Every band has a story to tell. Music sounds best when you are right there, and the energy is high, and the mood is light, and the pressure is off…
Sessions @ CHSR is a weekly show featuring live performances and interviews with touring bands and local bands, captured in Studio D. Tune in every Thursday at 4pm for the most recent performance. And stay tuned at 5pm for another performance, sometimes new and sometimes from the archives.
Want to get involved? Touring through Fredericton, or call this region home? Email sessions AT CHSRfm.ca and introduce yourself. We’d love to have ya!
Long overdue, the band Hero’s Last Rite set up for an intense performance in our humble studio. This session is a bit different – we talk about life as a metal band, an upcoming performance (October 29th, as well as November 26th! Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for that second one! Hint!), and how
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Hey folks! Matt here from Run For Your Life! I got the chance to interview traveling troubadour Al Lukas about his new album “In My Soul” as well as life on the road, alone or with a band. He got to show off his very bluesy voice while playing all around the rock genre, showing that a
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Garage-Rock band Kestrels dropped by the station to tell us all kinds of things: How their tours around the Maritimes work, their motivations, upcoming shows and what garage rock should sound like. Awesome noise-rock at it’s best! Be sure to check this one out – but, if you find the session doesn’t do them justice, they’ll
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Kill Matilda decided to make their way into the Maritimes for the first time ever, and they did so with a bang! They tore up Studio D while Matt Nightingale tried to coerce more information out about the secretive operations that the band were involved with. Find out some disturbing things, get confused, and fall
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Matt Nightingale of Run For Your Life managed to catch James from Bikini Test Failure on the phone … yes, that’s right, phone! While this is highly irregular for a session, James hails from Manchester, England! He sent in a special acoustic set of his music just for sessions, and chatted to Matt about what’s
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Leslie Dishslayer and Tara Holloway form the Tough Girl Revue, the duo playing across the Maritimes though originating from Ontario. Fresh from their performance the night before, they talk about reception in the maritimes as well as some of the merch all of us missed out on! Hosted by Matt Nightingale of Run For Your
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The Lee Harvey Oswalds come in full lineup to CHSR for a second interview, this time with the sultry voice usually heard on The Quiet Inside by Kayne. The band chats about how their summer’s been, performances with friends from Hamburger Tapes such as Adam Mowery and the Wooden Wives, and even run-ins with the law!
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Halifax-based garage band Dog Day sit down with host Shawn MacKenzie, talking about their new album, influences, changes in the lineup and their mini-tour with friends Apollo Ghosts. Be sure to check this pair out! Their DIY attitude shows through their music! Special thanks to Matt Nightingale of Run For Your Life for operating the
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Rockin’ garage band Apollo Ghosts breeze on through on a mini-tour with Dog Day to perform at our studio here at CHSR. Fresh from Sappyfest, the band blasts through some psychedelic, fast-paced music to keep you on the up and up of what’s going on with their new vinyl. Host Matt Nightingale of Run For
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Fresh off their cross-Canada tour, The Moonshine Ramblers come back to tell us of all their great success. And it’s a CHSR first, too! We were fortunate to have the band in as they were on their way out, and as they return, they speak of how life was on the road all summer, odd jobs
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Station Manager Tim Rayne got to sit down with Jimmy Rankin, and the ever-famous artist shares with us at CHSR and you, the listeners, on his inspiration over the years, some of his musical history and just life in general. You don’t want to miss this one, folks! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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Fresh from their performance the night earlier, band Misguided Aggression sat down to give some history of the band with host Matt Nightingale of Run For Your Life. Don’t miss this session! This thrash/core metal band discusses their political message and what their music means to them, and at the end, your eardrums will likely bleed from
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Melodic death metal band Unleash The Archers came in to do a very special, exclusive acoustic performance of their song “The Outlander” off their latest album Demons of the Astrowaste while suffering through an interview with music director Matt Nightingale of Run For Your Life. The band talks about upcoming gigs, some of the dirtier sides of
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Post-Hardcore band Horizons came into our humble studio with their wall of amps to completely rattle windows and leave host Matt Nightingale of Run For Your Life bewildered at what to say next. They talk about their album, their tour with a fellow band Dancing With Paris, and a few others songs are added into the mix after
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Band Dancing With Paris came in to CHSR at night to do a very special Sessions at Night show, following their tour with Horizons. Host Matt Nightingale of Run For Your Life chats up these guys about their upcoming album, and even gives you a preview of what’s to come at the end of the session.
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Kayne from The Quiet Inside sat down with the band Urban Preacher. Urban Preacher put a full performance on for us at CHSR while discussing their tour, talking about producing their album, and even recording some songs for the first time in this session. Be sure to check it out for all the jazzy, bluesy
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Remy from Where Monsters Dwell set up a fast-paced interview with Spencer from metal band Fatality, over the phone and fresh on their tour. Though this isn’t exactly a session, they chat about everything from drugs to how this tour is going. They promote their fellow bands, mini-tours and everything else you can imagine. Give it a
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Enchanting, riveting, chamber pop music.. How does one describe the sounds of Ingrid Gatin and Demetra? Join Station Manager Tim Rayne and Program Director Mark the Encaffeinated ONE (of CAFFEEN!) as they talk inspiration, travelling versus touring, multi-instrumentalism with Ingrid Gatin, Demetra Penner and the band, and then get lost in the ethereal sounds of
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Windsor, Ontario’s Michou stopped by in mid-May to perform in Session in Studio D. The band to talked to Station Manager Tim Rayne about the band’s baby-years origin and being a DIY band. Thanks to Jordan McDonald (of Misplaced Truths) for sound engineering and Matt Nightingale (of Run For Your Life) for post-production. Podcast: Play
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Halifax’s sprawling bluegrass band The Moonshine Ramblers (along with Tom Terrell and three quarters of The Modern Grass Quartet) rambled into town at the last minute. Quebec’s cancellation was our benefit, as they stopped into CHSR to talk bluegrass, shifting instruments, reggae and bluegrass — and play unstoppable music. Hosted by Mark The Encaffeinated ONE
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Fredericton is exploding with talent — and Aviate are a great example. Formed just last fall from students at St. Thomas University, Aviate are creating enviable buzz. Jacob Martin (of The Weird, the Beard and the Vegan and Naked Airwaves) hosted the band and got them to do what might be their first recordings anywhere
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Leanne and Viola (of The Coffee Table) invited Sherman Downey & The Ambiguous Case to Studio D to talk about The Beast, The Tour, The ECMAs, Their Inspirations and Their Music — not to mention play some awesome songs! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More
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Studio D welcomed The Kindness Killers from Peterborough, ON. Three out of four members were on hand to share their “new, old country” music and talk with Program Director Mark the Encaffeinated ONE (of The WEIRD Show, CAFFEEN!) about the appeal of the “weepy era of country music”, the loss of a baritone uke, and
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Newly-formed Fredericton-local band The Lilac Affair stopped by CHSR to perform in Studio D! They are currently worked toward their first EP, and had a chance to discuss the making of the new album with Station Manager Tim Rayne — including the fact that some of the tracks were mixed at legendary Abbey Road Studios in
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New Brunswick’s own Moment of Inertia stopped by CHSR to rock out Studio D! Host Jeremy Fowler (of The Weird, The Beard and the Vegan and the award-winning Naked Airwaves) talked to them about how the band has evolved over time and the wild and crazy times playing for biker gatherings. Podcast: Play in new
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