Strange Grooves Podcast

We are so happy to finally have THE Colin Friars-Mckay on our show! If you're from Saint John and you DON'T know Colin, you've definitely heard him. Colin currently does the morning show at K-100 in Saint John and has had a long and fascinating career in commercial radio.

This week on the Strange Grooves podcast, we're joined by special guest, Dan Vienneau!

We're baaaaack! We know, it's been a while. Thank you all so much for your patience and we hope you are having an incredible summer so far.

On this episode, it's all things Moncton Record Expo!

This week we're on the Kingston Penninsula to visit the home of Dave Love, his wife Sara and their two girls Sadie and Nora (who you will also hear in this episode).

A couple of weeks back we received a very important call, one we had been waiting for, for quite some time. Our pals from The Tasty Wangs wanted to do an interview! So we decided the best spot to do it was over some folded meat sandwiches at Arby's. Obviously.

This week, we sit down with Moncton's Diner Drugs before their show with the Cancer Bats in Saint John.

On this special episode, everything Quality Block Party!

In this episode, we're thrilled to finally sit down with Sadie Donahue!

On this week's episode, we're thrilled to bring you our interview with Paul Milner, a renown recording engineer who not long ago decided to make Saint John home. Paul runs Trillium House Studios out of his home in uptown Saint John, where he works with both established and up-and-coming musicians with to sound their best. Before this, he had an amazing career working at the famous Le Studio in Mon...

On this week’s episode of, we eat pie and chat with Corey Bonnevie and Gavin Downes of Little You Little Me! If you’ve been a long-time listener of this podcast, you’ve definitely heard Little You Little Me’s music before. They were one of the first local bands that graciously allowed us to play their music on our show! We chat with Corey and Gavin about how they got started in the local music sce...

Welcome back to the first podcast of 2019! We wanted to welcome everyone back for a great episode where we will talk about what's coming up for Strange Grooves, special guests, and how YOU can get involved. We also dive into the records they got over the holidays, our concert plans for 2019, and reflect on our first band t-shirts.

This week, we are thrilled to chat with John Story and Alexander Frank from The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. These fine gentlemen play with Jeff Goldblum, a star we all know.   They just released an album on November 9th. We just scored our copy and holy moly it's amazing! This record is an absolute pleasure to listen to! The band is so interactive. They love having fun on stage and with the audienc...

Pages of My Heart is the very first album released from our special guest this episode, Josh Peters. We're thrilled to have him on the show for Volume 50! Josh is an all-around super dude. We were so happy to catch up with him and talk about the release of his new album, how he has been distributing it, the process of writing, choosing musicians, the evolution of contury music and much much more....

A good punk rock show with your buds is just something that makes your heart full. Music and shows are such a focal part of all of our lives. We recently got to chat with Real Sickies who were visiting Saint John from their hometown, Edmonton.  These guys make all their own tunes, music videos, and merch! They started their own label and really wanted to help others in the space get their music ou...

This week we caught up with another one of your biggest requests to be on the show. Zach joins us to chat about his radio experience, his most cherished music memories, upcoming shows he will be checking out, his record collection and much more. Join us on this very special conversation at the 97.3 The Wave studio on King Street in Saint John. As always, if you would like to get involved and becom...

Rod Martens is one of the most prominent voices in rock radio in Atlantic Canada. He's not only the host of Rock Mornings at Rock 88.9, Saint John's rock radio station, he's also station's manager. Though Rod is very much integrated into the Saint John community, his rock 'n' roll radio journey started years back in small-town Ontario, But believe us, it was from boring. In this episode of Strange...

We are so excited to feature filmmaker Greg Hemmings on the show this week. It has been a long time coming, and a very well-requested interview so we made it happen. On this episode we chat first concerts, take our first Strange Phone Call, and chat drugs on the day cannabis becomes legal in Canada.  We discuss independence and the evolution of music and discovering it. We also dig into his love o...

This week we caught up with Kim Jacobsen. This woman is extraordinary and we have been anticipating her on the show, well, for about 45 episodes. Kim is a very reputable Interior Designer, lover of music and one of the most incredible people you will ever meet. From the moment you sit down with Kim, the conversation flows. Her love and knowledge of music, art, fashion, all things beautiful is tran...

On this week's episode, Cait and Cherise chat with Gary Chase of Donnie & The Monarchs,  a band that has been performing for almost 35 years. Gary is also the owner of the Voice Factory is Saint John.

On this week's episode, we make a visit to Local 107.3, the community/campus radio station in their hometown of Saint John, New Brunswick. The station has been around for a while, so it's no surprise that it has a pretty intense record collection. We sit down with Glen, Local 107.3's Station Manager and Shawn, the station's Spoken Word Coordinator. We talk about how vinyl has made a comeback on at...

In this week's episode... Cait is back from ELLE EEHHHH, and as those of you who follow us/her on social media know, she got to see some incredible places and meet some really incredible people, including Jeff Goldblum. She tells us how the fuck that came about. Don't listen if you're the jealous type. Cait and Cherise also fill you in on some cool events Strange Grooves have coming up, including...

This week, Cherise and Cait catch up with you and each other! Cait tells us about her upcoming trip to L.A., and how she will be staying in a piece of rock 'n' roll history. Cherise also tells us about her recent dive into cat parenthood.  They fill you in on what strange things in the works with shows, content, events, and merch. Cherise also gives you a break-down of the Strange Grooves Patreon....

In this very special bonus episode, Cherise is in Lowell, Massachusetts interviewing Evan Lunny. You may have heard of Evan in our previous episode with his fiance (and Cherise's cousin), Matt Letson. Evan is an avid and passionate music lover and vinyl collector. So when Cherise recently came down to visit on vacation, she was so excited to sit down with him, dig through his collection and talk m...

A couple weeks back we sat down with one of our favorite duo's, John and Lisa from Tomato/tomato. They are honestly just so freaking lovely. No matter where on the planet they are playing, they do more than just play for an audience and make great music. They are educators, huge community supporters, role models, fashion trendsetters. John and Lisa work very hard. Period. Hope you enjoy!