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Canadian Spaces
Interviews, performances, news and announcements, focusing on Canadian acoustic singer-songwriters.
Hosted by: Teresa Bandrowska, Pat Moore, Alan Surmachynski, Carolyn Sutherland, Anne-Marie Brugger, Mike Regenstreif, Ray Harris, Arthur McGregor, Chris White, Gord Peeling and Ian Tamblyn
Airs: Every Saturday from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Expect 40 minutes of uninterrupted folk, followed by interviews, live performances, music community news and concert announcements, with a focus on Canadian acoustic singer-songwriters.

Canadian Spaces

Date Host Highlight On Demand
Mar. 23, 2024 Pat Moore Let's hear a little more of David Essig, after all he has provided his song Sunrise as our Theme song for so many years! Lots of music today, not a lot of talk... but a little about some of the live music you can catch over the next while.
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Mar. 16, 2024 Ray Harris Pre St. Patrick’s Day Edition! 40 amazing minutes of folk, THEN it’s all Celtic/​Irish/​Maritime stuff with a few cool space invaders! Pour a little something Irish in your fave hot brown drink, but no green beer allowed! ☘️
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Mar. 9, 2024 anne-marie Rock n roll history in Ottawa
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Mar. 2, 2024 Teresa Bandrowska Two-fers: Good Canadian Folk, old and new, with your host Teresa Bandrowska.
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Feb. 24, 2024 Carolyn Sutherland and Chris White Musical guests Nyx and Lightsmith, Jenny Whiteley and Joey Wright
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Feb. 17, 2024 Ray Harris 40 minutes of Ottawa artists, then for the rest of the show, we remember the late, great Willie P. Bennett - gone 16 years!
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Canadian Spaces is Canada's longest-running folk music radio program.  Each show starts with "40 minutes of uninterrupted folk", followed by interviews, live performances, music community news and concert announcements, with a focus on Canadian acoustic singer-songwriters.  Chopper McKinnon founded Canadian Spaces in 1980 and hosted it for 33 years.  Now hosted by Chris White and a series of co-hosts, the show is broadcast on 93.1 FM and streamed on www.ckcufm.com on Saturdays from 10:00 am to noon Eastern.  You can listen back to past broadcasts "On Demand" at https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/129/index.html?filter=all.

Photo: Louise Glegg