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CHMA’s Picks of the Week

Song + Artist // Program // Host 

bugs – bobbie gentry // whats in your sack // will + special guest ava

Changes – 2Pac // Whale Shoe Circus Hour // Sam, Violet & Steve

Changes – 2Pac // Whale Shoe Circus Hour // Sam, Violet & Steve

Changes – 2Pac // Whale Shoe Circus Hour // Sam, Violet & Steve

east coast – Alexgoffline // Grange // Leona and Seth

Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25: Introduction. Allegro moderato & I. Moderato (comp. Pablo de Sarasate, perf. Hilary Hahn, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) // Da Capo: Stories from Classical Music // Hinke Younger

Chaap Tilak: Abida Parveen, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan // Safarnama // Sailee Shringarpure

Hadal Ahbek – Issam Alnajiar // The Next Station // Nuey and Sailee

Fall In Love: Ms. Thomas // The Noon Show // Sailee Shringarpure

How Do You Keep The Music Playing? – Frank Sinatra // Selective Memory – // Brian & John Neilson

9. So Long, Marianne – Leonard Cohen* // alt from the attic // Avery Boudreau

Mary Ellen Carter – Stan Rogers // Afternoon Show // Matt Mulvihill

River Deep, Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner // Morning Show // Brian Neilson

Rumblin by ’Soft Rōnin, feat. Frankie Cosmos // Blind Date with Christina and Hannah // Christina Acton and Hannah Tuck

Ammunition – SPELLLING // On The Radar // Riley Nixon

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.  

will + special guest ava
bugs – bobbie gentry
owned vinyl we chattin

1. add up my love – clairo
2. god, turn me into a flower – weyes blood
3. paper mountain man – linda perhacs
4. red moon – big thief
5. bugs – bobbie gentry
6. pink moon – nick drake
7. passing out pieces – mac demarco*
8. spring breakers- charli xcx + kesha

Sam, Violet & Steve
Changes – 2Pac
Special guests Mia and Brendan round out the Whale Shoe crew to talk about CHANGE!

1. A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
2. Courage to Change – Sia
3. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots
4. Ready to Let Go – Cage the Elephant
5. Changes – 2Pac
6. Changes – David Bowie
7. The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
8. Acadia – Marianas Trench*
9. Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
10. Flood- Motherhood*
11. Changes – Charles Bradley

Sam, Violet & Steve
Changes – 2Pac
Special guests Mia and Brendan round out the Whale Shoe crew to talk about CHANGE!

1. A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
2. Courage to Change – Sia
3. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots
4. Ready to Let Go – Cage the Elephant
5. Changes – 2Pac
6. Changes – David Bowie
7. The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
8. Acadia – Marianas Trench*
9. Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
10. Flood- Motherhood*
11. Changes – Charles Bradley

Sam, Violet & Steve
Changes – 2Pac
Special guests Mia and Brendan round out the Whale Shoe crew to talk about CHANGE!

1. A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
2. Courage to Change – Sia
3. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots
4. Ready to Let Go – Cage the Elephant
5. Changes – 2Pac
6. Changes – David Bowie
7. The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
8. Acadia – Marianas Trench*
9. Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
10. Flood- Motherhood*
11. Changes – Charles Bradley

Wilson Moore

Bluegrass & Old Time Music & News

Bluegrass Jam – Apr 13 2025 1810-712

001 Big Country Bluegrass – Remember Who You Are (3:10)
002 Balsam Range – When It Comes To Loving You AP Direct (3:25)
003 Mack Magaha – Fiddlin’ Sid-LP (1:50)
004 Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – I Built A World AP Direct (4:03)
005 Doc & Merle Watson – Take Me Out To The Ballgame-LP (2:13)
006 Wildwood Valley Boys – Miller’s Cave-YouTube (3:10)
007 Feller & Hill – Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (2:29)
008 Wildwood Valley Boys – Are You On The Right Road (2:21)
009 The Pioneers – A Beautiful Life (2:51)
010 Remedy Tree – Every Second We’re Apart AP Direct (2:51)
011 Section House – Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane AP Direct (2:41)
012 Dunromin Duo – I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby (2:07)
013 Robert Hale – What People Think Of Me Is None Of My Business AP Direct (2:19)
014 Eddy Poirier – A Long Way From Home (2:49)

Leona and Seth
east coast – Alexgoffline
We love Midwest Emo so thats what we played this week!

