Episodes
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Live at CKUT Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Elliott Sharp November 4th 1989
November 1989, Pakistani Sufi Musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and fellow musicians were in Montreal to perform a concert for Traquen' Art. Elliot Sharp a central figure in the New York Avant-Garde and experimental music scene, was also in Montreal for a separate performance. Bryan Zuraw, CKUT's...
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Don’t Believe the Hype: Chuck D on Weekend Groove, 1989!
Chuck D shares his opinions on the American government (George Bush! Remember that guy?), politicians, and history and the effects on Black America. Chuck D elaborates on “Don’t Believe the Hype” (1988) and on Public Enemy’s support for Minister Farrakhan who is mentioned in many of the group’s...
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Subterranean Jungle with Flipped Out Phil
Subterranean Jungle was a radio show that aired on CKUT 1985 – 1999. Flipped out Phil moved out of Montreal but continued his much loved radio show online. You can check in out here http://www.flippedoutphil.com/ This is the show intro Click here to download audio
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Protest and Pedagogy Funky Revolutions 2019
In 1969 a group of students occupied the 9th floor computer center of Sir George Williams University (currently known as Concordia University) to object to racial bias in academic grading. 50 Years later we revisit this page in Montreal history through an event called Protest & Pedagogy. Khalid...
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Oral History in Conversation with Andy Williams
Sunday Aug 19th The Goods Radio show went live from Casa Del Popolo for a live interview with Andy Williams conducted by Doug Miller (co-host of Amandla, CKUT's African News Programme since 1987). They go through Andy's musical origins in Derby, England, Jamaica, Toronto, Lennoxville and now...
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Oral History with Martha Marie Kleinhams
As part of CKUT's 30th Anniversary Oral History project, we interviewed Martha Marie Kleinhans who was one of the key driving forces behind CKUT's fm licence application and move to FM. She says that Concordia University was expected to get the licence because of their active ties to the local...
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Oral History with Andrea Jane Cornell
Andrea Jane Cornell began listening to the radio show AACK as a teen, soon after she volunteered, subbed for Where's the Beat and then became CKUT's Music Resource Coordinator and Music Department Coordinator (2006-2011). In this interview she talks about her passion for the Music Library, the...
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Oral History with Ian Pringle
Ian Pringle was a Bookkeeper, then Spoken Word Coordinator from 1987-1991. He discovered CKUT when he was a McGill student, assigned to do a piece on CKUT getting our FM license for the student newspaper The Tribune. Taken with the diversity and excitement of the station he became a volunteer and...
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Oral History With Stuart Greer
Stuart volunteered and worked at CKUT from 1991-95. He worked in the Spoken Word and News Department. He describes arriving at a time that spawned a lot of activism as it just followed the Oka Crisis and infamous Sex Garage also just following the Gulf War. He describes what news gathering looked...
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Oral History with Bryan Zuraw
Bryan Zuraw was at Radio McGill/CKUT from 1983-1997 as a volunteer, music librarian and music coordiantor. He recounts was was going on musically at the time, musique actuelle, (the beginnings of Ambience Magnetique), college indie rock (pre-Nirvana), hip hop, dancehall reggae (when these genres...
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History of the Community News Department
As part of CKUT's 30th Anniversary festivities we hosted a panel on the evolution of CKUT's News Department. CKUT has covered issues from street level emphasizing the voices of those not heard in mainstream media, namely those affected by the policies, regulations and political decisions. In this...
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Interview with Rev Jesse Jackson by Christopher Heron April 2018
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King. In commemoration of this historic event, Christopher Heron, host of Mind Soul & Spirit conducted an interview with Reverend Jesse Jackson. Rev Jackson speaks of his love for gospel music (he grew up with Aretha Franklin)....
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Interview with Christof Migone March 2018
CKUT intern Eve Fiertag looks at experimenting with the radio on the radio for this time capsule installment. She speaks to ex CKUT Music Coordinator and Production Coordinator Christof Migone who participated at CKUT from 1987 - 92. He also hosted the radio show "Dangers In Paradise" which he...
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Feminism On the Radio 30th Anniversary Special March 2018
The Montreal Sessions dug into this CKUT Time Capsule for the Month of March 2018. In this episode we look at 30 Years of feminist radio. Your hosts, Alex Moskos and Louise Burns interview Penny Patterson who hosted the radio shows CUTS, Thread the Needle and Beach Blanket Bingo on CKUT and who...
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Oral History lesson with Pat Dillon Moore March 2018
As part of the 30th Anniversary Oral History special programming we interview Pat Dillon Moore aka The Dreadhead aka The Empress aka Sistah P, former host of Positive Vibes, former station manager of CKUT and current co-host of Bhum Bhum Time. Pat tells us what it was like growing up in Montreal…
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Tranzistor Radio March 8 2018
Eve Parker Finley Celebrates International Women's Day in the Transiest way possible. She profiles women such as Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson gay activist in the time of Stonewall and co-founders of STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolution) and educates us on other women we should know...
