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This week on the Curator, we’re bringing you two interviews from the local and touring music scene.

First up, we’ll have Geoffrey Sirett, Artistic Director of Cantabile Choirs, giving us an inside look at the organization’s upcoming May 25th performance of Considering Matthew Shepard. Lauren and Geoffrey unpack the work that’s gone into this collaborative effort of music and what to look forward to. This piece includes narration, projection and sound design, and a wide variety of musical styles, and is sure to be a celebration and contemplation of diversity, love and loss. Audience members are warned of strong language and intense themes included in the piece.

Up next, acclaimed Canadian roots artist Kaïa Kater stopped by the Curator to chat ahead of her upcoming Kingston gig on May 24th at the Broom Factory. Kaïa is currently embarking on her Strange Medicine tour, fresh off of the album’s release this past Friday, and she and Lauren chat about the new music and touring it. Stay tuned, because we feature the track “The Witch”, featuring Aoife O’Donovan, right here on the Curator.

We have all that, plus your headlines and live music calendar for the week, only on CFRC 101.9fm and on our CFRC podcast feed. Be sure to tune in live on Thursdays at 2pm all summer for the latest and greatest of Kingston’s arts scene. As always, thank you so much for listening.

This episode featured “The Witch” by Kaïa Kater, featuring Aoife O’Donovan, included on the new album Strange Medicine.

Our theme music is “Mathematics Monument and The Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda, found here: “Mathematics Monument and the Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda on Soundcloud













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This week on the Curator, we’re bringing you all things new, community-based and out of the box with three interview segments.

First up is artist and researcher Carleigh Millburn, who’s heading up a new collaborative art project Making Sense of Decolonization with Artificial Intelligence, Digital and Conventional Art Creation at the Kingston School of Art, running from May 15-30th. We chat about this unique project and how to get involved with it all summer long.



Next up, CFRC Program Manager and event organizer Jesse Bell stops by to chat about a new performance medium to the curator: professional wrestling, ahead of the Stepping Up: A Show for Mom charity event hitting Kingston at the Cataraqui Arena on May 25th. A new medium to the Curator, Lauren and Jesse explore the performance and community aspects of what goes in to an event like this.

Last up, CFRC Broadcast Journalist Christena Lawrie sat down with the secondary division winners of Juvenis Festival’s battle of the bands this past Saturday, Third Time’s a Charm, plus their debut single, “Fading Innocence”.

We have all that, plus your headlines and live music calendar for the week, only on CFRC 101.9fm and on our CFRC podcast feed. Be sure to tune in live on Thursdays at 2pm all summer for the latest and greatest of Kingston’s arts scene. As always, thank you so much for listening.

**CORRECTION added May 16th: the upcoming reception at the Kingston School of Art for Making Sense of Decolonization, given as June 19th, is in fact on May 19th.

This episode featured “Fading Innocence” by Third Time’s a Charm, releasing officially on May 18th.



Our theme music is “Mathematics Monument and The Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda, found here: “Mathematics Monument and the Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda on Soundcloud











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We’re kicking off Summer 2024 and the third season of the Kingston Curator with a look at local festivals and live music – some of our favourite Curator content!

First up, Homegrown Live organizer Chris Morris joined us to give a retrospective on the May 4th festival that brought over 130 acts to 16 stages across downtown Kingston in support of Joe’s Music MILL.

We’re also joined by Fiona Fox and Remira Pryce of the ongoing Juvenis Festival, Kingston’s Youth Arts Festival, for a check-in on what’s gone well so far and what’s to come.

Plus, bedroom-country singer-songwriter Boy Golden hits Kingston on his tour this week, playing the Broom Factory on May 10th. Boy Golden stopped by Thursday morning Indie Wakeup Call to talk about touring, songwriting, and his new album For Eden, dropping July 19th.

