CHSR Album Chart – Sept. 14th – Sept. 20th
Category Archives: Specialty
All shows which are special, maybe even indescribable.
The Lunchbox: Interview with Arthur Thompson (NB Lung), Carmen Hamilton, Krystal Freake (Bike For Breath)
Some people meet with bad health, and it gets them down. Other people, the inspiring people, they are the ones that take on bad health with full spirits, fight on and turn it all around. I had the delight to talk with two such folks today, along with the VP of the NB Lung Association.
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The Lunchbox: Interview: Engineers Without Borders UNB
The concept of borders is somewhat artificial; the lines on a map are arbitrary, representing historical politics more than the on-the-ground reality of life. Certainly, problems and concerns and the regularity of human life goes far beyond these invisible distinctions of place. One of the great consequences of people realizing this is the number of
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CHSR 97.9FM Album Chart – September 7 2014 to September 13, 2014
The Lunchbox: Interview with Cory Paul Hill
Fredericton is blessed with an abundance of musicians, and so many of them are ambitious self-starting explorers of music as well as great performers, such as my guest today, Cory Paul Hill. He dropped by the studio to talk about his debut solo album, Where We Live, and we chatted about his journey to music,
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CHSR 97.9FM Top 30 Album Chart – Aug. 31 to Sept. 6
CHSR 97.9FM Album Chart – Aug 24th to Aug 30th
CHSR 97.9FM Album Chart – August 17, 2014 to August 23, 2014
BOLD = New to Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Alert The Medic – The Phantom Moves Alex Thorne – The View From Here Andy Brown – Tinman Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan –
The Lunchbox: Interview: Kuato
KUATO emerged onto the music scene a few years ago, producing a string of excellent post-rock EPs. They’re back again, refreshed, re-energized and with a new release: The Great Upheaval. I talked with Josh Pothier about the changes the band has undergone, the new album and the further evolution of their light kit. Podcast: Play
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The Lunchbox: Interview with Cedric Noel of NB Summer Music Festival
The NB Summer Music Festival is an opportunity to discover and celebrate classical music (and modern classical!) in a classic environment. Cedric Noel has been working with the NBSMF all summer to set up this festival, and he dropped by to give us details about the festival and about the experience of classic music. Podcast:
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CHSR 97.9FM Album Chart – August 10, 2014 to August 16, 2014
BOLD = New to CHSR Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Alert The Medic – The Phantom Moves Alex Thorne – The View From Here Andy Brown – Tinman Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan
The Lunchbox: Greg and Alex of FUZE (NBSMF)
Most think of classical music as stuck in the past, but several artists want to show you just how contemporary it is. I spoke with Greg and Alex, two of the performers for the alternative classical music festival-within-a-festival, FUZE. FUZE is contained within the umbrella of the NB Summer Music Festival. We talked composition and
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CHSR 97.9FM Album Chart – August 3, 2014 to August 9, 2014
BOLD = New to Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Alert The Medic – The Phantom Moves Alex Thorne – The View From Here Andy Brown – Tinman Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan –
CHSR’s Annual Community BBQ!
Calling all artists, musicians, community organizations, friends, listeners, alumni and supporters of CHSR: we are holding a party, and we hope you’ll join us! For the last couple of years, CHSR has been celebrating the end of summer and the beginning of student season with fire! We will be hosting a BBQ for the community
CHSR 97.9FM Album Chart – July 27, 2014 to August 2, 2014
BOLD = New to CHSR Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Alert The Medic – The Phantom Moves Alex Thorne – The View From Here Andy Brown – Tinman Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan
Larlee Creek Hullabaloo August 15th-17th!
The Larlee Creek Hullabaloo is gearing up for its seventh year amidst the beautiful setting of Perth-Andover, New Brunswick. Between August 15th and 17th you will be treated to some of the best live music the East Coast has to offer plus some other Canadian talents. The growing festival this year offers big acts like
The Lunchbox: Interview – Mike Taggart, NBME
Music rings in all corners of this province, and Fredericton brings many of those performers together for many festivals every year. One unique festival is the New Brunswick Musicians Emerge (NBME) festival, now in its fourth year. “Stereo Mike” Taggart dropped by to remind folks that the time is drawing near for applications to this year’s NBME:
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The Lunchbox: Interview – Mike Arnold, Nashwaak Music Fest
There are a great many music festival serving the greater Fredericton area, and it’s always encouraging to see them growing bit-by-bit, year-by-year. The Nashwaak Music Fest is now in its third year, offering another wonderful example of how much people love to get out and share their love of music. I spoke with Mike Arnold,
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CHSR 97.9FM Album Chart for the week of July 20, 2014 to July 26, 2014
BOLD = New to CHSR Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Alert The Medic – The Phantom Moves Alex Thorne – The View From Here Andy Brown – Tinman Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan
Highland Radio: Celebrate The Universal Scot
The influence of Scotland can be seen around the world — sometimes in the most unusual of places. Come celebrate Scotland with us! Highland Radio airs live from the Highland Games and Scottish Festival on Saturday and Sunday, July 26 & 27, from 9am until 5pm.
CHSR 97.9FM Album Chart – July 6, 2014 to July 12, 2014
BOLD = New to CHSR Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Alert The Medic – The Phantom Moves Alex Thorne – The View From Here Andy Brown – Tinman Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan
CHSR Album Chart – June 22, 2014 to June 28, 2014
BOLD = New to CHSR Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Alert The Medic – The Phantom Moves Andy Brown – Tinman Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan – Caravan Carleton Stone – Draws Blood
The Lunchbox: Adrian Park of “Diversions” on the 15th Annual Opera series
For the past 20 years, Adrian Park has hosted Diversions, a weekly show dedicated to highlighting great classical performances. For the last 15 years, he has also extended his show by an hour each summer to present his Opera Series, in which he plays some of his favourite operas along a theme.
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The Lunchbox: Interview with Len Falkenstein, Jacob Martin and John Ball of Bard In The Barracks’ “Hamlet”
I can’t help it: I love live theatre. I had the chance to talk with Len Falkenstein (director/writer/artist director), Jacob Martin (actor/Hamlet) and John Ball (actor/Polonius) and discuss the upcoming Bard In The Barracks production of Hamlet.
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So just what is opera?
So just what is opera? (by Adrian Park) Opera, from the Italian for ‘the works’, is probably the most completely integrated form of classical music – and not just music, but also drama and shear spectacle, and yet exactly ‘what is an opera’ is a question not easy to answer. Here, for what it’s