This week we’re pre-recorded yet again, but that only makes us want to put on an even better show, and I think we’ve done it. We’ve got a heaping helping of new music, some unusual covers, and extended previews of upcoming shows featuring Lyle Lovett, Mary Gauthier, Carolyn Mark, and NQ Arbuckle!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Brandi Carlile – What Can I Say – Brandi Carlile
The Indigo Girls – Making Promises – Beauty Queen Sister
John Hiatt – I Love that Girl – Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns
Christina Martin with Dale Murray – My Red Wine – A House Concert – CDN
Jackie Greene – I Don’t Live in a Dream – Live On Your Radio (Coast to Coast) EP Nick Lowe – I Read a Lot – The Old Magic
Grey Reverend – Walk the Same – Of the Days
Grayson Capps – Love Song for Bobby Long – Best Of Grayson Capps: A Love Song For Bobby Long

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Bobby Long – Who Have You Been Loving – A Winter Tale
The Decemberists – Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – iTunes Session
Bobby Bare Jr. – Sister Golden Hair Alpha – American Bread EP
Clem Snide – Heat of the Moment (Asia cover)
Clem Snide – Faithfully (Journey cover) – A.V. Club Underground
Nick Cave & Neko Case – She’s Not There – “True Blood”, Vol. 3

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Warped 45s – If I Had a Boat – live recording – CDN
Robert Earl Keen – The Front Porch Song – No Kinda Dancer
Lyle Lovett – Record Lady – I Love Everybody
Lyle Lovett – Private Conversation – The Road to Ensenada
CR Avery – Drag Queens in Limousines – live recording – CDN
Mary Gauthier – Camelot Motel – Filth & Fire
Mary Gauthier – Goodbye – The Foundling

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Passing Dream – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Point o’ View – Nothing Is Free – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Sun’s Hanging Low – The Last Supper In A Cheap Town – CDN
Carolyn Mark – Hangover – The Pros And Cons Of Collaboration – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – In Another Time – Hanging the Battle Scarred Pinata – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Marco Polo – XOK – CDN

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Today we look back at our first 400 episodes (or so) by analyzing our latest set of totally unscientific, totally irrelevant, and totally interesting statistics. We look at our most played songs, albums, and artists. There are plenty of surprises and interesting results to consider, so we’ll hear from some of the songs, albums, and artists from the top o’ the pops.

Dustin Bentall w/Romi Mayes – Crash Hard – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Scott Nolan – Rosie – No Bourbon & Bad Radio – CDN – WPG
Steve Earle – Sparkle & Shine – Washington Square Serenade
Townes Van Zandt – Waitin’ Around to Die – For the Sake of the Song
Lyle Lovett – Step Inside this House – Step Inside this House

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Michael Johnston – Katie – Curious Heart – CDN
JP Hoe – Fine – The Here in Review – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – One Voice – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
Matt Mays – So Distant – Matt Mays – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Sweetheart Love Songs – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Brothers – Everything Is Real – CDN
Kathleen Edwards – Summerlong – Back to Me – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Mary Gauthier – I Drink – Drag Queens In Limousines
Andy Sheppard – Until Next Time – Andy Sheppard – CDN
Christina Martin – Two Hearts – Two Hearts – CDN
Del Barber – Coming Home With The Summer – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – XOK – CDN
Nathan – Stone – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Come on Train – High or Hurtin’ – CDN

3:30 – 4:00

Willie P Bennett – Willie’s Diamond Joe – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-In Movie – Drive-In Movie – CDN
David Francey – The Waking Hour – The Waking Hour – CDN
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Keep on Fighting – Silhouette – CDN

