My guests this week are two gentlemen who are part of the most consistent traditional folk band of the new millennium, Shanneyganock’s Chris Andrews and Mark Hiscock! They come on Musical Connections to talk about their 30 Year Anniversary and their latest album, Life In The Harbour! Plus, they talk about the bands formation, favourite places they have played, and a whole lot more! They also plug their upcoming show at the Arts and Culture Centre on March 23 as they are the house band for a tribute show to Ryan’s Fancy and the Sons of Erin in support of the Autism Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Timestamps:

New Found Releases:

Anil: 2:34

Jenny Mallard: 6:03

Lucas Snow: 10:09

Marceno: 12:41

Potem: 15:36

Quote the Raven: 19:26

Randy Traverse: 23:46

Zealya: 26:58

Shanneyganock Interview: 31:49

Music Featured in Episode:

New Found Releases: (February 2-15, 2025)

Song: Sweet Night

Artist: Anil

Album: Sweet Night

Composers: Kim Tae Hyung, Kang Hui Su, Soohyun Park, Melanie Joy Schulz & Michel Sabastian Maximillian Schulz

Song: Make Believe

Artist: Jenny Mallard

Album: Make Believe

Composers: Jenny Mallard

Song: Standing On Solid Ground

Artist: Lucas Snow

Album: Country Music Is All I Need

Composers: Dave Fitzpatrick

Song: All I Am

Artist: Marceno

Album: A Good Day Waits

Composers: Melanie Benson, Chris Hibbs

Song: You Make Me Very Happy

Artist: Potem

Album: You Make Me Very Happy

Composers: Adam Martin

Song: Back In Spring

Artist: Quote the Raven

Album: Back In Spring

Composers: Jordan Coaker, Kirsten Rodden-Clarke, Chris Kirby

Song: Newfoundland Tradition

Artist: Randy Traverse

Album: Newfoundland Tradition

Composers: Randy Traverse

Song: Venus Fly Trap

Artist: Zealya

Album: Venus Fly Trap

Composers: Zealya Hallingham

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Song: The Islander (Live)

Artist: Shanneyganock

Album: Live at O’Reilly’s Vol 1

Composers: Bruce Moss

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On this week's episode of the Musical Connections podcast, I welcome one of the major names from this province making noise in the K-Pop and J-Pop music world, songwriter and audio engineer, Jacob Critch! He comes by the studio to talk about his success in the market through his publishing deal with MeloGram, working with the label behind such acts like BTS, and how the music journey all started for him! Plus, he talks about future global collaborators, local collaborators, the launch of SongFlow IO, and the power of the internet in the music industry!

Timestamps:

New Found Releases:

Alex Duffy: 2:55

Christian Howse: 6:44

Fourthright: 9:09

Ian Crewe: 13:14

Lucas Kettle: 17:13

Mackenzie Critch: 20:50

Paranoia: 24:33

Reilly Meadus: 28:59

This Day: 33:44

Xia-3: 37:44

Interview with Elling Lien: 43:31

Music Featured in Episode:

New Found Releases: (January 26-February 1, 2025)

Song: Tearing Everything Apart

Artist: Alex Duffy

Album: Tearing Everything Apart

Composers: Alex Duffy

Song: Aurora Borealis

Artist: Christian Howse

Album: Break Through

Composers: Christian Howse, Eric Taylor Escuardo

Song: Into the Breach

Artist: Fourthright

Album: Remission

Composers: Jacob Hillier, Danon Keel-Reid, Michael Oliver & Jonathan Burt

Song: Been Around

Artist: Ian Crewe

Album: Been Around

Composers: Ian Crewe

Song: If They Please

Artist: Lucas Kettle

Album: If They Please

Composers: Lucas Kettle

Song: Monsters In My Mind

Artist: Mackenzie Critch

Album: Monsters In My Mind

Composers: Mackenzie Critch

Song: Dulce Et Decorum

Artist: Paranoia

Album: Thrash To Kill

Composers: Ryder Walters, John Owen Park & Adam Basil Gallant

Song: Fallin’

Artist: Reilly Meadus

Album: Fallin’

