We chat with Veda Hille,  a Vancouver musician, composer, theatre maker, and performer. She writes songs, makes records, co-writes musicals, collaborates in devised theatre, and fulfills other interesting assignments as they arise.

Veda performs in a wide array of places, alone or with bands, ensembles, symphonies, and casts. Her career spans 30 years of working in Canada and abroad, and shows no sign of flagging.

Ashley talks with Veda about her career, the challenges of this moment in history, and making it as a singer-songwriter.

Check out Veda’s upcoming online performance from the Cultch on Sunday, May 24 at 12pm. Details are here.

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We talk with Chris McGregor,  the artistic director of Axis Theatre about the work the company does, his history with the company, and what he and Axis Theatre our doing during the COVID-19 pandemic to continue their creativity. 

We spoke with Cowichan Performing Arts Centre's  Assistant Technical Director Dave Barton about his illustrious career and then talked with one of Vancouver Island's most beloved songwriter's Brodie Lee Dawson about her music, her trip to Nashville and the importance of the arts during these strange days. 

Find out more about Brodie here

We chat with Natalie about her new album and her upcoming performance on March 12 at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, plus a special performance of "I Can't Make You Love Me" from her brand new album, Sketches

Listen to her new album here

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In the first episode of the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre podcast we chat with JUNO-winning Canadian jazz artist and singer-songwriter Laila Biali.