Last week’s Pledge-O-Rama was hugely successful and oh-so rewarding once again! Thanks to everyone who showed their support and helped us to keep going. It’s a huge morale boost, as well, as I’m honoured and humbled by the kind people who continue to support my shows. Today’s show is largely devoted to thanking those supporters in song, with some very special requests & dedications. Unfortunately, we still couldn’t fit them all in, so there will be more to come! We just had to spin some great new music and some exciting upcoming shows. Thanks again!

If you didn’t get a chance to pledge, it’s never too late! http://www.umfm.com/info/donate/

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Todd Snider – One for the Money – Todd Sings Kris

New music:
John K. Samson – Requests – Winter Wheat – CDN – WPG
John K. Samson – VPW 13 Blues – Winter Wheat – CDN – WPG
John K. Samson – Virtute At Rest – Winter Wheat – CDN – WPG
Gord Downie – The Stranger – The Secret Path – CDN
Harrow Fair – Told A Lie To My Heart – Call To Arms – CDN
Paul Kelly and Charlie Owen – To Live Is To Fly – Death’s Dateless Night
John Prine – Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, And Loud, Loud Music (feat. Amanda Shires) – For Better, Or Worse

2:30 – 3:00 pm

For the supporters!:
Amanda Shires – Harmless (for Tonya) – My Piece of Land
Sunparlour Players – If the Creeks Don’t Rise (for Eugene) – live recording – CDN
The Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait (for Eugene) – Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was? The Best Of The Replacements
The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan (for Stu) – Stu Reid of Twang Trust (Thanks, Friend) – Unexpected Songs of Joy, And Celebrations of Music Stars
Oh Susanna – Cottonseed (for Mike) – Namedropper – CDN
Scott Nolan – Rain (for Allison) – Highway Prayer – A Tribute to Adam Carroll – CDN – WPG
NQ Arbuckle – The Autumn Leaves (for Melissa) – The Last Supper In A Cheap Town – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Spirit Of The West – Political (for Trish & Rob) – Upfront! Canadians – Live From Mountain Stage – CDN
Crash Test Dummies – Here On Earth (I’ll Have My Cake) (for Lyle) – The Ghosts That Haunt Me – CDN – WPG
Ane Brun – Ain’t No Cure For Love (for Gail) – Rarities
Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Touré – Bonde (for John) – Talking Timbuktu
The Hold Steady – Chips Ahoy (for Jared) – Live from SoHo

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Brett Nelson – Older Than I Thought (for Michael) – Transmissions From UMFM 101.5 2015 – CDN – WPG
Greg Brown – Sleeper (for Oly & Laura) – Dream Cafe

Upcoming shows:
Zachary Lucky – Make it on time – Everywhere A Man Can Be – CDN
Zachary Lucky – Can’t say why – Everywhere A Man Can Be – CDN
Peter Katz – I Do – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Peter Katz – When The Day Is Done – We Are The Reckoning – CDN
Jadea Kelly – Mercy – Love & Lust – CDN

UMFM’s annual Pledge-O-Rama is here! This is the time of year when we appeal to you, the listener, to help us keep alive and get better at what we do. We need your help to pay the bills and help us with special projects, like this year’s goal of enough money to buy a new transmitter for the station! But it’s not just all about the money, we’ve got prizes and incentives to give away, requests/dedications for our supporters, and a very special live guest, Jaxon Haldane, who dropped by to chat and play some songs!

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jaxon Haldane – Hectic – Hectic – CDN – WPG
The D. Rangers – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG

Jaxon Haldane interview

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jaxon Haldane – Love, Lust, and Loneliness – live performance – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – One Vessel – live performance – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – Shame on Me – live performance – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – Crystal – live performance – CDN – WPG
Gordie Tentrees – Somebody’s Child – Less Is More – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Colleen Brown – Love You Baby – Foot in Heart – CDN
Colleen Brown – I Can’t Wrap My Heart Around It (w/Major Love) – Seasons Are Circling – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Crooked Still – Oh, Agamemnon (for Allan) – Still Crooked
Stephen Fearing – Beguiling Eyes (for Trish & Rob) – Out to Sea – CDN
The Brothers Cosmoline – Bramble (for Rob S.) – Songs of Work and Freedom – CDN
Scott Nolan – Forever Is a long Time (for Allison) – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
William Prince – Breathless (for Melissa) – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG

