Wake Up Winnipeg - Episode 100

 Wake Up Winnipeg - Episode 100

Hosted Live/Produced/Recorded by: Andru Valpy Paul McAvoy & Natty Somers
Air Date: 11/04/2011 6:00 PM on UMFM 101.5 FM  
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Rebroadcast: 11/09/2011 on CJUM 101.5 UMFM - 6:30 AM

This week we celebrated our 100th episode of Wake Up Winnipeg, To help us reminisce we invited former co-host Paul McAvoy to the station alongside queen of co-hosts Natty Somers.

Two years ago Wake Up Winnipeg started as a side project to The Aimless & Andy Show which also aired on UMFM. The intent was to put together a talk show built specifically around local news and event listings in an effort to show our stations ongoing support to our community, but also as a resource for us to explore a side of radio production that we had not personally explored before.

Here we are two years later and we continue to learn more about this city. I am happy to officially call it home and act as a strong advocate for Winnipeg. Our ongoing goal for each episode of Wake Up Winnipeg is to seek out new opportunities, adventures and stories and continue to share to those our friends within the perimeter and those families and fans throughout the world.

On today's episode we take a look back on our success and replay just some of our favorite interviews including:

• Colin Mochrie - Episode 1
• The Heavy (UK) - Episode 5
• Joel Plaskett - Episode 12
• Jill Barber - Episode 12
• The Edmonton Folk Festival - Episode 11
• John Blackwood & The Housewives - Episode 18
• Winnipeg Folk Festivals - Episodes 4, 10, 50, 51, 85, 86
• Trampled By Turtles - Episode 85
• Melissa McClelland - Episode 85
• Tom Green - Episode 77, 78
• Folklorama - Episodes 4, 54, 88, 89

With over 100 episodes of our show and only 30 minutes to reflect it was certainly challenging to decide on what interviews we were going to feature. The above mentioned interviews and clips are only some of the many moments that have helped build up our show over the last year and a half. If you'd like a complete look at all of our episodes be sure to check out our show logs.

Towards the end of the episode I release a surprise to share with all of you with a cover of The Guess Who's song - These Eyes that I recorded with our friends from Callida and with the help of Greg Arcade.





A note about the video:

This is what happens when a drummer makes the jump to front man. . . It's my first attempt at publicly singing.

In case you missed it. . . this was my surprise for Wake Up Winnipeg episode 100.

My vocals were a bit scratchy towards the end and it was tough to hit some of Burton Cummings high notes because I had been practicing a bit too much before recording.

A big thanks to Geoff Thompson, Trevor Lux, Rodrigo Ramirez for their help in recording this take! The actual audio recording that aired on Wake Up Winnipeg also featured Greg Arcade on the keys, so thanks to him for that!

The video and audio don't sync exactly. I didn't end up filming the actual take of the song so I matched the video as best I could.

The episode is now available for free download as a free podcast in the iTunes music store. Feel free to subscribe for past episodes, in studio sessions and extended interviews from Season 3.

A big thanks to all of our fans and supporters for their help over the last 100 episodes.

Rock and Roll with a Thanks on Top,

Andru Valpy

(c) 2011 A. Valpy - Wake Up Winnipeg/UMFM