Interviews with Mary Ancheta whose jazz quartet MA:Q comes to the Winnipeg Jazz Festival on June 20th and with BC's Pony Gold who join last week's guest Tyson Ray Borsboom to play Gimli and Winnipeg next week.

Interviews with Federal Lights' Jean-Guy Roy ahead of the band's Celebration of Failure album release June 12th at Sidestage, Tyson Ray Borsboom - whose These Days tour lands at The Handsome Daughter on June 19th, and a live session and interview with Crooked Ice, who just released their album Darkstars.

Live session and interview with Paradise on Fire ahead of their album release at the Park Theatre tomorrow night and with Tim D'Eon of Wintersleep whose band will also play the Park Theatre on June 13th.

Interviews with Noah Derksen ahead of his Mercy on the Skyline album release show (June 7 at Sidestage) and with Spencer Krug about his new album Same Fangs and the Wolf Parade renaissance that Heated Rivalry engendered.

A pair of live sessions and interviews tonight as both tofusmell and CEC stopped by the station ahead of their respective album release shows. 

tofusmell releases All My Time TOMORROW (May 16th) at The Handsome Daughter.

CEC releases Briefly at Sidestage on May 30th.

Another packed show as I'm joined by Larry Roy to discuss this weekend's Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra tribute to Steely Dan (Saturday and Sunday at CCFM), Desiree Dorion talks about her new album which gets its launch Monday at Sidestage, and by ONE of They Might Be Giants two John's (Linnell) to talk about their new album The World Is To Dig.

We wrap up a successful Pledge-O-Rama 2026 with a live session from Ardere, as well as a stripped down set from El Leon & the Strangers and speak with touring act Brass Camel ahead of their May 9th show in Winnipeg

The phone lines (204 474 6610) are open as UMFM looks to raise $34,000 in one week.

Tonight's show features a live session and interview with local punk trio Until Defeat who will release a new album next month, and with Bay Area artist Eki Shola who is set to release a triple (!!!) album that blends r'n'b, jazz and electronic elements.

Joined by return guests Jared Adams to talk about his upcoming single release "Your Own Enemy" (May 1 at Park Alleys) and Mise en Scene's Stef & Jodi to discuss making Drive-Thru Confessional which gets its release at the Time Change(d) tomorrow night!

Joined by local rappers Loverboy Nel and R-Duck who welcome Australian MC Lil Wright to town for a show at Bulldog Event Centre tomorrow night. Then Youtuber and jazz drummer Ben Kidd discusses video game music arranging for the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra's latest concert, 8-Bit Big Band.