Today a fine mix of great new music and exciting upcoming shows, as well as some requests and a tribute to legendary Canadian songwriter Ron Hynes who recently revealed yet another battle with cancer; let’s hope he beats it once again.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Martyn Joseph – I Searched for You – Sanctuary
Martyn Joseph – Her Name Is Rose – Sanctuary
Lynn Jackson – Rake – Songs of Rain, Snow & Remembering – CDN
Red Moon Road – Beauty in these Broken Bones – Sorrows and Glories – CDN – WPG
Kasey Chambers & Bill Chambers – Cold And Bitter Tears – Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins
The Woodshed Orchestra – U Don’t Have 2 Cry (w/Amanda Balsys) – Guest Book – CDN
Corb Lund – Sunbeam – Thigns that Can’t Be Undone – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Be Good Tanyas – Light Enough to Travel – Blue Horse – CDN
Jon Dee Graham – Robot Moving – The Great Battle
Mike June – The Baseball Song – Poor Man’s Bible
Craig Finn – Sarah, Calling from a Hotel – Faith in the Future
Scott Nolan and Willie Sugarcapps – Silverhill – Silverhill – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan – Rosie – No Bourbon & Bad Radio – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Steve Poltz – Some Things About Me You Should Know – Noineen Noiny Noin – CDN
Steve Poltz – Brief History of my Life – Traveling – CDN
Steve Poltz – Salt Suit – Noineen Noiny Noin and a Haff – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Wheel of Love – Between Hurricanes – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Black Silk Gown – That’s How I Walk – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Lee Harvey Osmond – Big Chief – The Folk Sinner – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Queen Bee – A Quiet Evil – CDN
Ron Hynes – Sonny’s Dream – Face to the Gale – CDN
Ron Hynes – Man of a Thousand Songs – Cryer’s Paradise – CDN
Brent Mason – Hynesight (for Ron Hynes) – All the Pretty Horses – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Red Wine – The Future Happens Anyway – CDN
Ron Hynes – Godspeed (Requiem for Gene MacLellan) – Face to the Gale – CDN

After 12 years, Andrew Neville & The Poor Choices are wrapping up their Wednesday residency this week. Over those years, the band has invited a lot of very talented guests to come and open up the show. Andrew drops in to play some songs from some of the many greats who have stopped in over the years.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

John Wort Hannam – Chasing the Song – Love Lives On – CDN
Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices – Brand New Song – Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices – CDN – WPG
Mayhemingways – CDs I Didn’t Sell – Mayhemingways – CDN
Scott Cook and The Long Weekends – I Live Down Here – Go Long – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Washboard Hank – Garden Gnomes – Sweet Mysteries of Life – CDN
Sarah Burton – Tried Being Good – Fire Breathers – CDN
Steve Brockley Band – Lost in the City – Le Boef – CDN
Kayla Marie Howran – Country Born and Raised – Pistol – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Tom Savage Trio – Old Rock ‘n’ Rollers – The County Line – CDN
Sarah Jane Scouten – Someone to Say Goodnight to – The Cape – CDN
Dan Walsh – Beard – Outta the Jam – CDN
Blake Berglund – Get off the Table, Mabel (The Money’s for the Beer) – Coyote – CDN
Jaxon Haldane – Decatur – Down in Oklahoma – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Keith Hallett – Drivin’ Me to Drink – I Just Lost my Mind – CDN
The Sumner Brothers – Both Back – The Sumner Brothers – CDN
Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices – Winnipeg Song – Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices – CDN – WPG
Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices – Henry’s Song – Let’r Buck – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond and the Sundowners – Postcard from Winnipeg – Paper Nickels – CDN
The Crooked Brothers – Pass You By – Thank You I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Faded Red Hoodie – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG

It’s Pledge-O-Rama time again! This is the one show a year where we turn the power over to the listeners and ask them to help keep us going and growing. The generous support of our listeners puts the wind in our sales and helps us to fix broken equipment and take on new projects. We’ve been very lucky to have such great support from our listeners. In return, we try to put on an extra special show. Today we have the world premiere of the brand new album from Winnipeg icons the D. Rangers and we have some other Winnipeg icons, The Fuse (aka Hatcher-Briggs) live in the studio to sing and chat!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

D. Rangers – We Stay High and Lonesome – We Stay High and Lonesome – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – Decatur – Down in Oklahoma – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Old Reddit – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG
Jay Aymar – The Country Swift – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
The Fuse – If Ever I Should Fall – live performance – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Fuse – Brillian Sun II – live performance – CDN – WPG
The Fuse – The Man Who Would Be King – live performance – CDN – WPG

The Fuse interview

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Fuse – The Reachers – Brilliant Sun – CDN – WPG
Hatcher-Briggs – Boy Chief Hill – Getting There from Here – CDN – WPG
Blue Shadows – Paper and a Promise – On The Floor Of Heaven – Deluxe Re-issue – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

D. Rangers – Gypsy Salami – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Pancho & Lefty – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG

4:00 – 4:30 pm

Stingband – Dief Will Be the Chief Again – National Melodies – CDN
Ingrid Gatin – Madness – 1000 Lives – CDN – WPG
Brett Nelson – Older than I Thought – Transmissions from UMFM 2015 – CDN – WPG
Richard Inman – The D-Day Dodgers – Transmissions from UMFM 2015 – CDN – WPG
Martyn Joseph – The Promise – recorded live on UMFM

4:30 – 5:00 pm

Jaxon Haldane – Skinny Mona – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – Charlie Parker – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
D. Rangers – Hold Back the Tears – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG

Jaxon Haldane interview

D. Rangers – Dallas – Barbaric Cultural Practices – CDN – WPG

On Thanksgiving weekend, I thought I’d take a trip down memory lane and play some of the albums that have meant the most to me in my life. These are albums that helped guide me here and keep me here today, and albums that I consider among my very best friends – ones I turn to over and over again. A much more personal, sentimental show than we usually do, but one absolutely full of great albums, all of which I’d highly recommend that you pick up for yourself.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Steve Forbert – Romeo’s Tune – Jackrabbit Slim
Colin Hay – Overkill – Man @ Work
The Pursuit of Happiness – When the Sky Comes Falling Down – Love Junk – CDN
The Watchmen – Must to Be Free – McLaren Furnace Room – CDN – WPG
The New Meanies – Scenic Anomoly – Three Seeds – CDN – WPG
Duck Shot Hunter – All this Time – Yum – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Derek and the Dominos – I Looked Away – Layla and other assorted Love Songs
Van Morrison – Into the Mystic – Moondance
Ry Cooder – Go Home, Girl – Bop ’til You Drop
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Positive Vibration – Rastaman Vibration
B.B. King – Hummingbird – Why I Sing the Blues
The Jeff Healey Band – I Need to Be Loved – See the Light – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Lowest of the Low – Bleed a Little While Tonight – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
Rheostatics – Shaved Head – Whale Music – CDN
Spirit of the West – Profiteers – Labour Day – CDN
Skydiggers – A Penny More – Restless – CDN
The Weakerthans – Left and Leaving – Left and Leaving – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Bottomley – You Lose and You Gain – Blackberry – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Lace and Pretty Flowers – High or Hurtin’ – CDN
Martin Sexton – Black Sheep – Black Sheep
Mike Plume Band – Wind at my Back – Song & Dance, Man – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Dam – May Day
Del Barber – As Far as I can Tell – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG

Today, some music from some crowdfunding campaigns going on, a few political numbers, a look ahead to a Sunset Saloon show, and a special set of music by cancer survivors.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jaxon Haldane – Crystal – Down in Oklahoma – CDN – WPG
Jaxon Haldane – Long Tall Sally – 2015 album outtake – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – Not a Fight – Walking in the Dark – CDN – WPG
Corin Raymond – Good News – Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams – CDN
William Prince – Earthly Days – single – CDN – WPG
Blue Rodeo – Stealing all my Dreams – single – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Hey Rosetta! & Yukon Blonde – Land You Love – single – CDN
Geoff Berner – Probably NDP – single – CDN
Dave Lang & The Insolent Rabble – Does He not Please You? – single – CDN
Rheostatics – Horses – live recording – CDN
Matt Masters – Highways – All-Western Winners – CDN
Andrew Cash – Boomtown – Boomtown – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

John Mann – The Angry Sore – The Waiting Room – CDN
Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle – The Good One – H Wing – CDN
Ron Hynes – My Name is Nobody – Ron Hynes
John Prine – Clay Pigeons – Fair & Square
Oh Susanna – The Lucky Ones – Soon the Birds – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Tell Me – 100 Days, 100 Nights
Scott Nolan – Bad Liver/Broken Heart – Receiver/Reflector – CDN – WPG
Lindi Ortega – Jimmy Dean – Little Red Boots – CDN
Melissa Payne – Bring Me Back – High and Dry – CDN
Mayhemingways – Small Town Crush – Mayhemingways – CDN
Mayhemingways – CDs I Didn’t Sell – Mayhemingways – CDN – CDN

The leaves are dropping and boy oh boy so is the new music, with plenty of great stuff coming out weekly; we have lots to go through once again. We’ve also got a couple of great shows coming up this week to preview and a listen back to a moment from our very first program as we approach our birthday. Tell the Band to Go Home officially started on September 29, 2002 and we’re still going strong! Here’s to many more!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – Sad Nights – Wandered – CDN
James Gray – Bigger Things – Bigger Things – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Solitude – Shoreline – CDN
Dave Gunning – They Don’t Do That No More – Lift – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – The Early Days – Domestic Eccentric – CDN
Noah Gundersen – Show Me the Light – Carry the Ghost – CDN
Brady Enslen – Beautiful Things – Beautiful Things – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Joe Nolan – Angel of Alberta – single – CDN
Dave Rawlings Machine – The Weekend – Nashville Obsolete
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lucinda’s Room – In The Blazes
Lucero – I Woke up in New Orleans – All a Man Should Do
Ryan Adams – Clean – 1989
Dan Bern – Sky – Hoody

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Leaf Rapids – Vulture Lullaby – Lucky Stars – CDN
Scarlett Jane – Wild Fire – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Scarlett Jane – Beautiful – Stranger – CDN
Ron Sexsmith – Still Time – Whereabouts – CDN
Ron Sexsmith – Broken Hearted People – This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark (This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark) – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Whitehorse – Strawberry Blonde – The Road to Massey Hall – CDN
Mark Erelli – God Loves Everyone – Hope & Other Casualties
Feist – Secret Heart – Let It Die – CDN
Oh Susanna – I Love the Way She Dresses – Namedropper – CDN
Emmylou Harris – Hard Bargain – Hard Bargain
Ron Sexsmith – Wishing Wells – Retriever – CDN
Kris Demeanor – This Old House – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

Jeremy’s along to co-host today and make things more interesting. We played some great new music, chatted about some concerts past and future, and dove into some classic recordings that I recently picked up in Toronto.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Son Volt – Back into your World – Straightaways
Chris Trapper – Not the End of the World – Symphonies of Dirt & Dust
Kalle Mattson – Avalanche – Avalanche – CDN
Chuck Prophet – Laughing on the Inside – Night Surfer
JP Hoe – Beautifully Crazy – Hideaway – CDN – WPG
Todd Snider – Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males – East Nashville Skyline

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Blaze Foley – Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries – Cold, Cold World
Lucinda Williams – Drunken Angel – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Jakob Dylan – Nothing but the whole wide World – Women + Country
Jon Dee Graham – $100 Bill – KGSR Broadcasts Vol.6
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK – CDN
Jim Bryson – 26 Miles by Car – The Occasionals – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Gene MacLellan – The Call – Gene MacLellan – CDN
tribute ensemble – Put Your Hand in the Hand – Snowbird: The Songs of Gene MacLellan – CDN
Gene MacLellan – Snowbird – Gene MacLellan – CDN
David Wiffen – Driving Wheel – David Wiffen – CDN
David Wiffen – Skybound Station – Coast to Coast Fever – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Wort Hannam – Write Me Back In – Love Lives On – CDN
Colin Linden – And Then You Begin – Rich in Love – CDN
The River and the Road – The Beast – Headlights – CDN
The River and the Road – Strange Disease – Headlights – CDN
Mayhemingways – CDs I Didn’t Sell – Mayhemingways – CDN
Melissa Payne – Gunning for Me – High and Dry – CDN
The 24th Street Wailers – Cursed – Where Evil Grows – CDN
The 24th Street Wailers – Rock Step – Where Evil Grows – CDN

Today a whole pile of new music that’s come in over the past while, as well as some of the new-to-me classics that I recently picked up on my trip to Toronto. Coming up this week is the 2 night CD release party for JP Hoe’s new one, so a preview/retrospective is in order!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

JP Hoe – Run Away with Me – Hideaway – CDN – WPG
John Wort Hannam – Love Lives On – Love Lives On – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Dreams – Dream It all away – CDN
Lindi Ortega – Ashes – Faded Gloryville – CDN
Crow and the Canyon – Gentle on my Mind – Leaving Soon
Jimmy LaFave – Never Came Back To Memphis – The Night Tribe
Lance Canales – Old Red – The Blessing And The Curse

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Martin Harley And Daniel Kimbro – Chocolate Jesus (Live) – Live At Southern Ground
Webb Wilder – Mississippi Moderne – I Gotta Move
The Supersuckers – I Can’t Cry – Holdin’ the Bag
Dan Bern – One Piece at a Time – Hoody
David Wiffen – Mr. Wiffen – David Wiffen – CDN
Loretta Lynn – Rated X – 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Loretta Lynn
J.J. Cale – Travelin’ Light – Troubadour

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Billy Joe Shaver – Low Down Freedom – Old Five And Dimers Like Me
Waylon Jennings – Ride Me Down Easy – Dreaming My Dreams [Bonus Tracks]
Waylon Jennings – Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues – Lonesome, On’ry and Mean
Waylon Jennings – I Recall A Gypsy Woman – Dreaming My Dreams
Chuck Prophet – Waymore’s Blues – Dreaming Waylon’s Dreams
Chuck Prophet – Lonely Desolation – Night Surfer
Jim White – Chase the Dark Away – Where It Hits You
Drive-By Truckers – Made Up English Oceans – Black Ice Vérité Bonus Tracks

3:30 – 4:00 pm

JP Hoe – My Silhouette – HIdeaway – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Do I Know You – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Nicest – The Live Beta Project – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Since You Could Be – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Fine – The Here in Review – CDN – WPG
Elizabeth Cook – Heroin Addict Sister – Welder
Todd Snider – Is This Thing Working? – Peace Queer
Todd Snider – Beer Run – New Connection

Today an overdue tribute to the great Audrey Auld who passed away far too soon a few weeks ago. She left a lot of beauty to enjoy. We’ve also got some great new music in the mail bag as well as a few great upcoming shows to preview!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mike June – Poor Man’s Bible – Poor Man’s Bible
Myrle – Winnipeg – A Dozen Hearts – CDN
Shannon Lyon – Love Is All Around You – Shoreline – CDN
Ben Rogers – Wild Roses – The Bloodred Yonder – CDN
Philip Bosley – Sweet Country Tune – Big Rumours in a Small Town – CDN
The River and the Road – Strange Disease – Headlights – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Fred Eaglesmith – Freight Train – Official Bootleg Series Vol. 2 – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Wilder than Her (with Audrey Auld) – Reckless Records Garage Sale 1997-2003 – CDN
Audrey Auld – Petals (for Jon Dee) – Come Find Me
Audrey Auld – Orphan Song (for Mary) – Come Find Me
Audrey Auld – Down in a Hole – Resurrection Moon
Bill Chambers & Audrey Auld – The Angels Rejoiced – Reckless Records Garage Sale 1997-2003
Audreay Auld – He’s a Good Dog – The Songs of Fred Eaglesmith: A Tribute
Kasey Chambers & Bill Chambers – Carter – The Songs of Fred Eaglesmith: A Tribute
Bill Chambers – Goodbye – Reckless Records Garage Sale 1997-2003
Bill Chambers – Dreaming ’bout Texas – Sleeping with the Blues
George C. W. Douglas – I Remember Willie – Music from Big Muddy – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Scott Nolan – Lay Down – North/South – CDN – WPG
Darrell Scott – I’ve Got to Leave You Now – 10: Songs of Ben Bullington
Rodney Crowell – The Long Journey Home (for Ben) – Tarpaper Sky
Awna Teixeira – Stand Tall – Where the Darkness Goes – CDN
Awna Teixeira – Where the Darkness Goes – Where the Darkness Goes – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Salt – Dig Me a Hole – Salt – CDN
Po’ Girl – No Shame – Unreleased – CDN
Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins – Saskia Begins – Garden Songs – CDN
Rheostatics – Three – Music Inspired by the Group of Seven – CDN

Today, a special blast from the past episode as I’m joined by the person who gave me my start on UMFM and my time slot, Lisa-Marie Serafin. She hosted Songwriters’ Circle on UMFM bi-weekly, and I was her borad operator/co-host. When she moved off to Quebec, I eventually inherited the slot and have been firmly entrenched ever since. Before hosting the show, Lisa-Marie was primarily a fine singer/songwriter, and she’s slowly making a return to performing. It was a pleasure to have her back on air and in the booth after 12 years!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

JP Hoe – Beautifully Crazy – Hideaway – CDN – WPG
Lisa-Marie Serafin – Living a Milestone – Following Instinct – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Matthew Ryan – Irrelevant – May Day
Lisa-Marie Serafin – Holding my Breath – live performance – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Storm Comin’ – Bright Morning Stars – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Cara Luft – Black Water Side – The Light Fantastic – CDN – WPG
Lisa-Marie Serafin – Essence – live performance – CDN – WPG
Keith Dyck – Underselling – The Rock… And Other Hard Places – CDN – WPG
Christine Fellows – Un Canadien Errant – Femmes de Chez Nous – CDN – WPG
Off the Wagon – Livin’ in Sin #2 – Off the Wagon – CDN – WPG
The Bros. Landreth – Our Love – Let It Lie – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Lisa-Marie Serafin – Reverie – live performance – CDN – WPG
Malcolm Holcombe – I Feel Like A Train – The RCA Sessions
The Wilderness of Manitoba – Help Me – recorded live on UMFM – CDN