On November 27, Ethan Osland, co-host of CKUW radio show Black Mask: The Frequency of Resistance, interviewed legendary musician Billy Bragg and his longtime Manager, Pete Jenner, at the Winnipeg Folk Festival’s Folk Exchange venue. Billy was in Winnipeg to receive the Winnipeg Folk Festival 2009 Artistic Achievement Award and he performed at the Winter Wassail fundraiser in support of Winnipeg Folk Festival education and outreach programs. After the interview, the floor was open for questions from the audience.
Billy and Pete led the small and intimate audience through a candid conversation about Billy’s politics and his art as a songwriter. Also touched on, were a few projects that Billy is involved in, mainly, the Featured Artist Coalition, which advocates for greater Artist control over their copyrighted material, and the Jail Guitar Doors project, which finds ways to bring musical instruments and education into prisons.
Folk Fest podcast - The Infamous Stringdusters Episode
On this, the final episode of our 2008 Folkfest Podcast series, host John Prentice talks to Travis Book, one of the members The Infamous Stringdusters, a bluegrass sextet sure to wow audiences at this year’s festival.
On this podcast, Tell The Band To Home’s Jeff Robson interviews the talented and amazing Eliza Gilkyson about making her debut at this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival.
The Fugitives - Intro & Outro music (portions of “Graffiti Sex”)
Eliza Gilkyson - The Party’s Over (taken from Beautiful World)
Eliza Gilkyson - Emerald Street (taken from Beautiful World)
On this podcast, UMFM Board Member Leigh Anne Caron speaks Karla Adolphe, one half of local folk duo Jacob & Lily. As an added bonus, Karla also performs two songs for us live!
On this podcast, UMFM Board Member Leigh Anne Caron speaks with fantastic local songstress Ann Walton.
Music Credits:
The Fugitives - Intro & Outro Music (taken from “Graffiti Sex”)
Ann Walton - Back Porch ( taken from Top Of The Hill)
Ann Walton - Top Of The Hill Waltz (taken from Top Of The Hill)
Powered by Podbean.comOn this podcast, UMFM New Decay host Jeff Friesend speaks to Andrew Whiteman,
the frontman from Arts & Crafts recording artists Apostle of Hustle.
Music Credits:
The Fugitives - Intro & Outro Music (taken from “Graffiti Sex”)
Apostle Of Hustle - Rafaga! (taken from National Anthem Of Nowhere)
Apostle Of Hustle - Justine, Beckoning (taken from National Anthem Of Nowhere)
Apostle of Hustle plays at the Festival on Friday, 2:45 at Big Bluestem; Saturday, 2:00 at Shady Grove (Andrew Whiteman only); and Saturday, 4:00, at Green Ash Stage.
Apostle of Hustle bio
Notably absent from the Last Supper, the Apostle of Hustle prefers to feast on Latin-tinged rock’n’roll. It all started when Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whiteman spent a couple of months plunging himself into Havana’s famously lively musical communities; when he flew back to Toronto, the sounds of Cuba (and the stylings of the tres, a Cuban guitar) were stowed away in his mind. Together with Dean Stone and Julian Brown, Whiteman built a band that could kick out sultry Latin folksongs as convincingly as it could delve into Tom Waits. The resulting musical mélange came into its own on 2004’s debut Folkloric Feel, but really broke big on their smoky sophomore release, National Anthem of Nowhere.