It’s almost time for UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama event, and each year we discuss the best of the previous year, and this year is no different, so this show is made up of items that you can take home with your pledge to UMFM’s fall fundraiser, as well as some of our favourite music of 2015! We do also have one concert coming up to preview, featuring a supergroup made up of some of Canada’s most renowned writers!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Down by the Henry Moore – Let’s Frolic Again – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Secret of a long lasting Love (with Nick Lowe) – Kings and Kings – CDN
Peter Katz – Story You Forgot – We Are the Reckoning – CDN
Jory Nash – Ain’t Coming Home – The Many Hats of – CDN
The 24th Street Wailers – Just Wait – Where Evil Grows – CDN
Lewis Melville – Nature’s Revenge – Songs of the Future – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Scott Nolan – Forever Is a Long Time – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
James McMurtry – These Things I’ve Come to Know – Complicated Game
Brock Zeman – Pulling your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – Pulling your Sword out of the Devil’s Back – CDN
Mike June – The Darkness – Poor Man’s Bible
John Moreland – You Don’t Care for Me Enough to Cry – High on Tulsa Heat
Jason Isbell – How to Forget – Something more than Free
William Prince – Earthly Days – Earthly Days – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Brady Enslen – Beautiful Things – Beautiful Things – CDN
Richard Inman – 30 Days – 30 Days – CDN – WPG
Gurf Morlix – Dirty Old Buffalo – Eatin’ at Me
Jerry Jeff Walker – Like a Coat from the Cold – Ridin’ High
Kris Kristofferson – Jesus Was a Capricorn – Jesus Was a Capricorn
Lee Hazlewood – Pour Man – Love and other Crimes

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Lunch at Allen’s – Try Walkin’ Away – More Lunch at Allen’s – CDN
Lunch at Allen’s – Little Lambs – Lunch at Allen’s – CDN
Marc Jordan – Marina del Rey – Mannequin – CDN
Murray McLauchlan – Farmer’s Song – Songs from the Street – CDN
Marc Jordan – I’m a Camera – Blue Desert – CDN
Ian Thomas – Levity – Levity – CDN
Ian Thomas – Painted Ladies – Looking Back – CDN

Today a lot of great new music and some big concerts to discuss… what else do you need?!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Buick MacKane – John Conquest, You’ve Got enough Dandruff on your Collar to Bread a Veal Cutlet – The Pawn Shop Years
Jon Dee Graham – October – Swept Away
Jon Dee Graham – (Things Might Turn Out) Right – Knoxville Skyline
James McMurtry – Laredo – Big Sweet Life: The Songs of Jon Dee Graham

2:30 – 3:00 pm

James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Saint Mary of the Woods
Drive-By Truckers – Surrender Under Protest – American Band
Butch Walker – East Coast Girl – Stay Gold
Nahko and Medicine for the People – San Quentin – HOKA
Buddy Miller – Wild Horses (w/Shawn Colvin) – Camayo Sessions at Sea

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Sheila Carabine – Little Girl – All In – CDN
Liz Longley – Weightless – Weightless
John Blek – Bleed You Dry – Cut the Light
John Blek – Kathleen – Cutting Room Floor
Corin Raymond – Trains and Boats and Buses – unreleased – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Howdoyoulikeitnow? – Instrumentality – CDN
Jaxon Haldane – Skinny Mona – Hectic – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Mayhemingways – CDs I Didn’t Sell – Mayhemingways – CDN
Mayhemingways – Small Town Crush – Mayhemingways – CDN
Mayhemingways – Hunter St. Blues – Hunter St. Blues – CDN
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Playing by Heart (w/Buddy Miller) – Kings and Kings – CDN
James McMurtry – No More Buffalo – It Had to Happen
James McMurtry – Holiday – Children Things

There’s not much better than two gorgeous voices singing in sweet, sweet harmony, and today, we’ve got a show chock full of just that, great duets! Cozy up to someone you love and enjoy!

