CJSR 88.5FM

Collage trimmed in orange- CJSR emblem with "Edmonton's Listener Supported Volunteer Powered Community Radio- I Love CJSR Radio" with album covers from AV & the Inner City, Ola Belle Reed, Kim Beggs, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road; William Prince & Tami Neilson; Newport Folk Festival 1963; The Daughters of BLuegrass; Hazel & Alice; Carla Thomas; Alison Krauss; Dale Ann Bradley; the FC'sR&BG show card & International Women's Day 2026 banner

I am pleased to have a very busy Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass planned for Sunday at 2 MST. Celebrating International Women's Day with a broad cross-section of music to entertain you for a couple hours with 'our kinda music' on @cjsrfm.bsky.social 88.5 & CJSR.com. I hope you can join me!

Chart | Week of March 3, 2026 Visit the post for more.

It's time to climb CHART⛰️!
Join Chad at 9-11am MT to listen through the releases who have a foot hold on the station's chart: www.cjsr.com/2026/03/char...

Hot Wax | March 3, 2026 Visit the post for more.

*New* Must-Listens!
Check out all the new music added to the station’s collection between February 25-March 3, 2026. Plus, sample from the releases flagged as "real good" by CJSR’s Music Librarian.
www.cjsr.com/2026/03/hot-...

Some Alberta separatists claim Indigenous Peoples in Alberta would be better off if the province left 🇨🇦.
NOT SO FAST says a scholar from U of A Native Studies!
Hear Matthew Wildcat's full talk airing Wednesday (March 4) at 11am MT on CJSR 88.5 FM in Edmonton or stream listen.streamon.fm/cjsr

🧗Every Tuesday in March at 11am-3pm, admissions ($10) get donated directly to CJSR: www.cjsr.com/2026/02/char...
A great time to give bouldering a go!
#yeg #edmonton #bouldering #yegclimb

Thanks for tuning into today's show, if indeed you did. We had some fun- or, I did. Hopefully you enjoyed what I played on @cjsrfm.bsky.social this afternoon. Here's the playlist:

Climb the walls with CJSR CJSR coming to you live from the climbing wall!

Coming up this month! www.cjsr.com/2026/02/char...

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Less than 2 days left to get in on our FIRST-EVER 50/50 Raffle: www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/cjsrfm
The winner will be drawn on Sunday and takes home half of the total $$$ raised. #winwin #yegmusic #yeg #edmonton

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Show collage fea. the CJSR FM88 retro purple & teal logo from last year-and 40 years ago- with album covers from Waylon Jennings, Dailey & Vincent, Tony Trischka fea. Billy Strings, John Hiatt, Sally Jones, Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz, Lilly Hiatt, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials along with a promo poster for Matt Patershuk, Ben Siris, and Suzie Ungerleider AND the show card.

Fervor Coulee’s Rootsicana & Bluegrass is largely all 'new to the show' music this weekend- an abundance of artists & performances not previously featured. I hope you can join me for two hours of ‘our kinda music’ beginning at 2 MST Sunday on @cjsrfm.bsky.social 88.5 and CJSR.com.

🚂 ALL ABOOOARRRD!
The last Wednesday of February each year, the CJSR airwaves ride the rails with the TRAIN SPECIAL:
🕗 6pm MT - Sidetracks
🕗 7pm MT - Calling All Blues - Grant & Graham bring you 2 hrs of train-themed blues tunes
🕗 9pm MT - The Shoebox - Pete plays 2 hrs of rail ridin’ rock n’ roll

Just announced - Maria Dunn Trio in Concert #yegmusic
Fri Apr 24, 2026 at 8 pm
Yardbird Suite
Edmonton, AB
Tix/info:
yardbirdsuite.com/shows/maria-...

UK artist Keaton Henson summits this week's CJSR music chart with the US family act The Sha La Das almost at the peak, followed by Canadian alt-country musician Fuller Hull. See who else is charting: www.cjsr.com/2026/02/char...

Hot Wax | February 24, 2026 Visit the post for more.

New "must listen" releases added to the CJSR's collection in the last week, handpicked by the station's Music Librarian: www.cjsr.com/2026/02/hot-...

