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CHSR Mini Review: Foxwitches – Chapter One

Foxwitches – Chapter One Fredericton’s Hip Hop community has some fresh new faces adding new flavour and dynamics to the scene. Along with Captain 111 and Foxwitch, there is something for everyone – the eclectic nature of the scene is encouraging. Foxwitch brings two essential elements in what I believe makes a good hip hop album;

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CHSR Mini Review: Heat and Lights – Where in the World

CHSR Mini Review: Heat and Lights – Where in the World ep Listen to Heat and Lights while you read. http://heatandlights.bandcamp.com/ Singer/songwriter Tim Walker originally started Heat and Lights as a solo project but on the new EP ‘Where in The World’, Walker has enlisted some fine musicians to the project. With seasoned musicians Brad Perry, Nick

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Barenaked Ladies – Grinning Streak – Review!

Check out my website at www.maritimevinyl.ca for more reviews, interviews and ramblings. Plus check out my new online record store stocking new and used vinyl! Just in time for your shorts, t-shirts and sneakers, the Barenaked Ladies are back with Grinning Streak, their eleventh studio album and second as a four piece band. The band

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CHSR’s Mini-Review: Lovestorm’s ‘Free to Love’

CHSR’s Mini-Review: Lovestorm’s ‘Free to Love’ LISTEN to Album while reading the review! http://lovestorm.bandcamp.com/album/free-to-love It is a fairly known fact that music often becomes permanently connected to our psyche while literally becoming the soundtrack of our lives. With the good times and the bad, we often listen to music while reflecting and meditating, to party with,

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Meredith Shaw – Trouble – review!

Toronto’s Meredith Shaw has a brand new EP hitting the shelves this week. It follows her 2011 critically acclaimed debut album Place Called Happy, and is the first in a series of ‘tringle’ (three song) independent EP’s. Each of these EP’s will have guest musicians and producers and for the opening track,Trouble, she partners with

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The Velvet Lounge Episode 07

The Velvet Lounge Episode 7 With my guest and date John Cowland! Background music by: Whale Skin & Denis Guitard “Your Not Mine” Kendra Gale “Show you the World”  Hungry Hearts “You’ve Been Gone” Ria Mae “White Dove” Jenn Grant “Nothing is Anything (Without you)” Wintersleep “I’m S.T.A.L.K.I.N.G. You” In Dreams “One Trick Pony” Phil

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This Ship – All the Stars and Elements- Review!

The debut LP titled All the Stars and Elements from Halifax indie pop-rock band This Ship just hit the online world on May 22nd. It has five long numbers filled with chilling harmonies, complex drumming, artsy guitar and pretty much any other instrument they could get their hands on. Hell, they even use their hands

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Bondo Interviews Juno Winner David Myles

Recent Juno Award winning David Myles took the time on May 15, 2013 to chat with Bondo about his new album, recent Juno win, and the benefit concert he’s playing at The Playhouse on May 25, 2013 for the New Brunswick Special Olympics! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More

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Harvest Jazz And Blues Official Launch Recap – May 7, 2013

Walking into Dolan’s Pub this morning for the Harvest Jazz And Blues Official Launch I had to quickly remind myself that it wasn’t a Thursday night because the place was that packed. Looking around it was such a diverse group of people attending this event; everyone from suit and tie business men, elderly and children,

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Lunchbox: Ca-R-Ma and Feels Good Edition

On today’s episode of Lunchbox Bondo sat down with Deanne Landry of CHSR’s “Non-Profit Of The Month” Ca-R-Ma (Cat Rescue Maritimes) to discuss who they are and what they do, plus projects they have in the works and how you the listeners can get involved! Then the Feels Good guys, Mike Humble and Paul McAllister,

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Music Mini Review: Karver Hitchcock – The Fading Glow

Music Mini Review Karver Hitchcock – The Fading Glow   One of my biggest resources for finding local music talent is on bandcamp. When I have time, I tag ‘Fredericton’ on bandcamp and discover music for my Instant Breakfast and East Coast Stream shows on CHSR. Most of the time I have no idea who

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Fredericton TweetUp!

Last night quite a few CHSR members and myself went to the (@FredTweetUp) Fredericton TweetUp that was held at the (@FredFarmMarket) Fredericton Boyce Farmers Market.  What’s a tweetup you ask?  A tweetup is the actual face-to-face meeting of Twitter users. Tweetups are a chance for users to meet in real life and convert 140 character engagements or conversations

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CHSR Mini Review – Forward Music Group Sampler 2013

CHSR Mini-Review – Forward Music Group Music Sampler 2013  The Forward Music Group label has released some of the ‘best of the best’ East Coast music since 2006. The Olympic Symphonium, Snail House, Gypsophilia, Gianna Lauren, and Paper Beat Scissors are some of the acts on Forward Music Group’s roster. The impressive line-up presents a

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