Hello and welcome to another fun installment of CFRC 101.9 FM’s Airwave YGK Musicians-in-Residence programming featuring an interview with Malobi Eleume of Sam the Band who joined us in our studios on June 15th and 16th to create new music, do an interview with us and perform their newly created work LIVE on our airwaves. […]
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Hello and welcome to another edition of CFRC 101.9 FM’s Airwave YGK Musician Residency Programming brought to you through the generous support of the City of Kingston and Kingston Arts Council. In this episode, you’ll hear a great conversation facilitated by Genavieve Hinch with local rockers Lumpfish who took up residency at CFRC on June […]
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Hello and welcome to CFRC 101. FM’s Airwave YGK Musicians-in-Residence podcast series brought to you through the generous support of the City of Kingston and Kingston Arts Council! In this episode, you’ll hear a fantastic interview with local artist Ari Bautista also known by their stage name Atiari who sat down with CFRC Arts News […]
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In this Airwave YGK Musicians-in-Residence episode, listeners can enjoy a live off the floor performance by local electronic artist Luke Barry that aired on April 14th 2026. Luke is a computer engineering student at Queen’s University who, over the past two years has become heavily obsessed with electronic music, and started only producing his own […]
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In this Airwave YGK Musicians-in-Residence episode, CFRC’s Aara Macauley sat down with local electronic artist Luke Barry to chat about his creative work, inspirations and more. Luke is a computer engineering student at Queen’s University who, over the past two years has become heavily obsessed with electronic music, and started only producing his own music […]
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Welcome to a fresh new season of CFRC’s Airwave YGK programming! We’re very excited to present the first artist joining the station for this year’s Airwave YGK Musicians-in-Residence programming! In this Airwave YGK podcast, host Dinah Jansen sits down with our first Musician-in-Residence Kyra Daniel for a frankly outstanding conversation with this brilliant young local […]
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The Release Radar Rundown, hosted by Dinah Jansen in partnership with the Kingston Music Office typically airs new releases emerging from Kingston artists each week on Thursdays at 11:30 AM. On March 26th, we extended the episode from 30 minutes for a full two hours to pay tribute to local music icon, Winston Vinh who […]
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In this feature podcast, we welcome local musician and 2025 Airwave YGK alumnus Oscar Evans back to CFRC’s airwaves to discuss his newly released EP, Gotta Start Somewhere. This talented jazz musician chats with us about his work as a musician from a young age through today while sharing music and details about the new […]
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CFRC 101.9 FM is pleased to present a live performance by and interview with Airwave YGK Musician-in-Residence, Sadie Williams! On April 20 th 2025 at 1 PM, Sadie joined us for a great interview and performed wonderful music that she composed and rehearsed in our studios during her early spring residency at CFRC. Williams, a […]
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CFRC 101.9 FM is pleased to present a live performance by and interview with Airwave YGK Musician-in-Residence, Jessica Wolowich. Jessica joined us on March 30th 12 PM for a fun interview and performed great new music that she created in our studios during her early spring residency at CFRC. This Kingston-based indie/alt folk singer-songwriter recently […]
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CFRC 101.9 FM is pleased to present a live performance and interview with Airwave YGK Musician-in-Residence, Deandra Henry who joined us in our studios in June 2025. Deeply rooted in the vibrant musical culture of Jamaica, Deandra, who began playing guitar at age seven also draws inspiration from a wide variety of genres in her songwriting […]
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CFRC 101.9 FM is pleased to present a live performance by and interview with Airwave YGK Musician-in-Residence, Oscar Evans! On May 25th 2025 at 1 PM, CFRC broadcast a great interview with Oscar about the outstanding jazz music that he has composed in our studios during his spring residency at CFRC. Oscar Evans has been […]
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CFRC 101.9 FM is pleased to present a live performance and interview with Airwave YGK Musician-in-Residence, Emily Monaghan! This young local songstress is best known for her solo pop, jazz, and blues performances and you can catch her a lot on the open mic scene. Following her time using our studios to create new music […]
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Get ready for an intimate and inspiring conversation on this week’s episode as we sit down with Abbie Louise (she/her), the Kingston-based, Atlanta-born R&B/indie-folk artist who’s making waves with her soulful sound and heartfelt storytelling. From her Southern roots to her journey as a solo artist, Abbie opens up about how music became her sanctuary—a tool for […]
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In this special program, CFRC volunteer Rue Mathur (Indie Wake Up Call, Yellow Brit Road, CFRC Live Sessions) sat down for a joyous and insightful conversation with local music legend Miss Emily and Moira Demorest, Music Officer, Tourism Kingston. They chatted about Miss Emily’s International Women’s Day Showcase taking place at the Broom Factory on […]
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On January 20th 2025, local experimental sound artist and DJ Michael Boulos performed live music on CFRC’s airwaves created during his recent Airwave YGK residency, a creative opportunity that supports and showcases young and/or emerging artists. You can learn about his craft through an interview also undertaken with him in this series. Boulos’s project entitled […]
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Hello and welcome to our Airwave YGK Musicians-in-Residence podcast edition, originally broadcast on CFRC 101.9 FM and CFRC.ca. In today’s episode, you’ll enjoy a conversation and live studio performance with local emerging artist, Michael Zuzek from November 24th 2024. Zuzek’s creative practice revolves around his background as a classically trained pianist, a path he began […]
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Hello and welcome to another fabulous edition of CFRC’s Airwave YGK Artist in Residence Artist talkbacks supported by the City of Kingston and Kingston Arts Council! In this episode we are chatting with Deena Jacobs aka DJ Deena all about their work as a DJ, their super huge record collection, and of course their upcoming […]
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Join in the fun with us and enjoy this excellent live to air performance by CFRC’s Airwave YGK Artist-in-Residence RBK Made (aka Ruben Ohanian) undertaken March 8th 2024 on CFRC 101.9 FM and streamed via cfrc.ca. Going by the alias “rbk made”, Ruben is a producer, vocalist, and DJ who combines pop and electronic music […]
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Hello and welcome to another CFRC Airwave YGK Artist in Residence Artist Talkback! In this episode we are chatting with local DJ Mat Almeida all about his work in the industry and his upcoming workshop on March 27th. With over a decade of DJ experience, Mat has also been producing electronic music for over 5 […]
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In this incredible episode, saintsbury aka Aidan Chin performs a high octane live set from CFRC’s studios as part of their Airwave YGK Artist Residency which took place on March 23rd 2024. Aidan also joined us for an interview with selections of their wonderful music. You can check that out here. Aidan Chin, aka saintsbury […]
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Hello and welcome to another episode of CFRC 101.9 FM’s Airwave YGK Artist in Residence Artist Talkbacks! In this episode, we’re chatting with Aidan Chin aka saintsbury about their music, their style, the electronic music scene and of course Aidan’s upcoming workshop and live performance from our studios on March 23rd. Folks can register for […]
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Hello and welcome to another special broadcast of CFRC’s Airwave YGK Airwave YGK Artist talkbacks supported by the City of Kingston and Kingston Arts Council! IIn this episode, we’re chatting with local electronic artist Matt Pridgyn all about his booming career locally and beyond, his thoughts on the electronic music scene and the importance of […]
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In this episode, we are pleased to present local artist David Parker’s live electro-acoustic performance undertaken during his February 2nd 2024 residency at CFRC. During his residency, Parker presented an electro-acoustic composition workshop using magnetic cassette tape to participants. Following the workshop, Parker used tape loops created during the workshop to perform a live, ethereal […]
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In this episode, we are bringing you another CFRC Airwave YGK Artist-in-Residence artist talkback, today with local musician David Parker. On February 2nd 2024, David joined us in our studios to launch our 2024 residency program when he presented an in person, hands-on electro-acoustic composition workshop using magnetic cassette tape to participants. Following the workshop, […]
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In this follow up to our interview with CFRC’s Airwave YGK Artist in Residence Kakaow, aka Ricky Brant, we present here his live performance from our studios on March 24th 2024. Kakaow is an Indigenous creator and multi instrumentalist specializing in digital composition, arrangement, production and performance. His residency was supported by the City of […]
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In this first episode of CFRC’s Airwave YGK Artist in Residence 2024 artist talkback series, we are pleased to present a conversation with Kakaow, aka Ricky Brant, one of many local electronic artists joining us as part of the CFRC Airwave YGK Artist in Residence Program supported by the Kingston Arts Council Kakaow is an […]
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