1. …And Beyond – Modern Baseball
2. My Instincts Are the Enemy – American Football
3. Aw Baby – Dead Oak*
4. Wondering – Coma Cinema
5. east coast – Alexgoffline
6. 104 Degrees – Slaughter Beach, Dog
7. Please Don’t Tell My Father That I Used His 1996 Honda Accord To Destroy The Town Of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania In 2002 – Pet Symmetry
8. Pine – Basement
9. Coffe At Luke’s – Voted Most Likely
10. Wolfman – The Front Bottoms
11. Southern Comfort – Micheal Cera Palin
12. Edward 40hands – Mom Jeans.
13. Never Saw It Coming – Tigers Jaw
14. Working Hard or Riley Workman – Customer Service*
15. Art School Wannabe – Sorority Noise
16. Thrift Store Sweater – Adjust the Sails, The Darren Hawe Band
17. I’m My Own Doctor – Remo Drive
18. Minor Acts of Cannibalism- I’m Glad It’s You

Hinke Younger
Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25: Introduction. Allegro moderato & I. Moderato (comp. Pablo de Sarasate, perf. Hilary Hahn, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra)
This week’s topic: Da Capo Favourites

1. The Barber of Seville: Overture (comp. Gioachino Rossini, Perf. Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic)
2. The Firebird, KC. 10, Tab 1: Infernal dance of all Kashchei’s subjects (comp. Igor Stravinsky, perf. Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra)
3. Danse Macabre, Op. 40, R. 171 (comp. Camille Saint-Saëns, perf. Andrew Wan, Kent Nagano, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal)*
4. Romance, Op. 28 (comp. Gabriel Fauré, perf. Kathryn Stott, Yo-Yo Ma)
5. Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: Queen of the Night Aria. “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” (comp. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, perf. Diana Damrau, Jérémie Rhorer, Le Cercle De L’Harmonie)
6. Candide Overture (comp. Leonard Bernstein, perf. Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic)
7. La Cenerentola / Act 2: “Non più mesta” (comp. Gioachino Rossini, perf. Cecilia Bartoli, Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna)
8. Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25: Introduction. Allegro moderato & I. Moderato (comp. Pablo de Sarasate, perf. Hilary Hahn, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra)
9. Carmina Burana: O Fortuna (comp. Carl Orff, perf. Michael Tilson Thomas, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus)
10. Tom Sawyer – Live in Montreal 1981 (Rush)*

Sailee Shringarpure
Chaap Tilak: Abida Parveen, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
A romantic journey with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

1. O Re Piya: Salim- Sulaiman, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Jaideep Sahni
2. Ajj Din Chadheya: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Pritam
3. Chaap Tilak: Abida Parveen, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
4. Khuda Aur Mohabat: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Nish Asher
5. Dagabaaz Re: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal
6. Teri Ore: Pritam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal, Mayur Puri
7. Sajdaa: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Richa Sharma
8. Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

Kirk Ferguson

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

Call Me When It’s Over – Someone Else’s Rain
Karaoke – Crash Adams (*)
I Die For This Love – SUND ft. James Knight$
Aftershock – Leroy Sanchez
Sorry For The Chaos – Leroy Sanchez
Nuclear – Leroy Sanchez
Live Forever – Chesney Hawkes
Nobody Like You – Chesney Hawkes
Get A Hold Of Yourself – Chesney Hawkes
White Paper Palm Trees – LIGHTS (*)
Anymore – ROZES
loved you better – vaultboy
Music On The Radio (Adam Ten Remix) – Empire Of The Sun
The Feeling You Get (TELYKAST Remix) – Empire Of The Sun
Changes (DJ Tennis Remix) – Empire Of The Sun
Let It Be – Onelight ft. Nikki Ariel
Fortunately – Mokita

Nuey and Sailee
Hadal Ahbek – Issam Alnajiar
International Music Hour

Pano – Zack Tabudlo
Mazaak – Anuv Jain
Matsuri – Fuji Kaze
Good day – BTS
Hadal Ahbek – Issam Alnajiar
อาวรณ์ – Polycat
我多喜欢你, 你会知道 – Wang Jun Qi
KTMBK – Zaeden, Hanita Bhambri
Le temps – Tayc
Spring day – BTS
Hakuna Matata – Marioo

Sailee Shringarpure
Fall In Love: Ms. Thomas
weekday noon show with sailee, from 12-1pm!

