Playlist:

• LITTLE JOHN - LEVEL THE VIBES
• LITTLE JOHN - TRUE CONFESSION
• SUGAR MINOTT - A TRUE
• CORNELL CAMPBELL - BOXING AROUND
• BARRY BROWN - THEM A FIGHT
• DANNY MANGAROO - THOUSAND THINGS
• LUCIANO - JAH NEVER FAIL I
• LUCIANO - KEEP THE MUSIC ALIVE
• LUKIE D - ONLY LOVE CAN HELP
• ADMIRAL TIBBET - I DOULDNT BELIEVE IT
• ADMIAL TIBBET - RIGHTOUSNESS
• BITTY MCLEAN - BABY TONIFHT
• BITTY MCLEAN - MAKING IT WITH YOU
• BITTY MCLEAN - IAM THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU
• JACK RADIC - ASSEPT MY APOLOGY
• JACK RADIC - MOVING AWAY
• JACK RADICS - SEPERATE WAYS
• JACK RADICS - SEXY THING
• BERES HAMMOND - SANT WALK AWAY
• BERES HAMMOND - FALLING IN LOVE
• BERES HAMMOND - DANCEHALL VIBES
• BUCKY JO - KEYS TO MY JEART
• LUCIANO - REBEL WITH A CAUSE
• COCO TEA $ CHARLIE CHAPLIN - SWEET COCO TEA
• DENNIS BROWN - HEAVENLESS
• a, ADMIRAL TIBBET - BURIAL
• ADMIRAL TIBBIT - COULDNT BELIEVE IT
• ADMIRAL TIBBIT - MY HONOR
• PAD ANTHONY - TITLEL

Not to be a Dismal Debbie, but I have been noticing the signs and symbols of summer's decline and autumn's corresponding rise. I don't mind, I quite like the fall (I'm a sweater girlie through & through, so I lose confidence in my sense of self when I cannot wear cozy layers without sweating like a pig in a fast food drive thru). There's a real beauty and delicious safe grief, almost, when the leaves turn, the long grass yellows, the birds head south. We haven't quite hit that part of the seasons' ritual just yet, but the goslings are grown geese now, the ospreys are letting their nests tumble a bit, the nights have a sharper, crisper bite to them - get your kettles ready, knit yourself a sweater, and find that book of ghostly stories to read around the harvest hearth. Need a tale or two? Fret not, I've got a real ripper of a scary story for y'all on today's show. Enjoy some folklore with your approaching fall - the horizon is nothing to fear, my loves.

Playlist:

• Kenneth Patchen, featuring The Alan Neil Quartet - There's A Place / They Won't Let You In There / A Sigh Is Little Altered / The Lonesome Boy Blues
• FoxGlance - Quarter Century
• Niloo - Evil Eye
• Sandra Sutter - Just Like The Moon
• Greg Murphy - The Shadow Of Lo
• Noel Coward - Don't Let's Be Beastly To Be The Germans
• Chumbawamba - Nazi - Live
• The Fall - Who Makes The Nazis?
• Soccer96, featuring Alabaster DePlume - I Was Gonna Fight Fascism
• Hard Red Spring - (I Think) My Boyfriend's A Fascist
• Daniel Romano & The Outfit - (Gone Is) All But A Quarry Of Stone - Live In Oslo, 11/22/2024
• Jigjam, featuring Lindsay Lou - Running Back To You
• Cullen Vance - Lisnagun
• Hyman Bress, featuring Charles Reiner - Bela Bartok: Sonata For Solo Violin, Op. 115: IV. Presto
• Camp Creek Boys - Fall On My Knees
• Per Norgaard - The Logger's Breakdown / The Frenchman's Reel
• Alick Nkhata - Taxi Driver - Nyanja, 1952
• Helen Kane - He's So Unusual
• Michael Chapman - Stranger In The Room
• Emerson Woodcock - The Backwoodsman
• Porter Grainger, featuring Gladys Bryant - The Dark Town Flappers Ball
• Neeme Jarvi & The Detroit Symphony Orchestra - George Whitefield Chadwick: Tam O'Shanter

MAKE HORSES SCARY AGAIN! They are truly terrifying and I say this as someone who loves horses. They are terrifying, inbetween-y beasts that are not of this earth and yet are truly chthonic in every sense of the word, from soil to underworld. Anyways, if you see a pretty pony on the beach, do not get on it and try to ride it - that's a kelpie, and you're asking for a drowning. Learn all about how to survive the fell beasts of Scottish folklore and beyond, plus a whole lot more, in this latest thrilling installment of the saga we've come to know and love named: THEE ACHEULEAN AGE (hosted by Syf)!

