Canadian Musician Podcast

For this week’s podcast we welcome back Darryl Hurs, the founder and CEO of Indie Week and CD Baby’s Director of Market Development for Canada. Darryl and Mike chat about Indie Week’s plans for a virtual artist-focused conference from Nov. 10-14, and then dig into a number of pressing topic and some good advice for indie musicians...

This week, we're bringing you a special trio of artist interviews. Revered jazz vocalist Laila Biali joins us to discuss her re-imagining of the track "Revival" for her ongoing "Quarantunes" series, as well as the song's powerful and still-timely lyrical themes. We also touch on her latest LP, Out of Dust, her experience releasing and promoting an album amidst the pandemic, and how a bit of optimism can go a long way these days...

For our feature interview this week, Andrew chats with Canadian country star Lindsay Ell, who followed up her breakout LP The Project with another hugely successful effort, Heart Theory, in mid-August...

Coalition Music has partnered with the Aboriginal People’s Television Network (APTN) to launch Red Music Rising (RMR), an Indigenous music company that is the first in Canada to be owned, managed, and operated entirely by Indigenous individuals. On today's pod, we have Toronto-based artist manager Matt Maw of Chippewas of the Thames, who has been brought in to be the first leader of RMR...

We welcome the incomparable Kiesza to the show this week. Her brand-new album, Crave, is her first full collection since her breakout Sound of a Woman in 2014. In the years since, she's enjoyed some major successes, suffered a car accident that nearly ended her career - and her life - and had a tumultuous split with her record label. We talk about all of that, and how she's come out on the other side with newfound inspiration and a kick of creativity...

In June, Montreal-based singer Dominique Fils-Aimé won the Juno for Vocal Jazz Album of the year for her 2019 LP, Stay Tuned! That album, which was also on the Polaris Music Prize short list last year, is the second in an ambitious trilogy that explores and embodies the history of popular Black music.

Mike recently had a lovely in-depth chat with Dominque about the entire three-album project just as she was wrapping up the third album...

In June, Montreal-based singer Dominique Fils-Aimé won the Juno for Vocal Jazz Album of the year for her 2019 LP, Stay Tuned! That album, which was also on the Polaris Music Prize short list last year, is the second in an ambitious trilogy that explores and embodies the history of popular Black music.

Mike recently had a lovely in-depth chat with Dominque about the entire three-album project just as she was wrapping up the third album...

In June, Montreal-based singer Dominique Fils-Aimé won the Juno for Vocal Jazz Album of the year for her 2019 LP, Stay Tuned! That album, which was also on the Polaris Music Prize short list last year, is the second in an ambitious trilogy that explores and embodies the history of popular Black music.

Mike recently had a lovely in-depth chat with Dominque about the entire three-album project just as she was wrapping up the third album...

We've got a trio of short interviews on a few cool and compelling professional development opportunities for musicians. The idea is to share some different approaches to professional development and the many facets you can improve on.

First, acclaimed composer Craig Dodge delves into his Ignite Your Music Career program, which shares tools and strategies to get your music placed in series, films, video games, ads, and other media, regardless of your instrument or genre...

Jarrel Young is a Billboard-topping, Toronto-based producer, beat maker, singer, and songwriter. As one half of the production duo Young Wolf Hatchlings, he’s worked with Fall Out Boy, David Guetta, Neyo, Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez, and more. Now, under the solo moniker Jarrel The Young, he’s releasing a series of three EPs called VIRTUE that takes him in a deeper sonic and lyrical direction...