Interviews, performances, news and announcements, focusing on Canadian acoustic singer-songwriters.
Hosted by: Chris White, Ray Harris, Anne-Marie Brugger, Teresa Bandrowska, Carolyn Sutherland, Sonny Aiken, C.A. Jackson and Birdie Whyte
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

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Date	Host	Highlight	On Demand
Jul. 12, 2025	anne-marie	Bluesfest! It must be summer!	available
Jul. 5, 2025	Carolyn Sutherland	Summer festivals music playlist, and interviews with Quique Escamilla, Ray Bonneville, and Lynn Miles.	available
Jun. 28, 2025	Carolyn Sutherland and Chris White	Interviews with Sam Allison (Lotus Wight), Emmi Winter & The Heroic Mad Peasants, Joel Elliott, and Jamie Campbell (Stewart Park Festival)	available
Jun. 21, 2025	Sonny Aiken, Birdie Whyte & C.A. Jackson	Canadian favourites, new and old!	available
Jun. 14, 2025	anne-marie	anne-marie in conversation with Suzie Ungeleider, Paul Weber and Franco-Ontarien Festival ED, Sophie Bernier!	available
Jun. 7, 2025	Teresa Bandrowska	Canadian Folk featuring Indigenous artists old and new, plus recent artist releases.	available
May. 31, 2025	Jeannie Taylor and Chris White	Lynne Hanson,100 Floors Above (Robin Guy and Scott Richardson), Alan Sandeman, Birdie Whyte, Zakir Virani, Cole Osiowy, Caden Nikkel	available

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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

The first Hour of Canadian Spaces is proudly sponsored by Compact Music