When We Wake with Andrew Shaver

Nicolette Hoang is a first generation Canadian, born in Guelph, Ontario to Vietnamese parents who fled their homeland during the Vietnam War. She is also the eponymous Nicolette of Nicolette and the ...

25 Apr 202437min

JJ Shiplett is a Calgary based singer-songwriter who really staked his claim in the world of Americana music with his debut album the 2017 release Something to Believe In. Both it and its 2020 follo...

15 Apr 202434min

Triple Bill?! It's true. Today's episode is a bit of an anomaly for the podcast, mostly because there are 3 guests on the show. But, also, because this episode is more overtly tied to a specific e...

1 Apr 20241h 7min

Allegra Swanson grew up dreaming of the Broadway stage, which is not at all surprising, given that her parents met onstage in a production of Anne of Green Gables at, of all places, The Charlottetown ...

31 Mar 202442min

Originally from Montreal, Blanche Israël has called Dartmouth, Nova Scotia home since 2019. She grew up in a musical family and when her mom, a folk singer, decided to pick up the fiddle, so did 5 ye...

20 Mar 202439min

Born in Cameroon, Clerel moved to North America with his family after high school and, at the time, thought that he was probably going to be a doctor.  Spoiler alert right here off the top: he is no...

21 Feb 202435min

Wyatt C. Louis is a Métis Cree singer-songwriter from Treaty 6 territory who calls Red Deer, Alberta home. And, man, can they write a tune. I spoke with Wyatt in between their tour dates as he criss c...

29 Jan 202424min

My guest on today’s episode, Montreal’s Loryn Taggart, released her debut full length album, the at once tender and beautifully bombastic, Lost Art of Pulling Through at the end of September.  In our ...

16 Nov 202337min