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Ambassadeur by Dadju // The Next Station // Nuey and Sailee

Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, J. 118: II. Romanza andante (comp. Carl Maria von Weber, perf. Herbert Blomstedt, Sabine Meyer, Staatskapelle Dresden) // Da Capo: Stories from Classical Music // Hinke Younger

Baby Girl – Sugarland // Hannah’s Country Show // Hannah MacFarlane

(I’ve Got) Beginner’s Luck – Ella Fitzgerald // 1960 – Tuesday // John Neilson & Paul “Society” Browning

Past, Present & Future – The Shangri-Las // The Witching Hour // maya noëlle & eva helena

Old Friends – Joel Plaskett Emergency // alt from the attic // Avery Boudreau

She Can’t Love You – Chemise // Deep Red // Mike Roy

The Jellyfish – Azure // Afternoon Show // Matt Mulvihill

3D Country – Geese // On The Radar // Riley Nixon

Mr. Brightside – The Killers // East Coast Kickoff // Ben Place

Stick To Your Vision – Maestro Fresh Wes // The Morning Show // Brian Neilson

A Crow / Crowds of Crows – Takumi Kodera // Appalachian Trail // Alison Doody

Cinderella – Tattoo Colour // Safarnama // Sailee Shringarpure, Lestyn Lobo and Nuey

Jupiter – Earth, Wind & Fire // Whale Shoe Circus Hour // Sam, Seva and Steve

Jupiter – Earth, Wind & Fire // Whale Shoe Circus Hour // Sam, Seva and Steve

What We’re Playing

We’re ridiculously proud of our DJ’ing skills and playlists.  We focus on new Canadian music of all genre’s and our Freeform Programmers/DJ’s are free to play just about whatever they want.  

Nuey and Sailee
Ambassadeur by Dadju
Awards Night Special: Sending a big thank you (and award for each episode) to guests who participated to The Next Station so far! Thank you!

Canada – Tattoo Colour
Ilahi – Pritam, Arijit Singh
Hakuna Matata – Marioo
เปิดเพลงไหนเปิดเมื่อไหร่ก็ยังสวยงาม – Tattoo Colour
Ambassadeur – Dadju
Zenzenzense – RADWIMPS
พบกันใหม่ – Polycat

Emma and Darcy

Rest in peace, Mr. Lynch.

Talk

Hinke Younger
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, J. 118: II. Romanza andante (comp. Carl Maria von Weber, perf. Herbert Blomstedt, Sabine Meyer, Staatskapelle Dresden)
This week’s topic: Masterworks for the Woodwind Family

1. Syrinx, CD 137, L. 129 (comp. Claude Debussy, perf. James Galway)
2. Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314: I. Allegro aperto (comp. Wolgang Amadeus Mozart, perf. Jaime Martin, London Symphony Orchestra, Olivier Stankiewicz)
3. Trio for Two Oboes and English Horn in C Major, Op. 87: II. Adagio cantabile (comp. Ludwig van Beethoven, perf. André François, Robert Casier, Étienne Baudo)
4. Jazz Suite No. 2: VI. Waltz II (comp. Dmitri Shostakovich, per. Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
5. The Rite of Spring, K15, Pt. 1: I. Introduction (comp. Igor Stravinsky, perf. Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
6. Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, J. 118: II. Romanza andante (comp. Carl Maria von Weber, perf. Herbert Blomstedt, Sabine Meyer, Staatskapelle Dresden)
7. Fantasia para saxophone, W490: I. Animé (comp. Heitor Villa-Lobos, perf. John Harle, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields)
8. Suite for Oboe and String Orchestra: III. Dolente (comp. Astor Piazzolla, perf. Camerata Bariloche)
9. Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 “Gran Partita”: III. Adagio (comp. Wolgang Amadeus Mozart, perf. Berliner Philharmonisches Bläserensemble, Zubin Mehta)
10. Candide Overture (comp. Leonard Bernstein, perf. Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic)

Hannah MacFarlane
Baby Girl – Sugarland
Country Show

1. Delta Dawn – Tanya Tucker
2. Welcome to the future – Brad Paisley
3. Here for the Party – Gretchen Wilson
4. Somebody Like You – Keith Urban
5. In Your Love – Tyler Childers
6. Baby Girl – Sugarland
7. Your’e Still The One – Shania Twain *
8. Friends in Low Places – Brooks & Dunn
9. Chattahoochee – Alan Jackson
10. Our Song – Taylor Swift
11. Maybe It Was Memphis – Pam Tillis
12. Where The Green Grass Grows – Tim McGraw
13. Hair Salon – Megan Moroney

Kirk Ferguson

Playing the latest new electro-pop tracks, KulPop brings you the best new pop music from around the world every week.

