Acheulean Age

ALL CANADIAN SPECIAL opening with a moving, loving, honest tribute to the accordion, on the 197th anniversary of the day (May 23, 1829) the patent was first given to Cyrill Demian by Viennese officials who most certainly had no idea just how integral that weird boxy thing would become to expressing Canadian hyphenate identities through song and stories.Playlist: Cameron Nickerson - Little Country HomeKelly Cliperton - Meet Me At The RailwayHowells - The Pressure (Acoustic)Cryptozoologists - Someone Egged My CarGene Kucherawy - Gene's PolkaHarry Hibbs, featuring Johnny Burke and the Caribou Showband - Brennan On The MoorEmilia Volodymyrivna Ostapchuk (Andrusiw), featuring Michael Minsky, Herman Kropatschek, the Viennese Symphony Orchestra - White Cottage In The OrchardRon - Polka Medley: Arbourg Polka, Accordion Polka, Southern PolkaFemale Beat - Walking the MeadowsAndy De Jarlis and His Early Settlers - Wayne's Old Time WaltzGaby Haas And His Barndance Gang - Barbary PolkaWilf Carter - Memories Of My Little Grey-Haired Mother In The WestKing Biscuit Boy, featuring Crowbar - Highway 61Tegan and Sara - Hang On To The NightHerbie Hancock , featuring Leonard Cohen, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Vinnie Colaiuta, Lionel Loueke - The Jungle LineQuit Music - sometimes i don'tRolf Boon, featuring The University of Lethbridge Contemporary Music Ensemble - Waves For Two Synthesisers, Percussion, Guitar, and SaxophoneCanadian Brass, featuring William McCauley - StaggeringStatus/Non-Status - Basket WeavingJim Balfour and Friends, featuring Don Griffith (piano) - Still VerticalWhitehorse - Manitoba Death StarDiamondtown - Faded LinesLoreena McKennitt - The Bonny Swans (Live)Lucy Maud Montgomery, featuring Marsha Epic Harris - The Children's GardenThe Joel Plaskett Emergency - True Patriot LoveNova Scotiables - Down Donegal's Stairs

I've been re reading books I loved as a kid, recently. Maybe it's to tap into my inner child. or to relive the glory days of being 6. Or the books are just good. That's always a possibility. I'm enjoying re reading these stories I either half-remember or don't recall at all. A few I remember differently. Currently, I've hit the 1960s/70s Dr. Who Novelisations streak, books that were old even when I was a child, and I am having the most lovely time going back into these. Novelisations of nostalgia. Nostalgisation. Today's tunes come from that place. Music I listened to while reading Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen by Gerry Davis, published by Target Books (not that Target), novel first published in 1978, TV serial broadcast 1967. Read along as we listen together, if you'd like!Playlist: Duke Ellington , featuring The Ron Collier Orchestra - Aurora BorealisMaude Audet - Pas besoin d'se mentirBenji Crane - MikaylaGiorgos Zampetas - The Lemon MarketThe Cadillac Three - LegacyThornetta Davis - HelplessDominique Claire - If God Is A WomanWilli Carlisle - Sound and FuryBill Bourne, Lester Quitzan, & Madagascar Slim - Scarecrow MurdersMelvins - Hag MeMike Tod - John The Revelatorsoa - One DayMildred Bailey - Almost Like Being In LoveRush - Cygnus C-1Muddy Waters - Standing Around CryingThe Animals - Cheatin'Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like MondaysSt. Arnaud - Pretend Like You DoPablo Cruise - For Another TownNature Walk - Sun ShinerJerry Perkins, featuring Mal Hallett and His Orchestra - Dearly BelovedThe White Stripes - Take, Take, TakeKeturah - Nchiwewe (Ode To Willie Nelson)Frankie Carle - I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

Local poet Richard Harrison, Governor General's Award Winner for his book of poetry On Not Losing My Father's Ashes In The Flood joins Syf to discuss his new book of poetry, My Mother Joins The Resistance, published last month. Head to a bookstore on your CJSW Friends Card and pick up a copy NOW! (please)Playlist: Meredith Bates - Book 1 - 3rd Incantation (Love)Female Beat, featuring Joan Evanchyshin (accordian), Valerie Feniuk (drums), Joyce Fedorowich (guitars & vocals) - Red Shawl TangoKacey Musgraves, featuring Miranda Lambert - Horses and DivorcesAstral Swans - True Love Leaves No TracesSquareHead - HomeKalsey Kulyk - Little BoyKen Coyler's Skiffle Group - Downbound TrainPaul McCartney & Ringo Starr - Home To UsSt. Arnaud - Midwest SuperstardomLoreena McKennitt - Bonny PortmoreTanya Tagaq - SummoningFlying Lotus - HORSE NUKEElysia Biro - Running From NothingOscar Peterson Trio - Politics and PokerLionel Richie, featuring Brenda Harvey-Richie - Penny LoverTori Amos - In Times Of DragonsBlack Mountain - Night Walks

