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The Lunchbox Interview: Gilbert Babin (Songwriters Association of NB)

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Time after time, New Brunswickers demonstrate that we are people with songs in our souls.

My guest today is Gilbert Babin, the President of the Songwriters Association of NB. They were formed with the mission of connection music storytellers, and help them connect with their potential audience. We chat about the inspiration behind the group and how far they’ve come in the first two years since they started.

The Songwriters Association of NB has been hosted a series of showcases across the province. The next showcase is in Fredericton at Dolan’s Pub on Saturday, November 22. It’s an all-day affair, with the show starting at 12:30pm and not ending until 7:30pm. The showcase itself is a free event, so be sure to bring friends for a fantastic day of music.

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Nothing in Particular: 2025-Nov-18

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Episode 19. New music from Quebec City’s Men I Trust. X Years Later with Killing Joke, featuring a song from their first and most recent albums.

ArtistSongAlbumYear
LoscilStraw DogsMonument Builders2016
IntermixVoicesIntermix1992
The MissionParadise Will Shine Like The MoonCarved In Sand1990
Fluke/Blair LeeI Fell DownFluke2019
Kevin FoxArmy DreamersSongs for Cello & Voice2008
Killing JokeComplicationsKilling Joke1980
Killing JokeNew Cold WarPylon2015
Fad GadgetCollapsing New PeopleGag1984
Matthew GoodThe Devil’s In Your DetailsHospital Music2007
Men I TrustIn My YearsEquus Caballus2025
The PretendersPrivate LifePretenders1980
Talk TalkGive It UpThe Colour Of Spring1986
Drum’n’SpaceScienceDrum’n’Space1998
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Nothing in Particular: 2025-Nov-11

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Episode 18. Baroque electronica, German neoclassical dark wave, Tuvan throat singing… and indie pop.

ArtistSongAlbumYear
Lunar SoundDreamingElectric Plants2005
BjörkJógaHomogenic1997
Dub ColossusGuragignaReal World 252014
Love Is Colder Than DeathIdeals and PainsEclipse2003
Ganga GiriGiri IriBeats Around The Bush2005
AlashMezhegeiAchai2017
MetricFront RowFantasies2009
The Hello CrowsRed FlagThe Hello Crows2025
Andrea CormierAuspiceAndrea Cormier2024
Anna JustennightmareMiCHOU’s DREAM2025
FauxliageSomeday The WindFauxliage2007
Titus 12As Above So Below (Rodney’s Trance Dub)Shape Shifting Creatures Of Limbo2021
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People Need Music: November 13, 2025

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After hearing a new song (to her) called, “Nature Song For The Time Being” by Fontine, host Tonya Price, showcases songs and artists who clearly take inspiration from nature.

Playlist:

Fontine – Nature Song For The Time Being ::

Jenn Grant – Bring Me A Rose ::

Kylie Fox – Sequoia ::

Dominique Fils-Aimé – Our Roots Run Deep::

Hozier, Allison Russell – Wildflower and Barley ::

Tanya Davis – Where The Ocean Meets The Greenery ::

Logan Richard – The Grass Is Blue ::

Kate Weeks – Island of Wind and Waves ::

The Wailin’ Jennys – Wildflowers ::

Feist – Cicadas and Gulls ::

Jill Zmud – Willow With Me ::

Ian Tamblyn – World of Wonders ::

The Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers

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Away From The Mire Episode 97 – The skies of November turned gloomy!

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Things got groovy early with an epic “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Billy Strings. I also preview the recently announced Trifecta tour featuring Slowcaster, Grand Theft Bus and Jimmy Swift Band which will be heating up venues across the Maritimes this December.

 

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Testing For Echo – Ep 89 – Let’s Make This Worthwhile – Orig. Air Date November 8, 2025

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Hi there everyone. I’m really pleased that you’ve tuned in today

This is Testing For Echo Episode 89 in Fredericton and around the world and I’m your host Tim Scammell

So now let’s make this worth your while.

Episode Song List

  1. Envy of None – Look Inside
  2. Book Club – She Was my Spring
  3. Genesis – Match of the Day
  4. Jason Anderson – Cinnamon Hearts
  5. Yes- Singles 1973 The Remembering
  6. Poem – Weakness
  7. SAGA – Take a Chance
  8. New Musik – Missing Persons
  9. RUSH – Marathon
  10. Not Now – All The Things I Do
  11. Dan Mangan – All the Things I Do
  12. The Who – Eminence Front (Marvel Years Remix)
  13. Nash The Slash – 19th Nervous Breakdown

 

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Nothing in Particular : 2025-Nov-04

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Episode 17. Latin, alt pop to electronica, with Gorillaz featured in the X Years Later segment.