We’re pre-recorded this week, and since we’re coming to you from my basement, it allows us the opportunity to blow the dust off some discs that don’t seem to make it down to the station as often as they should. It’s another 2 hours of great hidden gems.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Joel Kroeker – Endings – Melodrama – CDN
Jory Nash – The Ballad of Easy Chair – Lo-Fi Northern Blues – CDN
Jory Nash – Waiting for Animals to Come – Spaz Loves Weezie – CDN
Dee Carstensen – The Wish – Home Away from Home
Eileen Laverty – My Old Friend the Blues – Dancing with Angels – CDN
Gretchen Peters – Sunday Morning (Up and Down My Street) – Burnt Toast & Offerings
Melwood Cutlery – Ballad of the Moonlight Lady – Campfire – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Sam Larkin – Mirabeau Bridge – Ransom – CDN
James Keelaghan – Hillcrest Mine – Then Again – CDN
Garnet Rogers – All That Is – All That Is: The Songs of – CDN
Steven Bowers – Bees in Jars – Homing – CDN
Lisa Winn – Almost Alright – Out from Under – CDN
Bill Chambers – Theresa – Frozen Ground
Paul Thorn – I Have a Good Day – Ain’t Love Strange

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Iain Matthews – Back of the Bus – Skeleton Keys
Greg Trooper – Real Like That – Straight Down Rain
Buddy Miller – That’s How I Got to Memphis – Your Love and Other Lies
Jerry Jeff Walker – Sangria Wine – Great Gonzos
Jesse Winchester – Love Is Hard, but Love Is Fair – Live from Mountain Stage
Bob Snider – Talk to Me Babe – Caterwaul & Doggerel – CDN
David Wilcox – Eye of the Hurricane – How Did You Find Me Here
Rod Picott – Tiger Tom Dixon’s Blues – Tiger Tom Dixon’s Blues

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Moe Berg – Here’s the Story – Summer’s Over – CDN
Eddi Reader – California – Angels & Electricity
David Myles – Cape Breton – On the Line – CDN
Nathan Wiley – Black Bones – Bottom Dollar – CDN
Rory McLeod – Black, Brown, White – Travelling Home

It’s our 400th episode, and that seems like a milestone worthy of a bit of a look back at what we’ve accomplished (and screwed up) over the course of 9 years and more than 800 hours on air. We took a trip back to episode #1 and covered a lot of the great memories that have happened along the way.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Paul MacLeod – Cruelty – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Kris Demeanor – This Old House – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Kris Demeanor – Speed it Up – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Lisa-Marie Serafin – Holding My Breath – Following Instinct – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Wailin’ Jennys – Heaven When I’m Home – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – The Parting Glass – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Geoff Berner – The South Side of Town – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Stephen Fearing – The Longest Road – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Josh Ritter – Kathleen – recorded live on UMFM
Reid Jamieson & Michael Johnston – Twilight – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Gurf Morlix – Killing Time in Texas – recorded live on UMFM
Bob Schneider – Everything I Have Don’t Mean Nothin to Me Now – recorded live on UMFM
Dustin Bentall – Old Lonely Roamer – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Jesse DeNatale – Everywhere I Go – recorded live on UMFM
Sunparlour Players – North – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John Wort Hannam – Requiem for a Small Town – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Brandi Carlile – Closer to You – Brandi Carlile
Colin Hay – I Can’t Get Up Out of This Bed – American Sunshine
Skydiggers – Pull Me Down – Just Over this Mountain – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Jane, I Still Feel The Same – vs. The Silver State

Pre-recorded this week, as we’re off at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. It’s time to listen back to one of those timeless episodes that you won’t mind hearing again (and again). This time, it’s a game of he said/she said, as we split our time between some great male and female artists.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Luke Doucet – It’s not the Liquor I Miss – Broken (and other Rogue States) – CDN
Kris Demeanor – This Old House – recorded live on UMFM – CDN
Matthew Ryan – Irrelevant – May Day
Greg Brown – If I Had Known – If I Had Known (Essential Recordings, 1980-1996)
Steve Earle – Hardcore Troubadour – I Feel Alright
James McMurtry – Just Us Kids – Just Us Kids

02:30 PM

Rodney Crowell – The Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me) – The Outsider
Todd Snider – Alright Guy – Songs for the Daily Planet
Bob Schneider – Medicine – I’m Good Now
Greg Macpherson – Company Store – Maintenance – CDN – WPG
Matt Mays – Where Am I Going? – Matt Mays – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Not Alone (Medicins Sans Frontiéres) – CDN

03:00 PM

Carolyn Mark – Not a Doll – The Pros and Cons of Collaboration – CDN
Neko Case – Look For Me (I’ll Be Around) – Blacklisted
Sarah Harmer – Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Sweetheart: Love Songs – CDN
Lori McKenna – Pour – Bittertown
Julie Miller – All My Tears – Broken Things
Patty Griffin – Making Pies – 1000 Kisses

03:30 PM

Shannon McNally – The Worst Part of a Broken Heart – Geronimo
Jess Klein – Little White Dove – Draw Them Near
Nathan – Casserole – Casserole EP – CDN – WPG
The Wailin’ Jennys – Arlington – 40 Days – CDN – WPG
Meg Hutchinson – Ready – Come Up Full
Lynn Miles – You’re Not Coming Back – Unravel – CDN
Madison Violet – Crying – No Fool for Trying – CDN
Kim Richey – Those Words We Said – Kim Richey

It’s the long weekend, and even we take a day off now and again, so we’re pre-taped this week, but there’s plenty going on with Folk Fest firing up this week, so this episode is the OFFICIAL Winnipeg Folk Festival preview. Since he wasn’t invited to play this year, Fred Eaglesmith is coming to town and going head-to-head with the Festival, so we’ll preview his show and wish him well also.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Melissa McClelland – I Blame You – Victoria Day – CDN

Joshua Cockerill – Bartender – The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do – CDN
The Warped 45s – Grampa Carl – Matador Sunset – CDN

Chuck Prophet – Doubter out of Jesus (All Over You) – Soap and Water
The Jayhawks – Waiting for the Sun – Hollywood Town Hall
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings w/Lucinda Williams – If I Can’t Have You – Kings and Queens – CDN
Lucinda Williams – Seeing Black – Blessed

2:30 – 3:00

New Country Rehab – Angel of Death – New Country Rehab – CDN
Dawes – The Way You Laugh – Nothing Is Wrong
M. Ward – Hi-Fi – Transistor Radio
Charlie Parr – Hogkill Blues – Cheap Wine

David Wax Museum – Yes, Maria, Yes – Everything Is Saved
Samantha Crain – Lions – You (Understood)

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Imaginary Cities – Hummingbird – Temporary Resident – CDN – WPG
Blind Pilot – The Story I Heard – 3 Rounds and a Sound
Dan Mangan – Road Regrets – Nice, Nice, Very Nice – CDN
Matt Andersen – Round and Round – Live from the Phoenix Theatre – CDN

Scott Nolan – 90 MPH – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
The Be Good Tanyas – Ootischenia – Hello Love – CDN
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band w/ Del McCoury – After You’ve Gone – Preservation

3:30 – 4:00

The Fabulous Ginn Sisters – Hey Doll – You Can’t Take a Bad Girl Home
Fred Eaglesmith – Shallow – Cha Cha Cha – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – I Pray Now – Tinderbox – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Country Squall – live recording – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – Do You Love Me Now – Fred J Eaglesmith – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Steam – Hobo Stew – CDN

The beginning of today’s show is inspired in large part by the amazing Colin Linden shows I witnessed last night. We’ve also got some great new music including the long, long, long awaited new album from Gillian Welch! And, this past Thursday on Steel Belted Radio I did an oddball, unexpected hip-hop set, and what’s a guy to do when he does something weird (but fun), except do it again! We’re having a hick-hoppin’ good time today.

