Thank God It's Free Range!

Tonight's show features interviews with Lulu Lamontange who brings her "Hyper-Glam" Tolling Bell Tour to the Handsome Daughter on August 2nd (and explains what exactly it is), with John and Junior of new organization Scabe All The Way looking to promote the Cree tradition of "scabe" or being a helper, and with old pal Ali (of Turkish Delight) and Joe (aka PILE) who are set to release a collaborative album at Public Domain on August 1st.

An interview with Kelsey Waldon ahead of her performance at the Park Theatre on Tuesday, July 22nd and with Winnipeg ex-pat JayWood about his forthcoming album Leo Negro and return to town to play the last Real Love Summer Fest next weekend.

This episode also features one of Kelly Hughes Valiant Theatre interviews for the Winnipeg Fringe Festival:
We keep rolling along with episode Sev­en, which sees Broth­er Kel­ly vis­it­ed by Wil­low Rosen­berg and Adam Schwartz! Wil­low’s here to talk about A Les­bian in the Kitchen (Venue #12 — The Out­put 100 Arthur St. — Art­space (2nd floor) Room 218), her fol­lowup to last year’s hit, A Les­bian In A Bear Store! Adam is back at again this year with Neu­ro­hi­lar­i­ty Exposed (Venue #9 — Plan­e­tar­i­um Audi­to­ri­um — 190 Rupert Ave.), fea­tur­ing anoth­er great line­up of bril­liant­ly awk­ward comedians!
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EKKSTACY's Forever Tour lands in Winnipeg tomorrow night and I spoke to Stacy about the new record ahead of the show. I also spoke to Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive ahead of that group's headlining slot at the Winnipeg Folk Festival on Sunday night not only about that group, but also her vocal jazz duo Rachael & Vilray ahead of their forthcoming record West of Broadway.

A conversation with Curtis Nowosad about his new record, I Am Doing My Best, in advance of his hometown release show July 8th at Cornerstone Arthouse. Then I rebroadcast one of my favourite Festival Express conversations with Los Bitchos' Serra Patale exactly one week before they play Big Blue @ Night at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

If you haven't been listening to Festival Express, UMFM's preview of performers at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, I'm playing one interview with Rose City Band's Ripley Johnson that previously aired and one with Willi Carlisle that has yet to.

Wilfred Buck's Star Stories will open at the Manitoba Museum Planetarium on June 28th and Scott Young from the museum joins me to discuss the new show. Then, fresh off their performance at the Winnipeg Jazz Festival, K!MMORTAL talks about their new EP, as well as participating in the Threads of Kin and Belonging at the WAG as well as the Osborne Village Fest next Friday.
Then it's the debut of two new live sessions recorded at the station. Locals Whispering City just released a new self-titled EP and shared some tracks and Montreal's Thanya Iyer was in town to play the Winnipeg Jazz Festival and made time to visit UMFM.

Featuring interviews with Montreal's Thanya Iyer discussing her new album TIDE/TIED in advance of her appearance at the Winnipeg Jazz Fest next week and with BC's young friend who brings his Thank You for the Ride tour to Sidestage on June 26th.

Featuring a live session and interview with Franco-Manitoban singer-songwriter Jasmine Elyse who is set to release her EP Back To You on June 19th at Park Alleys.

VVonder are set to release their new album, Stumble On, at Blue Note Park next Friday and Micah Braun from the band joins me to talk about making the record.

Lexington, Kentucky band DOOM GONG will be at The Handsome Daughter on June 14th (and live on Post-Everything on June 16th) and band-member John Anderson talks about the "denim-psych" act's origins and future.

Documentary filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper discuss Incandescence, their look at wildfires in BC's Okanagan Valley which is streaming now on the National Film Board's website.

And with a state of emergency declared in parts of Manitoba due to wildfires, I re-air a conversation I first had with writer Chris Funk on Turning Pages about his book on climate change's impact on disasters, Drought, Flood, Fire (Cambridge University Press).

B.C.'s Empanadas Ilegales are set to release their great new album Sancocho Trifásico and I speak to the group at length.