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When singer-songwriter Esthero (Jenny-Bea Englishman) released her trip-hop masterpiece Breath From Another in 1998, she was only eighteen years old.  Leaving behind her idyllic countryside home in Ontario to pursue the burgeoning music scene in Toronto, Esthero penned an album that would change the face of music.  With two acclaimed solo albums to follow and a number of high-profile collaborations with artists like Kanye West, Andre 3000, Black Eyed Peas, Mos Def and Sean Lennon, Esthero has managed to navigate an ever-shifting music industry for over two decades, all while staying true to herself.  In our intimate conversation we explore everything from her vulnerability of being a young woman in a male dominated music industry, to the thrill of working with will.i.am, to how she took on Spotify.

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When a former child music  protege from Glendale meets a mesmerizing singer-songwriter from Glasgow,  an  extraordinary synergy takes place and a multitalented music couple is born -- none other than Paul Cantelon and Angela McCluskey. Angela is the Grammy nominated artist best known for her ubiquitous hit “Breathe” from her high profile collaboration with Télépopmusik.  Paul is the son of an evangelist from Glendale who made his violin debut at Royce Hall at the age of 13, and is now an award winning film composer celebrated for his stunningly intimate film scores, such as Diving Bell and the Butterfly.  Together they formed the Wild Colonials in the early '90's -- an LA-based alternative rock band that fused folk-tinged melodies with unconventional instruments. In our in depth conversation we learn how these two bohemians from completely different worlds, embarked on a romantic and creative partnership that still burns as bright as it did that afternoon in London when they first met. 

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Derek Ahonen  is an internationally acclaimed playwright best known for his gritty, volatile, and darkly humorous work.  As co-founder of The Amoralists, the trailblazing New York City theater company, his aim was to write and produce raw theater with absolutely no moral judgement, while expressing the American condition in a completely honest way.  And now, Derek has written and directed his first feature film, The Transcendents (based on his play).  In our hilarious, off-the-cuff conversation, we riff on everything from the necessity of gallows humor, the pitfalls of notoriety, and the joys of revenge.

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