Episode #1138

Memories and disappointments of another amazing but under-attended show, songs & names too close for comfort, new music, upcoming shows, and lamented local bands.

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

Slaid Cleaves – Song for June – Unsung

Carter Felker – The Bad Guy – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Sittin’ by the Road
John Prine – Daddy’s Little Pumpkin – The Missing Years
Bruce Cockburn – If I Had A Rocket Launcher – Waiting For A Miracle – CDN
Starpainter – I Found a River – Cayenne – CDN

India Ramey – Cult Money – Villain Era
Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown – High Top Mountain
Turnpike Troubadours – Kansas City Southern – Diamonds & Gasoline
Chris Knight – Framed – Chris Knight
Thomas Csorba – Crooked Kind of Free – Thomas Csorba

Dougie MacLean – Another Time – Resolution
Clive Gregson – I Love This Town – The Best of Clive Gregson
Bap Kennedy – Moonlight Kiss – Serendipity

Liv Wade – Carolina – single
Liv Greene – Wild Geese – Deep Feeler

Noah Derksen – Walking Home (feat. FONTINE) – Mercy on the Skyline – CDN – WPG
Tyson Ray Borsboom – Let You Down – These Days – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Summer Rain – Pilgrimage – CDN
Ferris & Sylvester – 5-4-3-2-1 – single
Amble – Moral Victory – single

Carl M Banks – My Repertoire – ‘Mericana Mixtape, Vol. 1
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Cassette Mix Tape – Reel 2 Reel 4 Real
Kaitlin Butts – Never Really Mine – single
Boy Golden – Suffer (Acoustic) – single – CDN – WPG
Boy Golden – Cowboy Dreams (feat. Cat Clyde) – Best of Our Possible Lives – CDN – WPG

Corb Lund Band – No Roads Here – Five Dollar Bill – CDN
Corb Lund – Hair In My Eyes Like a Highland Steer – Hair In My Eyes Like a Highland Steer – CDN
Corb Lund – My Saddle Horse Has Died – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! – CDN
Corb Lund – It’s Hard to Keep a White Shirt Clean (for Willie P. Bennett) – Losin’ Lately Gambler – CDN
Corb Lund – Dig Gravedigger Dig – Cabin Fever – CDN
Sean Burns – Someday Soon – single – CDN – WPG

Crash Test Dummies – Here I Stand Before Me – God Shuffled His Feet – CDN – WPG
Kings Of The Moon – Crab Song – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
Duck Shot Hunter – All This Time – Yum – CDN – WPG
Paper Moon – These New Friends Of Yours… – Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day – CDN – WPG
The Details – Always, Always, Always, Never. – Draw a Distance. Draw a Border. – CDN – WPG

NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Live At The Dakota – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Wishes Pile Up – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN

Episode #1137

Highlights of a great David Essig/D. Rangers show, new music, can-rock bangers, upcoming shows featuring Carter Felker and Odds, and we dive into head Odd Craig Northey‘s extensive career!

David Essig‘s Fair Days (and more): https://soundcloud.com/david-essig

Carter Felker, May 30: https://3common.com/event/carter-felker-at-park-alleys/69f40b1bd64d443a033fa018

Odds, May 26: https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/the-odds-with-guests-the-the-park-theatre-tickets/14773533

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

Matt Andersen – My Old Friend The Blues – Second Time Around – CDN

Freddy Fender – Before The Next Teardrop Falls – Before The Next Teardrop Falls
David Essig – For the Sake of a Dollar – live recording – CDN
D. Rangers – Tryin’ to Start Out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Blackie and the Rodeo King – High or Hurtin’: The Songs of Willie P. Bennett – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN

Jackpine – Careless Love – Brand New Good Old Days – CDN – WPG
The Western States – Valemount – The Western States – CDN – WPG
David Essig – Motel As Metaphor – Fair Days – CDN

Carter Felker – Throwing Words Around – Loser – CDN
Carter Felker – Nothin’ But Net – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN
Mike Plume Band – My Old Friend – Born by the Radio – CDN

