Episode #1136

New music, a deep-dive into the music and career of the great David Essig, memories of Guy Clark, and old favourites.

Bloc Parents: https://blocparents.bandcamp.com/album/unheard-music

David Essig & The Ship & Plough: https://shipandplough.ca/shop/ols/products/david-essig—220526

Justin Townes Earle biography: https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/jonathan-bernstein/what-do-you-do-when-youre-lonesome/9780306833298/

Carter Felker, May 30: https://3common.com/event/carter-felker-at-park-alleys/69f40b1bd64d443a033fa018

download part 1

download part 2: David Essig

download part 3

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

Colin Linden – Big Mouth – Big Mouth – CDN

Stephen Fearing – Keep Your Mouth Shut – Between Hurricanes – CDN
Clarence Carter – You Talk Too Much – Selected Hits
John Blek & the Rats – Don’t Take the Road I’ve Taken – Leave Your Love at the Door
Dylan LeBlanc – Cautionary Tale – Cautionary Tale

Melissa Payne – John Prine Cassette Tape (featuring Adam Baldwin) – single – CDN
Rodney Crowell – If I Could Speak To Leonard – Then Again
Luke Spiller – When I Die Will I Miss Living – single

Willow Avalon – Hypothetically Speaking (feat. Kaitlin Butts) – Pink Pocket Pistol
Susto Stringband – E-350 (feat. Joshua Hedley) – Volume Two
Camper Van Beethoven – I’m Not Like Everybody Else (Live in Nebraska 1986) – II & III + Live in Nebraska 1986 (40th Anniversary Edition)

Bloc Parents – Leave Me out of It – Unheard Music – CDN – WPG
Bloc Parents – Straight to Their Heads – Unheard Music – CDN – WPG

Willie P Bennett – Music In Your Eyes – Tryin’ To Start out Clean – CDN
Willie P Bennett – Storm Clouds – Hobo’s Taunt – CDN
David Essig – Me & Willie / Buddies in the Sadlle – Stewart Crossing Sequence – CDN
David Essig & Rick Scott – Willie P – Double Vision – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – The Highway Callin’ – Fred J Eaglesmith – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Flowers In The Dell – The Boy That Just Went Wrong – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Thirty Years of Farming – Indiana Road – CDN
David Essig – Sault Creek – High Ground – CDN

Valdy – Rock And Roll Song – Family Gathering – CDN
Jackie Washington – Goin’ To Chicago – Blues & Sentimental – CDN
Don Ross – Berkley Springs – Passion Session – CDN
Stan Rogers – Paint Me A Picture (Live) – Discoveries: Rare Live Recordings – CDN
David Essig – Beverley Street – Beverley Street – CDN

Guy Clark – Step Inside My House (Live at University of Houston Coffee House 1970) – Looking For the Words
Guy Clark – Anyhow, I Love You – Texas Cookin’
Guy Clark – The Cape – Dublin Blues

Justin Townes Earle – Hard Livin’ – The Good Life
Steve Earle – Jericho Road – Washington Square Serenade
Jeff Crosby – Another Petal Falls Off of the Rose – Another Petal Falls Off of the Rose

Carter Felker – Stranger In The Mirror – Loser – CDN
Carter Felker – Living Free – Even The Happy Ones Are Sad – CDN
Del Barber – No Easy Way Out – Easy Keeper – CDN – WPG

Pony Gold – Wait for Me – High Road Reverie – CDN
Suzie Ungerleider – Pumpkins – My Name is Suzie Ungerleider – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Around This Corner – You Were Here – CDN
Lynn Miles – Goodbye – Fall for Beauty – CDN

Episode #1135

Some songs and love for our Pledge-O-Rama donors today, new music and a re-release, and we send some love and support out to John Showman, who’s recovering from a rather nasty accident. We dug into the many, many albums and projects that he’s contributed his voice and outstanding fiddle to.

In case you missed it, you can still donate to Pledge-O-Rama! https://umfm.com/donate/pledgeorama

Support John Showman: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-john-showman-heal-and-return-to-the-music-he-loves

download part 1

download part 2

download part 3

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

Skydiggers – Alice Graham – West Montrose – CDN

Arrogant Worms – The Happy Happy Birthday Song – C’est Cheese – CDN
John Prine – That’s the Way That the World Goes ‘Round – Live
Kasey Chambers – Water In The Fuel – Storybook
Corb Lund – Mein Deutsches Motorrad – Cabin Fever – CDN
Martyn Joseph – Walk Down The Mountain – Whoever It Was That Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Home
Rob Edwards – MAYBE (Sunrise Edition) – live video

Joshua Ray Walker – Shoot Me Straight – single
Deer Tick – Let’s Go Dancing – Let’s Go Dancing Vol. 4: Stopped a Freight Train With a Grain of Sand
Teddy Thompson – The Game – Never Be the Same
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Fill in the Blanks – single – CDN

