November 6, 2014 – Bondo had the chance to chat with Zack of Dead Broke about their show tonight at The Capital, their new album, and what’s coming up next for the band. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | More
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It’s November, and for a great many people around the world, it’s time to write. NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month is a challenge to produce a novel-length work (50,000 words) in the month of November. If you do the math, that’s about 1,500 words a day! Not everybody can write that fast. Most, like my
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I have always loved stories, whether they are in a book, spoken aloud, acted on stage or screened on TV or the movies. One of my favourite ways to experience them is acted in audio form, what is often called audio drama. This past Thursday was World Audio Drama Day, an expansion of the National Audio Drama Day,
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On October 31, 2014 Bondo had the chance to chat with Fredericton’s Jenn Russell about her debut album “Double Kiss” and the new album that’s currently in production. Listen in to the conversation. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | More
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The world is a complicated place — or is it? Fundamentally, love and kindness — as well as knowledge and communication — make the world a better place. That is very evident in the pair of interviews I had today. First, Jennifer Richard and Barry MacKnight join me to talk about the White Ribbon Campaign,
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Almost everyone knows someone who has gone through cancer — and many people have gone through it themselves. Worse yet, a lot of people have to endure the process multiple times. But how much do we know about that experience? Dr Krista Wilkins is no stranger to cancer herself, having battled and triumphed over the disease. It
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There is life after university. Or, at least, there is work. If you can find it… The UNB Student Employment Service is a long-lasting assistant for graduating (and graduated!) students at the university. Their job is get you ready to get your own job! Nichola Anderson from the Student Employment Service joined me on the Lunchbox to talk about the kinds of
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Some people just radiate togetherness and happiness. That’s my immediate sense from meeting the members of East Coast Love Story, a Moncton-based band currently visiting Fredericton to take in the MusicNB Festival. These guys aren’t just a band — they’re friends, housemates and sincerely cool cats. Join me as I do my own style of
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We all struggle with our own problems. But there is hope. There is help. We can learn what we need to cope, and find the things which inspire us, which help us to see the world more clearly. In the case of my guest, Keith Lyon, it was writing. Keith struggled with mental illness, but through lots
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On October 9, 2014 CHSR’s Bondo had the chance to catch up with The Naysayers, a rock n’ roll band from the remote northern town of Dawson City, Yukon. They have been stunning audiences with a unique sound recalling folk and country songwriting influences through a filter of scrappy American guitar rock, and will be hitting Fredericton stages on
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I am a man. That’s one of the statements I use to identify myself. What exactly that means, however, is a lifelong journey that I’m only in the middle of, and probably won’t have a final report by the time I’m done. Some things seem to hold universal, however, and the objective of the upcoming
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CHSR’s Bondo had the chance to chat with Pete of Toronto’s Teenage Kicks about their most recent release Spoils of Youth and their current tour which includes 2 dates at The Capital in Fredericton. Listen in! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | More
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Toronto musician Pat Maloney stopped by CHSR for a chat with Bondo about his current tour and new album “Repotting”. Listen in and catch him at The Cellar September 19, 2014. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | More
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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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Track Listing: 1.) Interview with Thus Owls 2.) Thus Owls – As Long As We Try A Little 3.) Christopher Bono – Endless Doors to Endless Wombs 4.) Thank You Scientist – My Famed Disappearing Act 5.) Interview with Thank You Scientist (by Kate Graves) 6.) GOB – Apt. 13 7.) Double Experience – Who
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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 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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Track Listing: 1.) Kuato – Groundwork 2.) Interview with Kuato 3.) Kuato – Black Horizon 4.) Zaum – The Red Sea
August 20, 2014 – Bondo had the chance to chat with Mike Farrell and Art Woods of Toronto band International Zombies Of Love. Listen in while they chat about the East Coast tour, what’s coming up in their future, and blazers? Listen in to the conversation, buy their album You Heard This Wish, and also
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A collection of interviews conducted while at Animaritimes, an anime festival held in Fredericton for this year and last. Not really any more commentary than that.
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Track Listing: 1.) Gloryhound – Loaded Gun 2.) Gloryhound – Let You Down Again 3.) Little You Little Me – Zephyr 4.) Little You Little Me – Something 5.) Maiden Names – Easy Money 6.) The Motorleague – Litany for the Completely Forgettable 7.) The Motorleague – Every Man Needs A Cape Breton 8.) Kate
On June 23, 2014 Kate Graves had the chance to chat with The Brook while they were in town on tour. Listen in! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | More
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On June 17, 2014 Kate Graves had the chance to interview the new UK band Three Lions. Listen in! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | More
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On June 19, 2014 Kate Graves had the chance to chat with Ontario band Papermaps! Listen in to the conversation. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | More
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If you’ve been in Fredericton for a while, you know that new performance venues don’t pop up very often — they usually just change names. I’d been wondering just what building had become The Hollywood Star Room when its proprietor, David Ivany, happened to contact me the other day. He shared with me where this brand
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