December 21, 2008

Our annual Holiday marathon of festive favourites, best of the year, and all around fun. This year I was joined by the always charming and amusing Carter with his jokes and trivia questions to liven things up. part 1 part … Continue reading

December 14, 2008

A very special celebration of great music and great friends, as we opened up the studio doors for listeners to drop by, say hello, and check out the best of 2008. Jaine was on hand with awesome holiday cookies, Jeremy … Continue reading

December 7, 2008

Before we really started diving in to the best of 2008, we paused to look back at the year in music for 2007, and especially some great ’07 releases that didn’t reach my ears until ’08. There was time for … Continue reading

November 30, 2008

Proving you don’t always need a theme to have a pretty good show, today’s program was all about requests, dedications, and good stuff we just needed to hear. Sure, we paid tribute to Richard Thompson who’s coming to town, and … Continue reading

Playlists: Tell the Band to Go Home – November 2008

Episode #283 Sunday, November 2, 2008 2:00-4:00 pm central time CJUM 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba www.umfm.com Some great new music kicks us off in style, but from there it’s another week of looking forward to some pretty stellar shows, … Continue reading

November 23, 2008

A bit of an abbreviated podcast this week, since we had trouble with the station’s digital recorder/podcast maker thingy and part of the show didn’t get recorded (a good reminder to listen live, whenever you can, because it was good!). … Continue reading

Steel Belted Radio – November 20, 2008

A special pre-recorded segment of Steel Belted Free Range Radio featuring Romi Mayes & Gurf Morlix, including one of my favourite live-in-the-studio moments ever, Gurf’s powerful cover of Blaze Foley’s “Cold, Cold World.” Do NOT miss this one! download … Continue reading

November 16, 2008

More great upcoming shows this week?!?! What’s going on in Winnipeg? This week we’re treated to Justin Rutledge, Dave Lang/Carolyn Mark, Jill Barber, and the long awaited Romi Mayes/Gurf Morlix show! Even with all of that on our minds, we … Continue reading

November 9, 2008

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November 2, 2008

Some great new music kicks us off in style, but from there it’s another week of looking forward to some pretty stellar shows, including Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Fred Eaglesmith & Friends, and more! part 1 part 2 … Continue reading