Ever year, it’s my goal to prove that not all Christmas music is cheesy and terrible. Some of it is even pretty great. We present some strong evidence to prove the point today. We’ve also got new additions to the amazing Willie P Bennett Legacy project and a few upcoming shows to preview.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Ken Whiteley – Down to the Water – The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project – CDN
Gurf Morlix – Caney Fork River – The Willie P Bennett Legacy Project
Willie P Bennett – Pushin’ – Scenery/Sharpen the Plow – CDN
Lynn Miles – Highheels in the Snow – unreleased – CDN
Lynn Miles – Let It Snow – unreleased – CDN
Ondine Chorus – Children, Go Where I Send Thee – Twoards a Little Light – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

David Myles – The Gift – It’s Christmas – CDN
Farmer Jason – Christmas Riddles – Christmas on the Farm
James McMurtry – These Things – Complicated Game
Jon Dee Graham – Butterfly Wing – Do Not Forget
Mike June – Let It Go – recorded live on UMFM
Johnny Bower – Honky the Christmas Goose – A Moose in a Maple Tree: A Christmas Compilation – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Matt The Electrician – All I Know – Accidental Thief
Jimmer – Empty – The Would-Be Plans
Turnpike Troubadours – Diamonds and Gasoline – Diamonds and Gasoline
Girls Guns & Glory – Built For Speed – Good Luck
Kieran Kane – He Never Knew What Hit Him – Dead Rekoning
The Weakerthans – Everything Must Go! – Left and Leaving – CDN – WPG

3:30 – 4:00 pm

John K Samson – Cruise Night – City Route 85 – CDN – WPG
John K Samson – The Last And – Provincial Road 222 – CDN – WPG
John K Samson – Longitudinal Centre – Provincial – CDN – WPG
Shakey Graves – Dearly Departed – And the War Came
Rayland Baxter – Willy’s Song – Feathers & Fishhooks
Geoff Berner – Maginot Line – We Shall Not Flag Or Fail, We Shall Go On To The End – CDN
Geoff Berner – That’s What Keeps the Rent Down, Baby – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

Tonight marks the return of Barney Bentall & The Grand Cariboo Opry, and that’s a great reason to celebrate. We’ve even got an interview with Barney to tell us all about the magic. Plus, there are more great upcoming shows, and we’re slowly and carefully easing into holiday music mode.

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

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Quinton Blair – Take my Hand, Take Me Home – Blues Man – CDN
Barney Bentall & Co. – Goin’ To The Opry – The Grand Cariboo Opry – CDN
Barney Bentall & Co. – Poorhouse – The Grand Cariboo Opry – CDN
Dustin Bentall – Crash Hard – Streets With No Lights – CDN
Jeffrey Hatcher – Crazy Man – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
The Devin Cuddy Band – Forty Four – Kitchen Knife – CDN
The Devin Cuddy Band – Home – Kitchen Knife – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Vance Gilbert – Times Two – Fugitives
Vance Gilbert – Icarus by Night – Shaking off Gravity
John K Samson – When I Write My Master’s Thesis – Provincial – CDN – WPG
The Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG
Skydiggers – I’ll Be Home – Skydiggers – CDN
Jim Bryson – All the Fallen Leaves – Where the Bungalows Roam – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy – Words & Music
The Blue Shadows – If We Make It Through December – On The Floor Of Heaven – Deluxe Re-issue – CDN
James McMurtry – Holiday – Childish Things
Wendy Bird – Deliver Me – Natural Wonder – CDN
The Blue Shadows – I Believe – On the Floor of Heaven – CDN
The Jayhawks – I’d Run Away – Tomorrow the Green Grass

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Barney Bentall interview

Barney Bentall – Four Went to War – Flesh and Bone – CDN
Barney Bentall – St. Valentines Day – Flesh and Bone – CDN

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