No Sleep 'til Sudbury with Brent Jensen
298 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAuthor and music critic Brent Jensen hosts a wide range of music fans from all walks of life to discuss their special playlists and the stories behind them.
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NSTS Episode 138 - Xmas 2019 with Triumph's Rik Emmett Part II
December 16, 2019 18:09 - 35 minutes - 20.5 MBWelcome back to the 2019 No Sleep 'til Sudbury Christmas special, featuring none other than the legendary Rik Emmett. In Part II of this year's special, Rik and I return to his home studio to chat about the controversy behind Christmas classic "Baby, It's Cold Outside", who wrote the Jeopardy theme, the back side of the beat, and so much more. And, he performs another Christmas classic. Once again, Rik approaches his favourite Christmas tunes with humour, passion, and insights that introdu...
NSTS Episode 138 - Xmas 2019 wih Triumph's Rik Emmett Part II
December 16, 2019 18:09 - 35 minutes - 20.5 MBWelcome back to the 2019 No Sleep 'til Sudbury Christmas special, featuring none other than the legendary Rik Emmett. In Part II of this year's special, Rik and I return to his home studio to chat about the controversy behind Christmas classic "Baby, It's Cold Outside", who wrote the Jeopardy theme, the back side of the beat, and so much more. And, he performs another Christmas classic. Once again, Rik approaches his favourite Christmas tunes with humour, passion, and insights that introdu...
NSTS Episode 137 - Xmas 2019 with Triumph's Rik Emmett Part I
December 09, 2019 21:38 - 55 minutes - 64.1 MBHe's back! My pal Rik Emmett has joined me once again this year on No Sleep 'til Sudbury for two special Christmas episodes of the show, live from Rik's home. I love working with Rik on this stuff, because he's so enthusiastic about it and puts in so much preparation. He killed it again this year, with more compelling perspectives, historical insights, and hilarious stories - all while playing his guitar. And this year folks, Rik performs TWO songs. Do not miss this. Emmett's pl...
NSTS Episode 137 - Xmas 2019 with Triumph's Rik Emmett
December 09, 2019 21:38 - 55 minutes - 64.1 MBHe's back! My pal Rik Emmett has joined me once again this year on No Sleep 'til Sudbury for two special Christmas episodes of the show, live from Rik's home. I love working with Rik on this stuff, because he's so enthusiastic about it and puts in so much preparation. He killed it again this year, with more compelling perspectives, historical insights, and hilarious stories - all while playing his guitar. And this year folks, Rik performs TWO songs. Do not miss this. Emmett's pl...
NSTS Episode 136 - Sergio Navarratta and Alessandra Piccione
December 02, 2019 22:04 - 22 minutes - 13.3 MBFilm director Sergio Navarretta and screenwriter Alessandra Piccione are the founders of SNAP Films, and they are also my guests on NSTS this week. They're here to talk about The Cuban, their new movie starring Lou Gossett, Jr., and also Arctic Dogs, a new movie they worked on with Alec Baldwin, Heidi Klum, and John Cleese. We have a great chat about their NSTS playlist, in addition to the criticality of selecting the music for The Cuban, the best places to eat in New York, Afghan cul...
NSTS Episode 136 - Sergio Navarretta and Alessandra Piccione
December 02, 2019 22:04 - 22 minutes - 13.3 MBFilm director Sergio Navarretta and screenwriter Alessandra Piccione are the founders of SNAP Films, and they are also my guests on NSTS this week. They're here to talk about The Cuban, their new movie starring Lou Gossett, Jr., and also Arctic Dogs, a new movie they worked on with Alec Baldwin, Heidi Klum, and John Cleese. We have a great chat about their NSTS playlist, in addition to the criticality of selecting the music for The Cuban, the best places to eat in New York, Afghan cul...
NSTS Episode 135 - Chris Birkett and Shari Tallon
November 26, 2019 00:38 - 28 minutes - 16.7 MBFlute! We have flute! British producer, guitarist, and Grammy & Juno winner Chris Birkett makes his return to the show, bringing with him Free Spirits collaborator and flautist Shari Tallon to talk about their new record, called 11:11. They play two songs from the record, and as always, Chris has some entertaining stories - this time around, they involve Dexy's Midnight Runners and Thomas Dolby. Check it out! Birkett's playlist: Thomas Dolby - Commercial Breakup Dexy's Midnig...
