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Aisia and Jasper are joined by UBC Creative Writing Department's Tariq Hussain and his students for their end-of-semester songwriting showcase.

Jasper is joined by local musician, community organizer and One City city council candidate with Ian Cromwell. Learn more about Ian: https://vancouver.iancromwell.ca/ https://www.localslounge.ca/ https://www.onecityvancouver.ca/

CiTR is joined in-studio by student from CRWR411, Tariq Hussain's songwriting class to take over CiTR 101.9FM and share some of their songs written during the 2021 semester. ft. performances by 1. Rayne Weinstein (she/he/they) - Warsaw 2. Lara Yildirim (she/they) - Alec 3. Gabrielle Elena (she/her) - Let Me Miss You Again 4. Kaila Johnson (she/they) - Wednesday Nights 5. MacKenzie Sewell (she/they) - Graveyard Blanket 6. Emma Doig (she/her) - Belladonna Wine 7. Sebastian Young (he/him) - Song for Future Self 8. Brit Runeckles (they/she) - Was It Just Me? 9. Jessica Kim (she/her) - Minimum Wage 10. Sinead Tebbutt (she/her) - Outside Rain (working title) 11. Jaenna Cali (she/her) - Standing By 12. Katya Kirschmann (she/her) - Catch & Release

Jasper is joined by Tariq Hussain and his songwriting class, who share some of their songs written during the 2020 semester. Spencer Oakes--Motorcade Tarene Thomas--Lullaby Gabrielle Rutman--The Believing Valie Madejska--June Eleanor Panno--Burnt Toast Cole Klassen--Camping Prayer Edie Chunn--Leave It Up To You Claudine Yip--Where Do They Go Ethan Wescoatt--The Cloud Sea Emma Leck--Butterflies

Vancouver artist Ruby Singh phones in to talk about his new pan-cultural Sufi Hip-Hop project Jhalaak which released its debut self-titled album in May. Spanning two continents, Jhalaak brings together the powerful sounds of Qawaali (devotional Sufi music from Pakistan and India), Hip-Hop, and EDM. Jhalaak met under the constellations of the Vancouver summer sky in 2014 when the Indian musicians found a kindred spirit in Canadian born Desi Hip-Hop artist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Ruby Singh. “We met 6 years ago at the Indian Summer Festival in Vancouver,” explains Singh. “The group of Indian musicians are all brothers from the same family, Salim Khan, Khete Khan, Chugge Khan, 19th generation musicians from a caste called Manganiyars. They are from the same city where my ancestors migrated from 300 years ago so there is a good chance that our ancestors were hanging out which is pretty incredible.” Made up of an ensemble of artists who have toured the world over, Jhalaak is a potent combination of musicians sparking dance floors worldwide. Chugge Khan, with recent project Junun, toured extensively with Radiohead and was mentored as a young vocalist by the inimitable Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Ruby Singh’s spoken word, rap and beatboxing have taken him across the globe throughout North America, Europe, and the South Asian continent, which prepared him for creating rap interpretations of Qawwali songs that date back as far as 700 years. To expand the spectrum of Jhalaak, Juno and Emmy nominated producer and DJ Adham Shaikh, contributes to their hypnotic and explosive chemistry.

Janny Banai's couchwalker grew up into an album with the all-too-eager help of heartbreak, uncertainty and questions to do with faith. Each song embodies a timeless longing of the soul for mutual understanding and deep connection. Alas, throughout Jenny flutters from one couch to the next; from one conversation to the next, feeling wholly affected by the state of the world, of her friends and of her own heart. All the while finding ground in what she believes is true.

North Vancouver’s George Nixon released his debut EP in 2012 – a dark, alt. country dream called Ghosts on the Road. Described as sombre acoustic blues and country-noir, his music has a traditional folk sound laced with vivid urban imagery and a dusty, gritty edge that makes it feel modern, a bit punk, and incredibly unique.

This is part one of two of my conversation with lié - we got cut short due to a scheduling conflict, but stay tuned for part two which was taped in the music office, directly after this conversation.

Tune Builders, founded by Vancouver-based David Beckingham, singer-songwriter and guitarist for Juno-nominated Vancouver band Hey Ocean, offers a musical mentorship and songwriting program for youth who want to experience playing in a band. Whether beginner or advanced, we believe anybody who is interested should get to experience playing musical instruments, songwriting, recording and performing music with their friends. Participants are led and mentored by a team of professional touring/recording artists with a passion for music, creativity and inspiring young artists to play with their boundless creative potential.

Lucid swings by CiTR to perform some songs from his debut EP "Unfufilled" and Alex de Boer makes a special guest appearance!