When We Kiss – Olly Alexander
Hypnotized – Anyma ft. Ellie Goulding
Wonder – Marcus & Martinus
Wish You Well – Ollie Wride
The Way I See It – Ollie Wride
A Matter Of Time – Ollie Wride
Radio – Ollie Wride
Anything Goes – Later.
Golden Bay – Later.
Cold Touch – Later.
Sinner For You – Later.
The Edge Of Light – Later.
Echo – Later.
Take It Easy – Boy In Space
ONANON – Killen ft. Ekko
New Wave Vaudville – Skinner

John Neilson & Paul “Society” Browning
(I’ve Got) Beginner’s Luck – Ella Fitzgerald
An hour long trip back to the good ol’ days

1. Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra
2. Manny Miles Away – Kenny Drew
3. Be My Love – Ryo Fukui
4. (I’ve Got) Beginner’s Luck – Ella Fitzgerald
5. Once in a Lifetime – Sammy Davis Jr.
6. Deep Night – Frank Sinatra
7. My Way of Life – Frank Sinatra
8. Manana – Dean Martin
9. Someday – Louis Armstrong

maya noëlle & eva helena
Past, Present & Future – The Shangri-Las
on this episode, the witches say HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY to the witching hour!! tune in to hear maya’s favorite songs that eva picked throughout their wonderful year of programming, and vice versa.

1. Sweet ’69 – Babes In Toyland
2. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!! – Milkcan
3. Past, Present & Future – The Shangri-Las
4. i’m gonna tell my therapist on you – Pinkshift
5. Fire – Katerina Gimon*
6. Awaz – Aurat
7. datsu . hikage no onna – Otoboke Beaver
8. Don’t Make Me Prove It – Veruca Salt

Avery Boudreau
Old Friends – Joel Plaskett Emergency
warmed up this winter night with some good tea and even greater tunes 🙂

1. Old Friends – Joel Plaskett Emergency*
2. We Float – PJ Harvey
3. From Nowhere – Mo Kenney*
4. Thirteen – Big Star
5. Goodnight, Irene – Lead Belly
6. Didn’t Want To Have To Do It – Cass Elliot
7. Walkin’ Back to Georgia – Jim Croce
8. Rose Parade – Elliott Smith
9. Daisy Lady – Tir na nÓg
10. Maggie’s Farm – Bob Dylan
11. Diamonds in the Mine – Leonard Cohen*

Mike Roy
She Can’t Love You – Chemise
A look at the films Cat People (1942) and its remake/reimagining Cat People (1982)

1. Cat People (Putting Out Fire) – Giorgio Moroder & David Bowie
2. She Can’t Love You – Chemise
3. Any Way – L’Imperatrice & Maggie Rogers
4. Tears – Giorgio Moroder
5. Another Life – Kano
6. Rapture – Blondie
7. Peek-A-Boo – DEVO
8. Purr – Sonic Youth
9. Rumore – Raffaella Carra

Matt Mulvihill
The Jellyfish – Azure
Mondays at 3pm

1. Cold Cold Man – Saint Motel
2. Alive – Keith Mullins*
3. Rule #43 – Chosen – Fish In A Birdcage*
4. Kill The Sun – Motherfolk
5. Sagittarius – TROY
6. While You Fade Away – The Happy Fits
7. Curses – The Crane Wives
8. Scenes from a rooftop – Dennis Van Aarssen
9. Roll Your Stone – Birds of Bellwoods*
10. Kevin’s Car – Everything Everything
11. Turtle Bay – The Fretless*
12. UNBELIEVABLE – Ethan Gander
13. End of it – Friday Pilots Club
14. The Jellyfish – Azure