Composers: Reilly Meadus

Song: Love Bombing

Artist: This Day…

Album: Love Bombing

Composers: Jay Walsh, Alex Murphy, Luke Spry & Paul St John

Song: Leaves Left Behind

Artist: XIA-3

Album: Interworlds

Composers: Jing Xia, Ritche Perez, Brian Downton

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Song: Rizz U Up

Artist: Jacob Critch

Album: Rizz U Up

Composers: Jacob Critch

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January is coming to a close and this week on the Musical Connections podcast, we highlight an initiative for musicians and creators that takes place during the month of February, the RPM Challenge. I speak with the operator of the RPM Challenge, Elling Lien of Unpossible NL! We talk about the origins of the RPM Challenge in 2006 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to its first Newfoundland and Labrador instalment in 2008! Plus, he talks about his favourite memories, how you can get involved with the RPM Challenge, and a whole lot more!

Timestamps:

New Found Releases:

Aeria: 2:30

Boys Who Think: 7:35

FranK: 12:09

Rube & Rake: 15:02

Selina Boland: 19:27

Taylor Tigress: 23:55

Interview with Elling Lien: 27:25

Music Featured in Episode:

New Found Releases: (January 19-25, 2025)

Song: Obsessive Minds

Artist: Aeria

Album: Obsessive Minds

Composers: Alex Murphy, Zach Grohman

Song: Silent Flight

Artist: Boys Who Think

Album: Boys Who Think

Composers: Mitchell Tuck, Daniel Trenholm, Liam Butler & Evan West

Song: Robbery

Artist: FranK

Album: Robbery

Composers: Lloyd Burt

Song: Pocket Picker

Artist: Rube & Rake

Album: Good Time After Bad

Composers: Andrew Laite, Josh Sandu

Song: Someone to Lean On

Artist: Selina Boland

Album: Take My Heart and Run

Composers: Selina Boland

Song: Sink Your Teeth In

Artist: Taylor Tigress

Album: Sink Your Teeth In

Composers: Taylor White

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Song: Victory

Artist: Tiny Keys

Album: Return of Tiny Keys

Composers: Kelly McMichael, John Moran

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My special guest on this week's Musical Connections podcast is musician and hip-hop producer, Liam Ryan! He is a steady name in the hardcore and hip-hop music community of Newfoundland and Labrador and I bring him on the show to talk about his work in the music scene. Some of his work includes the band Swimming, his hip-hop pseudonym, Cat Cafe, and his label, Barely There Records. Plus, he talks about how he got into playing music, his influences, Swimming's upcoming album, "Old”, and a whole lot more!

Timestamps:

New Found Releases:

Jason Benoit 2:36

Jesse Smith 6:03

Logan Bolt 9:44

Miss Kris 13:59

Paranoia 16:38

Swimming 21:24

The Way East 25:26

Interview with Liam Ryan: 31:39

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Music Featured in Episode:

New Found Releases: (January 12-18, 2025)

Song: Pretty Little Missy

Artist: Jason Benoit

Album: Pretty Little Missy

Composers: Jason Benoit, Gerry Foote

Song: Get Behind This

Artist: Jesse Smith

Album: Headlights

Composers: Jesse Smith

Song: Twunny

Artist: Logan Bolt

Album: Twunny

Composers: Logan Bolt & Marow Beats

Song: The Day Has Just Begun

Artist: Miss Kris

Album: The Day Has Just Begun

Composers: Kristian Butt, David Shears

Song: Cathedral of Pain

Artist: Paranoia

Album: Thrash to Kill

Composers: John Owen Park & Adam Basil Gallant

Song: Resorts

Artist: Swimming

Album: Old

Composers: Liam Ryan, Nick Hunt, Jacob Cherwick

Song: High School Locker

Artist: The Way East

Album: High School Locker

Composers: Chris Hibbs, Jack Picco

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Song: Dusty Rhodes

Artist: Albert Dalton, Cat Café, New Villian

Album: St. Thomas Line

Composers: Albert Murphy

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My special guest on the Musical Connections podcast this week is country singer-songwriter, Gregg Bolger! Gregg talks about his new album, “The Singles”, a compilation of all the singles he has released to country radio from 2013 to now. Plus, he talks about living in Alberta, growing up in Torbay, influences, and a whole lot more!

