The Friendly Heckler

Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Pat Lepoidevin joins host Zakary Miller to discuss his new album, "The Rivers", their mutual love for The Yukon, Pat's numerous collaborations and concept albums, his beautiful work as an educator. Pat delves into his songwriting process, plays his new and old songs, and even invites his own guest onstage for a tune. more from Pat Lepoidevin: www.patlepoidevin.com/ Recorded live on stage at The Union Street in Berwick, Nova Scotia

Songwriter and Broadcaster Talia Schlanger joins host Zakary Miller to discuss her new album, the all star cast involved, the amphibians, songwriters and experiences that inspired the lyrics, the quirks of interviewing, musicals she sang as a kid, that time she took improv classes, and play songs from her new album Grace For The Going. More from Talia Schlanger: www.taliaschlanger.com/ Recorded Live at The Mousetrap, above Good Robot Brewing, in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Songwriter and Guitarist Caleb Miles joins host Zakary Miller to play his songs and talk about some of the dark stories behind them, some of the weirdest on stage experiences he's had, how he once thought he would replace Ringo Starr in The Beatles, about his musical roots in New Mexico, and his musical rules for students. More From Caleb: https://calebmiles.net/ Recorded live at Saltbox Brewing in Wolfville, Nova Scotia

A celebration of some of the incredible moments from the podcast so far, and a top notch playlist of Zak's favourite cuts from the show, featuring, Mary Beth Carty (marybethcarty.com) Cameron Chisholm Aquakultre (aquakulre.info) Terra Spencer (terraspencer.ca) Rebecca Fairless (rebeccafairless.com) Chris Robison (chrisrobison1.bandcamp.com) Corey Isenor (coreyisenor.bandcamp.com) Sam WIlson (samwilsonmusiq.com) Gina Burgess (ginaburgess.com) Sarah McInnis (sarahmcinnis.com) Ryan C Stanley (rcstanleymusic.com) Graham Nicholas (grahamnicholas.ca) Factory Girls (lauramerrimenmusic.bandcamp.com) Valmy (valmymusic.com) George Woodhouse (georgewoodhouse.com) Kelly McMichael (kellymcmichael.com) Stephen Fearing (stephenfearing.ca) Sunny Chances (sunnychances.bandcamp.com Kim Joy Lake (kimjoylake.com) Old Man Luedecke (oldmanluedecke.ca) Steve Rutchinski (youtube.com/srutchinski)

Composer, Violinist/Fiddler Gina Burgess joins host Zakary Miller to talk about her unique musical influences from all over the world, her upcoming self-care-activity-book for musicians, the incredible collaborations she's been a part of, why sound and innovative music are important and how they can connect us all, micro-dosing, plant therapies, and even some heavier subject matter as Gina connects stories and their songs. More from Gina: https://www.ginaburgessmusic.com/ https://ginaburgessmusic.bandcamp.com/ Recorded live on stage at The Ardoise Hall, Ardoise, NS

Songwriter and Music Therapist, Rebecca Fairless joins host Zakary Miller to play her songs and chat about her Music Therapy practice, the Nova Scotian music scene, some background on her songs, her new project The Dusty Halos, radical nuns and church stuff, her pipe organ playing, weird soundtracks and more! More from Rebecca: https://www.rebeccafairless.com/ Recorded live on stage at The Union Street in Berwick, Nova Scotia

Songwriter, Guitarist, Producer and musical legend Stephen Fearing joins host Zakary Miller to play some of his amazing songs, give a masterclass on stage work, to talk about his youth in Ireland, early musical influences, and guitar tips, to share some vocal warmups, Friendly Heckle a Friendly Heckler in the audience with Zak and to share some of his upcoming album, 'The Empathist'. more from Stephen Fearing: https://stephenfearing.ca/ Recorded live at Schoolhouse Brewery in Windsor, Nova Scotia

Songwriting duo Factory Girls join host Zakary Miller to play their songs, play 'would you rather', explain their stress relieving techniques, discuss aliens, where songs come from, and their many other creative pursuits. Recorded live at The Deep Roots Music Festival in Nova Scotia. More From Factory Girls: facebook.com/factorygirlsmusic/ More From Deep Roots Music Co-operative: deeprootsmusic.ca/ Recorded live on stage at The Ross Creek Annex in Canning, Nova Scotia as part of The Deep Roots Music Festival 2023

Songwriter Old Man Luedecke joins host Zakary Miller to play his songs and discuss everything from his early records to his work with Tim O'brien, his time in The Yukon Territory, his time Scalloping on the Nova Scotian Shore, he Friendly Heckles the Friendly Heckler and tells some great stories all while fulfilling audience requests, and playing a variety of his great songs. More from Old Man Luedecke https://oldmanluedecke.com/ Recorded live on stage at The Union Street in Berwick, Nova Scotia

Songwriter, Photographer, and Simpsons Meme maker Corey Isenor joins host Zakary Miller to discuss life as a musician, his life through a lens as a photographer, his love of The Simpsons and his meme account The.Corey.Hotline, there's even Simpsons Trivia in this episode. Corey also talks about how Genres are hard to attach, is he pop music? is he indie music? is he jazz? More from Corey Isenor https://coreyisenor.bandcamp.com/ http://coreyjisenor.com/ https://instagram.com/the.corey.hotline/ Recorded live on stage at The Union Street in Berwick, Nova Scotia

Songwriter, Community Organizer and Father in Law, Steve Rutchinski joins host Zakary Miller to talk about his incredible past in food co-ops in British Columbia, to building the printing press for the TML Daily newspaper, fighting for justice, how the blues has helped him translate his life experiences, and how the world can look forward and use positive action, song and love to better our quality of life. https://www.youtube.com/user/SRutchinski This was a unique evening recorded live from a living room in Nova Scotia.

