Boy oh boy, is Christmas ever sneaking up on us fast! Time to sneak in a couple of festive tunes before we do an all-out blitz next week. We do have some new and newly discovered music today as well as a trip to Polar Town with the Times Change(d) crew, a couple of belated requests, and a few healing songs for our good friend Laura who’s resting up her new bionic knee!

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

Matthew Ryan and The Christmas Toddies – It’s Christmas Time – single
Fontaines D.C. – The Lotts – Dogrel
Rod Melancon – Westgate – Pinkville
Scott H. Biram – When I Die – Sold Out to the Devil: A Collection of Gospel Cuts by the Rev. Scott H. Biram
Mike June – Pilgrims – single
Micah Schnabel – Death Defying Feats – The Teenage Years of the 21st Century
The Vegabonds – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – single
Mike Edel – Our Forever – single – CDN

Red Moon Road – Private Love – Red Moon Road – CDN – WPG
Hayes Carll – Drunken Poet’s Dream – Trouble In Mind
The Perpetrators – Josco – Tow Truck – CDN – WPG
Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices – Nick Hill – Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years [Vol. IV] – CDN – WPG

Serena Ryder – Weak In the Knees – Told You In a Whispered Song EP – CDN
Bob Schneider – Metal And Steel – Lonelyland
Dan Mangan – Robots – Nice, Nice, Very Nice – CDN
Jay Sparrow – Stronger – White – CDN
Bebop Cowboys – Jump For Joy (with Sean O’Connor) – Canadian Dance Hall – CDN
Lucinda Williams – Tears Of Joy – Little Honey

Dave McCann – Johannah’s Line – Westbound Til Light – CDN
Dave Gunning – The Loyal Fisherman (feat. Jamie Robinson & Atlantic String Machine) – Up Against The Sky – CDN
Jeremy Fisher – Economy Xmas – single – CDN
The Bros. Landreth – If I Had a Boat – Undercover Bros. – CDN – WPG
The Bros. Landreth – Our Love – Let It Lie – CDN – WPG

Pre-recorded today with some nifty odds & ends, including extended tributes to Merle Haggard & Tom Waits, some nifty new music, cool tips stolen from Big D, and one final reminder to check out Corin Raymond’s Winnipeg CD release show tonight!

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

Scott Nolan w/The Penderecki String Quartet – Manitoba Skyline – Manitoba Skylines – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond – I’ve Been to the Well Before – Dirty Mansions – CDN
Corin Raymond – Lonely Where You Are – Dirty Mansions – CDN
Leaf Rapids – Dear Sister – Citizen Alien – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Shopping Mall Santa – Hoe Hoe Holiday Songs – CDN – WPG

Blue Shadows – If We Make It Through December – On The Floor Of Heaven – Deluxe Re-issue – CDN
Merle Haggard – Goin’ Home For Christmas – Season’s Greetings From Nashville
Redbird – Silver Wings – Live At Café Carpe
Lucinda Williams – You Don’t Have Very Far To Go – Tulare Dust: A Songwriters’ Tribute To Merle Haggard
Radney Foster – The Running Kind – Mama’s Hungry Eyes: A Tribute To Merle Haggard
The Flying Burrito Brothers – Sing Me Back Home – Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology
Merle Haggard – If I Could Only Fly – If I Could Only Fly
Merle Haggard – Mama Tried – The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles

Dean Summerwind – Parked out by the Lake – single – CDN
Harrow Fair – Maybe This Christmas – single
Bear’s Den – Only Son of the Falling Snow – Only Son of the Falling Snow EP
Spirit Of The West – Christmas Eve – From The Heart Christmas – CDN

Curse Of Lono – The Affair – As I Fell
William the Conqueror – Pedestals – Proud Disturber of the Peace
Native Harrow – Can’t Go on Like This – Happier Now
Aldous Harding – Horizon – Party
The Wynntown Marshals – Odessa – After All These Years
The Wynntown Marshals – Learn to Lose – unreleased