Riley Nixon
3D Country – Geese
What I’ve been listening to this week/connecting people with the ways I find new music

1. Angel on a Satellite – Magdalena Bay
2. Terrapin – Clairo
3. Wish I Was In Bed – Kylie V*
4. Hello, Hi – Little Simz
5. Orlando in Love – Japanese Breakfast
6. No One Holds You (Closer Than The One You Haven’t Met) – The Lemon Twigs
7. Perfect Stranger – FKA Twigs
8. Drinking Age – Cameron Winter
9. 3D Country – Geese
10. Concorde – Black Country, New Road
11. Catherine – Kylie V*

Lestyn V Lobo

Mindset, Motivation, Self-Growth

Ordinary Games: Vaughn

Ben Place
Mr. Brightside – The Killers
Discussed CFP and 2024 NFL Wildcard games

1. Heave Away – The Fables*
2. Mr. Brightside – The Killers
3. If I Can Dream – Elvis Presley

Brian Neilson
Stick To Your Vision – Maestro Fresh Wes
Monday Morning Edition

1. Get Ready – The Temptations
2. Stick To Your Vision – Maestro Fresh Wes*
3. I Only Want To Be With You – Dusty Springfield
4. Be My Baby – The Ronettes
5. Wash Your Face In My Sink – Dream Warriors*
6. River Deep, Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner
7. California – Joni Mitchell*

Alison Doody
A Crow / Crowds of Crows – Takumi Kodera
Exploring and Celebrating Bluegrass music from both the past and the present.

Sugar Hill – Victor Furtado
LIght from the darkness – The Andrew Collins Trio
Greensleeves – Alan Munde & Billy Bright
Time > Breathe Reprise > – Greensky Bluegrass
I choose you – The Steeldrivers
Wild Mountain Rose – Full Cord
Stranded – Sierra Hull
Fiji – Milkdrive
Louise – Mipso
Cabin Fever – Pixie and The Partygrass Boys
A Crow / Crowds Of Crows – Takumi Kodera

Sailee Shringarpure, Lestyn Lobo and Nuey
Cinderella – Tattoo Colour
3-way collab part 2!

1. Spring Day – BTS
2. Rest – Dean Lewis, Sasha Alex Sloan
3. Cinderella – Tattoo Colour

Sam, Seva and Steve
Jupiter – Earth, Wind & Fire
Guest host Seva jumps in to explore space with Sam and Steve

1. Starman – David Bowie
2. Jupiter – Earth, Wind & Fire
3. Onyx – Space Art
4. Peace on the Rise – Chad VanGaalen*
5. Mars – London Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Across the Universe – Fiona Apple
7. Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
8. After the Goldrush – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris*
9. Man in the Sky – Connie Converse
10. Black Hole – Jenna Barry*
11. Shooting Star – Owl City

Sam, Seva and Steve
Jupiter – Earth, Wind & Fire
Guest host Seva jumps in to explore space with Sam and Steve

1. Starman – David Bowie
2. Jupiter – Earth, Wind & Fire
3. Onyx – Space Art
4. Peace on the Rise – Chad VanGaalen*
5. Mars – London Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Across the Universe – Fiona Apple
7. Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
8. After the Goldrush – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris*
9. Man in the Sky – Connie Converse
10. Black Hole – Jenna Barry*
11. Shooting Star – Owl City

Wilson Moore

Bluegrass & Oldtime Music & News

14 tracks in playlist, average track length: 2:45
Playlist length: 38 minutes 35 seconds…had to add #015

001 The Kody Norris Show – Farmin’ Man (2:24)
002 Raymond Fairchild – Turkey In The Straw (2:38)
003 Crowe Brothers – Must You Throw Dirt In My Face (2:34)
004 Stanley Brothers – Ramshackle Shack On The Hill (2:35)
005 Stompin’ Tom Connors – Fan Tangle-YouTube (2:47)
006 Lissy Long & Little Roy Lewis – Are You From Dixie (2:01)
007 Darin and Brooke Aldridge – Jordan AP Direct (3:01)
008 Del McCoury Band – Streets Of Baltimore-You Tube (3:12)
009 Third Harmony – I’ll Be Alright Tomorrow (1:58)
010 Lynwood Lunsford – Virginia Jazz (2:50)
011 Bob Anderson – Eighth Of January-LP (3:10)
012 True Blue – Fox On The Run (2:58)
013 Wade & Julia Mainer – Down At the End Of Memory’s Lane (2:42)
014 High Time Picken Band – Huckleberry Hornpipe-LP (3:45)
015 Walter Hensley – Snowbird

Emma (and Darcy)

Emma chats about movies watched last year, and Darcy comes back for a convo about why bad movies are actually great.

