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People Need Music:October 15, 2026

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This week on People Need Music, Tonya chats with Jordy Balicki about Saskatchewan band, South West. They discuss the Sask music scene, supportive communities and South West’s upcoming album, Perpetual Stew. @_south_west_sw

Playlist:

Jon Bryant – Light

South West – If Only I Knew (What We Are Fighting For)

South West – For You

South West – Always On The Run

Foxwarren – Listen2me

Zachary Lucky – Make It On Time

The Barr Brothers – Run Right Into It

Broken Social Scene – The Call

LaForce – Darth Vapor

 

Interview: Katherine Moller (FAA AIR): musician: “Working Through Music”

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Art is a way to express yourself, your world and your heart.

My guest is Katherine Moller, a local musician who’s specialty is the violin — or the fiddle, depending on the piece. She spent her time in the residency combing through and refining musical compositions relating back to a reflective trip in France.

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People Need Music: October 8, 2026

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Ottawa based singer/songwriter, James LeClaire has two shows in New Brunswick this weekend so he called into People Need Music to chat about his new album, The Deal. If your find yourself in Riverside-Albert at Moonbrook Manor, or in Saint John at Harmony House, be sure to check out James’ show.

Playlist

Daniel Lanois – Jolie Louise

Louis-Jean Cormier – De La chambre au salon

James LeClaire – The Sound Of You Gone

James LeClaire – The Knot

James LeClaire – The Deal

Feist – One Evening

Dad Patrol – Tourniquet

Marc McLaughlin – Effervescence

Sadie – Popcorn

South West – Always On The Run

 

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Interview: Faith MacFarlane (FAA AIR): lampshade artist: “Shady Spaces”

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You know the old expression, “hang a lampshade on it”? Sometimes, that’s exactly what is needed.

My guest today is Faith MacFarlane, who spent her time in residence at the Barracks building functional art in the form of complicated, sophisticated lampshades. This art challenges her to combine fabric, sculpting, and light to make an impact, and uncovers a world and tradition that is nearly lost from the world.

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Away From The Mire Episode 137 – Songs for the gang!

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Big week for new music! I’ve got new tracks for you from Dad Patrol, Stoopheads, Kitsch, This is Lorelei and so much more!

 

Rick White – STANDING IN THE YARD
Kitsch – Breakfast
Kitsch – Kitsch!
Primus – Over the Falls
Dad Patrol – Tourniquet
Cor de Lux – Cannibals
Morphine – Cocoon
Stoopheads – Oysterbed
This is Lorelei – The Kid With the Crown
Kevin Morby – Javelin
B.A. Johnston – Skinny Jeans
Pearl Jam – Grievance
Thrush Hermit – Songs For The Gang
MJ Lenderman – Under Control
Jeffrey Lewis – Sal’s Pizza Has Sold Out to the Yuppie Scum

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Interview: Jacqueline Carr (FAA AIR): mixed media: “What We Carry”

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Art can celebrate, but it can also challenge, inspire and offer change.

My guest is Jacqueline Carr, a mixed-media artist who sought to challenge assumptions and invite the public to share their stories of how language and action has been used to oppress, do harm and box in women. In return, she offers them each an “exchange of hope”.

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Interview: Marla Lesage (FAA AIR): poetry: “Playing With Words”

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Words are magical containers for thoughts, both shaping and being shaped by them.

My guest today is Marla Lesage, who spent her time in the FAA artist residency rediscovering of writing poetry, rather than the illustrated children’s books she had usually been writing. She had fun inspiring others to “pick a word” to create their own poems from her words, as well as finding ways to process life and thought through expression.

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Nothing in Particular : 2026-Oct-06

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Episode 61

Playlist
ArtistSongAlbumYearCountry
Kaia KaterOften as the AutumnStrange Medicine2024Canada
JapanQuiet Life (7″ Version)Quiet Life1979England
Ganga GiriGone TravellingBeats Around The Bush2005Australia
Front Line AssemblyExoEchoes2014
Canada
Big CountryLost PatrolThe Crossing1983Scotland
Love Spit LoveHow Soon Is Now?The Craft [Soundtrack]1996England / USA
July TalkOn the ScreenTouch X2026Canada
Conjure One w/ PoeCenter of The SunConjure One2002Canada
Sevara NazarkhanYallajonim (My Dearest Song)Yol Bolsin2001Uzbekistan
Andrea CormierUn MiroirAndrea Cormier2024Canada
RadioheadHouse Of CardsIn Rainbows2007England
ÉcarlateL’Automne ArriveCoup de Soleil2025Canada

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This Week in Fredericton: September 26 – October 2, 2026

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In this week’s episode, we highlight the work of Bronwen Cunningham, a Fredericton woman who last month was posthumously awarded the New Brunswick Human Rights Award.

We also visit Fredericton High School for the grand opening of a new outdoor classroom; and, bring you more coverage of the Writers of the Realm literary festival from guest reporter Micrielle Manga.

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People Need Music: October 1, 2026

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Dad Patrol are about to release their newest album, Chainsaw Fight Fantastic, on October 2, 2026. Band members Zach Pelletier and Simon Boudreau came by the CHSR FM studios to give us a sneak peek of this awesome new album!

Follow Dad Patrol (@dadpatrolband) for details on the album release parties!

