Episode 01 – Hawksley Workman In this episode, I sit down with the inimitable artist, Hawksley Workman, to explore his genre-defying career, the legendary days of MuchMusic, and what it was like creating his early, influential records. He opens up about the invigorating energy of the late ’90s and early 2000s Canadian music scene, a
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My guest today is Gilbert Babin, the President of the Songwriters Association of NB.
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My guests today are Jeff Patch and James Morrison of the local band Free To Grow. They’ve just released another studio album, Assorted Ruminations.
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My guest today was Peter Hicks, well-known front-man for Fredericton bands Sleepy Driver and My Black Ram.
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Episode 5. This week’s [x] Years Later segment, x = 29 and the artist is Alison Moyet, with news highlights from the years 1984 and 2013. Artist Song Album Year Fingers in the Noise Apero Beat Apero Beats 2010 Annie Lennox Coloured Bedspread Songs of Mass Destruction 2007 Kate Bush Get out of My House
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My guests today are John Heinstein and Peter Hicks, core members of the band Sleepy Driver (among other projects).
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On the STU Lunchbox this week, hosts Sarah Desmond and Willem Haines-Lacey bring you Open Mic. They introduce you to some of the up-and-coming songwriters of Fredericton — and those songwriters will introduce you to the stories behind the songs.
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My guests today are Spencer Swaine, Daniel Hartinger, Julien Kitson, Patrick Stephen, members of the band GIZMO.
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My guests today were Carla Bonnell and Rick Barlett, creators and members of New Brunswick band, Engage.
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Our guest today was Hugh Kennedy, the director of the UNB Concert Band. Hugh joined me to give us details about the band and discuss the band’s upcoming Holiday Concert.
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My guests today are Nadia Francavilla and Norm Adams, two of the organizers and performers of the upcoming annual edition of the Contemporary Music Festival. The theme for 2024 for is “Echoes”, and they reflect on what the pieces chosen challenge them to do, how they highlight the composers working today, and the thrill of live performance.
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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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My guest today is Samaqani Cocahq, a storyteller who shares and expresses her Indigenous life through music, words and performance. She joins me to discuss an upcoming TNB presentation of Songs from Finding Wolastoq Voice, an upcoming performance alongside Sisters of the Drum and Dawson Sacobie.
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After Hurricane Lee spoiled the party last year Harvest Music Festival returned to Fredericton’s streets for it’s 34th year. Johnny James caught up with the festival’s general manager Courtney Steeves to talk about how the festival bounced back and navigated the aftermath of a difficult decision with an outpouring of community support. Podcast: Play in
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Local singer-songwriter Kylie Fox recently released her new studio album Sequoia as a part of Harvest Music Festival. Bringing her new songs to life, while also paying tribute to the voice that has inspired her the most. First, she stepped into the shoes of her idol Joni Mitchell, performing her 1974 album Court & Spark
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My guest today was Richard Hornsby. He is (among many things) the Director of Music at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the New Brunswick Summer Music Festival.
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My guests today are Aaron Berger, Nathanial Goold and CD Onofrio, who are collectively known as A Sea of Gold and Burgundy. They join me to talk about the origins of the band of three harmonic, lyric-writing friends, how their music is made and what its like to return to the group after a hiatus of over a decade.
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My guest today is Jeff Patch, songwriter and core member of the band Free To Grow. Jeff stopped by to drop of the fresh new album Along For The Ride, so I asked him to sit in for a while and tell me about where the album came from and how it was made.
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Legendary performer Ashley MacIsaac dropped by the studio to chat with Sofi and Mark. In town after supporting the Johnny Cash Tribute: San Quinten Revisited, he is also appearing at a pop-up show at The Cap tonight (April 26) at 5pm.
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My guests today are Tim Fox from the John Howard Society of Fredericton, and musician/singer/songwriters Joel Manchester (of Run The River) and Colin Fowlie. Tim & Colin released the shong “Cold Like This” to support the organization. The Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser comes on February 24.
Artist – Track || Album 1.) TOBi – She Loves Me || Panic 2.) Victrix – I Saw Mw || single 3.) Population II – Lune Rouge || Électrons libres du québec 4.) Chillteens – Short King || single 5.) Waves Crashing – Wish || Ancora 6.) Flyte – Tough Love || Flyte 7.) The
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Saxophonist-composer-bandleader Joel Miller stopped by to talk about his upcoming show, Epic Fantasy. He’s seeking to innovate, by merging elements of classical and jazz composition, following a lifelong fascination with music.
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Chat with Raven Blue about the TV series “Anthemns and Acres” which features New Brunswick musicians playing in scenic Atlantic Canada locations.
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