Mulholland Drive Main Theme – Angelo Baladamenti

Hinke Younger
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (comp. Franz Liszt, Franz Dopple, perf. Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra); Grand Duo Concertante in E Major, B. 70 (comp. Frédéric Chopin, Auguste Franchomme, perf. Bernd Glemser, Maria Kliegel)
This week’s topic: composer collaborations

1. Souvenirs De Bayreuth, movt. I-V (comp. Gabriel Fauré, André Messager, perf. Patrick de Hooghe, Pierre-Alain Volondat)
2. Round Midnight Variations: Theme, Variation and Little Midnight Nocturne (comp. Emanuele Arciuli, Eric Reed, Fred Hersch, perf. Emanuele Arciuli)
3. Grand Duo Concertante in E Major, B. 70 (comp. Frédéric Chopin, Auguste Franchomme, perf. Bernd Glemser, Maria Kliegel)
4. Severn Bridge Variations: Theme – Var. 1, Var. 5 (comp. Malcolm Arnold, Grace Williams, perf. BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen)
5. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (comp. Franz Liszt, Franz Dopple, perf. Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra)
6. F-A-E Sonata, movt. II. and III. (comp. Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, perf. Sophia Wang, Florian Glemser)

Craig Musvasva
Fetch Your Life – Prince Kaybee, Msaki
African tunes for your Friday morning

1) Essence – Wizkid, Tems
2) Water – Tyla
3) Calm Down – Remain
4)Fetch Your Life – Prince Kaybee, Msaki
5) Drive – Black Coffee
6) Imali – Zakes Bantwini

Hannah MacFarlane
Islands in the Stream – Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers
Country Show

1. Follow Your Arrow – Kacey Musgraves
2. Dirt Turns To Gold – Zach Top
3. Meanwhile Back At Mama’s – Tim McGraw, Faith Hill
4. Mamma’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys – Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
5. Wild One – Faith Hill
6. Take It Easy – 2006 Remaster – Travis Tritt
7. Strawberry Wine – Deana Carter
8. Stay – Sugarland
9. High Time – Kacey Musgraves
10. Forever and Ever, Amen – Randy Travis
11. Fishin’ in the Dark – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
12. American Kids – Kenny Chesney
13. Greatest Love Story – LANCO
14. Islands in the Stream – Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers

Kirk Ferguson

Playing the latest new electro-pop tracks, KulPop brings you the best new pop music from around the world every week.

Appetite – Great Good Fine OK ft. Danielle Bradbery
Let’s Talk (Live At Luke’s) – Great Good Fine OK & Andrew McMahon
Dream – Fickle Friends
Yellow – Wes Nelson
Found Life – Odd Luke
ReUp – Kid Souf & Nieri
Lovers And Strangers – A Flock Of Seagulls
All To You – A Flock Of Seagulls
Perfect – A Flock Of Seagulls
Valley To The Broken Dreams – A Flock Of Seagulls
Lonely Heat – Drew Sycamore
Interstellar – Sophia Fredskild
Damage (Felix Cartal Remix) – LIGHTS (*)
Too Shy For Love – VOYA
Damn, dis-moi – Christine & The Queens ft. Dâm-Funk
Sledgehammer (Live in studio) – Harry Styles

R. Majithia
I Gotta Stop Letting You Let Me Down Joanne Shaw Taylor
Blues & Beyond

Magic Earl St. Clair
Rock a Bye Baby Steve Smyth
Sweet and Salty Kai Strauss, Rusty Zinn, Sax Gordon
Shake Stacy Mitchart
I Got to Stop Letting you Let Me Down Joanne Shaw Taylor
Back to the Beginning The Reverend Shawn Amos
Looking for a Reason Reckoners, Susan Tedeschi
Bottom of a Bottle Jovin Webb
That’s All Right Ruthie Foster
Found a Friend in You Southern Avenue
Stuck Between Sugar Rayford
When the Levee Breaks Buckwheat Zydeco
When the Levee Breaks Playing for Change, John Paul Jones
Why am I Treated so Bad The Staples Singers
Red River Eddie 9V

Brian & John Neilson
Bodhisattva – Steely Dan
FAther & Son duke it out over the airwaves.

1. Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra & Count Basie
2. I Got Ants In My Pants – James Brown
3. Roadrunner – The Modern Lovers
4. Christ For President – Billy Bragg & Wilco
5. Under The Bridges of Paris – Eartha Kitt
6. Video Killed The Radio Star – The Presidents of The United States
7. Orange Crush – R.E.M.
8. Bodhisattva – Steely Dan

Wilson Moore

Bluegrass & Old Time Music & News

14 tracks in playlist, average track length: 3:02
Playlist length: 42 minutes 34 seconds

001 Thomas Gantz – Santa’s Sleigh Breakdown-You Tube (3:26)
002 The Steve Bruce Band – Jesus Stopped By AP Direct (1:18)
003 Winston (Scotty) Fitzgerald – Mrs MacCaulay’s-The Nine Pint Coggie-LP (2:40)
004 Byron Hill – Mountain Folks Are Always High AP Direct (3:29)
005 Clifton And Company – From Jerusalem To Jericho-LP (4:06)
006 Country Gentlemen – Aunt Dinah’s Quilting Party (2:49)
007 The Steve Bruce Band – Rolling Forward AP Direct (2:53)
008 Jerry Butler & the Blu-Js – Beyond the Rain-YouTube (3:53)
009 Kris Kristofferson – The Last Thing To Go-YouTube (2:58)
010 Grasstic Measures – Poor Monroe (3:07)
011 The Goodwin Brothers – The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor AP Direct (4:02)
012 Lee Alward – Will You Be Singing Bluegrass In Heaven (2:28)
013 Bruce Winges – Mountain Sound AP Direct (2:45)
014 Arden Hayman – Lil’ Burnt Potato (2:40)

Avery Boudreau
Maggie’s Farm – Bob Dylan
this week on alt from the attic, I played some of my favourite song covers to kick off the new year!

1. ‘Cello Song – Fontaines D.C.
2. Go Your Own Way – The Cranberries
3. Personal Jesus – Johnny Cash
4. Crimson and Clover – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
5. Immigrant Song – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Karen O
6. All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
7. Eleanor Rigby – Aretha Franklin
8. The Joker – k.d. lang*
9. For What It’s Worth – Rush*
10. Across the Universe – Fiona Apple
11. She’s Actin Single (I’m Drinkin Double) – Wednesday

Mike Roy
Street Pulse Beat (Boy Harsher Remix) – Special Interest
An examination of the film Demoni (1985) and some accompanying music.

1. Zyklon-B-Movie – Subhumans
2. Killing – Claudio Simonetti
3. Night Danger – Pretty Maids
4. Last Man Standing – Sturgill Simpson
5. White Wedding, Pt. 1 – Billy Idol
6. Fixin’ to Thrill – Dragonette*
7. Losing Game – Kontravoid & Chelsey Crowley
8. Contortion – Sextile
9. Save Our Souls – Motley Crue
10. Film – Skinny Puppy
11. Street Pulse Beat (Boy Harsher Remix) – Special Interest

Riley Nixon
Solider at War – Ben Wiggins
Happy New Year!! Playing some tracks I’ve been obsessed with in December.

1. Love Songs – Clairo
2. Golden Haze – Sasha Ljung
3. Song in Open D – Kylie V*
4. Cours, Cora, cours – Lou-Adriane Cassidy*
5. …Baby One More Time – Tenacious D
6. Starts to End – Francis of Delirium
7. Trauriger Disco Song – Ronja
8. My Happy Ending – Avril Lavigne
9. Solider at War – Ben Wiggins
10. Dropout – MICHELLE
11. Solider at War – Ben Wiggins
12. Fig Tree – Chloe Slater