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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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Noah Derksen live

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2025/04/18

Set to release his covers album, Stolen Serenades, Noah Derksen stopped by UMFM to record alive session and conversation.

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April 11, 2025

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2025/04/11

The debut of some brand new live tracks from The Astronomics (who play Park Alleys tomorrow, April 12), an interview with fiddle duo Jane and Kyle (who celebrate the release of their new album Many An Open Ground at Sidestage on April 16 and 17 and aconversation with three of the academics (Drs. Robert Beattie, Julie Lajoie and Aleeza Gerstein) who penned an open letter to Premier Wab Kinew earlier this week about research funding in the province.

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April 4, 2025

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2025/04/04

Return guest Josie from FINICK talks about her new album Weekends in Purgatory in advance of her making the trip up from Minneapolis to play Sookrams’ Sunday Sessional April 6th, and FERNANDA plays an in-studio session and talks about her music the same night she plays First Fridays.

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March 28, 2025

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2025/03/28

In town to play Club Regent alongside The Pursuit of Happiness TONIGHT, legendary West Coast act 54 – 40’s Brad Merritt joins me to talk about their recent albums West Coast Band &Live at The El Mocambo. Then Rose Cousins talks about her new record, Conditions of Love, Vol. 1 in advance of her April 5show at the West End Cultural Centre.Finally, local roots / country artist Fuller Hull came down to the station to record alive session and interview after achance

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March 21, 2025

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2025/03/21

Tony and Giovanna Mazza, the brother &sister duo behind Luana Moth discuss their music and then play afantastic live set recorded in advance of their March 28th Sidestage show.

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March 14, 2025

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2025/03/14

Tarek Abdul-Aziz, frontperson for local rock act Op-Ed discusses the origins of the group, and their upcoming fundraising show for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund at the West End on March 28th. Vaudeville performers Ian and Donna Fillingham discuss their March 21st show at Crescent Arts Centre inspired by the Moonlight Express train to GrandBeach. Rachel Kane and her son Adam Fainman (aka past guest Beatox) discuss making her new album which gets its release

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March 7, 2025

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2025/03/07

An interview with the three folks behind new group, Old Tek, discussing how Adam, Keith and Nick got together and the story behind their Portals release. Plus the final part of The Burning Hell’s Luna FM radio special, created in support of Ghost Palace, which is out today.

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February 28, 2025

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2025/02/28

A show so stacked, Ihave to push the last part of Luna FM to next week. Interview &live session with Don Amero who celebrates the release of his new album Broken Record with shows tonight &tomorrow at Cornerstone Arthouse. Then Italk to return guest Zachary Lucky about his latest record of The Wind in advance of his show next Thursday, March 6th at the Times Change(d). Finally, Alexis Silver from the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra discusses the Women’s Day Concert 4.0,

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February 21, 2025

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2025/02/21

Elise Roller discusses her new record label, Odd Doll and we play atrack from the first artist on the imprint, the it’s Part 3of The Burning Hell’s Luna FM, and finally I’m joined by members of Holy Void to talk about their new album and upcomingtour.

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February 14, 2025

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2025/02/14

An interview with Leif Vollebekk about his latest album, Revelation, in advance of his Festival du Voyageur show February 22 at CCFM and Part 2of The Burning Hell’s LunaFM.

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February 7, 2025

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2025/02/07

Former UMFM host Griffin Sokal joins me on the show to discuss the Festival Du Voyageur event Canada’s Walk of Fame is putting on February 16th in partnership with RBC, Seeing Red &James Richardson &Sons, Ltd featuring Dwayne Gretzky and winners of the RBC RBC Emerging Musician Program.Then it’s part one of Luna FM, afour-part simulcast created by The Burning Hell’s Ariel Sharratt &Mathias Kom and inspired by the song of the same name from their

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January 31, 2025

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2025/01/31

Live session and interview with Guns of Wolseley ahead of their Joe Strummer &The Clash tribute show, and Madisyn from 5Days talks about fundraising events in support of Resource Assistance for Youth (RaY) happening on campus and around town February 10 – 14th.

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January 24, 2025

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2025/01/24

On the show tonight an interview with Paulina Gonzalez of Viento South (who are playing the WAG February 8th) and an interview and live session with The Bloodshots.

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January 17, 2025

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2025/01/17

On the show tonight Italk to CBC’s Nadia Kidwai about their Community Connection visit to the University of Manitoba, with Vancouver singer-songwriter Sam Lynch about her great album Outline (and one of my top songs of 2024, “All The Life”) and finally spoke to Matthew from Phosphorescent ahead of their appearance at Winterrruption next Wednesday January 22nd at theWECC.

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January 10, 2025

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2025/01/10

Joined by Winnipeg’s own Annaxis in advance of Alice In Winter Wonderland at the Albert January 16th, as well as Ada Lea who plays Winterruption on Thursday January 23rd at the Handsome Daughter.

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

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2024/12/20

Playing some more seasonal selections on the last regular show of theyear.

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Simply. Having. A. Wonderful. Christmas. Time.

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2024/12/13

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December 6, 2024

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2024/12/06

Tonight I’m joined by Quinn Greene from the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra who will be performing as Buddy the Elf at the WJO’s The Nutcracker, Ellington &Elf! at the West End Cultural Centre on Thursday, December 19th. Then Italk to Greg Macpherson about his show December 20th at Public Domain where he’ll mark the 25th anniversary of Balanced on aPin and the 20th anniversary of Night Flares.

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November 29, 2024

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2024/11/29

CJ from The Bloodshots joins me to discuss what’s been going on with the band and debut their new single, “Empty.” Then Neil Watson with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra discusses putting together Winnipeg Sings Along with Al Simmons and Sol James (tomorrow at WAG-Quamajuq).

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November 22, 2024

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2024/11/22

Victoria BC band Astrocolor released one of my favourite albums of 2023 with Moonlighting, the first volume of their AstroJazz series. They are back with Stargazing and Ispoke to Neil James Cooke-Dallin from the group about their origins and the making of the new record.

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