CJSR 88.5FM

13 new fungi species identified | CJSR Study Sesh Hear University of Alberta lichen scientist, Diane Haughland share about new tiny fungi species she identified in Alberta. The 13 previously unknown stubble-like fungi named calicioids are right in ou

Listen now!
On-demand interview with U of A lichen scientist about newly identified calicioids aka "stubble fungi” (as they resemble beard whiskers). #yeg #yegnature #edmonton

Extreme Weather Response for Winter | City of Edmonton Caring for our city’s most vulnerable becomes especially critical in extreme weather conditions. Updates will be posted here when the winter extreme weather response is activated.

The City of Edmonton has activated its extreme weather response due to very cold temperatures (& wind chill). Find warming locations and shuttles, plus resources including 24/7 Crisis Diversion Team and overnight shelters: www.edmonton.ca/programs_ser...
@thecityofedmonton.bsky.social #yeg #yegwx

Coming up Thursday morning on CJSR...
Hear University of Alberta's Diane Haughland share about new tiny fungi species identified in Alberta. She'll stop by around 8:30am MT.
Tune-in via 📻 88.5 FM or 💻 stream online: listen.streamon.fm/cjsr

Favourite Roots Songs of 2025 I swore I wasn’t going to attempt this, but…I talked myself out of being sensible. We now come to the next summary of 2025, my Favourite Roots Songs of 2025. As with the bluegrass list …

In my latest fools errand, I've ranked my Favourite 50 Roots Songs of 2025 alongside my favourite covers of the year. Check it out here fervorcoulee.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/f... and feel free to publish or share your own favourites. It has been a great year! @cjsrfm.bsky.social

New "must listen" albums!
All handpicked by CJSR’s Music Librarian.
Tune-in Tuesdays at 12-1pm MT when Matthew samples from all new releases for the week.
📻 88.5 FM in Edmonton
💻 stream via listen.streamon.fm/cjsr

#yeg #yegradio #newmusic #music

CJSR silver start with album covers from Zeb Snyder, The York County Boys, Kirsty MacColl, Matt Patershuk, Steve Martin and Allison Brown, Billy Bragg, and a Stony Plain Christmas Blues

Sunday’s Fervor Coulee’s Rootsicana & Bluegrass begins remembering Kirsty MacColl @cjsrfm.bsky.social cjsr.com 2 MST- a wee tribute to the amazing singer, gone 25 years next week. Also, recent bluegrass, classic vinyl from Ontario's York County Boys, & we start thinking Christmas. Join us.

A tribute to the legendary Bill Bourne
Coming up this Wednesday (December 10) on Sidetracks, airing at 6-7pm MT: www.cjsr.com/shows/sidetr...

Collage with CJSR 88.5 FM orange logo and album covers from Bear Family's The Rich-R-Tone Folk Star Story box set, The Blasters, Rick Danko, Tumbleweed, Dougie MacLean, Annie Lou, The Bombadils, The Truffle Valley Boys, Dan Tyminski, William Prince, Mariel Buckley, and Happy Trails, Prospector and the FC's R & BG logo.

Driveway cleared, coffee drank...in less than four hours I am on the radio 88.5 @cjsrfm.bsky.social in Edmonton,
CJSR.com Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass is gonna be good. 2 MTN. Join me, won't you? Hints of highlights below:

#ICYMI Woohoo! Honoured to have my new album Hardscrabble Hope top @cjsrfm.bsky.social FM88.5's last week! Huge gratitude to all #radio #DJs, especially Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social (Sun 2pm - Rootsicana & Bluegrass) and Rhea March (Tue 1pm - It Takes a Village) for all the spins!

CJSR is powered by volunteers!
Almost every role at the station, from DJs, community outreach & research to the keepers of the vast music library, is filled by folks donating their time, energy & talents.
If you'd like to volunteer too, sign-up today: app.betterimpact.com/Application?...

