Recent posts
-
07/12/2012«The radio is a very powerful source of our inspiration»Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars stopped by CKUT this past Tuesday to perform live on Basa Basa Soukous Soukous Soundz.
-
07/10/2012This July on The Montreal Sessions join film and soundscape chef Randolph Jordan for the 21st Century Schizophone, an eclectic meditation on the weird and wonderful consequences of the electroacoustical transmission of sound.
-
07/09/2012Tune in tomorrow from 7:30 to 8:30AM as CKUT dedicates an hour of programming to remembering the Montreal Mirror. If you can’t quite hack getting up that early, don’t worry - the archived show is available online here.
-
07/09/2012Machel Montano, International Power Soca Monarch, brought his energy to Montreal this Carifiesta weekend. Before he brought down the roof at Cegep Andre Laurendeau he got into things with Howard Stretch Carr and Faith Sankar on West Indian Rhythms.
-
06/29/2012All Things McGill presents Migrant Voices, a project of the Immigrant Workers Centre, every Monday from 11:00 to 11:30am through July and August.
The Migrant Voices project is a collection of testimonies about the experiences of people who come to Canada as im/migrant workers.
-
06/28/2012The loss of the Montreal Mirror has left a gaping hole in the media landscape of Montreal - there’s no denying it. While CKUT can never make up for the lack of a hold-it-in-your-hands alternative weekly print publication, we got to thinking that perhaps we could do our part by making our LISTINGS public. So, that’s just what we’re doing!
-
06/28/2012
Remember how we told you Tarrus Riley was live in studio? We weren’t lying. Watch the man in action!
Then spend 60 seconds with the legendary Butcher T, host of Butcher T’s Noon Time Cuts, and tune in to catch him every Friday from noon to 2 pm!
-
06/26/2012The media landscape is being gutted in Montreal and here at CKUT we are feeling it in a very personal way.
-
06/21/2012Congratulations to Native Solidarity News!
At the 2012 NCRA Community Radio Awards, CKUT & Native Solidarity News were presented with the award for Aboriginal culture and affairs programming.
-
06/21/2012It’s hot outside but even hotter in our studios (seriously, it’s H-O-T in there). Adding to the heat is Tarrus Riley, headliner of this year’s Montreal Reggae Fest, who has been kind enough to grace CKUT with his presence twice in one week.
-
06/21/2012CKUT just won an NCRA award for our ad promoting local noise outfit AIDS Wolf’s last show ever. It was a bitter sweet win in that sense, as fans were sad to hear of the band’s demise.
-
06/19/2012This clip is unreal. Do yourself a favour and listen to this live performance by veteran member of Ill Groove Garden - Manchilde. He joined Ill Groove Garden in studio the day after opening for Mos Def in Montreal.
This one’s free form live - free styling. Pull it up and bring it all back around!For more Manchilde.
-
06/18/2012ART AS LUXURY //\//\ ART AS LABOUR
Today’s Radio is Dead will feature James Goddard’s experimental audio documentary which investigates the relationship between art and economy.
-
06/15/2012
Presented by Pop Montreal, Suoni Per Il Popolo & CKUT http://vimeo.com/43853962
Tomorrow, Saturday June 16th at 7pm, Solar Year will be performing live at Memorial Pool for a unique underwater sound installation.
A fully submersed aquatic sensory experience, listen to the atmospheric sounds of Solar Year’s new album Waverly, floating and swimming through a quadrophonic underwater environment.
Can’t swim? No sweat.
Bleacher seating and above water speakers will be available for those without bathings suits.
-
06/12/2012Help us bust out the SILVER ANNIVERSARY BLINGThere are a lot of ways that YOU can lend a hand:
• Help us re-connect with all our alumni. Tell us your name, the years you participated with CKUT, your show, etc.
• Send us any photos you may have relating to CKUT’s history. We can scan them if necessary.
-
06/12/2012
http://vimeo.com/43858057
From the Music Department:
Check out this neat collage-style video LouEase made for the Suoni Sessions ad that’s playing on our radio waves these days! Tune in to the Suoni Session this afternoon (3 to 5pm) to hear Maica chat up Jen Reimer and Max Stein after their performance at the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival yesterday.
-
06/11/2012This Monday, June 11th, join host Parker Mah for a special edition of World Skip the Beat!
-
06/06/2012This week’s clip is a choice moment from Radio Resistance on Off the Hour (May 31st).
Host Steve Duvalsaint talks with activist Wagner Pierre in Haiti about Haitian solidarity with the Quebec student strike.
From Haiti to Quebec - solidarity!
Radio Resistanz - Grassroots news and views on Haiti - airs on the last Thursday ofevery month from 5-6pm on CKUT.
-
06/05/2012Tune in today from 3-5pm for the first episode of the Suoni Sessions, Suoni Per Il Popolo’s June long residency on The Montreal Sessions with hosts Catherine and Maica of Maica Mia.
Today’s show will feature lots of local music, including many artists performing at this year’s Suoni fest, and a live performance by Maica herself. Don’t miss it!
-
06/04/2012This Tuesday CKUT is teaming up with the St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival and Headless Goat Productions to present Old Time Radio Theatre.
Tune in to CKUT 90.3 FM on Tuesday June 5th at 8:30 PM to hear a classic episode of «Suspense» performed live on the air by a cast of talented actors replete with live sound effects.