With the 2017 JUNO Awards about a week away, many Canadian artists are gearing up to unite with Canada’s top musicians in the nation’s capital on April 2nd, 2017. Nominated for his third Juno Award this year, Jazz artist Matt Dusk is preparing for Canada’s biggest day by collaborating with fellow JUNO nominees Barbra Lica and Heather Bambrick to create a ‘mash-up’ of some of the top pop songs from the past year. The trio put a funky jazz twist and uniquely combine ‘Treat You Better’ by Shawn Mendes, ‘Starboy’ by The Weeknd, ‘Here’ by Alessia Cara, ‘Cheap Thrills’ by Sia, and Drake’s ‘One Dance’ and ‘Hotline Bling’. The mashup is cleverly arranged and almost seems like a new song in itself. The JUNO nominated Jazz artist describes himself as someone who always has his ear to the ground and is “looking for what is contemporary and popular”. He describes his musical taste as ‘eclectic’, and says that the real fun part about music is how an artist interprets a song, which is what jazz is rooted in. At the end of the day, Dusk says this project was strictly for fun, and that he had a great time working with his fellow JUNO nominees. Listen to Matt Dusk and Dre Pao discuss the JUNO's and more on Episode #6! For more information on Matt, visit www.MattDusk.com or follow him on social media at @MattDusk.