Collage with CJSR 88.5 FM orange logo and album covers from Bear Family's The Rich-R-Tone Folk Star Story box set, The Blasters, Rick Danko, Tumbleweed, Dougie MacLean, Annie Lou, The Bombadils, The Truffle Valley Boys, Dan Tyminski, William Prince, Mariel Buckley, and Happy Trails, Prospector and the FC's R & BG logo.

Woke up this morning (thankfully) thinking it was Wednesday & panicked b/c I hadn't sent this out yet. Calmer head prevailed. Sunday's Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass on @cjsrfm.bsky.social 88.5 & CJSR.com is gonna be good. 2 MTN. Join me, won't you? Hints of how the show may unravel below:

Charts | week ending December 2, 2025 Visit the post for more.

Jeff Tweedy, Geese and local musician Paula Kirman are at the top this week's CJSR chart: www.cjsr.com/2025/12/char...
Tune-in on Wednesday at 9-11am MT when we listen through the music chart.
📻 88.5 FM in Edmonton
💻 stream via listen.streamon.fm/cjsr

#yeg #yegmusic #radio #edmonton

And then this happened . . . my latest album is number one on @cjsrfm.bsky.social's Folk/Roots/Blues chart this week (and number three on the station's overall chart).
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#yeg #yegmusic #musician #performer #singer #songwriter #folkmusic #edmontonmusic #acousticmusic #originalmusic #womenmusicians

New "must listens" handpicked by CJSR’s Music Librarian:
www.cjsr.com/2025/12/hot-... Tune-in Tuesdays at 12-1pm MT when Matt samples from all new releases for the week.
📻 88.5 FM in Edmonton
💻 stream via listen.streamon.fm/cjsr

#yeg #yegradio #newmusic #music

Fervor Coulee’s Rootsicana & Bluegrass 052 2025.11.30 2:PM-4:PM MST CJSR 88.5 and CJSR.com The Cicadas- When Losers Rule the World The Cicadas Harrison Kennedy- Walkin’ or Ridin’ This Is from Here CDN Ray Materick- Linda, Put the Coffee On Life and Times Maria Dunn- Another Year Hardscrabble Hope CDN Gail Davies- Warm Red Wine It’s All Her Fault: A Tribute to Cindy Walker Paula Eve Kirman- Won’t Vote You In Causes CDN Hiss Golden Messenger- I'm a Raven (Shake Children) Lateness of Dancers Bill Scorzari- All This Time Sidereal Days (Day 1) Ndidi O- Old Crone single CDN Bobby Dove- Trans Canadian Blues single CDN Kate Weekes- Something Better Rideau Roots CDN 25 Years of O Brother, Where Are Thou? Chris Thomas King- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, & Gillian Welch- Didn’t Leave Nobody But the Baby Ralph Stanley- O Death Soggy Bottom Boys- I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow Bill Monroe & John Hartford- Old Riverman Bill Monroe & Friends Gena Britt- Everything to Hide Streets, Rivers, Dreams & Heartaches Blue Highway- Muddy Shoes Single John Reischman- Salt Spring New Time & Old Acoustic CDN High Fidelity- The South Bound Train Banjo Player’s Blues Pythagoras- Holding On Theoram Common Ground- Eli Renfro band supplied live demo CDN Jim Hurst- Dew on the Mountain Intrepid The Dirty Hat Band- Wind in the Wire Where the Country Never Ends CDN

Another Sunday, another show on @cjsrfm.bsky.social. I hope you enjoyed yourself and will follow-up on your listening by checking out more music from the featured artists. Episode 52- that's an official year, I suppose. Here's the playlist:

Woohoo! honoured to have my new album Hardscrabble Hope top @cjsrfm.bsky.social FM88.5's chart this week! Huge gratitude to all #radio #DJs especially Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social (Sun 2pm - Rootsicana & Bluegrass) and Rhea March (Tue 1pm - It Takes a Village) for all the spins!

OUT NOW! November 2025 issue of Airtight: mailchi.mp/52e0719492a2...
Find out about our first-ever upcoming 🛼 Soul Roll, 📻 milestones for various shows plus some 🆕 ones, FunDrive success and more.

