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Wake Up! – January 22nd w/ Jeff Richardson and Kyle Cunjak

Posted on 2019-01-22 by Johnny James Posted in General, Wake Up

On today’s show we sit down with Jeff Richardson of the United Way and Kyle Cunjak of The Olympic Symphonium to talk about Songs Of The City! Check out the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/356036121865178/ Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and Instagram stories

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Wake Up! – January 18th, 2019

Posted on 2019-01-18 by Johnny James Posted in General, Wake Up

On today’s show, we sat down with Jason McIntyre and Brennan Garnett from JustWrite Productions to talk about their event Hilarity For The Homeless at the Capital Complex tomorrow! Check out the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1227572800727107/ Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and

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Wake Up! – January 17th, 2019

Posted on 2019-01-17 by Johnny James Posted in General, Wake Up

On today’s show, singer songwriter Hannah Zamora stopped by to chat about her show at the Wilsers Room tonight and to serenade our ears with some sweet ukulele tunes! Check out the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2474504956110234/ Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and

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Wake Up! – January 14th, 2019

Posted on 2019-01-14 by Johnny James Posted in General, Wake Up

On today’s show, we talked about why the Lourvre is shattering their attendance records, some legal trouble for the Netflix sensation Black Mirror an exclusive version of Bohemian Rhapsody. Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and Instagram stories @heyjohnnyjames for live updates,

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Wake Up! – January 11th w/ Dylan Ward of Marian

Posted on 2019-01-11 by Johnny James Posted in General, Wake Up

On today’s show, we sat down with Dylan Ward of the band Marian to talk about the bands upcoming show at Grimross tonight and play a tune live in studio! Event Page Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/650106012071382/ Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and Instagram

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Wake Up! – January 9th, 2019

Posted on 2019-01-09 by Johnny James Posted in General, Wake Up

On todays show, we talk about the effects of swearing around children, a giant Manitoba snow maze and whether or not your allergies are legit. Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and Instagram stories @heyjohnnyjames for live updates, previews, segments and podcasts!

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Wake Up! – January 8th, 2019

Posted on 2019-01-08 by Johnny James Posted in General, Wake Up

  On today’s show we talked about a man who took a casual jaunt across Canada, an app that makes school lunches more accessible and some sweet criminal karma. Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and Instagram stories @heyjohnnyjames for live updates,

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This Year In Music…According To Johnny James: The Top 50 Albums Of The Year – #50-41

Posted on 2018-12-27 by Johnny James Posted in General, Music Reviews

50. “Some Rap Songs” – Earl Sweatshirt Kicking of my albums of the year list is Earl Sweatshirt with “Some Rap Songs”, but this collection of tracks is anything but. While short in length, each track transports you into a sensual head space with pinging samples of guitar, bass, piano and so much more. Earl’s

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This Year In Music…According To Johnny James: The Top 10 EPs Of 2018

Posted on 2018-12-26 by Johnny James Posted in General, Music Reviews

10. “The Offering: Part 1” – Hitman Kicking off this list is Hitman out of Halifax, NS with their 4-track ripper “The Offering Part 1”. Mixing a crunchy blend of stoner and thrash metal, each track is a gut punch of huge instrumentation and catchy hooks you can raise your glass to. Vocalist Jordan Rose

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This Year In Music…According To Johnny James: The Top 20 Songs Of 2018

Posted on 2018-12-25 by Johnny James Posted in General, Music Reviews

20. Sun Ought To Shine – Hillsburn Kicking off this list is Hillsburn out of Halifax, NS, a band who has taken their latest record “The Wilder Beyond” as far as a you could expect in a calendar year. “Sun Ought To Shine” comes in with the passionate vocals of Rosanna Burrill which are joined

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Album Review: Doom Machine – The War Inside

Posted on 2018-11-19 by Johnny James Posted in General, Music Reviews, Reviews

Part of east coast metal’s 10-year club, the Annapolis Valley trio Doom Machine returns with their fifth album “The War Inside”. This album shows the band in a very comfortable spot in their sound and has balanced the dosage they mix traditional, thrash and stoner metal elements with their overarching theme of doom metal. The

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ALBUM REVIEW: Architects – Holy Hell

Posted on 2018-11-16 by Johnny James Posted in General, Music Reviews, Reviews

The eighth studio album for UK metal-core outfit Architects proves that they remain one of the most relevant groups in their genre and that the emotional knife they carve their music with is still sharp. The record is a 42-minute ode to founding member Tom Searle, who died on August 20th, 2016, three months after

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Crazy Train #CXXVI

Posted on 2018-10-27 by Johnny James Posted in General, The Crazy Train

This week we went back in the east coast metal archives with tracks from Oceans Will Rise, Anthesis, A Sight For Sewn Eyes and Fifty Feet of Earth. We also played a track off the new Graves EP by Sydney, Nova Scotia punks Keith Doom and the Wrecking Crew! Check it out here: Graves (EP)

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Wake Up! – Interview With Birdie Whyte – October 2nd, 2018

