocky Spine
*The Acorn - Restoration
*Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Playlist June 14 2010

Sun!  What a treat to come into the studio this morning, where the sun was beaming in through every window!  Camille and I missed each other yet again as she was out of town so I was set loose in the studio on my own.  Luckily I remembered how to work the equipment after being away for six weeks.  There was so much great music to choose from after being away for so long.  Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed this week's selections!
-Janelle

*The Sadies - Another Year Again
*Born Ruffians - Sole Brother
*Royal Wood- I'm So Glad
*Caribou - Odessa
Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Goldfrappe - Rocket
*Hannah Georgas - Lovers Breakdown
*The Telepathic Butterflies - Between the Lines
Animal Collective - My Girls
*Tegan and Sara - Night Watch
*Wintersleep - New Inheritors
TV On the Radio - Staring at the Sun
*Shad - Rose Garden
*The Zolas - You're Too Cool (request...although I already had it out to play it....freaky!)
*Owl - Airport
The Morning Benders - Excuses
Everlasting Light - The Black Keys
*Black Mountain - Old Fangs
*The Mountains and the Trees - More & More & More
*Broken Social Scene - Sentimental Xs
The National - Terrible Love
*The New Pornographers - My Shepherd
Regina Spektor - No Surprises (Radiohead Cover)
*The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Playlist for May 31, 2010

The most difficult thing about today's show was ascending and descending the three flights of stairs that lead to the CFCR studio; my post half-marathon thigh muscles protested slightly, but in the name of music I made it!  Picking the music was the easy part; there are lots of recent and upcoming new releases - I recommend starting with the new Blitzen Trapper and The Black Keys albums.  Because Janelle was not in attendance, I got away with sticking in an entirely French set...that's what you get when you desert me in favour of a canoe trip.  I hope everyone enjoys the impending sun promised to us this week!

*Islands - Shining
*Metric - Collect Call
*Hannah Georgas - Thick Skin
*Corey Isener - Riverwoman
*Royal Wood - Do You Recall
*Reid Jamieson - Rail
Keane feat. *K'naan - Looking Back
*The Pinecones - Sage
Sean Hayes - Time
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - The Give
*Tricot Machine - L'ours
*Caracol - L'amour est un tricheur
*Marie-Pierre Arthur - Droit Devant
*The Sadies - Postcards
*Matthew Barber - Comeback Baby
Peter Wolf Crier - Crutch and Cane
mattpond PA - Starting
Morning Benders - Cold War
*K-OS - Born To Run
*Chic Gamine - Days and Days
The Shins - Young Pilgrims
Avi Buffalo - Truth Sets In
*The Acorn - Restoration
The National - Conversation 16
Regina Spektor - No Surprises (Radiohead cover)
Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
The Black Keys - Tighten Up
Little Dragon - Twice
Blitzen Trapper - Below the Hurricane