Sometimes a record reaches CKUT's library that's so good you find a whole new niche of music. From more "traditional" country/western music to fusion to country-disco to some modern tunes... this show explores country music coming from Africa!
For this exceptional rendition of New Shit, we broadcast live from Jeanne-Mance park, playing new songs from Mei Semones, Oklou, Panda Bear, and more - all with our tummies full of watermelon and hot dogs.
Midnight’s Another Day – Tribute to Brian Wilson on Free Kick
Join Malcolm for this special Brian Wilson tribute episode of Free Kick, a unique freeform brunchtime musical journey bringing together a melange of new sounds and old sounds alike.
Join MC the Natural for a new edition of Freeform Air, CKUT's volunteer-run open format program. Ebbs and flows on the road of life; from DnB to jazz, ambient to hip-hop and every thing in between.
Upstage host Sarah kicks off the Fringe with live interviews featuring playrights, performers, and stage managers from five shows: An Uncomfortable Dinner Party, A Love Unbecoming, Little Star: Born of Desire, Harlem of the North and Mr Potts.
The Montreal Sessions – Suoni Per Il Popolo Takeover #3 w/ Kiva and Stefan
Join Kiva and Stefan for another Suoni Per Il Popolo takeover of The Montreal Sessions, a monthly artist-in-residency program highlighting local musicians, labels, and festivals.
CKUT's in-house journalist Jules details local news stories from this week, on topics such as climate, safe-consumption, and Quebec's latest language and culture bill.
In this unique broadcast live from Maktaba bookshop, we hear a mixtape with sounds from a Sudan Solidarity Collective event at La Sala Rossa, as well as some material from the Make Fuzz Not War compilation released to support Doctors Without Borders in Palestine and the Middle East Children's Alliance.
Batty Bwoy starts from a place of play and desire, entangled in violence and charming cruelty. Through a reappropriation of the Jamaican term “Batty Bwoy” (literally, butt boy), slang for a queer person, Harald Beharie’s work twists and turns the myths of the black queer body unfolding vulnerable possibilities in an interplay of consciousness and naivety.
Off the Hour: The trans care snitch list and the state of gender-affirming care in Quebec and Canada; Stefan Christoff interviews Samar Alkhdour (May 14, 2025)
Lawrence and the Community News Collective speak with members of The Breach and the Trans Patient Union about Canadian care providers showing up on the American government's snitch list plus the state of gender-affirming care in Canada, and Stefan Christoff interviews Samar Alkhdour
Funding Drive Special: Off the Hour Off the Rails / Talk Shit O’Clock / Harbinger of Doom – LIVE from Casa del Popolo (May 7, 2025)
For the first time ever, CKUT's Community News Collective, Jules and Jack, and members of the Harbinger Media Network and Unrigged.ca joined forces for a 3-hour live news broadcast from Casa Del Popolo.
World Skip the Beat: Kalahari Surfers and Warrick Sony (Pt. 1) – November 25, 2024
Part 1 of Estee and Louise's interview with South African composer, producer, musician and sound designer Warrick Sony, the founder and sole permanent member of the Kalahari Surfers, who made politically radical satirical anti-apartheid music in 1980s South Africa.
World Skip the Beat: Kalahari Surfers and Warrick Sony (Pt. 2) – February 10, 2025
Part 2 of Estee and Louise's interview with South African composer, producer, musician and sound designer Warrick Sony, the founder and sole permanent member of the Kalahari Surfers, who made politically radical satirical anti-apartheid music in 1980s South Africa.
