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Classical Coffee Break Episode 6, 04.10.25

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  • Ralph Vaughan Williams, 6 Studies in English Folksong (Verson for Cello & Piano): No. 5, Andante tranquillo “The Lady and the Dragon” – Gerald Peregrine, cello, Antony Ingham, piano
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 4: III. Versus II, Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt – Oxford Bach Soloists, Tom Hammond-Davies, conductor
  • Samuel Arnold, Macbeth: End of Act 4, The Earl of Douglas’s Lament – Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Kevin Mallon, conductor
  • Gerald Finzi, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Op. 28a: I. The King’s Poem – Royal Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths, conductor
  • Ludovico Einaudi, DNA (Ar. for Piano Quintet) – Mari Samuelsen, violin
  • Tomaso Albinoni, Concerto a 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 5, No. 1: I. Allegro – Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage, conductor
  • Edvard Grieg, Two Elgiac Melodies, Op. 34: No. 2, Last Spring (Orchestral Version) – Academy of St. Martins in the Fields, Sir Neville Mariner, conductor
  • William Boyce, Symphony No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 “Birthday Ode”: III. Presto Allegro – Arcadia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon, conductor
  • Felix Mendelssohn, Song Without Words in D Major, Op. 109, MWV Q34 – Jacqueline du Pre, cello, Gerald Moore, piano
  • Felix Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn Variation (From Violin Concerto, Op. 64, MWV O14, Arr, for Piano) – Gabriele Bagnati, piano
  • Henry Purcell, Abdelazer, Z.570: 2. Rondeau – Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, conductor
  • Florence Beatrice Price, Adoration – Philippe Quint, violin, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 – Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, conductor
  • Gabriel Faure, Requiem, Op. 48: Pie Jesu – Oxford Camerata, Lisa Beckley, soprano, Jeremy Summerly, conductor
  • Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a (After “Molto adagio” from String Quartet, Op. 11) – London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

 

CKMS News – 2025-04-09- Kitchener named as a “Tree City of the World”

CKMS News – 2025-04-09- Kitchener named as a “Tree City of the World”

dan kellar
Kitchener, ON –
Kitchener has joined 21 other cities in Canada and 210 cities in 24 countries around the planet in being named a Tree City of the World by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and The Arbour Day foundation.  The designation reflects the city’s efforts in “tree care, policy development, community engagement and maintaining a healthy urban canopy”.  Nearby, both Hamilton and Cambridge also hold the leafy designation.

In a press release announcing the designation, Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic said “As we look to celebrate Earth Day later this month, this recognition is a wonderful indicator that we’re moving in the right direction for our community, our forest and our planet!”

This show features an interview with Joshua Shea, the Manager of Forestry and Natural Area  Management at the city of Kitchener. Shea reflects on the Tree City of the World designation, speaks about an upcoming free tree giveaway, and discusses his most appreciated trees. For more information visit kitchener.ca/trees

Meet The Candidate: Brian Adeba, Liberal candidate for Kitchener Centre

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Brian Adeba and Clayton Moore
Brian Adeba, the Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Kitchener Centre came to the CKMS-FM studio to speak to the voters on Thursday 10 April 2025. He was accompanied by Clayton Moore.


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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Brian Adeba, Liberal candidate for Kitchener Centre

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Nature Answers

"Nature Answers" (Image of a rural landscape with trees and water)Nature Answers

Nature Answers is a podcast from Farm Radio International that shares stories from rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, where some of the most vulnerable people on earth are turning to nature for solutions to a changing climate. And it’s working!

Nature Answers is syndicated from Farm Radio International and airs on CKMS-FM on Wednesdays from 10:00am to 10:30am.

Meet The Candidate: Maya Bozorgzad, NDP candidate for Kitchener — Conestoga

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Maya Bozorgzad and Darren Bondy

Maya Bozorgzad, the New Democratic Party candidate for Kitchener — Conestoga, came to the CKMS-FM studio to speak to the voters on Wednesday, 9 April 2025. She was accompanied by Darren Bondy.

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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Maya Borzorgzad, NDP candidate for Kitchener — Conestoga

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Meet The Candidate: Mike Morrice, Green Party candidate for Kitchener Centre

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Mike Morrice and Mary Jane Patterson
Mike Morrice, Green Party candidate for Kitchener Centre, came into the CKMS-FM studio to talk to the voters on Tuesday 8 April 2025. He was accompanied by Mary Jane Patterson.