Iris Dement – House Where Nobody Lives – Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits
Neko Case – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis – New Coat of Paint
Tom Waits – Come On Up To The House – Mule Variations
Tom Waits – Hang Down Your Head – Rain Dogs

There are some exciting events coming up over the next week, and the two biggest are happening at The West End Cultural Centre, and Scott Nolan has a hand in both of them! Next Sunday our pal Corin Raymond heads back to town and he’s assembled an amazing band to help bring his latest, Winnipeg made album to life. Also, Scott Nolan and Glenn Buhr are gearing up for a big show called Manitoba Skylines and they dropped by to talk all about their collaboration and the very unique evening they’ve got planned for lucky attendees on Thursday. All that and still time for some requests and new music!

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

Corin Raymond – Dirty Mansions – Dirty Mansions – CDN
Glenn Buhr – I Shook Hands with Igor Stravinsky – unreleased – CDN – WPG

Scott Nolan & Glenn Buhr interview

Scott Nolan & Glenn Buhr w/the Penerecki String Quartet – Patron Saint of Broken Hearts – Manitoba Skyline – CDN – WPG

Corin Raymond – Rec Room – Dirty Mansions – CDN
Corin Raymond – Already Then – Dirty Mansions – CDN
Corin Raymond – Progress – Dirty Mansions bonus track – CDN
The Warped 45s – (Bring on that) New Depression – 10 Day Poem For Saskatchewan – CDN
Dave McEathron – I Will – Abandoned Companions & the Abandoned Companions Companion Piece – CDN
Red Moon Road – Say It Again – single – CDN – WPG

The Small Glories – Winnipeg – Assiniboine & the Red – CDN – WPG
Blitzen Trapper – Furr – Furr
Allison Moorer & Shelby Lynne – Ol’ 55 – Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits
Kim Richey – Hello Old Friend – A Long Way Back: The Songs of Glimmer
Kim Richey – Come Around – Glimmer

Today, a sad farewell to one of the biggest influences on my musical development and one of the greatest live performers I’ve seen, the great John Mann of Spirit of the West. He lost his battle with Alzheimer’s this week, but his spirit will live on through the great music that he made. We heard a lot of it on this episode, but there’s so much more we couldn’t get to. We also heard some great requests, talked about some exciting upcoming shows and spun some great new tunes.

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

Spirit of Canada: Friends of John Mann – Home for a Rest – single – CDN
Spirit of the West – Political – Upfront! Canadians Live from Mountain Stage – CDN
Spirit of the West – Labour Day – Expensive/Cinema of Pain – CDN
Spirit of the West – Save This House – Save This House – CDN
Spirit of the West – D for Democracy (Scour the House) – Go Figure – CDN

Spirit of the West – And if Venice is Sinking – Faithlift – CDN
Spirit of the West – Unplugged – Two Headed – CDN
Spirit of the West – Kiss & Tell – Open Heart Symphony – CDN
Spirit of the West – Canadian Skye – Weights & Measures – CDN
Spirit of the West – King of Scotland – Star Trails – CDN

The Wonder Stuff & Spirit of the West – Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Welcome to the Cheap Seats
Spirit of the West – Coyote – Back to the Garden: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell – CDN

Emily Barker – Tougher Than The Rest (feat. The Red Clay Halo) – Songs Beneath The River
The Small Glories – Sing – Assiniboine & the Red – CDN – WPG
Loomer – Only Lovers – Songs of the Wild West Island – CDN
Your Favorite Enemies – I See a Darkness – Vague Souvenir – CDN

Leaf Rapids – There They Go – Citizen Alien – CDN – WPG
Cat Clyde – So Heavy – Hunters Trance – CDN
Jeremie Albino – Hard Time – Hard Time – CDN
Jeremie Albino – Last Night – Hard Time – CDN

Kathleen Edwards – It’s Christmastime (Let’s Just Survive) – single – CDN
Ken Yates – Two Wrongs – single – CDN
Anthony da Costa – Sooner Than Later – single
Drive-By Truckers – Armageddon’s Back in Town – The Unraveling
Micah Schnabel – Emergency Room – The Teenage Years of The 21st Century

Once again we’ve got great shows to discuss, great new releases to spin, including a new tribute to Winnipeg’s finest, a look at the songs of John D. Loudermilk, and more!

