Episode #763

Today we’ve got a probable candidate for Best Album of 2018 honours, some great new singles, German requests, a conversation with our good buddy Joe Nolan, and much more!

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

Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado – CDN – CDN
Jonathan Byrd & the Pickup Cowboys – Lakota Sioux – Pickup Cowboy
Jonathan Byrd & the Pickup Cowboys – Fish Out of Water – Pickup Cowboy
Jonathan Byrd & the Pickup Cowboys – Do You Dream – Pickup Cowboy

Mark Erelli – By Degrees (w/Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Lori McKenna, Anais Mitchell, and Josh Ritter) – https://www.bydegreessong.com/
Anna Tivel – Fenceline – single
Jess Klein – Mammal – single
Bob Schneider – Lost – single

Joe Nolan interview

Joe Nolan – Another Dead Poet – Cry Baby – CDN

Mipso – People Change – Edges Run
Laura Veirs – Ether Sings – Carbon Glacier
Herman Dune – I Wish that I Could See You Soon – Giant
Lydia Loveless – Longer – Real
Joe Nolan – Music in the Streets – Cry Baby – CDN

D.B. Rielly – Your Stupid Face – Live from Chester
D.B. Rielly – Tito Puente – Live from Chester
D.B. Rielly – Don’t Think So Much – Live from Chester
Corin Raymond – Morning Glories – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
The Bottle Rockets – Doomsday Letter – Bit Logic
Deer Tick – Hey! Yeah! – Mayonnaise
The Pursuit of Happiness – Consciousness Raising as a Social Tool – Love Junk
The Pursuit of Happiness – When the Sky Comes Falling Down – Love Junk

Episode #762

Pledge-O-Rama is over and was a huge success once again, thanks to our kind and generous listeners! This week, we’re back doing what we always do, playing new music and chatting about concerts, past and future, including a special show coming up this week with two local talents who joined us in-studio for some conversation, song, and German breakfast, Kerji Stephens and Justin Lacroix!

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

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Down by the Henry Moore – Let’s Frolic Again – CDN
Murray McLauchlan – Burned Out Car – Gulliver’s Taxi – CDN
Ron Hynes – No Change In Me – Get Back Change – CDN
Emily Burgess – Are We In Love? – Are We In Love? – CDN
Mayhemingways – Haybales – Skip Land – CDN
Adam Holmes & The Embers – Oh My God – The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions: Adam Holmes & The Embers

The Brandos – Gettysburg – Town to Town, Sun to Sun (Live in Germany, October 2007)
Amelia Curran – Years – Spectators – CDN
Jann Arden – Unloved – Living Under June – CDN
Matt Epp – Stop Dragging My Heart Around (w/Christina Martin) – single – CDN
Sweet Alibi – Crawling Back to You – single – CDN – WPG
Matt Mays & Terra Lightfoot – Learning to Fly – single – CDN

Kerji Stephens & Justin Lacroix – Put On Another Record – live performance – CDN – WPG
Kerji Stephens & Justin Lacroix – Out in the Streets – live performance – CDN – WPG
Kerji Stephens & Justin Lacroix – Amsterdam – live performance – CDN – WPG
Kerji Stephens & Justin Lacroix – The Visitor – live performance – CDN – WPG

Kerji Stephens – Incomplete Masterpiece – Hunted & Hunter – CDN – WPG
Justin Lacroix – Lovers Weep – Sweet Time of Mine – CDN – WPG
Dave Quanbury – Ghost Daughters – Still Life with Canadian – CDN – WPG
Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado – CDN
Joe Nolan – Dead Ends & Damaged Hearts – Cry Baby – CDN

Back again for a second year of hosting the morning show on the final day of Pledge-O-Rama, and once again we pulled out all of the stops in an attempt to encourage a few more folks to support our beloved sstation and help us reach our fundraising goal. This one’s three hours of solid stellar tunes guaranteed to get you going in the morning.

