Touring on the strength of her brand new record, Strange Medicine, Montreal'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 Winnipeg Folk Festival.

Photo courtesy Janice Reid.

Born on the edges of Mexico City, multicultural band BuenRostro create a diverse range of sounds - drawn from their membership - into a danceable and infectious blend. Singer Lupita Buenrostro joins UMFM's Michael Elves to talk about what role place, climate and activism play in their music prior to performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

Legendary singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III released Lifetime Achievement in his seventies, after a half-century of music making. He reflects on that album and more with UMFM's Michael Elves in advance of his appearance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

While he got his start playing in punk act Single Mothers when he was in university, Evan Redsky has since gone out on his own and made his name as a singer-songwriter with the release of 2022's Oblivion, the follow-up to his debut EP, Danny Wolfe.

Redsky spoke to UMFM's Michael Elves about finding his own voice and more in advance of playing the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

Evan Pang - who records under the name Aysanabee - released Watin in 2022 to tremendous critical acclaim. Recently longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, Pang talks about making the album with UMFM's Michael Elves before his appearance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

Beer For Breakfast's Broose Tulloch talks to Dylan MacDonald, who's been performing under the Field Guide moniker since the release of his Full Time EP and whose most recent album is a "Tape Redux" version of his self-titled album.

Beer For Breakfast's Broose Tulloch talks to Toronto's Julian Taylor about the soul-folk sound he has crafted over decades of music making and on multiple albums including the award-nominated The Ridge.

Milwaukee, WI blues artist Carl "Buffalo" Nichols discusses how he transitioned from the likes of Limp Bizkit riffs to Charley Patton samples for his forthcoming album The Fatalist and why he's trying to free the blues from being stuck in amber with UMFM PD Michael Elves.

Pastoral MIDI's Alex Braun talks to "Southern Gothic" blues singer Adia Victoria in advance of her appearance at the 2023 Winnipeg Folk Festival.