{"id":81254,"date":"2026-06-23T12:32:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?page_id=81254"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:41:18","slug":"chma-talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/chma-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"CHMA Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The career of award-winning musician Kelly McMichael has exploded since the release of her debut album &#8216;Waves&#8217; in 2021. With songs like &#8216;Stepping Stone&#8217; being named The East magazine&#8217;s #1 song of 2021, and her recognition at both the Music NL and East Coast Music Awards, McMichael made ripples through the Canadian music scene right out of the gate, and it&#8217;s safe to say she&#8217;s here to stay in a big way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25514\" width=\"443\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi56tfjv9_4AhVHkIkEHb66C1MQ-TAoAHoECCUQAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kellymcmichael.com%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw3JvHp_LF43zhFpzP2HRGsV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kelly McMichael<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Hubley sat down with the St. John&#8217;s singer\/songwriter to talk about the writing process behind her debut album, her recent awards, and what she has coming in the future. Hear it all in this CHMA exclusive interview with Kelly McMichael.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/KM-CHMA-Interview-joe.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>(Originally aired Sunday, January 23rd, 2022)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/kelly-mcmichael-is-making-waves-with-her-award-winning-debut-album\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue <\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The career of award-winning musician Kelly McMichael has exploded since the release of her debut album &#8216;Waves&#8217; in 2021. With songs like &#8216;Stepping Stone&#8217; being named The East magazine&#8217;s #1 song of 2021, and her recognition at both the Music NL and East Coast Music Awards, McMichael made ripples through the Canadian music scene right out of the gate, and it&#8217;s safe to say she&#8217;s here to stay in a big way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25514\" width=\"443\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kelly-mcmichael-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi56tfjv9_4AhVHkIkEHb66C1MQ-TAoAHoECCUQAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kellymcmichael.com%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw3JvHp_LF43zhFpzP2HRGsV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kelly McMichael<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Hubley sat down with the St. John&#8217;s singer\/songwriter to talk about the writing process behind her debut album, her recent awards, and what she has coming in the future. Hear it all in this CHMA exclusive interview with Kelly McMichael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/KM-CHMA-Interview-joe.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>(Originally aired Sunday, January 23rd, 2022)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/kelly-mcmichael-is-making-waves-with-her-award-winning-debut-album\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue <\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81254","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CHMA Talks &#187; CHMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/chma-talks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CHMA Talks &#187; CHMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The career of award-winning musician Kelly McMichael has exploded since the release of her debut album &#8216;Waves&#8217; in 2021. 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