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Julie Doiron (2011) – Teaser

Between August 1 and 3, 2025 in Sackville, New Brunswick, Sappyfest celebrates its twentieth anniversary as one of the world’s best programmed and most fun music and arts festivals. Back in the summer of 2011 just ahead of the sixth annual Sappyfest, I met Julie Doiron and three of her children at Grapefruit Moon for an interview over breakfast. Aside from her inspirational work in the band Eric’s Trip and her award-winning solo trajectory, Julie founded Sappy Records and co-organized early iterations of Sappyfest. And so, I’m sharing this 2011 encounter with Julie and most of her kids (plus a cameo by Rheostatics’ Dave Bidini), because it’s enjoyable and provides some insights about her music and Sappyfest.

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Ep. #926: OMBIIGIZI

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Adam Sturgeon and Daniel Monkman from OMBIIGIZI discuss their new album Shame, life in Ontario and Manitoba and some of the better Canadian provinces to live in, the biting tone, exploration of improvisation, and math rock influences that seeped into their latest songs, why being on a supportive record label is important, how figures like Marek Tyler have been positive leaders to Indigenous musicians in Canada, notions of tokenism and post-commodity, what’s next for this band and their individual pursuits, and much more.

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Ep. #858: Cadence Weapon

Cadence Weapon discusses his explosive new album ROLLERCOASTER, Hamilton joyriding and being a proud citizen, the time he introduced me to the visual artist Raymond Biesinger outside of a Sadies show in Edmonton, life as a new dad and why I think he might want to enjoy every moment, why ROLLERCOASTER is a revolutionary meditation on modern technology and how we interact with it, celebrating his late uncle and musical influence, Brett Miles, breaking down bot farms that juice music and podcast streaming stats, working on a new book, touring again, other future plans, and much more.

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