Boosting Women in the Studio + The Sun Harmonic’s Great Canadian Journey

Canadian Musician Podcast

First up on the podcast this week, Mike is joined by Margaret McGuffin, CEO of Music Publishers Canada, and OBUXUM (6:15), a young and very hyped songwriter-producer whose album, Re-Birth, was nominated for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize. McGuffin and OBUXUM joined the podcast together to talk about a new career development program spearheaded by Music Publishers Canada for female-identifying songwriter-producers called the Women in the Studio National Accelerator Program. They discuss why women are underrepresented across the music industry, and in particular in studios, how to change that, and what this program is aiming to achieve.

Then, the second interview this week is with Kaleb Hikele (38:40), main man behind the indie-folk project The Sun Harmonic. Kaleb shares some personal lessons and anecdotes behind his latest album, Coast to Coast, which like its name suggest, was recorded in unique fashion all across Canada. Kaleb experienced a lot of personal adversity prior to making this album, and his experiences offer valuable lessons for other artists. Also, hear his beautiful story about how he ended up playing the last song performed on stage at Massey Hall before its three-year closure.