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CHMA’s Picks of the Week

Song + Artist // Program // Host 

Local God- Everclear // 16 cassettes // Brooke Hennigar

Living The Dream – The Barra MacNeils // Morning Show // Matt Mulvihill

Wish I Never Meet You – Carolina East * // Hannah’s Country Show // Hannah MacFarlane

Late In The Evening – Paul Simon // Selective Memory – The Putting the Cat in Catastrophe Edition // Brian & John Neilson

Rag Doll Early James // Blue Enchilada // R. Majithia

Constant Love – Richard Laviolette* // The Jazz Club // Peter and Phaedra

Diamonds And Rust – Joan Baez // alt from the attic // Avery Boudreau

“Girl U Want” – DEVO // Deep Red // Mike Roy

Demolition Man – Grace Jones // The Witching Hour // maya noëlle & eva helena

Demolition Man – Grace Jones // The Witching Hour // maya noëlle & eva helena

Skating – The high 48s // Appalachian Trail // Alison Doody

Lemongrass – Aquakulture, Uncle Fester // Whale Shoe Circus Hour // Steve, Sam and Violet Haley

Kombdi Palali: Anand Shinde, Vaishali Samant // Safarnama // Sailee Shringarpure, Zion Hill, Syed Humayun, Fathimath Irum and Anureet

Hold On Loosely – 38 Special // East Coast Kickoff // Ben Place

Wardrobe, Aquakulture – Better Days* // CHMA Afternoon Rotation // CHMA Staff

What We’re Playing

We’re ridiculously proud of our DJ’ing skills and playlists.  We focus on new Canadian music of all genre’s and our Freeform Programmers/DJ’s are free to play just about whatever they want.  

Nuey, Sailee, Gurnoor

Traveled to Mumbai and Punjab in India, explored some cultures and places along with good dessert shops in Bombay

1. Phir Se Ud Chala: Mohit Chauhan
2. Sooraj Ki Baahon Mein: Dominique Cerejo, Clinton Cerejo, Loy Mendonsa
3. Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan: Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt

Brooke Hennigar
Local God- Everclear
16 cassettes shares all kinds of alternative from cult favourites to small artists.

(intro) Illegal Alien- Genesis
1. Hip To Be Square- Huey Lewis & The News
2. Who Loves The Sun- The Velvet Underground
3. Temptation- Heaven 17
4. Till I Hear It From You- Gin Blossoms
5. Driver’s Seat- Sniff ‘n’ The Tears
6. Never Tear Us Apart- INXS
7. Hong Kong Garden- Siouxsie and the Banshees
8. We Are The Boys- Pulp
9. #1 Crush- Garbage
10. Let Go- Frou Frou
11. Dyslexic Heart- Paul Westerberg
12. Night Fever- Bee Gees
13. Paranoid- Black Sabbath
14. Crazy- Nazareth
15. Institutionalized- Suicidal Tendencies

Matt Mulvihill
Living The Dream – The Barra MacNeils
Thursdays at 9am

Living The Dream – The Barra MacNeils*
Diane Mozart – Saint Motel
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire*
Violet – Wild Party
Walking in Memphis – Marc Cohn
Little Fortune – Katie Lynne Sharbaugh
Lovelace – Nep*
Forever You – Dennis Van Aarsen
Shackles – Steven Rodriguez

Hannah MacFarlane
Wish I Never Meet You – Carolina East *
Country Show

1. Beautiful Crazy – Luke Combs
2. Wonder – Megan Moroney
3. You’re Still The One – Shania Twain *
4. Knee Deep – Zac Brown Band, Jimmy Buffet
5. Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
6. Lady May – Tyler Childers
7. Wish I Never Meet You – Carolina East *
8. 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
9. Whatever It Is – Zac Brown Band
10. ‘Til You Can’t – Cody Johnson
11. Fancy – Reba McEntire
12. Goodbye Earl – The Chicks
13. Fake ID – Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson
14. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Kirk Ferguson

Playing the latest new electro-pop tracks, KulPop brings you the best new pop music from around the world every week.

