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

It’s that time again when we turn the power over to you, the listener, as we ask for your help to make it possible for us to undertake an important, urgent project, replacing our broadcast antenna. We’re asking for your donations to help us hit our goal so that we can complete this major project.

To help win you over, we’ve brought in some very special guests, Keri, Devin, Hazel, and Oscar Latimer, aka Leaf Rapids for some live music and conversation!

We’ve also got a whole bunch of great station incentives and a big pile of great CDs to give away, and the bulk of today’s playlist was made up of selections from the albums we’ve got to give you as our thanks for your support!

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

Papa Razzi and The Photogs – Jeff Robson, Tell the Band to Go Home – The Maniac Genius Piano Song Person Again
Frazey Ford – The Kids Are Having None Of It – single – CDN
John Moreland – East October – LP5
Matt Mays – Let There Be Love (acoustic) – single – CDN

Nathan – Glorious Exhaust – Stranger – CDN – WPG

Leaf Rapids interview

Leaf Rapids – Caragana Switch – live performance – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Virginia – live performance – CDN – WPG

Jory Nash – Ain’t Coming Home – The Many Hats of Jory Nash – CDN
Chris Knight – Love and a .45 – Chris Knight
Bob Schneider – Metal and Steel – Lonelyland
Skydiggers – A Penny More – Restless – CDN

Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Pair Of Twos – O Witness – CDN
Dave McEathron – I Will – Abandoned Companions & the Abandoned Companions Companion Piece – CDN
Jay Sparrow – Stronger – White – CDN
Jenn Grant – No One’s Gonna Love You (Quite Like I Do) – Compostela – CDN

Thanksgiving weekend and an unexpected, nasty, early winter storm have me challenged for transportation, so we’re pre-recorded and have some songs to commemorate the occasions. We’ve also got a preview of Friday’s Del Barber CD release, a look at some concerts from afar, and more!

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

The Lowest of The Low – For the Hand of Magdalena – Nothing Short of a Bullet – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Alternator – 50 Odd Dollars – CDN
NRBQ – It Was a Accident – Kick Me Hard
John Prine – The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) – Sweet Revenge
Dustin Bentall – Crash Hard – Streets with no Lights – CDN
The Damnwells – Accidental Man – Air Stereo
Rilo Kiley – Accidental Death – More Adventurous

Graham Parker – Almost Thanksgiving Day (Live) – Live Alone At the Freight and Salvage
Jess Klein – New Thanksgiving Feast – Back to My Green
James McMurtry – Holiday – Childish Things
Amy Ray – Didn’t Know a Damn Thing – Holler
Boyz Will Play (Bennett Wilson Poole) – That Thing That You Called Love – single

Del Barber – Dancing In The Living Room – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Everyday Life – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Farewell, God Bless You, Goodbye – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – As Far As I Can Tell – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG

The Wheat Pool – Lefty – Hauntario – CDN
The Wheat Pool – Evergreen – Township – CDN

Richard Shindell – Are You Happy Now? – Sparrows Point
Richard Shindell – The Kenworth Of My Dreams – Sparrows Point
Richard Shindell – Confession – Somewhere Near Paterson
Junior Brown – My Wife Thinks You’re Dead – Guit With It
Junior Brown – Highway Patrol – Guit With It
The Mavericks – All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down (feat. Flaco Jimenez) – Music For All Occasions

It’s been a heck of a weekend of live music, so some memories of that and a great show last week, a look at some great shows to come, some great new music, and more on this week’s show!

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

The Watchmen – Driver 8 – live recording – CDN – WPG
Skydiggers – Questions of Love – Let’s Get Friendship Right – CDN
Andy Maize – Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? – Leap Before You Look – CDN
The Watchmen – He’s Gone – Silent Radar – CDN – WPG

Mayhemingways – Haybales – Skip Land – CDN
Mayhemingways – End Up this Way – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
D.Rangers – Runaway – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG
Billy Bragg – Tender Comrade – Workers Playtime
Blake Berglund – Crooked Old Earth – Realms – CDN
Gillian Welch – Wichita – Music From The Revelator Collection (Live)

James Hill & Anne Janelle – New Moon – Many A Moon – CDN
John Blek – Empty Pockets – The Embers
Luke Tuchscherer – The Night Tom Petty Died – Carousel

River Whyless – It Ain’t Me Babe – single
Nanci Griffith – Once in a Very Blue Moon (live version) – From A Distance: The Very Best Of Nanci Griffith
Native Harrow – Way to Light – Happier Now