NSTS Episode 135 - Physiology Scientist Dr. Greg Wells
November 19, 2019 00:22 - 28 minutes - 16.6 MBHis story began with a broken neck. Joining me this week is performance physiologist, author, speaker, and music fan Dr. Greg Wells, and he shares his incredible story of coming back from a life-altering injury to achieve extraordinary heights. The playlist he provides serves as a guiding soundtrack to this journey. Wells' playlist: The Who - Baba O'Reilly INXS - Kiss The Dirt The Tragically Hip - In View Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 Foo Fighters - Times Like These
NSTS Episode 134 - Physiology Scientist Dr. Greg Wells
November 19, 2019 00:22 - 28 minutes - 16.6 MBHis story began with a broken neck. Joining me this week is performance physiologist, author, speaker, and music fan Dr. Greg Wells, and he shares his incredible story of coming back from a life-altering injury to achieve extraordinary heights. The playlist he provides serves as a guiding soundtrack to this journey. Wells' playlist: The Who - Baba O'Reilly INXS - Kiss The Dirt The Tragically Hip - In View Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 Foo Fighters - Times Like These
NSTS Episode 134 - Broadcasting Legend Mark Hebscher
November 12, 2019 02:06 - 26 minutes - 15.1 MBThis week I host someone I used to stay up late to watch as a teenage sports fan - broadcast legend Mark Hebscher. Since his days hosting the innovative Sportsline, Mark has done a number of other things including having written a new book entitled The Greatest Athlete You've Never Heard Of. Hebsy is also a massive music fan, and we chat about all sorts of stuff - Mick Taylor, Paradigm Phantoms, being introduced to Los Lobos, why catchers paint their fingernails, and how he got to hear an...
NSTS Episode 133 - Broadcasting Legend Mark Hebscher
November 12, 2019 02:06 - 26 minutes - 15.1 MBThis week I host someone I used to stay up late to watch as a teenage sports fan - broadcast legend Mark Hebscher. Since his days hosting the innovative Sportsline, Mark has done a number of other things including having written a new book entitled The Greatest Athlete You've Never Heard Of. Hebsy is also a massive music fan, and we chat about all sorts of stuff - Mick Taylor, Paradigm Phantoms, being introduced to Los Lobos, why catchers paint their fingernails, and how he got to hear an...
NSTS Episode 132 - Ethnomusicologist Rob Bowman
November 05, 2019 01:18 - 50 minutes - 29 MBSometimes people just blow your mind with their depth of musical knowledge. Professor and author Rob Bowman did that to me this week on the show. This guy operates on a completely different plane, folks. His musical knowledge is matched only by his passion for it. He's been hired to write for the Stones, Dylan, Rush, and so many others. We talk about his latest book The Flyer Vault, and also Zeppelin's first time in Canada, which Beatles song has eight different hooks, the importance of m...
NSTS Episode 131 - Tragically Hip Manager Jake Gold
October 29, 2019 00:32 - 27 minutes - 15.8 MBI finally talked former Tragically Hip manager Jake Gold into coming to the studio to do a NSTS episode. As you can imagine, he told some terrific stories - about how he came into contact with the Hip for the first time, what the Road Apples record was originally supposed to be called, the dark stories surrounding "Locked in the Trunk of a Car". But also the special reason why a Cat Stevens song made his list, and what he and Andy Frost thought of Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer". Don't mis...
NSTS Episode 130 - Author, Speaker, and Stingray Exec Steve Jones
October 22, 2019 15:55 - 44 minutes - 25.7 MBI have so much in common with Steve Jones. We both grew up in small towns in Northern Ontario, used music to cope through our small town isolation, went on to write music-based books, and now we both speak on what can be learned from music and applied to various aspects of work and life. And this week, we sit down and shed light on our intriguing similarities. We chat about Sudbury, The Violent Femmes, Bob Marley's Canadian connection, the story behind that little laugh that can be heard i...
