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Ep. #1082: Joe Pernice

Joe Pernice is here to discuss his excellent new album, Sunny, I Was Wrong, living in frigid Canada as a well-informed American, his obsession with bicycles and riding bikes, his close friendship with music writer Warren Zanes who penned lovely liner notes for this new record, being a dad and coaching baseball with some encouragement from Buck 65, writing music again after a substantial break and from a very honest, reflective perspective, why he chose to release a record under his own name, the killer studio band he assembled featuring Jim Creeggan, Mike Belitsky, and Mike Evin, bringing in very special guests like Aimee Mann, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub, Rodney Crowell, and Jimmy Webb, what will become of the large number of unreleased songs he wrote and recorded towards this album, upcoming shows, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1071: Buck 65
Buck 65 on Bike For Three! (2009)
Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle (2012) – Teaser
Ep. #889: Rick White and The Sadies
Ep. #800: Buck 65
Ep. #703: The Sadies
Ep. #335: The Sadies on Long Night

(Colleen Nicholson)
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Ep. #1020: Amy Millan

Amy Millan is here to discuss her latest and deeply personal solo album, I Went to Find You, remembering Dallas Good of the Sadies, finally, as an adult and as an artist, processing the sudden death of her father when she was only five years old, how a person’s actual age might be different than their spiritual age, the key role that producer Jay McCarrol and her longtime partner and musical collaborator Evan Cranley played in shaping the sound and tone of this record and the eerie significance of the production crew being dubbed “the Diamonds,” updates about Stars and their indefinite hiatus, solo tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #889: Rick White and The Sadies
Ep. #703: The Sadies
Ep. #765: Hayden
Ep. #669: Dallas Good Remembered
Ep. #637: ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT
Ep. #624: K.D.A.P.
Ep. #329: Long Night with Anne T. Donahue and Nirvanna the Band the Show

(Tess Roby)
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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. #889: Rick White and The Sadies
Ep. #857: Michael Feuerstack
Ep. #850: You’ve Changed Records is 15!
Ep. #725: Sloan
Ep. #651: Julie Doiron
Ep. #602: Chad VanGaalen
Ep. #424: Dave Bidini
Ep. #272: Gord Downie [Archival; May 2010]