 

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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Mike Morrice, Green Party candidate for Kitchener Centre

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

#AltElxn2025: Vancouver Island Voices – Saanich – Gulf Islands

The first episode of #AltElxn2025 Radio for the Canadian Election National Campus and Community Radio Association Association nationale des radios étudiantes and communautaires (NCRA microphone logo, maple leaf logo, and a background of a hand inserting a ballot into a ballot box)#AltElxn2025 aims to illuminate the election issues in British Columbia, particularly focusing on Vancouver Island. The objective is to be part of a series of programs from across Canada that will inform listeners about national issues within the context of a local riding, in this case, Saanich-Gulf Islands. Notably, this is also the “Greenest” riding in Canada, as both the National and Provincial Green parties have held seats here for about a decade. As you will see, while the Provincial Greens recently reelected a green MLA, the National Green candidate, Elizabeth May, is facing a tough battle this time.

This is Episode One of #AltElxn 2025, airing on CKMS-FM at 9:30am on Tuesday, 8 April 2025. #AltElxn 2025 is a four episode series syndicated from the NCRA/ANREC and airs on CKMS-FM as part of Meet The Candidate: 2025 Federal Election, weekdays from 9:02am to 10:00am from 7 to 29 April 2025.

Hosted by Bill Collins and Peter Wainwright.


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Index

0:00 – 0:31 – Show Introduction & Host Welcome – Backing Track “AltElnx25.wav”

0:31 – 4:01 – Act 1 Setting the scene from here

  • BC Elections breakdown, how many seats, recent voting patterns
  • Vancouver Island ridings and how they compare to BC and Canada  in voting habits
  • Saanich-Gulf Islands riding physical description and notable economic drivers, including industrial setting.

4:01 – 4:16 Musical Transition  “2025 Election Central”

4:16- 8:51 – Act 2 Comments from the sidewalk: Taking the pulse of people on the street. Peter and Bill to comment on major themes, local vs national issues.

8:51 –  9:15 Musical Transition – Song “Breaking News”

9:15 – 20:53 – ACT 3 Excerpts from local Candidate Interviews & Analysis, including recent polling

20:53 – 21:09 Musical Transition “2025 Election Central”

21:09 – 26:30 – ACT 4 A regional issue in focus Interview with Adam Olsen, Chairman of the Tsartlip Group of Companies. Issue-Focused Discussion: Sheding light on Indigenous Economic Development organizations taking a leadership role alongside Canadian institutions in building economic resiliency in Canada?

26:30 – 28:00 – Closing Remarks & Sign-Off

Transcript available on request.

Radio Nowhere Episode 109, 4/5/25

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Agbara The Souljazz Orchestra
Georgia Boz Scaggs
Three Pistols The Tragically Hip
Maggie M’Gill The Doors
Move to Japan The Band
With a Little Help From My Friends The Beatles
Flying The Beatles
Every 1’s a Winner Ty Segall
Helpless Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Helpless k.d. lang
Substitution Silversun Pickups
Shift The Wilderness of Manitoba
Wristband Paul Simon
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry Bob Dylan

Meet The Candidate: Randall Williams, PPC candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler

Two men sitting at microphones. Randall Williams on the left is wearing a blue jacket; Kevin Dupuis on the right is wearing a white polo shirt embroidered with the PPC logo.
Randall Williams and Kevin Dupuis

Randall Williams, the People’s Party of Canada candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler, came into the studio on Monday 7 April 2025 to talk to the voters. He was accompanied by Kevin Dupuis, PPC candidate for Kitchener — Conestoga.

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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Randall Williams, PPC candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #73

What’s up, y’all? Like we always do about this time, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:

Robbie Harte The In Between – Single Country CanCon
Rita di Ghent Signs of Spring in my Neighbourhood – Single Jazz CanCon
Def Shade This Country – Single Pop CanCon
Zoe Twist Closer – Single Pop CanCon
The Orchids The Orchids Punk CanCon
J Scope Welcome Home Pop CanCon
MOONBEAN MOONTUNES – EP Electronic CanCon
Jeff Vidov New York I’m Coming to You – Single Rock CanCon
Lazy Legs Tower Rock No
Satellite Birdhouse Sin City – Single Folk CanCon
The Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet Impact Jazz CanCon
Joe H Henry Real Things – EP Folk CanCon
Quote the Raven Tell Me, Tell Me – Single Folk CanCon
Rachel Kane Holler at the Wind Folk CanCon
Dead Hazards Saline Alternative No
The Bablers Like the First Time Rock No
thomas was here WHAT’S IN THE BOX – Single Punk CanCon
Ian James Bain Come & Gone – Single Country Guelph CanCon
King Ludd Trouble – Single Punk CanCon
Virginia to Vegas heaven tonight – Single Pop CanCon
Lyubov Kay should run – Single Pop No
Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen Cast a Line – Single Folk CanCon
Ian North Malahat – Single Folk/Instrumental CanCon
Newbridge Past Live Rock CanCon
Total Fucking Darkness Take It Easy – Single Dance CanCon
Henry Taylor SWEET THUNDER! Folk CanCon/KWCon
Taegen Domstad Ghost – Single Country CanCon
Cedar Roots Joy in the Little Things – Single Folk CanCon
Mark Thackway Twisted – EP Country CanCon
Heru the First Son Intergalactic Supervillain Freestyle – Single Hip Hop No
Tonight Only The Mixtapes, Vol. 1 (Arcade Social) Pop No
Brian Baggett Travel Past the Aftermath Ambient CanCon
Mark Veldhoven Traitors – Single Rock CanCon
Nimrawd Unlikely but Not Impossible Electronic CanCon
You Might Be Sleeping All Things Must Grow – Single Rock Guelph CanCon
Sundowner Work Dream Punk CanCon
Spirit ‘N’ Jazz Can You See…? Jazz No
Spirit ‘N’ Jazz Miss Information – Single Jazz No
Spirit ‘N’ Jazz Turn Around – Single Jazz No
Spirit ‘N’ Jazz Where Are You…? Jazz No
Way to Blue VOICES OF DARKNESS Alternative No
Johanna Linnea Jakobsson Work – Single Jazz No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Raphael Groten – Stillness
Don Latarski – All Is Now
Brian Baggett – Adrift
The Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet – The Cup Bearers
Rita di Ghent – Signs of Spring in My Neighbourhood
Spirit ‘N’ Jazz – Miss Information
Henry Taylor – YOU’RE A PERFECT DAY
Satellite Birdhouse – Sin City
Edgar Hurley – The Worker
Wreckless Harbour – Don’t Burn the Dream
Ian James Bain – Come & Gone
Joe H Henry – Bad Dude
Gareth Inkster – Ode (for Elliott Smith)
Robbie Harte – The In Between
thomas was here – WHAT’S IN THE BOX
The Orchids – Green Fuzz
Sundowner – “It’s Our Policy”
Lazy Legs – Daydream
Noam Peri – Darling, I Would
John Flanagan – Straight Face
Honey Trap – Saints & Sinners
Sivell – Where is the World Going to?
You Might Be Sleeping – All Things Must Grow
Zoe Twist – Closer
Coco Rose – Ambulance
MOONBEAN – The Beginning
Four80East – Straight On Till Sunrise
Monotronic – Different Worlds
Lee Rosevere – Float (part 6)
Nimrawd – Wide-Awake Orange
Blue Pilot – Old one (kennedyfeb20)

See y’all next time!

CKMS News -2025-04-04- Sensory Backpack initiative launched in Waterloo

CKMS News -2025-04-04- Sensory Backpack initiative launched in Waterloo

dan kellar
Waterloo, ON –
The city of Waterloo has unveiled a new tool to support the sensory needs of community members while visiting city facilities, the sensory backpack.  Packed with items to help individuals reduce or increase sensory input, such as noise cancelling headphones, sunglasses, and fidget tools, the new initiative was launched on April 2nd, World Autism Awareness day.

The backpacks also include information about Waterloo’s inclusion services, and items for self-regulation and communication such as a timer, a drawing pad, and Picture Exchange Communications System (PECS), which allows folks to communicate through pictures.

These kits fit in with the city’s reconciliation, equity, accessibility, diversity and inclusion framework, and are accessible to any visitor at 6 city run facilities. Similar programs have been launched in other Ontario cities including Ottawa, Toronto, and Barrie.

