Raine Maida is a multi award winning artist, producer, and entrepreneur.  He’s best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the band Our Lady Peace who won 2 Juno awards and absolutely dominated MuchMusic and the radio waves i...

Linda Manzer is a Canadian master luthier, renowned for her archtop, flat top, and harp guitars.  Her instruments are owned and played by the likes of Pat Metheny, Bruce Cockburn, Paul Simon and Stephen Fearing.  She emanates from a v...

Daniel Victor is a Canadian, Juno Award-nominated recording artist and producer from Windsor, Ontario, best known for his collaborative music project Neverending White Lights.  Daniel's song "The Grace" featuring the voice of Dallas Green,...

Alan Neal is a gifted and well-loved journalist and on-air host for CBC Radio Ottawa, a playwright and children’s author.  He was the long-time host of CBC Radio’s "Ontario Today" and now helms the hugely popular Ottawa drive home show, "A...

Kathleen Edwards is a 7-time Juno Award nominated, Polaris Prize short-listed singer and songwriter who has released 5 critically acclaimed full length records.  She’s toured extensively and even played Late night with David Letterman 5 ti...

Cliff Cardinal is an award-winning playwright and actor most noted for his one man shows “Stitch”, “Huff”, “Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special”, and “As You Like It” (later named, “Land Acknowledgement”).  He’s toured his work all over the world...

Agam Darshi is a British-Canadian producer, director, writer, screenwriter, playwright, and artist.  She has appeared in over 25 Television productions and more than 11 films.  In 2021 She wrote, directed and starred in Donkey Head wh...

Jeff Marek is a much-loved Canadian Hockey and Sports broadcaster and podcaster.  He started out as the host of Live Audio Wrestling and the Leafs Lunch.  He’s had turns at The Fan 590, Talk 640, Mojo radio, Sirius satellite radio, Sp...

Ria Mae is an East Coast Music Award winning and Juno Award nominated artist.  I first discovered Ria Mae hearing her 2016 song “Clothes Off” in high rotation on the radio.  The single sounded fresh and decidedly "not Canadian" by my ...

Larnell Lewis is an award winning Canadian drummer, composer, producer, and educator.  He’s maybe best known for his work with the celebrated jazz fusion outfit, Snarky Puppy, and he’s widely considered to be one of the greatest drummers i...

Andrew King is a Manotick Ontario based visual artist, animator, writer, thinker and bon vivant. Andrew's twitter account is one of my favourites, with poignant Gen-X musings and a whisky Wednesday event (among other things) where he deep dives...

Sarah Harmer is a Juno award winning, platinum and gold selling singer, songwriter and environmental activist.  Sarah’s unmistakable voice and flowing melodic style has lifted her to icon status in Canada.  Her years of tireless activ...

Ron Sexsmith  is a much loved, iconic Canadian singer songwriter who has released 17 albums and a novel. Ron has won 3 Juno Awards and  been nominated for 15, as well as being shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize. Ron has performe...

Steven Page is a founding member of Canadian Indie stalwarts The Barenaked Ladies, he's a member of the super group The Trans-Canada Highwaymen, and in 2009 left Barenaked Ladies to pursue making solo records and doin...

Ivan Decker is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer known for his sharp, polished, and multi-layered observational comedy. He is originally from Vancouver but is now based in Los Angeles.  He won a Juno Award in 2018 for comedy al...

Matthew Good has 20 releases between The Matthew Good Band and his solo work.  He's won 4 Juno Awards, and famously never attended the ceremonies.  Through the late 90’s and early 2000’s he was a fixture on MuchMusic, Canadia...

Katie-Ellen Humphries is a stand-up comedian, writer and sketch performer whose work has been featured on CTV, CBC Television, ATPN and OUT_TV.  Her comedy album, Ladyfinger debuted in the top of the iTunes chart and she's a regul...

Sam Roberts is one of the most widely recognized Canadian rock and roll musicians with a 20+ year career in music with many radio hits that have become Cancon classics, he's won 5 Much Music Video Awards and 6 Juno Awards.  He's also recen...

Terra Lightfoot is a Polaris Prize long listed, Juno Award nominated, powerhouse singer, songwriter, guitar player and live performer.  The first time I saw Terra was at the Drake Underground on April 24th 2012, playing her trusty Gibson S...

Dave Foley is a comedian, actor, podcaster, director, producer and writer.  He's having a career with many interesting acts, highlights which include being a member of the iconic Canadian sketch comedy group, Kids in The Hall (whi...

Sarah Slean is a Juno and Gemini award nominated artist who's many artistic pursuits include songwriting, singing with orchestras, painting, film and television scoring, musical theatre composition, string arranging as well as a recent masters ...

I'd like to welcome Craig Northey to the stumble forward.  Craig is a founding member of beloved Canadian power pop/rock band Odds.  He's also busied himself with many side projects including Stripper's Union with The Tragically Hip's...

Jane Siberry is a singer, songwriter and poet whose work is captured on 16 studio albums over 4 decades.  Jane won the Victor Martyn Lynch Staunton award in 2005, although I think awards are just an abstraction for her.  Her 1989 albu...

Chris Murphy is one of the founding members of the iconic Canadian rock band, Sloan.  He's also a 1/4 member of the following Canadian "super groups" TUNS, The Trans Canada Highwaymen and the Anyway Gang.  Chris is one of the most rec...

Begonia (Alexa Dirks) has been enjoying next big thing status since her first release, Lady in Mind in 2017.  She's a Juno and Polaris prize nominated artist and her most recent record, Powder Blue...