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

Calexico – Quattro (World Drifts In) – Feast of Wire
Jim White – Static on the Radio – Drill a Hole In That Substrate and Tell Me What You See
Beth Orton – Stolen Car – Central Reservation
Patty Griffin – Making Pies – 1000 Kisses
Kim Richey – Every River – Bittersweet
Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories – Do You Sleep? – Tails

Tom Fodey – Four Walls – Twisty Plays Twisty – CDN – WPG
Townes Van Zandt – Waitin’ Around to Die – For the Sake of the Song
Guy Clark – Let Him Roll – Old #1
James McMurtry – Ruby & Carlos – Childish Things
Lyle Lovett – Just the Morning – I Love Everybody
William Prince – 7 – single – CDN – WPG

Scott Nolan – This Time – Postcards – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – Walking in the Dark – Walking in the Dark – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Walking in the Dark – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN

Shannon Lyon – The Lights Behind – The Lights Behind – CDN
Skydiggers – Pull Me Down – Just Over this Mountain – CDN
Paul MacLeod – Giants – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
John Bottomley – You Lose and You Gain – Blackberry – CDN
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG

D. Rangers – Love, Lust, and Loneliness – The Paw Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Figure Walking – Singapore – The Big Other – CDN – WPG
Greg Macpherson – Goes Like This – Fireball – CDN – WPG
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence
Jon Dee Graham – Holes – Swept Away
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three

Matthew Ryan – Guilty – May Day
The Damnwells – I Am A Leaver – Air Stereo
Drive-By Truckers – Easy on Yourself – A Blessing and a Curse
The Weakerthans – Watermark – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG
The Lowest of the Low – New Westminster Taxi Squad – Nothing Short of a Bullet – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – 12 Bellevue – Failer – CDN

Episode #761

It’s time for our annual Pledge-O-Rama spectacular, where we pull out all the stops in an effort to encourage you to support UMFM by making a donation to help us keep doing what we do! In addition to prizes, incentives, fellow UMFM DJs, and more, we’ve got some extra special guests, including JP Hoe, Jay Aymar, Del Barber, and Stephen Stanley!

In case you missed out on the fun of the live show, it’s never too late to support our station and show us that you appreciate and value what we do. https://umfm.com/donate

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

Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Running on a Wire – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Farewell, God Bless You, Goodbye – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Run Away from Me – Hideaway – CDN
Stephen Stanley Band – Next to Me – Jimmy and the Moon – CDN
Jay Aymar – Walls Are Pages – The Chicken Came First – CDN

Mary Gauthier – Goodbye – Filth and Fire
John Bottomley – Klee Wyck – Blackberry – CDN
Oh Susanna – Tunderbird – A Girl in Teen City – CDN
Christina Martin – Falling for You – Sleeping with a Stranger – CDN

JP Hoe – Bittersweet – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe interview
Emmylou Harris – Hard Bargain – Hard Bargain
Middle of Nowhere – When You Get In – Middle of Nowhere – CDN – WPG

Jay Aymar interview
Jay Aymar – Two Planks and a Passion – Your Perfect Matador – CDN
Jay Aymar – Take Me Home – Your Perfect Matador – CDN

Del Barber interview
John Wort Hannam – Key of D – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Del Barber – Louise – live performance – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Willie’s Diamond Joe – live performance – CDN – WPG
Joe Nolan – Music in the Streets – Cry Baby – CDN

Stephen Stanley Band – Under the Mynah Bird – Jimmy and the Moon – CDN
Stephen Stanley interview
Stephen Stanley Band – 40 Endings (w/David Corley) – Jimmy and the Moon – CDN

Episode #760

Today we catch up with our old friend Mike Plume, who is in the midst of an ambitious coast-to-coast tour, which stops in Winnipeg on Tuesday. We’ve also got plenty of new music, our usual roundup of requests, some Thanksgiving songs, a Pledge-O-Rama preview and more!

Tune in Sunday, October 14 for our 2018 Pledge-O-Rama Spectacular! We would really appreciate your support!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Matt Mays – Season to Leave – live recording – CDN
Matt Mays – Drive On – Twice Upon a Hell of a Time – CDN
Dan Mangan – Cold in the Summer – More or Less – CDN
Liam Russell – Half Chance – No Contest – CDN
The Pollies – You Want It – Transmissions
Kacey Musgraves – Kansas City Star – King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Guthries – Rhubarb Pie – Off Windmill – CDN
James McMurtry – Holiday – Childish Things
Stephen Kellogg – Thanksgiving – Blunderstone Rookery
Jadea Kelly – Wildflowers – Canada Covers Tom Petty – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Mike Plume – Doing What Comes Naturally – Born by the Radio – CDN