Went for a walk without my headphones t'other day. Was early, north of seven in the morning. Couple of cars scurrying around my particular corner of suburbia. Their sounds barely registering. My dog and I wear bells when we walk, because the coyotes respect the bells, and avoid us. Coyotes don't enjoy the peals and tones. But they know that we do, so they let us well alone. We wear our music as armour. The stylish kind, fur lined. Cozy. Not too heavy. Light as sound.Playlist: Audrey Ochoa - The Green PlaceOra Cogan - Too LateEm Spel - Bird Or SnakeIntermontane Superterrane - The Chickadee SongMiki Yamanaka - Trinkle TinkleKNEECAP - AN RAVarious Artists - Afifa El Hawa by Al MassrieenRon - Kozak Nedley: Traditional Ukrainian Folk DanceRon - Fox Trot Medley: So Long, It's Been Good To Know You / Till We Meet Again / Home, Sweet Homebugswallow - all crittersThe Stooges - DirtRalph Sutton - Cataract RagElvis Costello and the Attractions - Shabby DollThe Irish Rovers - Two Little BoysThe Cameroon Choristers, featuring John F. Wilson - In Christ There Is No East Or WestJerry Garcia, David Grisham, and Tony Rice - Amazing GraceTeresa Brewer, featuring The Dixieland All Stars - Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In)Peaches - Take ItDOOL - The Hand Of CreationRahsaan Roland Kirk - You Did It You Did ItThe Cameroon Choristers - Njung XylophoneDucks Ltd. - Train Full Of GasolineIan Van Der Wee - I See You Every MorningSufjan Stevens - In The Devil's TerritoryMax Bruch, featuring Jascha Heifetz (violin), William Steinberg (conductor), Stanley Chaloupka (harp), RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - First Movement: Introduction: Adagio Cantabile

PENULTIMATE DAY OF CUFF 2026! Interviews: FIFTEEN / QUINCE showing Saturday April 25 10:15pm, with Yossy and Jack Zagha, directors BUFFET INFINITY showing Saturday, April 25 9pm, with Claire Theobald (actor/art director) and other special crew guests! Both at the GLOBE CINEMA. Tune on in, it's a blast!Playlist: Doc Evans Ensemble - That Dada StrainAngine De Poitrine - UtzpAterciopelados - Para Que No Digas Que No Pienso En TiTinariwen - Aba MalikNyxothera - Butterfly VinesRafaga - La Luna Y TuRémi Bolduc - Reflexion HarmoniqueGus Englehorn - Horse Hair PurseAmy Lou Keeler - A Maid I Am In LoveAndrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - Impact / AwakeYellow Omm - Rodeo Gal VEarl Hines - Earl Hines Remembers...Dylan Jewers - Peggy GordonRANT - Rosemarkie Man LIVEMelvins - P. G. X 3Ginetta's Vendetta - Blues For Pop-Pop (Holy Man)

CUFF IS UPON US! This week's interviews: BAGWORM, showing Saturday April 18 at 10:15pm (TONIGHT) EVERY HEAVY THING, showing Sunday, April 19 at 9:15pm (TOMORROW) Check out calgaryundergroundfilm.org, get your tickets, and I'll see you at the Globe!Playlist: Alexander Claffy - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (Live)bugswallow - IntroPort Authority - GasworksLala Lala - Wyoming DirtOne Leg One Eye - Sympathetic Invertebrate RitualGowan - Guerrilla SoldierMenno Versteeg - Bad DogPaolo Di Carlo - The LinesHolly Clark - Losing My MindStatus/Non-Status - BonesPaul Anka, featuring Herb Alpert - Aldous (Instrumental)Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My MindAndy De Jarlis and His Early Settlers - Alph. Carriere's Favorite JigCALYPSO ROSE - Police Band JammingKeith Jarrett - Spheres (9th Movement)

