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Interview: TUNB Presents: “Shorelines”

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We know that climate change is coming on us fast, but what will be the personal challenges?

My guest today is Jorja Taylor, the student director of the upcoming Theatre UNB production of Shorelines, an eco-thriller written by award-winning Canadian playwright Mishka Lavigne. They join me to discuss the personal seriousness of an eco-disaster, the challenge of showing it on the stage, and Jorja’s own journey to being a second-time director.

Shorelines opens October 24 at 7:30pm in Memorial Hall on UNB Campus, and runs through October 26 each night.

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Nothing in Particular : 2026-Oct-20

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Episode 62

History, the Orionids and music.

Playlist
ArtistSongAlbumYearCountry
The TheSweet Bird of TruthInfected1986England
Saya Gray..Thus Is Why (I Don’t Spring 4 Love)SAYA2025Canada
The CureFascination StreetDisintegration1989England
LeathersFascinationUltraviolet2024Canada
AnthraxGot the TimePersistence of Time1990USA
The Legendary Pink DotsNeon CalculatorsAngel In The Detail2019England / Netherlands
Lynyrd SkynyrdThings Goin’ OnPronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd1973USA
Honey GutSomething’s Gotta GiveHunter-Gatherer2022Canada
WhitehorseDear IronyLeave No Bridge Unburned2015Canada
Today JuniorBoys Like MeBoys Like Me [Single]2023Canada
Sarah SleanYour Wish Is My WishDay One2004Canada
ShoogleniftyFarewell To NiggA Whisky Kiss1996Scotland

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Interview: Tony Scott (FAA AIR): watercolour painter:

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Art is often the practice of seeing what isn’t there, backwards and in layers.

My guest is Tony Scott, a FAA Artist in Residence working on watercolour painting. Tony discusses the challenge of watercolours, gestural painting, and how you need to move through the “ugly phase” of painting layers.

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Groups call for action on energy affordability

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Several groups are calling for action on energy affordability in New Brunswick.

On Friday, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), and the New Brunswick Coalition of Persons with Disabilities (NBCPD), held a press conference at Imprint Youth in Fredericton.

At the press conference, speakers called for an income-based energy rebate for low-to-moderate-income ratepayers and a winter disconnection ban.

Speakers included Nichola Taylor, New Brunswick-wide ACORN chair; Shelly Petit, NBCPD chair; New Brunswick Green Party leader David Coon; and New Brunswick Federation of Labour president Chris Watson.

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Away From The Mire Episode 138 – Sarah Connor Was Right!

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Another week, another great batch of new local tunes mixed in with some classic alt rock!

New tunes from Connor Fox, Stoopheads, Kitsch, Kiwi Jr and more!

 

The Avengers – The American in Me
The Black Keys – Everlasting Light
Cor de Lux – Ping Pong
Lee Ranaldo – Tajikistan (Nice To Meet You)
Connor Fox – Circles
Stoopheads – Honeybuzz
Kitsch – Paint it Gold
The Get Alongs – Sunday Afternoon
Reveal Yourself – bubble
Kiwi Jr. – Blowin’ Up
Green Day – Last Ride In
Radiohead – Idioteque
Deer Tick – Funny Word
MJ Lenderman – Rip Torn
The Burning Hell – Sarah Connor Was Right

 

You can catch Kitsch, Stoopheads and The Get Alongs this Thursday night at the Cap!

 

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Interview: Jennifer Digby (FAA AIR): fibre artist: Spinning & Knitting

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Ancient arts can still survive in modern artists.

My guest is Jennifer Digby, a FAA artist in residence who was working on spinning her own yarn from wool with a portable wheel. She discusses her journey from being an avid knitter to inevitably learning to create her own wool from scratch. We talk about the subtle features and factors that go into an art that seems deceptively simple.

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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

 

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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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