Timestamps:

New Found Releases – MAK11 & Chron Lennon: 2:11

New Found Releases – Wild Step: 5:42

Interview with Gregg Bolger: 12:14

Music Featured in Episode:

New Found Releases: (January 5-11, 2025)

Song: All My Lovin’

Artist: Chron Lennon & Mak11

Album: Boondock Saints

Composers: Andrew MacDonald, Andrew Hollett

Song: Hunter’s Kiss Pt 2

Artist: Wild Step

Album: Follow the Smoke

Composers: Ben Rogers, Wild Step

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Song: It Ain’t Come To That

Artist: Gregg Bolger

Album: The Singles

Composers: Gregg Bolger, Clint Curtis

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It’s the start of a new year for the Musical Connections podcast and we kick off 2025 in style! Zach Snow welcomes two members of the Salt Beef Junkies, Luke Mercer & Ty Simms! They come on the show to talk about their 2024 which include a MusicNL award nomination and the release of their debut album, Somewhere In Between! Plus, they talk about how the group came together, their influences, playing with Shanneyganock, Bud Davidge, and Rum Ragged, Rock Solid Builds, and a whole lot more!

TIMESTAMPS

New Found Releases – DECAY: 2:28

New Found Releases – Marceno: 5:25

New Found Releases – Quote the Raven: 9:54

Interview with Salt Beef Junkies: 14:37

Music Featured in Episode:

New Found Releases: (December 29, 2024-January 4, 2025)

Song: Real Talk (featuring Uncle Fester)

Artist: DECAY

Album: Real Talk (featuring Uncle Fester)

Composers: Dave Kelly, Uncle Fester

Song: Autopilot

Artist: Marceno

Album: A Good Day Waits

Composers: Melanie Benson, Chris Hibbs

Song: Borrowed Time

Artist: Quote the Raven

Album: Borrowed Time

Composers: Jordan Coaker, Kirsten Rodden-Clarke, Andrew Waite

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Song: Cellar On The Hill

Artist: Salt Beef Junkies

Album: Somewhere In Between

Composers: Luke Mercer

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It’s the final Musical Connections of 2024 and we wrap it up celebrating an Erin’s Pub Christmas! I welcome two of the members of Military Road to this week’s show in Andrew LeDrew & Kalem Mahoney! They talk about creating Military Road’s new Christmas tune, An Erin’s Pub Christmas and how they initially wrote it as a tribute to the original owner of Erin’s, the legendary Ralph O’Brien. We also talk about Andrew LeDrew’s album Unusual Miracles which came out May 1st, how Military Road came together, and so much more!

Music Featured in Episode:

New Found Releases: (December 8-14, 2024)

Song: Prada Jean

Artist: AleBen

Album: Prada Jean

Composers: Alex Bennett

Song: Nothing But A Child

Artist: Big Jib

Album: Nothing But A Child - Single

Composers: Steve Earle

Song: Christmas Means Forgiveness

Artist: Derek Strong

Album: Christmas Means Forgiveness

Composers: Derek Strong

Song: Mama

Artist: Elizabeth Sheppard

Album: Mama

Composers: Elizabeth Sheppard

Song: Raccoon (Live at the Ship)

Artist: The Lost and Found

Album: Ship-Shape

Composers: Nicholas Teehan

Song: Follow

Artist: Wild Step

Album: Follow The Smoke

Composers: Ben Rogers

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Song: An Erin’s Pub Christmas

Artist: Military Road

Album: An Erin’s Pub Christmas

Composers: Kalem Mahoney, Andrew LeDrew

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This week’s guest on the Musical Connections podcast is a graphic designer, photographer, and singer-songwriter, Jerry Stamp! He comes on to talk about his first band show in a decade with his group Disasternoon. Plus, he talks about what has happened in the ten years since the release of Rogue Doubt. From becoming a creative, his battle with psoriatic arthritis, working on tv & film productions in Newfoundland and Labrador and a whole lot more!

