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Ep. #874: Mdou Moctar

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Mdou Moctar and Mikey Coltun discuss their band’s wondrous new album Funeral for Justice, singing new songs about worldwide problems and not just in Africa, landing on an album title that tonally suits the lyrics and sound of Funeral for Justice, jet lag and feeling sleepy, why doing interviews is so important to explain Mdou Moctar songs, trust and being a better band, why their music and vocals might incorporate repetition, Mikey’s new tape label Purplish Records and Marc Masters’ book about cassette history and culture, new Mdou Moctar music and philanthropic projects, touring the world, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #867: BIG|BRAVE

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Robin Wattie, Tasy Hudson, and Matheiu Ball from BIG|BRAVE discuss their wonderful new album A Chaos of Flowers, their lives in Montreal and in Alberta, how the band formed, squirrels, rabbits, and making BIG|BRAVE new fans, one dad at a time, musical origin stories, sidechains and ducking, working closely with producer Seth Manchester, heavy metal and Levon Helm, poetry research, making a new album, tour, other future plans, and much more.     

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Ep. #852: FYEAR

Kaie Kellough and Jason Sharp discuss their work together in FYEAR and their new, self-titled debut album, our Alberta commonalities and the Edmonton Oilers, the origin of their social and musical relationship, writing one piece that has been divided into chunks for this dynamic album and its concept and sound, what certain children think of the record, being a tension, how they work together, writing more music, other future plans, and much more.

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