With their massive sonics and anthemic pop songwriting, Woolworm is an arena rock band that just so happens to perform in DIY venues. Their music, which somehow seamlessly combines shoegaze, Britpop, post-punk, hardcore and black-metal into an impossibly cohesive sound, is the sum of their parts. Heather Black pounds her bass like she’s ripping a basement punk set before delivering sweet vocal harmonies straight out of the C86 compilation. Nick Tolliday pummels his drums with the reckless abandon of the hardcore scene that birthed the band. All the while, dual guitarists Alex Pomeroy and Giles Roy offer intricate, complex riff interplay as often as they stomp their pedals and break into hard-hitting power chords. “People seem to be rightfully wary of rock in general,” frontman Giles Roy says, admitting that his band’s complicated genre blending is rooted in the familiar. “I like the underdog feeling.” That scrappiness is self-evident, but make no mistake: Woolworm are anything but underdogs. The band’s third album Awe (due out November 8 via Mint) expands the band’s already robust songbook even further by offering a new take on their heavy, hardcore-inflected indie pop sound. The band’s bleakly fulfilling 2017 LP Deserve to Die saw them smashing their heads against the wall, meticulously planning every note before entering a real studio with venerable Vancouver producer Jesse Gander. This time around, they recorded with labelmate Jay Arner whenever the inspiration hit.

Vancouver’s fast-rising, dream-pop quintet Blonde Diamond (formerly Youngblood) is reimagining the live-music experience with their palpable, unapologetic, atmospheric vibe and performance. What started as a creative outlet for front-woman, Alexis Young, Blonde Diamond has now received international recognition for their “simultaneously dreamy and vicious” sound led by powerhouse vocals and ethereal instrumentals. Crowds surrender to the Karen O-like frantic energy and Debbie Harry-esque magnetism. This world-class wrecking crew has toured extensively across Canada, Europe, Australia, the US, and India, sharing bills with Portugal. the Man, Broken Social Scene, CCR, and Chromeo, as well as sold-out Commodore Ballroom shows in Vancouver with Bishop Briggs and Mother Mother. They were named a must-see band at Toronto’s Canadian Music Week, BreakOut West and Australian Music Week 2016, as well as playing festivals FOCUS Wales and The Great Escape (UK), Reeperbahn (Germany), and NH7 Dotin (India) among many others in 2017.

CiTR's very own host of "Feeling Sounds" performs songs from her debut album "Irrationale".

Sarah's many artistic projects all orbit around the main project of survival - whether in conversation, performance, writing, or dance her voice rings through loud and clear as a fierce force for empathy and change. In her music, Sarah Jickling marries shimmering pop melodies to sharp, candid lyrics about her personal struggles with bipolar disorder. As a touring performer in BC high schools with the BC Schizophrenia Society’s Reach Out Psychosis program she uses music and humour as a tool to deliver practical, destigmatizing education about mental illness. In her newest creative practice, pole dancing and aerial silks, Sarah has turned a coping mechanism into a venue for conversations about shame and body positivity. On The Family Curse, Sarah explores mental illness within families and intergenerational trauma, and documents her childhood experiences and revelations about her family’s history of bipolar disorder.

Duot Bior Ajang aka Atorry Badmind is a South Sudanese musician who just moved to Vancouver in 2013. His music career began in 2010 and he's recorded over 40 songs in different genres ranging from Hip Hop, Reggae, Dancehall and Trap among others.

Gal Gracen talks about the origins of his new album, Fantasy Gardens, and performs an intimate set in studio A.

Sleepy G plays a dreamy set and then talks (mostly) about Bright Eyes with Jasper.

With Live shows from Mexico City to Haida Gwaii, an East Coast US tour supporting The Charlatans UK, recording with Jason Corbett of Jacknife Sound, and signing to Paper Bag Records, The journey of FRANKIIE over the last year has been non-stop. Their forthcoming album Forget Your Head marries the lush qualities of Big Thief with an intimate antithetic approach reminiscent of Heart. Reverb drenched guitars and intoxicating harmonies have united four women into a dream-rock outfit whose live performances captivates.

Marvin Tontiwachwuthikul Chan, better known by his stage alter-ego Merv xx Gotti, is the singer of of WCMA-nominated Canadian hip-hop/R&B duo, Samurai Champs, as well as Artistic Director of Canadian collective-label, Trifecta Sound Co. With Samurai Champs, Merv xx Gotti has toured internationally to the US, UK, and Europe, performing in festivals such as South by Southwest (SXSW) (Austin, TX), North by Northeast (NXNE) (Toronto, ON), The Great Escape (Brighton, UK), Reeperbahn (Hamburg, GE), Tallinn Music Week (Estonia), and more. As Artistic Director of Trifecta Sound Co., Marvin has curated and organized SK-based cultural events such as Trifecta Music Festival, Trifecta Block Party, and Trifecta Concert Series. He is also involved in the creative career development of Trifecta Sound Co.’s artists, which include LOA, Alex Bent + The Emptiness, Denise Valle, VBRTR and Tefrondon.

Chersea is a one-of-a-kind expressionist inspired electro-pop artist who’s music stimulates the mind, body, and soul. Over the past couple years she has shared the stage with the likes of Brian Wilson, Rich Aucoin, Allen Stone, and MOBY and her live performances have been viewed by thousands all over the world.