This is one of those “standby” episodes that you may hear again at some point, but it’s full of such great music, you’ll be eagerly awaiting another listen!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Fireworks – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Carolyn Mark – It’s All Just A Matter Of (Where You Draw The Line) (with Geoff Berner) – Just Married: An Album Of Duets – CDN
The Corn Sisters – 90 Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) – The Other Women
Oh Susanna – Lucky Ones (w/Jim Cuddy) – Soon The Birds – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Mother (with Sarah Harmer) – Rebuild The Wall – CDN
Jim Bryson – Somewhere Else (with Jim Cuddy) – Loose 4: Start Your Own Country – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye (with Jim Bryson) – Fall for Beauty – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Steven Bowers – Comfortably Sweet (Featuring Christina Martin) – Circadian Anthem – CDN
Matt Epp And The Amorian Assembly – When You Know (Featuring Serena Ryder) – Learning to Lose Control – CDN
Jason Isbell – Stockholm (w/Kim Richey) – Southeastern
Kim Richey – Breakaway Speed (feat. Jason Isbell) – Thorn In My Heart
Jolene – I Read What You Wrote Today (with Kim Richey) – Hell’s Half Acre
Steve Earle – You’re Still Standin’ There (with Lucinda Williams) – I Feel Alright
Jason Ringenberg – James Dean’s Car (with Todd Snider) – All over Creation

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Rose Cousins – If I Should Fall Behind (with Mark Erelli) – We Have Made A Spark – CDN
Butch Walker – Battle vs. The War (w/Nikki Lane) – End of the World (One More TIme) / Battle vs. The War
Hayes Carll – Love Don’t Let Me Down (feat. Caitlin Rose) – single
Tannis Slimmon – My Body Moves (with David Francey) – Lucky Blue – CDN
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – My Baby’s Gone – Livin’ Lovin’ and Losin’
Teddy Thompson – Take A Message To Mary (Everly Brothers cover, feat. Linda Thompson) – Separate Ways
Nancy Sinatra And Lee Hazlewood – Summer Wine – Nancy & Lee
Johnny Cash – Jackson (with June Carter) – The Legend: Family & Friends

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Prine – (We’re Not) The Jet Set (with Iris DeMent) – In Spite of Ourselves
Kris Kristofferson – Me and Bobby McGee (feat. Gordon Lightfoot, Ronnie Hawkins & Willie Nelson) – single
Billy Joe Shaver – Hard to Be an Outlaw (feat. Willie Nelson) – Long in the Tooth
Austin Lucas – Wrong Side of the Dream (feat. Lydia Loveless) – Between the Moon & the Midwest
Whiskeytown – Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight – Strangers Almanac
Shinyribs – East TX Rust (w/Ray Wylie Hubbard) – Well After Awhile
Shane Nicholson – Whistling Cannonballs (Feat. Paul Kelly) – Bad Machines
Gretchen Peters – When You Comin’ home (feat. Jimmy La Fave) – Blackbirds

Like the leaves, great new music just seems to be raining down these days, so we’ve got a pile to sift through. We’ve also got some HUGE Sunset Saloon news as we announce two amazing shows that are going to make it a November to remember!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Lydia Loveless – Heaven – Real
The Handsome Family – Gold – Unseen
Southern Culture on the Skids – Rice and Beans – The Electric Pinecones
Mekons and Robbie Fulks – Refill – Jura
John Paul White – I’ve Been over this Before (w/ The Secret Sisters) – Beulah
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry – Gentle on my Mind – Shine a Light: Field Recordings From the Great American Railroad
The Mavericks – Harvest Moon – All Night Live Vol. 1

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Mandolin Orange – Echo – Blindfaller
Skye Wallace – Rumbling Soul – Something Wicked – CDN
Paul Kelly – Sonnet 18 – Seven Sonnets and a Song
Paul Kelly and Charlie Owen – Hard Times – Death’s Dateless Night
Zachary Lucky – Make It on Time – Everywhere a Man can Be – CDN
Zachary Lucky – Helsinki – demos volume 1 – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Abbie Gardner & Anthony da Costa – Let Me Die in your Arms – Bad Nights/Better Days
Anthony da Costa & The Sentimentals – My Own Bed – single
The Loved – How Do You Fall in Love? – The Loved
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Mother – Rebuild the Wall – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Broken Fuckin’ Heart – Guitar Pickin’ Martyrs – CDN
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – $s to Doughnuts – Roger’s Waltz – CDN
Weeping Tile – Basement Apt. – Eepee – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rueben de Groot – The Savings and Loan – Rocket Surgery – CDN
Tony Furtado – Dying Language – The Bell
Tony Furtado – Some of Shelly’s Blues – American Gypsy
Tony Furtado – Fortunate Son – Thirteen
NQ Arbuckle – Danko/Manuel – live recording – CDN

