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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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Apr 26, 2026
Apr 26, 2026
Apr 26, 2026
57 min
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 one 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.
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Apr 26, 2026
Apr 26, 2026
Apr 26, 2026
Apr 26, 2026
36 min
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
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Apr 19, 2026
Apr 19, 2026
Apr 19, 2026
Apr 19, 2026
58 min
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!
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Apr 12, 2026
Apr 12, 2026
Apr 12, 2026
Apr 12, 2026
58 min
Episode #1132
New music, discoveries, classics, and we pay tribute to the great David Wiffen, who left us on April 5. Wiffen didn't release a lot of music, but he wrote some timeless classics and possessed one of my very favourite voices of all time.
playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hrH
Apr 5, 2026
Apr 5, 2026
Apr 5, 2026
Apr 5, 2026
58 min
Episode #1131
Concerts past & future, new music, a tribute to Chip Taylor who recently left us and a deep dive into the career of John Bottomley, gone for 15 years but never forgotten.
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Mar 29, 2026
Mar 29, 2026
Mar 29, 2026
Mar 29, 2026
59 min
Episode #1130
A 3-hour deep dive into the musical career of the great Jon Dee Graham. Jon Dee cheated death a bunch of times, so it came as a shock that he had left us this week. He was one of the very best songwriters, storytellers, and guitar players who ever lived, and he was also a humble, decent, hilarious man. It was an honour to have him in the studio and in my home in 2014. He leaves behind many grieving family members and friends, but also leaves behind an incredible musical legacy. This is my attempt to sum up his extraordinary career.
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Mar 22, 2026
Mar 22, 2026
Mar 22, 2026
Mar 22, 2026
1hr 1 min
Highlights of an exciting week with Joel Stewart and Mike Plume, birthdays, dedications, an upcoming concert, and we ramble through a bunch of nostalgic classics with several stops at the Sunset Saloon.
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Mar 15, 2026
Mar 15, 2026
Mar 15, 2026
Mar 15, 2026
59 min
Episode #1128
Today we catch up on a backlog of new music and get set for some big shows this week including a benefit show featuring The Fuse, a Times show featuring our old friend Mike Plume, and a show at T & A Garage with Joel Stewart! Joel's music was new to us when he visited with Mike last year, but I knew his name as the mastermind behind some amazing programming that aired on CMT Canada. Joel's IMDB page is a who's who of Canadian music as he's produced or directed specials, shows, and videos for a lot of our favourites. Today, we took a trip to Toronto to visit The Dakota Tavern for a few of the many great Dakota Sessions and we heard clips from a bunch of other great shows that Joel made possible!
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Mar 8, 2026
Mar 8, 2026