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

Christina Martin – Guard Your Heart – Two Hearts – CDN
Dale Murray – The Wind Is Trying To Kill Me – Dream Mountain Dream – CDN
Kris Kristofferson – Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down – Kristofferson

Joe Nolan – Sweet Cool Paradise – Rootsy House Sessions – CDN
Joe Nolan – Looking For Your Heart – Rootsy House Sessions – CDN
Gabi Garbutt – Lady Matador – The Discredited Language of Angels

Kennedy Road – Kennedy – single – CDN
Sarah Harmer – New Low – Are You Gone – CDN
Red Moon Road – Say It Again – single – CDN – WPG
The Secret Sisters – Cabin – Saturn Return – CDN
Shane Nicholson – Easy Now – Familiar Ghosts
Paul Kelly – When We’re Both Mad & Old – Songs from the South. Greatest Hits (1985-2019)

Del Barber – One Great City! – One Great Tribute! A love letter to The Weakerthans – CDN – WPG
Lowest of the Low – Pamphleteer – One Great Tribute! A love letter to The Weakerthans – CDN
Joe Henry – Bloom – The Gospel According to Water
Joe Henry – Salt and Sugar – The Gospel According to Water
Shane Joyce – The Hollow – The Sadness of King Joyce

Richard Inman – Milner Ridge – Richard Inman – CDN – WPG
Zachary Lucky – Sometimes I Wonder (How I Got this Far) w/Richard Inman – Midwestern – CDN

Bettye Swann – Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye – Bettye Swann
Paul Revere & The Raiders – Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) – Indian Reservation
David Lee Roth – Tobacco Road (La Calle del Tabaco) – Eat ‘Em And Smile
John D. Loudermilk – Darling Jane – Language of Love
Del Reeves – Girl On The Billboard – Girl On The Billboard

Once again, we’ve been blessed and will be blessed with some amazing concerts worth talking about, we’ve got some stellar new music, and an extended look at the songwriting legacy of the great Kris Kristofferson, who played up the road in Fargo this weekend!

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

Stephen Fearing – Sunny – The Unconquerable Past – CDN
Stephen Fearing – No Country – The Unconquerable Past – CDN
William Prince – The Spark – Reliever – CDN – WPG
Rose Cousins – The Benefits of Being Alone – Bravado – CDN
Joe Nolan – Drunk and In Love – Rootsy House Sessions – CDN

Thrasher – Stephen Fearing – Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute To Neil Young – CDN
Rose Cousins – I Would Die 4 U (feat. Bear’s Den & Christof van der Ven) – single – CDN
Colter Wall – Bob Fudge – Colter Wall & The Scary Prairie Boys – CDN
Mike Plume – On Remembrance Day – single – CDN

Altameda – I Saw a Ghost Last Night – Dirty Rain – CDN
Christina Martin – Where the Dark Meets the Light (Acoustic) – Wonderful Lie – CDN

Jon Brooks – Mimico – Ours and the Shepherds – CDN
Matthew Ryan – On Our Death Day – The Future Was Beautiful

Richard Inman – Sunday Morning – Richard Inman – CDN – MB
Jon Randall – Kristofferson – The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson (Live)
Buddy Miller – Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends – The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson (Live)
Bruce Robinson and Kelly Willis – Help Me Make It Through The Night – The Pilgrim – A Celebration Of Kris Kristofferson
Johnny Cash – Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down (Live) – The Legend

Kris Kristofferson – Me and Bobby McGee – The Essential Kris Kristofferson
The Wandering – Lovin’ Him Was Easier Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again – Go On Now, You Can’t Stay Here
The Little Willies – For the Good Times – For the Good Times
Bobby Bare – Come Sundown – The Winner
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Chase The Feeling – Old Yellow Moon

Rodney Crowell & Mary Karr – My Father’s Advice (w/Kris Kristofferson) – Kin: Songs by Mary Karr and Rodney Crowell
Kris Kristofferson – The Ballad of Ira Hayes – Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited

It’s another busy week for upcoming shows, exciting shows past, new releases, and German requests!

