CJSW Podcasts

The most dangerous metal show on Earth.

A mix-up and mash-up of the best of CJSW late-night tunes. It's gothic. It's dark. It's the perfect soundtrack for the late night of the weekend.

Beat Salad is a fresh take on your weekday morning CJSW jazz routine. A recipe to ease you into your day, jazz is complimented by hip hop and soul with flavours that explore the sounds that link the three together.

Each week Peter your musical archeologist unearths a CJSW chart from the past as featured in the annals of Vox magazine. Listen to how these building blocks of indie rock echo down through the music of today. Sponsored by the CJSW Friends Card

Part two of Shaolin Sundays, DJ Cosm brings the beats. Sponsored by the Cold Garden Beverage Company Ltd.

What’s in a name? Everyone knows Wednesday’s are the beginning of the end of the week—what better way to start that “hump” than with 3 hours of curated genre-bending goodness. Discover more about your new favourite artists through weekly guest features and engaging dialogue.

House. Techno. Pop. Global bass. Darkwave.

If you dig the weirder and waxier side of life, tune your eardrums for two hours of riveting misfit music - lotsa fuzz lotsa noise and no fun. Sponsored by the Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club

Enticing, sometimes challenging, music from the vast underground for thirsty ears and enquiring minds: post-punk, instrumental, math rock, avant, jazz, electronic, indie, funk and global grooves. Kerry has been mashing up independent, non-commercial sounds that cross disciplines and decades since 1987. Sponsored by Food E Farms

A journey within, around, and all over the expansive folk genre. Les and Bruce each bring a different side of the folk narrative. Tune in for music old and new, and for stories along the way. Sponsored by Blindman Brewing

The Dog House, co-hosted and mixed by DJ BLKFT and Woodstock, will bring you through a complex journey of hip-hop and house music that will keep the dogs barking all night long. Sponsored by Confluence Distilling

High energy, fast tempos and anything else that gets your blood flowing. Chevy and Tallan are giving power to the people with a blend head-banging and fist-pumping tracks to keep rocking all night long. Be Ready To Get Up And Go!

Bringing you music and opinion since 1984, featuring the best in dub, 4:20 reggae, afrobeat, latin, electronica, breakbeat, soul and funk.

Artslink is a half-hour monthly program about the arts in Calgary. We will bring to listeners interviews on theatre, dance, visual arts and film that happen mostly in Calgary while being mindful of a larger audience. Hear from dancers, theatre artistic directors, filmmakers, performers and many more artists.

Bumping into Walls is a monthly, conversation-style spoken word program about living with vision loss, the challenges, the successes, and the day-to-day walls we all bump into.

Speaking in Tongues is currently CJSW’s only generalist world music show. For two hours every week Speaking in Tongues features the widest possible range of traditional and popular sounds from around the planet, from obscure reissues to the newest of new releases being highlighted on the global stage.

Katharsis/Processed is a weekly journey to the polar regions of contemporary music. These unfamiliar musical frontiers are scoured for adventurous new sounds still grounded in harmony, melody and beauty. Selections range from the sublimely quiet and reverent to overwhelming aural overload, but more often than not sustain a tranquil and soothing mood appropriate for later on a Sunday evening.

Knotted Roots: a show dedicated to playing music from the essence of its prime. Mixing the roots of soul, reggae, to the incorporation of hip hop from the past and present. Sponsored by Workshop Studios

Exploration into music with a pulse, meaning, and soul. A melding of the past, present and future, dedicated to launch you into the weekend with a curated-kinetic sense of timely and timeless. A beat-oriented musical joyride whose focus is on the journey, not the destination. Sponsored by the Establishment Brewing Company

The Voice of Ethiopia is one of the many multicultural shows broadcasted on CJSW 90.9 FM. The Voice of Ethiopia focuses on current affairs and radio dramas in the Amharic language. We also air a variety of Ethiopian music, some of which very similar to blues and jazz. This program is the only source of information on Ethiopia on Calgary airwaves.

A show for curious Albertans who want more than the daily news grind. Hosted by Jeremy Klaszus. A collaboration between CJSW 90.9 FM and The Sprawl.

A program dedicated to educating, helping, informing, and inspiring the general public to be better versions of themselves and enjoy an enhanced quality of life. The topics offered cover a variety of lifestyle areas such as social, cultural, health and wellness, business, civic programs and initiatives, provincial and federal programs which impact local Calgary life - all presented in a new, fresh and dynamic package which listeners will easily understand and identify with.

The Palgary Almanac alternates with the Rambler's Almanac every Thursday morning. The Palgary Almanac Thoughtfully curated new music spanning the genres of experimental, avant-pop, electronic, folk, world, and hip-hop featuring interviews on the subjects of art, politics and community in Calgary, Alberta and beyond. Hosted by Peter Oliver. Facebook Twitter The Rambler's Almanac On the Rambler’s Almanac, not all those who wander are lost. Start off on the right foot and get your bearings with ...

