Interviews, performances, news and announcements, focusing on Canadian acoustic singer-songwriters.
Hosted by: Teresa Bandrowska, Carolyn Sutherland, Ray Harris, Chris White, Anne-Marie Brugger, C.A. Jackson, Sonny Aiken 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
May. 3, 2025	Birdie Whyte, C.A. Jackson, and Sonny Aiken	Tulips And A Heart Beat - It's Spring Already!	available
Apr. 26, 2025	Anne-Marie Brugger and Chris White	Broadcasting live on radio and video from the Ottawa Grassroots Festival. You can watch this show 'live or later' on CKCU's YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/live/uBwF2z-FNfw	available
Apr. 19, 2025	Teresa Bandrowska	Almost All-Canadian Folk	available
Apr. 12, 2025	anne-marie	Tony Turner, Ottawa Grassroots Festival and much much more!	available
Apr. 5, 2025	Carolyn Sutherland and Chris White	A Canadian Spaces folk festival!	available
Mar. 29, 2025	Birdie Whyte, C.A. Jackson, and Sonny Aiken	Talkin' Canadian Content, Online Sources For Finding and Listening to Canadian Music.	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