Interviews, performances, news and announcements, focusing on Canadian acoustic singer-songwriters.
Hosted by: Chris White, Ray Harris, Anne-Marie Brugger, Teresa Bandrowska, Carolyn Sutherland, Lazzy Lung, 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
Nov. 1, 2025	Teresa Bandrowska, Carolyn Sutherland and Chris White	Live from the National Arts Centre with Lynn Miles, Leahy, The Paugan Dames, Tony Turner, Kate Greenland and Jack Pine	available
Oct. 25, 2025	Carolyn Sutherland and Chris White	Funding Drive 2025 – show #1 – please support independent community media	available
Oct. 18, 2025	Anne-Marie Brugger, Carolyn Sutherland, Chris White	Live from the Folk Music Ontario conference with Donne Roberts, Kiiola, David Woodhead, Catriona Sturton, Claude Munson, Minuscule, Tony Turner, Arthur McGregor, Moonfruits and Ginalina	available
Oct. 11, 2025	anne-marie	Our guests will be The Paul Weber Band, Libby & Cal, James Leclaire and SofTTie Award recipient, Marilyn Stratton-Zimmer.	available
Oct. 4, 2025	Mary Gick and Chris White	Chris Ronald and Nathan Smith, Linda Morrison, Pam and Jeff Gleeson, Mary Gick and Matt Griffin	available
Sep. 27, 2025	Carolyn Sutherland and Chris White	45th anniversary of Canadian Spaces with Joyce MacPhee, Gina Lam, Sophie Lukacs, Rose Simpson, Tom Plant, Lia Kiessling, Finn and Oz, Rosalyn Dennett, Tom Lips, Tom and Paul, David Miller and Anne Lindsay	available

Visit the Canadian Spaces Facebook page for photos and concert listings: www.facebook.com/canadianspaces

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