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Wednesday December 17th, 2025 with Steve Kirkland
better late than ever

Chow Mein
Pagliaro - Aujouird'hui - 1977, Direction BK Canadian
Ejs
Krokofant - Krokofant - 2014, Rune Grammofon
Contort Yourself (comp: James Chance)
Quad 90 - Quad 90 - 2025, Last Night From Glasgow/Creeping Bent New
Chicago B
Tirez Tirez - No Double Bagging Necessary - 1978, self-released
Harry Dean Stanton
Armory Show - Dead Souls - 2025, Last Night From Glasgow New
Broken (ft. Seventh Dose)
Deer Fang - Digital single - 2025, self-released Canadian New
Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young cover)
Dream Syndicate - It's Too Late To Stop Now - 1989, Another Cowboy Recording Canadian
My Guitar Lies Bleeding in my Arms
Tuff Darts - Tuff Darts! - 1978, Sire
On the Road Again (Canned Heat cover)
Big Country - Under Cover - 2001, BCR
Andromeda Gardens (Musical Bed)
Bill Nelson - Six String Apparatus: Painting with Guitars Vol. 3 - 2016, Tremolo Boy Records
Snow, Water
Steve Gunn - Music for Writers - 2025, Three Lobed Records
Debris (comp: Ronnie Lane)
Jim Boggia - V.A,: Ooh-La-La - Rock'n'Roll in the Spirit of The Faces - 2008, UNCUT Magazine
John the Gun
Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman and the Raven - 1970, A&M
Moth Part 14 (instrumental)
Mick Turner - Moth - 2002, Drag City
Maggie's Island
The New Leaves - A Sketch of Home - 2024, Corn Crake
Movin' On Up (Primal Scream cover)
The Golden Tree - Scottish Songs Observed Volume 2 - 2025, Last Night From Glasgow New
Friday 4:20 AM Swimming (feat. Anne Carson, Hugh Marsh
The Rheostatics - The Great Lakes Suite - 2025, Cordova Bay Records Canadian New
Mammals (feat. Uncle Neil O'Donnell)
The Rheostatics - The Great Lakes Suite - 2025, Cordova Bay Records Canadian New
Andromeda Gardens (Musical Bed)
Bill Nelson - Six String Apparatus: Painting with Guitars Vol. 3 - 2016, Tremolo Boy Records
Don't Touch Me There
The Tubes - Young and Rich - 1976, A&M
Carry the Sky
Sunday Morning - Digital single - 2025, self-released Canadian New
The Other Girls
Vivian Girls - Share the Joy - 2011, Polyvinyl Records
I'll Make It Clear
Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix - 1995, Geffen
Stevie Nix
The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday - 2005, Frenchkiss Records
Ripped Jeans
Wasting Time - Digital single - 2025, self-released Canadian New
Red Mist White Knuckles
Night Crickets - How it Ends [?] (sic) - 2024, Label 51
Andromeda Gardens (Musical Bed)
Bill Nelson - Six String Apparatus: Painting with Guitars Vol. 3 - 2016, Tremolo Boy Records
April Mountain
Christmas - Heritage - 1970, Daffodil Records Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Wally
Good afternoon Steve, made it here from the start this week and looking forward to 2 hours of great tunes

1:46 PM, December 17th, 2025
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hi Wally!

1:50 PM, December 17th, 2025
Benoît
Good day!

2:04 PM, December 17th, 2025
Steve Kirkland (host)
Benoît... and to you!

2:06 PM, December 17th, 2025
Drewski
Hi Steve! ...with more than an hour to go I managed to randomly catch your show at its new time. Must be my lucky day!?!

2:15 PM, December 17th, 2025
Steve Kirkland (host)
Howdy Drew!

2:18 PM, December 17th, 2025
mike p
remember listening long prior to the interactive introduction, for which i'm grateful. this show had always a premiere of exclusivity, in parts of quality, variety, your name and voice, and longevity. for what reason i mention this today, i don't know. hi time i suppose. Thanks always had an exclusivity

2:39 PM, December 17th, 2025
Steve Kirkland (host)
mike p, exclusive without, i hope, being elitist...

2:45 PM, December 17th, 2025
B
Oh, typo in "Canned" (Heat cover), one n missing. That's it!

2:45 PM, December 17th, 2025
PeterB
Tubes!! HA! Been a while. And i aint no virgin either... ... gettin used to the time slot ...

2:46 PM, December 17th, 2025
Steve Kirkland (host)
Cheers PeterB... me too re the new time slot...

2:52 PM, December 17th, 2025
Steve Kirkland (host)
Thanks for listening in... commenting.

3:20 PM, December 17th, 2025
mikep
class

3:29 PM, December 17th, 2025
Benoît
And thank you for that long-form number at the end!

3:29 PM, December 17th, 2025