Mike Plume interview

Mike Plume – My Old Friend – Born by the Radio – CDN

3:30 – 4:00pm

Karen Elson – Raven – Double Roses
Bill Callahan – Too Many Birds – Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
Paul Kelly – With the One I Love – Nature
Mayhemingways – Bad Old Days – Skip Land – CDN
Mayhemingways – Hunter St. Blues – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Mayhemingways – CDs I Didn’t Sell – Mayhemingways EP – CDN

Episode #759

September 29 marked our 16th birthday on UMFM, and we kick of year 17 doing what we always do around here, playing some new, some old, all amazing music, chatting up concerts and new releases, and just generally having a lot of fun! Here’s to the next 16 years and beyond!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Fred Eaglesmith – Flowers in the Dell – The Boy that just Went Wrong – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Water in the Fuel – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Trucker Speed – 6 Volts – CDN
Ian & Sylvia – Someday Soon – Northern Journey – CDN
Wilco – Someday Soon – Being There
Alexi Murdoch – Some Day Soon – Towards the Sun

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Bear’s Den – Red Earth & Pouring Rain – Red Earth & Pouring Rain
The Artisanals – Grow with You – The Artisanals
Alex Dezen – When You Give Up – II
The Damnwells – Kiss Catastrophe – Bastards of the Beat
Matthew Ryan – 3rd of October – East Autumn Grin

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Nicki Bluhm – To Rise You Gotta Fall – To Rise You Gotta Fall
Marissa Nadler – For My Crimes – For My Crimes
The Black Lillies – Earthquake – Stranger to Me
Guy Clark – Homegrown Tomatoes – Better Days
Melissa Payne – September Skies – single – CDN
Melissa Payne – Don’t Say – Melissa Payne – CDN
Dylan Ireland – When It Goes – Every Other Night – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Mayhemingways – Haybales – Skip Land – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Enemy Inside – Love Versus – CDN
Oh Susanna – Thunderbird – A Girl in Teen City – CDN
Rodney Crowell – Life Without Susanna – Close Ties
Romantica – Cecil Ingram Connor – Shadowland
Matthew Ryan – (I Just Died) Like an Aviator – Hustle Up Starlings
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – White Man’s World – The Nashville Sound

Episode #758

Lots of shows to talk about on this episode, past and future, some great requests, a birthday party for Bruce, new music, and more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Old Reliable – Tight Knit Seams – Pulse of Light Dark Landscape – CDN
D.Rangers – Three Barriers – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG
The Small Glories – Had I Paid – Wondrous Traveler – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Linda McRae – Flying Jenny – Flying Jenny – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Willie P Bennett – Love Is a Game – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Hank Williams – Ramblin’ Man – Greatest Hits
June Carter Cash – The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore – Press On
Ray Bonneville – Crow John – Goin’ by Feel – CDN
David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes – Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Spirit Of The West – And if Venice Is Sinking – Faithlift – CDN
Primary Colours – Cry Me a River – live recording – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Bear’s Den – Above the Clouds of Pompeii – Islands
Bear’s Den – Agape – Islands
Ferris & Sylvester – Sometimes – Made In Streatham
Songs: Ohia – I’ve Been Riding with the Ghost – The Magnolia Electric Co.
The Magnolia Electric Co. – Hard to Love a Man – Hard to Love a Man
Great Lake Swimmers – Bodies and Minds – Bodies and Minds – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Fred Eaglesmith – Cigarette Machine – 6 Volts – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Cumberland County – Falling Stars and Broken Hearts – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Atlantic City – live recording – CDN
Serena Ryder – Racing In The Street – single – CDN
Joe Nolan – Black Out Drunk – Cry Baby – CDN

Episode #757

The concert calendar is pretty busy these days, and we’ve got plenty of upcoming shows to preview, as well as some new music, some great requests, and a set of rockin’ classics!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mayhemingways – Frances the Youngest Truck Driver – Skip Land – CDN
Jim Bryson – Cerulean – Tired of Waiting – CDN
Jim Bryson – Hold the World – Tired of Waiting – CDN
Courtney Marie Andrews – Heart and Mind – single
The Lemonheads – The Outdoor Type – Car Button Cloth
The Lemonheads – Into Your Arms – Come on Feel The Lemonheads

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait – Pleased to Meet Me
Big Star – When My Baby’s Beside Me – #1 Record
Elvis Costello – I’m Not Angry – My Aim Is True
Camper Van Beethoven – Take the Skinheads Bowling – Telephone Free Landslide Victory
Cracker – Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) – Cracker
Tony Furtado – These Chains – These Chains
Tony Furtado – Give Me Your Soul – The Bell
Tony Furtado – Astoria – Cider House Sessions (Live at Reverend Nat’s)

