Best 101.5 UMFM Podcasts (2025)

American folksinger Willi Carlisle talks to UMFM’s Michael Elves about his new album Winged Victory, learning to play and call square dances, busing to the Smithsonian to discover the roots of folk songs and more in advance of his appearance at the 2025 Winnipeg Folk Festival.

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OMBIIGIZI 30:00

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UMFM PD Michael Elves speaks to OMBIIGIZI’s Daniel Monkman about his many musical pursuits and how he ends up working within OMBIIGIZI, his experience at last year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival with Lee Ranaldo and Medicine Singers, working with Laraaji and Kevin Drew and much more.

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Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive 30:00

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Lake Street Dive’s Rachael Price discusses how the band first formed, their two-decade plus career, her own origin story and pursuing a separate path with Rachael & Vilray in advance of Lake Street Dive’s headlining appearance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. **Please note the stream /DL version of this episode does not feature the …

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Greg Lisher of Camper Van Beethoven 30:00

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Longtime Camper Van Beethoven guitarist Greg Lisher talks about the band’s formation, his own musical background, how time away and multiple musical pursuits helped the long-term strength of CVB and much more with UMFM PD Michael Elves in advance of the group’s appearance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.…

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All the blah blah blah you can eat (APRIL 4 2025 REBROADCAST) 2:04:00

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Los Bitchos 30:00

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UMFM PD Michael Elves talks to multinational quartet Los Bitchos’ Serra Patale about the group’s formation, the inspirations for their instrumental music, working with Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos and more in advance of their appearance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

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Folk Bitch Trio 30:00

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UMFM PD Michael Elves talks to all three members of Australia’s Folk Bitch Trio in advance of their transoceanic trek to play the Winnipeg Folk Festival. The trio discuss their formation and musical backgrounds, their forthcoming record on Jagjaguwar, and receiving praise from Phoebe Bridgers.…

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Slow Spirit 30:00

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Slow Spirit’s Natalie Bohrn and Eric Roberts reminisce about their own connections to the Winnipeg Folk Festival and talk about working on new music after the release of their third record, 2024’s That’s The Gods Talking in advance of their appearance at the WFF’s 50th anniversary.

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Begonia 30:00

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Beer for Breakfast’s Broose Tulloch talks to Winnipeg icon and Folk Fest fave, Begonia in advance of her return to Birds Hill Park.

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Season of the Peach 2:04:00

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Melbourne Ska Orchestra 30:00

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Beer For Breakfast’s Broose Tulloch talks to Melbourne Ska Orchestra’s Nicky Bomba in advance of the MSO playing Winnipeg Folk Festival.

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Dengue Fever 30:00

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UMFM PD Michael Elves talks to Dengue Fever’s Zac Holtzman about the group’s origins, their decades long career and escaping to the desert to record their most recent album among other topics.

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Enjoy 2:04:00

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Rose City Band 30:00

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UMFM PD Michael Elves speaks to Rose City Band’s Ripley Johnson about the group’s latest album Sol Y Sombra in advance of their performance at the 2025 Winnipeg Folk Festival.

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Jolie Laide 30:00

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A cross-border collaboration between American artist Nina Nastasia and members of Alberta act The Cape May (Jeff MacLeod, Clinton St. John and Morgan Greenwood), Nastasia and MacLeod discuss how they initially met decades ago and what led to forming Jolie Laide.

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Pet sounds 2:04:00

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Stephen Fearing (Blackie & The Rodeo Kings) 30:00

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Broose Tulloch of Beer For Breakfast talks to one-third of Blackie & The Rodeo Kings. *This interview was recorded with Stephen Fearing while he was touring his most recent solo record.

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Festival favourite (it’s her picture on the Performer’s Page link) Basia Bulat returns to Birds Hill Park on the heels of her latest album, Basia’s Palace. She speaks to UMFM PD Michael Elves about making the record, performance, parenthood and more.