Today we need to commemorate the day in 2001 that the whole world changed, as well as the day in 2003 when Steel Belted Radio began. We also have another pile of great new music, and a tribute to a living legend who’s coming to town right away, as well as a couple of other upcoming shows!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mike Plume Band – Steel Belted Radio – The Steel Belted Radio EP – CDN
Lisa Winn – Cover my Eyes – Out from Under – CDN
Bruce Springsteen – My City of Ruin – America: A Tribute to Heroes
Alex Dezen – A Little Less Like Hell – Alex Dezen
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Beautiful Scars (w/ City and Colour) – Kings and Kings – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Scott Nolan – Rain – Highway Prayer – A Tribute to Adam Carroll – CDN – WPG
Dwight Yoakam – Purple Rain – Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars…
Sean Rowe – Girl Like You – All We Can Do – EP
Dolly Parton – Stairway to Heaven – The Acoustic Collection 1999-2002
The Wailin’ Jennys – Light of a Clear Blue Morning – The Year Dolly Parton Was my Mom – CDN – WPG
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – Just Someone I Used to Know – Dolly Parton (Box Set sampler)

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Dolly Parton – Jolene – Dolly Parton (box set sampler)
Johnny Cash – I’m a Drifter (with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) – Unearthed II: Trouble in Mind
Justin Townes Earle & Dawn Landes – Do I Ever Cross your Mind – single
Robbie Fulks – Jeannie’s Afraid of the Dark – 13 Hillbilly Giants
Bettye Lavette – Little Sparrow – I’ve Got my own Hell to Raise
Lynne Hanson – Heaven and Hell – River of Sand – CDN
Lynne Hanson – Rest of my Days – Once the Sun Goes Down – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Lynne Hanson – Foolish Things – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Steve Earle – Someday – Guitar Town
Steve Earle – Fearless Heart – Guitar Town
Shawn Colvin – Crazy – single
Patty Griffin – Change – Flaming Red

Summer may be over, but there were so many great memories this year that should sustain me for a while. Today a loving look back at some of the highlights, as well as some great new music, some upcoming concert news, and in honour of the long weekend, an extra long episode with a solid set of classics after 4:00!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Scott Nolan – You Rock We Roll – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
Civil Twilight – Too Far Gone – Songs from Low Winter Sun
Anthony da Costa – Sometimes You Think You Know – Da Costa
Tuns – Lonely Life – Tuns – CDN
Jon Dee Graham & William Harries Graham – Thoughts after Midnight – single
Hoots & Hellmouth – Diction – In the Trees
Steve Cropper – Dedicated to the One I Love (with Lucinda Williams & Dan Penn) – Dedicated
Claire Lynch – Andrew’s Waltz – North by South

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Erin Rae – Monticello – Soon Enough
The Dead South – Banjo Odyssey – Good Company – CDN
James McMurtry and the Heartless Bastards – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
James McMurtry – How’m I Gonna Find You Now – Complicated Game

3:00 – 3:30 pm

William Prince – 7 – single – CDN – WPG
James Hill – Promenade – The Old Silo – CDN
Jon Brooks – Cage Fighter – Delicate Cages – CDN
Gretchen Peters – The Matador – Hello Cruel World
Three O’Clock Train – Train of Dreams – Train of Dreams EP – CDN
Ford Madox Ford – Expect It – Expect It / Before the Fall

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Bobby Bare Jr. – Valentine – From the End of your Leash
Robbie Fulks – Let’s Kill Saturday Night – Let’s Kill Saturday Night
Jon Langford & his Sadies – Are You an Entertainer? – Mayors of the Moon
Brock Zeman – Walking in the Dark – The Pinball Sessions – CDN
Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance – Somewhere We Will Find Our Place – CDN
The Young Novelists – Always Make the Mistake – Made Us Strangers – CDN
100 Mile House – Better, Still – Hollow Ponds – CDN
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Summertime’s Over – South – CDN

