Wasn’t that a party! A look back at last night’s amazing Mike Plume Band show, and a look ahead to the exciting upcoming Mike June & Jess Klein show! I only recently figured out that one of my favourite songwriters ever, Alex Dezen of The Damnwells is my birthday neighbour, so I have to wish him well, and give myself the gift of some great Damnwells songs. We end off with a solid set of Steel Belted classics.

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Artist – Title – Album

Mike Plume Band – Silver Lining – Song & Dance, Man
Mike Plume Band – Live It Up until they Lower Me Down – Red and White Blues
JP Hoe – Beautifully Crazy – Hideaway
Mike June – Hard Times – Talkin’ Revolution Blues
Mike June – What If God Gave Up (with Jon Dee Graham) – recorded live on UMFM
Jess Klein – If There’s a God – Bootleg
Jess Klein – Behind a Veil – Behind a Veil
Jess Klein – Open Me – Draw Them Near
The Damnwells – Kentexas – The Damnwells
The Damnwells – She Goes Around – No One Listens to the Band Anymore
The Damnwells – Kiss Catastrophe – Bastards Of The Beat
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Not Alone (Medicins Sans Frontiéres) (Disc 4)
Kathleen Edwards – 12 Bellevue – Failer
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Stoned – Bark
Matt Mays & El Torpedo – On the Hood – Matt Mays & El Torpedo
Christina Martin – Falling For You – Sleeping With A Stranger

It’s Father’s Day today, so a very special episode featuring fathers & our children, as I’m joined by my son Jeremy, and a special co-host, Gary Annable, who was one of the original hosts of Steel Belted Radio but hasn’t been back on UMFM in a decade; he brought his son along and we were joined by Matt Epp, who brought his infant daughter Luma with him for a chat and to play some songs from his new album.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jess Klein – Cloud Song – Draw Them Near
Mike June – Let It Go (with Jon Dee Graham) – recorded live on UMFM
Mike Plume Band – Dimaggio – Fools for the Radio – CDN
Leaf Rapids – Galaxie 500 – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Matt Epp – North Star – Ready in Time – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matt Epp interview

Matt Epp – Promised Land – Luma – CDN
Matt Epp – Hard to Say – live performance – CDN
Matt Epp – Cash & Blood – live performance – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Matt Epp – Ready in Time – Ready in Time – CDN
Guy Clark – The Randall Knife – Dublin Blues
Drive-By Truckers – Outfit – Decoration Day
Steve Goodman – My Old Man – No Big Surprise: Anthology
Weddings Parties Anything – Father’s Day – Difficult Loves

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) – Remember Me – The Low Highway
Loudon Wainwright III – A Year – Grown Man
Bobby Bare Jr. with Isabella Bare – Daddy, What If – Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute To The Songs of Shel Silverstein
Syd Straw – My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky) – Daddy-O Daddy: Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie
Catie Curtis – Dad’s Yard – Hello Stranger
Sean Rowe – My Little Man – Madman

Plenty of great shows to preview tonight, including next week’s long-awaited return of the Mike Plume Band, as well as some rockin’ classics. Good stuff.

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Artist – Title – Album

Charles Bradley – Why Is It So Hard – No Time for Dreaming
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – We Get Along – Give the People What they Want
Frazey Ford – Done – Indian Ocean
Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – Lucky Stars
Matt Epp – When You Know (Featuring Serena Ryder) – Learning to Lose Control
Matt Epp – Ready in Time – Ready in Time
Mike Plume – Coming Home Again (Hey Hey What D’Ya Say) – Red And White Blues
Mike Plume Band – It’s Over – Born So Long Ago Live 1997-2002
Mike Plume Band – Rich Man – Song And Dance, Man
Mike Plume Band – Radiate – Fools for the Radio
Matthew Ryan – Me & My Lover – East Autumn Grin
Chris Knight – Love and a .45 – Chris Knight
American Aquarium – Hurricane – Small Town Hymns
The Jayhawks – The Eyes Of SarahJane – Rainy Day Music
Drive-By Truckers – Danko/Manuel – The Dirty South
Jason Isbell – Stockholm (w/Kim Richey) – Southeastern

Some beautiful classics to start things off, including one so good, I had to play it twice! Today is the birthday of two fine folks, Christina Martin and our pal and longtime supporter Dietmar Leibecke, so a tribute to each is in order!

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Artist – Title – Album

Radiogram – All the Way Home – Summer Song Summer
Jim Bryson – Flowers – Where the Bungalows Roam
Shannon Lyon – Nobody Else – The Lights Behind
Shannon Lyon – Nobody Else – The Lights Behind (so amazing, I had to play it twice!)
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – Summerlea – Things Is Changin’
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs For The Last 20
Brock Zeman – Pulling your Sword – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back
Christina Martin – Cut It Out – Two Hearts
Christina Martin – Daisy – I Can Too
Christina Martin – Marina – Sleeping with a Stranger
Christina Martin – Somewhere With You – It’ll Be Alright
Leeroy Stagger – Carol – Depression River
Romi Mayes – Just Like the Rest – Achin In Yer Bones
Matt Epp & the Amorian Assembly – Never Have I Loved Like This – At Dawn
Jack Marks – The Dress Song – Two of Everything
Corin Raymond and the Sentimentals – Blue Mermaid Dress – live recording
John Southworth – Ode to the Morning Sky – Niagara
Danny Michel – Fireworks – In The Belly Of A Whale

An abbreviated episode on account of C.R. Avery’s “Some Birds Walk for the Hell of It,” which I’m off to see. A preview of this and other shows, as well as some great new music.

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Artist – Title – Album

C.R. Avery – Lemon Meringue Pie – The Great Canadian Novel
C.R. Avery – Paris – The Great Canadian Novel
C.R. Avery – Town to Town – The Great Canadian Novel
Scott Nolan – Everything to Everybody – Receiver/Reflector
Scott Nolan – Forever Is a Long Time – Silverhill
William Prince – The Carny – single
Brock Zeman – Little Details – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back
Bob Schneider – Han Solo – King Kong
James McMurtry – How’m I Gonna Find You Now – Complicated Game