Playlist

Dad Patrol – Tourniquet

Dad Patrol – Crustacean

Dad Patrol – Sweet Thing

Dad Patrol – Baku

Dad Patrol – In The Garden

Dad Patrol – Worms, Larvae, Insects, Creepy Crawlies

Dad Patrol – 2 Mums

Marian – Keeping

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Interview: Peter Hicks (writer): “For One Thing”

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Nostalgia is a funny thing, because it can hit you for people, places and times you’ve never been to.

My guest today is Peter Hicks, a local musician, songwriter and author, who has released three books this year alone. The second of those books is For One Thing, a novel set in the near-history of rural New Brunswick, about a boy who loves a radio and the strange uncle he’s forced to spend time with. It’s a wonderful, heartfelt book of dispelling assumptions, real care, and becoming who you are. Peter joined me to talk about this book’s origins in the stories of his own uncle, and how he reflects on that time.

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Interview: Karine & Nadia Francavilla: “PIAF”

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Some voices are iconic, and it takes a brave — and talented — artist to step into them.

My guests are vocalist Karine and musician Nadia Francavilla (and part of Atlantic Sinfonia), to talk about the upcoming performance of PIAF, a tribute to the incredible vocalist Edith Piaf.

PIAF kicks off a tour across the province with a performance in Fredericton at Memorial Hall on October 7 at 7:30pm.

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Interview: Hayley Monroe (FAA AIR): printmaker: “Creation Through Destruction”

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Artists often have to develop their mental eyes to transform their vision into process; sometimes, it also means thinking backwards, and in reverse.

My guest is Hayle Monroe, a printmaker and painter who was engaged in a new process (for her) of “reductive linocut printmaking”, where as each layer of the print is created, it destroys the previous one.

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Interview: Jessie Kehaw (FAA AIR): Looming Small, By Chance

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Just because something is traditional, doesn’t mean it can’t do something entirely new.

My guest is Jessie Kehew, who spent her time in residence working with a miniature loom and a spinning wheel, working on a project that combined traditional methods with randomness.

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Nothing in Particular : 2026-Sep-29

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Episode 60

History items: Will, John & Juan.

Playlist
ArtistSongAlbumYearCountry
EncephalonDaylight (Remix)Dependence 2011 [Compilation]2011Canada
Machines of Loving GraceGolgotha Tenement BluesThe Crow (Movie Soundtrack)1994USA
Lisa LeBlancPourquoi faire aujourd’huiChiac Disco2022Canada
Apostle of HustlePerfect FitEats Darkness2009Canada
ElisapieQimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free)Inuktitut2023Canada
Eleftheria ArvanitakiSapphoGifted2012Greece
NeuroticfishInvisibleAntidoron2018Germany
Decoded FeedbackNothingnessShockwave2005Canada
SoftcultSpoiledSee You In Heaven2025Canada
Paul McCartney & WingsBluebirdBand On The Run1973England
Anna JustenPiece by PieceMichou’s Dream2025USA
The Psychedelic FursHighwire DaysMirror Moves1984England
Sui ZhenNatural ProgressionLosing, Linda2019Australia

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Interview: Andrew Robinson (FAA AIR): Linocut of Sharks Having Lunch

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Art is often the task of removing everything that isn’t supposed to be there, and then reveling in the rest.

My guest is Andrew Robinson, who joined me on a windy day to talk about his process of moving from digital to analog when creating his images — in this case, a project focusing on sea creatures having lunch.

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Interview: Ralph Simpson/Liz Demerson (FAA AIR): Mixing Media

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Artists seem to love challenging themselves to doing something different — even stepping inside someone else’s shoes.

My guests are Ralph Simpson (master basket-maker) and Liz Demerson (ceramicist), two of the artists in residence for this summer’s Fredericton Arts Alliance program. I met them at the Barracks, where they were busy working on new things — in particular, doing each other‘s form of art, although “plants” still shone through as a consistent element.

You can see work from many of the artists who participated in this years residency on October 1 at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre from 5pm-7pm for the opening of the Residency exhibit.

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Away From The Mire Episode 136

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Back by unpopular demand, Away From The Mire is once again available On-Demand!

Pearl Jam – Quick Escape
Dad Patrol – Worms, Larva, Insects, Creepy Crawlies
NRBQ – Wacky Tobacky
Sam Salmon – If I Needed You Now
Courtney Barnett – One Thing at a Time
Jonathan Richman – Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground – All Tomorrow’s Parties
Ovven – Ovven – Feeling The Pull
Geese – Bow Down
Daydream Plus – More Time Alone
BA Johnston – Lets Blow Shit Up
Dogwood Tales – Ralph Sampson
Built To Spill – Alarmed
Stoopheads – Zeel

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This Week in Fredericton: September 19-25, 2026

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In this week’s episode, we preview the Enbicon gaming convention taking place in Fredericton this weekend and see how board games are bringing people together.

We also chat with the University of New Brunswick’s first research chair in digital agriculture and learn how this emerging field can help New Brunswick farmers.

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People Need Music: September 24, 2026

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Jack Pine will end his Atlantic tour in Fredericton at Nomad Coffee on Sunday, Sept. 27th. Jack Pine himself, Gareth Auden-Hole, calls into CHSR FM to chat about his first Atlantic tour and why people need music!

Playlist

Jack Pine and The Fire: Desert Island

Jack Pine: Lone Wolf

Jack Pine and The Fire: Rich in Time

Black Suit Devil: Bullets (Live)

Evan Cooper: Million & One

The War on Drugs: Who’s That

Hey Rosetta!: Harriet

Dad Patrol: Sweet Thing

Angine de Poitrine: Fabienk

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