Tell the Band to Go Home/Steel Belted Radio Podcasts

May 4, 2025 part 3 w/Dennis Ellsworth

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

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-guC

May 4, 2025 part 2

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-guC

May 4, 2025 part 1

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!

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-guC

Mudge in the Morning: May 2, 2025 pt. 3

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-guh

Mudge in the Morning: May 2, 2025 pt. 2

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Mudge in the Morning: May 2, 2025 pt. 1

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

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-guh

April 27, 2025 pt. 4: Pledge-O-Rama!

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

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gto

April 27, 2025 pt. 3: w/Ron Hawkins (The Lowest of the Low)

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

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gto

April 27, 2025 pt. 2: Pledge-O-Rama!

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

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gto

April 27, 2025 pt. 1: Pledge-O-Rama!

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

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gto

Planet Mainstage Pledge-O-Rama 2025!

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

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gt7

April 20, 2025 part 3

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-grL

April 20, 2025 part 2

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April 20, 2025 part 1

Episode #1084

It's our pre-Pledge-O-Rama episode, so a look ahead at next week's PoR spectacular, which will feature an all-new interview with Ron Hawkins of The Lowest of the Low and music from their incredible upcoming album, Over Years and Overnight! We've also got a preview of next week's Carter Felker show, a bunch of great new music, a whiteout celebration in honour of our Winnipeg Jets, classic Winnipeg music, songs for Sara, and some Easter tunes!

Come see Carter Felker! facebook.com/events/933275555564877

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

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-grL

April 13, 2025 part 2

playlist: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2025/04/13/playlist-episode-1083-april-13-2025/

April 13, 2025 part 1

Episode #1083

Lots of great new music, an upcoming show with an exciting opener, and I take yet another trip to the airport. 

playlist: https://tellthebandtogohome.com/2025/04/13/playlist-episode-1083-april-13-2025/

April 6, 2025 part 3: Sweet Soul Music

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gph

April 6, 2025 part 2

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gph

April 6, 2025 part 1

Episode #1082

Memories, tributes to some gone but not forgotten greats, new music, and an hour of great soul music, because why not!

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gph

March 30, 2025 part 2

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gon

March 30, 2025 part 1

Episode #1081

Great new music, upcoming shows, stories from a busy and entertaining week that's just wrapping up, and more! 

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gon

March 23, 2025 pt 2 - Stephen Fearing Retrospective: Live/Rare/Collaborations

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gmQ

March 23, 2025 pt 1 - Stephen Fearing Retrospective: Solo/Studio

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

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gmQ

March 16, 2025 part 3

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-glE

March 16, 2025 part 2

playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-glE