Ross Fizzard – Honey For The Weekend Let’s Agree – single – CDN
Trevor Tchir – There I Go – What Fools Endure – CDN
Jake Vaadeland – The Homesteader’s Song – This Is Jake Vaadeland – CDN
Jesse Welles – Masks Off – single

Thomas Csorba – The Big Time – Tender Country
Son Volt – Skeleton at the Feast – Sound Signal Serenades
The Deslondes – Try Again – Don’t Let It Die: Vol. 1
Noah Gundersen – Die Young – Rites Of Spring
Dasher The Band – Ouachita Woods – single
Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill – The Rebel – The House Must Win

Whitney Rose – Tootsies – The Tennessee Polaroids – CDN
Jess Klein – All It’ll Take – single
Brandi Carlile – Life On The Run – single
Ken Pomeroy – Look at Miss Ohio – single

Carter Felker – Losing Hand – Loser – CDN

Odds – 25 Words – Crash the Time Machine – CDN
Odds – Took a Long Time (to Get to I don’t Care) – Universal Remote – CDN
Odds – My Happy Place – Cheerleader – CDN
Odds – It Falls Apart – Bedbugs – CDN

Trans-Canada Highwaymen – Make My Life A Little Bit Brighter – Explosive Hits Vol.1 – CDN
Steven Page – The Work At Hand – Heal Thyself Pt. 1: Instinct – CDN
Colin James – Please, Baby Don’t Do That – The Little Big Band 3 – CDN
Kim Stockwood – She’s Not In Love – Bonavista – CDN
Rosanne Cash – Beautiful Pain (w/Sheryl Crow) – Rules Of Travel – CDN
Craig Northey – Old Mistakes – Giddy Up – CDN

Tom Wilson – Shine Your Star – Tom Wilson’s Planet Love – CDN
Big Wreck – Under The Lighthouse – In Loving Memory Of – CDN
Doug and the Slugs – Day by Day – Slugcology 101 – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Heart Like Mine – Outskirts – CDN

Episode #1136

New music, a deep-dive into the music and career of the great David Essig, memories of Guy Clark, and old favourites.

Bloc Parents: https://blocparents.bandcamp.com/album/unheard-music

David Essig & The Ship & Plough: https://shipandplough.ca/shop/ols/products/david-essig—220526

Justin Townes Earle biography: https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/jonathan-bernstein/what-do-you-do-when-youre-lonesome/9780306833298/

Carter Felker, May 30: https://3common.com/event/carter-felker-at-park-alleys/69f40b1bd64d443a033fa018

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

Colin Linden – Big Mouth – Big Mouth – CDN

Stephen Fearing – Keep Your Mouth Shut – Between Hurricanes – CDN
Clarence Carter – You Talk Too Much – Selected Hits
John Blek & the Rats – Don’t Take the Road I’ve Taken – Leave Your Love at the Door
Dylan LeBlanc – Cautionary Tale – Cautionary Tale

Melissa Payne – John Prine Cassette Tape (featuring Adam Baldwin) – single – CDN
Rodney Crowell – If I Could Speak To Leonard – Then Again
Luke Spiller – When I Die Will I Miss Living – single

Willow Avalon – Hypothetically Speaking (feat. Kaitlin Butts) – Pink Pocket Pistol
Susto Stringband – E-350 (feat. Joshua Hedley) – Volume Two
Camper Van Beethoven – I’m Not Like Everybody Else (Live in Nebraska 1986) – II & III + Live in Nebraska 1986 (40th Anniversary Edition)

Bloc Parents – Leave Me out of It – Unheard Music – CDN – WPG
Bloc Parents – Straight to Their Heads – Unheard Music – CDN – WPG

Willie P Bennett – Music In Your Eyes – Tryin’ To Start out Clean – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
David Essig – Me & Willie / Buddies in the Sadlle – Stewart Crossing Sequence – CDN
David Essig & Rick Scott – Willie P – Double Vision – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – The Highway Callin’ – Fred J Eaglesmith – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Flowers In The Dell – The Boy That Just Went Wrong – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Thirty Years of Farming – Indiana Road – CDN
David Essig – Sault Creek – High Ground – CDN

