Christmas Day is the perfect time to celebrate with family and friends, and great music, so we at the home office prepared a family Christmas special full of music that will make you laugh, celebrate, and feel a bit of joy on this blessed day. So to you & yours from me & mine, have a very merry Christmas!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Wyckham Porteous – Christmas Day Song (feat. Sam Parton) – single – CDN
Kasey Chambers – Christmas Day – Bittersweet
Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill And The Little Hillbillies – Christmas Time – Little Kasey Chambers and The Lost Music
Chris Trapper – Christmas Ends A Day Too Soon – It’s Christmas Time
Robyn Hitchcock – The Day Before Boxing Day – The dB’s & Friends: Christmas Time Again!
Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – recorded live on UMFM
The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York – The Very Best of the Pogues

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family – Merry Christmas from the Family
Robert Earl Keen – Happy Holiday Y’all – A Truer Christmas
Dolly Parton – The Little Drummer Boy – Home For Christmas
Belle Plaine – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis – The Unrequited Love – CDN
Colleen Brown – Heading Home (ChristmasSong) – single – CDN
Chic Gamine – Noel (Au Coin De Portage Et Main) – Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada VI – CDN – WPG
Reid Jamieson – Pretty Paper – Songs For a Winter’s Night – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Idina Menzel & Michael Bublé – Baby It’s Cold Outside – Holiday Wishes – CDN
Jim Bryson – Half Price (featuring Amanada Rheaume) – Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada VI – CDN
The Rocky Fortune – Merry Boxing Day – single – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Christmas in Hell – single – CDN
John Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls – Christmas Lights – Everything The Hard Way
Weeping Tile – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) – live recording – CDN
Abigail Lapell and Laura Spink – Silent Night – home recording – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Ondine Chorus – Children, Go Where I Send Thee – Towards A Little Light – CDN
Boreal – Gotta Go – Winter’s Welcome – CDN
John Prine – A John Prine Christmas – A John Prine Christmas
David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo – It’s Christmas! – CDN
Loudon Wainwright III – Christmas Morning – 40 Odd Years
Scott Miller – Skeptical Christmas – A Truer Xmas 2
Chip Taylor – Merry F’in Christmas – single
Skydiggers – Good King Wenceslas – Still Restless The Lost Tapes – CDN

Today a real treat, as our friend Del Barber drops in for an entire show of conversation, spinning a few favourites, and performing some brand new songs!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – live recording

Del Barber interview

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Greg Brown – Cold & Dark & Wet – The Evening Call
John Prine – Silent Night all Day Long – A John Prine Christmas
Joel Plaskett – Jesus Christ It’s Christmas Again! – live recording – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Brent Cobb – Black Crow – Shine on Rainy Day
The Brothers Comatose – To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) – The Covers, Vol. 2
John Hiatt – Crossing Muddy Waters – Crossing Muddy Waters
Del Barber – Farewell, God Bless You, Goodbye – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Everyday Life – live performance – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Easy Way Out – live performance – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Del Barber – Lucky Prairie Stars – live performance – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Clay Pigeons – live performance – CDN – WPG

Today we kick things off in the (unorthodox) holiday spirit, before pausing to consider some contenders for the Best of 2016 list. We also pay a long overdue tribute to the late, great Bap Kennedy, and play a bunch of great stuff that we haven’t heard in a while!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Rueben de Groot – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Christmas Is For Boys And Girls! – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Blue Christmas – Christmas Is For Boys And Girls! – CDN
Chris Trapper – Black and Blue Christmas – It’s Christmas Time
Warp Drive – Christmas Time (Is Religiously Complicated) – single
Beards (featuring Erin Rae) – Incarcerated Christmas – Christmas
Abbie Gardner – We Need a Little Christmas (feat. Anthony da Costa) – Naughty and Nice
Mayhemingways – Hunter St. Blues – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
BJ Barham – Reidsville – Rockingham

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Shannon Lyon – I Might Just Stay Home – My Throat Is Sore – CDN
Mandolin Orange – Lonesome Whistle – Blindfaller
Kieran Kane – The Girl from Oklahoma – Unguarded Moments
Dylan LeBlanc – Easy Way Out – Cautionary Tale
Jack Marks – Wicked Moon – Wicked Moon – CDN
Dori Freeman – Go On Lovin’ – Dori Freeman
Rob Vaarmeyer – Tantric Tobogganing – Back to Normal – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Energy Orchard – The House Must Fall – Energy Orchard
Bap Kennedy – Rock and Roll Heaven – Big Picture
Bap Kennedy – Long Time a Comin’ – Domestic Blues
Bap Kennedy – Elvis Hank and Me – Lonely Street
Bap Kennedy – Ballad of Neil Armstrong – Howl On
Kasey Anderson – Home – Nowhere Nights
Nels Andrews – Jesse’s Mom – Jesse’s Mom

