CJSW Podcasts

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

The latest tracks from the fringes of dance & electronic music

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

Val takes you from the hip hop heavy Shaolin Sundays to our Sunday night chillout block in style. It's a mix of music, chats, and fun times. Sponsored by the CJSW Friends Card

Improvisation, free jazz, contemporary composition, spoken word, mash-ups, plunderphonics, ambient, electronics, avant, post rock, extreme, outer limits are some descriptors.

Sponsored by Freq Magazine

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Jack in your headphones and take a trip through genre, time, and place. Explore the Commonwealth with the pioneers of the music industry and discover new influenced by these innovators. Sponsored by the Ship & Anchor Pub

Tim takes you on a rip roaring rock n' roll journey through the recess of 60's garage to the heights of post punk, sprinkled with hip music from today's ace players. Always the most modern music of its time. Sponsored by the Dandy Brewing Company

CJSW’s monthly foray into literature. Hosted and produced by Dymphny Dronyk and sound engineered by Cody Dronyk, Writer’s Block is focused on local events, writers, poets, publishers, while keeping an eye on the bigger literary picture across the country and around the world! Writer’s Block airs at 90.9 on the FM dial in Calgary on the third Wednesday of every month at 8 p.m.

When things are looking bleak on the ice, you can always look to your 4th line. Thursday's from 10-11am, tune into "The 4th Line Grind", for some Canadian tunes that aren't afraid to put pucks deep. Each week we'll be getting gritty with the latest Canadian music and artists that aren't afraid to dump and chase. Stay tuned, and keep your stick on the ice. Sponsored by the CJSW Friends Card

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.

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

A lot of good music starts in the garage, and then works its way into your ears. The mechanics here have been putting together a weekly mix tape for your ears, and car stereo, off and on for 25+ years. This show tries to help guide you to the quirky coolness that's always existed left of the dial, as we broadcast out of our garage, and into yours. Sponsored by the Chemistry Association of Canada: Responsible Care

Joan Sarro spins new top tracks & all eras of punk, post-punk, garage, electronic, indie, k-tel gold, everything between & outside the lines. Sit back, dance in your car, do what you want, enjoy. Music freaks of the world unite. Sponsored by International Avenue BRZ

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.

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

The musical mix you didn't know you needed! Join Daisy as she plays a variety of hot trax and sensitive bangers that are sure to heat up your day! From indie rock to RNB deep cuts to your favorite local talent - Hot Trax is here to give you that little something extra to brighten up your day. Sponsored by the Hexagon Board Game Café

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 live concert experience in a snapshot, taped live and not in studio, no overdubs warts and all included. Sometimes a little far sometimes a little near, but hopefully something we can all enjoy. We bring you blues, rock, jazz, fusion, folk, reggae, world, in fact a nice eclectic mix. Drop by and check it out.

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 ...

une bonne louche of Louisiana music traditional and contemporary and spices it up with music from Acadiana. Gumbo draws from more than 20 different genres. You'll hear jazz from 1917 to 2011, Cajun, Zydeco, blues, C&W, Rockabilly, R&B from the 1950s glory days to today's rockin' Atomic Pilot and Santeria, soul, funk, neo-soul, neofunk, hip-hop, brass bands from 1945 to today's brass-hop Soul Rebels, ska-punk, reggae, and more.

Journey into a dark and primeval world of post rock, math-rock, and post-metal, as host Sean Willett guides you through your brooding Tuesday nights. Every show features a new discovery from the forefront of paleontological science, from the skeletons of colossal dinosaurs to the pint-sized remains of Burgess Shale predators. So sit back, relax, and welcome to The Lost World.

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 ...

When the sun goes down the adventure is just beginning. Dive deep into the newest sounds in bass music, including dubstep, footwork, juke, leftfield and halftime. WWTNT brings the party to your living room with personal selects from your host Carissa Gem. The last Friday of every month is dedicated to producer and label showcases from Calgary and beyond. Sponsored by Wild Brewing Co

“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 ...

'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 20 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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

The most dangerous metal show on Earth.

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

A music mix to accompany your first sip of tea. Ease into the day with a blend of ambient, classical, and electronic music.

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

It's a party and you're invited. Bring a casserole to the party.

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.

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 Community Natural Foods