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It’s funny how I mess up less often during the pre-recorded shows than the in-studio ones! Not sure how that works, but today’s program went well & I hope you enjoyed the music I shared; we covered some ground! Thanks for joining me on @cjsrfm.bsky.social. Here’s the playlist:

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Hope you can catch Sunday's Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass on @cjsrfm.bsky.social. Two hours of our kinda music to cap the weekend. While you're at it, consider please visiting CJSR.com to purchase a 50/50 fundraising ticket.

Guiding Canada away from Islamophobia + online gambling explosion Podcast Episode · Brains on Campus · 2026-02-18 · 55m

Picking the 🧠🧠 of Canada's 1st & last Special Rep on Combatting Islamophobia, @amiraelghawaby.bsky.social, on addressing the hate Muslims continue to face in Canada, plus AB Gambling Research Institute's Fiona Nicoll on gambing going from casinos to our palms: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/g...

New "Must Listens" handpicked by CJSR's Music Librarian!
It's from all the new music added to the station's collection between February 10-17, 2026: www.cjsr.com/2026/02/hot-...
#yegmusic #yeg #alberta #albertamusic #radio #publicradio

CJSR 50/50 Raffle Join thousands of community organizations - big and small - who raise more funds for their worthy causes with Rafflebox.

$5 gets you entered into our FIRST-EVER 50/50 Raffle! www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/cjsrfm

Collage- CJSR emblem with "Edmonton's Listener Supported Volunteer Powered Community Radio- I Love CJSR Radio" with album covers from Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, The Stanley Brothers, Zachary Lucky, Willie Nelson, The Fervor Coulee Rootsicana & Bluegrass show card, Greg Blake & Becky Buller, John Hewitt, Pine Mountain Railroad, Lynne Hanson, and Maria Dunn

I am always looking toward Sunday, my favourite day of the week & the next edition of Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass on the mighty @cjsrfm.bsky.social & CJSR.com. Two hours of our kinda music with a full half hour of live Stanley Brothers as we mark Dr. Ralph's 99th birthday. Join me @2 MTN!

Teddy Pemberton | Black History Month 2026 This Black History Month, CJSR is honouring the experiences, achievements and enduring contributions of Black communities in Canada. Each week, we spotlight a different Black Edmontonian who has influ

Hear about the radio DJ credited with introducing hip hop to Edmonton (on CJSR, no less). It’s T.E.D.D.Y. aka Teddy Pemberton: on.soundcloud.com/K5gD2dQHQnl2...
#yeg #yegmusic #edmonton #rap #hiphop #cadenceweapon #canadamusic #albertamusic

Delighted to have my research featured in this new podcast hosted by my alma mater's radio station! It's based on a book talk I gave at @ualberta.bsky.social last fall. #cdnhist #cdnhistory @ubcpress.bsky.social

Cold colonialism + what's next for protesting Podcast Episode · Brains on Campus · 2026-02-11 · 58m

New 🧠🧠 Brains on Campus episode!
Hear @tinaadcock.bsky.social on how exploration of “the North” exposes colonialism and @mountroyalu.bsky.social's Dr. Muhannad Ayyash on what effective protest looks like after encampments were quashed at universities.
#BDS #yeg podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/b...

Charts | week of February 10, 2026 Visit the post for more.

Whitehorse's Cryptozoologists and Saskatoon's The Radiation Flowers are close to the peak of CJSR's chart⛰️mountain. See who else is climbin'!
www.cjsr.com/2026/02/char...
#saskatoon #yxe #saskatchewan #yxy #whitehorse #yukon #saskachewanmusic #yxemusic #yxymusic #yukonmusic

CJSR black star with an orange glow and album covers from Blue Northern, Della Mae, The Monroe Brothers, The McDades, Lynne Hanson, Greg Brown, David Davis & the Warrior River Boys, Bad Livers, Carla Olson, and Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers with the Fervor Coulee Rootsicana & Bluegrass showcard.

I love spending time on the radio each week & I’m pretty excited about Sunday's show on @cjsrfm.bsky.social cjsr.com- bit of traditional, some new, a bunch of vintage, & a healthy chunk of music that will push the boundaries with remembrances of those no longer with us. 2 o'clock MTN Sunday.