1. Oh, I’ve Been Blessed: Bobby Taylor
2. Searching (Real Hip hop): Sargeant & Comrade, Touch, DJ Weezl
3. Eye Spy: Liberty Silver
4. Fall In Love: Ms. Thomas
5. Slow Down: Jah ‘Mila
6. Clydesdale: Polyrhythmics

Brian & John Neilson
How Do You Keep The Music Playing? – Frank Sinatra
Father & Son duke it out over the airwaves.

1. Good Morning, Good Morning – The Beatles
2. Tommy Can You Hear Me? – The Who
3. And She Was – Talking Heads
4. Good To Be Back Home – Charles Bradley
5. Heaven – The National
6. Everything Is Awesome – Tegan & Sara feat. The Lonely Island
7. How Do You Keep The Music Playing? – Frank Sinatra
8. Big Spender – Peggy Lee

Clint0n Davis

1 HR of Black Atlantic Music 🍁

1. Owan Golden – Feel It*
2. Yung St4k – Pressure*
3. aRENYE – 23FOUR*
4. Kayo, Nulo – Forward*
5. Hegatsbe – Sho Ma*
6. King Sway – You (New Tattoo)*
7. Damibaby – Rihanna (E)*
8. Gozie, Jus Bus – Still Here*
9. Sinful Poet – Kette – Performance Version*
10. Hero B – We don’t care*
11. YFilla, Gallyna – ONLY YOU*
12. Tosing Ojuri, Saint David – COME AROUND*
13. Clint0n – Like You Know Me*
14. MXCHAELSHABAZZ – HALFTIME*
15. Ms.Thomas, Sasky Mali – Trust Somebody*
16. Neon Dreams – Sweet Dreams Till Sunbeams (Acoustic)*
17. ANGEL ANN JULIAN – Hands Up*
18. C-stile – I got this*
19. xtaye – Sage*

Avery Boudreau
9. So Long, Marianne – Leonard Cohen*
tonight, I played some of my favourite songs:)

1. 40 Days – Slowdive
2. Winona – Drop Nineteens
3. Sunday – Sonic Youth
4. Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot*
5. Waltzing Back – The Cranberries
6. Cosmonauts – Fiona Apple
7. Over Everything – Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile
8. The Glorious Life – Joel Plaskett Emergency*
9. So Long, Marianne – Leonard Cohen*
10. Visions of a Life – Wolf Alice

Matt Mulvihill
Mary Ellen Carter – Stan Rogers
Mondays at 3pm

1. Ruke #19 – Amigo – Fish in a Birdcage*
2. What is Hip – Tower of Power
3. Just a Song Before I Go
4. Rattlin’ Roarin’ Willie – The Barra MacNeils*
5. This Must be the Place – Talking Heads
6. Louisa – Lord Huron
7. Destroyer – Saint Motel
8. Music – Kevin Penkin
9. Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra, Luis Miguel
10. My Girl – The Temptations
11. The Mary Ellen Carter – Stan Rogers*
12. New Highway – Dave Gunning*

Brian Neilson
River Deep, Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner
Monday Morning Goodness

1. I Wish – Stevie Wonder
2. River Deep, Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner
3. Could It Be I’m Falling Love – The Spinners
4. The Tears Of A Clown – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
5. Da Doo Ron Ron – The Crystals
6. Jimmy Mack – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
7. There’s No Cure For Love – Leonard Cohen*
8. Forever and Ever – Royal Wood*
9. Love Shines – Ron Sexsmith*
10. It Ain’t No Fun To Me – Al Green
11. Tell Me Something Good – Chaka Khan & Rufus
12. Many Rivers To Cross – Jimmy Cliff
13. Sea of Heartbreak – Roseanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen
14. All The Diamonds In The World – Bruce Cockburn*
15. I Got The… – Labi Siffre

Christina Acton and Hannah Tuck
Rumblin by ’Soft Rōnin, feat. Frankie Cosmos
We listened to selections from the compilation album TRANSA (2024) and talked about each song!

1. Same Train – Heart Shaped and Christian Lee Hutson
2. Please Tell Me – Lightning Bug
3. Make ‘em Laugh – Benét and Faye Webster
4. Rumblin’ – Soft Rōnin, feat. Frankie Cosmos
5. – Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dyin’ – Julien Baker and Calvin Lauber
6. Down Where The Valleys Are Low – Asher White, Eli Winter, and Caroline Rose
7. Ever New – Sam Smith and Beverly Glenn-Copeland*

Riley Nixon
Ammunition – SPELLLING
All the best in newer and upcoming music releases!

