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Lace up your hiking boots and get ready to join Mel Woods as she explores music by female and LGBTQ+ artists. Is that a bear behind that tree? Nope, it's just another great track you won't hear anywhere else. We provide the music mix, but don't forget your own trail mix!
Rage against media layoffs and the sun setting at 4 pm. Marking Trans Day of Remembrance.
IT'S DOLLY MANIA. DOLLY PARTON, DIXIE CHICKS, SHANIA TWAIN AND NEW DISCOVERIES INSPIRED BY THEM. YEE HAW Y'ALL.
Mel's annual pride week show! This year, we celebrate queers and femmes across a bunch of genres and wish you the happiest of Prides!
Mel kicks off the show with a little bit of a tribute to new Emmy nominee Schitt's Creek. Then, four picks from the Polaris Prize shortlist. And for the last half, a celebration of Mal Blum's new album, Pity Boy and songs it made me think of.
SLED ISLAND RETROSPECTIVE. MEL REFLECTS ON THE BEST MOMENTS FROM SLED ISLAND 2019, CRIES GAY TEARS FOR JULIEN BAKER AND THINKS ABOUT THE PRAIRIES A LOT.
SWEET BIRTHDAY BABY RADIO. Mel's celebrates her 24th birthday on-air with all of her favourite tunes and bands!
Mel's celebrating good life things and avoiding the Alberta election, so tune in for an hour of brand-spankin'-new tracks.
The Captain Marvel soundtrack that could've been! '90s Riot Grrrl and Riot Grrrl-inspired tracks to fuel your queer feminist '90s superhero dreams.
All strings attached -- it's all string and string-adjacent music today on the program.
It's "Snowed In"to the Woods! A Snow Day across the lower mainland gives good reason for some cozy tunes and a warm cup of radio friendship.
Mel is joined by Bachelor correspondent Kallan for an hour of radio friendship and good tunes.
Highlighting some of my favourite 2018 tunes and new discoveries of 2019. Also featuring an interview with Sadie Epstein-Fine and Makeda Zook, the editors of Spawning Generations: Rants and Reflections on Growing Up with LGBTQ+ Parents, where we chat about Commercial Drive lesbians, queer stories and their book launch this Thursday Jan. 17 at 7 pm at Massy Books.
Christmas comes early this week, as Mel celebrates her last show of 2018 with an assortment of holiday fun on this November Tuesday. Stay tuned for the return of Into the woods in 2019!
Honouring Trans Day of Remembrance with music from trans*, non-binary and gender-non-conforming folks.
SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS. THE DODGERS ARE IN THE WORLD SERIES AND MELANIE IS VERY PUMPED. SO HERE'S A FULL HOUR OF SPORTS MUSIC BY GREAT WOMEN AND QUEER FOLKS.
Chill beats, orchestral and experimental tunes for your Tuesday. Get some work done or escape the work you have to do!
Celebrating a whole year on the air! Featuring all my favourite tunes from the past year of radio magic. Thanks for a great year of radio friends, and here's to many more!
Tuesday tunes featuring CiTR's new Gender Empowerment Collective Coordinator Lakshmi! Stay tuned for more great radio magic!
A pair of Polaris nominees bookend an hour of fast punk and fast friends. Happy Tuesday!
Sounds of the summer. Reflect on summer 2k18 and the ones before with some rad sunny tunes.
Melanie binge-watched all five Twilight movies in a 24-hour period earlier this week, so today it's all songs from and inspired by those terrible movies with the baller soundtracks.
A motley collection of music for whatever motley collection of activities you get up to on this summer afternoon!
SLED ISLAND RECAP. Come for the good tunes I heard live this week, stay for the baller interview with rap group Cartel Madras who will almost certainly take over the world.
Feat. an interview with Victoria band Fortune Killers, a preview of Sled Island 2018 and lots of love for Janelle Monae!
Here at a new time, 5pm PST every Tuesday! Get your faux-luxe glam on with rosewave, the music for your night out on the town, for spilling rose on our shoes and having a good time. It's summer! Let's party!
Local femme-folk for friends and folks everywhere. Songs about dinosaurs, building railroads and mountains. Keep on smilin'!
Kick off May with some metal. A full hour of rad female-driven metal, hard-rock and hardcore punk. Thrash along with me radioland! lml
En francais! Take a ride through a little bit of Montreal electro-pop this week and suffer through my inability to pronounce French words.
Mel is in a great mood today, so a whole hour of lot's of lady-loving tunes. Have a happy Tuesday radioland!
This week Mel watched 13 hours of Jessica Jones season two in a 24-hour period and got inspired to make a jazz show! It's a Tuesday afternoon jazz cafe!
This is your hour to finish that project you've been dying to work on. 60 minutes of non-stop electronica produced by women and queer folks. Groove and work at the same time!
A special episode featuring political folk for International Women's Day. Remember, feminism is not feminism if it is not intersectional. Consider class, consider race, consider ability and consider identity when we talk about these things.
I'm obsessed with Janelle Monae. So this week, music by bisexual folks and music that makes you think of bisexual lighting. Happy Tuesday!
Calgary's Sled Island music festival just announced the first wave of their lineup. On today's show, some of the highlights of great femcon musicians from the announcement, as well as a look back on some highlights of last year's Sled. February Sledding! :)
A grab bag of tunes for your Tuesday afternoon. Pop punk, surf punk, punk rock, pop, electronic and even a little bit of live Kesha for your afternoon. Have a great week pals :)
Featuring a brand new single from East Van queer punks Strange Breed and a whole hour of CD music from CiTR's playlist. New, fresh, shiny like a CD. Good times!
A tribute to Dolore O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries who passed away this week. '90s alt rock and stuff inspired by it.
The third of a three-part "Best of 2017" series highlighting women of music in 2017. This week, music from 2017 to soundtrack your 2018 revolution! Happy new year everyone and let's see what 2018 brings!
The second of a three-part "Best of 2017" series highlighting women of music in 2017. This week, music I wouldn't have found if I wasn't looking for it. Lots of great deep cuts and community radio insider tracks here. Stay tuned for Part Three: Music to Hold a 2018 Revolution To next week!
The first of a three-part "Best of 2017" series highlighting women of music in 2017. This week, 100 per cent CanCon, 100 per cent FemCon, 100 per cent awesome. Stay tuned for Part Two: Deep Cuts and Part Three: Music to Hold a 2018 Revolution To.
A mishmash of some fun jams, from Belinda Carlisle to Peaches. Also feat. an interview with Alexis Young from Youngblood! Stay fresh radioland!
Spooky scary radio. A smorgasbord of femme-tastic Halloween tracks. Ghosts! Demons! Vampires! The Time Warp! The Hex Girls from Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost! Happy Halloween y'all!
Cozy up with some comforting feminist folk for your Tuesday afternoon. Keep smiling pals, and let no man steal your thyme :)
My name is Mel Woods and welcome to my very first show! Tune in every week for another great playlist of music celebrating women and LGBTQ+ folks from all over.