Hometown Hospice – Gaustad
2 hands – Tate McRae (*)
All For Me – Two Friends & HRVY
eyes – joan
What About Love – LAY
Red Flag – NERIAH
Jeanie – Lovelytheband & The Kooks
Medusa – Micah McLaurin
What Are Friends For – Jeffrey Chan
L V S T – Lostchild
Easy – Bryce Bowyn
City Of Angels – Olivia Lunny (*)
All Eyes On Us – as1one ft. Nile Rodgers
We Are Family – Cedric Gervais & Nile Rodgers
Temptation – Johnny Orlando (*)
Fantasy – T. Thomason (*)
Homesick – Hazel Bloom
The Present – Forrest Frank

Anukkawee Thongpoyai (Nuey), Wakana Kobayashi, and Ayaka Fujiwara

Shared travel experiences in Thailand and Thai food, cultures, and uniqueness

อากาศร้อนๆ – Tattoo colour
เจ้าพระยา – Tattoo colour
พบกันใหม่ – POLYCAT

Brian & John Neilson
Late In The Evening – Paul Simon
Father & Son duke it out on the airwaves.

1. ‘Zat You, Santa Claus? – Louis Armstrong & The Commanders
2. My Kind Of Girl – Wayne Newton
3. Touch ‘Em With Love – Bobbi Gentry
4. Banana Pancakes – Jack Johnson
5. Diana – The Misfits
6. Leave The Door OPen – Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak
7 .ABC – Jackson 5
8. Late In The Evening – Paul Simon
9. What’s New Pussycat – Tom Jones

R. Majithia
Rag Doll Early James
Blues & Beyond

Rag Doll Early James
I Was Good to You Janiva Magness
Come to Mama Ann Peebles
Who’s Been Loving You Mathias Lattin
Tell Her You Belong to Me Beth Hart
Do You Hear What I Hear? Josh Groban, The War and Treaty
Forget Me Not Clara Luciani, Rufus Wainwright
Stranger in the Garden Sam Burchfield
Dark Matter Amythyst Kiah
I Ain’t Got You Kraft Quartet, Bob Margolin
Savior With a Razor Beth Hart, Slash
Casco Bay Jason Ricchi & The Bad Kind
Knock Me off My Feet The Allergies
Pretty Please THe Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer
Tell Me What I Want to Hear Anson Funderburg and the Rockets

Peter and Phaedra
Constant Love – Richard Laviolette*
This week we’re playing a cult classic, Innocence and Despair by the Langley Schools Music Project.

1. Venus and Mars/ Rock Show – The Langley Schools Music Project*
2. Good Vibrations – The Langley Schools Music Project*
3. God Only Knows – The Langley Schools Music Project*
4. Space Oddity – The Langley Schools Music Project*
5. The Long and Winding Road – The Langley Schools Music Project*
6. Band on the Run – The Langley Schools Music Project*
7. I’m Into Something Good – The Langley Schools Music Project*
8. In My Room – The Langley Schools Music Project*
9. Saturday Night – The Langley Schools Music Project*
10. I Get Around – The Langley Schools Music Project*
11. Mandy – The Langley Schools Music Project*
12. Help Me, Rhonda – The Langley Schools Music Project*
13. Desparado – The Langley Schools Music Project*
14. You’re So Good to Me – The Langley Schools Music Project*
15. Sweet Caroline – The Langley Schools Music Project*
16. Rhainnon – The Langley Schools Music Project*

Avery Boudreau
Diamonds And Rust – Joan Baez
Listened to some good stuff from The Breeders, Nina Simone, Hum and more!

1. Seventeen – Welles
2. Safari – The Breeders
3. I Just Fall In Love Again – Anne Murray*
4. Stars – Hum
5. Four Strong Winds – Ian Tyson*
6. Moon – Teethe
7. The Score – Grian Chatten
8. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl – Nina Simone
9. Diamonds And Rust – Joan Baez
10. A Horse With No Name – America, George Martin

Mike Roy
“Girl U Want” – DEVO
A retrospective on the film Tank Girl (1995)

1. “Girl U Want” – DEVO
2. “Combat Baby – Metric*
3. “Shove” – L7
4. “One Nation” – Pinkshift
5. “Army of Me” – Bjork
6. “Triumph” – Screaming Females
7. “Drown Soda” – Hole
8. “Aurora” – Veruca Salt
9. “Just a Girl” – No Doubt
10. “Let’s Do It” – Joan Jett & Paul Westerberg

maya noëlle & eva helena
Demolition Man – Grace Jones
on this episode, the witches kick off the spelling bee of the century with tales of the full moon & fairies, and a call to action.

1. Minnie the Moocher – Kaleidoscope
2. Aurora – Veruca Salt
3. You’re Standing On My Neck – Honeyblood
4. Angel – Amyl and The Sniffers
5. Attack Dogs – Iris Bilinsky
6. Not Sweet Enough – Lesibu Grand
7. Demolition Man – Grace Jones
8. Emma Goldman Would Have Beat Your Ass – Evan Greer
9. Violet State Of Mind – VENUS GRRRLS
10. Army Dreamers – Kate Bush

maya noëlle & eva helena
Demolition Man – Grace Jones
on this episode, the witches kick off the spelling bee of the century with tales of the full moon & fairies, and a call to action.

1. Minnie the Moocher – Kaleidoscope
2. Aurora – Veruca Salt
3. You’re Standing On My Neck – Honeyblood
4. Angel – Amyl and The Sniffers
5. Attack Dogs – Iris Bilinsky
6. Not Sweet Enough – Lesibu Grand
7. Demolition Man – Grace Jones
8. Emma Goldman Would Have Beat Your Ass – Evan Greer
9. Violet State Of Mind – VENUS GRRRLS
10. Army Dreamers – Kate Bush

Alison Doody
Skating – The high 48s
Exploring and Celebrating Bluegrass music from both the past and the present.

Skating – The High 48s
The Truth Fits – Yonder Mountain String Band
Think of what you’ve done – Theoretical Blonde
Windows have pain – Darren Nicholson
Our gingerbread house – Becky Buller
Winter Harvest – Matt Flinner Trio
Blue Night – Ashby Frank
Most of the time – Riverbend
Old familar song – High Lonesome
Old Methuselah – Thomas Cassell
Its the most wonderful time of the year – Allen Bright
Christmas is the mountains – Tina Adair

Steve, Sam and Violet Haley
Lemongrass – Aquakulture, Uncle Fester
The Whale Shoe Circus Hour is just a dad and his two kids exploring the expansive universe of music together.

1. Lemongrass – Aquakulture, Uncle Fester*
2. Family Tree – Ben Kweller
3. Bedtime Stories – The Burning Hell*
4. Open (Hurts to Have a Heart) – Kelly McMichael*
5. The Big Bang Boom – The Drama Queenz*
6. Easy Days – Klarka Weinwurm*
7. Basketball – Wax Mannequin*
8. Baseball – Dusted*
9. Complicated – Avril Lavigne*
10.Family Affair- Sly and The Family Stone
11. Oh Potato Dog -Parry Gripp
12. In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg, Anton Ginsburg, Kassia
13. No Such Thing – Michael Feuerstack*

Sailee Shringarpure, Zion Hill, Syed Humayun, Fathimath Irum and Anureet
Kombdi Palali: Anand Shinde, Vaishali Samant
Original vs Remake pt. 2!

1. Jhoomka Gira Re: Asha Bhosle
2. What Jhumka: Pritam, Arijit Singh, Jonita Gandhi, Ranveer Singh, Madan Mohan, Amitabh Bhattacharya
3. Kombdi Palali: Anand Shinde, Vaishali Samant
4. Chikni Chameli: Ajay-Atul, Shreya Ghoshal
5. Zingaat: Ajay-Atul
6. Zingaat: Ajay- Atul
7. Husn Hai Suhana: Chandana Dixit, Abhijeet
8. Husnn Hai Suhaana New: Chandana Dixit, Abhijeet, Tanishk Bagchi, Anand- Milind
9. Tayyab Ali Pyar Ka Dushman: Mohammad Rafi
10. Tayyab Ali: Javed Ali

Ben Place
Hold On Loosely – 38 Special
Discussed CFL/NFL/USports/NCAA Football games for the week of Nov 3rd/10th and previewed games for the week of Nov 10th/17th

1. Hold On Loosely – 38 Special

Darcy and Emma

We chat about one of the greatest prison escape films of all time: “A Man Escaped” (1958).

