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CKUA’s Hidden Track podcast brings you stories that change the way you hear music. We’ll get to the heart of the song with the musician who wrote it, reflect on a landmark recording with the producer who helped shape it, or examine the legacy of a musical icon with the person who knew them best. Whoever the guest, we'll provide a moment of discovery you won’t soon forget.

Dec 19, 2025

Twas the season of giving at fair CKUA 
So we gathered some artists, for a Hidden Track Holiday! 
In the music library they played, bringing songs of good cheer 
To help us close the sixth season, another great year!  

They shared festive tall tales and holiday fables 
As well as what they love most on their Christmas...


Nov 21, 2025

It’s Part Four of Hidden Track’s collaboration with Music Yukon. 

In this Hidden Track Session, we visit with a trio of artists who amply demonstrate the phenomenally wide spectrum of music-makers who call the Yukon home: John from Dawson's dynamic rap; the piano artistry of singer-songwriter Declan O’Donovan;...


Nov 7, 2025

In this episode of the Hidden Track podcast, we meet Canadian rapper Shadrach Kabango, better known as Shad. He has a new album, Start Anew, which hooks you in with songs exploring important and universal questions surrounding social, environmental, and cultural sustainability; passing the world along to the next...


Oct 24, 2025

Music Yukon returns to the Hidden Track podcast for another year of collaborations!

The music of the north is the focus of this episode with performances from Electric Lemonade; Jamaican-born longtime New Yorker, now Yukon-dwelling rapper/ beatmaker/ indie rocker Ryan O’Neil; and the celebrated soulful singer-songwriter...


Oct 10, 2025

Musician, singer, and producer, Yves Jarvis remains connected to the music community in Calgary.  In this Story episode of the Hidden Track podcast, you’ll learn all about his connections to his old home province. All you need to do is listen to the title track from his album All Cylinders, which describes a road...