NSTS Episode 129 - Jessica Rhaye and the Ramshackle Parade
October 15, 2019 21:59 - 20 minutes - 24 MBThis week marks the first time I've ever hosted a full band in the NSTS studios, and that band was the very talented Jessica Rhaye and the Ramshackle Parade. Jessica's new record Just Like A Woman dropped last month, and the band stopped in to talk about it and also to discuss some skin-vibrating songs - each band member brought in one each. They wrap the show by playing Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" live, and you're not going to want to miss it. It's damn good. Rhaye's play...
NSTS Episode 128 - Crown Lands Guitarist Kevin Comeau
October 07, 2019 15:27 - 23 minutes - 13.7 MBMy pal Kevin Comeau, guitarist of Crown Lands, drops in this week for an impromptu chat on the latest with the band and what it's been like opening up for Jack White and Rival Sons across North America.He came up with his song list on the drive over. As always, Kev and I have a great chat, and after we talk about Crown Lands heading down to Nashville to record the new album, the conversation goes into some interesting places - his interest in coffee on tour, why Saskatchewan is ...
NSTS Episode 127 - The Awesome Music Project's Rob Carli
September 30, 2019 22:27 - 30 minutes - 17.5 MBI've been talking forever about music's ability to elicit an emotional response. My guest this week is musician Rob Carli, and he's created a special campaign that embodies this very idea - The Awesome Music Project. Rob and his business partner Terry Stuart created The Awesome Music Project as a collection of stories detailing music's transformative impact on people, which eventually developed into a book and a campaign whose goal is to build a community that can accelerate mental health...
NSTS Episode 126 - Garage Rock Duo Queens & Kings
September 23, 2019 21:51 - 21 minutes - 12.6 MBGarage rockers Alissa Klug and Brendan Albert of Queens & Kings join me on the show this week, celebrating the release of their hot new single and video "You Got Me". We play a snippet from the single and talk about some songs that make their skin vibrate, along with other stuff like stage fright, photography, Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder, and where the intensity in their music really comes from. Check it out. Queens & Kings playlist: PJ Harvey - Grow Grow Grow The Kills -...
NSTS Episode 125 - Julian Taylor
September 16, 2019 18:40 - 26 minutes - 15.2 MBJulian Taylor drops by the NSTS studios this week to talk skin-vibrating tunes. His new record Avalanche is a funk and soul tour de force, and if you haven't heard it yet, you should. Julian is a super talented musician and songwriter who should be a lot bigger than he is. We chat about his old band Staggered Crossing, a band I've loved since the late 90s, and lots of other stuff - the Funk Brothers, what sounds good and what doesn't sound good driving in his new '66 Mustang, bagpipe solo...
NSTS Episode 124 - Bif Naked
September 09, 2019 20:49 - 22 minutes - 12.9 MBNo Sleep 'til Sudbury is back with Canada's Queen of Punk, Bif Naked! Bif's achieved a lot of things - topping charts with hit singles, beating cancer, and performing in Lilith Fair to name a few. We talk about the 20th anniversary of Lilith Fair and lots more - Desmond Child, New Wave, where I Bificus came from, Sudbury, protest songs, Iron Maiden and Madonna, and her upcoming seniors burlesque school. I love this woman. Naked's playlist: Foxy Brown - Hot Spot Asking Alexandr...
NSTS Episode 123 - Brainsights CEO Kevin Keane
August 26, 2019 18:07 - 32 minutes - 18.6 MBMy guest this week is Brainsights CEO Kevin Keane, whose organization measures brain activity and more specifically, emotional and physiological reactions to stimuli. Fascinating stuff. Not surprisingly, Kevin also possesses a massive appreciation for the propensity for music to make our skin vibrate, and he shares some incredibly personal experiences he's had in this regard. Conversations like this one define why I do this show. Keane's playlist: Van Morrison - Tupelo Hone...
