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Vinyl records by Newfoundland & Labrador's pioneer recording artists.
05 Mar, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
March 6, 2021 is the eighth anniversary of the death of the ultimate Canadian singer-songwriter... Stompin’ Tom Connors. He was best known for songs like Bud The Spud, Sudbury Saturday Night, and The Hockey Song. His strong connection to Newfoundland was evident in his songs like My Stomping Grounds which he co-wrote with Newfoundlander Roy Payne. He sang songs written...
05 Mar, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
March 6, 2021 is the eighth anniversary of the death of the ultimate Canadian singer-songwriter... Stompin’ Tom Connors. He was best known for songs like Bud The Spud, Sudbury Saturday Night, and The Hockey Song. His strong connection to Newfoundland was evident in his songs like My Stomping Grounds which he co-wrote with Newfoundlander Roy Payne. He sang songs written...

26 Feb, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
He was one of NL’s most popular entertainers in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. His songs Take Me As I Am and Hello Mom and Dad, I’m Coming Home For Christmas are modern classics. He continued to make a living from music in his latter career by providing expatriate Newfoundlanders & Labradorians working on the mainland with a taste...

19 Feb, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
MusicNL recently announced that Echo Recording Studio of St. John’s is a recipient of its Denis Parker Industry Builder Award. The studio was the brainchild of the late Jack Winsor. From the mid 1970s to the mid ‘90s, Jack’s little studio recorded dozens of vinyl records and cassette tapes. It also recorded a multitude of commercials and jingles. Local musician...

12 Feb, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
We’re feeling the love on this episode of New Found Records. Tune in and treat yourself to a show that’s loaded with romantic music for all the lovebirds. And as usual on NFR, the tunes are all served up by Newfoundland’s pioneer recording artists. You won’t want to miss this wonderful mix of lovely goodies that you will not hear...

04 Feb, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Have you got the mid-winter blahs? Are you bloated from a steady diet of the doom and gloom dished out by the news media? Well, we've got a tonic that just might turn you frown upside down. This episode of NFR has a strong dose of cheerful ditties designed to chase away your blues and put you on top of...

29 Jan, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
For this episode, we dive deep into our vinyl vaults and blow the dust off what may be Newfoundland’s first commercial record. It’s a century old breakable 78 rpm beauty with recordings of three provincial anthems. And we spin them all! You’ll also hear a bunch of recordings that are celebrating their 60th birthday this year. On the platter are...

22 Jan, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
NFR remembers American country music legend Charlie Pride who passed away on December 12, 2020. Pride had 30 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Country Charts and over 50 Top Ten hits! The show features great seldom-heard covers of Pride’s hits by Newfoundland & Labrador’s pioneer recording artists. This program is a great listen for Charlie’s fans and for country...

15 Jan, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
For this episode, just for fun, we’ve selected a few new items from 2020 and married them to NL vinyl recordings from yesteryear. News highlights include a meeting between a polar bear and a chopper, guitars made from an ancient shipwreck, and a discovery made valuable by Joe Smallwood’s posterior. Lots of great oldies music by Omar Blondahl, Dick Nolan,...

13 Jan, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
We begin 2021 with a look back at some of Newfoundland & Labrador’s musical pioneers who were honoured for their achievements in 2020. Plus, we remember recording artists and other music industry folks who passed away last year.

13 Jan, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Today on New Found Records we remember a man that I regard as one of Newfoundland & Labrador’s finest recording artists ever... a man whose vocals flawlessly compliment his stellar music, a man whose songwriting ranks right up there with the likes of Ron Hynes... some have even compared him to Bruce Cockburn and Leonard Cohen; and his guitar picking...

13 Jan, 2021 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
More than 40 years ago SIMANI, Sim Savory and Bud Davidge, took the stage for the first time in Belleoram, Fortune Bay, NL. Four decades later, Simani is still a household name throughout Newfoundland. Seems like everyone, old or young, knows their songs... classics like “The Mummers Song”, which helped revive interest in a dying Newfoundland Christmas tradition. And then...

18 Dec, 2020 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Yesteryear’s ‘Queen of Newfoundland Country Music’ JOAN MORRISSEY does her rendition of the biggest selling Christmas single of all time. Bell Islander RAY MCLEAN sings a few covers of Charlie Pride numbers from the early ‘70s, and ‘The Godfather of Newfoundland Country Music’, MR. DICK NOLAN, teams up with his five year old daughter BONNIE LOU for a rare duet...

11 Dec, 2020 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
We kick off our first of two programs of Christmas music with a stack of seasonal 45s... all by Newfoundland & Labrador's musical pioneers of course. We'll spin a few old favourites plus a bunch of oldies that you likely never knew existed. And they're all sourced from those little vinyl records with the big hole in the centre! Supplying...

04 Dec, 2020 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
More songs that ask questions on this episode as we conclude a theme that we debuted last week. The playlist includes tracks by five outstanding chanteuses – Shirley Montague, Loretta Cormier, Rebecca Penney, Phyllis Noseworthy, and Mary Lou Collins. Boy, those gals can sing! We also spin a great track by Labrador’s Harry Martin. Everything that man does is so...

27 Nov, 2020 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Songs that ask questions... that’s what this episode of New Found Records is all about! The show features an divers array of vinyl oldies by Newfoundland & Labrador recording artists of yesteryear. The playlist includes a track by The Four Ways, a band with strong Australian connections that were regulars of St. John’s bar scene in the mid 1970s. Inquisitive...

20 Nov, 2020 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Trout River’s Roy Payne is one of Newfoundland & Labrador’s most prolific songwriters. You may know Roy for his more popular compositions such as The Little Boats of Newfoundland, There’s No Price Tags on the Doors of Newfoundland, I Wouldn’t Trade A Million Dollars for A Single Maple Leaf, Outlaw Heroes, and The Ol’ Fishing Hole. His songs have been...

13 Nov, 2020 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
NFR makes for the hills for this episode. Tune in and treat your ears to Lew Murphy’s stellar rendition of the traditional Hills of Newfoundland. The Labrador Balladeer, Gerald Mitchell chips in with the first recording of Byron Chaulk’s classic High On the Mountain Of Old Mokami. Leonard Meehan contribute’s Otto Kelland’s seldom-heard The Low Blue Hills Of Home. Newfoundland’s...

06 Nov, 2020 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
A pillar of the Newfoundland music scene has passed. JACK WINSOR was proprietor of Jack's Radio Shop/Echo Recording Studio in St. John's, Newfoundland. From the mid '70s to the mid ‘90s, Jack sold local musicians their instruments and gear. He also repaired it, and he made their demos and records. He manned the board for dozens of local artists including...

30 Oct, 2020 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
It’s Halloween! What name do you put on October 31? Chances are you're thinking, Halloween, or All Hallows' Eve, the evening before All Saints' Day. But, depending on where you grew up in Newfoundland, you or your ancestors might know it as as Colcannon Night, or Snap Apple Night, or Mischief Night. Those from Trintiy Bay North might know October...

23 Oct, 2020 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
American country music superstar Johnny Cash has been in the local news lately following the discovery of photos of his moose hunting adventure in Newfoundland some 60 years ago. So we’ve put together a program filled with an eclectic mix of great Cash music… a mix of songs that you won’t hear any place else. So if you’re a fan...
