Tell the Band to Go Home

Episode #1086

Thanks for another hugely successful UMFM Pledge-O-Rama! This little show did amazingly well and the station goal was met, so it was a real success all around! Today on the show, thanks to our donors, new music, upcoming shows, a look at the brilliant Kilkenny Roots Festival, on now, and a chat with Dennis Ellsworth all about his great new album!

Dennis Ellsworth’s new album! https://dennisellsworth.bandcamp.com/album/hardcore-freewheelin

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

Kasey Chambers – Return of the Grievous Angel – Storybook

Paul Kelly – Thank You – Paul Kelly Presents – The Merri Soul Sessions
Solomon Burke – Thank You – Like A Fire
Icecream Hands – Thank You – No Weapon But Love
Ben Kyle – Thank You – Ben Kyle
JD Edwards feat. Roxanne Potvin – Thank You – single – CDN – WPG

Rodney Crowell – Mr. Soul – Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 1
Steve Earle – Long May You Run – Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 1
Kacey Musgraves – Lost Highway – single

Dominique Adams – Part Time – single – CDN – WPG
Leith Ross – Grieving – single – CDN – WPG
Benjamin Dakota Rogers – Virginia’s Daughter – This Ol’ Way – CDN
Dan Mangan – Diminishing Returns – Natural Light – CDN

Martyn Joseph – Grateful – This Is What I Want To Say
Martyn Joseph – Cardiff Bay – Evolved
Martyn Joseph – Still a Lot of Love Around Here – Songs for the Coming Home

Joel Plaskett – Hey Stu! – 44 – CDN
Leeroy Stagger – Dirty Windshields – Radiant Land – CDN
Drive-By Truckers – Decoration Day – Decoration Day
Jim Bryson – Better on Drugs – single – CDN
Tanya Davis – Tra-La-La – Clocks and Hearts Keep Going – CDN

Leaf Rapids – Night Shift – Velvet Paintings – CDN – WPG
The Delines – My Blood Bleeds The Darkest Blue – The Lost Duets
Ben de la Cour – Shadow Land – Shadow Land
Andrew Combs – Devil’s Got My Woman – Worried Man

Dennis Ellsworth – We’re Doing OK – Hardcore Freewheelin’ – CDN

Dennis Ellsworth interview

Dennis Ellsworth – More than Anything – Hardcore Freewheelin’ – CDN

Dennis Ellsworth – Luna – Modern Hope – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Electric Stars – Dusk Dreams – CDN
The Moneygoround – Girl In My Head – Cruisin’ and Swingin’ with The Moneygoround – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Whatever You Want – Common Senseless – CDN

It’s the final day of UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama and I managed to once again weasel myself in between Joe & Twisty on The Wee Hours and Cretin Rob on Cretin Radio for 3 hours of bangers for breakfast on Mudge in the Morning! It’s our last official day to ask for your help before we go back to doing what we do without asking anything of you. If you feel like showing your support and encouragement, your donation, no matter how seemingly small, is greatly appreciated.

Thanks to all who donated and once again made Tell the Band to Go Home‘s pledge drive a smashing success! I really appreciate hearing from so many people.

If you missed out, there’s always time to get your name on the list:

Pledge-O-Rama info: https://umfm.com/news/pledge-your-support-for-great-radio-in-winnipeg-2025

Incentive merchandise & prizes: https://umfm.com/donate/incentives

Make a donation: https://umfm.com/donate

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

Chords of Canada – Superfunhappywakeupsong – Somebody Needs A Timeout – CDN – WPG

Brian Macmillan – Turn The Radio Up – Shine – CDN
Skydiggers – Radio Waves – Road Radio – CDN
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Radio, Radio – This Year’s Model
The Kinks – Around the Dial – Give the People What They Want
The Replacements – Left of the Dial – Tim
The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Stations – Boys and Girls in America