NSTS Episode 122 - Twisted Sister Guitarist John French Part II
August 20, 2019 11:45 - 50 minutes - 29.1 MBThe conclusion of my discussion with Twisted Sister founder and guitarist John 'Jay Jay' French airs this week, and what a discussion it was. His playlist is centred around John's summer spent in London in 1972 and the music he experienced there, but the span of our discussion is limitless. We talk about motivational speaking, the similarities of our top five records, continued reinvention, the one question he would ask The Beatles, riding a stolen motorcycle on Broadway in New York in t...
NSTS Episode 122 - Twisted Sister's Jay Jay French
August 20, 2019 11:45 - 50 minutes - 29.1 MBThe conclusion of my discussion with Twisted Sister founder and guitarist John 'Jay Jay' French airs this week, and what a discussion it was. His playlist is centred around John's summer spent in London in 1972 and the music he experienced there, but the span of our discussion is limitless. We talk about motivational speaking, the similarities of our top five records, continued reinvention, the one question he would ask The Beatles, riding a stolen motorcycle on Broadway in New York in t...
NSTS Episode 121 - Twisted Sister Guitarist John Jay Jay French Part I
August 13, 2019 01:29 - 27 minutes - 15.7 MBHe's back! Twisted Sister founder and guitarist John Jay Jay French joins me via Skype this week for part one of a very lengthy chat about all manner of musical things. In part one, John and I talk about the recording of Twisted Sister record Under The Blade at the site of The Battle of Hastings, best of Beatles versus best of Stones, his guitar collection, four hundred thousand dollar turntables, the summer he spent in England in 1971, and so much more. And that's only part one! Frenc...
NSTS Episode 120 - Charles Leech is a Wizard
August 06, 2019 05:16 - 55 minutes - 32.1 MBBack by popular demand this week is insights guru, semiotician, and NSTS listener favourite Charles Leech! This time around Charles uses the concept of synesthesia, which is the crossing over of intrapersonal senses, as a platform to discuss his musical insights. Once again, his perspectives and acumen are absolutely mind-blowing, to the point where you may find yourself mouthing the word 'wow' as you listen, likely more than once. Prepare to be fascinated, friends. Leech's...
NSTS Episode 120 - Semiotician Charles Leech
August 06, 2019 05:16 - 55 minutes - 32.1 MBBack by popular demand this week is insights guru, semiotician, and NSTS listener favourite Charles Leech! This time around Charles uses the concept of synesthesia, which is the crossing over of intrapersonal senses, as a platform to discuss his musical insights. Once again, his perspectives and acumen are absolutely mind-blowing, to the point where you may find yourself mouthing the word 'wow' as you listen, likely more than once. Prepare to be fascinated, friends. Leech's...
NSTS Episode 120 - Guru Semiotician Charles Leech
August 06, 2019 05:16 - 55 minutes - 32.1 MBBack by popular demand this week is insights guru, semiotician, and NSTS listener favourite Charles Leech! This time around Charles uses the concept of synesthesia, which is the crossing over of intrapersonal senses, as a platform to discuss his musical insights. Once again, his perspectives and acumen are absolutely mind-blowing, to the point where you may find yourself mouthing the word 'wow' as you listen, likely more than once. Prepare to be fascinated, friends. Leech's...
NSTS Episode 119 - Legendary Producer Chris Birkett
July 30, 2019 03:35 - 38 minutes - 21.9 MBWant to hear some incredible rock and roll stories from a guy who was right there, collaborating with The Pogues, Led Zeppelin, Talking Heads, and others? My guest this week is that guy, three-time Grammy winner and five-time Juno winner, mister Chris Birkett. Chris was the chap responsible for producing Sinead O'Connor's smash hit "Nothing Compares 2 U", after having worked with Steve Earle, Alison Moyet, Dexy's Midnight Runners, and David Bowie's producer Tony Visconti. The stories he te...
NSTS Episode 118 - Iconic Guitarist Kevin Breit
July 23, 2019 13:29 - 31 minutes - 18.1 MBI'm thrilled to host the great Kevin Breit this week on NSTS. Kevin has played guitar alongside the likes of Celine Dion, Norah Jones, Marc Jordan, and so many others. I was particularly happy to have Kevin in because he grew up in the same Northern Ontario small town I did a few years before, and after he left he was mythologized up there during my teen years. I really enjoyed the chat we had about his incredible and tasteful playlist. His musical acumen is staggering, his stories are fa...
