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Freeform music, focussed on singer/songwriters, roots rock, and other music not found on your normal radio! Broadcast on CJUM/101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Episode #1081
Great new music, upcoming shows, stories from a busy and entertaining week that's just wrapping up, and more!
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Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
A special podcast exclusive deep dive into the recording career of Stephen Fearing! There's a power outage at the radio station this weekend, so no new episode will air on UMFM, however, I had some special plans this week because there are some exciting shows coming up, so I thought I'd put together some exclusive podcast episodes.
Seeing Stephen Fearing at my first folk festival in 1993 was a monumental moment for me. I remember being blown away and amazed that I'd never seen him or even heard of him before. I realized that there was a world of great music that I had been missing out on, and it set me off on a path of musical discovery that continues to this day. I also vowed to some day be able to help others discover music like his, and eventually that vehicle became Tell the Band to Go Home. Stephen has been one of the most played artists on the show since the beginning, and I've been attending his shows ever since that first festival.
On this special episode, we hear selections from throughout Stephen's solo career, as well as some covers, live performances, and collaborations, including his longstanding supergroup Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.
Get to know Denmark's The Sentimentals on the Dec. 8, 2024 episode: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2024/12/08/podcast-december-8-2024/
Stephen Fearing & The Sentimentals, March 29: https://www.wecc.ca/events/2025/03/stephenfearing
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Sunday Mar 16, 2025
Sunday Mar 16, 2025
Sunday Mar 16, 2025
Sunday Mar 16, 2025
Episode #1080
Some new music and some new magic courtesy of Dagwood Radio (Wednesdays, 6-8 on UMFM), a local show to look forward to on the horizon, and a pile of great music and great memories I was lucky enough to experience at the wonderful Regina Folk Festival over the years. The festival recently announced that it would not be returning, as was hoped for this year. The festival existed for over 50 years and despite being a smaller festival in a smaller city, it was known for daring lineups, female-first programming, diversity, and memorable collaborations. I'm grateful for the good times I had there in 2004, 2005, and 2012, and today's show featured a lot of highlights from those festivals.
2012 photographs: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/sbfrrnew/regina-folk-festival-photos-collection/
Festival home page: https://reginafolkfestival.com/
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Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Episode #1079
It's unnecessary and outdated time change weekend, so some songs about daylight savings, and some of the many songs about time, as well as a load of great new music, requests, and more!
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Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Episode #1078
A bunch of great new music today including a couple of exclusive tracks from an exciting upcoming all-star album release featuring women and gender-diverse artists covering homegrown songs. The album, "HER (204): Stories Of One Great City Revisited," will be released next Sunday at The Park Theatre. This got me wanting to explore some of the talented women performing at the show and on the album, as well as other female talent from Winnipeg and elsewhere!
Tickets and info: https://myparktheatre.com/tm-event/her-204-album-release-party-stories-of-one-great-city-revisited/
As mentioned, you can view the Del Barber Last Kick at the Can tour finale on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/K60bXU8NMxs?si=cWbqk_osObB1j4yD
playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-giL
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Episode #1077
A bunch of new music to start, then we bid a fond farewell to our longtime friend and show favourite, Del Barber, who is wrapping up his "Last Kick at the Can" tour with two big hometown shows this week. I've seen Del a lot of times in a lot of places over the past 14 years. Whether solo or with a band, he's one of the great live performers, and his albums have all been mainstays on this show. If this truly is the end of his music career, we wish him well and look back at some magical moments and great achievements. Thanks for the music and the memories, Del!
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Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Episode #1076
Honouring the memories of Willie P Bennett and Dallas Good, classics, requests, a surprise new album from an old favourite, an exciting upcoming show, and a pile of new releases including some star-studded LA fire benefit albums.
Support our friends at CKUW: https://ckuw.ca/donate
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Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Episode #1075
Good news to start in the form of new music and some exciting events, including the annual CKUW Fundrive, which is on now! We also have some sad news this week, as we've learned of the loss of a true UMFM icon, Lyle Skinner of Waxies Dargle. Lyle & his show were a mainstay on Sundays for over 25 years. Lyle was also a great friend, mentor, influence, and positive presence. He will be sadly missed, but never forgotten. In his honour and memory, I picked some of my favourites from his playlists over the years and presented just some of the amazing music with a Celtic edge to it that Lyle knew and loved. We'll try to always remember what Lyle always told us at the end of every show, "Peace and love never go out of style."
https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/chapellawn/obituaries/lyle-douglas-skinner/136897.html
Support our friends at CKUW: https://ckuw.ca/donate
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Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Episode #1074
The world and our daily lives are getting more and more frightening and uncertain by the day, it seems. I don't know what we can do about it other than to try to stay hopeful, stay positive, and lead with love and kindness. Oh, and listen to lots of great music! That's what today's show is primarily about, good music, the majority of it Canadian, but I'm choosing not to blame or punish good Americans and good American musicians, so we sprinkled a lot of our favourites in as well. We've got some new music, including a new record that might contain some of the best songwriting I've heard in a long, long time, and a few exciting upcoming shows to talk about!
Listen to Carter Felker! https://carterfelker.bandcamp.com/
Make your reservations for his show, April 26 at T & A Garage! https://www.facebook.com/events/933275555564877
Catch Lachlan Neville, February 8 at T & A Garage! https://www.facebook.com/events/1616613478986200
support the Valiant Theatre: https://www.facebook.com/events/632117769164962
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