ArtistSongAlbumYear
Montuno CubanoBendita LuzFrágil de Cristal2025
Ruben BladesThe Man Who Sailed Around His SoulA Testimonial Dinner : The Songs Of XTC1995
XTCOutside WorldDrums and Wires1979
Martha and the MuffinsSeveral Styles Of Blonde Girls DancingDanseparc1983
Desmond DekkerWork OutBlack And Dekker1980
HermanezLockstepDeeper Roots2022
GorillazStarshineGorillaz2001
Gorillaz w/ Adeleye OmotayoSilent RunningCracker Island2023
Said the WhaleResolutionshawaiii2013
OkaGali HydroMilk & Honey2011
Manufacture w/ Sarah McLachlanAs The Ends Draws NearTerrorvision1988
EisbrecherFanaticaEisbrecher2004
Rhys FulberInhabits EternityYour Dystopia, My Utopia (SGLP04)2018
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People Need Music: November 6, 2025

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Shivering Songs 2026 released its awesome line-up this week, plus new music from Marian, The Barr Brothers and Bobby Dove.

Playlist

Mo Kenney – Sucker ::

Dan Mangan – Robots ::

Amy Millan – Kiss That Summer ::

Logan Richard – Kissing My Love ::

Wild Pink – Cloud or Mountain ::

Ben Caplan  – 40 Days & 40 Nights ::

Wyatt C. Louis – Dancing with Sue ::

Marian – Late Bloomer ::

The Barr Brothers – Run Right Into It ::

Mike Bern – Into The River ::

Carly Rae Jepsen- Beach House

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The Lunchbox Interview: Free To Grow (“Assorted Ruminations”)

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My guests today are Jeff Patch and James Morrison of the local band Free To Grow. They’ve just released another studio album, Assorted Ruminations, and they join me to talk about how the album came together, some of the technical challenges of recording, and some of the myriad stories that came together in this album.

Includes the tracks Lady of the North, Tracks to Nowhere, and Eat the Freaking Cake.

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Harmony Corruption-Voivod/Acid Bath Show Review-October 21, 2025

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Hi Folks!

 

I had the opportunity to see Voivod and Acid Bath at Rebel in Toronto on October 11th, 2025. It was an absolutely incredible show. Listen in to hear my review! I talk about how the show was, setlists, and lots more. Additionally, this episode features a quick mention of Ace Frehley’s sad passing. He will be missed.

CVLT Nation Interviews: VOIVOD's Away - CVLT Nation

Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics (Remastered) - Amazon.com Music

 

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Indie Whimsy Episode 54 (October 28 2025)

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hiya! welcome back to another episode of indie whimsy, in this episode you’ll hear …

  1. belle and sebastian – i didn’t see it coming (richard x mix) (the third eye centre; 2013)
  2. broken social scene – skyline (hug of thunder; 2017)
  3. they might be giants – i palindrome i (apollo 18; 1992)
  4. amy millan – run for me (masters of the burial; 2009)
  5. action painting! – mustard gas (trial cuts; 2018)
  6. the dears – of fisticuffs (times infinity volume 2; 2017)
  7. the haywains – bye bye boyfriend (a37 revisited; 2011)
  8. arcade fire – joan of arc (reflektor; 2013)
  9. action painting! – boy meets world (alt version) (trial cuts; 2018)
  10. amy millan – pour me up another (honey from the tombs; 2006)
  11. beat happening – our secret (beat happening; 1985)
  12. the shermans – plastic bouquet (you’re still young at heart; 2003)
  13. death cab for cutie – two cars (you can play these songs with chords; 1997)
  14. hefner – dead media (dead media; 2001)
  15. death cab for cutie – styrofoam plates (the photo album; 2001)
  16. bunnygrunt – nobody rides for free (karen hater’s club; 2005)
  17. my bloody valentine – sometimes (loveless; 1991)
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Nothing in Particular : 2025-Oct-28

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Episode 16. Shades of Samhain, a gaggle of ghouls, a hail of hauntings – a Halloween edition. X Years Later returns with Bauhaus.

ArtistSongAlbumYear
YelloStalakdramaStella1985
Front Line AssemblyGhostsEchoes 2013
Lydia LunchGloomy SundayQueen of Siam1980
Lisa GermanoHauntedNo Elephants2013
Hannah GeorgasYour GhostThis Is Good2021
Skinny PuppyWorlockRabies1989
BauhausBela Lugosi’s Dead (Single)1979
BauhausZikirGo Away White2008
Fields Of The NephilimMoonchildThe Nephilim1988
Love & RocketsHaunted When The Minutes DragSeventh Dream of Teenage Heaven1985
Nash The SlashIn Search Of PreyAnd You Thought You Were Normal1982
Eat Static w/ Elaine FrostWhere Ghosts LayDead Planet2015
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Nothing in Particular: 2025-Oct-21

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Episode 15. Instrumental electronica drifting into…

Artist Song Album Year
Wen Time II Think Ephem:era 2018
Bedrock Beautiful Strange (Lost Desert remix) Bedrock Collection 2021 2021
Russell Mills / Undark Causes Cause Causes Pearl + Umbra 2000
Joni Void Non-Locality Everyday is the Song 2023
Tangerine Dream Roll The Seven Twice Quantum Gate 2017
Underworld Twist A Hundred Days Off 2002
Julia Spitale Undecided Dreams Good Again 2017
Madrigal Hurricane Elemental Grace 1999
Dolores O’Riordan October Are You Listening? 2007
Pony Girl Laff it Off Laff it Off 2023
Odds Eat My Brain Good Weird Feeling 1995
Chalk Circle Believe In Something The Great Lake 1986
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Harmony Corruption-Back at CHSR!-October 7th, 2025

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Hi Folks,

 

This week’s episode was done live from CHSR-FM! I had the chance to stop by CHSR last night and do my show live from the studio. Make sure to check out my show airing live weekly at Local FM in Saint John, NB!

