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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. 3D AGO

    Acheulean Age - Episode March 7, 2026

    Syf Sloane? More like SIP* Sloane. Because she sipped from hot milk with vanilla (called a "steamer" in barista parlance) throughout this whole show. Perhaps that can be tasted in the music she's selected. Syf calls this show "very thinky" and her mother calls it "meditative" - both feel quite apt. Syf's thinking has been moving along spiral-y trails and whorl tracks recently. Snail shells and the upturned hull of a ship, wooden ribs trying to remember when they were trees nuzzling the sky's chin. What shapes are you thinking along? *Wynter Laboucane came up with this joke, all credit due to her.Playlist: Paul Bley Trio, featuring Nark Levinson (bass), Barry Altshul (drums), Paul Bley (piano) - Ramblin'Neil Young - Needle Of Death (Bert Jansch)Ennio Morricone - The Salo Haunted SuiteUnknown (Male Vocal Quartette) - Onward Christian SoldiersBeverly Glenn-Copeland, featuring Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland - Middle Island LamentBennett Mitchell - I'm Not SufferingJimmie Osborne - Thank God For Victory In KoreaCold Camp - IntroWhole Lotta Beef - Car ToySwamp Donkey - It Is Not The Water's FaultJeff Tweedy - Parking LotHarry Manx - Don't Forget To Miss MeT. Texas Tyler, The Man With A Million Friends - Cowboy's PrayerNeko Case - Baby, I'm Not (A Werewolf)The Motions - Green Chewing Gum MachineItchy & The Nits - Fortune TellerCold Camp - The Camp AnthemFanny Brice - My ManRosa Henderson, featuring Edgar Dowell - Chicago Monkey-Man BluesEd Cherry - LawnsJeanie Lang, featuring Paul Whitman & His Orchestra - Ragamuffin RomeoRANT - Happy DayEugene Daignault - A Saint Malo, Beau Port De MerBob Hill and His Canadian Boys, featuring the Carignan Brothers - Reel Salle St. Andre

  2. MAR 1

    Acheulean Age - Episode February 28, 2026

    BODYCAM: footage is all around us these days, and isn't that strange? What is the worst possible thing that could happen when two cops respond to a domestic situation? Yeah. It's bad. And then the supernatural stuff happens. Woof. Local director Brandon Christensen drops by to chat about his horror film BODYCAM, which you can catch MARCH 4 at the Globe Cinema, as part of OFF THE CUFF, from the Calgary Underground Film Festival!Playlist: Way Ahead Trio - Six O'Clock Window WiperTouched Fables - Harsh RainAnita Ellis, featuring Joel Herron And His Orchestra, Ray Charles Singers - My Little Space CadetLas Chicas Del Sol - Estar Contigo - SalsaSun Ra - AnkhnationRev. Dave and the Sin Eaters - Clouds Like BuffaloThe Science of the Heart - BE LOVERevolutionary Snake Ensemble - Son of Mr. Green GenesCripple Clarence Lofton - You've Done Tore Your Playhouse DownThe Proclaimers - (I'm Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse DownBeauSoleil - Grand MalletJerry Smith, featuring Fred Rose - The End Of The WorldAntibalas - La CeibaCathleen Mulvaney & Henry Schleb - Jackie PorcupineMighty Sampson - SunshowersW. H. Auden - Law Like Love; CasinoAnne Murray, featuring Shelby Lynne - You Won't See MeNoah Franche-Nolan - A Triangle Is A Bird

  3. FEB 22

    Acheulean Age - Episode February 21, 2026

    Been reading Beowulf again, different translations, different versions, some all poetic text, others prose, still others illustrated. And that got me thinking about caves. If I were Grendel or his mother, I think I would stay in the cave, among the rusty swords and dinosaur bones. Consider the following how I think that would sound, a pleasant life lurking cave style:Playlist: Virginia Grand Military Band, featuring J. P. Sousa, Loras J. Schissel - Transit of Venus MarchAnthony D'Alessandro - Sacred GroundWay Ahead Trio - Goo Gone The SnailKeiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, & Toshiyuki Ueno - Dangerous CavesElyot - TomeholderArid Landscapes - The OptimistPauline Oliveros & The Deep Listening Band - Trog ArenaVess L. Ossman - A Bunch Of RagsKing of Foxes - DynamoS. H. Dudley, featuring Joseph Arthur - The Village ChoirHugo Blouin - La sauceMonica Lewis, featuring Jose Morand & His Orchestra - Made For Each OtherLoud in the Pines - Tree SongEileen Barton With The New Yorkers - If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked A CakeKevin Asher and The Barnburners - You Ain't AroundKathleen Edwards - Need A RideNoeline Hofmann - One Hell Of A WomanAl Trace & His Silly Symphonists - I Wuv A RabbitGrumpy - Bird PartsMcGnarley's Rant - Catch-22New Model Army - ReloadThe Fall - White LightningTangle Eye, featuring Alan Lomax, Fred McDowell, Denise Gardner, Mattie Gardner, Ida Mae Towns, Lucille Powell - HeavenDave Matthews Band - Lie In Our GravesUltan O'Brien - Packie's Pandemonium

