Greg Markham and Bryan Paccagnella grew up in the suburbs of Richmond Hill playing a lot of basement rock. In 2005 they moved to Toronto to attend Humber College Greg for jazz, Bryan for comedy. Greg went on to play with WhosArmy, The Mohrs (now Jackie)

Our 2023 songwriting challenge is to write a song using an unusual mode, or a mode you dont normally use. For our first episode on this subject, composer and songwriter Jeff Alan Greenway joined us to talk about two specific modes Dorian and Lydian. Je

Sarah Peterson is a Minnesota based songwriter and artist carving out her own unique space in the singer songwriter world. Her love of words has pulled her into many co-writes with other songwriters and artists from all around the world. Her debut artist

Award-winning singer-songwriter and music educator Susan Cattaneo joined us to talk about two of her favourite songs and why theyre so great. Sherry Jacoby filled in for Phil Emery as co-host thanks Sherry! Susans choices were Little Green by Joni Mit

Billy Lunn is the singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer of the UK-based rock band The Subways. The Subways released their debut album Young for Eternity in 2005, and theyve just released their fifth album, Uncertain Joys, on January 13, 2023. Billy

Sparkle. Its exactly whatCivilWraydoes on her brand-new single, appropriately entitledSparkle.CivilWray, the nom de plumeof Toronto singer songwriter Andrea de Boer, worked with producer Matt DeMatteo (Danko Jones, Big Wreck, Ashley MacIsaac) i

Singer-songwriter Alex Whorms and doctoral researcher Dana Swarbrick met while attending McMaster University. Last year, they collaborated to produce a concert research study at McMasters renowned LIVELab, a state of the art performance theatre and resea

Jason Pilling is a singer-songwriter who draws lyrical content from a lifetime of being a regular nice-guy with a math degree, a nice little nuclear family, and 20 years of white-collar career experience. “I celebrate the nuance of a normal life,” Jason l

For our first episode of 2023, Phil and Neel hung out to talk about a bunch of things on our minds. We talked about: Our upcoming songwriting challenge to write in an unusual mode Peter Gabriel is releasing his first album of original songs since 2002 The

Canadian artist Amanda Sum has recently released her brand-new debut album New Age Attitudes and was quickly featured as one of Exclaim! Magazines picks of the week. Blending musical elements of Indie-Pop, Jazz, and Alternative Folk with incredibly tho