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

Melissa Payne – – Downtown – High and Dry – CDN
Matt Mays & El Torpedo – – On the Hood – Matt Mays & El Torpedo – CDN
Tom Petty – You Don’t Know How It Feels – Wildflowers
Brock Zeman – – Hey Tom – Hey Tom – CDN

Corin Raymond – – Rec Room – Dirty Mansions – CDN
Corin Raymond – – Hamilton – Dirty Mansions – CDN
Allison Moorer – Bad Weather – Blood
Jenn Grant – – Raven (Acoustic) – single – CDN
Aoife O’Donovan – Nebraska (Acoustic) – In the Magic Hour Solo Sessions
Ags Connolly – Early Morning Rain – Wrong Again

Ariel Posen – Things That I’ve Said – How Long – CDN – WPG
Kaia Kater – – Canyonland – Grenades – CDN
The Duhks – Ol’ Cook Pot – Migrations – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Fire Up – Silverhill – CDN – WPG

Stephen Fearing – – Stay with Me – The Unconquerable Past – CDN
Stephen Fearing – – The Unconquerable Past – The Unconquerable Past – CDN
Stephen Fearing – – Black Silk Gown – That’s How I Walk – CDN
Stephen Fearing – – So Many Miles Away – Industrial Lullaby – CDN

Robert Ellis – Passive Aggressive – Texas Piano Man
Molly Tuttle – The High Road – When You’re Ready
Son Volt – Drown – Trace
Son Volt – Back Into Your World – Straightaways

We’ve got plenty of exciting concerts to discuss, as well as some great new music, requests, and a bit of a spooky celebration.

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

Christina Martin – Coming Back Home for Christmas – single – CDN
Christina Martin – A Heart Needs a Home – Wonderful Lie – CDN
Christina Martin – Always Reminding – Impossible To Hold – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Break Our Mother’s Heart – The Unconquerable Past – CDN
Corin Raymond – Dirty Mansions – Dirty Mansions – CDN

Del Barber – One Great City! (demo) – One Great Tribute (bonus track) – CDN – WPG
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Cold 100 – King of this Town – CDN
Noah Derksen – Coffee Grew Cold – America, Dreaming – CDN – WPG
The New Customs – Pray for Rain – Selling Religion on Government Street – CDN

Ridley Bent – Nine Inch Nails – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Sam Baker – Waves – The Pretty World Trilogy

Brock Zeman – Gastown – Cold Winter Comes Back – CDN
Brock Zeman – Until It Bleeds – Me Then You – CDN
Brock Zeman – Somethings Stay – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN

Eliza Gilkyson – Dark Side Of Town – Land of Milk and Honey
Richard Thompson – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Rumor And Sigh
Skye Wallace – There Is a Wall – Skye Wallace – CDN
Matt Mays – Take It On Faith – Coyote – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – Drifter – New Mistakes – CDN

Elliott BROOD – C’est L’Halloween – single – CDN
Buck Owens – (It’s A) Monsters’ Holiday – The Buck Owens Story, Volume 3: 1969-1989
Lissie – Dragula – Haunt Soundtrack
Blair Packham – One-Hit Wonder – Could’ve Been King – CDN

It’s the final day of Pledge-O-Rama 2019, and although we were thrilled to pass our initial goal last night, we’re still working hard to earn your support which will help us to have another wonderful, prosperous year at UMFM! We rely on your donations to help us share great programming full of music, talk, and ideas that you won’t hear on your normal radio.

Mudge in the Morning is an all-out effort to play some of the greatest underappreciated music in the world. This one was kind of like a Greatest Hits episode with stellar songs from across our spectrum designed to get you moving in the morning or whenever you tune in.