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Fullbright – Moving – From The Ground Up
Meg Hutchinson – Ready – Come Up Full
Caroline Herring – Traveling Shoes – Camilla
Stan Rogers – California – Northwest Passage – CDN
Stan Rogers – Song Of The Cradle – Folkscene Collection Volume Two – CDN
David Wiffen – One Step – David Wiffen – CDN
David Wiffen – I’ve Got My Ticket – David Wiffen – CDN

Today we look back at some of the winners of last night’s Canadian Folk Music Awards, we help our old friend Michael Johnston celebrate 25 years of music, we play some songs for the season, take a look at the already impressive 2017 Static Roots Festival lineup, and play a few of Big D’s 2016 favourites!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

David Francey – Big Texas Moon – Empty Train – CDN
Corin Raymond – Under the Belly of the Night – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
Donovan Woods – My Good Friends – Hard Settle, Ain’t Troubled – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Mercy – Love & Lust – CDN
Kaia Kater – Harvest and the Plough – Nine Pin – CDN
The Andrew Collins Trio – And It Was Good – And It Was Good – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

King Creosote + Michael Johnston – Supermoon – The Bound of the Red Deer – CDN
Michael Johnston & Andy Maize – Stay Awake – These Are our Songs – CDN
Michael Johnston – My Curious Heart – Curious Heart – CDN
Skydiggers – I’ll Be Home – Skydiggers – CDN
Skydiggers – 80 Odd Hours – Just Over this Mountain – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Nebraska – How Was Tomorrow? – CDN
Slydiggers – Ramblin’ On – She Comes into the Room – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Night Shift Guru – How Was Tomorrow? – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo – It’s Christmas – CDN
Hank Snow – The Reindeer Boogie – Christmas with Hank Snow – CDN
Booker T & The MG’s – Merry Christmas Baby – In the Christmas Spirit
Good Lovelies – Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) – Under the Mistletoe – CDN
Good Lovelies – Waiting for You – Burn the Plan – CDN
Good Lovelies – Down. Down, Down – Good Lovelies – CDN
John Blek & The Rats – Calling Out my Name – Leave your Love at the Door
John Blek & The Rats – Wandering Child – Borders

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles – Monticello – Soon Enough
Jack Marks – Song for Me – Blues like These – CDN
Jim Bryson – Rust and Fade – Somewhere We Will Find our Place – CDN
Malojian – I’ll Be Alright – I’ll Be Alright
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Memphis Rain – Silver Tears
The Loved – The One You Want – The Loved
Peter Bruntnell – Mr. Sunshine – Nos Da Comrade

Last night I witnessed a really fun and memorable evening of songs about love. It was full of many great original songs, but also a whole bunch of terrific covers. Today we go through the highlight reel and hear a bunch of the original versions of songs that were performed there. Also, we’ve got some requests, great new music, and an exciting upcoming show to preview!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Corin Raymond – I Wish I Was in Love – There Will Always Be a Small Time – CDN
Richard Thompson – Keep your Distance – Rumor and Sigh
John Moreland – Break my Heart Sweetly – In the Throes
Leonard Cohen – Leaving the Table – You Want It Darker – CDN
Patty Griffin – Getting Ready – Children Running Through

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice It’s all right – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – The Last Thing on my Mind – Dolly
Julie Miller – Take Me Back – Blue Pony
Patsy Cline – You Belong to Me – The Angels Sing Merry Christmas
Lou Reed – Perfect Day – Transformer
John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves (w/Iris DeMent) – In Person & On Stage
Van Morrison – Into the Mystic – Moondance
Van Morrison – If I Ever Needed Someone – His Band and the Street Choir

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Brandi Carlile – Sweet Home – live recording
Old Crow Medicine Show – Sweet Amarillo – Remedy
Gillian Welch – 455 Rocket (Revival Outtake) – Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg
NQ Arbuckle – Punk Rocker – Live at the Dakota – CDN
David Olney – Upside Down – Holiday in Holland

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Brock Zeman – 50 Dollar Bill – The Pinball Sessions – CDN
C.R. Avery – The Boxer who just Returned from London – Magic Hour Sailor Songs – CDN
C.R. Avery – Live a Little – Midnight Goldmining – CDN
C.R. Avery – Against the World – All the Angels Didn’t Scare Me – CDN
Gregory Alan Isakov – Saint Valentine – The Weatherman
Gregory Alan Isakov – That Moon Song – This Empty Northern Hemisphere