This week's MUST LISTEN new releases handpicked by CJSR's Music Librarian Matt Gooding: www.cjsr.com/2025/11/hot-...
Tune-in every Tuesday at noon to sample these and other fresh LPs.
💻 stream at listen.streamon.fm/cjsr
📻 local radio waves at 88.5 FM

CJSR FM 88 block design with Harrison Kennedy, High Fidelity, John Reischman, Pythagoras, O Brother, Where Art Thou? Bill Monroe & Friends, RiverCIty Bluegrass Fesitval, Bobby Dove, Paula Eve Kirman, Hiss Golden Messenger, & Kate Weekes album covers & Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass show card

If it seems like just yday was Sunday, it's b/c it was. Still, planning for the next edition of @cjsrfm.bsky.social's Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass is well underway including new #vinyl finds, new releases, & advancing RiverCity Bluegrass with Karen Trace. 2 MTN Sunday 88.5 & CJSR.com.

Lace up your roller skates and spin with us on Friday, January 16!
Join CJSR for our all-ages roller skating party, with soulful and old school hip-hop mixed LIVE by:
🎛️ Shantu Diggs | The Purple Room
🎛️ DJ Sonny Grimez | If Hooks Could Kill
For more info + tickets: www.cjsr.com/2025/11/anno...

A decade of co-hosting The History of Punk Visit the post for more.

It’s 10 years for the Monday morning duo Brittany and Rylan on The History of Punk. The hour-long program examines punk of all eras from all angles, with an emphasis on punk ethos and social justice.
#yeg #Edmonton #radio #punk #yegpunk

Another Sunday, another Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass on @cjsrfm.bsky.social I had fun- hope you did, too. If you missed it, here's the playlist:

10 year journey into Imaginary Landscapes Visit the post for more.

10 year milestone!
Host Caitlin Sian Richards has been guiding CJSR listeners to auditory vistas for a decade, with Imaginary Landscapes.
#yeg #radio #edmonton #yegradio

Corb Lund launches Alberta-wide petition against foreign ruination of the Rocky Mountains Alberta’s favourite musician continues to light fires in Smith's murky coal bin

A first for Alberta - a legislative petition, not just a policy petition, demanding the prohibition of all new coal mines (including Grassy) on the eastern slopes of the Rockies.
Way to go Corb.
#ableg #abpoli @cpawsnab.bsky.social @cpawssab.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social

How to get trail users to make space for wildlife | CJSR Study Sesh Hear about the University of Alberta study on how to get people to follow safe wildlife practices on busy mountain trails. Dr. Elizabeth Halpenny shares about the work led by researcher Michelle Murph

Dr. Elizabeth Halpenny shares about the University of Alberta study exploring how to get people to follow safe wildlife practices on busy mountain trails.
*Originally heard on CJSR
on.soundcloud.com/DMmKrdp8NdB4...

Can you guess this bird native to Edmonton by JUST its call?
It's a weekly text-in game (780.492.2577) heard Thursdays AM from 7-7:30am MT on CJSR.
#YEGbirds #birding #yeg #edmonton #treaty6

Coming up on CJSR, this Thursday AM (November 20)...
Hear Dr. Elizabeth Halpenny share about the U of A study on getting people to follow safe wildlife practices on busy mountain trails.
It airs between 7:30-8am MT on Edmonton radios at 88.5 FM or stream online listen.streamon.fm/cjsr

This week's MUST LISTEN new releases handpicked by CJSR's Music Librarian Matt Gooding. Tune-in at 12pm MT today (and every Tuesday) to hear from these and other fresh LPs.
💻 stream at listen.streamon.fm/cjsr
📻 local radio waves at 88.5 FM

🍩🍩🍩 for 10 years of THE HISTORY OF PUNK!
A weekly Monday morning exploration of punk of all eras from all angles, with an emphasis on punk ethos & social justice: www.cjsr.com/shows/the-hi...
🎉Congrats Brittany and Rylan!🎉

#CommunityRadio #yeg #Edmonton

Forgot to donate to FunDrive?
You still have time (and you'll be entered to win today's daily donor prizes): cjsr.com/donate