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Willie P Bennett – The Lucky Ones – The Lucky Ones – CDN
Colin Linden – The Heaven Me – From the Water – CDN
Colin Linden & Richard Bell – The Flame – Highway Prayer (Twilight Hotel) – CDN
The Band – Remedy – Jericho – CDN
Luke Doucet – The Day Rick Danko Died – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Jackpine – Rick Danko Died – Brand New Good Old Days – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

The Band – Acadian Driftwood – A Musical History – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Baby, Come and Turn out the Lights – CDN
Gillian Welch – The Way It Will Be – The Harrow & The Harvest
Gillian Welch – The Way It Goes – The Harrow & The Harvest
Greg Brown – Where Are You Going When You’re Gone – Freak Flag
The Sweetback Sisters – It Won’t Hurt When I Fall Down From This Barstool – Looking For A Fight

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Eilen Jewell – Santa Fe – Queen of the Minor Key
The Jayhawks – She Walks In So Many Ways – Mocking Bird Time
Shannon Lyon – Blue Flowers – This Love This Love – CDN
The Cash Brothers – Take a Little Time – How Was Tomorrow – CDN
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle – Passing Dream – Let’s Just Stay Here – CDN
Gregory Alan Isakov – That Moon Song – This Empty Northern Hemisphere
The Warped 45s – Hurdle River Crossing – Matador Sunset – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Frederick Squire & Katherine Maki – Calling It Quits – Calling It Quits – CDN
Scott Nolan – Trial Separation – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
The Burning Hell – Report Card – Flux Capacitor – CDN
Asylum Street Spankers – Hick Hop – Mercurial
The Gourds – Gin And Juice – Shinebox
Good Lovelies – Crabbuckit – Let The Rain Fall – CDN
Farm Fresh – My Ex-Girl – Time Is Running Out – CDN – WPG

You’ve got to be careful to avoid whiplash on today’s show, because we’re looking back & forth all over the place. We look back at last night’s amazing Sunset Saloon show, Jack Marks in Winnipeg, as well as the amazing work of “The Big Man” Clarence Clemons. We’ve got great new music, some that’s out already (back) and some that’s coming out soon (forth). And, it’s Jazzfest in Winnipeg, and there’s plenty of us non-jazz lovers to enjoy.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Colin Linden – Between the Darkness and the Light of Day – From the Water – CDN
Chris Carmichael – Far Away Gone – live recording – CDN – WPG
Chris Carmichael – The Loner – live recording – CDN – WPG
Bruce Springsteen – Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out – Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run – Born to Run

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Jack Marks – Exley’s Blues – live recording – CDN
Jack Marks – Borrow It Gladly Away – live recording – CDN
Joshua Cockerill – Blue Eyed Prairie Sky – The Trick with your Heart I’m Learning to Do – CDN
The Warped 45s – Pale Horse – Matador Sunset – CDN
Reid Jamieson – Grass & Dirt – The Unavoidable Truth – CDN
Reid Jamieson – Pretty Pictures – Staring Contest – CDN
Reid Jamieson – Sweet Caroline – Songs From 69 – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Catherine MacLellan – True Love – Silhouette – CDN
Catherine MacLellan – Stealin’ – Silhouette – CDN
Eilen Jewell – Warning Signs – Queen of the Minor Key
Foster & Lloyd – Picasso’s Mandolin – It’s Already Tomorrow
Scott Nolan – My My Hey Hey – Montgomery Eldorado – CDN – WPG
Tim Easton – To Katie – Since 1966 (Volume 1)
Doug Paisley – No One But You – Constant Companion – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Romi Mayes – Ball and Chain – Lucky Tonight – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Hard Road – Achin In Yer Bones – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Let Me Run – Sweet Somethin’ Steady – CDN – WPG
Ollabelle – See Line Woman – Riverside Battle Songs
Son of Dave – Step Out – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
Colin Linden – The Last Thought – Big Mouth – CDN
Colin Linden – When the Carnival Ends – Through the Storm Through the Night – CDN