Recorded live on stage at Full Circle Festival 2023, Songwriters Valmy, George Woodhouse and Kelly McMichael join host Zakary Miller to talk about each other's music, their birthplaces, Pingu, and how life makes its way into their songs. Special Thanks to Full Circle Festival (fullcirclefestival.ca) Valmy Bandcamp: valmy.bandcamp.com George Woodhouse Bandcamp: georgewoodhouse.bandcamp.com Kelly McMichael Bandcamp: kellymcmichael.bandcamp.com

Songwriter, Performer and Community Builder extraordinaire, Aquakultre aka Lance Sampson joins host Zakary Miller to talk about destigmatizing the world, how he has created incredible spaces in his community for other music makers, also about hot sauce and wings as they lick their lips with a live hot sauce tasting, and Lance shares some of his earliest songs and intimate stories behind his work with an acoustic set. More from Aquakultre: Aquakultre.info Recorded live on stage at The Union Street in Berwick, Nova Scotia

Fiddler and Famed Performer Cameron Chisholm joins host Zakary Miller to talk about his favourite reels, jigs and tunes of all sorts. His long history of playing and family dynasty of musicianship and his neighbourliness are all covered in this brief chance to sit down with a true legend of the East Coast Music Scene. there's talk of Down East Dances in Toronto, and throughout the US, to the local dances of Margaree, Cape Breton, he does a background check on Zakary and obviously plays like a wild man. Recorded live on stage at The Margaree Firemen's Club in Margaree, Cape Breton. This Episode is Sponsored By: Celtic Colours International Festival

Guitarist and Improvisor Sam Wilson joins host Zakary Miller to talk about all the different music that influenced her sound, the albums she's released, also about detective shows and aliens, Sam comes up with the brilliant idea for a mobile music store for Nova Scotia, and even takes completely random suggestions and improvises pieces based on them. More from Sam Wilson at: https://samwilsonmusiq.com/ Recorded live on stage at The Union Street in Berwick, Nova Scotia

Songwriter, rare Performer and general Humorist Sunny Chances joins host Zakary Miller, to discuss the world of Sub Sandwiches, the global economy, and solving divorces with lottery money and slides. Sunny covers a song by the band Safeword, and even finishes out the show with a mind blowing card trick that may be the best ending to a Podcast, ever recorded. More from Sunny: https://sunnychances.bandcamp.com/ Recorded live on stage at The Union Street in Berwick, Nova Scotia

Songwriter and community builder Kim Joy Lake joins host Zakary Miller to talk about, her first album "Flesh and Bone", the great 90s music that inspired her, the vibrant community of Avondale, Nova Scotia where she lives, and about music's incredible therapeutic powers. Kim shares her own music, including a secret 'cut' from her album and the background behind those powerful, debut songs.  Find Kim at: https://www.kimjoylake.com/ Recorded live on stage at The Union Street in Berwick, Nova Scotia

Songwriter Terra Spencer joins host Zakary Miller to friendily heckle him back, correct him on what a Onesie is, talk about Judee Sill, Funeral Directing, and throw her hat into the "ipads on stage" debate. We get our own Friendly Heckler, Annapolis Valley, NS-style, and had a great time interacting with them. Terra shares her new songs, and some cheeky old B-sides, triple pun there really. you'll see. Find more on Terra Spencer at: TerraSpencer.ca Recorded live on stage at The Union Street in Berwick, Nova Scotia

Songwriter Graham Nicholas joins host Zakary Miller to discuss their long friendship, his fear of being on this show, underrated Canadian Songwriters like David Essig, Del Barber or Aaron Comeau. Also discussed are Graham's obsession with literature,  his obsession with what it means to write a great song, His new album 'Black Creek' out Apr. 4th, oh and so much more. https://grahamnicholas.ca/ https://grahamnicholas.bandcamp.com/ Recorded live on stage at The Union Street in Berwick, Nova Scotia

Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist and Master Improvisor in general, Chris Robison joins host Zakary Miller to talk Townes Van Zandt Love Triangles, Goat Murder Love Triangles, and other topics that inspire his songs. Chris keeps Zakary on task and threatens to become the show's new sidekick, The Un-Friendly Heckler. He also plays his incredible songs, more of which can be found at: https://chrisrobison1.bandcamp.com/ Recorded live on stage at The Union Street in Berwick, Nova Scotia