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March Montreal Sessions opens up the Time Capsule. Episode 1 – March 6 2018
Throughout the month of March, the Montreal Sessions is being devoted to cracking open the time capsule and exploring what 30 Years of free form, independent, underground radio sounds like. This episode includes an interview with longtime CKUT volunteer Margo Lane, Roots Rock Reggae listeners...
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Tamayugé Live on CKUT Jan 2018
Tamayugé perform live on CKUT 90.3 fm radio show Chaud Pour Le Mont Stone – Collaboration with Tamara Filyavich (electronics) and Maya Kuroki (vocals). Show hosted by Francois Letourneau...
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Oral History with Samaa Elibyari Dec. 2017
Interview with Samaa Elibyari member of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and host of Caravan on CKUT. 30th Anniversary Oral History interviewed by Tamara Filyavich
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International Radio Report 30th Anniversary Radio Show Nov. 19th 2017
Special hour long episode of the International Radio Report in honor of 30 year on the air. Hosts Sheldon Harvey and David Asselin, are joined by past contributors Janice Laws, Gilles Letourneau, CKUT culture Coordinator Tamara Filyavich, Alan Roberts and Zack Rynar. Clips from the very first...
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Margo Lane – Oral History October 2017
Margo Lane has volunteered at CKUT 90.3fm in Montreal since 1987. She was our weather girl, eco-environmental receptionist, and host of the radio show Adventures in Music. Margo is infamous. Most of us who have been part of the CKUT community have a Margo story. This is her story in her words.
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30th Anniversary – In Conversation with Rickey D October 2017
In celebration of CKUT's 30th Anniversary on the fm dial, we will be exploring our past through a series of podcasts, time capsule posts and live events such as this first one. Sun Oct 15th 2017 we sat down with Rickey D, host of Sound of Soul since 1988 and hip hop promoter and influencer for 32...
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Manchilde Live at CKUT – June 2012
Manchilde formally of the hip hop group The Butta Babees and past host of Ill Groove Garden swung by CKUT, Ill Groove Garden after opening for Mos Def and dropped this free-style. June 21 2012
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Clip of the Week: Origins of the XX files May 2016
XX files celebrates 20 years of feminist radio on CKUT 90.3fm. In this clip Valerie Walker who has contributed to this show for 19 years speaks of the origins. Keeping it real cause "we have the power to learn and teach each other."
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Clip of the Week Alex Moskos & Sam Shalabi – December 2015
Montreal musicians, Sam Shalabi and Alexander Moskos hosted the radio show If You Got Ears in the month of December 2015. They played a game of free association, here is a sample.
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Up Close & Personal with Lady Saw at Montreal International Reggae Festival Aug 2015
West Indian Rhythm's Howard 'Stretch' Carr and Faithlyn Sankar talk to Lady Saw about infidelity, infertility and staying strong. This was taken from the August 2015 live broadcast from the Montreal International Reggae Festival. Only CKUT can get interviews like this from renowned artists, its...
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Sex Garage 25th Anniversary
osh Marquis host of the radio show QueerCorps interviews ex CKUT staff and former host of QueerCorps and Schmoozing, Puelo Dier and photographer Linda Dawn Hammond about the infamous event known as Sex Garage that galvanized the queer community in July 1990. Sex Garage was a loft party put on by...
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Les Momies de Palerme Live at CKUT – May 2013
Local avant-garde duo Les Momies de Palerme (Xarah Dion and Marie Davidson) reunited for a special live performance on CKUT's If You Got Ears in May 2013. On "Quebec," the pair create a synth soundscape that is somehow both calming and unsettling.
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Dykes on Mykes OrcHERstra Performance at CKUT’s 25th Anniversary
The past and current hosts of the radio show Dykes On Mykes dug up the mysterious origins to the their theme show and performed it live at CKUT's 25th Anniversary Party. The theme is in fact from a 70s Italian opera La Gatta Cenerentola by Roberto De Simon -re-mixed into a house music club banger...
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CKUT 25th Anniversary – Logic Johnson!
As you may have heard, CKUT had a pretty great party to celebrate our 25 years on air. One of the highlights was a unique rap written & performed live by Logic Johnson, host of Listen You Smell Something. It was a one-time only performance but it's too good to not share. Check it out
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The Origins of Venus Radio
Venus Radio started in 1996 by Laura MacNeil, Delphine Foo and Erin MacLeod. The show is run by a collective of hosts and "explores women's impact on music and the impact of music on women in various jobs, stations and positions in life" (show proposal Nov 1996). The show went on to win many #1...
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Dorothy Proctor – A Survivor of Prison Experiments
While imprisoned in the 1960s, Dorothy Proctor was experimented on and forced to electric shock, sensory deprivation, and even LSD-25. Many years after being released, Proctor began her investigation on the experiments that were done to her and countless others in the 1960s and 70s. She later…
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MTL Skater Dykes! 1990s
Skater Dykes - MTL Skateboarding Group Produced by: Ronit & Melanie Turn up your volume 'cause this audio's O-L-D! In this clip two women, part of an all-dyke Montreal skating crew, talk about what it means to be a female skater. What do you do when you love the hardcore scene and skateboarding,...
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Sex Work & Breaking Down Stigma with Valerie Scott 2012
Former sex worker, Valeria Scott, discusses the obsession the public has with sex while still being reluctant to speak about the need to educate on safe sex practices. She rebukes the stigma that prostitutes spread STD’s. Scott explains why apprehending all sex-workers or making prostitution…
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Clip of the Week – Sampaloo 2013
Montreal Reggae artist Sampaloo being interviewed by CKUT's Skills Link Crew. Sampaloo talks about coming to Montreal from Jamaica - being an illegal immigrant and starting to get into music. Skills Link was a programme CKUT ran with the Cote Des Neige Black Community Center empowering youth...
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We’ve got a sweet tooth for The Sugarcubes! 1990s
Interview with The Sugarcubes Produced by: Lorrie Edmonds Members Einar Benediktsson and Magga Örnólfsdóttir talk with Lorrie about their uncertainty as The Sugarcubes, their publishing company Bad Taste, the music scene in Iceland. Their life on tour is one that amuses them - everything from the...
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Craigslist Confidential, 2012
If you happened to tune in to CKUT in the middle of a Monday night in late 2012 you may have stumbled upon Craigslist Confidential, a short-lived but fascinating delve into the world of Craigslist. Only two episodes have survived, but you can listen to them here.
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Clip of the Week: Off the Hook Radio Sept 2012
Off The Hook Radio airing every Wednesday from midnight to 2am - for multiple years - tune in and listen to them discuss just how many years each week -but definitely upwards of 20. The infamous, Rap Hour Half Hour has rappers dropping in the station or calling up to rap. Take a listen to this…
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Jimmy Cliff interview July 2012
Howard "Stretch" Carr and Faithlyn Sankar interview the one and only Jimmy Cliff. This interview took place July 28th 2012 for CKUT radio show West Indian Rhythms. They cover the inspiration behind The Harder They Come and Many Rivers to Cross, riots in Brixton, and his commitment to uplifting…
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Clip of the Week End of the Montreal Mirror July 2012
The Montreal Mirror was a weekly, anglo, alternative newspaper founded in 1985. It focused on Arts & Culture, entertainment listings, and local politics. It was bought by Quebecor in 1997 and subsequently sold in June 2012 much to the shock and dismay of its employees and numerous readers. This...
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Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars Live on CKUT – July 2012
Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars dropped by BasabasaSoukous Soundz July 10 2012 to perform live. They were in town to perform at Festival Nuits D'Afrique. Performing Big Fat Dog.
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Maica Mia Live at CKUT – June 2012
This experimental rock duo stopped by CKUT's Montreal Sessions in June 2012 as part of the station's Suoni Per Il Popolo coverage. Maica Mia may not be together anymore, but their dark, slow-burning songs still resonate.
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Isle of Pine Live at CKUT – June 2012
Isle of Pine (Tim Darcy of Ought's previous band) live performance on CKUT's Underground Sounds (Mondays 8pm - midnight) Produced by Caroline Dutka
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Bhum Bhum Time Clip of the Week – Racial Profiling April 2012
This clip, from Bhum Bhum Time is a discussion about racial profiling in Montreal. Sadly the “hoodie march” spoken of was cancelled because of concerns about the safety of participants. In this clip Pat Dillon aka Sistah P is speaking to Reverend Gray. They discuss the student strike, Trevor...
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Tonstartssbandht Live at CKUT – September 2011
Tonstartssbandht's Andy and Edwin White know their way around CKUT - Andy was the station's music librarian in 2010, and the two have performed on air many times over the years. In town for POP Montreal 2011, the brothers stopped by CKUT's If You Got Ears, treating listeners to a live rendition…
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Joe Bataan Interviewed by Andy Williams 2011
The King of Latin Soul Joe Bataan is interviewed by Andy Williams of CKUT Radio Show The Goods September 6th 2011. The Goods is hosted by DJs Andy Williams and Scott C. The show began in August 2002 and is still on the airwaves.
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Lantern Live at CKUT – June 2011
Lantern passed by New Shit June 2011 and performed live. They were in town for a performance at Weird Fest Montreal. Hometown Philadelphia. Engineered by Joe Winer produced by A.J Cornell
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Nick Kuepfer Live at CKUT – June 2011
Local musician and sound artist Nick Kuepfer is a longtime favourite studio guest here at CKUT. In June 2011, he stopped by Montreal Sessions for a particularly captivating and chilling experimental set.
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A Letter To Kiss
This radio art “Rock Story” was produced by Louise Burns in 2010. The text is from a letter she intercepted while working at PolyGram Records in the early 80s. It is based on a piece of fan mail to the group Kiss, written at the time when the group decided to perform without their traditional...
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Bernardino Femminielli Live at CKUT – June 2010
Bernardino Femminielli is a Montreal dance musician whose persona precedes him. For June 2010 edition of Montreal Sessions, he brought his synths down to the CKUT studio and performed this long-form instrumental electronic track. 22 minutes very well spent.