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Ep. #46: Al Tuck

Post author By vish
Post date October 24, 2013

Al Tuck hails from Charlottetown on beautiful Prince Edward Island in Canada. Over the past 20 years, Tuck has established himself as one of the world’s great songwriters and musicians, quietly releasing one stellar album after the next and earning the respect and admiration of any lyricist and guitarist who hears him. His latest album is Stranger at the Wake and was released by Cameron House Records earlier this year. It was longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize and earned critical accolades elsewhere and brings Tuck to the Halifax Pop Explosion this week. In September, Tuck joined me in-studio at CFRU for a good chat about Guelph, his status as a “cult figure,” his upbringing and early musical influences, his time in Halifax when its music scene was discovered by the international press, his songwriting, his voiceover work in films, his recent prolific streak of albums, the song “That Married Life” and much more.

Related links: altuck.com cameronhouserecords.com halifaxpopexplosion.com vishkhanna.com

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Tags Al Tuck, Cameron House Records, CFRU, Halifax Pop Explosion, murderecords, Polaris Music Prize, Sloan, Stranger at the Wake

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Ep. #41: Mike O’Neill

Post author By vish
Post date October 8, 2013

Mike O’Neill is a very talented singer, songwriter, and musician who currently lives in Halifax, NS. He first came to prominence in the esteemed two-piece indie-rock band the Inbreds and has gone on to make some really remarkable solo albums, including 2012’s criminally underrated Wild Lines. He’s also a screenwriter and has worked extensively on the very popular TV and film versions of the Trailer Park Boys series. O’Neill recently began collaborating with an enigmatic American-based Canadian songwriter named Devon Sproule and, on Sept. 24, the duo released a thoughtful, gorgeous collaborative album called Colours via Tin Angel Records. A couple of months ago, I met up with Mike at his mom’s house in Oshawa and got some background about his life there. I met his mom who offered her insights, I learned about Mike’s foray into student council politics and how his late, handy dad helped him make his first drum kit, I got some more info about Mike’s visual arts background and how his attempt to impress a prom date with a mural sort of backfired, his early musical obsessions, how the Inbreds started, his work with Devon Sproule and her impact on his process, what’s up with the new Trailer Park Boys movie, and just a ton more. There’s some songs on here too. Hedges get clipped. It’s a good episode. Mike rules.

Related links: mikeoneillmusic.com devonsproule.com tinangelrecords.co.uk vishkhanna.com

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Tags Devon Sproule, Halifax, Kingston, Mike O'Neill, murderecords, Oshawa, the Beatles, the Inbreds, Tin Angel Records, Trailer Park Boys

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Ep. #13: Sloan’s Jay Ferguson & Chris Murphy & Photographer Catherine Stockhausen

Post author By vish
Post date July 10, 2013

In celebration of the new murderecords 7″ singles 1993-1998 photo/music book, Sloan’s Chris Murphy and Jay Ferguson and photographer Catherine Stockhausen discuss murderecords and Halifax music history. For more info about this episode, sign up for the Kreative Kontrol newsletter.