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Positive Vibration – Rastaman Vibration
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Roots, Rock, Reggae – Rastaman Vibration
Blitzen Trapper – Furr – Furr
Langhorne Slim – Diamonds and Gold – Langhorne Slim
Turnpike Troubadours – Diamonds & Gasoline – Diamonds & Gasoline
Nathan – Gasoline – Jimson Weed – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Looking at the World Through a Windshield – We Gotta Lotta Truckin’ To Do – CDN – WPG

Danny Michel – Nobody Rules You – White & Gold – CDN
Kings Of The Moon – Crab Song – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
Weird Al Yankovic – The Saga Begins – Running With Scissors

Weird Al Yankovic – You Don’t Love Me Anymore – Off The Deep End
Wilco – Born Alone – The Whole Love Expanded
Billy Bragg & Wilco – California Stars – Mermaid Avenue
Lowest of the Low – Say You Won’t Go – Over Years and Overnight – CDN

Bodeans – Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is – Indigo Dreams
Kathleen Edwards – Money Talks – Live From The Bowery Ballroom – CDN
Randy Newman – It’s Money That Matters – Land of Dreams
Robbie Fulks – It’s About The Money – 50-vc. Doberman Sampler
Bruce Springsteen – Easy Money – Wrecking Ball

The Hold Steady – Constructive Summer – Stay Positive
Matthew Ryan – Guilty – Mayday
The Damnwells – Kiss Catastrophe – Bastards Of The Beat
Jim Bryson – Impaler – The Occasionals – CDN

The Lowest of The Low – New Westminster Taxi Squad – Nothing Short of a Bullet – CDN
The Weakerthans – Plea from a Cat Named Virtute – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG
Weeping Tile – South of Me – Valentino – CDN

Leaf Rapids – Healing Feeling – Lucky Stars – CDN – WPG
Slow Leaves – Looking out My Window – Shelf Life – CDN – WPG
Imaginary Cities – Hummingbird – Temporary Resident – CDN – WPG
Begonia – Fear – Fear – CDN – WPG
Greg MacPherson – First Class – Mr. Invitation – CDN – WPG

The Paperbacks – Who Will Run the Starfish Hospital? – An Episode of Sparrows – CDN – WPG
The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me In The Well – Sway – CDN

Episode #1085

It’s time once again for UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama, the one week of the year where we ask for your help. In order to keep the station functioning the way we’d like and to make necessary improvements, we need an infusion of money that we hope you will be willing to help provide. More importantly for me, however, it’s the one week where I get to learn some of the names of the people out there listening in. We truly have no idea who’s listening or how many of you there are unless you let us know directly, and this is the best way to find out. Your donations, large or small, all show that what we do is important to you, and that means a whole lot. I adore putting together this show every week, and I’d gladly do it just for myself, but knowing that it means something to you is very rewarding and it helps motivate you to make the best show possible.

As usual, the show includes a bunch of new music, memories of a truly great concert last night and we look ahead to a busy week of shows here and elsewhere. We also spin some classic Winnipeg music that doesn’t get played anywhere other than on campus & community radio.

We’ve also got a new interview with one of the greatest songwriters in Canada and one of my true heroes, Ron Hawkins, all about the new album from The Lowest of the Low, which is truly exciting. We’ve even got some tracks from the upcoming album to debut!

Thanks for all of your support. If you didn’t get a chance to donate during the show, Pledge-O-Rama is on all week and you could help us get to our station goal.

Join me Friday morning from 6-9 am for Mudge in the Morning!

