Music at Work

This week we’re paying tribute to the music of our home and native land. 

From global superstars to hidden gems, Canada has produced some incredible artists. We’ll look at the full spectrum and share some of our CanCon favourites.

We’ll also sing our first duet, throw shade at Dave Coulier, and drag Graham kicking and screaming into the 21st century. 

Listen along on our Spotify playlist, which is updated each Thursday with the songs we’ll be discussing.

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This week, we're talking covers. It's the ultimate musical compliment and when it's done well it can breathe new life into an old classic and pass a song down to the next generation.

We’re going to share some of our favourite covers and talk about what makes a good one. We’ll look at 10 famous songs from the past and explore how they’ve been recreated, updated, and sometimes improved by other artists.

Listen along on our Spotify playlist to hear the songs we'll be discussing.

Pretty-boy purveyor of plain vanilla mall music, or insanely talented sexpot? Love him or hate him, John Mayer elicits strong emotions.

This week, Alicia will make the case for his inclusion in Graham’s musical canon and get to the bottom of 20 years of indie snobbery.

Can the podcast survive this clash of opinions? Listen and find out!

Check out our Spotify playlist to hear the songs we'll discuss in this episode.

We’re back and we’re getting weird. 

After wallowing in beautiful music, it’s time to shock and horrify each other by plumbing the darkest, weirdest depths of our musical lives.

We’ll hear about detachable penises, dental floss farming, benign tumours, big butts, and find out why everyone’s in love with Diane. Will we still be speaking at the end of it all? Listen and find out!

As always, listen along on our Spotify playlist, which is updated each week with the songs we’ll be discussing. 

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This week, we’re taking a close look at “Romeo and Juliet,” Sergei Prokofiev’s exquisitely beautiful retelling of the famous love story.

Surprisingly, we have a shared fondness for this relatively obscure Soviet ballet. We’ll explain how we found it, discuss our favourite parts, and somehow manage to quote the Spice Girls. 

As always, listen along on our Spotify playlist. It’s updated each Thursday with the songs we’re discussing.

This week we’re revisiting La La Land, the gorgeous 2016 movie musical featuring songs by Justin Hurwitz, Justin Paul, and Benj Pasek.

We’ll break down our favourite moments, learn how many times Graham snuck out to see it solo, and say the word “beautiful” until it loses all meaning.

As always, listen along on our Spotify playlist called Music at Work Podcast. It’s updated each week with the songs we're discussing.

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It's our first episode and we're kicking things off by introducing ourselves musically to each other and to you. We've each picked six of our absolute favourite songs that have been in our lives for years or decades. We listened to each other's picks and we're going to break them down, share our first impressions, and tell some stories about what they mean to us.

Listen along on our Spotify playlist called Music at Work Podcast . We'll update it each week with the songs we're discussing.

Songs in this episode: