CKUA Radio Network

Listening to CKUA Radio Network live is like browsing a record store run by obsessives. This music radio Canada institution has been broadcasting from Edmonton since 1927, and it's still one of the best ways to discover new sounds. The playlist is astonishingly broad - one hour you'll hear folk from a Maritime singer-songwriter, the next it's obscure blues from the Mississippi Delta or a deep cut from Joni Mitchell's Blue era. It's listener-supported, which means no ads interrupting the flow. The DJs have genuine autonomy, and it shows. They dig deep, pulling out tracks you'd never hear on com…