Even though Pledge-O-Rama is officially over, we can always use your help year-round! Consider making a donation to show that you support what we do: https://umfm.com/donate/

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

Mike Plume Band – Rattle the Cage – Song & Dance, Man – CDN
The New Meanies – Scenic Anomaly – Three Seeds – CDN – WPG
Novillero – Art Of Carrying On – Aim Right for the holes – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Watermark – Left & Leaving – CDN – WPG

Nathan – John Paul’s Deliveries – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – The Waitress – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Billy Bragg & Wilco – Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key – Mermaid Avenue
Lyle Lovett – Walk Through The Bottomland – Pontiac
Jimmy LaFave – Sweetheart Like You – Buffalo Return To The Plains

Rodney Crowell – Fate’s Right Hand – Fate’s Right Hand
Bob Schneider – Bullets – Lonelyland
Chuck Prophet – You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) – Age of Miracles
Tom Wilson – Dig It – Planet Love – CDN
Brian Macmillan – Turn The Radio Up – Shine – CDN

James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
Jon Dee Graham – Laredo ( Small Dark Something) – Hooray For The Moon
Paul Kelly – God Told Me To – Stolen Apples
Greg Macpherson Band – Goes Like This – Fireball – CDN – WPG

The Damnwells – Kiss Catastrophe – Bastards Of The Beat
Keane – Somewhere Only We Know – Hopes And Fears
Sarah Harmer – Lodestar – You Were Here – CDN
Neko Case – The Needle Has Landed – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
Dala – Sunday Dress – Who Do You Think You Are? – CDN
Terra Lightfoot – No Hurry – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN

Christina Martin – Cut It Out – Two Hearts – CDN
Brock Zeman – Pulling your Sword – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN
The New Meanies – Letting Time Pass – Three Seeds – CDN – WPG

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? – Naturally
Alice Russell – Seven Nation Army – Under The Munka Moon Selection
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Oklahoma Tape Deck – Geronimo – CDN
Buddy Miller – 100 Million Little Bombs – Poison Love
Julie Miller – Out In The Rain – Broken Things
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Jackson Hole – Rattlin’ Bones
Lucinda Williams – Joy – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

The Jayhawks – Waiting For The Sun – Hollywood Town Hall
Dennis Ellsworth – Step into the Light – Common Senseless – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Everything Is Real – Everything Is Real – CDN
The Lemonheads – Bit Part – It’s A Shame About Ray

It’s Pledge-O-Rama time once again! During Pledge-O-Rama, most hosts pull together some great incentives and some special episodes in an effort to raise donations for the station that we love. This year we need to replace our aging broadcast antenna, and it’s a big job for a station that runs on a pretty tight budget, so we need a little help from our listeners!

Over the past 8 years, our good friend Gail Comfort has pulled together some of the best prizes and has worked hard to earn money for the station. This year she couldn’t be with us and she wasn’t very happy about it, so we put together a special Best Of show to boost her spirits and encourage people to remember her fine show when making their donations. In addition to some special statistics about which songs and artists she’s played the most over her almost 9 years on the air, we talked to one of Gail’s very favourite artists of all time, Lynn Miles!

There’s still time to get your pledge in if you haven’t had the chance already. You can read more about Pledge-O-Rama, our incentives, and make your pledge here: https://umfm.com/donate/pledgeorama

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

Willie P Bennett – Brave Wings – Heartstrings – CDN
Tom Wilson & Bob Lanois – Let Your Old Star In – The Shack Recordings Vol. 1 – CDN
Linda McRae – Charlie Parr – Shadow Trails – CDN
Lynn Miles – Something Beautiful – Fall for Beauty – CDN

Lynn Miles interview

The Lynnes – Dark Waltz – Heartbreak Song for the Radio – CDN
Red Moon Road – Where My Heart Is – Red Moon Road – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Arlington – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Walk Away – Devil on Both Shoulders – CDN – WPG