Here’s the playlist for this week’s episode:

Roky Erickson-Bloody Hammer

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Nothing in Particular: 2025-Oct-14

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Episode 14. A quiet, sombre program this week. I’ve settled into a Fall mood…

ArtistSongAlbumYear
ConceptShakeCulture Clash2005
Single Gun TheoryI Am What I See (The New Delhi Remix)Possessed: Nettwerk Sound Sampler Vol. 41993
Spirit Of The WestTake It From The SourceLabour Day1988
The BoxRemnantsAll the Time, All the Time, All the Time…1985
Arih SKLoose ThreadHold it Together2023
WhitehorseEvangelinaLeave No Bridge Unburned2015
Angels & AgonyForeverEternity2006
Carbon Based LifeformsSet TheoryWorld Of Sleepers2006
Delerium w/ Katharine Blake and Mediaeval BaebesSister Sojourn GhostNuages du Monde2006
SeaboundOctober SongDouble-Crosser2006
Susumu YokotaFairy LinkThe Boy and The Tree2002
LooneyJetmanEastern Tides / RequiemDeep Blue2012
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Away From The Mire Episode 94 – Eugene!

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A fun cover set this week featuring Rush covers as well as new music from Geese and Jeff Tweedy. We finish it off with a novelty track written and produced by the recently departed Ace Frehley.

 

Jordana, TV Girl – Summer’s Over
Tebby and the Heavy – Razzle Dazzle
Jeff Tweedy – Forever Never Ends
Local H – 2112 Overture / Temple Of Syrinx
Billy Talent – Passage To Bangkok
Richard Cheese – The Trees
Geese – Long Island City Here I Come
This Is Lorelei – A Song That Sings About You
Les Claypool – Call Me The Breeze
BA Johnston – Hanging On By A Thread
Secret Machines – Dreaming of Dreaming
Crazy Joe and the Variable Speed Band – Eugene

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Indie Whimsy Episode 53 (October 21 2025)

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hiya hello! in this episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear:

  1. death cab for cutie – army corps of architects (you can play these songs with chords; 1997)
  2. broken social scene – halfway home (hug of thunder; 2017)
  3. belle and sebastian – ease your feet in the sea (the boy with the arab strap; 1998)
  4. amy millan – finish line (masters of the burial; 2009)
  5. belle and sebastian – the blues are still blue (the life pursuit; 2006)
  6. the dears – all the hail marys (times infinity volume 2; 2017)
  7. belle and sebastian – to be myself completely (the life pursuit; 2006)
  8. arcade fire – you already know (reflektor; 2013)
  9. death cab for cutie – bend to squares (something about airplanes; 1998)
  10. amy millan – he brings out the whiskey in me (honey from the tombs; 2006)
  11. popguns – someone you love (eugenie; 1990)
  12. the orchids – apologies (who needs tomorrow; 1983)
  13. the high water marks – some like it lukewarm (ecstasy rhymes; 2020)
  14. cherry twister – don’t forget your man (at home with cherry twister; 2000)
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Testing For Echo – Episode 88 – Read Some Literature – Orig. Air Date Oct. 25, 2025

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Hello again everyone. Thank you very much for tuning in today. This is Testing For Echo Episode 88 in Fredericton and around the world.

I do have a pretty large stack of songs to squeeze into our show today so let’s get this started.

Tim

“The World of Music, One Song at a Time”

Episode Song List

  1. Episode Song List
    1. Envy of None – Look Inside
    2. Book Club – She Was my Spring
    3. Genesis – Match of the Day
    4. Jason Anderson – Cinnamon Hearts
    5. Yes- Singles 1973 The Remembering
    6. Poem – Weakness
    7. SAGA – Take a Chance
    8. New Musik – Missing Persons
    9. RUSH – Marathon
    10. Not Now – All The Things I Do
    11. Dan Mangan – All the Things I Do
    12. The Who – Eminence Front (Marvel Years Remix)
    13. Nash The Slash – 19th Nervous Breakdown

 

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People Need Music: October 23, 2025

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Playlist:

Old Man Luedecke, Bahamas – My Status is the Baddest ::

Bahamas – The Bridge ::

William Prince – The Spark ::

Brandi Carlile, Lucius – You and Me on the Rock ::

Les louanges – Pigeons ::

Radio Radio – Tellement dope ::

Absolute Loser – In The Crowd ::

The Barr Brothers – Let it Hiss ::

Alexisonfire – Fully Completely ::

Dan Mangan – Cold in the Summer ::

Wyatt C. Louis – Dancing with Sue ::

Claude Munson – Get It While It’s Good ::

Boy Golden – Mountain Road ::

Dominique Fils-Aime – Cheers to New Beginnings

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