This weekend I had the opportunity to see the fabulous new movie “The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom,” and it got me to thinking about what a great songwriter she is, so we had to pay a bit of a tribute. We also look forward to some great shows next weekend, including Chris Carmichael live at Sunset Saloon, and Jack Marks’ Winnipeg debut at the High & Lonesome Club. We’ve got Folk Fest music, new music, and one of the greatest guitar solos of all time.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

The Wailin’ Jennys – Light Of A Clear Blue Morning – The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom – CDN – WPG
Martha Wainwright – Do I Ever Cross Your Mind – The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom – CDN
Dolly Parton – Love Is Like a Butterfly – The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
Maria Muldaur – My Tennessee Mountain Home – I’m a Woman: 30 Years of
Eva Cassidy – Coat of Many Colors – Somewhere
Teddy Thompson – My Blue Tears – Upfront & Down Low
Robbie Fulks – Jeannie’s Afraid Of The Dark – 13 Hillbilly Giants
Kasey Chambers – Little Sparrow – Just Because I’m a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Sarah Harmer & John K Samson – Islands in the Stream – live recording – CDN
Here Comes the Rain Again – The Watson Twins – Night Covers
Mark Erelli – I Live On A Battlefield – live recording
Bon Iver – Mercury – live recording

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Chris Carmichael – Nowhere – Chris Carmichael – CDN – WPG
Chris Carmichael – Pop Song – Chris Carmichael – CDN – WPG
Romi Mayes – Angeline – Sweet Somethin’ Steady – CDN – WPG
Big Dave McLean & The Muddy-Tones – The N.H.L. Hockey Blues – Hockey Rock: Winnipeg Style – CDN – WPG
Jack Marks – The Dress Song – Two of Everything – CDN
Jack Marks – Michigan Love – Lost Wages – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Warped 45s – Talk About Evil – Matador Sunset – CDN
Putnam Smith – The Birds Would Understand – We Could Be Beekeepers
Charlie Parr – Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down – When the Devil Goes Blind
Samantha Crain – Lions – You (Understood)
Audrey Auld – You Wish – Come Find Me
Kathleen Edwards – 12 Bellevue – Failer – CDN
The Beauties – Hearts Are Down – The Beauties – CDN

Usually I come down to UMFM on Sunday afternoons and sit alone behind closed doors. That works fine, but today it’s party time, as we’re kicking off UMFM’s Open House week, where we throw the doors open wide to show off our fancy new studios. We celebrated with friends, family, treats, prizes, and special guests Ron from Lockport and Del Barber!

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Lyle Lovett – Step Inside this House – Step Inside this House
Christina Martin – You Come Home – Two Hearts – CDN
Harry Manx – Only Then Will Your House Be Blessed – Wise and Otherwise – CDN
Greg Macpherson – Visitor – Mr. Invitation – CDN – WPG
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Stranger in the House – My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Radio, Radio – Live At The El Macombo

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Bruce Springsteen – Radio Nowhere – Magic
Brian Macmillan – Turn the Radio Up – Shine – CDN
Justin Rutledge – I’m Your Man,You’re My Radio – The Devil On A Bench In Stanley Park – CDN
Jenny and Johnny – Animal – I’m Having Fun Now
Alejandro Escovedo – Real as an Animal – Real Animal

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Meaghan Smith – Heartbroken – The Cricket’s Orchestra – CDN
Meaghan Smith – I Know – The Cricket’s Orchestra – CDN
Del Barber – As Far As I Can Tell – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – The Waitress – live performance – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan – Stu Reid of TwangTrust, (Thanks Friend) – Unexpected Songs of Joy, and Celebrations of Music Stars
Del Barber – Stolen Car – live performance – CDN – WPG
Wyckham Porteous – Hungry Heart – 3 a.m. – CDN
Romi Mayes – Heavy Heart – Lucky Tonight – CDN – WPG
Ruth Moody – Travellin’ Shoes – The Garden – CDN – WPG
The Details – Always, Always, Always, Never – Draw a Distance. Draw a Border. – CDN – WPG