1. Goodbye (Don’t Tell Me) – Black Country, New Road
2. Ammunition – SPELLLING
3. My Old Street – Momma
4. Little Girl – Japanese Breakfast
5. Fadeoutz – Jane Remover
6. Ode (For Elliott Smith) – Gareth Inkster*
7. Tunnel Vision – Beach Bunny
8. Miss Coldiron’s Oldsmobile – Patterson Hood
9. catch these fists – Wet Leg
10. Maggie – tess poirier*

will gallant and bryn jones square
Halloween – Siouxsie and the Banshees
will talks music he owns… this time, goth songs and literature (not owned today)

1. Halloween – Siouxsie and the Banshees
2. Despair – Esben and the Witch
3. The Killing Moon – Echo and the Bunnymen
4. Lullaby – The Cure
5. As Dawn Fades – Joy Division
6. Bela Lugosi’s Dead – Bauhaus

Leona and Seth
Scott Pilgrim – Plumtree
Leona and Seth try to make as many references to the Minecraft movie with song titles etc. in celebration of the minecraft movie coming out!

1. Either/Or – Elliot Smith
2. Girl Singing In The Wreckage – Black Box Recorder
3. Motion Sickness – Phoebe Bridgers
4. Oh Well – Fiona Apple
5. Malibu – Hole
6. It’s a Shame About Ray – The Lemonheads
7. All I Need – Radiohead
8. Shady Lane – Pavement
9. Laid – James
10. Short Skirt / Long Jacket – CAKE
11. Superstar – Sonic Youth
12. Scott Pilgrim – Plumtree*
13. Losing My Religion – R.E.M.
14. Hard To Explain – The Strokes
15. Let’s Go To Bed – The Cure

Leona, Jasmine, and Seth
Dragula – Rob Zombie
Heavy Music as a send off to the worse month ever! (March) Featuring Jasmine!

1. My Own Summer (Shove It) – Deftones
2. Terrible Lie – Nine Inch Nails
3. Spiders – System Of A Down
4. Townie – Mitski
5. Hybrid Moments – Misfits
6. Chump – Green Day
7. Neat Neat Neath – The Damned
8. Dragula – Rob Zombie
9. School – Nirvana
10. Coming Undone – Korn
11. Bullet With Butterfly Wings – The Smashing Pumpkins
12. Breed – Nirvana
13. Angry Chair – Alice In Chains
14. Break Stuff – Limp Bizkit
15. Everything Sux – Descendents
16. California Über Alles – Dead Kennedys

Violet, Sam & Steve Haley
RED FUTURE – Snotty Nose Rez Kids (feat. Electric Fields)
This week, the Whale Shoe crew’s theme is TIME!

1. Red Future – Snotty Nose Rez Kids (feat. Electric Fields)*
2. Twilight – Electric Light Orchestra
3. Clean Up After The Time – Fine Crowd*
4. Time After Time – Iron & Wine
5. 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
6. Time Forgot (To Change My Heart) – Daniel Romano*
7. Time in a Bottle – Jim Croce
8. LIFETIMES – Katy Perry
9. Time – NF
10. In Time – Devarrow*
11. The Time is Right – Michael Hurley
12. Closing Time – Semisonic

Brooke Hennigar
Alright- Kitty Craft
16 cassettes shares all kinds of alternative from cult favourites to small artists.

1. I Don’t Want To Be A Hero- Johnny Hates Jazz
2. In A Big Country- Big Country
3. Hot You’re Cool- General Public
4. When The lights Go Out- Naked Eyes
5. Obsession- Animotion
6. She Drives Me Crazy- Fine Young Cannibals
7. Mirror In The Bathroom- The English Beat
8. Happy Hour- The Housemartins
9. Somewhere In My Heart- Aztec Camera
10. Don’t Tell Me- Blancmange
11. A Million Miles Away- The Plimsouls
12. I Got You- Split Enz
13. Love Is A Wonderful Colour- The Icicle Works
14. I’m An Adult Now- The Pursuit Of Happiness
15. Romantic Traffic- Spoons

