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Ep. #712: Kee Avil

Kee Avil discusses her stirring Constellation Records debut, Crease, improvisation and prepared instruments and vocals, music school and jazz, DIY touring and pop flourishes, sonic and visual collaborators, touring, the Guelph Jazz Festival, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.

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Ep. #710: Mas Aya

Brandon Miguel Valdivia on Mas Aya and making the album, Máscaras, London, Ontario and the Guelph Jazz Festival, drumming and percussion, outspoken music and making music as a political act, the hardships of his people in Nicaragua, making new solo music and with Lido Pimienta, playing Purple City Music Festival, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.

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Ep. #709: Kelly McMichael

Kelly McMichael on her 2022 Polaris Music Prize-nominated debut album Waves, how she began playing music and her formal studies, the Guelph, Toronto, and St. John’s music communities, working with Jake Nicoll and touring in Sarah Harmer’s band, loving and learning from Land of Talk, touring again, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.