Greg Nisbet is a social entrepreneur and music missionary. Since wandering off the path of a young pre-law student at the University of Toronto, Greg earned a living in over 40 different capacities, in jobs worldwide as varied as busker, safari guide, bartender, mergers and acquisitions broker, teacher, private school owner, and actor, before finding his true love - custom radio - about 10 years ago.MY VERSE IN THE ANTHEM FOR NEIL PEART - https://www.mediazoic.com/news/my-verse-anthem-neil-peart

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Orphan George is a Canadian singer-songwriter and member of the indie rock band “Before the Flood”. He’s played alt-rock, Americana, folk and jazz through his career. Agon is his first solo indie-folk release, and songs are already taking shape for his second album which he plans to record & release in 2020. He describes many of his songs as social commentaries, and his songs weave seamlessly between larger issues of humanity and personal moments and perspectives.Thanks to Radical Road Brewery in Toronto for sponsoring this episode.https://www.orphangeorge.com/

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SATE (meaning): satisfy a desire to the full.MusicForLunch.com said her music leaves you exhausted but leaves a fire burning in your soil that wasn’t there before. NOW magazine calls her a tornado of a stage presence.When I saw her earlier this year headlining the Horseshoe Tavern she blew the roof off the historic venue.I am thrilled to welcome to the show, SATE.

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Rolling Stone magazine have hailed our next guest as “India’s most exciting band.”After a successful Canadian tour in 2017 they came back to Toronto for another go around. Please welcome to the show:Lead singer and guitarist Khalid AhmedGuitarist – Kashif IqbalDrummer – Sachin BanandurBass guitarist – Fidel D’SouzaParvaaz.Music courtesy of Parvaaz.

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Vivascene has called my next guest “one of the best singers ever to come out of Canada.” The National Post said, “This Toronto soprano can sing a 100-year old German tune so lustily that you almost don’t need a translation to know that someone’s about to get his throat cut, or get laid, or both.”My next guest is an award-winning classical singer who grew up in Northern Ontario wanting to be a rock star. Or a nun.Please Welcome to the show, Patricia O’Callaghan!

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This episode is a reunion of sorts.You see, one of my earliest interactions with Gregg Tilston was being interviewed by him for a job with Flight Centre. After I turned him down I told him one of my goals was to have him as a client. And while it didn’t happen while he was with Flight Centre he did sponsor an event I led: MusicConnectTO.And today’s guest actually performed at that event as Late July. My next guest has been writing songs and performing for well over a decade. She is also the founder of the charity, Redemption Paws that has rescued hundreds and hundreds of dogs from the ravages of climate change and hurricanes.Please Welcome to the studio, Nicole Simone.

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Few people can boast a resume that includes the following:- racing school scholarship winner- lead singer of two rock bands; one of them award-winning; one of them featuring a young Mike Turner who would later go on to be a founding member of Our Lady Peace- played with the likes of Harem Scarem, Frozen Ghost and Andy Curran- the voice of two Olympics- voice of Hockey Night In Canada- was mistaken to be Gord Downie by Erica EhmPlease Welcome! to the studio, Jeff Teravainen.

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Renée has established herself as a must-­watch artist in the industry and has worked with some of the music industry’s most notable producers and songwriters such as Bigg Wu, Luney Tunez, Tone Mason, Oshea Hunter and Cory Rooney, among others. For her latest single Speak, Renée collaborated with Andreeena Mill whose repertoire includes collaborations with Drake and Delisha Thomas who has worked with the likes of Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Janet Jackson, Brandy, Justin Bieber, and Rodney Jenkins (DarkChild).Please Welcome! to the studio, Renée Wynter.

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In the mid 1990s our next guest was criss-crossing all over the Greater Toronto Area helping to promote hip hop and R&B concerts.After collecting thousands of posters, flyers, t-shirts, stickers and buttons he decided to share his treasures with the world.So in 2015 he began scanning and uploading these to the Instagram account, @TheFlyerVault Today, @TheFlyerVault has over 11,500 followers.Earlier this year, Dundurn published the book, “The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History.” written by Rob Bowman and our next guest, Daniel Tate.

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My next guest was an early manager of Canadian hip hop legend, Maestro Fresh Wes.He also spent a dozen years convincing the CRTC to give him and his partners a licence for Canada’s first urban radio station, FLOW 93.5.He spent 6 seasons as a judge with Canadian Idol alongside one of my favourite rock voices, Sass Jordan.Today he spends a lot of his time executing intercultural conflict management workshops and seminars as well as programs focused on community capacity building as well as youth and community engagement.Please welcome to the show, Farley Flex.

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