Wilson Moore

Bluegrass & Old Time Music & News

Bluegrass Jam – Apr 06 2025 1809-711

001 The Country Gentlemen – Handsome Molly (2:25)
002 The Country Gentlemen – Roving Gambler-LP (3:04)
003 The Country Gentlemen – Daybreak In Dixie-LP (2:01)
004 The Country Gentlemen – Rambling Boy-LP (3:19)
005 The Eddie Adcock Band – Will There Ever Be Another (2:24)
006 Eddie Adcock & Don Reno – Turkey In The Straw (2:03)
007 The Masters – What A Friend We Have In Jesus (3:44)
008 Bob Minner – Listening To The Rain AP Direct (4:35)
009 Seth Mulder & Midnight Run – Gilgarry’s Glen AP Direct (3:45)
010 The Gospel Plowboys – Keep your Lure In The Water AP Direct (2:42)
011 Jackson Hollow – Light In My Life AP Direct (2:51)
012 The Spinney Brothers – The Beans Should Be Blossomed (2:25)
013 Carl Towns – Where We’ll Never Grow Old AP Direct (4:17)
014 Stuart Duncan – Whistlin’ Rufus (2:07)
015 Pine Mountain Railroad – Beyond The Rain (4:11)

Tedi Buffett
4. I Follow Rivers – Lykke Li
Tedi plays her monthly playlists.

1. I saw you in a dream – The Japanese House
2. She Won’t Go Away – Faye Webster
3. Sunshine Baby – The Japanese House
4. I Follow Rivers – Lykke Li
5. You Rock My World – Michael Jackson
6. Toro – Remi Wolf
7. Suga Suga – Baby Bash, Frankie J
8. Goin’ Crazy – Ashley Tisdale
9. What You Waiting For? – Gwen Stefani
10. Deja Vu (Feat. Jay-Z) – Beyonce
11. Breaking’ Dishes – Rihanna
12. Childs Play – Drake*

Emma and Darcy

WE chat about John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”.

Talk

Wilson Moore

Bluegrass & Old Time Music & News

Bluegrass Jam – Mar 30 2025 1808-710 Music List

001 John Hartford – Gum Tree Canoe-LP (4:05)
002 John Hartford – (Good Old Electric) Washing Machine (Circa 1943)-YouTube (2:06)
003 John Hartford – Birdie (2:23)
004 Laura Boosinger & Josh Goforth – When the Roses Bloom In Dixieland (2:35)
005 Off The Rails – I’m Blue I’m Lonesome AP Direct (3:18)
006 Special Consensus – Been All Around This World-YouTube (3:38)
007 Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers – He Sees The Little Sparrow Fall AP Direct (2:10)
008 The King James Boys – Ready And Waiting AP Direct (2:51)
009 Crooked Stovepipe – I’s The B’y & All That (3:23)
010 Uniacke Ramblers – Hank Williams Speaking From Heaven (3:08)
011 Off The Rails – She Flies AP Direct (2:29)
012 Rustic Harmony – Kentucky (3:07)
013 Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers – No Stone Unturned AP Direct (2:22)
014 Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland – Stoney Lonesome AP Direct (2:56)
015 The Seldom Scene – Raised By tHe Railroad Line

Hannah MacFarlane
Starting Over – Chris Stapleton
Country Show

1. Drowning in you – Rhythm Section *
2. Chattahoochee – Alan Jackson
3. Cry to Me – John Hiatt
4. Clyde – J.J. Cale
5. Slow Hand – Conway Twitty
6. Don’t Rock the Juxebox – Alan Jackson
7. How Do You Like Me Now?! -Toby Keith
8. Up On Cripple Creek – The Band
9. Tim McGraw – Taylor Swift
10. American Honey – Lady A
11. Jesus Is Cryin’ – Dieu Edmondston
12. Starting Over – Chris Stapleton
13. Deeper Than the Holler – Randy Travis
14. Cowboy Take Me Away – The Chicks

Kirk Ferguson

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

face – joan
Runaway (I’m All Yours) – Josh Mac
Shangri-La – Moncrieff
Physical – Dua Lipa ft. Troye Sivan
Woah Man! – Mae Stephens
sorry in advance – Yorke
Because Of You – Gustaph
Faith In What You Feel – Gustaph
Pick Me Up – Gustaph
I’s Hate To Be My Friend – MICO (*)
heaven tonight – Virginia To Vegas (*)
Find Another You – Rasmus Hagen
U MOVE – CG5
A Little Change – CG5
Let Me Go – Nick Howard
Relentless Love – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Pull Together – Poolside & Satin jackets

avery boudreau
Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel
played some of my favourite new wave songs

1. Cool for Cats – Squeeze
2. Girl U Want – Devo
3. Dumb Waiters – The Psychedelic Furs
4. Pump It Up – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5. Life’s What You Make It – Talk Talk
6. Birdmad Girl – The Cure
7. More Than This – Roxy Music
8. Just What I Needed – The Cars
9. Cars – Gary Numan
10. Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel
11. Rapture – Blondie