Podcast: April 27, 2025: Pledge-O-Rama! w/Ron Hawkins

Episode #1085

It’s time once again for UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama, the one week of the year where we ask for your help. In order to keep the station functioning the way we’d like and to make necessary improvements, we need an infusion of money that we hope you will be willing to help provide. More importantly for me, however, it’s the one week where I get to learn some of the names of the people out there listening in. We truly have no idea who’s listening or how many of you there are unless you let us know directly, and this is the best way to find out. Your donations, large or small, all show that what we do is important to you, and that means a whole lot. I adore putting together this show every week, and I’d gladly do it just for myself, but knowing that it means something to you is very rewarding and it helps motivate you to make the best show possible.

As usual, the show includes a bunch of new music, memories of a truly great concert last night and we look ahead to a busy week of shows here and elsewhere. We also spin some classic Winnipeg music that doesn’t get played anywhere other than on campus & community radio.

We’ve also got a new interview with one of the greatest songwriters in Canada and one of my true heroes, Ron Hawkins, all about the new album from The Lowest of the Low, which is truly exciting. We’ve even got some tracks from the upcoming album to debut!

Thanks for all of your support. If you didn’t get a chance to donate during the show, Pledge-O-Rama is on all week and you could help us get to our station goal.

Join me Friday morning from 6-9 am for Mudge in the Morning!

Pledge-O-Rama info: https://umfm.com/news/pledge-your-support-for-great-radio-in-winnipeg-2025

Incentive merchandise & prizes: https://umfm.com/donate/incentives

Make a donation: https://umfm.com/donate

download part 1

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download part 3 w/Ron Hawkins (The Lowest of the Low)

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

Sean Burns & Lost Country – And It’s Quiet – single – CDN – WPG
Carter Felker – Losing Hand – Loser – CDN
Carter Felker – Throwing Words Around – Loser – CDN

Dennis Ellsworth – Ride with You – Hardcore Freewheelin’ – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Count to Ten – Hardcore Freewheelin’ – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – I Can’t Impress You – Hardcore Freewheelin’ – CDN

Joe Nolan – Wake Up Sleepy Anna – Luv in the new World – CDN
Slow Leaves – Looking Out My Window – In Solitude, For Company – CDN – WPG
Hayes Carll – Progress of Man (Bitcoin & Cattle) – single
Vandoliers – Life Behind Bars – Life Behind Bars

Malin Pettersen – Free – single
Sam Fender – Tyrants – single
Sam Barber – Man of the Year – single
S.G. Goodman – Satellite – Planting by the Signs

Amy Nelson – The Mountain Song – Educated Woman – CDN
Belle Plaine – Golden Ring (feat. Megan Nash) – Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath – CDN
Belle Plaine – Is It Cheating (feat. Colter Wall) – Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath – CDN

The Hold Steady – Your Little Hoodrat Friend – Separation Sunday
The Hold Steady – Massive Nights – Boys and Girls in America
The Hold Steady – Spinners – Teeth Dreams

The Weakerthans – Aside – Left and Leaving – CDN
Slow – Have Not Been The Same – Against the Glass – CDN

The Lowest of the Low – The Moon and the Stars and the Sky and the Sea – Over Years and Overnight – CDN

Ron Hawkins (The Lowest of the Low) interview

The Lowest of the Low – DOTGOTW – Over Years and Overnight – CDN

Lucas Roger – Bottom Of The Stairs – Finite Light – CDN – WPG
Lucas Roger – Rescue City – Finite Light – CDN – WPG
Amos the Kid – World Burn – Enough as it Was – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Run Away From Me – Hideaway – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – In the Woods – Velvet Paintings – CDN – WPG

Doug McLean – A Mass Vacancy – A Mass Vacancy – CDN – WPG
The Paperbacks – Local Celebrities – An Episode of Sparrows – CDN – WPG
The Bonaduces – A Separate Lid Behind Closed Eyes – The Democracy of Sleep – CDN – WPG

The Details – Always, Always, Always, Never. – Draw a Distance. Draw a Border. – CDN – WPG
Kings Of The Moon – Procrastination – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG


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