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Thank God It"s Free Range!

Thank God It"s Free Range! Join host (and UMFM Program Director) Michael Elves as he starts the weekend off with a rundown on upcoming shows; interviews with local, national and international artists; and all sorts of good music. Here on 101.5 UMFM, the weekend starts now!

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June 28, 2024

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2024/06/28

In conjunction with Fondation Dialogue Foundation, UMFM is pleased to air the 2024 “Tout pour la musique” concert.Tout pour la musique (TPLM) is acelebration of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day which takes place within the Canadian Francophonie. Produced by Productions Rivard and broadcast on the Web and on the radio, this show invites all Canadians to unite and demonstrate their pride and solidarity with the Francophonie.

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Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day

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2024/06/21

To mark National Indigenous Peoples Day, I’ve got aton of great new music from Indigenous artists including the radio debut of anew Indian Citytrack.Plus I’m joined by Uof MMasters student in the Desaultels Faculty of Music, Taylor Burns, who is participating in the (Art) Song Lab on campus next week and drops by the station to explain what it’s all about. Then Janel Leppin and Anthony Pirog, amarried duo who have alot of musical projects discuss their latest Janel

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June 14, 2024

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2024/06/14

Featuring interviews from Drew from Witch Hazel, who are set to release their EP Casa Rosso at The Handsome Daughter tonight, with singer-songwriter Shannon Lay and with former Winnipegger Beatox, who returns to town to play the Winnipeg Jazz Festival.

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June 7, 2024

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2024/06/07

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May 31, 2024

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2024/05/31

Kelly Hughes discusses launching The Valiant Theatre, and the fundraising event happening at the West End Cultural Centre on June 14th.

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May 24, 2024

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2024/05/24

Just newtunes

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May 17, 2024

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2024/05/17

Nothing but newtunes.

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Polaris longlist ballot

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2024/05/10

Sunday night is the deadline for the first round of this year’s Polaris Prize ballot and while Isort out my thoughts before voting, Ithought I’d run through my personal longlist and feature selections from some great Canadian albums released in the past twelve months.

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May 3, 2024

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2024/05/03

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April 26, 2024

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2024/04/26

Closing out Pledge-O-Rama 2024 with special guest Nigel Webber discussing the Gritty City project. Plus, Cupid’s Heart come to Winnipeg next week and join me by phone in advance of theirshow.

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P-O-R 2024 Kickoff

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2024/04/19

UMFM’s listener funding drive, Pledge-O-Rama kicks off on the show. In addition to discussing what great incentives there are and why you should make apledge, I’ve got an interview with Abigail Lapell before her April 21st show at the West End and aconversation with Cavin from Winnipeg Record &Tape about Record Store Day (tomorrow, April20th).

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Jonah Nepon Tribute Concert - 10th Anniversary

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2024/04/12

Former UMFM programmer Jonah Nepon didn’t just make an impact at the station and in the Winnipeg music community. He also spent time in Montréal and was involved with the Pop Montréal. After his untimely passing there was amemorial concert held in his honour and this week marks the 10th anniversary of that show. Jonah’s brother has provided me with the audio from that show and tonight’s episode is entirely dedicated to airing material from that show,

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April 5, 2024

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2024/04/05

Seth Nanaa — drummer for Ghost Trees — joins me to discuss the duo’s new record Intercept Method, how the group ended up as atenor sax &drum unit, recording at Van Gelder Studios, the great artwork andmore.

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March 29, 2024

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2024/03/29

On the show tonight Italk to Sam Singer about his upcoming show April 4th at the Times Change(d) and play alive session Irecorded yesterday with Gavin and James from MOONRiiVR who are playing Darling Bar tonight alongside The Secret Beach.

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March 22, 2024

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2024/03/22

On the show tonight are local artist Lana Winterhalt who released Recovering Theatre Kid today and will celebrate at ashow April 6th at The Handsome Daughter, and by members Gavin Gardiner and James Robertson of MOONRIIVR who will be in town next Friday to play ashow at Darling Bar in support of their new album Vol. 1.

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March 15, 2024

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2024/03/15

The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra is set to perform Reelin’ In The Years, their tribute to Steely Dan and I’m joined by guest performers Larry Roy (who also handled the arrangements) and Leonard Shaw to talk about theshow.Then Johannes Lodewycks discusses the pandemic-delayed Sub City reunion show happening at the Park Theatre next month and getting the band back together after adecade +break.

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March 8, 2024

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2024/03/08

On the show tonight are Jeremie Albino (playing the Park Theatre on March 9th) and Royal Wood (who shares the stage with Jeffery Straker at the West End Cultural Centre on March21st).

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March 1, 2024

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2024/03/01

After an extra day of February, we start anew month and there’s lots going on. The Winnipeg Women’s Jazz Orchestra has awhole day of programming culminating in aconcert for International Women’s Day on March 7th and Ispoke with Associate Conductor with Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra; Director of the Winnipeg Women’s Jazz Orchestra, Alexis Silver about all of it. Then Italk to Lihini Muthumuni, Director of Public Relations for 5Days for the Homeless about the

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February 23, 2024

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2024/02/23

Recent Grammy winner Allison Russell joins me on the show in advance of her March 3rd show at the Park Theatre and discussed the creation of her great sophomore release (under her own name), The Returner.

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February 16, 2024

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2024/02/16

Octavius Kahiya (who hosts Something Like It Fridays at 5pm) joins me to discuss his other show, the Afro-Amalgamation Podcast which is produced out of and hosted by UMFM but is an offshoot of the Afro-Caribbean Mentorship Program which Kahiya is involved with.On the topic of podcasts, this episode of TGIFR also features are-airing of an episode from the series Engage! Earlier this week co-host Caid Jones was involved in atragic event and so in his honour I’m playing

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