This month’s episode features highlights from the September POP Montreal Illa Fabulis interviews:

Sarah Shoucri • The publicist for the POP Montreal Festival talks about where she grew up in Montreal, how the city has changed and she shares with us some of her new music discoveries from the festival. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/sarah-shoucri/

Tessa Smith • Tessa coordinate’s the Puces POP artisan fair, performs in her band Brave Radar and co-runs the indie record label Fixture Records. She chats about lots of things, including the women who have mentored her over the years. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/tessa-smith/

Music Credits:

Colors • Foxtrott

Stay With Us • Seoul

Sternwall/ Field Guide/ A Spike • Brave Radar

The Illa Fabulis theme music is Summer Lightning written by Alex Hackett from the Pang Attack EP Phantom Forest

This month’s episode features highlights from the previous month’s Illa Fabulis interviews:

Selin Murat • One of the founding documentary producers at Parabola Films, Selin talks about how she became interested in filmmaking and about the state of documentary in Canada today. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/selin-murat/

Cat Kidd • Cat is a writer and poet with a number of published works through Conundrum Press. She is also a spoken word performer who has toured her work all over the world. 

Miranda Campbell • After completing her PhD in Education, Miranda published her first book Out of the Basement which looks at youth involved in cultural production and creative entrepreneurship.

Music Credits:

“Hyena Subpeona” audio courtesy of Cat Kidd.

The Illa Fabulis theme music is Summer Lightning written by Alex Hackett from the Pang Attack EP Phantom Forest

This month’s episode features highlights from the previous month’s Illa Fabulis interviews:

Risa Dickens • One of the founders of Indyish.com, Risa works in web and is an arts advocate, musician and artist. She recently had an exhibit of her work for the Salon Data series at the Eastern Bloc gallery space in Montreal. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/risa-dickens/

Marilis Cardinal • Marilis handles press and PR for the Montreal indie label Arbutus Records. She selected the four songs we play in this episode, all from female-fronted bands on the Arbutus roster. Try to Be –Blue Hawaii, Genesis- Grimes, Turn Your Love Around –Topps, Oblivion – Grimes. http://illafabulis.com/interviews/marilis_cardinal/

Music Credits:

All songs from Arbutus bands: http://arbutusrecords.com

The Illa Fabulis theme music is Summer Lightning written by Alex Hackett from the Pang Attack EP Phantom Forest

This month’s episode features highlights from the previous month’s Illa Fabulis interviews:

Maylee Todd • Maylee Todd is a performer, singer, songwriter and artist from Toronto.  On April 2 she will release her second solo album, Escapology, on Do Right Music.

Joshna Maharaj • A chef, writer and activist, Joshna is re-imagining the food served to patients in Ontario’s hospitals.

Sarah Maitland & Jen MacLeod • Two phenomenal women who run the Vancouver Writers’ Exchange—a non-profit organization that creates exciting literacy and publishing projects for at-risk and inner city kids.

Sophie Hackett • The AGO’s assistant photography curator talks about the art of photography, the film/digital debate and the history of women and the medium.

Elizabeth Bachinsky • An insightful and humorous chat with this lovely Canadian poet about her creative process and her most recent book of poems.

Music Credits:

All songs by Maylee Todd: http://mayleetodd.com/

I Tried

Baby’s Got It

The Illa Fabulis theme music is Summer Lightning written by Alex Hackett from the Pang Attack EP Phantom Forest

This month’s episode features highlights from the previous month’s Illa Fabulis interviews:

Azamit • A much sought-after Montreal stylist, Azamit is also the founder of the Souk @ SAT and Stylist’s Own.

Hillary Sampliner• At only 25 years old, Hillary’s career as a fashion designer is already well under way in Toronto. Next stop: Amsterdam.

Jesse Crowe • Originally from Saskatoon, Jesse has put roots down in Toronto. She’s one half of the shoegaze band Beliefs and a creative artist in many other realms as well.

Roseanne Harvey • Roseanne grew up in B.C. and moved to Montreal when she became the editor of the former Ascent Magazine. She now runs the popular yoga blog It’s All Yoga Baby.

Music Credits:

All songs by Beliefs : http://beliefsmusic.com/

Catch My Breath

Violets

Iron Stream 

The Illa Fabulis theme music is Summer Lightning written by Alex Hackett from the Pang Attack EP Phantom Forest

 

This month’s episode features highlights from the first four Illa Fabulis interviews:

Lara Kramer • An independent choreographer and dancer based in Montreal. Her contemporary piece Fragments was inspired by her mother’s experiences in the residential schools.

Oh My Darling • Vanessa Kuzina, Rosalyn Dennett are two of the members of  one of the hardest working all-female bands in Canada today.

Madeleine Thien • Award winning author of three books of fiction. Her first book, Simple Recipes, is a touching collection of short stories. She also wrote two critically acclaimed novels, Certainty and Dogs at the Perimeter.

Jess Salomon • Jess used to work in The Hague as a war crimes tribunal lawyer before returning to Montreal to take the leap into comedy.

Music Credits:

All the Sweetness from the Oh My Darling album Sweet Nostalgia

A la Claire Fontaine from the Oh My Darling album Venez Dancer

The Illa Fabulis theme music is Summer Lightning written by Alex Hackett from the Pang Attack EP Phantom Forest