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CKMS News -2024-10-23- The Kitchen KW serving up fresh support for local musicians

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CKMS News -2024-10-23- The Kitchen KW serving up fresh support for local musicians

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Kitchener, ON – The Kitchen KW has been busy since opening their new studio and creators space in downtown Kitchener on October 1st.  While the company has been organising hip-hop shows since March 2024, the new space will further integrate the organization with local music scenes through a dedicated studio, low-cost artistic development and production assistance, and monthly workshops.

The new studio is located at 44 Gaukel, a city of Kitchener owned space which is operated by ArtsBuild Ontario. For the Kitchen KW, the new space gives more options for local hip-hop artists to emerge in a city which is often dominated by singer-song-writer and rock acts. 

This show features an interview with The Kitchen KW CEO Aiden Rusten, who is known in the locally as AJ.  AJ speaks about the company he co-founded, the first month in the new studio, and how The Kitchen KW is working to expand the local hip-hop scene.

Three people standing in front of a black and white checkerboard wall in The Kitchen KW's studio at 44 Gaukel. On the wall there is a framed record picture and and the word "billboard". AJ is on the right of the picture wearing a black spyder touque, a camo sweater, a white shirt, and a gold necklace. Beside him is a man in a black touque and a grey sweatshirt, and his hands covering most of his face. Beside him a man with flowing brown hair and a red sweatshirt. Behind the three on a desk, there is some musical equipment including a speaker and a piano keyboard.
Photo: Courtesy of the The Kitchen KW
A picture of a person at a laptop, beside a mixing board and infront of a speaker. In the background there is a checkerboard wall with white paint and black noise chillers. The person at the desk is in a black sweater and a black hat.
Photo: Courtesy of the The Kitchen KW
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CKMS News – 2021-02-11 – Interact with Tri-City Hip-Hop’s stories and places in a new online map.

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Host: Ivan Angelovski

Hip-Hop was part of the Tri-City Area music scene since the 1990’s. In the club called The Twist, for example, on Marsland Drive, people could hear Public Enemy, Ice-T and Vanilla Ice, along with all the local hip hop artists. 

Now, many of these places, the artists, and their intersecting stories from over the last three decades have been mapped on tricityhiphop.com

We’re talking with Sam Nabi, the person who’s most responsible for setting up the map, and Tait Garret, hip hop artist and producer who is featured on the map. 

There’s even a pin for Radio Waterloo there, so be sure to check it out at https://tricityhiphop.com/ 

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This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.

Check out the archived versions of  this program and other episodes on radiowaterloo.ca/news. You can  follow us on twitter @RadioWaterloo. And you can email news@radiowaterloo.ca to get in touch with comments or ideas about stories to cover.

The music was Blackroom by Moby, courtesy of mobygratis.com

Off The Air, Starfish and Coffee Radio, Unicorn Popcorn

Starfish and Coffee – Episode #24 (11.19.17)

Ah, push it! Ah, push it! Push it real good! The music was super fly on Starfish and Coffee Radio this week! With a playlist that was overflowin’, DJ Starfish and Little Beat kept the talking to a minimum and the music to the max. Check out episode #24 of Starfish and Coffee Radio to get down with this latest family-friendly dance mix.

Playlist:

  1. Prince – Starfish and Coffee (show theme)
  2. Biz Markie – Pancakes & Syrup
  3. RUN-D.M.C. – It’s Tricky
  4. Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
  5. Kool & The Gang – Jungle Boogie
  6. Martha High – A Little Taste of Soul
  7. The Muppets – The Muppet Show Theme
  8. Frances England – Bicycle
  9. The Be Good Tanyas – The Littlest Birds
  10. The Go! Team – Ladyflash
  11. Elvis Costelle & The Attractions – Pump It Up
  12. Mika – Grace Kelly
  13. Lil Deuce Deuce – Everybody Do The Flop
  14. Grenadilla – Sitting On Top Of The World
  15. Meghan Trainor – Better When I’m Dancin’
  16. Splash N’ Boots – Be With You
  17. They Might Be Giants – Hot Dog!
  18. Metric – Breathing Underwater
  19. The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
  20. New Radicals – You Get What You Give