Valdy – Rock And Roll Song – Family Gathering – CDN
Jackie Washington – Goin’ To Chicago – Blues & Sentimental – CDN
Don Ross – Berkley Springs – Passion Session – CDN
Stan Rogers – Paint Me A Picture (Live) – Discoveries: Rare Live Recordings – CDN
David Essig – Beverley Street – Beverley Street – CDN

Guy Clark – Step Inside My House (Live at University of Houston Coffee House 1970) – Looking For the Words
Guy Clark – Anyhow, I Love You – Texas Cookin’
Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues

Justin Townes Earle – Hard Livin’ – The Good Life
Steve Earle – Jericho Road – Washington Square Serenade
Jeff Crosby – Another Petal Falls Off of the Rose – Another Petal Falls Off of the Rose

Carter Felker – Stranger In The Mirror – Loser – CDN
Carter Felker – Living Free – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN
Del Barber – No Easy Way Out – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG

Pony Gold – Wait for Me – High Road Reverie – CDN
Suzie Ungerleider – Pumpkins – My Name is Suzie Ungerleider – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Around This Corner – You Were Here – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye – Fall for Beauty – CDN

Episode #1135

Some songs and love for our Pledge-O-Rama donors today, new music and a re-release, and we send some love and support out to John Showman, who’s recovering from a rather nasty accident. We dug into the many, many albums and projects that he’s contributed his voice and outstanding fiddle to.

In case you missed it, you can still donate to Pledge-O-Rama! https://umfm.com/donate/pledgeorama

Support John Showman: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-john-showman-heal-and-return-to-the-music-he-loves

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

Skydiggers – Alice Graham – West Montrose – CDN

Arrogant Worms – The Happy Happy Birthday Song – C’est Cheese – CDN
John Prine – That’s the Way That the World Goes ‘Round – Live
Kasey Chambers – Water In The Fuel – Storybook
Corb Lund – Mein Deutsches Motorrad – Cabin Fever – CDN
Martyn Joseph – Walk Down The Mountain – Whoever It Was That Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Home
Rob Edwards – MAYBE (Sunrise Edition) – live video

Joshua Ray Walker – Shoot Me Straight – single
Deer Tick – Let’s Go Dancing – Let’s Go Dancing Vol. 4: Stopped a Freight Train With a Grain of Sand
Teddy Thompson – The Game – Never Be the Same
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Fill in the Blanks – single – CDN

The Lowest of the Low – Another Year in Limbo Town – Shakespeare My Butt… (deluxe) – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Subversives – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN

New Country Rehab – Angel of Death – New Country Rehab – CDN
New Country Rehab – Home to You – Ghost of Your Charms – CDN
New Country Rehab – Alone & Forsaken – Lost Highway EP – CDN
New Country Rehab – Blair Mountain Ballad – Wide Awake in the Sleeping Cabin – CDN
New Country Rehab – Back in Time – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

John Showman – George-Anne – Showman – CDN
The Foggy Hogtown Boys – Who’s That Knocking At My Door – The Golden West – CDN
Chris Coole, Sam Allison, Adrian Gross, Mark Kilianski, and John Showman – Hickory – Adeline – CDN
The Creaking Tree String Quartet – Somewhere Only We Know – Pickin’ On Keane – CDN
Lonesome Ace Stringband – Stage Fright – Big Wing – CDN

Chris Coole – I Know Your Wandering Heart – The Tumbling River – CDN
Joey Wright – Big Baby – Hatch – CDN
Andrew Collins – High Falutin – Cats & Dogs – CDN
Fiver – Mouser – Audible Songs From Rockwood – CDN
The Breakmen – 1000 Miles – Heartwood – CDN

