When We Wake with Andrew Shaver20 Mars 2024

11. When We Wake with Blanche Israël

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 year old Blanche...and all of her sisters. It wasn’t long after that Blanche discovered the cello. After a persistent year of pestering mom, Blanche started playing the cello and hasn’t stopped - including a couple years touring the world with the Polaris Prize Award-winning songwriter and musician, Jeremy Dutcher. That said, Blanche did tell me that she's playing more guitar now than cello, but I think that's because the guitar can be a quieter instrument, and her two year old daughter appreciates that. In February, Blanche was named the new CEO of the East Coast Music Association, whose mission is "to develop, advance and celebrate East Coast Canadian music, its artists and its industry professionals throughout the region and around the world." I spoke with her the day after the Music PEI Awards were handed out in Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island, and Blanche was there in her newly minted role as CEO of the ECMA. Listen to the radio broadcast live every Saturday morning on 88.7 CKVE-FM from 9:30-11:00AM Atlantic (GM -4) on the South Shore of Nova Scotia or, elsewhere, on CoveFM.com. Wanna get in touch? Email me at: whenwewakeradio@gmail.com Or you can always slide into my DMs over on Instagram: @whenwewakeradio or @theandrewshaver

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48. When We Wake with Duke & Goldie

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