NSTS Episode 117 - Rising Star Jordan Paul
July 16, 2019 13:58 - 26 minutes - 15.1 MBIndie singer songwriter Jordan Paul is an exciting young talent with an awesome voice and smart songs, and he drops by the NSTS studios this week with his guitar. In between performances of two of his songs, we chat about Indian classical music, Radiohead's lesser-known records, skateboard videos, his favourite musical moment, Mazzy Star, and what awaited him at a mysterious Starbucks meetup. Paul's playlist: David Bowie - Five Years Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma (I'm On...
NSTS Episode 116 - Singer Songwriter Laura Repo
July 09, 2019 04:37 - 25 minutes - 14.5 MBSinger songwriter Laura Repo drops by the NSTS studios this week with a vinyl copy of her new record This Is My Room. She also brought her guitar, and she treats us to a song from the album, "Too Soon To Miss You". Check it out. Repo's playlist: Billie Holliday - I Thought About You Koko Taylor - Honky Tonky Liz Phair - Stratford on Guy Murray McLachlan - Down By The Henry Moore John Holt - Treasure of Love Joan Armatrading - Get in Touch With Jesus Dolores Keane and J...
NSTS Episode 115 - Drummer David Quinton Steinberg Part II
July 02, 2019 17:29 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBWelcome back to my chat with storied drummer David Quinton Steinberg. Last week we didn't get to his songs, and so this week we get right into his playlist. The insights continue, as David recounts his fondness for his favourite Beatles track, Stiv Bators' personal conspiracy theories, his first encounter with Frank Zappa, who the last real rock star is in his opinion, his chat with Gene Simmons, the grim details behind Rush's "Nobody's Hero", David Bowie's connection to punk, and David's...
NSTS Episode 114 - Drummer David Quinton Steinberg
June 25, 2019 04:30 - 35 minutes - 20.5 MBThis week's NSTS guest has played drums with The Mods, punk legends Stiv Bators and the Dead Boys, and then Strange Advance and The Jitters. Now, he's Rush's lawyer. His name is David Quinton Steinberg, and he obviously has a lot to talk about. Which is why this is only part one of our chat. We don't even get to David's songs until part two for all of the amazing stories and insights he shares about hanging out with Dee Dee Ramone, getting spit on during shows, playing The Horseshoe durin...
NSTS Episode 113 - Singer Songwriter Heather Nova
June 18, 2019 04:53 - 24 minutes - 14.2 MBBermudian songstress Heather Nova is my guest this week on NSTS. She grew up on a sailboat in the Caribbean, and her songs appear on the soundtracks of The Crow and I Am Sam, and on shows like Dawson's Creek. Her new record, called Pearl, drops on June 28. Heather's list is full of skin-vibrating tunes, and we chat about Kris Kristofferson's advice to Joni Mitchell, Heather's reggae musician brother Mishka, seeing Patti Smith live, Neil Young's guitar solos, and our introductions to Kate B...
NSTS Episode 112 - Singer Blair Packham
June 11, 2019 01:44 - 52 minutes - 30.3 MBThis week on NSTS, the great Blair Packham returns to the show for his third time, and he brings his guitar with him. We have a lengthy chat about all sorts of things, including No Sleep 'til Sudbury's upcoming first-ever live audience recording at Hugh's Room in Toronto on Thursday, June 27 featuring Carole Pope and Rob Preuss (get yer tickets at hughsroomlive.com!) In addition to a great chat about The Boss, sticking it to The Man, how Tom Petty came up with "Swingin'" on the spot, heroi...
NSTS Episode 111 - Singer Lily Frost
June 04, 2019 04:24 - 43 minutes - 25 MBSinger songwriter Lily Frost is one in a million. She's funny, super talented, insightful, and an absolute blast to have on the show. Lily's new record Retro Moderne drops June 7, and we chat about it before getting into the songs that make her skin vibrate, along with all the topics that arise from them - Joni Mitchell's grumpiness, The Dirts, Pinochet, guys who sing in falsetto, the Seattle Freeze, The Jerky Boys, and the criticality of 'the swell'. Then we talk about random unrelated s...
