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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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Valentine's Day Prelude Special

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2024/02/09

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Some of Ray's Fav Albums and Artists

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2024/02/02

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January 26, 2024

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2024/01/26

Featuring an interview with Shalaka Jadhav and Seth Cardinal Dodginghorse about the University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery installation “To Broadcast is to Scatter” and their ensuing workshop with students of Ms. Nepinak’s Grade 10 visual arts class at Southeast Collegiate that resulted in the original tracks broadcast on theshow. For more information on Shalaka and Seth, visit thelink.

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January 19, 2024

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2024/01/19

Winterruption WPG performer French Class stops by for alive session and conversation, the final part of APTN News’ series Our Relatives and abunch of great newmusic.

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January 12, 2024

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2024/01/12

Winterruption 2024 performer Helena Deland discusses her latest album Goodnight Summerland in advance of her January 23rd performance at the Good Will, and part 4of the APTN News’ series Our Relatives.

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January 5, 2024

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2024/01/05

Some of Michael’s favourites of 2023 as well as part 3in the APTN News series, Our Relatives

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December 22, 2023

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2023/12/22

We led off last week’s episode with aselection from When They Start Rebelling, Imogen Moon’s re-working of her grandfather Doug Randle’s 1971 album Songs for the New Industrial State, and this week we’re joined by Moon to discuss the path that led to her project, working with Ian Hendrickson-Smith, plus her personal pick from the record for us toplay.

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December 15, 2023

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2023/12/15

Nick Friesen — former host of Jaded &Elated and current producer of One Great History — discusses putting together the tribute to Transistor Sound &Lighting Co.‘s classic record, which is available on tape and CD at Into The Music and online at Bandcamp. Kathleen Martens is the creator and host of apodcast series via APTN called Our Relatives which examines the over-representation of Indigenous Peoples in Winnipeg’s unhoused community. She joins me

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December 8, 2023

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2023/12/08

Return guest Laila Biali talks about her forthcoming return to the city for Wintersongs &Holiday Classics at the Crescent Arts Centre on December 13th, Quinn Greene — who’ll be performing in the role of The Grinch at the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra’s holiday show December 14th at the West End Cultural Centre — talks sharing abill with Elvis, aka his father Dave Greene, the Interlake’s foremost Elvis Tribute Artist. And finally, joined in studio by Mason Melle in

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December 1, 2023

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2023/12/01

Serena Ryder talks Christmas music and more in advance of her Merry Myths tour stop at Club Regent on December 8th and comedian Joe Gatto is coming to the Burton Cummings Theatre on December 10th and talks moving from TV’s The Impractical Jokers to stand-up.

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November 24, 2023

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2023/11/24

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Today We're Believers 10th Anniversary Special - Part 2

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2023/11/17

In honour of the 10th Anniversary Re-release of Royal Canoe’s Today We’re Believers — and in advance of the band’s two-night stint at the Park Theatre, Isat down with Bucky Driedger and Matt Peters to go song-by-song through the making of thealbum.

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Today We're Believers 10th Anniversary Special - Part 1

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2023/11/10

In honour of the 10th Anniversary Re-release of Royal Canoe’s Today We’re Believers — and in advance of the band’s two-night stint at the Park Theatre, Isat down with Bucky Driedger and Matt Peters to go song-by-song through the making of thealbum.

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November 3, 2023

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2023/11/03

Calgary’s Tea Fannie comes to town to open for Super Duty Tough Work at their Paradigm Shift album release show and joins me to discuss how that happened. And the man behind Sushi Worms relates how he came up with the name and how he creates the music under the moniker.

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October 27, 2023

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2023/10/27

Documentarian David Rabinovitch, whose family and book Jukebox Empire have aManitoba connection discusses both. And since tonight is Game 1of the World Series between the Rangers and Diamondbacks, it’s the perfect time for abaseball book interview with Jonathan Mayo about his exploration of scouting in Smart, Wrong, and Lucky: The Origin Stories of Baseball’s Unexpected Stars.

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October 20, 2023

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2023/10/20

Joined by Sean Burns talking about his new album Lost Country, which gets its release October 27th at the Times Change(d). Edmonton’s Audrey Ochoa joins the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra this Sunday at the West End Cultural Centre and she talks about her new record The Head of aMouse. And finally Polaris Prize winner Jeremy Dutcher discusses his new album Motewolonuwok before playing the Burton Cummings Theatre on October28th.

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October 13, 2023

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2023/10/13

Good Lovelies return to Winnipeg to play the Park Theatre on October 18th and Italk to Caroline Brooks about their new record, We Will Never Be The Same. Also on the show is return guest Ed Durocher of Apollo Suns who talks about the band’s new album Departures and their upcoming two-night release celebration on October 19th and 20th at the Good Will.

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October 6, 2023

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2023/10/06

Jordan Klassen plays the West End Cultural Centre on October 11th and joins me to discuss his forthcoming album Marginalia, as well as his prior release Glossolalia.

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September 29, 2023

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2023/09/29

Featuring an interview with Tired Cossack ahead of their IKnow, IGuess album release show at the Good Will Social Club on October 7th and with Gabrielle Shonk, who opens for Dan Mangan at the Burton Cummings Theatre on Thursday October5th.

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September 22, 2023

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2023/09/22

Another busy show as there are shows and events aplenty in Winnipeg these days. First up Italk to return guest Ariel Posen who plays the Park Theatre next Friday night in support of his new album, Reasons Why. Then it’s another former Winnipegger, T. Nautilus discussing his new release In the Limited Time. Tomorrow night is Nuit Blanche and Ispoke to NB’s GM Kurt Tittlemier about what goes into making the event asuccess and how he spends his night. And if you have energy

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