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Ep. #941: Songhoy Blues

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Garba Touré and Oumar Touré from Songhoy Blues discuss their new album, Héritage, our previous encounters when they played shows in Guelph, Ontario, fleeing a civil war and Sharia law in Timbuktu and how safe they feel playing music in Mali, the sound and themes of their new album, stories about each and every song, touring, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #716: Kate Beaton

Kate Beaton discusses her masterful new graphic novel memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, life as a young woman in the Fort McMurray, Alberta camps, crippling student debt, capitalism, the cost of living, and moving away to make ends meet, when boomtown industries go bust, mental health in the labour force and #metoo, drawing her own real life story, the pony, 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.