Listen to Breaking The Tethers for music you could call jazz, broadly defined. Free, modal, experimental, avant, out there, and more are words you could use for the music that BTT feeds to your ears. Breaking The Tethers sends out tentacles to experimental, folk, rock, world, and odd stuff that doesn’t have a label. Presented to you as a Monday morning sound experience. Suggestions, requests, and comments are always welcome.

Fade to Bass is your weekly lesson in all things bass. Exploring House and Techno that possess bass low enough to crack the foundations of most suburban homes. Tune in every Friday night from 7-8 pm as the sun dips and the weekend arrives and let Crooka kick start your night. Sponsored by The Eden

One of modern modern music’s most enduring genres, progressive rock has flourished since the late sixties when radio switched to FM and music became adventurous and more artistic outside of the comfort zones of Pop. Progressive rock also branched into sub-genres; progressive folk, progressive metal, RIO — rock in opposition, avant-garde & experimental, progressive electronic, Psychedelic space rock, progressive Italiano, post-rock, krautrock, canterbury, jazz fusion, and many others. Unlike ...

Join host Chris Brennan every Monday afternoon for 2 hours of live mixed electronic music! From dancefloor classics of the past to mechanical rhythms of the future, The Brutal & The Beautiful has all the unpredictable flare of a daytime soap opera. Sponsored by Cannibale Get in touch! Instagram: @InOrderToDanse Facebook: InOrderToDanse Email: brutalandbeautiful@gmail.com

This upbeat program focuses on Soca/Calypso music, showcasing artists, interviews, and news from the Caribbean.

“We live in a time I think not of mainstream, but of many streams, or even, if you insist upon a river of time, that we have come to a delta, maybe even beyond delta to an ocean which is going back to the skies.” -John Cage This quote, I believe, truly embodies the idea of music today. Yet, this quote is even more applicable to world of “classical” music. There are so many different avenues of new classical music, that one must ask oneself, “That’s classical?” That is the idea that we try an ...

Tune in to Hellenic Melodies on CJSW 90.9FM every Saturday for a taste of Greek culture and music. Experience the sounds of Greece by listening to performances of local musicians and Greek artists. Discussions encompass current topics in Greece, announcements of community and city events, and interviews. Let us take you on a cultural journey through the diverse sounds of all regions and music genres of Greece, exposing you to the warmth and vibrant energy of Greek culture. The Hellenic Melod ...

It's been a week. Let host Val help you dip into your weekend wind down with an hour of chill beats, soul, funk, R&B. Sponsored by the CJSW Friends Card

Keeping dudes pitted with radical surf and garage rock n roll in the landlocked prairies!

The latest tracks from the fringes of dance & electronic music

Join revolving hosts Daren & Keri as we play you some country music – the good kind. The kind that’s all about drinkin’, cheatin’, hurtin’, cryin’, pickin’ yourself up by your bootstraps, gettin’ back up and dustin’ yourself off, ridin’ your horse into town and gettin’ yourself a big steak, seein’ the love of your life across a smoky room, dancin’, lovin’, marryin’, ridin’ into the sunset, drinkin’, cheatin’, hurtin’, yellin’, cussin’, fightin’, shootin’, breakin’ the law’, and fallin’ down ...

Music and happenings from Eritrea and the Eritrean community in Calgary.

'Lift The Bandstand' is Wednesday evening Jazz on CJSW. The show is hosted by Gordon Hilton Fick. Gordon has been with CJSW for more than 25 years. Most weeks, 'Lift The Bandstand' has a specific theme. The theme might be based around the compositions and performances by a specific artist. Sometimes an entire show is devoted to a single composition and the varied interpretations of that tune. The show title 'Lift The Bandstand' comes from a Steve Lacy quote: 'When I used to work with Monk, h ...

Classicool is a show where we listen to classical music and talk about it in a fun, accessible way.

Welcome to the Blues Witness, featuring the best in blues from across Canada and beyond.

Fullmoon Funkalicious

This program is dedicated to the education and exploration of disabled life, giving voice to the life and experience of people with disabilities. We cover a wide array of issues and disabilities. We are people who discuss issues we are passionate about and topics we are interested in. We show how disability is in the mind of the beholder.

High energy Synth Tunes from the outskirts of the webisphere. Plug into the mainframe and tune in for some righteous tracks.

Playing ska, reggae, and lovers rock from the 60s onwards

DirtyNeedles is Calgary’s premier weekly hip-hop mixshow on Calgary’s finest community radio station CJSW. Founded in 2001, DJ’s WyzeWon & Tanner of The TrackBastards Crew have been providing trueschool rap, soul, funk, disco, R&B, electro and general freshness over Calgary’s airwaves for over a decade.

This program is dedicated to the best of contemporary jazz music, affirming that jazz music is relevant and thriving today. In each episode, expect to hear music from current and recent releases and some classic jazz.

A mix of tunes for your Sunday afternoon!

In a downtown alley, late at night, you find the well-hidden door you're looking for. You knock, speak the password, and descend the stairs, following the sound of snaps and poetry. In Speakeasy words and music share the stage. You take a seat.