Kingston Live Podcast

Conceived and organized by a committee of youth, the Cloud 9 Electronic Music & Eco-Art Festival is “immersive and multi-sensory celebration” of EDM and sustainability. Ahead of the festival's second edition, set to take place September 8 to 10, 2023 at No.9 Gardens, host Rob Howard meets with committee members Reily Morrison and Rupert Davies to learn how they've expanded and enhanced the Cloud 9 experience for 2023.

Music featured in this episode:
Trust by Forrest & Sterling Grove

Host:
Rob Howard [email protected]

Links:
Kingston music and concert listings: https://kingstonlive.ca/
Cloud 9 Electronic Music & Eco-Art Festival https://kingstonlive.ca/resource/1193066/view
No.9 Gardens http://no9.ca
Soundwise https://soundwise.audio

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Despite the global popularity of hip-hop culture, Kingston's many hip-hop artists remain overlooked and, arguably, under-appreciated. For over a decade, Keaton Ryan has been working to elevate Kingston's hip-hop talent both here at home and abroad. Following the release of his new full-length album, If Strangers Think I'm Cool, Keaton sits with hosts Riley and Pete to discuss the challenges facing Kingston's hip-hop scene, and how to unlock its potential for the benefit of everyone.

Music featured in this episode:
Time Flies by Keaton https://kingstonlive.ca/album/364/view

Hosts:
Riley Jabour [email protected]
Pete Sanfilippo [email protected]

Links:
Keaton https://kingstonlive.ca/artist/855224/view
Overtime Sports Bar https://kingstonlive.ca/resource/1191633/view
Soundwise https://soundwise.audio

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What started as a summer weekend in the wilderness north of Kingston, Ontario, between friends,  has become a unique cultural and musical microcosm active year-round. In early August 2023, the annual Blue Skies Music Festival will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, which is significant for a festival—or “a community of communities”—that is completely non-commercial, self-organized and volunteer-run. Host Johnny San sits down with festival co-founder Oskar Graf, organizer Kate Thomas and former Artistic Director,  Dale Driver, to try and understand the formula for the festival's enduring magic, its lasting impact, and its multigenerational legacy.

Links:

• Blue Skies Music Festival: https://blueskiesmusicfestival.ca
• Blue Skies in the Community: http://blueskies-in-the-community.ca/wordpress/home/
• Blue Skies mailing list: [email protected]
• Kingston live music and festival listings: https://www.kingstonlive.ca/
• Production by Soundwise: http://soundwise.audio

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Hosts Riley and Pete meet up with Nate and Danny of Master Nate & The Reprobates for a chat that traverses topics ranging from Kingston's ever-evolving punk scene and the band's love of ska music, to their adventures in Australia and Costa Rica, and their latest project, The Diem Series, an epic 8-album undertaking, recorded in part at The Tragically Hip's The Bathouse Studio.

Music featured in this episode:
Another Man's Life by Master Nate & The Reprobates

Hosts:
Riley Jabour [email protected]
Pete Sanfilippo [email protected]

Links:
Master Nate & The Reprobates https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/master-nate-the-reprobates-mnr-2/
KPP Concerts https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/kpp-concerts/
The Bathouse Studio https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/the-bathouse-studio/
Soundwise https://soundwise.audio

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Just below the surface of Kingston's music scene lies a deep bedrock of musicians who make and perform a diversity of musical styles, from jazz and blues to hip hop and funk. On this episode, hosts Pete and Riley are joined by Jordan Bulhoes and Helena Hannibal of local funk collective Nice On to discuss the band's sizeable and talented lineup, and their debut album, set to release on April 1, 2023 with a show at Musiikki Café.

Hosts:
Pete Sanfilippo [email protected]
Riley Jabour [email protected]

Music featured in this episode:
What the Funk? by Nice On

Links:
Nice On: https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/nice-on-band/
Nice On album release show: https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/nice-on-musiikki-april-1-2023/
Soundwise: https://soundwise.audio
Kingston Live music listings, news and more http://kingstonlive.ca

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In June of 2022, a handful of Kingston recording artists were paired with local filmmakers to create videos for their songs. In this episode, host Johnny San talks to three of those filmmakers—Céline Klein of Jamstone Productions, Brent Nurse of bNice Films, and Jay Middaugh of Happy Kid Productions—about each of their video productions ahead of their premiere screenings during the Slaight Music Video Showcase at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival on March 4, 2023.

Host:
Johnny San [email protected]

Music featured in this episode:
20:25 - Let's Get It by KaKaow
23:00 - Old Conversations by Luella

Links:
Slaight Music Video Showcase: https://kingcanfilmfest.com/2023/slaightmusicvideoshowcase/
Kingston Canadian Film Festival: https://kingcanfilmfest.com/
Jamstone Productions: https://www.jamstoneproductions.com
bNice Films: http://bnice.ca
Happy Kid Productions: http://www.happykidproductions.com
Tyton Sound: http://tytonsound.com
Kingston Live music listings, news and more http://kingstonlive.ca

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The City of Kingston is currently developing a music strategy that will identify opportunities to unlock the cultural and economic potential of music in Kingston, and map out a prosperous future for Kingston's music economy. Kingston Live co-founder and host, Rob Howard, talks with Kristian Roberts, Co-CEO and Managing Partner of Nordicity, the Toronto firm who's collaborating with Kingston artists and stakeholders to inform Kingston's new music strategy.

Hosts:
Rob Howard [email protected]

Links:
City of Kingston Creative Industries Strategy https://www.cityofkingston.ca/explore/culture-history/arts/creative-industries
Nordicity https://www.nordicity.com/
Kristian Roberts https://www.nordicity.com/team/staff/kristian-roberts
Kingston Live music listings, news and more http://kingstonlive.ca
Soundwise https://soundwise.audio/

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What started as a COVID-19 pandemic project for then 15 year-old Kingston high schooler, Liv Whitfield, blossomed into a creative partnership with her father, Kingston music producer and North of Princess Studio founder, Zane Whitfield. The two Whitfield's join host Ange Stever and Johnny San to discuss the result of their collaboration: Luna, an impressive 7-song debut EP released under the pseudonym Luella in November 2022, and the sold out live performances that followed.

Hosts:

• Ange Stever
• Johnny San

Links:
Luella
North of Princess Studios
Kingston Live music listings, news and more
Soundwise

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Buffalo, New York journalist and author, Amber Healy, shares our fascination with Kingston's music scene. So much so, she's decided to write a book about it. In her quest for the story behind Kingston's musical richness, she visited the Kingston Live podcast studio and flipped the interview on hosts Johnny San, Ange Stever and Rob Howard.

Hosts (interviewees):
Johnny San [email protected]
Angela Stever [email protected]
Rob Howard [email protected]

Links:
Amber Healy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/phfyrebyrd/
Kingston Live music listings, news and more http://kingstonlive.ca
Soundwise https://soundwise.audio/

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Ahead of their second full-length record release, The Astros sit down with host Riley to discuss the evolution of their sound, the maturity of their band, and share music from their stellar new album, Sci-Fi Radio, out November 25, 2022.

Music:
Sci-Fi Radio by The Astros (from the 2022 LP, Sci-Fi Radio)

Hosts:
Riley Jabour [email protected]

Links:
The Astros https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/the-astros/
Kingston Live music listings, news and more http://kingstonlive.ca
Soundwise https://soundwise.audio

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