NSTS Episode 111 - The Inimitable Lily Frost
June 04, 2019 04:24 - 43 minutes - 25 MBSinger songwriter Lily Frost is one in a million. She's funny, super talented, insightful, and an absolute blast to have on the show. Lily's new record Retro Moderne drops June 7, and we chat about it before getting into the songs that make her skin vibrate, along with all the topics that arise from them - Joni Mitchell's grumpiness, The Dirts, Pinochet, guys who sing in falsetto, the Seattle Freeze, The Jerky Boys, and the criticality of 'the swell'. Then we talk about random unrelated s...
NSTS Episode 110 - Music Historian Bob Mayo
May 28, 2019 04:16 - 53 minutes - 30.8 MBYou won't meet many people more genuinely passionate about music than my pal and friend of the show Bob Mayo. He joins me from Massachusetts this week with a new batch of songs that make his skin vibrate, and as always, he enlightens me on a few things. Bob can always be counted on to bring in fascinatingly obscure tracks, because he's a believer in us discovering music we may have never heard of. He also brings in a few of my favourites. On both fronts, the conversation is great - w...
NSTS Episode 109 - Chalk Circle Frontman Chris Tait
May 23, 2019 04:11 - 56 minutes - 32.4 MBI was delighted to be joined in studio this week by Chalk Circle vocalist and guitarist Chris Tait. I listened to him a lot as a teen (still do), so it was great to have him in for a conversation about his playlist AND my favourite Chalk songs. I won't spoil it, but Chris does something really cool with his playlist here. Every song has a place on the list for a very specific reason, and I was impressed at how the whole thing was carried out. Great stories too, including the fact that he ...
NSTS Episode 108 - Producer and Songwriter Marc Jordan
May 14, 2019 01:12 - 19 minutes - 11.5 MBJuno award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and actor Marc Jordan joins me this week to talk about the songs that make his skin vibrate. Marc has written songs for Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Cher, and others, and we talk about that and some other stuff too - like why we love the art that we do, the band he plays in with Murray McLauchlan and Ian Thomas, how "Walk On The Wild Side" is a missing link between musical genres, and his new solo record, Both Sides. Check it ou...
NSTS Episode 107 - The Kings' Guitarist Mister Zero
May 07, 2019 04:30 - 45 minutes - 26.4 MBLadies and gentlemen, please welcome The Kings' guitarist and founder, Mister Zero! Everybody knows The Kings megahit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide". This week, band founder Mister Zero drops by to talk about how the song came together, why it's two songs in one, Bob Ezrin's contribution to the recording to the song, The Kings appearance on American Bandstand, the night he and Kings singer David Diamond were out with Blondie's Debbie Harry at an Iggy Pop show, who his favourite gu...
NSTS Episode 106 - The Return of Audra Santa
April 30, 2019 02:22 - 37 minutes - 21.7 MBIn episode 106, international woman of mystery Audra Santa makes her return to No Sleep 'til Sudbury. And, she brought an electric guitar and an amp with her! This time around, Ms. Santa and I chat about her upcoming gigs, her chance encounters with various Barenaked Ladies, the mystique of Kate Bush, Arkells' very noble Juno gesture, and the examination of her dark side. All this and a live performance too. You're welcome. Santa's playlist: Tori Amos - Caught A Lite Sneeze Kate Bus...
NSTS Episode 105 - Canadian Music Legend Murray McLauchlan
April 23, 2019 04:08 - 43 minutes - 25.1 MBIt was my privilege to welcome legendary Canadian musician Murray McLauchlan to the show this week. I grew up listening to his music, and he's an engaging conversationalist with some pretty terrific stories. Join us as we talk about the unique musical charity Murray supports, the time John Prine opened up for him, his insightful interpretations of Ray Charles, his opinion of grunge, why Blossom Dearie always makes him cry, microwave popcorn, and how he, Jim Croce, Tom Waits, and his other...