Jay Aymar – The Greatest Story Never Told (featuring Chloe Charles) – Your Perfect Matador – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Step into the Light – Common Senseless – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Deeper Well – Strange Path – CDN
Del Barber – Ronnie and Rose – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
Mariel Buckley – Jumping the Fence – Driving in the Dark – CDN

Linda McRae – The Lucky Ones – Going to the Well – CDN
Kris Delmhorst – Just What I Needed – Cars
Thrush Hermit – Oh My Soul! – Clayton Park – CDN

Hey hey, it’s our birthday! Tell the Band to Go Home was officially christened on September 29, 2002, and 17 years later we’re still here and going strong. To celebrate the occasion and a couple of important ones for some important listeners, we’re joined by Blake Berglund & Belle Plaine who stopped by for some live music and coversation!

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

Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Step into the Light – Common Senseless – CDN
The Bros. Landreth – Something – ’87 – CDN – WPG
Skydiggers – Ineligible – Let’s Get Friendship Right – CDN
Cam Penner – Poor You – At War with Reason – CDN
Ags Connolly – Wrong Again (You Lose a Life) – Wrong Again
Dori Freeman – 2 Step – Every Single Star

Belle Plaine – Laila Sady Johnson Wasn’t Beaten by No Train – Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath – CDN

Blake Berglund & Belle Plaine interview

Blake Berglund & Belle Plaine – Rain Delay – live performance – CDN
Belle Plaine & Blake Berglund – Is It Cheating – live performance – CDN
Blake Berglund & Belle Plaine – Pretty Good Guy – live performance – CDN
Kara Golemba – Box Labelled You (feat. Joey Landreth) – single – CDN
Belle Plaine & Blake Berglund – Saskatchewan – Town to Town / Saskatchewan – EP – CDN

Lissie – Don’t You Give up on Me (Piano Version) – When I’m Alone: The Piano Retrospective
The Milk Carton Kids – The Only Ones – I’ll Be Gone
Iris Dement – No Time to Cry – My Life
Brandi Carlile – Sixty Years On (Live) – Brandi Carlile

We kicked things off with some double-shots of new pop perfection, headed into some requests, dedications, and a very special guest caller, chatted about upcoming house concerts, spun some new releases, and more!

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

Mayhemingways – Hunter St. Blues – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Whatever You Want – Common Senseless – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Electric Stars – Dusk Dreams – CDN
Scouting For Girls – Grown Up – The Trouble with Boys
Scouting For Girls – Elvis Ain’t Dead – Scouting For Girls
Begonia – Fear – Fear – CDN – WPG
Begonia – Hanging on a Line – Fear – CDN – WPG
The Replacements – Achin’ To Be (Bearsville Version) – Dead Man’s Pop
The Replacements – Alex Chilton (Live at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, 6/2/1989) – Dead Man’s Pop

Madison Violet – Lauralee – No Fool for Trying – CDN
Watertown – Laura-Lee – One Phoebe Street – CDN
William Prince – Breathless – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG
Luca Fogale – Gloria – Safety – CDN
The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow – Barton Hollow
John Paul White – Hate the Way You Love Me – Beulah

Mayhemingways – Wanderers – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Del Barber – Blood On The Sand – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
Christina Martin – It’ll Be Alright (Acoustic) – Wonderful Lie – CDN
Brock Zeman – Walking in the Dark – Pulling Your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN

Skydiggers – If I’m Spared – Let’s Get Friendship Right – CDN
Jenn Grant – Boys of Summer – single – CDN
Brooke Wylie – If I Had a Little Girl – Part One – CDN
Pieta Brown – Ask For More – Freeway
Leonard Cohen – The Goal – Thanks For The Dance – CDN
Paul Cauthen – Holy Ghost Fire – Room 41
Sturgill Simpson – Sing Along – Sound & Fury
Belle Plaine & Blake Berglund – Town to Town – Town to Town / Saskatchewan – EP – CDN

We’re very excited and honoured to welcome Del Barber for another world album premiere! His long-awaited new album Easy Keeper comes out this month and we’ve been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to share some tracks and hear more about it and the day has finally come! Del dropped by to tell us all about it. Today we’ve also got some great new music, dedications, and some good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll!

This show is dedicated to Jeremy who’s celebrating his 11th birthday this week and our dearly beloved friend Dietmar who’s under the weather again.

