Please Explain Toronto To Me
A weekly Music podcast
Please Explain Toronto To Me
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Episodes of Please Explain Toronto To Me
Mark All
It has certainly been a while, but we are back! This podcast began with a specific vision. Over time, circumstances have aligned in such a way as to make that vision difficult to fulfill. So, I played with the format a bit, and will continue to
Hi everybody. This podcast is coming back. In fact, I'm sitting on a backlog of unproduced episodes! Enjoy a preview of the first new episode, recorded last holiday season with visual artist David Stonhouse. It features a spirited rendition o
Taylor Jade is a singer and songwriter based in Saskatoon. She’s been in a whole bunch of musical projects, including the maybe late, definitely great Little Criminals - and she’s a mainstay of the city’s music scene. Her debut album, Dreamy I
Welcome back for Season 3! We're kicking it off with something a little different this time around. Last July, for the second year in a row, I headed down to the Big Muddy, an area of Southern Saskatchewan known for ranch land and not much el
Denise Valle is a prodigiously talented R&B singer/songwriter based in Saskatoon. For this show's final episode at the Saskatoon Public Library (for now?), we delved into the multi-purpose and echoey space in the Frances Morrison basement - pre
Close Talker are a trio (made up of Will Quiring, Matthew Kopperud, and Christopher Morien) from Saskatoon who trade in tightly arranged indie pop full of start-stop tension and well crafted sounds. After releasing an album and an EP in 2013, t
The Williamson Bros. are Dusty Adam and Dylan Jay, two stand-up comics who are brothers and who are also twins. We talk about mistaken identity, parenting and Dad jokes, birth order and being surprise twins, panel discussions and sports intervi
Lindsay Knight aka Eekwol, originally from Muskoday First Nation, is a renowned and award-winning hip-hop artist. We talk about the early influence of Rap City on Much Music, Columbia House picks (including Souls of Mischief), Fresh Fest and ar
Kirby Criddle is a singer, songwriter, holistic health care practitioner and co-founder of Freedom Fooders Saskatoon, a group who craft boxes for taking and leaving food and place them throughout the city. We have a conversation about touring,
The Karpinka Brothers are two brothers with the surname Karpinka (and the given names Shawn and Aaron) who have a well-earned reputation as the nicest guys around, the self-proclaimed "Jedi Council of Ukrainian Funk". They have released 3 album
Melissa Gan is a prodigiously talented violinist who performs under the moniker respectfulchild. They have also collaborated or played with a who's who of other musicians, including Adolyne, Paper Beat Scissors, Murray Lightburn (The Dears), Th
Ian Blurton is one of the best guitar players I've ever seen (and heard). You may know him from past bands Change of Heart, Blurtonia, Bionic, C'mon, and others. He currently plays in and co-fronts Public Animal. He's a Toronto stalwart and he
Christian Kongawi is a professional musician and lover of puns who moved to Canada at age 12 from the Congo, into a foster family in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He's also the mastermind behind The Potluck, a series of events that have funded K
Bethani Jade is a writer and performer who spearheaded the first alt alt Performance Fest back in January, a two-day festival of "weirdo art" (her words). I sat down with her to chat about it, along with two of the other performers involved: El
I decided the best way to look back at the whole thing that was 2016 was through the eyes of 3 people who did interesting things throughout the year. First up, Trevor McKenzie-Smith - one of the campaign managers (with the illustrious Michelle
Kevin Wesaquate is a writer, spoken word poet, visual artist, and co-founder of the Indigenous Poetry Society in Saskatoon. He does a lot of great work carving out spaces for indigenous artists where there might not otherwise be. We talk about
Alison Whelan spent the last few years as General Manager at the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon, and has been instrumental in Girls Rock Saskatoon and Band Swap. She's packing it in to explore other parts of the globe, so it seemed natural to ge
Right here we've got a rollicking conversation with writer, spoken word performer, and pop culture sponge Deej Siminoff. We chat about her new chapbook Joni Isn't From Here Anymore, the importance of place, Scandinavian long-form crime drama, i
We're back! I'm calling this Season 2, because that seems to be an idiom that everybody can understand. This episode features illustrator, designer and filmmaker Huw Evans. We talk about his affinity with microphones, a rural upbringing, the hi
We're back! Well, sort of back. We will be back. In fact, we'll be back next week! New episodes of This Night Will Change Your Life return - regular and everything - starting Wednesday January 11th. Here's a little taste of what's coming up for
Kenneth T. Williams saw the realities of a broken system first-hand. He is a playwright whose new play, In Care, deals with a mother trying to get her children out of foster care and finding herself trapped within that system. We talk about Chi
Neil Bergen is my boss, as he's the station manager at CFCR - Saskatoon's community radio station. He's been in broadcasting for a long time. We get into that along with his (possibly hipppie) style choices, early concerts, aspirations for the
Andrei Feheregyazi is a prolific and talented animator, filmmaker, illustrator, painter, and whirlwind brain of all kinds. He's got an upcoming art show for his Master's degree and it takes place October 24th through November 4th at the Gordon
I had the opportunity to chat with Ashley Clouthier and Tara Kooy right after this year's edition of Take Back The Night, a march against gendered violence. Ashley is the co-ordinator of the USSU Women's Centre and Tara works with the Saskatoon
Danielle Altrogge was on the path to take over the family pharmacy, when her first love - namely, writing - called to her. Now, she's a spoken word poet who has toured nationally and she is currently the Executive Director of Tonight It's Poetr
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