Tell the Band to Go Home/Steel Belted Radio Podcasts

Episode #1146 Celebrating 20 festivals of amazing and diverse music in the woods at the Trout Forest Music Festival, programmed by our friend Devin Latimer! Devin took over booking the music for the festival in 2007, and I've been a regular attendee and a huge fan ever since! 2026 marks his 20th festival (including a couple of off-site festivals) and I thought it was worth a look back at some of my personal highlights from those festivals. Thank you Devin for coming up with one of the most impressive and entertaining lineups on a shoestring budget. It really is remarkable how great he's done over the past 20 years. Here's hoping for many more! Trout Forest Music Festival: troutfest.com playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hw1

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Episode #1145 New music, a look ahead to some exciting upcoming shows, including our beloved Trout Forest Music Festival next weekend, which features the return of the great Lynn Miles, who was featured today with a deep dive into some covers & contributions, a local show down the road, and we ended off with some big, dumb, rock 'n' roll! playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hvV

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New music, a tribute to the great Glen Hansard, who died tragically this past week, upcoming shows, and some 90s commercial country nostalgia (why not?) playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hvH

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playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hvp

Back in the studio for a live episode after a long while. I've got tales to tell about a few gigs at home and my beloved Static Roots Festival last weekend, loads of new music, and a Marty party, getting you geared up for this week's anticipated show by Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives! playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hvp

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Episode #1142 One of the greatest honours and joys of my life has been traveling to Germany (almost) every year for the past decade to be a part of the incredible Static Roots Festival. It's a gathering of passionate and beautiful music lovers hearing some of the most amazing music around, and I love every minute of it. Today's show is a celebration of 10 years of the festival and some of the highlights of the 8 festivals we've enjoyed prior to recording and expected highlights of the ninth, which will be behind us by the time you hear this. playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hvc

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Episode #1141 1996 leftovers, noteable concerts past and future, loads of new music, and a tribute to Mike Little, who recently lost a battle with cancer, but leaves behind a legacy of contributions to a lot of great recordings.  playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hv6

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Episode #1140 It's time to jump in the time machine once again and set it back 30 years to 1996 for some musical highlights and memories of a really interesting year in music and live shows! playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hup

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playlist & links: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hud

Episode #1139 Technological difficulties derailed the first hour or so, but we made the best of it with some classics on CD before getting the train back on the track for some new releases, podcast recommendations, exciting upcoming shows, and more! playlist & links: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hud

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Episode #1138 Memories and disappointments of another amazing but under-attended show, songs & names too close for comfort, new music, upcoming shows, and lamented local bands.  playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hu9

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Episode #1137 Highlights of a great David Essig/D. Rangers show, new music, can-rock bangers, upcoming shows featuring Carter Felker and Odds, and we dive into head Odd Craig Northey's extensive career! playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-htV

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Episode #1136 New music, a deep-dive into the music and career of the great David Essig, memories of Guy Clark, and old favourites. playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hth

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Episode #1135 Some songs and love for our Pledge-O-Rama donors today, new music and a re-release, and we send some love and support out to John Showman, who's recovering from a rather nasty accident. We dug into the many, many albums and projects that he's contributed his voice and outstanding fiddle to. playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hsC

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Episode #1134 It's Pledge-O-Rama time again, your opportunity to show your support and encouragement for everything that UMFM does for our community and all that it represents. One week a year we seek a little support in order to help the station survive in an uncertain world and to take one some special projects. We sure would love to hear from you! Tell the Band to Go Home listeners have been especially generous in the past so we're hoping for another strong showing this year. On today's show, we heard some rockin' classics, some new music, and we welcomed some next-generation budding programmers, Austin, Joshua, and Mishka. Support UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama: https://umfm.com/donate/pledgeorama Incentive merchandise & prizes: https://umfm.com/donate/incentives Make a donation: https://umfm.com/donate playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hsl

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A special Pledge-O-Rama tribute to our friend John Prentice, who hosted Planet Mainstage on Saturdays for over 20 years. I was joined by John's wife Lynn McLean and special guests Leonard Podolak, Keri Latimer, who debuted a brand new song, and Devin Latimer, Artistic Director of the Trout Forest Music Festival Support UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama: https://umfm.com/donate/pledgeorama playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hsf

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Episode #1133 Lots of new music, upcoming shows, Record Store Day highlights, we send some love out to Emily Sailiers of Indigo Girls, and we remember Spirit of the West, 10 years after their final shows. Join us next week on the show for UMFM's Pledge-O-Rama! playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hs2

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Episode #1132 New music, discoveries, classics, and we pay tribute to the great David Wiffen, who left us on April 5. Wiffen didn't release a lot of music, but he wrote some timeless classics and possessed one of my very favourite voices of all time. playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-hrH

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