  4. FEB 15

    Acheulean Age - Episode February 14, 2026

    Tetragrammalocamotive, or call that sounds of thee industrial north, especially if you happen to be standing far south, build me a dial that spines, let me watch the smokestacks signal to the stars that angels are welcome here to listen and to play the piano with Monks, Thelonious and medieval.Playlist: David Archibald - Step Up!Young Neighbours - You Are The MoonJim Morrison - If The Writer Can WriteThe Sling Sisters - Chasing Whiskey With A KissRev. J. P. Christopher, Ph.D. - Consonants (X)Bill Dowey - How Long Must This Go OnGilles Laval - UnsavedBruce Callow - Cold War HangoverWilted Perch - Aether of the HeadlessGreat Lake Swimmers - The Fledgling JayStars - Sleep TonightBebel Gilberto - No ReturnAriel Ulysses - 41:30 (Original Concept)Basil Kirchin - Heart of the NorthLee Mason - The HunterDave Stryker - Cinema Paradiso (Main Theme)Gary Sill - Angel Descending (Var. 1)Robert Petway - Bertha Lee BluesThelonius Monk with John Coltrane - Monk's MoodThe Rawling Brothers - His Sheep Am IOpen Eyes Elysia - BoundChristopher Sleightholm - I Believe In NothingIris DeMent - House Where Nobody LivesBig Joe Williams - Rootin' Ground HogThe Onlies - Cluck Old HenKing Solomon Hill - Whoopee Blues

  5. FEB 8

    Acheulean Age - Episode February 7, 2026

    “When I walk into my workshop, it’s like entering the gates of heaven.” - Rod Stewart, on his model railway layout. "I play the guitar because it lets me dream aloud." - Michael HedgesPlaylist: River Tiber - BluesCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limited - Conversations with my father.Don Ross - My Dad's StoryBrad Miller & Leo Kulka - Engine No. 1926: Graham County RailroadYusuf Mumin - Journey to the AncientHewson Grey - Small TownVinton Wight - 4-6-4 No, 4003, BurlingtonMartinez/Roach - I Get Along Without You Very WellO. Winston Link Railway Productions - 3 Steam Trains, Passes E & W As We Hold At Dewey (Near Montvale, VA)Smokey AB - CoyotesRevolutionary Snake Ensemble - XonkOscar D. Skelton, featuring Scott Foster - Some General QuestionsMartin Denny - Exodus (Ernest Gold)Glen Hurlburt, featuring Greg McRitchie And His Orchestra - Cable Car ConcertoWilli Carlisle - The Great DepressionHangman Pencil co. - The Pavement's Always GreyMister D's Machine - Scene 2Canadian Brass - Sonata In Three Movements: Allegro (Henry Purcell 1659-1695)Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited - Bridge troll toll train.Canadian Brass - Sonata In Three Movements: Grave (Henry Purcell 1659-1695)Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited - This parking lot was a major rail terminal.Canadian Brass - Sonata In Three Movements: Presto (Henry Purcell 1659-1695)Loreena McKennitt - Sun, Moon and Stars

  6. FEB 1

    Acheulean Age - Episode January 31, 2026

    Month's end. Rent's due (probably). February's rent. But I'm not a landlord, so I won't be asking for any money or even some sort of barterable good. Oh no, I simply ask for a slice of your time, a few follicles of sonic attention, an ear half-pricked towards the wobbling speakers of a nearby radio. January 31, 2026. Or, across the Atlantic, 31st of January, 2026. Or, again, if, and only if, if you happen to be Julius Caesar and you also happen to be wondering just exactly how many days you've been dead for, well then you might know today as 2461071. Get better soon, Juli my boy!Playlist: Lustmord - SubspaceEarly Music Consort of Calgary - Crux Triumphans - Loyset Compere (c. 1445-1518)Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse BluesJess Stacy - In The Dark-FlashesRich Brown - The Kingdom Of Heaven Is WithinJamile - MoonCambrian Heights - Wind. Bell. Dog.Brigitte Fontaine - Il Pleut - DemoWhitney K - Apocalypse RockVera Lynn - Medley: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire / Maybe / Coming HomeTop Ropes - Golden BoyJessica Moss - No One Is FreeJessica Moss - Until All Are FreeLoreena McKenneitt - Ancient PinesPowder etching machine operating in block department at a national daily newspaper - Newspapers - Powder etching machine operating in block department at a national daily newspaperUniversity of Calgary Wind Ensemble, featuring Yasuhide Ito - Sinfonia Sigaporiana: Movement 3University of Regina Chamber Singers, featuring Josquin Des Prez - El GrilloCharles M. Bogert - Tucson Region: Sounds of the Wet SeasonSequentia - O Ignis Spiritus ParaclitiBruce Cockburn - Fascist ArchitectureGayle Young and Robert Wheeler - Seaweed Slowly Shifting

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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

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    CJSW 90.9 FM
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    6
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    Explicit
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