NSTS Episode 104 - Author Dr. Gillian Turnbull
April 16, 2019 03:47 - 45 minutes - 26 MBDr. Gillian Turnbull, professor and author of Sonic Booms: Making Music in an Oil Town, returns to the NSTS studios this week with a whole new batch of tunes to talk about. It's always fun to host Gillian - she's a really smart woman who really feels music. Listen in as the good doctor discusses Kathleen Edwards' gift, the life of a cowboy, her love of yodelling, a topless Neko Case, who she wants to be when she grows up, and the time she made Jack White cry. And at one point, Gillian act...
NSTS Episode 103 - 97.7 HTZ-FM's Siobhan Woodrow
April 09, 2019 01:58 - 36 minutes - 21.1 MB97.7 HTZ-FM music director and on-air personality Siobhan Woodrow joins me this week to chat about a most impressive list of skin-vibrating tunes. The HTZ-FM website says she loves punk rock, and she clearly does - L7, Rancid, and Mr. Bungle grace her list - but it's balanced with songs by Stevie Wonder, Janis Joplin, and Lauryn Hill. She explains this perspective during our chat, in addition to talking about what it was like to have to announce the news of Chris Cornell's death on air, w...
NSTS Episode 102 - Singer Stacey Kay
April 02, 2019 02:58 - 50 minutes - 58.3 MBMy guest on NSTS this week, singer Stacey Kay, is no stranger to the spotlight. She's advanced to the final rounds of America's Got Talent, performed live at Massey Hall with k.d. lang, and has been praised by the likes of Fergie and David Foster. She's also a proponent of positive body image and speaks on the topic at schools. During our chat, Stacey tells some great stories about going viral with a rap in a Walgreen's aisle, how she really feels about Bob Dylan's voice, what an 11 o'clo...
NSTS Episode 101 - Jazz Singer Barbra Lica
March 26, 2019 00:58 - 27 minutes - 15.9 MBJuno-nominated jazz songstress Barbra Lica joins me in the NSTS studios this week for show number 101. CBC Radio 2 recently called Barbra one of Canada's top female jazz singers, and you'll see why after listening to her perform at the end of this episode. Barbra brings with her a fine assortment of tasteful songs, some of which I've added to my own personal playlist. I've also been playing her single "You're Fine" lately, which comes highly recommended. Enjoy! Lica's playlist: Co...
NSTS Episode 100 - Celebrating 100 Episodes of No Sleep 'til Sudbury
March 12, 2019 16:29 - 1 hour - 55 MBI thought it would be prescient to celebrate the one hundred episode milestone with a look back at some of the great moments that took place on the way to getting here. Of those there were many, and while I regret not being able to include them all, I did gather a good number of them for this special retrospective. There are laughs, tears, insights, insults, interesting facts, and some incredible conversation compliments of the wide array of guests I've been lucky enough to have - Stephen ...
NSTS Episode 099 - Folk Pop Duo In The City
March 05, 2019 05:15 - 29 minutes - 17.3 MBNSTS episode 99 features Ashley Jane and Timor Wientzek of folk pop duo In The City. It's always a treat to have organic musicians on the show, and these two did not disappoint. They were good enough to perform their current single "Best Time", a moving song about loss. During their visit, we chatted about Ryan Adams covering Taylor Swift, Jon Bon Jovi's mp3 dilemma, Tragically Hip lyrics, Timor's emotional reaction to Joni Mitchell, the pros and cons of streaming, and why Ashley calle...
NSTS Episode 098 - Singer Suzi Kory
February 26, 2019 00:55 - 28 minutes - 16.7 MBThe happiest person on planet Earth, singer Suzi Kory, returns to the NSTS studios this week to chat about all sorts of fun things. It's always a pleasure to host Suzi, and during this episode she catches us up on everything she's currently doing - her foray into country music, the video shoot for her latest single Pretty Little Things, learning to play guitar, and who her girl crush is. Bonus: I tell Suzi a deep dark secret about Dolly Parton from my childhood. Kory's playlist: ...