The campus, the community, and the music: UMFM 101.5
The campus: Tom Woodward, At Large Student-at-large Tom Woodward is the host of one of the newer programs on UMFM 101.5. Entitled At Large, Woodward…
Ian T. D. Thomson
UMFM Pledge-O-Rama 2014
Mark your calendars. Your campus and community radio station, UMFM 101.5, is bringing Pledge-O-Rama back during the week of Oct. 17-24. With the goal of…
Harp & harmony from Janelle Nadeau
While the classical harp may not be the most accessible instrument, it was singer-songwriter Janelle Nadeau’s passion at first sight. “My parents took me to…
SMRT: unconventional rap rhymes
As a local Winnipeg act, SMRT is not your typical rapper, nor does he wish to be described as one. The 22-year old Winnipeg artist…
Shotgun Jimmie: loaded rock ’n’ roll
As a solo artist influenced by 1990s indie rock, Jim Kilpatrick, stage name Shotgun Jimmie, brings an interesting take to the singer-songwriter genre. Having released…
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele extraordinaire
Although the ukulele may be a highly purchased novelty item for many 21st-century indie artists (Zooey Deschanel, for example), very few artists have utilized the…
Hometown harmonies: Chic Gamine
While some bands have difficulty sustaining one good singer in their group, Winnipeg’s own Chic Gamine has made dynamic multi-vocal arrangements a seamless, yet integral,…
Smells like tree spirit
An international team of researchers recently found a missing link in one of the mysteries surrounding climate change. Published in the journal Nature, the study…
The spread of superbugs
Researchers from Newcastle University, U.K., and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, recently shed light on a growing health concern. Published in the journal Environmental…
UMFM show hosts talk radio
Tessa Vanderhart, co-host of Winnipeg Internet Pundits I’ve been doing Winnipeg Internet Pundits for two and a half years now, every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m….