CUFF IS UPON US! Calgary Underground Film Festival, Globe Cinema, April 16-26, 2026. TODAY, TWO INTERVIEWS! Andrew David Lang & Val Duncan - Live Script Reading: Queen of the Vampire Penguins, Saturday April 25, 1pm AND Taratoa Stoppard -Mārama, Tuesday April 21, 9:45pm.Playlist: Ishmael Ali - On Nights Of The Full Moon, He Dreamed Of BuffaloAndrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - testamentfferlys - zina & zaraGordon Fury - the shooting of dan mcgrewNoah Zacharin - Been a long dayAaron Penton - In my headRoy Orbison - Up TownBig Harp - I'll write you love songs until I dieLittle Anthony & The Imperials - Tears On My PillowPhranc - caped crusaderHis Holiness Pope John Paul II - The Glorious Mysteries: 1st Mystery "The Resurrection"Indigo Girls - Shed Your Skin (Live) (Cut)Blue Öyster Cult - I Love The NightLazy Heffer - I Walk The LineTex Williams & His Western Caravan - Brother, Drop DeadThe Flaming Lips - Thank You Jack White (For The Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)Knilly - Ram The NationalistsWill Ackerman, featuring Samite, Michael Manring, Marc Shulman, Gerry James, Jackline Rago - Hawk CircleUltan O'Brien - Secret House In Fintra BegFriendly Rich - Birds 1 - 39

Been noticing osprey nests a lot more recently, but I don't think the ospreys have migrated north yet, too early, they prefer to arrive in May. When I was in uni, I knew the ospreys would arrive right after my last final exam, or right when my last final paper was due. I'm noticing last year's osprey nests more now because I want to see the ospreys, so my brain is training my eyes to pick out evidence of osprean nature. I, like the rivers, am readying myself for spring, and her incoming guests.Playlist: Johnny Smith, featuring Don Lamond (drums), Arnold Fishkin (bass), Perry Lopez (rhythm guitar) - I'll Remember AprilAndrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - Mirror EraBig Country - In A Big CountryAnne Murray, featuring Amy Grant - Could I Have This DanceNat Jaffe Trio, featuring Nat Jaffe (piano), Remo Palmieri (guitar), Leo Guarnieri (bass) - A Hundred Years From Todayfferlys - good morning, mr. magpieThe Sheepdogs - The OwlKing Biscuit Boy with Crowbar - Biscuit's BoogieBlack Sabbath - Planet CaravanCarter Felker - FrancineEm Spel - The PoetHellripper - The Art Of ResurrectionKenny Baker - Little JazzJay Coda Walker & Pete Johnson - Wicked GameThe Red Hot Chili Pipers - Rory McLeod / Molly's Jig / The Famous BaravanIan Wollman, featuring Derek Piotr - Twisty Fist / The Mouth That Eats The NoseThe Polyjesters - Is She Really Going out With Him?Jeff Beck - Rock My PlimsoulJosh White, featuring Jacques Wolf - I Got A Head Like A RockLeahy - The Call To DanceHotfoot Quintet - These Old BluesGreat Big Sea - Excursion Around The BayCharley Crockett - Fastest Gun AliveCounting Crows - Sullivan Street

DISENTOMB THE BRAIN FUNCTION. SUMMON FRACTAL ANGELS OV OUR BETTER NATURES. EAT SMOKESTACKS & BURP OUT RAILWAYS. FIND A COMFORT IN THE RUMBLING EARTH. WHAT GROWS YOUNGER AS WE GROW OLDER SHOULD NOT BE CALLED ORE. INDUSTRY? NOT HERE. WE ONLY KNOW HOW TO GROW OLD FORMULAS FROM NEW BELIEFS. AND THAT? THAT IS PRETTY NEAT.Playlist: Andrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - Disentomb The Brain FunctionThe Ratskin Family Band - All You Fascists (Bound To Lose)City Ramblers Skiffle Group - 900 MilesMolly Johnson & Jim Cuddy - Long Time RunningTōth - EasyNorah Jones & Josh Homme - Somethin' StupidBitter Fictions - GarnetSt. Arnaud - Karaoke NightDorothea Baker - O Danny BoyLoreena McKennitt - She Moved Through The FairCarter Faith - Fame Is A GunLloyd Price - Stagger LeeThe Sheepdogs - Coming HomeDr. John, featuring Cold Grits - Loop GarooJohn Coltrane - Om (Part I)Ghostkeeper - ...and our hurtful games shall come to a truceIshmael Ali - Stars In My Pocket

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