UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama is only a week away, and this week we’ve got a special preview show, featuring some of the prizes available in exchange for your pledge, plus some of my favourite songs from the previous year, in advance of our annual, exclusive “Best of” compilations! We’ve also got a serious set of solid Steel Belted classics to cap things off!

Artist – Title – Album

Neko Case – Buckets of Rain – Sweetheart 2005
Calexico – Love Will Tear Us Apart – Sweetheart 2005
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – High Wire (w/Raul Malo) – Kings and Kings
The Mavericks – (Waiting for) the World to End – Mono
Whitney Rose – Be My Baby (w/Raul Malo) – Heartbreaker of the Year
Paul Kelly – Righteous Woman – The Merri Soul Sessions
Mike June – Poor Man’s Bible – Poor Man’s Bible
Jon Dee Graham & William Harries Graham – Thoughts after Midnight – single
Brock Zeman – Little Details – Pulling your Sword out of the Devil’s Back
The Damnwells – Kentexas – The Damnwells
The Weakerthans – Plea from a Cat Named Virtute – Reconstruction Site
Greg Macpherson – First Class – Mr. Invitation
The Hold Steady – Spinners – Teeth Dreams
The Lowest of the Low – New Westminster Taxi Squad – Nothing Short of a Bullet
Blue Rodeo – Outskirts – Outskirts
Steve Earle – I Ain’t Ever Satisfied – Exit 0