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Linda McRae – Deck of 52 – Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts – CDN
Linda McRae – Why Can’t Waylon – Shadow Trails – CDN
Spirit of the West – Home for a Rest – Save This House – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – I’m Just Dreamin’ – From The Paradise Motel – CDN
Elliott BROOD – Without Again – Mountain Meadows – CDN
Steve Earle – The Galway Girl – Transcendental Blues

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Scott Nolan – You Rock We Roll – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Trois Rivieres – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – The Waitress – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Malcolm Holcombe – Black Bitter Moon – Come Hell or High Water
John Wort Hannam – The Quiet Life – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
The Devil Makes Three – Paint my Face – Chains Are Broken
Ane Brun – I Want to Know What Love Is – Leave Me Breathless

Episode #756

Tony Furtado returns to Winnipeg for a very rare appearance on September 19, so we got him on the phone to chat about that and much more. We also heard some great new (and new-to-me) music, the usual collection of great German requests, and a special celebration of the upcoming birthday of my best friend and biggest inspiration!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Willie P Bennett – Brave Wings – Heartstrings – CDN
Banjo Mechanics – Luck of the Beanrow – Luck of the Beanrow – CDN
Hillbilly Burlesque – Lay Down Next to You – Crazy Life – CDN – WPG
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Songbird – Karma for Cheap
Jay Aymar – Walls Are Pages – Your Perfect Matador – CDN
Cris Cuddy – The Night the Lights Blew Out (in St. John’s Newfoundland) – Dream On – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Whispering Tree – Invisible Forces – Fat Cat
Kate Campbell – This, and my Heart Beside – Damn Sure Blue
Carly Dow – Sunlight Remembers – Comet – CDN – MB
Tony Furtado – If I Had a Boat (w/Ben Demerath) – Full Circle
Tony Furtado – Dying Language – The Bell

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Tony Furtado interview

Tony Furtado – Peggy O – Cider House Sessions (Live at Reverend Nat’s)
Dylan LeBlanc – Look How Far We’ve Come – Cautionary Tale
Anna von Hausswolff – Above All – Singing From the Grave

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Sawyer Fredericks – Broken Home – Hide Your Ghost
The Arrogant Worms – The Happy Happy Birthday Song – C’est Cheese – CDN
Chris Trapper – Birthday Song – Songs From The Drive-In
Johnny Fritz – Ain’t It Your Birthday – Dad Country
Loudon Wainwright III – The Birthday Present – Grown Man
Loudon Wainwright III – Birthday Boy – Years in the Making!
Loretta Lynn – Happy Birthday – Greatest Hits

Episode #755

This episode features a chat with two friends & favourites, one long-time and one recent discovery, Tannis Slimmon and Annie Sumi, who are heading out on the road and will be stopping in the Winnipeg area next weekend. We’ve also got some great new music, memories of great shows I’ve seen recently, some great requests and much more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Chuck Prophet – The Left Hand & The Right Hand – Temple Beautiful
Joe Nolan – Dead Ends and Damaged Hearts – Cry Baby – CDN
Joe Nolan – Breaking Up and Out – Cry Baby – CDN

Tannis Slimmon & Annie Sumi interview

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Annie Sumi – Evaporating Life – In the Unknown – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Edmonton – Lucky Blue – CDN
Lewis Melville – My Body Moves – Not Really a Bluegrass Album – CDN
Tannis Slimmon – Why Can’t You Read My Mind – Oak Lake – CDN
Annie Sumi – The City – In the Unknown – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Major Love – Older Younger – Major Love – CDN
Will Courtney – Too High Now – Crazy Love
Jon Brooks – 01 – No One Travels Alone – CDN
Joe Ely – Because of the Wind – The Lubbock Tapes
Joe Ely – Cool Rockin’ Loretta – Hi-Res
Alejandro Escovedo – Rosalie – A Man Under the Influence
Alejandro Escovedo – Wave – A Man Under the Influence

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Joe Ely – Up on the Ridge – Live @ Antone’s
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Live at the Austin Outhouse
Townes Van Zandt – Blaze’s Blues – No Deeper Blue
Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues
Gretchen Peters – Love that Makes a Cup of Tea – Dancing With the Beast