Music Featured in Episode:

New Found Releases: (December 1-7, 2024)

Song: Pools Cove Snowy Christmas Night

Artist: Corey Poole

Album: Pools Cove Snowy Christmas Night

Composers: Corey Poole

Song: Let ‘Em Hate

Artist: DECAY x WATTS

Album: Let ‘Em Hate

Composers: Phillipe Watts, Dave Kelly

Song: Bureaucratic Tone

Artist: Horse Shops

Album: Bureaucratic Tone

Composers: Adam Beardsworth, Neil Targett, Craig Caines

Song: Noel

Artist: Julia Dawson

Album: A Trinity Hall Christmas, Vol 2

Composers: Ed Cash, Matthew Redman, Chris Tomlin

Song: Plank’er Down

Artist: KitchinParti

Album: Plank'er Down

Composers: Charlie Payne

Song: Cabot Strait

Artist: Teddy Rowe

Album: Cabot Strait

Composers: Theodore Rowe

Song: Christmas The Way It Was

Artist: The Ennis Sisters

Album: Christmas with The Ennis Sisters Live in St. John’s

Composers: Hubert Furey

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Song: I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day

Artist: Jerry Stamp

Album: I, Noel

Composers: Traditional

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I’m super excited about this one! I welcome one of the most electrifying performers I have ever seen to Musical Connections this week in Mark Bragg! He opens about that day where his whole life changed forever and how he has been going in his recovery. It is only his second interview since his brain bleed back in June 2023!

Music Featured in Episode:

New Found Releases: (November 24-30, 2024)

Song: Galaxy

Artist: Da Real Lil G

Album: Galaxy

Composers: Gerald White

Song: Christmas Time Once More

Artist: Doug White

Album: Christmas Time Once More

Composers: Douglas White

Song: This Christmas

Artist: Jason W Gill

Album: This Christmas

Composers: Jason W Gill

Song: The Parting Glass

Artist: Kathy Stock

Album: Home

Composers: Public Domain

Song: Stay On Track

Artist: Mak11

Album: Ataraxia

Composers: Andrew Kevin McDonald & Tyler Pelley

Song: The Ring

Artist: Marceno

Album: A Good Day Waits

Composers: Christopher Hibbs, Melanie Benson

Song: In Perfect Time

Artist: Rozalind MacPhail

Album: Push & Pull

Composers: Jill Barber

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Song: The Miner

Artist: Mark Bragg

Album: Ashes

Composers: Mark Bragg

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On this week’s Musical Connections podcast, I head back to the Sheraton Hotel to speak with musician, life coach, music educator, keynote speaker, and expert flautist, Rozalind MacPhail! She’s comes on the show to talk about her upcoming project Push and Pull which includes a brand new song coming out soon! Plus we talk about her upbringing on Toronto Island, how she became a life coach, Inspiration Soup, the Canadian Federation of Musicians and a whole lot more!

Music Featured in Episode:

New Found Releases: (November 17-23, 2024)

Song: King(s)

Artist: DECAY x N8 Douce

Album: King(s)

Composers: Dave Kelly, Nathan Doucette

Song: TOLD HER

Artist: DOEUX

Album: DIGITAL DUNGEON

Composers: Jason Earle, Justin Rowsell

Song: Meet Y’all

Artist: Jason Benoit

Album: Meet Y’all

Composers: Jason Benoit

Song: Shoes of a Fisherman

Artist: Kevin Collins

Album: Who Will Watch The Homeplace

Composers: Pete Blanding, Kevin Collins

Song: Tent City

Artist: Matthew Hender

Album: Winter Solstice

Composers: Matthew Hender

Song: The One Horse Open Sleigh

Artist: Mick Davis & Thin Love

Album: The One Horse Open Sleigh

Composers: James Lord Pierpont

Song: An Erin’s Pub Christmas

Artist: Military Road

Album: An Erin’s Pub Christmas

Composers: Kalem Mahoney, Andrew LeDrew

Song: What I Gotta Be

Artist: POTEM

Album: What I Gotta Be

Composers: Adam Martin

Song: Christmas Trees are Glistening

Artist: Steve Button

Album: Christmas Trees are Glistening

Composers: Steve Button, Lana Button

Song: Extinction

Artist: STURNE

Album: Transient

Composers: Stuart Gallant

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Song: Early Morning Montreal

Artist: Rozalind MacPhail

Album: Edge Work

Composers: Rozalind MacPhail

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