Pledge-O-Rama info: https://umfm.com/news/pledge-your-support-for-great-radio-in-winnipeg-2025

Incentive merchandise & prizes: https://umfm.com/donate/incentives

Make a donation: https://umfm.com/donate

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

Sean Burns & Lost Country – And It’s Quiet – single – CDN – WPG
Carter Felker – Losing Hand – Loser – CDN
Carter Felker – Throwing Words Around – Loser – CDN

Dennis Ellsworth – Ride with You – Hardcore Freewheelin’ – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – Count to Ten – Hardcore Freewheelin’ – CDN
Dennis Ellsworth – I Can’t Impress You – Hardcore Freewheelin’ – CDN

Joe Nolan – Wake Up Sleepy Anna – Luv in the new World – CDN
Slow Leaves – Looking Out My Window – In Solitude, For Company – CDN – WPG
Hayes Carll – Progress of Man (Bitcoin & Cattle) – single
Vandoliers – Life Behind Bars – Life Behind Bars

Malin Pettersen – Free – single
Sam Fender – Tyrants – single
Sam Barber – Man of the Year – single
S.G. Goodman – Satellite – Planting by the Signs

Amy Nelson – The Mountain Song – Educated Woman – CDN
Belle Plaine – Golden Ring (feat. Megan Nash) – Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath – CDN
Belle Plaine – Is It Cheating (feat. Colter Wall) – Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath – CDN

The Hold Steady – Your Little Hoodrat Friend – Separation Sunday
The Hold Steady – Massive Nights – Boys and Girls in America
The Hold Steady – Spinners – Teeth Dreams

The Weakerthans – Aside – Left and Leaving – CDN
Slow – Have Not Been The Same – Against the Glass – CDN

The Lowest of the Low – The Moon and the Stars and the Sky and the Sea – Over Years and Overnight – CDN

Ron Hawkins (The Lowest of the Low) interview

The Lowest of the Low – DOTGOTW – Over Years and Overnight – CDN

Lucas Roger – Bottom Of The Stairs – Finite Light – CDN – WPG
Lucas Roger – Rescue City – Finite Light – CDN – WPG
Amos the Kid – World Burn – Enough as it Was – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Run Away From Me – Hideaway – CDN – WPG
Leaf Rapids – In the Woods – Velvet Paintings – CDN – WPG

Doug McLean – A Mass Vacancy – A Mass Vacancy – CDN – WPG
The Paperbacks – Local Celebrities – An Episode of Sparrows – CDN – WPG
The Bonaduces – A Separate Lid Behind Closed Eyes – The Democracy of Sleep – CDN – WPG

The Details – Always, Always, Always, Never. – Draw a Distance. Draw a Border. – CDN – WPG
Kings Of The Moon – Procrastination – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG

When I heard that my friend and mentor and UMFM mainstay for many years, John Prentice, was hoping to do his great show, Planet Mainstage, remotely this year, I knew I had to jump in and help out. John has been a part of the folk & roots music community longer than I’ve been alive, and certainly all of the time that I’ve been with UMFM, so it was an honour and a pleasure to be his board operator and help solicit some donations for UMFM’s annual Pledge-O-Rama! Unlike commercial stations and other big community stations, we do not get paid to host our shows, so it truly is a labour of love. We also have no idea who is listening to our shows, so it’s a real boost when we get opportunities like this, where we hear directly from listeners who appreciate what we do. I make my donation as a thanks to John’s show every year, and I hope that many of you will do the same.

Today, John played parts of some of his great interviews with the likes of Peter Yarrow, Stephen Fearing, Sam Baardman, and more.

Check out Planet Mainstage: https://umfm.com/programming/shows/planet-mainstage

Support UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama: https://umfm.com/donate/pledgeorama

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

Greg Brown – Spring Wind – Dream Café
Greg Brown – Canned Goods – One More Goodnight Kiss

Eliza Gilkyson – Sleeper – Going Driftless: An Artist’s Tribute to Greg Brown
Richard & Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Loudon Wainwright, III – Dead Skunk – Album III

Willie P Bennett – White Line – Tryin’ To Start Out Clean – CDN
David Wiffen – Skybound Station – Coast To Coast Fever – CDN
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Lean on Your Peers – Kings of Love – CDN
Lynn Miles – Over You – Unravel – CDN

Richard Moody – Ayahuma – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG

Carter Felker – Piece Of Time – Loser – CDN
Sean Burns – Gasoline – It Takes Luck to Get the Best of Me – CDN – WPG