Talk

Clinton Davis

Black Atlantic Musicians

1. Jah’Mila Déjà Vu
2. Kuraku (background beat) De Szn
3. Michael J Foxx Justice
4. O’Sound The Journey
5. Maggie Andrew Honda Civic
6. Reeny Smith Goodbye
7. Joce Reyome MR. RAIN
8. JRDN Feel Something
9. Kuraku, Yung St4k With Me
10. S.K, Nii Mushonga
11. Paris Richards, Dub J, Maestro Fresh Wes The One (feat. Maestro Fresh Wes)
12. Mayaya GRAVESON
13. xtaye, rangupfr Careless
14. Mo Money Matteo, notevengary GRAVEYARD (zombie lady ate her baby)
15. Dante Miracle Not 4 Me
16. Kye Clayton Can’t Relate
17. Levon the Prince Jump
18. FSrgo Gobe
19. YFilla, Gallyna ONLY YOU

Kirk Ferguson

Playing the latest new electro-pop tracks, KulPop brings you the best new pop music from around the world every week.

All The Young Dudes (Richard X edit) – Pet Shop Boys
New London Boy (Boy Harsher Remix) – Pet Shop Boys
1975 (Future Mix) – Mike Williams & YouNotUs
Thethered – flor
Painted – flor
Last Christmas – flor
Superfly – The Magician & Bipolar Sunshine
weekend (reimagined) – VÉRITÉ
do you feel me – Julian Daniel (*)
Play2Lose – Supertaste
Alone – GLADES
Flash – GLADES
Heavens Where You Are – GLADES
Overdrive – GLADES
heartbodymindsoul – joan
Space – T. Thomason (*)
Rodeo Romeo – Kai Bosch

CHMA Staff
Wardrobe, Aquakulture – Better Days*
Keeping the Afternoon Sun Shining Bright

Peach Luffe – Better Off*
The Tragically Hip – Rain, Hearts And Fire*
CJ Wiley – Adelaide*
NIA NADURATA – Practice*
Cadence Weapon – Nice Try*
Wardrobe, Aquakulture – Better Days*
Ev Bird – Cash Now*
Odd Marshall – Lucky Dragon*
The Hearts – Too Much Time*
Trudy – Next To Me*
Carmen Braden – Really Pretty*
Erez Zobary – Henna (חינה)*
Cameron Whitcomb – Medusa*
miufly – What I Told U*
Täbï Yösha – Truth Lays*
Domanique Grant – Best Friend*
Ley Vara – Take It To My Grave*
Shann Aberdeen – Tasty*
Samant – DO IT!*
Maddee Ritter – Can You Feel It*
Dom Louis – Red Like Stone*
jackie – Starry Eyes*
Wizaard – Monde 2*
Skye Wallace – Tough Kid*
Paris Richards – Let the Music Play (feat. JRDN)*
Será – SoSo*
Frank Mighty – CAKE*
Holly Clausius – thinkin’ about you*
Rose City Band – Lights on the Way*
Lisa LeBlanc – You Look Like Trouble (But I Guess I Do Too) – Live*
The Tragically Hip – Wait So Long*
Sassyhiya – Boat Called Predator*

James Anderson
Jennifer Castle – Camelot
Morning Glow Tone

Hanorah – Matty*
HOMESHAKE – Sliverado*
Marlaena Moore – Running on Empty*
Rosier – sainte adèle*
Memory Pearl – Astral Travel*
Caldher – Constellation*
Trudy – Next To Me*
Carmen Braden – Really Pretty*
The Sheepdogs – Hell Together*
The Hearts – Too Much Time*
Tara Van – Things I Wanna Say*
Louie Sanchez – Notice Me*
JeanDo – Heureusement que je suis heureux*
Laurie Torres – Lisière*
Jennifer Castle – Camelot*
Kathleen Edwards – Crawling Back To You*
Tasha Mac – Don’t Play Wit It*
Avril Jensen – SUPERNOVA*
Welcome John – Wishing Well*

R. Majithia
Find True Love Madeleine Peyroux
Blues & Beyond

Find True Love Madeleine Peyroux
Please Come Inside Madeleine Peyroux
Stop Breakin’ Down Blues Charlie Beale, Robert Johnson
Grown Ass Man Stacy Mitchart
Twist My Fate Tony Holiday
Road Hog Long John Hunter
Leave the Light On Elles Bailey
Sparrow Liizz Wright
Black Magic Joanne Shaw Taylor
Drowning in a Sea of Love Johanne Shaw Taylor
Something Lucinda Williams
Life I Chose Alice Armstrong
If God is a Woman Larkin Poe
Undefeated Eyes Fantastic Negrito, Sting

Brian & John Neilson
Ain’t That A Shame – Fats Domino
Father & Son duke it out on the airwaves.

