Kingston Live Podcast

Early in 2021, we met with Kingston recording and performing musicians Ricky Brant (KaKaow) and Ted Evans (Shook Planet, The Meringues) to learn how they were adapting their artistic output under the new rules of pandemic life. In this episode, hosts Johnny and Riley reunite with Ricky and Ted to hear their latest material, and to understand how their experiences over the past year-and-a-half have changed their music, their acts, and their outlook.

Music:
Full Stop by Shook Planet (from the 2022 EP, Best Buddy)
Let's Get It by KaKaow (from the 2022 LP, Earth to Station)

Hosts:
Johnny San [email protected]
Riley Jabour [email protected]

Links:
KaKaow https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/kakaow/
Shook Planet https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/shook-planet/
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Soundwise https://soundwise.audio/

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Host Ange Stever sits down with friend and 2022 JUNO Award-nominee Emily Fennell (Miss Emily) for a candid catch-up on her personal and professional highs and lows through the COVID-19 pandemic, and discuss the making and release of her highly anticipated new album, Defined By Love.

Host:
Ange Stever

Links:
Miss Emily https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/miss-emily/
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Soundwise https://soundwise.audio/

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Kingston singer-songwriter, Lauren Carson, shares a song from her new EP, and how she finds songwriting inspiration in the remarkable ordinariness of everyday occurrences and observations.

Host:
Rob Howard [email protected]

Links:
Lauren Carson http://laurencarsonmusic.com
Kingston Live music listings, news and more http://kingstonlive.ca
Soundwise https://soundwise.audio/

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Following her live performance at Skeleton Park Arts Festival in June 2022, host Johnny San sits down with emerging artist and aspiring educator, Danielle Hope Edwards, about her rural roots, musical upbringing and inspiration, and the next steps in her journey.

Host:
Johnny San [email protected]

Links:
Danielle Hope Edwards https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/danielle-hope-edwards/
Skeleton Park Arts Festival https://skeletonparkartsfest.ca/
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Soundwise https://soundwise.audio/ 

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After a four-year hiatus, 2022 marked the return of Kingston's bubblegrunge darlings, Forty Seven Teeth. Now a trio, Dee Prescott, Anna Robertson and Jesse Aylesworth join host Riley Jabour at Roswell Rehearsals for an exclusive interview and three live, off-the-floor performances featuring selections from their brand new album, Apologies.

Host:
Riley Jabour [email protected]

Links:
Forty Seven Teeth https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/forty-seven-teeth/
Roswell Rehearsals http://roswellrehearsals.ca
Help save Roswell Rehearsals https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-keep-roswell-rehearsals-alive
The Roswell Effect benefit compilation https://theroswelleffect.bandcamp.com/
Kingston Live music listings, news and more http://kingstonlive.ca
Soundwise https://soundwise.audio/

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Canada's music sector was among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and jam spaces—like Roswell Rehearsals in Kingston's west end—suffered considerable financial losses. Host Rob Howard sits down with The Roswells, Trevor and Anita Johnson, to hear how members of the local music scene are rallying to keep the doors open on Kingston's only purpose-built rehearsal studio.

Host:
Rob Howard [email protected]

Links:
Roswell Rehearsals https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/roswell-rehearsals/
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Soundwise https://soundwise.audio/

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Hosts Ange and Riley sit with Seth and Luke from The Backsteps to talk beer, listen to their new single, Room On Fire, and hear all about their recent performance at the legendary live music venue, Whisky a Go Go, in Los Angeles.

Hosts:
Ange Stever
Riley Jabour [email protected]

Links:
The Backsteps https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/the-backsteps/
Soundwise https://soundwise.audio/
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Perhaps the most unique and engigmatic artist to emerge from Kingston over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic has been FASTFAST: the experimental side project of professional composer and multi-instrumental musician, James Mulvale. In our 40th episode, James shares the origin of FASTFAST, and how his rediscovery and renewed appreciation of microtonal tuning has reignited his passion for making music.

Hosts:
Johnny San [email protected]

Links:
FASTFAST https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/fastfast/
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Hosts Johnny and Riley reunite for a long overdue chat with Brittany Langford and Dan Chisholm of Lotus Shaker about Kingston, their diverse musical influences, and their forthcoming—and first—full-length album, Venus Eyes.

Hosts:
Johnny [email protected]
Riley [email protected]

Links:
Lotus Shaker https://www.kingstonlive.ca/listing/lotus-shaker/
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Soundwise https://soundwise.audio/

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Hosts Ange and Riley connect with the distinguished Kingston-based musical duo, Kris Abbott and Dee McNeil, for a career retrospective conversation spanning punk to folk, underwear to tattoos, The Strap-Ons to The Tragically Hip, and their anticipated return to live performance again soon.

Hosts:
Ange Stever [email protected]
Riley Jabour [email protected]

Links:
Kris & Dee: https://krisanddee.com/
The Pursuit of Happiness: http://tpoh.net
Kingston Live music listings, news and more http://kingstonlive.ca

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