We have all that, plus your headlines and live music calendar for the week, only on CFRC 101.9fm and on our CFRC podcast feed. Be sure to tune in live on Thursdays at 2pm all summer for the latest and greatest of Kingston’s arts scene. As always, thank you so much for listening.

Our theme music is “Mathematics Monument and The Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda, found here: “Mathematics Monument and the Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda on Soundcloud











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This episode marks our season finale for the summer, and thus, we’ll be bringing you something a little bit different. We’ve been very fortunate to host tons of amazing guests this season, and so to celebrate, we’ll be bringing you a highlight reel of just some of the performances and interview highlights from right here on the Curator in summer of 2023.

Plus, we’ll be featuring a piece from CFRC Broadcast Jounralist Christena Lawrie and Kingston School of Art Executive Director Maddi Andrews on the school’s upcoming juried exhibition. There’s all of that plus your headlines and live music calendar coming up on the Kingston Curator!

This episode featured highlights from David James Allen, Greg Tilson of the Gertrudes, Dave Mowat Trio, Nick Lennox of the Wilderness, Miss Emily, Jordan Richards, Dan Simpson, Vince Ha, and Gord Sinclair.

This episode featured “Don’t Pry Me Open” by David James Allen, “Living In the Wind” by the Gertrudes, a rendition of “Death Don’t Have No Mercy” by the Dave Mowat Trio, and “Glory” by Miss Emily.

Our theme music is “Mathematics Monument and The Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda, found here: “Mathematics Monument and the Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda on Soundcloud

Thank you so much for tuning in to this season of the Kingston Curator. Be sure to check out all of our past episodes on our CFRC podcast feed, and check out cfrc.ca for more programs to check out!











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This week, we’re bringing you live music updates and the inside scoop on a one-of-a-kind arts and research event from the Belle Park Project.

First up, Dr. Laura Murray from the Belle Park Project gives us an inside look at the upcoming event from this collective, entitled Unearthed, running August 26th-30th.

In live music news, we hear from Jerry Leger of Jerry Leger & the Situation, after a new single release and ahead of their Saturday main stage performance at the Limestone City Blues Festival. Next up, we hear from vocalist Tom Emmans from London, ON, metal outfit Atria, who played the Broom Factory this past Wednesday in support of Upon a Burning Body – this group is also fresh off the release of their new EP, Ground Zero.

We have all that plus your headlines and live music calendar for the week, only on CFRC 101.9fm and on our CFRC podcast feed! Be sure to tune in next week for the season finale of the Kingston Curator, as we wind this summer of arts & culture to a close. As always, thank you so much for listening.

Our theme music is “Mathematics Monument and The Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda, found here: “Mathematics Monument and the Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda on Soundcloud











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This week, we’re bringing you conversations across festivals and live music releases, brought to us by collaborations like Kingston folkestra project The Gertrudes, and the teams behind upcoming autumn festivals.

Local band The Gertrudes releases their fifth full length album, Just to Please You, on August 18th. Greg Tilson of the band stopped by to chat with us about the group’s history, creative process, and this brand new record. Stay tuned, because you’ll hear a featured track from the album right after the interview!

Later on in the hour, we’re visited by Riley Morrison and Rupert Davies of the No. 9 organization ahead of their second annual Cloud 9 Electronic Music and Eco-Art Festival, which will be hitting Rideau Lakes from September 8-10th. Plus, Artistic Director Aara McCauley of the Kingston WritersFest joins us for a first look at the 2023 festival that will be running from September 27th-October 1st.

We’ll have all that plus your live music calendar, and your latest arts scoop all throughout the summer here on our podcast feed or on the CFRC 101.9fm airwaves every Friday at 3pm!

This episode featured “Living in the Wind” by The Gertrudes, available now on their album Just to Please You.

Our theme music is “Mathematics Monument and The Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda, found here: “Mathematics Monument and the Guide to Making Friends” by Julia Lynn Sepúlveda on Soundcloud

 

 











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