1. Dancin’ Fool – Frank Zappa
2. Ain’t That A Shame – Fats Domino
3. Dancing On The Ceiling – Lionel Richie
4. Teach Your Children – CSNY*
5. All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
6. I Gotta Be Me – Sammy Davis Jr.
7. Out Of Touch – Hall & Oates
8. Keep A Knocking’ – Little Richard

Peter and Phaedra
Little Joe the Wrangler – Marty Robbins
This week the Jazz Club is transported via starship to Lukenbach, Texas courtesy of the Man in Black and associates.

1. Out of Time Man – Mick Harvey
2. Mystery Train (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
3. Highwayman (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
4. Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
5. Good Hearted Woman (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
6. Trouble Man (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
7. Amanda (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
8. There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
9. Ring of Fire (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
10. Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
11. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
12. Sunday Morning Coming Down (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
13. Help Me Make It Through The Night (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
14. The Best Of All Possible Worlds (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
15. Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen
16. City Of New Orleans (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 1990) – The Highwaymen

Avery Boudreau
Swingin Party – The Replacements
Played some songs I’ve had on repeat this past week, including songs from Little Sims, Lush, The Replacements, and more!

1. Gorilla – Little Sims
2. Come to Me – Bjork
3. Aguas de Marco – Elis Regina, Antonio Carlos Jobim
4. Masters of War – Bob Dylan
5. Thirty – The Weather Station*
6. The Glorious Life – Joel Plaskett Emergency*
7. Ladykillers – Lush
8. An Open Letter to NYC – Beastie Boys
9. My Way – Frank Sinatra
10. Swingin Party – The Replacements
11. Nabakov – Fontaines D.C.

Mike Roy
Midnight City by M83
An exploration of Nightcrawler, a 2014 neo noir thriller film.

1. “Night Crawler” by Thee Oh Sees
2. “LA” by Boy Harsher
3. “Midnight City” by M83
4. “Red Car” by Chromatics
5. “Outside” by TOPS*
6. “Intern” by Angel Olsen
7. “Sexy Boy” by Air
8. “Entertainment” by Marci*
9. “Cities In Dust” by Siouxsie and the Banshees
10. “Shake the Disease” by Depeche Mode
11. “If It Bleeds, It Leads” by James Newton Howard

Riley Nixon
Kokomo, IN – Japanese Breakfast
Playing a mix of new releases and my current personal rotation

1. Salt in Wound – Soccer Mommy
2. Dinner @ Brasserie Zédel – Luvcat
3. Maggot – Dazey and the Scouts
4. Pain for fun – WILLOW, St. Vincent
5. Shitty Heaven – Ally Evenson
6. Kokomo, IN – Japanese Breakfast
7. I Wonder Why – Kacy & Clayton, Marlon Williams
8. 30/90 – Cast of Tick, tick… BOOM!
9. Jesus Forgive Me, I Am a Th*t – JPEGMAFIA
10. Andromeda – Weyes Blood

Alison Doody
Dreams Like That – Volume Five
Appalachain Trail special – Bluegrass for Hope!

*The Information Age Frustration – The Local Group
Dancing in the Moonlight – Yonder Mountain String Band
Carolina Calling – Mipso
One Voice – The Wailin’ Jennys
Wildfire – Watchhouse
Where Do My Bluebird Fly – Trout Steak Revival
Starry Night – The Infamous Stringdusters
Hey Brother – Dan Tyminski
Dreams Like That – Volume Five
We all need more kindess in this world – We Banjo 3

Brian Neilson
Heaven Help Us All – Stevie Wonder
Songs and thoughts on November 11th

1. Soldier Of The Heart – Judee Sill
2. Sit Down Young Stranger – Gordon Lightfoot*
3. Vietnam – Jimmy Cliff
4. Stoned Love – Diana Ross
5. War – The Temptations
6. For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
7. Heaven Help Us All – Stevie Wonder
8. Draft Morning – The Byrds
9. Give Peace A Chance – John Lennon
10. Silent Homecoming – Ringo Starr
11. Hammer To Fall – Queen
12. Comin’ Home Baby – Mel Torme
13. Save The Last Dance For Me – The Drifters
14. Orange Crush – R.E.M.
15. Simple Song Of Freedom – Bobby Darin