Once by Fire’s lead singer has been compared to Melissa Etheridge, Joan Osborne, Amanda Marshall and, in my opinion, the early vocal stylings of Wendy Kaiser from Rez Band. But Robin Kitchen says “I don’t often hear women with voices like mine, in the style I like. I think that makes us unique.” From her home in southwestern edge of Alberta Robin talks about Once by Fire and the band’s new CD Goodbye Scarlet.
The third annual Write Vancouver took place May 23 & 24 and gave West Coast writers a chance to learn more about their craft and the industry. One of the highlights was a Friday night literary soiree which will honour J. I. Packer, author of the classic apologetic Knowing God and “one of Canada’s living treasures.” We talk to author Bev Boissery (http://beverleyboissery.com/) who is also The Word Guild’s regional director and director of Write Vancouver.
Just days after Jared and Bethany Salte were married they started The Royal Foundry and played their first live show at the GMA Awards. And this month the duo will hold a CD release and tour kickoff party. Tonight's guest is Jared Salte, one-half of The Royal Foundry, and a veteran musician and record producer.
It’s been over a year since Arts Connection talked to Elora artist Phil Irish (http://www.philirish.com/Phil_Irish_08/Phil_Irish%3A_Visual_Artist.html and http://phil-irish-artist.tumblr.com/). Phil and I have connected over the past year through, and I’ve kept up with his busy schedule through social media.
Those who have been listening to this program for any length of time know that art evokes emotion, art asks questions and art answers questions. This coming weekend art will be used at Lakeside Downtown (http://www.lakesidedowntown.ca) in Guelph to reflect the Stations of the Cross. My guest tonight is Celine Singh (http://www.atelierceline.com), a graphic designer and co-ordinator of The Passion of the Art as part of the congregation’s Good Friday services.
Since it was initially produced for the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival, Ins Choi’s play Kim’s Convenience has had its share of success: opening the 15th anniversary season of the Soulpepper Theatre, being staged recently in Ottawa and Winnipeg and soon to hit the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. And there’s been talk of both a film and television series versions of the play rooted in both Ins experience as a Korean-Canadian and the story of the prodigal son.
Jazz pianist. Composer. Songwriter. Arranger. Words which define but can't begin to describe the virtuosity of Mike Janzen (https://mike-janzen.squarespace.com). His latest project is the Mike Janzen Trio CD Metronome. In this phone interview, he talks about the history of and stories behind the songs on Metronome.
Tonight’s guest says “when I paint, I engage in a dialogue with the canvas.” And abstract artist Rachel Albano (http://rachelalbano.com) has been holding a quite busy conversation with the canvas through her term as artist in residence at Lakeside Church, taking part in the Artist Project in February and launching a new exhibit at the Elora Centre for the Arts. We catch up with Rachel, in a phone conversation from her home in Elora.
For the past two and a half decades, Word Alive has distributed the end product of authors. A decade ago, the company decided to produce that end product and formed Word Alive Press (http://www.wordalivepress.ca), a “hybrid” publisher that combines the strengths of both royalty and custom-book publishers. But like others, the Winnipeg-based company is weathering the storms of change book publishers now face with the closures of bookstores and the increase in e-commerce.
Freelance journalist Lisa Hall-Wilson (http://lisahallwilson.com) started a conversation on the Canadian Writers Who are Christian blog. Hall-Wilson wrote “art has always been a vehicle for social change, social commentary—but the art must come first not the message.” We’re going to continue this conversation on tonight’s broadcast with Lisa who’s on the phone from her home in London.
