Tell the Band to Go Home/Steel Belted Radio Podcasts

February 18, 2024 part 2

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February 18, 2024 part 1

Episode #1027

Love for our friends at CKUW, great new music, new discoveries, upcoming events, and a bunch of great music featuring a great bass player!

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February 11, 2024 part 3

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February 11, 2024 part 2

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February 11, 2024 part 1

Episode #1026

Highlights of our recent trip, new music, classics, upcoming shows, and a couple of recommended crowdfunding campaigns!

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February 4, 2024 part 3: Perfect Albums

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February 4, 2024 part 2: Perfect Albums

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February 4, 2024 part 1: Perfect Albums

Episode #1025

This one is kind of "inspired" (stolen) from a post that Leeroy Stagger made on Facebook a while ago, asking for recommendations for "perfect albums front to back."

Most of my very favourite albums, and the majority of the albums that I listen to, seem to have at least one track that I, personally, could do without. When I'm listening to certain records, I know exactly which track(s) I'm going to skip. I've made playlists where I've "fixed" albums by removing a track or two. I guess I'm kind of hard to please. But every once in a while, I encounter an album where every track works and I wouldn't dare skip any of them. It's harder than you might think to find an album with no weak spots. I can immediately think of a few, but I can think of WAY more where there's one or two tracks that I don't love as much as the rest.

With that in mind, I did a deep dive into my collection looking for albums where I don't think there's a weak track. Because it's difficult and my collection is kind of diverse, I couldn't limit it just to the standard singer/songwriter fare, so you'll hear a few things on this show that you wouldn't hear otherwise on the program.

I didn't have time to relisten to them all, so I can't guarantee that every album played or mentioned in these three hours is perfect, but I can definitely guarantee that diving into any of these albums will be worth your time and very rewarding!

And because this show was pre-recorded and I put a lot of thought into it, I'm calling it one of the occasional "standby" episodes of the show that I might pull out again some day when I can't make it down to the station.

I sure hope you enjoy this one almost as much as I enjoyed putting it together. If not, I'm sure I'll be hearing from a few people wondering what the heck I'm doing playing some of this stuff.

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January 28, 2024 part 3

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January 28, 2024 part 2

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January 28, 2024 part 1

Episode #1024

Hot concerts past and future, a look at the upcoming Toronto concert calendar, new music, and a bunch of classic bangers!

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January 21, 2024 part 3

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January 21, 2024 part 2

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January 21, 2024 part 1

Episode #1023

Exciting new music and new discoveries, super exciting upcoming shows at Winterruption (even if the two most exciting are at the same damn time!), bear songs for Lockport Ron, and some blistering bangers to end off!

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January 14, 2024 part 3

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January 14, 2024 part 2

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January 14, 2024 part 1

Episode #1022

After the holidays are all done, the new music starts to roll out again, and we've got a whole bunch of it today, as well as some exciting upcoming shows to preview and a few classics as well!

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January 7, 2024 part 3: The Best of 2023 (leftovers)

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January 7, 2024 part 2: The Best of 2023 (leftovers)

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January 7, 2024 part 1: The Best of 2023 (leftovers)

Episode #1021

On last week's show and in a recent post on the website, I listed off some of my favourite music released in 2023, but in making the list, I realized that there were a LOT of releases, even by some of my favourite artists, that I just didn't get to spend enough time with for one reason or another, so they didn't make the main list. This episode aims to clean up some of the leftovers and check out some of the releases that somehow slipped past me in the past year.

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December 31, 2023 part 3: (some of) The Best of 2023

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December 31, 2023 part 2: (some of) The Best of 2023

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December 31, 2023 part 1: (some of) The Best of 2023

Episode #1020

A look back at yet another strong year in music as we listen to a few of the many musical highlights of 2023!

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December 24, 2023 part 3: TTBTGH Christmas Spectacular

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December 24, 2023 part 2: TTBTGH Christmas Spectacular

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