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

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