Inducted in 2020
“Music, as they say, is the universal language. It connects cultures. It connects people. It is endlessly fascinating. There’s no end to the regional styles around the world. When I travel, I love going to used record stores to see what they have. In any city, that’s my priority. It’s enriching to listen to music, whether it’s live, on vinyl, or digital. It brings people together.”
Holger Petersen of Edmonton is a legend in the music world. As co-founder of Stony Plain Records and the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, and broadcaster on CKUA and CBC Radio, he introduces Alberta musicians to the world and brings world music home to Alberta.
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Do you (or someone you know) have a 200-300 word story about you and CKUA that you’d like to share with us? Please let us know by writing us. We’d love to feature it! What do such stories look like?
Well, here’s one by our esteemed Natch’ Blues host, Holger Petersen!
My CKUA story begins back in 1968 when I started the two-year Radio and Television Arts course at NAIT.
I already had a passion for music and had been collecting records and following bands since my early teens. The British Invasion-influenced R&B and blues groups opened my world. That music pointed me in the direction of electric blues and eventually to all regional styles of blues and roots music. Happily, it’s an endless pursuit.