This show features an interview with Molly Riediger, the Inclusion Services Coordinator at the City of Waterloo.

NO CRAP RADIO VER. 7.02 APR. 5/25 12 AM

A sense of regret…

Hope is the cruelest emotion

And Justice?  Out getting coffee.

Cool? You want cool? Don’t look away.

See that button on the left of this page that says donate now? Yeah it’s getting to be that time.  Hit us up if you can.

No crap older shows are now rebroadcast tuesday nights at 9pm.

luciano-knockin on heavens door

barb paige-babylon must fall

i threes-many are called

i wayne-living in love

lilly allen-straight to hell  

new pornographers-champions (Can)

rem-half a world away

matt good-its been a while (Can)

pete townsand-behind blue eyes

murrey head-say it ain’t so

bruce cockburn-lovers live (Can)

billy bragg-st swithins day

hepcat-train to skaville

beat-stand down margret

selector-on my radio 91

desmond dekker-work out

rancid-the harder they come

alan black-good advice (Can)

eddie clean head vinson-midnight creeper

jw jones-can’t play a playboy (Can)

richard henderson-i’m ready (Can)

james cotton-buried alive (Can)

errol garner-it ain’t necessarily so

brian auger-don’t look away

bluejays-peach fuzz

british invasion all stars-green onions

neil young-cortez the killer (Can)

-helpless

-war of man live

This weeks book: The little book of wisdom by the Dali Lama. 

Perhaps the most compassionate human ever.

I felt humbled by reading it. ($1 at a yard sale!)

“But history does matter.  There is a line connecting the Armenians and the Jews, Cambodians and Rwandans. There are obviously more, but, how much genocide can one sentence handle.”  Chris Bohjalian

A mass grave was found with aid workers murdered with their hands handcuffed behind them in Gaza.

Where is the world court.  Where is the outrage? 

We are too intimidated to send in the troops to protect our fellow man again.  (Let’s build a casino instead.)

The old order never left.

Download no crap shows here

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Classical Coffee Break Episode 5 – 04.03.25

 

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  • Traditional, Suo Gan – Ambrosian Junior Choir, John Williams
  • Franz Schubert, Die Nacht, D. deest (Arr. Lechner/Marquez for cello & guitar) – Anja Lechner, cello, Pablo Marquez, guitar
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: 2. Rondeau, Severino Gazzelloni, flute, I Musici Orchestra
  • Fanny Mendelssohn, Schwanenlied (Arr. for cello & piano by Anouchka & Katharina Hack) – Anouchka Hack, cello, Katharina Hack, piano
  • Thomas Weelkes, 26 Ayeres or Phantasticke Spirites: No. 14, Four Arms, Two Necks, One Wreathing – The King’s Singers, vocal ensemble
  • Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons – Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 “Spring”: III. Danza pastorale. Allegro – Joshua Bell, violin, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
  • Gustav Mahler, Ruckert-lieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen – Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cello, Franck Krawczyk, Sinfonia Varsovia
  • Florian Christl, Vienna – Kristina Suklar, violin, Odessa Six
  • Alexander Borodin, String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno. Andante – Borodin Quartet
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Motets for Four Voices, Book 2: Sicut crerves – Voices of Ascension Chorus
  • Cesar Franck, Messe a Trois Voix, CFF 203: Panis Angelicus – Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov, conductor
  • Tomaso Albinoni, Concerto a cinque No. 2 in D Minor for Oboe and Strings, Op. 9: III. Allegro – Strings of Zurich
  • Arvo Part, Spiegel im Spiegel (Version for Violin & Piano) – Vladimir Spivakov, violin, Sergej Bezrodny, piano

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 312: The Six Year Anniversary Mix!

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, which marks six years of the show in spectacular fashion! From the poignant to the tasteless, tonight’s show has it all to celebrate six years of the program that moves you into Friday — and the weekend — on the right note. Thanks, as always, to CKMS for not kicking me off of the air just yet, and to everyone who tunes into the show, willingly or unwillingly.

Please note that tonight’s mix requires an advisory for more listener discretion than usual.

