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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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!

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

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!

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

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!

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

Today a new song leads us off on a path through some hick/hip hop, but it was fun, and if you don’t agree, blame Bob! In hour two we get back on track with some requests, some great songs uncovered, and a bunch more great classics that we haven’t heard for a while.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jim Bryson – The Lost Occasional – The North Side Benches – CDN
Bob Schneider – Tell Me that You Love Me – Blood and Bones
Ridley Bent – Lucky to Be Alive – single – CDN – WPG
The Gourds – Gin and Juice – Shinebox
Good Lovelies – Crabbuckit – Let the Rain Fall – CDN
Asylum Street Spankers – Hick Hop (radio edit) – God’s Favourite Sampler
Chuck Prophet – Monkey in the Middle – Age of Miracles

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Chuck Prophet – Dyin’ All Young – The Hurting Business
Tom Wilson – Dig It – Planet Love – CDN
Po’ Girl – Take the Long Way – Vagabond Lullabies – CDN
Po’ Girl – Bleak St. – Po’ Girl – CDN
The Be Good Tanyas – Ootischenia – Hello Love – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Gillian Welch – Everything Is Free – Time (the Revelator)
John Wort Hannam – The Quiet Life – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Love Is a Game – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Will Kimbrough – A Couple Hundred Miracles – Wings
Pawtuckets – Song for Emily – Rest Of Our Days
Pawtuckets – She’s Gone – Dogsbody Factotum
Son Volt – Windfall – Trace
New Country Rehab – Cameo – New Country Rehab – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Fish & Bird – My Head My Heart My Gut – Left Brain Blues – CDN
Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons – Laura – Old Believers
Jessie Baylin – Was I On Your Mind – Firesight
Jess Klein – Cloud Song – Draw Them Near
Brian MacMillan – All I Have – Shine – CDN
Kieran Kane – He Never Knew What Hit Him – Dead Reckoning
Daniel Lanois – Under a Stormy Sky – Acadie – CDN

Fresh off another fabulous Trout Forest Music Festival, we’ve got some highlights to discuss, a road trip to look forward to, an exciting house concert to announce, and some special requests from Germany and our live studio audience today!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Chuck Prophet – Summertime Thing – No Other Love
Joe Ely – I Had My Hopes Up High – The Lubbock Tapes: Full Circle
Alejandro Escovedo – Outlaw for You – The Crossing
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence
Joe Ely – Me & Billy the Kid – Lord Of The Highway
Fred Eaglesmith – I Ain’t Ever Givin’ in – Falling Stars And Broken Hearts – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Annie Sumi – Reflections of Me – Reflections – CDN
Annie Sumi – The City – In the Unknown – CDN
Geoff Berner – The Ghost of Terry Fox – Canadiana Grotesquica – CDN
Oldseed – Bar/Star – Bloom – CDN – WPG
Dave Quanbury – Ghost Daughters – Still Life with Canadian – CDN – WPG
Murder Murder – When the Lord Calls Your Name – From the Stillhouse – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Tony Furtado – Dying Language (w/Luke Price) – live performance
Tony Furtado – Peggy O (w/Luke Price) – live performance
Linda McRae – When Love Is a Game – Shadow Trails – CDN
John Gorka – Mennonite Girl – True In Time
John Gorka – The Ballad of Iris & Pearl – True In Time
Jeffrey Foucault – I Love You (and You Are a Fool) – Salt as Wolves

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Kris Delmhorst – Saw It All – Blood Test
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson – Lead Balloon – Wreck & Ruin
John Wort Hannam – Song for a Young Son – Acres of Elbow Room – CDN
Jory Nash – Dark Matter – Wilderness Years – CDN
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – The Quiet Life – Wreck & Ruin
Father John Misty – Everything Is Free – Spotify single