The Montreal Sessions is a monthly artist-in-residency program. Each month a new local artist/DJ/musician/band/label/festival/promoter programs a month’s worth of live, weekly radio shows, which air every Tuesday from 3-5pm .

• Check out the show’s audio archives and our previous blog entries about the sessions.

The program dramatically increases community access to CKUT’s airwaves among local independent artists and musicians, and provides CKUT listeners with an opportunity to hear unique live performances and garner information about local musical subcultures and movements. Many of the sessions have been recorded and shared on the Free Music Archive, a curated repository of excellent, free recordings,  of which CKUT is a curator.

• If you are interested in becoming involved with The Montreal Sessions, please send your application to music@ckut.ca !

Former artists-in-residency include:

2018

• Lux Magna (January)
• Black History Month  (February)
• CKUT 30th Anniversary Time Capsule  (March)
• Howl Arts (April)
• Kalmunity Vibe Collective (May)
• Suoni Per Il Popolo (June)
• Guy Madonna (July)
• Hildeguard (August)
• POP Montreal (September)

2017

• Tara Desmond (January)
• Elena Stoodley (February)
• The Friendly Frogs Freak Show (March)
• Joni Void (April)
• Distorsion Psych Fest (May)
• Suoni Per Il Popolo (June)
• Lonely Boa (July)
• MUTEK (August)
• POP Montreal (September)
• Strangerfamiliar (October)
• Blue Skies Turn Black (November)
• Ora Cogan (December)

2016

• Magic Perm (January)
• Don’t Fall Collective (February)
• Tammy Forsythe (March)
• Howl! Arts (April)
• Smileswithteeth (May)
• Suoni Per Il Popolo (June)
• Slut Island (July)
• Alex Pelchat (August)
• POP Montreal (September)
• Oh Hi (October)
• Mundial Montreal (November)
• Blue Skies Turn Black (December)

2015

• Nomadic Massive (January)
• Towanda (February)
• Art Not Love Records (March)
• Howl! Arts (April)
• Pierre Kwenders (May)
• Suoni Per Il Popolo (June)
• Saturn Returns (July)
• Egg Paper Factory (August)
• Pop Montreal (September)
• Yellow Noise (October)
• Craig Pedersen (November)
• Jilted X (December)

2014

• Loose-Fit (January)
• Stomp Records (February)
• Howl! Arts Collective (March)
• One Man Band Festival (April)
• Passovah Productions (May)
• Suoni Per Il Popolo (June)
• Rock Camp for Girls (July)
• Stack Your Roster (August)
• Pop Montreal (September)
• Island Frequencies (October)
• Skin Tone (November)
• Banko Gotiti (December)

2013

• Elements – Amanda Benn (January)
• The Kalmunity Sessions – Kalmunity (February)
• The Constellation Sessions – Constellation Records (March)
• Spring Fever – Malcolm Fraser AKA The World Provider (April)
• Super Action Adventure Hour – Dead Messenger (May)
• Suoni Sessions – Maica + Johnny Paradise (June)
• Year of Glad’s Church of the Air – A.P. Bergeron & friends (July)
• Crustaces Tapes (August)
• Pop Montreal (September)
• Montreal Psych Fest (October)
• Rebel Radio – Chris Danger (November)
• Cult MTL (December)

2012

• The Word I Heard – Tim Beeler & Karen Robins (January)
• SPECTRAL MIGRATION – Jordan Robson Cramer (February)
• SERIE – Katie Lee (March)
• Good Musics – Mikey Heppner (April)
• MUTEK Sessions – Cyan and Dan Melon w/MUTEK (May)
• Suoni Sessions – Maica + Catherine (June)
• 21st Century Schizophone – Randolph Jordan (July)
• Straight Talk/Hammer of the Mods/Psi Factor and the Coug’ with Jonathan Cummins (August)
• Pop Montreal Sessions – James + Caroline (September)
• Katacombes – Janick (October)
• Cinema L’Amour – Dorian + Chris (November)
• Sound Central – Shawn (December)

2011

• Julie D + Nico (January)
• Hobocubes (February)
• Nightwood (March)
• North My Love (April)
• Katalyst (May)
• Suoni Per Il Popolo (June)
• GMACKRR (July)
• Cadence Weapon (August)
• Pop Montreal (September)
• Vergil Sharkya (October)
• Natasha Pickowicz/Popcorn Youth (November)
• Fixture Records (December)

2010

• Anne F (January)
• Tonstartssbandht (February)
• Arbutus (March)
• Psychic handshake (April)
• Jasper Baydala (May)
• Suoni Sessions (June)
• The Pop Winds (July)
• Zachary Fairbrother (August)
• ISMISM (September)
• Chantale Laplante (October)
• Ferris Bueller (Andy White) (November)
• Francis Rossignol (December)

2009

• Simahlak (January)
• Chris Burns (February)
• Philippe Look (March)
• Chaotic Insurrection Ensemble (April)
• Gmackrr (May)
• Courtney Wing (June)
• -o- (aka un cercle) (July)
• Nick Schofield (August)
• Ample Collective (September)
• Richard Rigby (October)
• Side C (November)
• Gordon Allen (December)

2008

• Frootfly (January)
• Katie Moore (February)
• Seth Porcello (March)
• Jonathan Burman (April)
• JJ Gillingham (May)
• Maria Marving (June)
• Mike Macdonald (July)
• Drew Malmuth.Aaron Lakoff (August)
• Sami Malki (September)
• MTL Poster Artists (curated by Moskos) (October)
• k.a.n.t.n.a.g.a.n.o (November)
• David Ryshpan (December)

2007

• John Wrinch Williams (February)
• Aaron Ricker (March)
• Side C (April)
• Lindsay Cuff (May)
• Jess Hart (June)
• Melanie Mazza (July)
• Sean Winters (August)
• Microtone Kitchen (September)
• Nick Kuepfer (October)
• Katie Moore (November)
• Leila Peacock (December)