Posted on 2018-10-02 by Johnny James Posted in General, Wake Up

On today’s show I played an interview with Singer/Songwriter Birdie Whyte out of Ottawa, Ontario, who will be performing at Grimross Brewing this Thursday, October 4th, as part of her One Night Band’s tour where she is performing alongside a different band for each date. For the Fredericton show she will be performing with The

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Crazy Train CXXV – Rock For Donnie

Posted on 2018-10-01 by Johnny James Posted in General, The Crazy Train

On this episode I’m joined by Chris Waddell, Larry Hall and Ian Noble to talk about the upcoming benefit show for the late Donnie Robichaud and all the ways you can help support the memorial trust fund for his children. One of which is by purchasing a “Rock For Donnie” t-shirt which my guests are

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Crazy Train CXXIV – DISCHORD “Corruption of Innocence”

Posted on 2018-09-27 by Johnny James Posted in General, The Crazy Train

On this episode, Moncton’s Dischord stopped by to talk about their new album “Corruption of Innocence”, their new label PRC Music and some of the dark meanings behind their song titles. DISCHORD Corruption of Innocence CD by PRC MUSIC We also played the latest from Architects and threw back to some classic Slipknot and Black

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Harvest Wednesday 2018

Posted on 2018-09-13 by Johnny James Posted in General, General Distortion, Music Reviews, Reviews

Harvest Jazz and Blues is officially underway after the first tent show of the festival last night. This year’s festival technically started on Tuesday night at the playhouse with performances by Fredericton’s own Ross Neilsen and The Blind Boys of Alabama, but most dedicated patrons will tell you that it doesn’t truly feel like Harvest

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ECMA 2018 Preview

Posted on 2018-05-02 by Johnny James Posted in General, General Distortion

  The East Coast Music Association turns 30 years old this year, making this years East Coast Music Awards a monumental week in the growth of music in Atlantic Canada. The field of nominees are set and the talent on display is, not surprisingly, a special group of artists. Some categories draw pity for the

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Paradigm Shift – Episode 2 – Weirdest Music

Posted on 2018-02-16 by Johnny James Posted in General, Paradigm Shift

On this episode me an Jake dive into the weirdest music we’ve ever come across! The likes of which include Watsky, The Cardiacs, Primus, Frank Zappa and more!   Tune in next week when we play our favourite Canadian music!   Johnny James   PLAYLIST: Paradigm Shift – Malixiria Stupidass – Watsky! Bell Clinks –

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Paradigm Shift – Episode 1 – Instrumentals

Posted on 2018-02-16 by Johnny James Posted in General, Paradigm Shift

This is the first episode of Paradigm Shift, where every Tuesday from 10pm-12am me (Johnny James) and my co-host Jake Hollis conform the show to a different paradigm of music and pull the best tracks we can out of it. For episode 1 we picked out our best instrumentals, which includes the likes of YES,

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THE CRAZY TRAIN EPISODE #CXXIII

Posted on 2018-02-16 by Johnny James Posted in General, The Crazy Train

Passengers of The Crazy Train! Welcome back! This is your new conductor Johnny James! Many thanks to outgoing host Chris Waddell for passing the torch on to me and letting me keep this show going! I hope I do it justice! Here is the first podcasted episode of a new era, the first of many!

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General Distortion – Episode 19 – Tactus

Posted on 2018-02-06 by Johnny James Posted in General, General Distortion

  On this episode, Adrian Barnes and Steve Parish from Fredericton’s favourite prog-metalers Tactus join me to talk about being nominated for an ECMA, their new single Glass Atlas and their thoughts on the late Chester Bennington.   Listen to Glass Atlas here: https://tactusband.bandcamp.com/album/glass-atlas   Tune in every Monday from 10-11:30pm from new episodes on CHSR-FM.

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General Distortion – Episode 18 – Marc Bourgon

Posted on 2018-02-05 by Johnny James Posted in General, General Distortion

  On this episode myself and casual co-host Sean Carroll are joined by Marc Bourgon (pictured on the left). Marc is fomerly of Fuck The Facts and one half of sludge/grind duo GREBER. We talk to him about GREBER’s new album Cemetery Preston, old/side projects, pedal, amps, bands and craft beer.   Listen to/buy Cemetery

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General Distortion – Episode 17 – Cleanout

Posted on 2018-02-05 by Johnny James Posted in General, General Distortion

Hey Everyone!   This episode is a catch-up where I play some previously unaired interviewed with the likes of The Stanfield, Voltang, Between The Buried and Me and others!   Tune in every Monday from 10-11:30pm for new episodes on CHSR-FM.   Cheers!   Johnny Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts |

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General Distortion – Episode 16 – Phoning It In

Posted on 2018-02-05 by Johnny James Posted in General, General Distortion

We here at General Distortion have a mission for 2018 to bring our listeners consistent episodes! So in order to do that sometimes its necessary to phone it in! My casual co-host Sean Carroll joins me via phone to discuss some of the latest metal news, upcoming shows/tours and guitar pedals.   Thanks for listening

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