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

Rheostatics – Music Inspired By The Group Of 7 – Eleven – CDN
Del Barber – No Easy Way Out – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
Rheostatics – Music Is the Message – Here Come the Wolves – CDN
Jon Brooks & The Outskirts of Approval – War Resister – Moth nor Rust II – CDN
Joan Shelley – The Fading – Like The River Loves The Sea
Ana Egge – Cocaine Cowboys – Is It the Kiss – CDN
Allison Moorer – The Rock and the Hill – Blood

Matt Mays & El Torpedo – Cocaine Cowgirl – Matt Mays + El Torpedo – CDN
The Replacements – Bastards of Young – Tim
The Replacements – I Will Dare – Let It Be
Imaginary Cities – Bells Of Cologne – Fall Of Romance – CDN – WPG
My Brother the Bear – I Still Have You – Ring Around the Moon
Jamestown Revival – Killing You, Killing Me – San Isabel

Neal Casal – Need Shelter – Sweeten the Distance
The Bros. Landreth – Good Love – ’87 – CDN – WPG
Zachary Lucky – Didn’t Know that You’d Come Along – Midwestern – CDN

Del Barber interview

Del Barber – Easy Keeper – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Leads You Home – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Louise – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Ronnie and Rose – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG

An unexpected detour had me arriving a little late for the show today, so things got going a little behind schedule, but we recovered well and played some great September songs, a few new releases, previewed an exciting upcoming concert, and got to some fine requests, including a tribute to Neal Casal, a real favourite of a lot of our listeners and friends, who left us this week.

The show was also dedicated in spirit to folk and culture icon Mitch Podolak. For the definitive tribute to Mitch, check out our friend John Prentice’s show Planet Mainstage from this weekend.

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

The Damnwells – Lost – The Damnwells
Rosanne Cash – September When It Comes (w/Johnny Cash) – Rules Of Travel
Malcolm Holcombe – September – Another Black Hole
Garrison Starr – The Girl That Killed September – The Girl That Killed September
Pat Robitaille – Jail In September – Summer Of Love – CDN

John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves (w/Iris DeMent) – In Spite of Ourselves
Little Miss Higgins – Bargain! Shop Panties – Across the Plains – CDN – MB
Carly Dow – Cut & Run – Comet – CDN – MB
Del Barber – Patient Man – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG

Neal Casal – One Last Time – Fade Away Diamond Time
Neal Casal – Miss Direction – Return In Kind
Neal Casal – Maybe California – Maybe California
Neal Casal And Shannon McNally – Fierce Little Bird – Ran On Pure Lightning

Joe Nolan – Another Dead Poet – live recording – CDN
Joe Nolan – What I Used To Be – live recording – CDN
Joe Nolan – Looking For Your Heart – live recording – CDN
Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado – CDN

Dwayne Gretzky – Livin’ Thing – Dwayne Gretzky
Courtney Marie Andrews – Downtown Train – Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Tom Waits
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster – Cut Your Teeth – Take Heart, Take Care

Last week we hit a milestone with our 800th episode, and that seemed like time to pause for some reflection. Every once in a while I start to wonder which artists, albums, and songs we play the most, so I do some highly unscientific calculations and come up with some interesting results. Today’s show looks back at some of our most popular songs, albums, and artists.

Watch for a post with the actual leaderboard lists!

This one seemed like so much fun that we’re calling it another of those “standby” episodes that you might hear again sometime when we can’t make it in live and don’t have a new show recorded. It’s stacked with favourites, so we’re pretty sure you won’t mind if it comes up again.

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

Oh Susanna – Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Johnstown – CDN
Geoff Berner – Light Enough to Travel – Light Enough to Travel – CDN
Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You – The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
Blaze Foley – Clay Pigeons – Live at the Austin Outhouse
Lyle Lovett – Step Inside This House – Step Inside This House
Guy Clark – Let Him Roll – Old #1
The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset – CDN

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Come On Train – High Or Hurtin’ – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Mixkin Dancehall Blues – Hanging the Battle-Scarred Piñata – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – 12 Bellevue – Failer – CDN
Lowest of the Low – Letter from Bilbao – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
Matt Mays – Where Am I Going? – Matt Mays – CDN
Michael Johnston – Katie – Curious Heart – CDN

Paul Kelly – Won’t You Come Around? – Ways and Means
Steve Earle – Someday – Guitar Town
Mike Plume Band – Dreamer – Fools For The Radio – CDN
Skydiggers – Even When You Fall – Road Radio – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – CDN
Jim Bryson – Feel Much Better – The North Side Benches – CDN

David Francey – Border Line – Torn Screen Door – CDN
Del Barber – If I Told You that I Loved You – Love Songs for the Last Twenty – CDN – WPG
Leeroy Stagger – Carol – Depression River – CDN
Scott Nolan – Rosie – Receiver/Reflector – CDN – WPG

Fred Eaglesmith – Water In The Fuel – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG