It appears as if the last big wave of new music this year has hit us, and it carried along some real gems, so a necessary exploration of the contents kicks us off. It’s another crazy busy week for shows in Winnipeg, so plenty of goodness to preview as well.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Punchbuggy – Pat Benetar – All Nite Christian Rollerskate – CDN
Bob Schneider – Han Solo – King Kong
Whitehorse – Sweet Disaster – Leave No Bridge Unburned – CDN
Doug Seegers – There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight (w/Buddy Miller) – Going Down To The River
James McMurtry – How’m I Gonna Find You Now – Complicated Game
Thompson & Teddy Thompson – Family – Family
John Southworth – Ode to the Morning Sky – Niagara – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Doug Paisley – Until I Find You (feat. Bonnie “Prince” Billy) – Until I Find You – CDN
Jonathan Byrd – Slip Away – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Amelia Curran – The Matador – They Promised You Mercy – CDN
Buck 65 – That’s the Way Love Dies – Neverlove – CDN
Blitzen Trapper – To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) – While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records
Carolyn Mark – Last to Know – While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records – CDN
Jon Dee Graham – A Place in the Shade – Do Not Forget

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Buffy Sainte-Marie – The Universal Soldier – Vanguard Visionaries – CDN
Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado – CDN
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado – CDN
Jill Barber – Tell Me – Mischievous Moon – CDN
Del Barber – Farewell, God Bless You, Goodbye – Prairieography – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Northcote – How Can You Turn Around – Northcote – CDN
Matthew Barber – And You Give – Ghost Notes – CDN
Jenn Grant – The Fighter – The Beautiful Wild – CDN
Steve Dawson – Walkin’ Down the Line – Waiting for the Lights to Come Up – CDN
Jim Byrnes – You’ll Miss Me (When I’m Gone) – St. Louis Times – CDN
Big Dave McLean – Dead Cat on the Line – Faded but not Gone – CDN – WPG

It’s Pledge-O-Rama time again! This is the one time of the year where we turn to the listeners for their help and hope that they will support our station and help us keep moving forward, and once again, they did! Thanks to everyone who supported us. In spite of the hectic, unpredictable nature of the show, we managed to do what we always do – tell you about new music and upcoming events, and play some of the best music in the world, music that doesn’t get nearly enough attention elsewhere.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Brock Zeman – Chenelle – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Brock Zeman – Gastown – Cold Winter Comes Back – CDN
Brock Zeman – Day Before Tomorrow – Rotten Tooth – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

John Wort Hannam – Scotsman’s Bluff – Pocket full of Holes – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Great Lakes – Brambles And Thorns – CDN
John Wort Hannam – Infantry Man – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
The Dustin Bentall Outfit – Three Thousand Miles – Six Shooter – CDN
Corin Raymond & The Sundowners – Genius – Paper Nickels (bonus track) – CDN
Richard Thompson – Shoot out the Lights – Acoustic Classics

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Greg Brown – Spring Wind – Dream Cafe
Pieta Brown – Ricochet – Paradise Outlaw
Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Skydiggers – Ramblin’ On (featuring Jessy Bell Smith) – She Walks into the Room – CDN
David Myles – I Wouldn’t Dance – In the Nighttime – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

David Francey – Harm – So Say We All – CDN
John Moreland – Nobody Gives A Damn About Songs Anymore – In The Throes
Sunparlour Players – Pacifist’s Anthem – Hymns For The Happy – CDN
The Reid Jamieson Band – Biggest Fan – Juniper’s Kitchen – CDN

4:00 – 4:30 pm

The High Bar Gang – Mother’s Not Dead – Lost And Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion – CDN
Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill – Our Sunshine – Smoke
Jaxon Haldane – Skinny Mona – Transmissions from UMFM 101.5 2014 – CDN – WPG
Jonathan Byrd – You Can’t Outrun the Radio – You Can’t Outrun the Radio

4:30 – 5:00 pm

Cory Branan – All the Rivers in Colorado – The No-Hit Wonder
Lynne Hanson – This Too Shall Pass – River of Sand – CDN
Frazey Ford – You’re Not Free – Indian Ocean – CDN
The Chieftans – Peggy Gordon (with The Secret Sisters) – Voice of Ages

Lots of exciting things going on ‘round these here parts in the not-too-distant future, including some great upcoming shows, including Ryan Adams, and of course, coming up next week is UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama, and that’s something worth looking forward to!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Mary Gauthier – Trouble & Love – Trouble & Love
The Crooked Brothers – Pass You By – Thank You I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG
Have Gun, Will Travel – Trouble – Fiction, Fact or Folktale?
Ha Ha Tonka – Staring at the End of Our Lives – Lessons
The Devil Makes Three – Stranger – I’m A Stranger Here
Corin Raymond And The Sundowners – Don’t Spend It Honey – Paper Nickels – CDN
Harry Manx – Carry My Tears – Om Suite Ohm – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Del Barber – I dream of Highways – unreleased – CDN – WPG
Fish & Bird – Lost – Something in the Ether – CDN
Fish & Bird – Winnipeg – Every Whisper Is a Shout across the Void – CDN
Fish & Bird – My Head my Heart my Gut – Left Brain Blues – CDN
Joe Nolan – Autumn Sky – Tornado – CDN
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jeremy Fisher – High School – Let It Shine – CDN
Jim Bryson & Jeremy Fisher – Mama I Know – single – CDN
Butch Walker – Battle vs. The War (w/Nikki Lane) – End of the World (One More TIme) / Battle vs. The War
Butch Walker and The Black Widows – Summer of 89 – The Spade
Ryan Adams – Aching for More – Gimme Something Good single
Ryan Adams – Kim – Ryan Adams

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Ryan Adams – Oh My Sweet Carolina – Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams – Rescue Blues – Gold
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – The Hardest Part – Jacksonville City Nights
Ryan Adams – Nuclear – Demolition
Ryan Adams – Luminol – Rock ‘n’ Roll
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – If I Am A Stranger – Cold Roses
John K Samson – Rocky Mountain Time – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – That’s the Way the World Goes ’round – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG

This week marks the return of Fred Eaglesmith, and the Breakout West festival and Western Canadian Music Awards, and there’s plenty in there to play, celebrate, and prepare for. Also, to balance out all that joy, some songs from a darker, lonelier place.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Fred Eaglesmith – Water in the Fuel – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN
Fred Eagelsmith – Codeine – live recording – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Ship – Dusty – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels – Summerlea – Things Is Changin’ – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Stars – 6 Volts – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Willie P Bennett – White Line – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Collectibles – CDN
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Has Anyone Seen My Baby Here Tonight? – High Or Hurtin’ – CDN
Matt Andersen & Del Barber – Willie’s Diamond Joe – live recording – CDN
Lynn Miles – Black Flowers – Recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye (w/ Jim Bryson) – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Alex Dezen – None of these Things – El Ganzo Sessions
The Damnwells – 55 Pictures – One Last Century

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Dan Mangan – Robots – Roboteering EP – CDN
Dan Mangan + Blacksmith – Vessel – single – CDN
Matt Patershuk & The Dirty Plaid Orchestra – King of this Town – Outside the Lights of Town – CDN
Steve Dawson – Walkin’ Down the Line – Waiting for the Lights to Come Up – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Crooked Brothers – Blackbird in the Snow – Thank You I’m Sorry – CDN – WPG
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado – CDN
Chloe Albert – Honey Bee – Dedicated State – CDN
Chloe Albert – Where Did I Go Wrong – Dream Catcher – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Not Alone (Medicins Sans Frontiéres) – CDN

Today, an explosion of new and new-to-me music, as well as a solid hour of undeniable classics. Good stuff!

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Shannon Lyon – Three Years of You – Lost Creek Recordings – CDN
Jesse Winchester – Just So Much – A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble
Catherine MacLellan – Gone Too Soon – The Raven’s Sun – CDN
James Hill – If Wishes Were Horses – The Old Silo – CDN
Mark Erelli – Birches – Milltowns
Rose Cousins – What’s Love Got to Do with It – Stray Birds – CDN
Amanda Shires, Jason Isbell – Born in the U.S.A. – Dead Man’s Town: A Tribute to Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A.

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Oh Susanna – Oregon – Namedropper – CDN
Glen Campbell – There’s No Me…Without You – See You There
Kris Delmhorst – Drive – Cars
Martin Sexton – For What It’s Worth – Fall Like Rain
Turnpike Troubadours – If You’re Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band) – High Cotton: A Tribute to Alabama
Hal Ketchum – I Know Where Love Lives – I’m the Troubadour

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Stephen Fearing – Anything You Want – Industrial Lullaby – CDN
Tom Wilson – Shine Your Star – Planet Love – CDN
Colin Linden – Hook’s In The Water – Southern Jumbo – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Red Dress – Take My Own Advice – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – The Lone Wolf – Failer – CDN
Danny Michel – Fireworks – In The Belly Of A Whale – CDN
Jolene – I Read What You Wrote Today (with Kim Richey) – Hell’s Half Acre

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Johnsmith – Don’t Put Me In A Box – Kickin’ This Stone
Kieran Kane – He Never Knew what Hit Him – Dead Reckoning
Tanya Davis – How to Be Alone – single – CDN
Brian Macmillan – All I Have – Shine – CDN
Raghu Lokanathan – Sugar Candy Mountain – Petal Press – CDN
Chris Brown & Kate Fenner – Margaret – Geronimo – CDN
Blaze Foley – Baby Can I Crawl Back to You? – Cold, Cold World

Plenty of great new stuff to kick things off today, before we put on our Tourism North Dakota/Minnesota uniform and talk about some great shows going on a short drive away. Closer to home, we’ve got some Banjo Bowl appropriate songs for today’s big rematch.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

David Francey – The Flowers of Saskatchewan – The Far End of Summer – CDN
Sean Rowe – Desiree – Madman
Chuck Prophet – Wish Me Luck – Night Surfer
Shovels & Rope – Stono River Blues – Swimmin’ Time
Birds of Chicago – Trampoline – Birds of Chicago
Fish & Bird – The Lake – Something in the Ether – CDN
Dan Mangan + Blacksmith – Vessel – Vessel/Wants single – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Wooden Sky – Our Hearts Were Young – Let’s be ready. – CDN
Crooked Brothers – Pass You By – Thank You I’m Sorry – CDN
Cory Branan – Missing You Fierce – The No-Hit Wonder
Webb Wilder – Human Cannonball – Tough It Out! Live Companion CD
Bobby Bare Jr – Make The World Go Away – You Don’t Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
Rhiannon Giddens, Gillian Welch, and David Rawlings – The Vanishing Race – Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jeremy Messersmith – A Girl, a Boy, and a Graveyard – The Reluctant Graveyard
Ryan Bingham – The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart) – Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
JD McPherson – Why Lady Why – High Cotton: A Tribute to Alabama
Shawn Colvin – All He Wants Is You – This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark (This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark)
Shawn Colvin – Get Out Of This House – A Few Small Repairs
Steve Earle – Down Here Below – Washington Square Serenade
Steve Earle – Fearless Heart – Guitar Town

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Lucero – Sounds of the City – Live from Atlanta
The Hold Steady – Sequestered In Memphis – Stay Positive
The Replacements – Alex Chilton – Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was? The Best Of The Replacements
Justin Townes Earle – Can’t Hardly Wait – Midnight At The Movies
Middle Brother – Portland – Middle Brother
Jeremy Messersmith – Skyway – The Silver City
Jenny Whiteley – Banjo Girl – Dear – CDN
Old Man Luedecke – Notes from the Banjo Underground – Hinterland – CDN
Stephen Fearing – Whoville – Sixty Second Songs – CDN

We’re once again joined by Grant Davidson, aka Slow Leaves, in advance of the release of the new full-length CD, Beauty Is so Common on Sept. 6 at The West End Cultural Centre! The first weekend back at school also includes plenty of other great concerts to check out and ease your way back into the usual routines.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Jason Plumb – Old Familiar Ring – Under & Over – CDN
The Waltons – Colder than You – Lik My Trakter – CDN
The Waltons – Naked Rain – Liv – CDN
Blue Rodeo – Rain Down on Me – Lost Together – CDN
Spirit of the West – Political – Labour Day – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Wilder than Her – Drive-In Movie – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Lynn Miles – Black Flowers – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Slow Leaves – Nostalgia – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG

Slow Leaves interview

Slow Leaves – Dreamer – live performance – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Everybody Wants to Be in Love – live performance – CDN – WPG

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Slow Leaves – Country of Ideas – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Neighborhood Watch – Beauty Is so Common – CDN – WPG
Sweet Alibi – Deep – We’ve Got To – CDN – WPG
Imaginary Cities – Bells of Cologne – Transmissions from UMFM 101.5: 2013 – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Joe Pug – Hymn #101 – Nation of Heat
Nathan – Sunset Chaser – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Royal Wood – Juliet – A Good Enough Day – CDN
Brock Zeman – Gastown – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – 105 – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN
The Perpetrators – Josco – Tow Truck – CDN – WPG
Scott Nolan Band – Chicken Flew – American Hotel – CDN – WPG