The Lowest of the Low – Another Year in Limbo Town – Shakespeare My Butt… (deluxe) – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Subversives – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN

New Country Rehab – Angel of Death – New Country Rehab – CDN
New Country Rehab – Home to You – Ghost of Your Charms – CDN
New Country Rehab – Alone & Forsaken – Lost Highway EP – CDN
New Country Rehab – Blair Mountain Ballad – Wide Awake in the Sleeping Cabin – CDN
New Country Rehab – Back in Time – recorded live on UMFM – CDN

John Showman – George-Anne – Showman – CDN
The Foggy Hogtown Boys – Who’s That Knocking At My Door – The Golden West – CDN
Chris Coole, Sam Allison, Adrian Gross, Mark Kilianski, and John Showman – Hickory – Adeline – CDN
The Creaking Tree String Quartet – Somewhere Only We Know – Pickin’ On Keane – CDN
Lonesome Ace Stringband – Stage Fright – Big Wing – CDN

Chris Coole – I Know Your Wandering Heart – The Tumbling River – CDN
Joey Wright – Big Baby – Hatch – CDN
Andrew Collins – High Falutin – Cats & Dogs – CDN
Fiver – Mouser – Audible Songs From Rockwood – CDN
The Breakmen – 1000 Miles – Heartwood – CDN

Justin Rutledge – 1855 – No Never Alone – CDN
Jack Pine and the Fire – Mountain Climber – Jack Pine and the Fire – CDN
Cameron Chudy – The Beast – A Man Who’s Gonna Die Young
Campbell Woods – Under the Canopy – Oxford Street – CDN
Ryan Granville-Martin – All Good Things (Come to Those Who Wait) (feat. Ron Sexsmith) – Mouthparts and Wings – CDN

Jadea Kelly – Who Wouldn’t Wanna Love You – Weather Girl – CDN
Ashley Condon – We’ve Got Love – This Great Compromise – CDN
Samantha Martin – Trucker’s Daughter – Back Home – CDN
Arnie Naiman – Maggie At The Door – My Lucky Stars – CDN
Tracy McNeil – Room Where She Lives – Room Where She Lives – CDN
Oh Susanna – By Rope – Soon the Birds – CDN

David Francey – Lonely Road – The Broken Heart of Everything – CDN
Jon Brooks – Hudson Girl – Delicate Cages – CDN
Jonathan Byrd – Cackalack – Cackalack
Corin Raymond – Winter Is the Warmest Time of Year – There Will Always Be A Small Time – CDN

Episode #1134

It’s Pledge-O-Rama time again, your opportunity to show your support and encouragement for everything that UMFM does for our community and all that it represents. One week a year we seek a little support in order to help the station survive in an uncertain world and to take on some special projects. We sure would love to hear from you! Tell the Band to Go Home listeners have been especially generous in the past so we’re hoping for another strong showing this year. On today’s show, we heard some rockin’ classics, some new music, and we welcomed some next-generation budding programmers, Austin, Joshua, and Mishka.

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

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

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

Check out yesterday’s Planet Mainstage/John Prentice tribute w/Leonard Podolak, Keri Latimer, and Devin Latimer! https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2026/04/26/podcast-april-25-2026-pledge-o-rama-planet-mainstage-john-prentice-tribute-w-leonard-podolak-keri-latimer-devin-latimer/

Check out Westwood Weekly, starring Austin, Joshua, and Mishka! https://www.youtube.com/@WestwoodStudio210

download part 1

download part 2

download part 3 w/Austin, Joshua, and Mishka

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

Skydiggers – Radio Waves – Road Radio – CDN

Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Radio, Radio – This Year’s Model
The Replacements – Left of the Dial – Tim
The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Stations – Boys and Girls in America
Brian Macmillan – Turn The Radio Up – Shine – CDN

The Lowest of the Low – Rosy and Grey – Shakespeare My Butt… – CDN
The Weakerthans – Plea from a Cat Named Virtute – Reconstruction Site – CDN – WPG `\
The Paperbacks – Local Celebrities – An Episode of Sparrows – CDN – WPG
Nathan – Lampshade – Stranger – CDN – WPG

Kacey Musgraves – Middle of Nowhere – single
Leaf Rapids – Night Shift – Velvet Paintings – CDN – WPG
Sean Burns & Lost Country – Chaparral – A Bakersfield Half Dozen – CDN – WPG

Jacob Brodovsky – Colorado Low – Tell the Kids We Tried – CDN – WPG
Anthony da Costa – I Was Gonna Go There With You – The No Send Letter
Joey Frendo – Fool Hearted Woman – ACOUSTIC, Vol. 1
John R. Miller – Tollbooth – The Great Unknowing

Matt Epp – Let Me Back In – single – CDN – MB
Leeroy Stagger – Highlands Leaving (feat. Joel Plaskett & Kendel Carson) – Pilgrimage – CDN
Kyle McKearney – Wildflower – single – CDN
Sean Rowe – Burn Baby Burn – single

