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CHSR News – November 7th, 2024 – Pallmer Brings Chamber Pop To The Forefront Of New Brunswick’s Music Scene

Mark Kleyn (viola), Emily Kennedy (cello/vocals) and Charles Harding (synthesizer/percussion), also known as Pallmer, took home some hardware at the 2024 Music New Brunswick Awards on October 24th. The trio won Song of the Year for the title track of their album Swimming, which was also nominated for Recording of the Year, a track Kennedy

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Harmony Corruption Episode 73-The Tribulation Interview-November 5th, 2024

Hi Folks! Welcome back to Harmony Corruption on CHSR-FM! This week’s episode features an interview with Adam from Tribulation. We got to chat about their new album Sub Rosa in Aeturnum, which came out Nov. 1st. Here’s the playlist for the week: Tribulation-Tainted Skies Tribulation-Time and the Vivid Ore Tribulation-Hour of the Wolf Tribulation-Hungry Waters

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CHSR News – November 6th, 2024 – Fredericton City Budget To See Decreased Inside Tax Rates, More Frequent Transit Services

Fredericton City Council has agreed, in principle, to a 180-million dollar proposed budget during their last council-in-committee meeting before it goes for an official vote on November 25th. The city saw a 6.98% assessment base increase in property value over the last fiscal year, 2.3% due to new construction and a 4.68% market assessment increase,

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Away From The Mire Episode 57 – Under The Covers!

Hi all, thanks for stopping by. The stressful holiday season is about to get underway and a tense US election about to happen, so let’s have a little fun with one of my favorite things, covers!   Local H – Team (Lorde Cover) Lorde – Swinging Party (The Replacements Cover) Our Lady Peace – Mountain

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CHSR News – November 5th, 2024 – Fredericton’s Net Zero Greenhouse receives international recognition

The City of Fredericton recently received three awards at the Communities in Bloom National & International Awards in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Two of the awards went to the city’s Net Zero Greenhouse project, which launched back in March. They received the Healthier, Livable Cities Award and the Tree Management award for its efforts towards

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CHSR News – November 4th, 2024 – Susan Holt Sworn-In As New Brunswick’s First Woman Premier

New Brunswick political history was made official with the swearing in of Susan Holt as the first woman to hold the position of premier this weekend. Holt was visibly emotional during the ceremony, especially so when swearing in the five women who will work in her 19-person cabinet.  The new premier invited dozens of women

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Indie Whimsy Episode 29 (October 29 2024)

hey hey! in this (halloween) episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear: i wanna be a witch – julia brown (library/i wanna be a witch) my radio (fm mix) – stars (nightsongs) look of pain – ciggie witch (classic connection) scorpio – peach kelli pop (peach kelli pop ii) every story is a ghost story –

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Indie Whimsy Episode 28 (October 22 2024)

hello! on this episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear: the perfect pair – beabadoobee (beatopia) toxic holiday – stars (nightsongs) courage courage – oh ok (the complete) dreamphone – peach kelli pop (peach kelli pop ii) i know what i want – math and physics club (math and physics club) expect the worst/’cos she’s a

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CHSR News – November 1st, 2024 – FLOURISH Festival expands with new, heavier stream called PERISH

Flourish Festival has been a staple in the Fredericton music and visual arts scene for the last decade. Welcoming a diverse array of artist and art installations every spring to venues in the city’s downtown area. Now the festival is looking to add to their yearly programming with PERISH Festival, a miniature lineup of music

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Harmony Corruption Episode 72-October 29th, 2024-The Halloween Episode!

  Hi Folks! This week’s episode features some spooky-themed tunes, just in time for Halloween. Make sure to tune in next week for an interview with Tribulation! Here’s the playlist for the week: Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath Dokken-Dream Warriors Slayer-Dead Skin Mask Ozzy Osbourne-Mr. Crowley Ozzy Osbourne-Bark At the Moon Type O Negative-All Hallow’s Eve Possessed-Burning

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Homemade Jams || 2024-10-31

Artist – Track || Album 1.) La Patente – La Patente Song || Le cirque des mal-aimés 2.) Jessica Rhaye – Rocky Hills || Wood & Wire 3.) Kristen Martell – Allume mon courage || single 4.) Stephen Hero, Uncle Fester – Tough Era || The Squeeze 5.) Capital 6 – The Shiznit || Not

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CHSR News – October 30th, 2024 – Military history professor launches final book in New Brunswick military heritage series

Recently retired University of New Brunswick military history professor Brent Wilson launched his latest and final contribution to the New Brunswick Military Heritage Book Series this week. War Among The Clouds: New Brunswick Airmen In The Great War, is the third title in the series authored by Wilson, who is a co-founder and has been

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Away From The Mire Episode 56 – RIP Phil Lesh

Kicking things off this week with a tribute to the recently departed Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead performed by Phish on the day we learned of his passing. I’ve got another track from the recent MJ Lenderman album that I absolutely cannot stop raving about, a new track from Father John Misty and some

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Mornings Are Hard || 2024-10-29

Artist – Track || Album 1.) Tortue – Overburdening || single 2.) Graeme Kennedy & The Radiator – One More Year || single 3.) June Rest – Westward Bound || single 4.) Motherhood – Bok Globule || single 5.) The Stonemasons – Watch Me Dance (In2ishin) || A Walk In The Park 6.) Ben Katzman’s

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CHSR News – October 28th, 2024 – UNB Reds fall short In final, but qualify for Nationals in Atlantic University Sport Playoffs

The University of New Brunswick Reds fell just short of completing a trifecta of upsets as they hosted the Atlantic University Sport men’s soccer playoffs this past weekend at their home field the BMO Centre. UNB knocked off the second-ranked Memorial Sea-Hawks 3-2 in their semi-final on Friday, just a day after upsetting the third-ranked

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Testing For Echo – Episode 62 – A couple of my opinions. Do you agree? – Orig. Air Date October 26, 2024

Hi again folks. I trust all is well. Welcome to Testing For Echo Episode 62 on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. If I was to be asked what my favourite era of Pink Floyd was, I would say the late 1980’s and 1990’s. In my opinion

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CHSR News – October 25th, 2024 – Host University of New Brunswick Reds Upset Saint Mary’s Huskies, Advance To AUS Semi-Finals

The University of New Brunswick Reds men’s soccer team are moving on to the Atlantic University Sport semi-finals after upsetting the third-ranked Saint Mary’s University Huskies 1-0 on their home turf Thursday night. After barely squeaking into the playoffs as the sixth seed, the Reds defeated the Huskies using a strong defensive scheme and were

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CHSR News – October 24th, 2024 – Atlantic Canadian rappers tour to make communities “Better Together”

Nova Scotia’s Aquakultre (aka Lance Sampson) is joining forces with New Brunswick’s Stephen HERO (aka Matthew Elliott) and Wolf Castle (aka Tristan Grant) for a tour of some of the east coast’s best hip-hop, but with a much greater purpose than the music itself. In each tour stop, including a date at Fredericton’s The CAP

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