This weekend yet another amazing musician took up residence in the rock ‘n’ roll graveyard, when the amazing Sharon Jones lost her long battle with cancer. Hey, 2016, ENOUGH ALREADY! Luckily, we’ve got some great new music, a couple of requests, and some exciting upcoming shows to preview. And to promote one of the most interesting shows, one of the couples involved with next weekend’s “An Evening with the Bickersons,” newlyweds Jessee Havey and Nathaniel Good, now known as Nation of Two, stopped by to chat about it, their recent wedding, and to perform live on-air for the very first time anywhere!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Colleen Brown – I Can’t Wrap my Heart Around It – Seasons Are Circling – CDN
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – How Long Do I Have to Wait for You? – Naturally
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – How Do I Let a Good Man Down? – Naturally
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Tell Me – 100 Days, 100 Nights
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours – Sweetheart 2014
Matt Epp – The Sound (w/Faouzia) – single – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Joe Nolan – Broken Angel – single – CDN
Anne Janelle – I Didn’t Want to Break It – I Didn’t Want to Break It – CDN
King Creosote + Michael Johnston – Will You Wait for Me? – The Bound of the Red Deer – CDN
Leonard Cohen – Chelsea Hotel No. 2 – The Best Of – CDN
Gillian Welch – Dear Someone – Time (The Revelator)
100 Mile House – Hidden Springs – Hireath – CDN
Rueben de Groot – Be my Baby – Rocket Surgery – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Colleen Brown – Love You Baby – Foot in Heart – CDN
Mike O’Neill – Are We Waiting? – What Happens Now? – CDN
Last Ditch on the Left – Anjalee – Last Ditch on the Left – CDN – WPG
The Duhks – Suffer No Fools – Beyond the Blue – CDN – WPG

Nation of Two interview

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Nation of Two – If You Need to – live performance – CDN – WPG
Nation of Two – Simple and Sober – live performance – CDN – WPG
Nation of Two – Spirit in Mind – live performance – CDN – WPG

Any self-respecting singer/songwriter show had better take note of the passing of one of the true giants of songwriting, so much of today’s show is devoted to the passing of Leonard Cohen and his lasting legacy. But he’s not the only one, as we had to pay our respects to the late Leon Russell, as well. But, dwelling on deaths isn’t all we do here, so we threw a 70th birthday party for Ray Wylie Hubbard, talked about a wortwhile fundraiser going on soon, and played some great new music!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Reid Jamieson – Dear Leonard – Dear Leonard: The Cohen Collection – CDN
Lynn Jackson – Tower of Song – Sweet Relief – CDN
Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Sisters of Mercy – Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
Ron Sexsmith – Heart with no Companion – Ron Sexsmith – CDN
The Webb Sisters – If It Be your Will – Comes in Twos
Fred Eaglesmith – Hallelujah – CMT Christmas – CDN
Ane Brun – Ain’t no Cure for Love – Rarities

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Civil Wars – Dance Me to the End of Love – Barton Hollow (bonus track)
Johnny Cash – Bird on a Wire – Unearthed V
Jennifer Warnes – Song for Bernadette – Famous Blue Raincoat
The Lemonheads – That’s No Way to Say Goodbye (with Liv Tyler) – Varshons
Geoff Berner – Queen Victoria – The Wedding Dance of the Widow Bride – CDN
Concrete Blonde – Everybody Knows – Recollection
Chris Koster – I’m Your Man – 7th Fire Records 7″ Series – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Old Man Luedecke – Closing Time – The Bard of Montreal – CDN
The Fuse – Getting Quiet Now – Brilliant Sun – CDN – WPG
Hatcher-Briggs – Boy Chief Hill – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Snake Farm – Snake Farm
Ray Wylie Hubbard – The Messenger – Loco Gringos Lament
Ray Wylie Hubbard – The Rabbit – Snake Farm
Leon Russell – A Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall – Retrospective

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Jimmy Lafave – Sweet Home Oklahoma – Road Novel
Owen Temple – Prince of Peace – Mountain Home
B.B. King – Hummingbird – Why I Sing the Blues
The Brothers Comatose – Dancing upon your Grave – City Painted Gold
Harrow Fair – Call to Arms – Call to Arms – CDN
Brock Zeman – Percy Jones – The Carnival Is Back in Town – CDN

A slightly abbreviated episode, but one that is jam-packed with memories of concerts past and visions of concerts future, including a conversation with Tony Furtado, who makes a rare Winnipeg appearance on November 11!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Lucinda Williams – Jackson – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Colleen Brown – Stop Draggin’ my Heart Around (w/David Celia) – Seasons Are Circling – CDN
Rueben de Groot – Nine Inch Nails – live recording – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – The Parking Lot Song – live recording – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Steve Earle – Fearless Heart (live) – Guitar Town (reissue bonus disc)
John K Samson – Vampire Alberta Blues – Winter Wheat – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Confessions of a Futon Revolutionist – Fallow – CDN – WPG
Tony Furtado – These Chains – These Chains
Tony Furtado – Jo Jo – The Bell
Tony Furtado – Dying Language – The Bell
Tony Furtado – Running Down a Dream – Bare Bones