Tracklist:

Drake – Keep the Family Close
Chet Hanks – White Boy Summer (skit)
Eminem – Insane
Eminem – Brain Damage
Vargskelethor Joel – Sex in Minecraft 5
Beastie Boys – No Sleep til Brooklyn
Eminem – Business
Eminem – Just Lose It
D12 – My Band
D12 – Purple Pills
Eminem – Criminal
Skinbone – 100 Miles
Cam’Ron – Get It In Ohio
Yelawolf & Gucci Mane – I Just Wanna Party
Chet Hanks – White Boy Summer Skit #2
DJ Drama, Wale, Tyga, & Roscoe Dash – So Many Girls
five nights at freddy’s skit
Niko B – I Had a Fist Fight With an Emo Outside Subway
Vic Mensa – Down On My Luck
KYLE – Fruit Snacks & Cups of Patron
Childish Gambino – III. Telegraph Ave (“Oakland” by Lloyd)
Chris Rock, Ali LeRoi, & Wanda Sykes – Porno PSA
Chris Rock & Gerald Levert – No Sex
pami – pity dirty
JENNIE, Kali Uchis, & Childish Gambino – Damn Right
Q-Tip & Raphael Saadiq – We Fight/We Love
Q-Tip, Kanye West, & Consequence – We Fight/We Love (Remix)
Janet Jackson & Q-Tip – Got ‘Til It’s Gone
Julian Malone – Afterschool Thunderstorms
Edgar the Beatmaker – Feotus
Atmosphere – Wooden Ships (feat. PNS)
DJ Shadow – Six Days
Birdapres – Not Home (North Rd.)
R.A.P Ferreira – One Lonely Owl
Eminem – It’s Okay
De La Soul & Atmosphere – Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa/Millie Fell Off the Fire Escape (Storybook Vol. 1 Mix)
Michael Christmas – Banner 18

See y’all next time!

CKMS News -2025-04-03- Consulting along the path of Baden’s Prime Ministers statue project

CKMS News -2025-04-03- Consulting along the path of Baden’s Prime Ministers statue project

dan kellar
Baden, ON – Another round of public consultations has wrapped up regarding the Prime Ministers’ Path project in Baden. A list of recommendations on possible next steps for the controversial statue project will be delivered to Wilmot council at a special meeting on May 12th.

The most recent round of consultations were accompanied with the creation of a 12 member working group made up of residents who worked on the draft recommendations for the project. The draft recommendations are focused on governance and project oversight, funding, inclusion, education, location, and the project’s place in an era of truth and reconciliation.

This show features an interview with Denise Soueidan-O’Leary, the co-lead facilitator of the public engagement, and a project manager at the consulting firm Lura.  More information about the Prime Ministers Path project, including all of the draft recommendations, can be found at engagewr.ca/prime-ministers-path.

 

Through the Static Episode 57 – 02/04/25

As the seasons change and lives come and go, it can be hard to find any ounce of consistency. But really, it’s the coming and going itself that is the certainty, and even though it might seem turbulent at times there is comfort to be found in endless things: family, friends, hobbies, cloudless skies, a favourite meal, and music. Sharing music tonight to help take you through whatever might be happening, good or bad, or just to be a temporary soundtrack. Either way, enjoy 🙂

  • Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
  • Arias & Symphonies – Spoons
  • The Heavens Flock – Eriks Esenvalds (performed by the University of Waterloo Chamber Choir)
  • In This Heart – Sinead O’Connor
  • Dibrova Ukrainian Folk Ensemble
  • Chiquitita – ABBA
  • Waterloo – ABBA
  • Death with Dignity – Sufjan Stevens

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Classical Coffee Break Episode 4, 03.27.25

