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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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Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Timely tunes, new music, nostalgia, classics, and a 4:00 feature showcasing some of the many, many recordings that my old friend Tannis Slimmon has made and appeared on. She's been a part of iconic classics, up and comers, and obscure recordings, and we tried to dive into a good cross section of it all as we prepare for a rare and long-awaited return to the province where she was born. She's coming for 3 shows next weekend in the area with her trio Boreal. I hope to see you out at one or more of them!
playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gzW
Sunday May 25, 2025
Sunday May 25, 2025
You can support Vance here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-vance-gilbert-heal-and-recover
More info/music, etc: https://vancegilbert.com/
playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gyJ
Sunday May 25, 2025
Sunday May 25, 2025
Sunday May 25, 2025
Episode #1088
Some healing summertime vibes today to kick things off, with an inadvertent Sunset Saloon Best Of, a new discovery that's ringing an unknown bell, some new music, an exciting upcoming show, and we send some love and healing feelings to a guy we've admired and followed for a long time, Vance Gilbert, as he faces a battle with cancer that'll keep him off stage for the time being. Here's hoping he can rest up, heal, and come back as great as ever!
playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gyJ
Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
Episode #1087
Memories & upcoming shows, new music, a slice off of this week's Dagwood, celebrating the 26th (or is it 25th) anniversary of a genre-bending classic, birthdays & remembrances, and more!
playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gxd
Sunday May 04, 2025
Sunday May 04, 2025
Dennis Ellsworth's new album! https://dennisellsworth.bandcamp.com/album/hardcore-freewheelin
playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-guC
Sunday May 04, 2025
Sunday May 04, 2025
Sunday May 04, 2025
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
Friday May 02, 2025
Friday May 02, 2025
Friday May 02, 2025
Friday May 02, 2025
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
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
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
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
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
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
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
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
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
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 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
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
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
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
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/
Sunday Apr 06, 2025