Rawk, punk, metal, garage, surf, country, noise, rockabilly and more.
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Join some of your favorite UMFM hosts as they preview festival season here in Winnipeg, featuring interviews and music from just a few of the great artists headed to Winnipeg!
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K-POP Season on UMFM 101.5 is the only true K-POP Show in Canada. We think that's pretty cool.
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Penny Lane and Captain Dan host Punks in Parkas - broadcasting live from UMFM 101.5 (CJUM) from the University of Manitoba. Punks in Parkas, which hit the air in the spring of 2005 started out playing the best of the Mod genera and today has expanded to play a wide array of music from chart toppers to rare cuts. Think of it as a subculture mix tape for your ears! Be sure to keep up with Punks in Parkas at http://www.facebook.com/punksinparkas. Connect with Penny Lane (@djpennylane) and Capta ...
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Power violence and power ballads with Cory Koss from Malefaction
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Most people who drive white pickup trucks are assholes
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Endless Vacation (rebroadcast from August 18, 2023)
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Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World (rebroadcast from September 1, 2023)
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Rosali Middleman just released her fourth record under the name Rosali, and it’s her second with Omaha-based backing band David Nance Group. The whole crew will be at Birds Hill Park to perform from Bite Down, but before coming up, Middleman joins UMFM PD Michael Elves to discuss making the record, growing up in a large musical fami…
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Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie earned a Polaris Prize shortlist spot for her The Ballad of the Runaway Girl in 2018, but her brand new record is drawing in new listeners with reworkings of classic rock and pop translated into Inuktitut. Elisapie will be playing the main stage at Winnipeg Folk Festival at 6pm on Friday July 12th…
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Originally from the Texas panhandle and now calling Nashville home, singer-songwriter Mali Velasquez discusses relocating, moving from choir to singing solo and working on her debut album, I’m Green, with UMFM PD Michael Elves in advance of her appearance at the 2024 Winnipeg Folk Festival.…
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Originally from Uganda and now calling Austin, Texas home, Jon Muq’s story is a singular one and he shares it with UMFM PD Michael Elves in advance of his appearance at the 2024 Winnipeg Folk Festival. The pair discuss Michael Jackson, cruise lines, Muq’s debut Flying Away and more.
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Spikes to you (rebroadcast from July 21, 2023)
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Montréal-based singer-songwriter Helena Deland was recently longlisted for the Polaris Prize for her latest album, Goodnight Summerland. She discusses making that album — a tribute to her mother — with UMFM PD Michael Elves. Photo courtesy Lawrence Fafard.
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UK collective Ibibio Sound Machine draw on singer / frontperson Eno Williams Nigerian heritage, and while their first four records were sung in the Ibibio language of her homeland, the group’s latest album, Pull The Rope, finds Williams incorporating English lyrics for the first time. She discusses what led to this, the sound their p…
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While she now splits her time between Vancouver Island and Nashville, Winnipegger Ruth Moody has a special place in her heart for the Winnipeg Folk Festival. She talks about working on her new album Wanderer with UMFM PD Michael Elves, reflects on Folk Fests’ past and what to expect when she kicks off the mainstage on Thursday July 11t…
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Raised in Wetaskiwin, nêhiyaw singer-songwriter Wyatt C. Louis now calls Moh’kinstsís / Calgary their home and recently released their debut album Chandler on Royal Mountain Records earlier this year. Louis speaks with UMFM PD Michael Elves on the heels of a very special National Indigenous Peoples Day for them, about what role place…
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Minneapolis singer-songwriter FINICK came to Birds Hill Park in 2023 as party of the Young Performers Program and will return to the Winnipeg Folk Festival this summer. After finishing school for the year, she came up to Winnipeg to record a live session and interview at UMFM with PD Michael Elves where she discussed making her de…
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Local bluegrass quintet The Stanley County Cut-Ups have a busy workshop schedule at the 2024 Winnipeg Folk Festival and will be part of the Grand Finale as well. Banjo / dobro player Tim Osmond discusses the group’s formation, releasing a song on a postcard, playing workshops and more with UMFM PD Michael Elves.…
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Singer-songwriter Leith Ross is an Ottawa transplant who now calls Winnipeg their home. Speaking with UMFM PD Michael Elves, Ross discusses moving cities as well as from the internet to the studio with their debut record To Learn, reflections on playing the 2022 Winnipeg Folk Festival and more in advance of their return to Birds Hill…
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The Messthetics were formed by Fugazi members Brendan Canty and Joe Lally alongside guitarist Anthony Pirog. Blending post-rock, jazz and more into a heady brew, the trio enlisted the talents of saxophonist James Brandon Lewis for their latest album on the venerable Impulse! imprint. UMFM PD Michael Elves speaks to Pirog about ha…
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While they’re both from Oregon, Casey Jane Reece-Kaigler and Camille Wind Weatherford met and formed The Lostines in New Orleans. Their debut record, Meet The Lostines is an introduction to the pair who split and shared songwriting duties and who discuss their influences and making the record with friends in their adopted city. Photo co…
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No stranger to the Winnipeg Folk Festival as she’s been attending since she was in the womb, Madeleine Roger discusses making her new album with Bonny Light Horseman’s Josh Kaufman and why she looked outside the city and her circle to make the record. Photo courtesy Laina Brown.
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Known for his experimental rock outfit, Ghostkeeper, Alberta artist Shane Ghostkeeper’s most recent release is Songs For My People, a country album. On this episode of Festival Express he talks about growing up in the genre and finally making something for the aunties and uncles in his life, what his songwriting process is like …
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Touring on the strength of her brand new record, Strange Medicine, Montréal’s Kaia Kater discusses making that record after learning new compositional skills developed taking film-score courses in the pandemic, enlisting friends and idols to join her and more topics with UMFM’s Michael Elves in advance of her appearance at the W…
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