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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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Track Listing: 1.) Shotgun Jimmie – North! 2.) Interview with Shotgun Jimmie 3.) Shotgun Jimmie – Bridge Street Stage 4.) Jon McKiel – Accolades 5.) Motherhood – Youngest Fool 6.) The Olympic Symphonium – Seize The Day 7.) Ryan Hillier – In This Life 8.) Meaghan Smith – Je ‘Aime 9.) Carleton Stone – Draws
On April 25, 2014 CHSR 97.9FM’s Bondo chatted with Iain of Charlottetown’s The Meds about their new album South America that is being released April 29th, why it took so long to make the album, and their fairy tale beginnings with Matt Mays. Tune in to the conversation and check them out at The Capital
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On April 24, 2014 Bondo ha the chance to chat with Michael of Waterloo’s The Royal Streets about the new album Kings & Queen, their folkish charm, and how they’re figuring everything out as they go. Listen in to the conversation and check them out at The Capital May 17th with Charlottetown’s The Meds. Podcast:
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Music is open to all — or at least, that’s how we see it these days. It wasn’t always the case in hiphop, but rappers like Eminem inspired a generation to say “that’s like me, I can do that”, just like the original hiphop itself widened the world of so many young men and women.
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The play Rossum’s Universal Robots (RUR) is nearly a century old, but its cautionary vision still rings true to this very day. A new production of RUR is being staged at Memorial Hall from April 9th through 12th, with a preview performance on April 8. Director and professor Len Falkenstein joined me along with two
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On March 27, 2014 Bondo had the chance to chat with Carleton Stone, who GroundSwell Music deems “one to watch”. Listen in as they talk about Carleton’s brand new album “Draws Blood” that is climbing up the charts, summer touring, and the loss of a best friend. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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The first half of the show is filled with the regular review of upcoming events (including several opportunities for writers and poets), but the second half features a real treat: an interview with Michelle Lavery, Master’s Student at UNB in Biology. Michelle shares her passion for science through the least likely candidate: a creature known
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