Fred Eaglesmith – Summerlea – Things Is Changin – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-in Movie – Drive-in Movie – CDN

Young Fresh Fellows – I’m a Prison – Loft
Ratboys – Everywhere – Singin’ to an Empty Chair
Dennis Ellsworth – I Can’t Impress You – Hardcore Freewheelin’

Duck Shot Hunter – Lines – Duck Shot Hunter – CDN – WPG
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts – U Shook Me All Night Long – Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 – CDN
Crooked Still – We Can Work It Out – Friends of Fall

Robbie Fulks – Billie Jean – Happy
Harper Blynn – Halo – single

A special Pledge-O-Rama tribute to our friend John Prentice, who hosted Planet Mainstage on Saturdays for over 20 years. I was joined by John’s wife Lynn McLean and special guests Leonard Podolak, Keri Latimer, who debuted a brand new song, and Devin Latimer, Artistic Director of the Trout Forest Music Festival

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

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

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

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

Trout Forest Music Festival: troutfest.com

download part 1

download part 2 (Leonard Podolak)

download part 3 (Keri Latimer, Devin Latimer)

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

John Lennon – Imagine – Imagine

John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Give Peace A Chance (Live) – Live Peace in Toronto 1969
Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Log Driver’s Waltz – Odditties – CDN
Wade Hemsworth – The Blackfly Song – Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods – CDN

James Keelaghan – Hillcrest Mine – Then Again – CDN
Neil Young – Heart of Gold – Harvest – CDN
Neil Young – Rockin’ in the Free World (Live Acoustic) – Freedom – CDN
Pete Seeger – Where Have All the Flowers Gone? – If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle

Leonard Podolak – Lost Gander – live performance – CDN – WPG
Leonard Podolak – Things in Life – live performance – CDN – WPG

Oysterband – Bright Morning Star – Rise Above
Oysterband – Bury Me Standing – Meet You There
Mimi And Richard Fariña – Pack Up Your Sorrows – Memories

Keri Latimer – new song – live performance – CDN – WPG

Episode #1133

Lots of new music, upcoming shows, Record Store Day highlights, we send some love out to Emily Sailiers of Indigo Girls, and we remember Spirit of the West, 10 years after their final shows.

Join us next week on the show for UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama!

download part 1

download part 2

download part 3

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

Fred Eaglesmith – Someday Soon (feat. Tif Ginn) – Alive – CDN

Fred Eaglesmith – Cigarette Machine – Alive – CDN
Tyson Ray Borsboom – Trucker Speed – single – CDN – WPG
Elise LeBlanc – I Like You – The Fiddle and the Fire – CDN

Dylan LeBlanc – Cautionary Tale – Cautionary Tale (Revisited)
Ken Yates – My Love For You Is A Straight Line – Audiotree Live – CDN
Peter Case – Somebody Told The Truth – My Life To Live: Peter Case at McCabe’s
Gregory Alan Isakov & Sylvan Esso – Fade Into You – single
S.G. Goodman – Pepper – single
Kaitlin Butts – Sin Wagon – Yeehaw Sessions

Aaron Lee Tasjan – Instant Coffee Blues – Old No. 1 Revisited
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lost & Alone – Get Over It, Underdog

Rodney Crowell – Are You One of Us? (feat. Guy Clark) – Then Again
Belles & Dolly Parton – Son of Jolene – single
Noah Derksen – Mercy on the Skyline (feat. Lori McKenna) – single – CDN – WPG
Abigail Lapell – So Long (feat. Pharis Romero) – Shadow Child – CDN
I’m With Her – The Obvious Child (Nashville) – Sing Me Alive

Anthony da Costa – Ireland – The No Send Letter
Bella White – Pink Living Room – single – CDN
Vincent Neil Emerson – Jet Plane – Blue Stars
Floyd Mercantile (Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nicholls) – Some People – single
Whitehorse – Bullet in the Chamber – All I Want Is All of It – CDN
Whitney Rose – Marquee – single – CDN
Thomas Csorba – You Think You Know Someone – Tender Country
Lynne Hanson – Invisible – single – CDN

Iris DeMent – Letter to Mom – The Way I Should
The Jayhawks – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – 2 Meter Sessions
Dallas Good + Richard Reed Perry – Not in this World – Were the Watchtowers – CDN

Indigo Girls – Closer to Fine – Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls – Power Of Two – Swamp Ophelia
Indigo Girls – Run – Despite Our Differences

Spirit of The West – The Crawl – Tripping Up The Stairs – CDN
Spirit of The West – Political – Labour Day – CDN
Spirit of the West – D For Democracy – Go Figure – CDN
Spirit of the West – Sadness Grows – Faithlift – CDN
Spirit of the West – Canadian Skye – Weights & Measures – CDN
Spirit Of The West – Home For A Rest – Save This House – CDN