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Tony Furtado – Broken Bell – The Bell
Tara Williamson – NY/LA – Songs to Keep Us Warm – CDN – WPG
Tara Williamson – The Prairies – Songs to Keep Us Warm – CDN – WPG
Craig Cardiff – Safe Here – Floods & Fires – CDN

It’s the day before Halloween and episode #666, so there’s plenty of evil in the air! The only way to navigate through an episode of evil is to have a qualified guide, so the legendary Count Backwardsfromten is along to co-host and share some spooky tunes!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

The Gravel Spreaders – Number of the Beast – Metal Hee Haw
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet – Zombie Compromise – Savvy Show Stoppers – CDN
The Dream Syndicate – Halloween – Days of Wine and Roses
Bobby Bare Jr. – Rock and Roll Halloween – A Storm, A Tree, My Mother’s Head
The Replacements – Rock ‘n’ Roll Ghost – Don’t Tell a Soul
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet – Shake some Evil – Savvy Show Stoppers – CDN
David Ford – Cheer Up, You Miserable F**k – I Sincerely Apologize for all the Trouble I’ve Caused

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jason Isbell – The Devil Is my Running Mate – Sirens of the Ditch
Nathan – Lock your Devils Up – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Elle King – Where the Devil Don’t Go – Love Stuff
Ridley Bent – Zombies – Skeleton Crew – CDN – WPG
Southern Culture on the Skids – Zombified – Zombified
Brock Zeman – Killer in the Corn – $100 Difference – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Somebody Got Murdered – Concussion

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Colleen Brown – Fight! Fight! Fight! – Dirt – CDN
Rocket Surgery – Save Yourselves – Live at the Toucan – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Lucifer – Hearts and Lonely Hunters – CDN
Weeping Tile – U.F.O. Rosie – Cold Snap – CDN
The Meat Puppets – Lake of Fire – II
The Blue Shadows – Hell Stays Open all Night Long – On the Floor of Heaven (reissue) – CDN
The Warped 45s – Talk about Evil – Matador Sunset – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Scott Nolan – Halloween in NYC – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Little Dreamer – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
The Snakehandlers – People Who Died – Country Rock is Neither
Ass Ponys – Death Car $25 – Little Bastard
Chris Whitley – Poison Girl – Living with the Law
Bobby Bare – Mama Bake a Pie, Daddy Kill a Chicken – 20 Bare Essentials
Matt Patershuk – Pep the Cat Murdering Dog – I Was so Fond of You – CDN

This is a special (for now) podcast only pre-recorded episode of the show! I’ve been thinking about this cool idea for a long time, and the time was finally right to put it all together. This one will surely air on UMFM at some point, but for now, enjoy it here, and only here!

My favourite kind of songs are the ones where a writer paints a picture and tells a story so vivid that I can see it and feel it. If you can transport me to another place in 3.5 minutes, you’re some kind of magician! So a lot of my very favourite songs are full of vivid scenes, characters, and tales, and this show is full of those! Sit back and spend some time with The Songwriters’ Storybook!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Paul Kelly – The Oldest Story In The Book – A to Z
Guy Clark – Let Him Roll – Old No. 1 & Texas Cookin’
Townes Van Zandt – Pancho and Lefty – Legend
James McMurtry – Ruby and Carlos – Just Us Kids
Lyle Lovett – Church – Joshua Judges Ruth
Eliza Gilkyson – Ballad Of Yvonne Johnson – Land Of Milk And Honey

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Willie P Bennett – Blackie And The Rodeo King – Blackie And The Rodeo King – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – White Ash & Black Ash – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Oh Susanna – Johnstown – Johnstown – CDN
Jaxon Haldane – Crystal – Down In Oklahoma – CDN – WPG
James Keelaghan – Kiri’s Piano – My Skies – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Del Barber – Yellowhead Road – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
Mike Lynch – Dawson City (extended version) – Real to Reel (The Upstairs Sessions) – CDN
Dan Bern – One Piece at a Time – Hoody
The Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site – Reconstruction Site – CDN
Paul Kelly – They Thought I Was Asleep – Songs From The South: The Best Of Paul Kelly Vol 2 98-08
Richard Thompson – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Acoustic Classics
Said Cleaves – Lydia – Broke Down

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rodney Crowell – I Wish It Would Rain – The Houston Kid
Luke Doucet – New York – Aloha, Manitoba – CDN
Rod Picott – Tiger Tom’s Dixon’s Blues – Tiger Tom’s Dixon’s Blues
Jesse DeNatale – The Bell – Soul Parade
The Lowest of The Low – Letter from Bilbao – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Basement Apt. – You Were Here – CDN
Rheostatics – Record Body Count – Melville – CDN