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Ep. #911: Richard Laviolette’s ‘All Wild Things Are Shy’

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All Wild Things Are Shy is Richard Laviolette’s final album and was released posthumously one year after he sought MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) on September 5, 2023. To provide more insight about its creation and Richard’s state of mind in writing and recording these songs while struggling with Huntington’s disease and the sudden onset of accelerated, severe symptoms, I organized a discussion with his partner and collaborator sophia bartholomew, the record’s lead instrumentalist, Rich Burnett, producer Scott Merritt, and artistic advisor and You’ve Changed Records label manager, Steven Lambke. We love Richard and will never forget him.

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Ep. #850: You’ve Changed Records is 15!
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Ep. #899: Ghostkeeper

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Sarah Houle, Shane Ghostkeeper and JOYFULTALK’s Jay Crocker discuss their work together on the new Ghostkeeper album, C​î​payak Joy, their history as friends and collaborators, Shane’s fascinating and initially discouraging foray into music-making after devoting his youth to playing hockey, Jay’s focus on passion and creativity over musical proficiency, what prompted Sarah to explore synthesized drums over the louder, real thing, how hip-hop, R&B, and electronic music influenced C​î​payak Joy, its lyrical themes and music videos, a planned companion release, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #862: Jon Mckiel
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Ep. #862: Jon Mckiel

Jon Mckiel discusses his excellent and beguiling new album, Hex, Canadian cities he’s lived in and his connections with Jay Crocker and Chad VanGaalen, drop C tuning, the hip-hop flavours of the otherwise indie-folk album Hex and whom it may be inspiring to rap, hexes, conspiracies, capitalism, and The Curse, movie scores and the musical touchstone that is the Arnold Schwarzenegger film, Predator, feeling burdened, videotaping MuchMusic programming as kids, that time his album 2020 album Bobby Joe Hope went viral, future plans, and much more.  

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Ep. #850: You’ve Changed Records is 15!
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