Justin Rutledge – 1855 – No Never Alone – CDN
Jack Pine and the Fire – Mountain Climber – Jack Pine and the Fire – CDN
Cameron Chudy – The Beast – A Man Who’s Gonna Die Young
Campbell Woods – Under the Canopy – Oxford Street – CDN
Ryan Granville-Martin – All Good Things (Come to Those Who Wait) (feat. Ron Sexsmith) – Mouthparts and Wings – CDN

Jadea Kelly – Who Wouldn’t Wanna Love You – Weather Girl – CDN
Ashley Condon – We’ve Got Love – This Great Compromise – CDN
Samantha Martin – Trucker’s Daughter – Back Home – CDN
Arnie Naiman – Maggie At The Door – My Lucky Stars – CDN
Tracy McNeil – Room Where She Lives – Room Where She Lives – CDN
Oh Susanna – By Rope – Soon the Birds – CDN

David Francey – Lonely Road – The Broken Heart of Everything – CDN
Jon Brooks – Hudson Girl – Delicate Cages – CDN
Jonathan Byrd – Cackalack – Cackalack
Corin Raymond – Winter Is the Warmest Time of Year – There Will Always Be A Small Time – CDN

Episode #1134

It’s Pledge-O-Rama time again, your opportunity to show your support and encouragement for everything that UMFM does for our community and all that it represents. One week a year we seek a little support in order to help the station survive in an uncertain world and to take on some special projects. We sure would love to hear from you! Tell the Band to Go Home listeners have been especially generous in the past so we’re hoping for another strong showing this year. On today’s show, we heard some rockin’ classics, some new music, and we welcomed some next-generation budding programmers, Austin, Joshua, and Mishka.

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Check out yesterday’s Planet Mainstage/John Prentice tribute w/Leonard Podolak, Keri Latimer, and Devin Latimer! https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2026/04/26/podcast-april-25-2026-pledge-o-rama-planet-mainstage-john-prentice-tribute-w-leonard-podolak-keri-latimer-devin-latimer/

Check out Westwood Weekly, starring Austin, Joshua, and Mishka! https://www.youtube.com/@WestwoodStudio210

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

Skydiggers – Radio Waves – Road Radio – CDN

Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Radio, Radio – This Year’s Model
The Replacements – Left of the Dial – Tim
The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Stations – Boys and Girls in America
Brian Macmillan – Turn The Radio Up – Shine – CDN

The Lowest of the Low – Rosy and Grey – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
The Weakerthans – Plea from a Cat Named Virtute – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG `\
The Paperbacks – Local Celebrities – An Episode of Sparrows – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Lampshade – Stranger – CDN – WPG

Kacey Musgraves – Middle of Nowhere – single
Leaf Rapids – Night Shift – Velvet Paintings – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Chaparral – A Bakersfield Half Dozen – CDN – WPG

Jacob Brodovsky – Colorado Low – Tell the Kids We Tried – CDN – WPG
Anthony da Costa – I Was Gonna Go There With You – The No Send Letter
Joey Frendo – Fool Hearted Woman – ACOUSTIC, Vol. 1
John R. Miller – Tollbooth – The Great Unknowing

Matt Epp – Let Me Back In – single – CDN – MB
Leeroy Stagger – Highlands Leaving (feat. Joel Plaskett & Kendel Carson) – Pilgrimage – CDN
Kyle McKearney – Wildflower – single – CDN
Sean Rowe – Burn Baby Burn – single

Fred Eaglesmith – Summerlea – Things Is Changin – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-in Movie – Drive-in Movie – CDN

Young Fresh Fellows – I’m a Prison – Loft
Ratboys – Everywhere – Singin’ to an Empty Chair
Dennis Ellsworth – I Can’t Impress You – Hardcore Freewheelin’

Duck Shot Hunter – Lines – Duck Shot Hunter – CDN – WPG
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts – U Shook Me All Night Long – Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 – CDN
Crooked Still – We Can Work It Out – Friends of Fall

Robbie Fulks – Billie Jean – Happy
Harper Blynn – Halo – single