Playlist:

• Grace Jacobsen, featuring Dwain Sands - A Circuit Riding Preacher
• Anne Murray - Rest Easy (In My Love)
• Peter Doherty - Out Of Tune Balloon
• The Tragically Hip - Three Pistols
• Jason Andrew Griffith - Highway To Hell - Live
• Moonrisers - I Came Here To Be Alone
• Laura Cannell - Whisper A Charm To A Kelpie
• Salami Rose Joe Louis - Crow, friendship
• Julian Kytasty - To Every City Its Customs And Laws
• Rube & Rake - Pocket Picker
• The Pogues - I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
• Miranda Martini - The Bank Of Moss Upon The Other Shore
• Judy Singh - Songs Under The Sun
• Mayhemingways - Haybales
• The Strumbellas - Sailor's Blues (Garage Gigs Live)
• Flogging Molly - Salty Dog
• Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, & A. L. Lloyd - Homeward Bound
• Alan Mills - Can You Dance The Polka?
• Myron Floren - Pennsylvania Polka
• Sarah Airo - Instrumental Pieces From Ungava Bay: Qanirvaluutik (Jew's Harp) / "Now Go And Clean The Seal Skin" For Violin (Tautirut)
• St. Michael Community School - Jam On The Bannock
• Wallace - Keep A Knocking
• Little Richard - Keep A Knockin'
• James - Keep A Knocking
• Jack McVea - Open The Door, Richard!
• Oscar Peterson Trio - Blues Of The Prairies
• Fathead - Monkey Time
• Ritchie Calder - Millions Of Men With Teaspoons
• The Mary Wallopers - Building Up And Tearing England Down
• Joan Baez - Joe Hill

"Choose your sacrifice well." - a wise druid ov thee order ov thee low end theory once said to me.

Happy Lammas, Loaf Mass, Lughnasadh, Harvest Festival, and all hail thee Wicker Man we've raised above our wee village, buried in the supposedly tranquil rolling hills of Anywhere, Hibernia.

On today's programme, we let the sonic wavelengths and musical rituals lead us deep into the ancient past, so far that we appear in a future only just beginning to be imagined to be dreamt in sleeping minds most unaware. Stay a while. Bring a gift from your harvest, be it a sheaf of wheat, a mewling lamb two moons grown, the season's first strawberries, or a lesson learnt and written eternal in the marrow of your warm bones. Enjoy some folklore, folktunes, and folkcrafts, curated by Syf Sloane in her most "High Priestess" aural regalia. Leave a bowl of milk by the backdoor for the Fair Folk, and perhaps that cardigan you've been meaning to mend will be even better than new come the morn, an elbow shimmering as if woven with starlight...

Playlist:

• Junior Brother - The Men Who Eat Ringforts
• Nick Lawrence - At Lughnasa We Will Dance
• POSTNAMERS - Delilah
• Mares of Thrace - The Fourth Stage: Bargaining
• Anna & Elizabeth - Orfeo
• Steve Marriner - Hellbound For Heaven
• Bonnie Trash - Haunt Me (What Have You Become)
• Jeff Danna - Sophie On Trail Cam
• Meiko Kaji - Ahh...
• Brandon Isaak - Death Do Us Part
• Black Sabbath - Stonehenge
• The Six Nations Women Singers - Mother Earth
• Nechochwen - Great Meadows Vista
• NECHT - And So Across The Bloody Lake We Did Sail In Silence
• Charles M. Bogert & A Boreal Toad - Warning Chirp Of The Boreal Toad (Bufo Boreas Boreas)
• Mildred Bailey - It's So Peaceful In The Country
• Wilf Carter - I've Hung Up My Chaps And Saddle
• Ed Badeaux - Blood On The Saddle
• Sandy Denny - Bushes And Briars
• Gus Englehorn - The Flea
• Vivian Stanshall - The Tube
• Bonnie Dobson - Clown
• The Mountain Goats - How To Embrace A Swamp Creature
• Andy The Doorbum - A NEWBORN GHOST: Space For The Lifeless
• Micah P. Hinson - Oh, Sleepyhead!
• Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley

Live @ Calgary Folk Fest 2025!

Whelp, coyotes are still in the neighbourhood looking to snack on my wee dog, so I've taken to carrying a big bell with me when I take him for walks - a handmade, tempered bell from northern India, made by local shepherds who use the bells to keep track of their sheep; each bell is a unique tone due to its nature of being handmade and hammered. Truly experienced sheepherders can even tell which sheep is nearby or in distress from that unique sound of the ringing bell! So far, it's been pretty good at telling the coyotes to back off. I do feel a bit like a mad monk or druid on the loose, walking through the storms we've been having lately, ringing my bell and walking my dog. The secret to living a storybook life is to romanticize everything, especially such magical experiences and unusual visuals as trilling out a bell in the rain. And here's the perfect soundtrack for doing just that (without bells, you'll have to bring your own to ring along)!

Playlist:

• Johnny Curtis - Lord, You've Been Good To Me
• Caltha, featuring Sofia Burke - Wash Away
• The Dreadnoughts - Polka Pit
• Ed Guca & The Polish Canadians - Cigarettes And Whiskey (Oberek)
• Daniel Stark - Sel De Mer
• Yellowjackets - An Interesting Dream
• The Crowleys - Infinite Romances
• Robert Seer - Sunshine
• Big Mama Thornton - That Lucky Old Sun
• Sheldon Agwu - This Infinite Dream I Call You
• Gerald Clayton - Glass Half Warm
• Robbie Basho - Wine Song
• June Lazare - Hicks The Pirate
• The Arrogant Worms - The Last Saskatchewan Pirate
• Omar Blondhahl - We'll Rant And We'll Roar
• Moosebutter - Ghost Chickens In The Sky
• Eve Goldberg - Do You Want To Get Married
• Willi Carlisle - Beeswing
• Jean Hewson - Scotty MacMillan's G Minor Jig
• Donovan Woods, featuring William Prince - I'm Just Trying To Get Home
• Alan Mills - Alouette!
• Alan Jackson - Let's Get Back To Me And You
• Stanley G. Triggs - The Mad Trapper of Rat River
• LaRena Clarke - The Rifle Boys
• Bruce Springsteen - Fugitives Dream
• Little Moose & The Hunters - Granny Rock

IT'S SUMMERTIME, DARLINGS!

Syf is joined by Local Legend Jennie Harluk for a delightful chat about music, music making, and her upcoming shows at Stampede and the iconic King Eddy venue!

Plus, lots of good ol vibey tracks from all over the globe, with fresh country, old blues, ethereal folk, and so much more.

Sundrenched, sweaty, and blissed out - perfect for cloud watching, river wading, and petting your dog in the garden while lilacs share their sweet scent with the sky.

Playlist:

• Baldwin Family Band - Oh Golly
• Willi Carlisle - The Cottonwood Polka
• The Misery Mountain Boys - Don't Go Writing Love Songs
• Ranzel X Kendrick - Lighthearted Happy And High
• Jennie Harluk - I Don't Get Angry - Acoustic
• Sorrel Doris Hays - Anger Dance
• Mark Scott III - The Sun Behind A Cloud
• Desert Friends - In Search Of Duende (Live At Boulder Gardens Sanctuary)
• Caili O'Doherty - Struttin' With Some Barbecue
• The Pink Stones - If I Can't Win (With You)
• Robert Adam - Denim On Denim
• Hayden Pedigo - Houndstooth
• P'tit Bellevau - Moosehorn Lake
• Poor Nameless Boy - Start In Summerland
• Terry Uyarak, featuring Becky Han - Aniqsaatuinnarit
• Kitty Wells - The Things I Might Have Been
• Jess Sah Bi & Peter One - Apartheid
• Elephant Revival - Barefoot Friend
• George Wade - Reel Medley
• New Riders Of The Purple Sage - One Too Many Stories
• Tim Tamashiro - I Turn Into A Cowboy
• Sam Shackleton - Scottish Cowboy
• Breabach - Good Drying
• Barrage - Front Porch Jam
• The String Family - Celtic Dueling Fiddles
• Natalie MacMaster - Queen Of The West
• Baldwin Family Band - Show Me The Way To Go Home

Show fill from Molly, host of Free Verse! Enjoy :)

Playlist:

• Phyllis Sinclair - My Fishing Hole
• Tobacco City - Autumn
• Mariel Buckley - Vending Machines
• Molly Lewis - Lounge Lizard
• Nick Shoulders - Empty Yodel,No. 0
• Emily Rose and the Rounders - At the Bottom
• The Strumbellas - Dog
• Rachella Wred - Fruity Fingers
• Spencer Krug - One at a Time
• Loose Fur - You Were Wrong
• Water From Your Eyes - When You're Around
• Meadowsweet - Yellow Flower
• John Wort Hannam - Damn It Gwenivere
• Mya Byrne - Please Call Me Darling
• Hannah Juanita - Mother Country
• Arthur Russell - This Is How We Walk On The Moon
• Thanya Iyer - What can we grow that we can't see from here?
• Tanya Tagaq - Earth Monster
• Tunng - Bricks
• Hildegard - Cruel
• Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore - Painter of Tygers
• Brìghde Chaimbeul - Bog an Lochan
• Owen Spafford, Louis Campbell - Ditty III
• Corb Lund - Young and Jaded
• The Misery Mountain Boys - Old School Shuffle

Whenever it rains, I like to imagine that I'm a retired sea captain, staring out my window at my old love the sea and storm, the Tempest, she calls for me, and my heart like the waves beneath the moon, responds.

Music to dry out to, for sipping tea, and thinking of the ocean's depths!

Plus, Cassia Hardy literally comes in from the cold (and the rain) to play a live set and chat.

Enjoy!!!

-Syf

Playlist:

• Albro Gaul - Suburban Sounds (Crickets and Temperature; Crickets Chirp at Slow Speed)
• Femi Kuti - Think My People Think
• Hermitess - Three Bells
• Loreena McKennitt - The Mystic's Dream
• Brian Baggett - Adrift
• Michael Hedges - Ragamuffin
• Jesse Ed Davis - Golden Sun Goddess
• Lavender Country - Lavender Country
• Artemis - What The World Needs Now Is Love
• Julian Taylor - Dedication
• Les Colocs, featuring the Diouf Brothers - La Maladresse
• The Garrys - Hwy 11 Tumbleweed
• Todd Snider - Purple Mountain Jamboree - Purple Version
• John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys - Joe Pete Lost His Two Women
• Makaya McCraven - Time Travel
• Lee , featuring Peter Harris, Fritz Catlin - Promised Land
• Dennis Farnon - Lover Come Back To Me
• Cassia Hardy - Vic Spring
• Cassia Hardy - Close To One
• Cassia Hardy - Two Houses
• Cassia Hardy - Kinistino Ave

I think every poet, musician, listener, dreamer, farmer, hiker, and folklorist has some kind of a relationship with the moon. This is true of humble community radio disc jockeys, too, and I am no exception. The moon's been really so wonderful lately - last full moon of the spring was Wednesday, so we're arcing through phases towards summer now! Bask in some moon music this afternoon, plus other cosmic musings and meanderings, alongside a hearty helping of local fare, new country, old folk, and strange, strange sounds, reverberating from the distant edge of our known universe (howdy, Oort cloud) and from your own heart beat (wow! listen to that rhythm! you okay?)!

Playlist:

• Runrig, featuring The Tartan Army - Loch Lomond - Live
• Chevy Beaulieu - Give A Damn
• Rae Spoon - I've Got Friends In Low Places
• Cassia Hardy - Kinistino Ave
• Eye of Newt - Anonymity Committee Ditty
• Rodney Whitaker, featuring Rick Roe, Rockelle Whitaker, Terell Stafford, Tim Warfield - Moonscape
• Attilio Mineo - Man Seeks The Future
• New Chance, featuring Jennifer Castle - Something Human
• wihtikow - ᑮᐍ (home)
• Antoine Lonesinger - Cree: Big Dog Dance Songs
• Dead Pioneers - Untitled Spoken Word No. 2
• Jaco Pastorius - Continuum
• The Corries - The Road To Dundee
• Anders Roine & Marit Karlberg - Dramasetra
• Reginald Foort - Dust Storm - An Improvisation
• Marianne Trudel - Lumiere Et Reflets
• Dead Ghosts - Garden Gnome
• Blaze Foley - Cosmic Doo Doo
• Leeroy Stagger - It's Gonna Be Alright (Someday)
• Janis Joplin - To Love Somebody
• Hugh Le Caine - Dripsody
• Jim Nollman - Beluga Tells A Joke
• K. C. Halafoff & Peter Bruce - Explanation and Demonstration: Dance Music
• Dom Flemons - Old Chisholm Trail
• Aterciopelados - Cosmos