The Talk Music Podcast

If you love indie RECORD STORES (and who doesn’t) and love VINYL, or perhaps are interested in why vinyl sales are booming everywhere, check out this week's THE TALK MUSIC podcast as I go deep into a…

For this week's THE TALK MUSIC podcast, I’m so excited to release this entertaining interview with NU-folk duo PUULUUP. 

Like myself, they are proud ESTONIANS and, as a relatively small country, ESTON…

This week my feature is a wonderful long chat with musician, artist and producer extraordinaire COLIN LINDEN. We talk about his love of producing other artists (140 so far), his prestigious sideman g…

The TALK MUSIC podcast this week features a great fun chat with guest DARRYL HURS who has a 30 plus year history in the music business. Darryl runs one of Canada’s largest artist showcase festivals a…

This weeks guest is JAYMZ BEE who’s known to many in Toronto as the “MAN ABOUT TOWN” and he is definitely one of our most visible colourful characters!

He’s a singer, bandleader, raconteur, producer, …

This weeks guest is Kevin Hearn who has been a member of the Canadian Hall of Fame inductees Barenaked Ladies since joining them in 1995. Kevin has worked with some of the world’s best musicians and …

Season 3 starts off with a bang with singer-songwriter extraordinaire and monster talent Terra Lightfoot. She’s been nominated for a Polaris Music Prize, a Juno award, and received a special Road Gol…

This week our featured guest was the singer, guitarist and keyboard player  with some iconic Canadian Bands.... Coney Hatch, April Wine and The Guess Who.

Carl Dixon is considered to have one of the b…

What does it take to make a great stage show? Why are cover bands unappreciated? What are immersive shows and where do they go next? These are only a few of the topics a hugely successful Promoter, M…

This week’s guest is Harrison Kennedy who had the first million selling single by a black Canadian artist as part of a Detroit group. Find out what happened to him then and how he has reinvented hims…

Guitar Riffs. From Whole lotta Love to  sunshine of your love to Louie Louie...what are the guitar riffs you love the most and are the most memorable? Also a new doc about Shania Twain and BBC  goes …

From Red Rider to Serena Ryder ...this week a conversation with Fraser Hill who for years was an A and R man with Capital and Universal records discovering and signing bands and artists  like the Nor…

Feature interview with Alfio Annibalini  currently in a project with Alex Lifeson of Rush  and Andy Curran of Coney Hatch called Envy of None . A sound engineer and musician he is also working with T…

To start a new season the guys discuss the best rock bands. Who is your pick and what makes a truly great rick experience ? From the Foo Fighters to Van Halen, from Deep Purple to Rush. Who had the b…

Tom and Andrew talk about the Music Publishing business. For young musicians and writers how do you protect yourselves? What do you own rights to? Do you get paid for co writing a song? What about co…

What's the importance of the relationship between the artist and the manager? Good ones , bad ones, who got ripped off and who made the money?  How does it work well and how does it go wrong? Who fir…

Tom Treumuth and Andrew Schalk talk about what makes a great live venue and a great concert. From Massey Hall to Wembley ,The Commodore Ballroom  to the House of Blues who does it right?

They also deb…

A conversation with Tom Wilson not just about his music with Blackie and The Rodeo Kings and Junkhouse but his powerful personal story about family secrets ,addiction and rebirth. Tom discovered in h…