Wednesday Special Blend
Wednesday November 12th, 2025 with Chris White
Interviews with Connie Kaldor, Albert Dumont, Eric Dormer, Carolyn Brown, Nathan Smith, Emilyn Stam, Anne-Marie Brugger, Amanda Rheaume and Audrey Pridham
Interviews with singer-songwriter Connie Kaldor, Algonquin spiritual adviser and author Albert Dumont, CKCU's founding production manager Eric Dormer, CKCU alum Carolyn Brown, Vinta band members Nathan Smith and Emilyn Stam, FemmeVox 9 co-producer Anne-Marie Brugger, and Métis singer-songwriter, Minoshkite Festival performer Amanda Rheaume, and Journalism student and CKCU host Audrey Pridham
| Hitched Together Connie Kaldor - Wide Open Spaces |
| Interview with Connie Kaldor. She performs at Motel Chelsea this Friday and Saturday – see https://www.motelchelsea.com/love-live |
| Sparklers And Gin Aleksi Campagne - For The Giving / Pour rien donner |
| I Will Resist Gabriel Campagne - . - x |
| Lifting My Heart Hart Rouge - Beaupre's Home |
| Colours Phasez - . |
| Interview with Algonquin spiritual adviser and author, Albert Dumont. His new book of poetry is called "he Sound My Heart Makes'. Website www.albertdumont.com |
| World Without Tomorrow Floyd Red Crow Westerman - Custer Died For Your Sins |
| Interview with CKCU alum Carolyn Brown. She;ll be attending CKCU's 50th anniversary celebrations this weekend, and will be featured on the 50th anniversary broadcast this Friday night from 11 pm to 1 am!. |
| Crummy Stuff The Ramones - Animal Boy |
| Interview with Eric Dormer, CKCU's first-ever production manager. He's heading to Ottawa from the Peterborough area for CKCU's 50th anniversary celebrations this weekend. |
| Whippersnapper Vinta - Beacons |
| Interview with Nathan Smith (Vinta at Red Bird on Fri. Nov. 21) |
| Interview with Vinta band members Nathan Smith and Emilyn Stam. Vinta plays Red Bird Live on Friday, November 21. Website www.vintamusic.com |
| Gigue aux chalumeaux/The Heron's Rookery Vinta - Beacons |
| Me, My Heart, and the Moon Ambre McLean - My Heart |
| Interview with Anne-Marie Brugger, co-producer of FemmeVox 9 taking place at GCTC on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 pm and featuring Jessica Pearson, Ambre McLean, Chelsey June, and Maeley – see www.gctc.ca/events/femmevox9 |
| Ready My Heart Jessica Pearson and the East Wind - On The Line |
| Interview with Brookfield High School student Maia Fraser, co-producer and co-host of Brookfield Variety Hour, heard on CKCU on Tuesdays at 12:05 pm. |
| One Of These Days Amanda Rheaume - The Truth We Hold |
| Interview with Métis singer-songwriter and Minoshkite Festival producer, Amanda Rheaume. Minoshite means 'music to the ears' in Algonquin! The festival takes place this Thursday and Friday at Bronson Centre – In addition to Amanda, the festival will feature Mimi O'Bonsawin, Aspects, Qattuu, Reuben and the Bullhorn Singers, Sebastian Gaskin, Drives the Common Man and Siibii – see https://bronsoncentremusictheatre.com/events |
| Midnight Sun Quattu - Midnight Sun |
| Comments from Carleton Journalism student Audrey Pridham, host of 'Daydream Frequencies' on CKCU, about her experiences at CLCU. |

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The story behind Amanda Rheaume's song is heartbreaking: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/amanda-rheaume-single-metis-history-1.7447524
9:17 AM, November 12th, 2025