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Playlist

The Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers ::

The Barr Brothers, Land of Talk – Run Right Into It ::

Lou-Adriane Cassidy – Cours, Cora, Cours ::

Julie Stella – Floating By ::

Julie Stella – Like A Ghost ::

Basia Bulat – The City With No Rivers ::

Zach Pelletier – See The Reason ::

Tanya Davis – Art ::

Jenn Grant, Ria Mae – One Hit Wonders ::

Young Galaxy – New Summer

Welcome back for another week of music on Away From The Mire.

Been a few weeks since I’ve had a new episode so I was excited to put this one together. We’ve got new music from Sloan this week as well as Absolute Losers. Both bands have albums coming out in September that I am sure will not disappoint! We also lost the legend Ozzy Osbourne since I was last on air so we end the show with a track from one of my favorite releases of all time, the Tribute album released in honor of Randy Rhoads. This was my introduction to Ozzy and it features some great versions of Ozzy solo and his work with the almighty Black Sabbath.

Absolute Losers – In The Crowd

Hi again everyone. I hope that you’re doing very well and I really appreciate you tuning in.

This is episode 82 of Testing For Echo on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I am your host Tim Scammell.

As usual, I’ve found a great selection of tunes this week. I’ve got hard stuff, soft stuff, old stuff and new stuff. If you aren’t a fan of something playing just hold on and the next one will be different. 😀

Zach Pelletier is releasing his first solo album called “Yucky Charm” on August 1, 2025 and he popped into the CHSR FM studios to chat with host, Tonya Price, about the new album.

You can listen to the album on all the streaming platforms and you can buy the album on Bandcamp. Be sure to check out the great videos too.

Playlist

Zach Pelletier – Yucky ::

Zach Pelletier – Go To Work ::

Zach Pelletier – Bones ::

Zach Pelletier – Cocoon ::

Zach Pelletier – See The Reason ::

Owen Steel – Vow of Silence ::

Sleepy Kicks – MOTH ::

Sloan – Live Forever

Music can capture a moment in time, or influence that time and every one after.

My guest today is Richard Hornsby, organizer of the New Brunswick Summer Music Festival, an annual celebration of classical composition and performance. He joins me to talk about the inspirations behind this year’s theme: The Roaring 20’s! We also discuss musical influences, the changing landscape at the time, and the many ways that practical concerns change music.

The NBSMF runs from August 3 to 15, with the main series of concerts happening each night from August 13-15 at Memorial Hall. The first concert is coming up this weekend, with a free performance by Steven Peacock and Howard Baer at the Picaroon’s Roundhouse at 6pm. See the full lineup on our calendar, or at the NBSMF website.

This week’s edition of People Need Music was the first time host, Tonya Price, played all cover songs, and all performed by Canadian artists!

Playlist

Jason Collett – Reunion ::

Élage Diouf – I am a Man of Constant Sorrow ::

Measha Bruggergosman – Cicadas and Gulls ::

Dan Mangan – Maggie’s Farm ::

Rose Cousins – If You Could Read My Mind ::

Catherine MacLellan – Snowbird ::

Jeff Healey – While My Guitar Gently Weeps ::

Matt Anderson – Ain’t No Sunshine ::

Whitehorse – I’m On Fire ::

Kathleen Edwards, Bahamas – Human Touch ::

Kellie Loder – Sonny’s Dream

Theatre is a collaborative art — sometimes incredibly so.

My guests today are all involved in this year’s Notable Acts Theatre Festival. Gillian Salmon is the playwright and plays the Narrator for 32 Short Plays About Fredericton. Naomi McGowan is the director for 32 Short Plays About Fredericton. Brandon Hicks is the playwright for Sinking (as well as another play in the festival, Don’t Shoot Your Mother). Pluto Shaw and Mimi Martin are Stage Managers and Designers for each of these plays.

They join me to give a glimpse into the challenges and opportunities in staging two very different plays back to back, as well as the creative process of writing these plays.

The Notable Acts Theatre Festival runs July 24 through August 3. Both Sinking and 32 Short Plays About Fredericton are part of the Acting Out series, which runs nightly at 7:30pm at Memorial Hall at UNB, from July 30 through August 1. A post-show reception will follow the performance on August 1 at The Grad House at UNB, and a post-show talkback conversation with the playwrights, actors and directors will take place after the performance on July 31.

Theatre can take you places, and they as real in that moment as anywhere.

My guests today are all involved the Notable Acts Theatre Festival. Len Falkenstein is a well known figure in local theatre, and a founder of this festival, as well as acting and directing in this year’s productions. Beth Graham is the Playwright-in-Residence and Dramaturg for this year, as well as presenting a reading of her new play Amber Hope Porter. Beatrix Culligan is a performer in the site-specific play For Whom The Troll Tolls. Brandon Hicks is the playwright of the 10-minute plays Don’t Shoot Your Mother and Sinking.

They join me to talk about creativity within constraints, advice to playwrights, and their love of the medium.

The Notable Acts Theatre Festival runs July 24 through August 3. Amber Hope Porter is part of the second Play Out Loud Readings, on July 27 at 2pm in the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. Don’t Shoot Your Mother is being performed as part of the Taking It To The Streets series, running nightly at 7:30pm from July 28 through July 31, staged in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Courtyard. For Whom The Troll Tolls is part of the Street Scenes series, running nightly at approximately 8:25pm (following Taking It The Streets). Sinking is part of the Acting Out series, running nightly at 7:30pm from July 30 through August 1 at Memorial Hall on UNB Campus.

Creative sparks can come from anywhere — including the audience!

My guests today are the creators of the two mainstage presentations at this year’s Notable Acts Theatre Festival. Alexa Higgins is the playwright and a performer of Crane Girl, and Jean-Michel Cliche is the playwright and a performer of Tilt.

They join me to chat about the real-world inspirations for each production, the transformation of an idea into an actual play (sometimes, live in the theatre) and what theatre means to them.

The Notable Acts Theatre Festival runs July 24 through August 3. The mainstage presentation of Tilt runs July 24th and 25th, and Crane Girl runs August 2nd and 3rd. Each performance takes place at Memorial Hall on UNB Campus, and runs 7:30pm each night.

Hi there folks. I hope that you are doing great and I’m really happy that you’ve tuned in.

This is episode 81 of Testing For Echo on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I’m your host Tim Scammell.

I’ve added some vintage tunes this week to bring back a classic sound, but there’s also some recent cracking to get us grooving.

So let’s get started then.