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  • Max Richter, The Poetry of Earth – Max Richter
  • Fritz Kreisler (Arr. Fougeray for violin and guitar), Caprice viennois, Op. 2: II. Andante con moto – Maria Duenas, violin, Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
  • Leonardo Leo, Concerto for Violencello and Orchestra in D Major: v. Fuga – Sol Gabetta, cello, Andres Gabetta, violin, Cappella Gabetta Orchestra
  • Morten Lauridsen, O Nata Lux – VOCES8, Christain Forshaw, conductor
  • John Field, Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor, H. 25 – Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano
  • George Frederic Handel (Arr. Leopold Stokowski), Water Music Suite: IV Minuet – BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert, conductor
  • Traditional (Arr. Z. Zhang for piano), Moon Is Bright Lullaby “Northeastern Cradle Song” – Lang Lang, piano
  • Franz Schubert (Arr. Romain Lelue for sextet), Nacht und Traume, D. 827 – Romain Lelue Sextet
  • Rebecca Dale, Panis Angelicus – Reimagined – Sonoro, vocal ensemble
  • Luigi Boccherini, String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11, No. 5, G. 275: I. Amoroso – The Smithsonian Chamber Players
  • Henry Purcell, Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: 1. Allegro – Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Mariner, conductor
  • John Bennet, Weep, O Mine Eyes – The King’s Singers, vocal ensemble
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Florian Christl), Mozart Variation (After Serenade, K 250 “Haffner”, IV. Rondo) – Florian Christl, piano, Raphaela Gromes, cello
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben / Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life), BWV 147 – Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra
  • Max Richter, Mercy – Hilary Hahn, violin, Cory Smythe, piano
  • Traditional (Welsh), Suo Gan – Ambrosian Junior Choir, John Williams

Classical Coffee Break Episode 3, 03.20.25

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 846: 1. Prelude – Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
  • Jean Sibelius, Symphony #5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: III. Allegro molto – City of Birmingham Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, conductor
  • Camille Saint-Saens, Samson & Delila, Op. 47: Softly Awakes My Heart – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello, Alis Huws, harp
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo – Nicola Benedetti, violin, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello, Benjamin Grosvenor, piano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
  • Georg Phillipp Telemann, Trumpet Concerto in D-Major, TWV 51:D7: IV. Allegro – Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Mariner, conductor
  • Ernest Bloch, From Jewish Life, B. 55: I. Prayer – Sol Gabetta, cello, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson, conductor
  • Archangelo Corelli, Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5, No. 2: III. Vivace – Musica Alchemica, Lina Tur Bonet, conductor
  • William Byrd, Mass for Four Voices: Kyrie – Oxford Camarata, Jeremy Summerly conductor
  • Fanny Mendelssohn, Das Jahr, H. 385: IX. September: At the River. Andante con moto – Anna Shelest, piano
  • Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 “Spring”: I. Allegro – Itzhak Perlman, violin, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Bernat Vivancos, Vocal Ice: II. Calme, tendre – Hera Hyesang Park, soprano, Orchestra del Treatro Carlo Felice, Jochen Rieder, conductor
  • Taylor Swift, Wildest Dreams – Alis Huws, harp
  • Traditional, arranged by Skeku Kanneh-Mason for cello, Blow The Wind Southerly – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Classical Coffee Break Episode 2, 03.13.25

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  • Olivia Belli (Arr. Lewin for 2 Guitars), Prelude – Alexandra Whittingham, Plinio Fernandes, guitars
  • Valentin Silvestrov, Prayer for the Ukraine – Raphaela Gromes, cello, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor
  • Morten Lauridsen, O Magnum Mysterium – Chamber Choir of Europe
  • Samuel Barber, Violin Concerto, Op. 14: II. Andante – Hilary Hahn, violin, Saint vPaul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, conductor
  • Reynaldo Hahn, L’heure exquise – Christiane-Pierre La Marca, cello, Armandine Savery, piano
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Serenade in C Major, K. 648 “A Very Little Night Music”: II. Allegro – Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
  • Gabriel Faure, Requiem, Op. 48: In paradisum – Oxford Schola Cantorum, Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly, conductor
  • Alexander Glazunov, Chant du menestrel – Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin, conductor
  • Jean-Baptiste Lully, Phaeton, LWV 61: Ouverture – Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jean Lamonde, conductor
  • Rebecca Dale, William Butler Yeats, The Cloths of Heaven – Tenebrae, Philharmonia, Nigel Short, conductor
  • Phil Cunningham, The Gentle Light That Wakes Me – Nicola Benedetti, Aly Bain

Radio Nowhere Episode 108, 3/29/25

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No Agreement Fela Kuti
Whipping Post (Live) Frank Zappa
Cry Love John Hiatt
First Episode At Hienton Elton John
Devil Inside INXS
Some Unholy War Amy Winehouse
Even When I’m Blue Steve Earle
Everyday People Sly & the Family Stone
Everyday People Jeff Buckley
Fly On (Forever Is Better With You) Humming House
One More Time Becky Lee & Drunkfoot
I Love LA Randy Newman

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #72

What’s up, y’all? As always, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:

Gareth Inkster Ode (for Elliott Smith) – Single Pop / Instrumental CanCon
Wreckless Harbour Don’t Burn the Dream – Single Folk CanCon
Edgar Hurley Sissy Fairy Fa**ot Folk Singer Folk All tracks are clean, despite the album’s title No
DJ Quinzy Slow Motion In The Rain – Single Pop No
Erik Flaa Wave of Chance – Single Rock No
glentheband Tired – Single Rock Clean and Explicit versions available CanCon
Once a Tree Small Town Dreams – Single Pop CanCon
Shiv and the Carvers Tell Me You Love Me Again Punk CanCon
Aaron Macdonald What’s the Point? – Single Country CanCon
DayEyez Cast Away – Single Rock No
ZiyahtheArtiste A THOUSAND MILEZ – Single Pop No
Emily Saunders Moon Shifts Oceans Jazz No
Various Artists Horse Meat Disco Presents Disco & Boogie From Brazil Vol.1 Dance No
Pandura Rox Summer and Smoke – Single Country No
Martyrs Night Shift – Single Rock No
Jay Williams THE END OF DAYS – Single Electronic No
ARK IDENTITY Take Me to Tokyo – Single Pop CanCon
Brock Geiger Some Nights Rock CanCon
pssyclwz Odessa She-Side (Caribou Cover) – Single Pop CanCon
Shawn Desman BODY (feat. Jamie Fine) – Single Pop CanCon
The Dream Eaters Program Me, I’m a Machine – Single Pop No
Matias Roden Disease With No Name – Single Rock CanCon
Ynana Rose Los Ejes de Mi Carreta – Single Folk CanCon
Rita di Ghent Slim’s Left Town (Canada is Not for Sale) – Single Jazz CanCon
Noam Peri Flowers Rock No
Raphael Groten Inner Sanctum New Age No
Sadie Fine After Care – Single Pop No
Don Latarski Endless Beginnings New Age No
Coco Rose Cuddle Funk Pop CanCon
Dana Powell Where Would We Be? – Single Country CanCon
Lee Rosevere Float Electronic CanCon
Vampire Slumber Party The Call From Tacoma – Single Rock No
Bria Salmena Big Dog Rock CanCon
The Nathaniel Hardy Project Ahhhh Yeah!!! feat. Faith R. Hardy-Molina (2025 Re-mastered) – Single Hip Hop No
The Nathaniel Hardy Project I Have You (In My Life!) – Single R&B No
Renzo Djordan Odyssey Pt. 2 Electronic No
Beach Shoppe Boating School Rock No
Dylan Perkons We Don’t Know the Ending Yet – Single Folk CanCon
Monotronic In My Dreams Electronic No
Alick Mac 500 Days – Single Hip Hop CanCon
Alick Mac Doormat – Single Hip Hop CanCon
Alick Mac 6 Feet Deep – Single Hip Hop CanCon
Sadie Fine Whoreble – Single Pop NSFR No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Anne Lindsay – Carolina Parakeet
Whispering Worlds – Reflection Nebula
Ute Lemper – Pirate Jenny
Jovino Santos Neto & Matin Kuuskmann – Rancho Azul
The New Standard Project – If This Is Goodbye
Emily Saunders – Blue Skies Forever
Sadie Fine – After Care
Sadie Fine – Whoreble
Once a Tree – Small Town Dreams
Shawn Desman – BODY (feat. Jamie Fine)
Pssyclwz – Odessa She-Side
Peter Matson – Melancolia (feat. Pahua)
San Rodrigues – Fofa
Rita di Ghent – Slim’s Left Town (Canada is Not for Sale)
Alick Mac – 6 Feet Deep
TOUGH DUMPLIN BEATS & PRIVATE NAME PRIVATE NUMBER – Easy
The Disciple – Swiss Humanitarian Tradition
Odario, Mad Professor, Yolanda Sargeant – The Situation
Banman – Ups & Downs
DJ Quinzy – Slow Motion in the Rain
Renzo Djordan – Friday Night in Kho Tao
Jay Wiliams – The End of Days
Bria Salmena – Peanut
Sodajerk – My Vegetarian Friend
Sylvia Lily & Calm Canopy – Yukon Lost
Katie James – Minutes Out
Beach Shoppe – Vine Aficianado
Ginny Ranger – Jeckyll and Hyde
Shiv and the Carvers – Dangergirl
Dana Powell – Where Would We Be?

See y’all next time!

CKMS News -2025-03-28- HART Hub roll-out to begin as government forces closure of CTS site

CKMS News -2025-03-28- HART Hub roll-out to begin as government forces closure of CTS site.

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Kitchener, ON –
On April 1st the local Homeless and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub will begin operating, with provincial funding, with services which replace or build upon those offered by the current Consumption and Treatment Services site.  Notably absent from the HART Hub spaces will be drug testing machines and supervised consumption of drugs, including overdose reversal, which are foundational to the harm reduction model of addictions support.

In August 2024 the Ontario government announced that it would be forcing the closure of the CTS site in downtown Kitchener on March 31st 2025.

This show features an interview with Tara Groves-Taylor, the CEO of Community Healthcaring Kitchener-Waterloo, the lead operator of Kitchener’s HART Hub. A statement from the Ministry of Health about the CTS closures that was sent to CKMS News is also included.

For more background on this issue, see the CKMS News interview with Kitchener’s CTS operator Sanguen Health Centre

Local organization connects people to land so they can grow food and increase their food security

Host: Leah Gerber

Food prices are top of mind for many people at the moment. Public Health Ontario describes food insecurity as not having enough income to afford healthy and adequate food. The Waterloo Region Community Garden Network is an organization that connects people with land so they can grow their own food and help stretch their dollars at the store. 

Radio Waterloo spoke with Doug Jones, the chair of the Network to talk about how people can increase their own food security, as well as how food security can be increased at a community level. Radio Waterloo also spoke with Gladys Rosana who gardens a quarter-acre plot at the Petersburg Community Garden with her husband about the reality of what it takes to grow much of the food they eat for the year themselves, and how this has impacted their food security. 

Through the Static Episode 56 – 26/03/25

The sun is out again (for now) and we’re spinning sunny tunes and some deep cuts tonight on Through the Static to take you from the sunny day to the starry night.

  • Vicious – Lou Reed
  • Modern Girl – Sleater-Kinney
  • Vital Signs – Rush
  • The Camera Eye – Rush
  • Boys – Indigo De Souza
  • Take Off Ur Pants – Indigo De Souza
  • Cattails – Big Thief

Check out the podcast!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 311

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s seventh dedication mix to the late Nipsey Hussle. RIP Nip — the marathon continues.

Tracklist:

Things Ain’t Been the Same
Karma (Freestyle)
I Be Killen Um
Alert (Hit-Boy & Nipsey Hussle)
Neighborhood Superstars (Slim Thug, Nipsey Hussle, & Yo Gotti)
No Reason (DJ Mustard, Jeezy, Nipsey Hussle, RJ, & YG)
You Broke (YG & Nipsey Hussle)
Same **** (The Game, Ty Dolla $ign, & Nipsey Hussle)
**** a *****(The Game, Nipsey Hussle, Joe Moses, & Elijah Blake)
Chun Li (Wale & Nipsey Hussle)
This Plane (7 Days a Week)
Rimpau’s Finest
THUGGIN (feat. Lil Boosie & Lil Cali)
I’m From (feat. Cuzzy Capone)
Bucketheads
LINE IT UP
Bullets Ain’t Got No Name
A Million Bucks (DJ Kay Slay [RIP], Troy Ave, Vado, Fatman Scoop, Nipsey Hussle, & Rocko)
One Hunnit
Nothern Lights (Blanco, Nipsey Hussle, & Kokane)
Skurr (Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux)
Picture Me Rollin (feat. Kent Jamz)
Keyz 2 the City 2 (feat. Teeflii)
Don’t Take Days Off (feat. Dubb & Tai Phillips)
Tommy Gunz (feat. Young Brodee)
If You Think I’m Bluffing
Girl Scout Cookies (Blanco, Dorrough, & Nipsey Hussle)
We Ride
H-Town (feat. Dom Kennedy, Cobby Supreme, Teeflii, & Skeme)
No ***** Like Me (feat. Trae the Truth)
Tha Mansion

See y’all next week for the show’s sixth anniversary special!