When I heard that my friend and mentor and UMFM mainstay for many years, John Prentice, was hoping to do his great show, Planet Mainstage, remotely this year, I knew I had to jump in and help out. John has been a part of the folk & roots music community longer than I’ve been alive, and certainly all of the time that I’ve been with UMFM, so it was an honour and a pleasure to be his board operator and help solicit some donations for UMFM’s annual Pledge-O-Rama! Unlike commercial stations and other big community stations, we do not get paid to host our shows, so it truly is a labour of love. We also have no idea who is listening to our shows, so it’s a real boost when we get opportunities like this, where we hear directly from listeners who appreciate what we do. I make my donation as a thanks to John’s show every year, and I hope that many of you will do the same.

Today, John played parts of some of his great interviews with the likes of Peter Yarrow, Stephen Fearing, Sam Baardman, and more.

Check out Planet Mainstage: https://umfm.com/programming/shows/planet-mainstage

Support UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama: https://umfm.com/donate/pledgeorama

download Planet Mainstage Pledge-O-Rama

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Greg Brown – Spring Wind – Dream Café
Greg Brown – Canned Goods – One More Goodnight Kiss

Eliza Gilkyson – Sleeper – Going Driftless: An Artist’s Tribute to Greg Brown
Richard & Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Loudon Wainwright, III – Dead Skunk – Album III

Willie P Bennett – White Line – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
David Wiffen – Skybound Station – Coast To Coast Fever – CDN
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Lean on Your Peers – Kings of Love – CDN
Lynn Miles – Over You – Unravel – CDN

Richard Moody – Ayahuma – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG

Carter Felker – Piece Of Time – Loser – CDN
Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG