Acheulean Age

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Take a walk along an ancient road deep into the wilderness, where folkways lead with Outsider ambition. Tune in for an eclectic mix of country, folk, blues, and more from deep history to the far future, all woven in from an Outsider perspective celebrating the weird, the witchy, and the wonderful of folk music. Bring your favourite rock, a pair of sturdy boots, and an open mind on this adventure. Sponsored by the Calgary Underground Film Festival

Episodes

  1. Jun 7

    Acheulean Age - Episode June 6, 2026

    Sean and Connor join Syf to chat all things community, creativity, and collaborative storytelling! AARDCON, Calgary's greatest and best convention, founded by Sean and Connor to spotlight grassroots TTRPG players and makers (that's table top role playing games! and boy are there so many out there, for every kind of person!) is NEXT WEEK June 13, 10:30am-6pm, at the Scandanavian Centre, 739 20 AVE NW. Head to the link below for more info: https://www.aardcon.com/Playlist: Bruce Cockburn - The Blues Got The World (By The Balls)Lord Lebby, featuring The Jamaican Calypsonians - Dr. Kinsey ReportExponians of the Steel Orchestra - Goin' Out Of My HeadDavid Bowie - Please Mr. GravediggerOne Leg One Eye - Sympathetic Vertebrate RitualLeeroy Stagger - Dogwood FlowerEarly Music Consort of Calgary - Crux Triumphans - Loyset Compere (c.1445-1518)Abigail Lapell - Little CannibalReal Mckenzies - ShackletonThe Eagleheart Singers & Drummers - Round Dance Song (II) - Social / AlbertaSquarepusher - MuseumNoah Zacharin - Small Town NovelThe Psychedelic Furs - Into You Like A TrainRay Bonneville - Tomorrow's YesterdayThe Witching Tale - Within Her FlameDavid Munrow - Dance Tune - Scottish c. 1250 (David Munrow Introduces Early Woodwind Instruments)Randy Petersen, Tim Heintz, & Monterey Bay Aquarium - Song Of The HumpbackJim Chapin - 01.09. Melodic Exercise 1B - A) No. 1, B) No. 2, C) No. 3, D) No. 4Jocelyn Gould - Spring, It SeemsThe Gories - You Don't Love MeThe Melvins & Napalm Death - Awful Handwriting

  2. May 31

    Acheulean Age - Episode May 30, 2026

    Was showing off the cool stuff in my room (trinkets, treasures, old records, old books, even new books) to some pals of mine. I've got a couple of nifty tote bags (ok brag!) and one is of a library card, not for a person but for a book, the recipe card that goes in the beige pocket, that one? Yeah! So I picked up what I thought was an empty toe, and it had some weight, I peeked inside, showed my friends - "a toddler's pockets!" Some lovely stones, delightful sticks, a massive pinecone, everything I might need to make a real good radio show! And here we are, pocket and tote-sized, to boot :)Playlist: Montreux - EgretsHilary Kleinig - Tomorrow Will Be FairMeredith Bates - Book I - 1st Incantation (Protection)Andrew MacKelvie - Another PlaceHenry Nielsen - Brief OutlinePatricia O'Callaghan & John Burge - The Abandoned Waltz (The Mata Hari Suite, No. 6)The Abramson Singers - RosesDoris Troy - Bossa Nova BluesLee Scratch Perry - RepentedIggy Pop, featuring Joshua Homme, Dean Fertita, Matt Helders - VultureJerome Godboo - MichelleMorgus & The 3 Ghouls - Morgus The MagnificentJenny - Gospel Of City Lights And PavementsSly and the Family Stone - Family AffairMacDowell Sisters, featuring Henry I. Marshall - Intro: "Honolulu Hula Hula Heigh!" / Baby Sister BluesRufus Wainwright - Leaving For Paris No. 2Harry Styles - Coming Up RosesJoni Mitchell - Judgement of the Moon and the Stars (Ludwig's Tune)Chilliwack - California GirlMcGnarley's Rant - Fisherman's PrideDolly Houston, featuring Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Lonesome Gal (Theme Song of the "Lonesome Gal" Program)

  3. May 24

    Acheulean Age - Episode May 23, 2026

    ALL CANADIAN SPECIAL opening with a moving, loving, honest tribute to the accordion, on the 197th anniversary of the day (May 23, 1829) the patent was first given to Cyrill Demian by Viennese officials who most certainly had no idea just how integral that weird boxy thing would become to expressing Canadian hyphenate identities through song and stories.Playlist: Cameron Nickerson - Little Country HomeKelly Cliperton - Meet Me At The RailwayHowells - The Pressure (Acoustic)Cryptozoologists - Someone Egged My CarGene Kucherawy - Gene's PolkaHarry Hibbs, featuring Johnny Burke and the Caribou Showband - Brennan On The MoorEmilia Volodymyrivna Ostapchuk (Andrusiw), featuring Michael Minsky, Herman Kropatschek, the Viennese Symphony Orchestra - White Cottage In The OrchardRon - Polka Medley: Arbourg Polka, Accordion Polka, Southern PolkaFemale Beat - Walking the MeadowsAndy De Jarlis and His Early Settlers - Wayne's Old Time WaltzGaby Haas And His Barndance Gang - Barbary PolkaWilf Carter - Memories Of My Little Grey-Haired Mother In The WestKing Biscuit Boy, featuring Crowbar - Highway 61Tegan and Sara - Hang On To The NightHerbie Hancock , featuring Leonard Cohen, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Vinnie Colaiuta, Lionel Loueke - The Jungle LineQuit Music - sometimes i don'tRolf Boon, featuring The University of Lethbridge Contemporary Music Ensemble - Waves For Two Synthesisers, Percussion, Guitar, and SaxophoneCanadian Brass, featuring William McCauley - StaggeringStatus/Non-Status - Basket WeavingJim Balfour and Friends, featuring Don Griffith (piano) - Still VerticalWhitehorse - Manitoba Death StarDiamondtown - Faded LinesLoreena McKennitt - The Bonny Swans (Live)Lucy Maud Montgomery, featuring Marsha Epic Harris - The Children's GardenThe Joel Plaskett Emergency - True Patriot LoveNova Scotiables - Down Donegal's Stairs

  4. May 17

    Acheulean Age - Episode May 16, 2026

    I've been re reading books I loved as a kid, recently. Maybe it's to tap into my inner child. or to relive the glory days of being 6. Or the books are just good. That's always a possibility. I'm enjoying re reading these stories I either half-remember or don't recall at all. A few I remember differently. Currently, I've hit the 1960s/70s Dr. Who Novelisations streak, books that were old even when I was a child, and I am having the most lovely time going back into these. Novelisations of nostalgia. Nostalgisation. Today's tunes come from that place. Music I listened to while reading Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen by Gerry Davis, published by Target Books (not that Target), novel first published in 1978, TV serial broadcast 1967. Read along as we listen together, if you'd like!Playlist: Duke Ellington , featuring The Ron Collier Orchestra - Aurora BorealisMaude Audet - Pas besoin d'se mentirBenji Crane - MikaylaGiorgos Zampetas - The Lemon MarketThe Cadillac Three - LegacyThornetta Davis - HelplessDominique Claire - If God Is A WomanWilli Carlisle - Sound and FuryBill Bourne, Lester Quitzan, & Madagascar Slim - Scarecrow MurdersMelvins - Hag MeMike Tod - John The Revelatorsoa - One DayMildred Bailey - Almost Like Being In LoveRush - Cygnus C-1Muddy Waters - Standing Around CryingThe Animals - Cheatin'Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like MondaysSt. Arnaud - Pretend Like You DoPablo Cruise - For Another TownNature Walk - Sun ShinerJerry Perkins, featuring Mal Hallett and His Orchestra - Dearly BelovedThe White Stripes - Take, Take, TakeKeturah - Nchiwewe (Ode To Willie Nelson)Frankie Carle - I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

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Take a walk along an ancient road deep into the wilderness, where folkways lead with Outsider ambition. Tune in for an eclectic mix of country, folk, blues, and more from deep history to the far future, all woven in from an Outsider perspective celebrating the weird, the witchy, and the wonderful of folk music. Bring your favourite rock, a pair of sturdy boots, and an open mind on this adventure. Sponsored by the Calgary Underground Film Festival