4:00 – 4:30 pm

Lydia Loveless – Same to You – Real
Lucero – Tears Don’t Matter Much – Live from Atlanta
The Hold Steady – Stay Positve – Stay Positve
The Damnwells – I Am a Leaver – Air Stereo
The Guthries – Season to Leave – Off Windmill – CDN

A bunch of great new music to kick things off, some wonderful live shows past and future, and we dive into the rich, deep, and inspiring catalogue of Wyckham Porteous, who ran into some serious health (and subsequent financial) issues in Scotland recently.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Wyckham Porteous – Deep into the Water – 3 AM – CDN
The Minus 5 – Mickey’s a cool Drummer – Of Monkees and Men
The Minus 5 – Richmond Fontaine – Of Monkees and Men
Alex Dezen – Randolph Tonight – II
Butch Walker – East Coast Girl – Stay Gold
Butch Walker – Ludlow Expectations – Stay Gold

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Richmond Fontaine – Claude Murray’s Breakdown – The High Country
Richmond Fontaine – Postcard from California – Post to Wire
Richmond Fontaine – Post to Wire – Post to Wire
BJ Barham – American Tobacco Company – Rockingham
BJ Barham – Rockingham – Rockingham
Jaxon Haldane – I Will Be the One – Hectic – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – Crystal – Down in Oklahoma – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

D. Rangers – Trying to Start out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Trois Rivieres – The Paw-Paw Patch – CDN – WPG
Wyckham Porteous – Blind Love – Could It Be my Road? – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Somebody Gonna Dance – Wyckham Porteous – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – 3 a.m. – Looking for Ground – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Jimmy Lafave – In this World – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Feel Alright – sexanddrinking – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Stellar Band of Neighbours – You Should Have Been There – Live at the Legion Hall – CDN
BOP Ensemble – Husbands & Wives – Between Trains – CDN
Wyckham Porteous – Hungry Heart – 3 AM – CDN
Martyn Joseph – The Promise – recorded live on UMFM
Ryan Adams – Wonderwall – Love Is Hell
Bobby Bare Jr – Sister Golden Hair Alpha – The American Bread EP

Today some great new music, including the debut of songs from the brand new Jaxon Haldane album, a look back at the always magical Trout Forest Music Festival, a look ahead to a couple of shows, and we say bye bye to Bob (Egan, that is), who is retiring from active musician duty to take a job at the public library!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Kris Kristofferson, Gordon Lightfoot, and Ronnie Hawkins – Me and Bobby McGee – single
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry – The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore – Shine a Light: Field Recordings From the Great American Railroad
Kieran Kane – Lockeland Creek – Unguarded Moments
Lori McKenna – Wreck You – The Bird & the Rifle
Joe Purdy – Maybe We’ll All Get Along Someday – Who Will Be Next?
Luther Wright & The Wrongs – Black Mark – Hearts and Lonely Hunters – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

100 Mile House – Hollow Ponds – Hollow Ponds – CDN
100 Mile House – My Love – Wait with Me – CDN
100 Mile House – Better, Still – Hollow Ponds – CDN
The Young Novelists – Couldn’t Be any Worse – Made Us Strangers – CDN
Graydon James & The Young Novelists – In your Defence – In the Year You Were Born – CDN
The Young Novelists – Always Make the Mistake – Made Us Strangers – CDN
Leaf Rapids – Agent of the Night – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Washboard Hank – Friendly Little Cat – Human Beans – CDN
Wax Mannequin – Volcano God – Festival Man – CDN
Chris Isaak – Baby Did a bad bad Thing – Forever Blue
Scott Cook – Time with You – Moonlit Rambles – CDN
Scott Cook – When We’re Back Around – One More Time Around – CDN
Jaxon Haldane – Charlie Parker – Hectic – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – You Know Whos – Hectic – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – Petrified – Hectic – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Wilco – Far Far Away – Being There
Oh Susanna – My Good Ol’ Gal – Johnstown – CDN
Reid Jamieson – The Unavoidable Truth – The Unavoidable Truth – CDN
Leeroy Stagger & The Wildflowers – I Believe in Love – Little Victories – CDN
Matt Mays – Downtown – Matt Mays – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Sun’s Hanging Low – The Last Supper in a Cheap Town – CDN
Neko Case & her Boyfriends – We’ve Never Met – Furnace Room Lullaby – CDN