donovanesque

solo travelling, picking the adventure back up in marseille, and all roads lead to rome :) thank you to featured voices: lizzie, fernanda, giuseppe, richard, goat, jedhi, josh, skate champions, alexa, ian welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. write to the show: donovanesquepod@gmail.com

across the ocean with my field recorder. this one might be a bit less designed as I'm still on the road :) thank you to featured voices: plane voices, various crowds, margarita, alexandre, sheikh, jeshan, lyan, anna, oli, kate, marissa, tim, lizzie, pao, pablo, oscar, snorers welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. write to...

a strange april for me. only one episode this month due to very very busy. thank you to featured voices: neighbourhood crowd, the only cafe crowd, co-worker, lapdance, eliza niemi, lucia, nat, demetri, air canada voice thank you to lapdance & eliza niemi for permission to share their performances <3 welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary...

in a wide ranging discussion on a rainy day, graham shares with us sounds from 'the wind,' an unfinished short film. graham foy is a canadian filmmaker - writer/director - based in Toronto. his 2022 debut feature film 'The Maiden' is now on blu-ray and streaming. thank you graham for sharing your thoughts, along with your sounds for this episode. thank you to lucia for production h...

world is waking up! getting bike out of the shed, first dip of the year. window open piano playing (and window closed piano playing...) thank you to featured voices: youth outside varsity stadium, ingrid, nat, doc, jodie / audience, daniel, young grace-sayers, fran thank you to unknown guitar player for your recording welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field...

first rain of the year, different puzzles, the anatomy of a street block and its sound markings. I have been quiet lately, so fewer sounds, and another shorter episode. thank you to featured voices: beth, grace, neighbours, aiden, jarret, brakhage audience at still light screening welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. write to...

five of cups drone, heavy, excavator. bleak week. free write. karmic joke. big snow, and then big cold. is this in our control??? little bit of a shorter one. thank you to featured voices: crossing guard, liam, jeremy, lucia, beth, joy, matthias, caleb welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. write to the show: donovanesquepod@gm...

we hit the road to spend some time with em zev Em Zev is a musician: a violinist, and folk/ambient singer-songwriter based in Montreal. Their debut LP, 'Time Anymore' released in November. We discuss their creative process alongside their sounds of life and music em's bandcamp - emzev.bandcamp.com em's instagram - @em.zev thank you em for sharing your thoughts, along with your sounds & music t...

new year's special 2026 year of the whorse? this is a bit of a talky ensemble one :) thank you to featured voices: daniel, liz, liam, sabrina, debbie, subway youth, katie, christian, xavier, nala, kaiya, tom, caleb, kate, hopp driver, yonge-dundas believer, gabi, poppi, kate (different one), neem, scrim, em, lucia - and various crowds welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrap...

fran and I at a winter farm, taking care of some animals the final episode of the year :) our third guest episode: francesca bertoglio is an artist and filmmaker from argentina living in toronto fran's instagram - @franpadb thank you for listening thank you to featured voices: fran, nanuk, willie, luna, fran’s family welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part fi...

winter is our time to get weirder, more specific. thank you to featured voices: lucia, mike, nat, hassan, lizzie, caleb thank you to Mike Hoolboom for permission to share a piece of his 'panic bodies' q&a (nov. 30th/2025 - tiff lightbox) welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. write to the show: donovanesquepod@gmail...

you gotta practice if you're gonna get any good at it (don't kill it). thank you to featured voices: em, ted, grace, beth, hassan, phil, gabi, lucia, crowds at imperial pub, liam, liz, dan welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. write to the show: donovanesquepod@gmail.com

switching frequencies: coffee, fights, Irish noise, baseball, early morning letters, train rides, communal sorrow thank you to featured voices: lucia, two different ians, jack, francesca, different strangers and crowds thank you to One Leg, One Eye for permission to share a clip from their toronto performance welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio di...

planting trees with caleb rogers - our second guest episode he is a filmmaker, writer, musician, tree planter from the toronto area. a "whimiscal stoic," he shares with us some of the sounds and stories of planting trees for half the year in british columbia. thank you for coming on the show! you can email caleb at calebcaedmon@gmail.com thank you to additional featured voices: nat, demetri, em, d...

how do recordings, time capsules, change our lives? are they messages to our future self? how do we love our past selves when confronted with them so vividly? thank you to featured voices: lucia, gabriela, evee, beth, lizzie, jess, eric, younger lukes, will - and various crowds thank you to will oldham for granting permission to feature his performance of 'new partner' at the concert hall from sep...

encountering art at toronto international film festival 2025 in an uncertain time. embracing what we don't know. thank you to featured voices: soren, mark, pratheesh, francesca, jack, dylan, lucia, em, kaiya, and a few others i don't have the names of. thank you to the filmmakers whose q&a words i have sampled in short to illustrate ideas credit to Radheyan Simonpillai for capturing the audio...

summer is over. wandering streets in cat mode. squirrel eating nuts. sinkhole opens. swimming pool closes. students pontificate. thank you to featured voices: tess, jennifer, ian, jack, steve, hayeon, édouard. and a voice i was told the name of and cannot remember right now... i apologize welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. write to the sho...

being together. with strangers in a park, with family in the darkness, with a sweater on your back. thank you to featured voices: daniel, rohid, miriam, tram anh, lucia, the double daters, hylton, and hunter featuring lucia on vocals/guitar for '500 miles' at the end welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. write to the show: donovanesquepod@gma...

join me on a trip into algonquin park - the sound of paddling, wind, hammocks, bullfrogs, fires, storms, and swimming deep in a murky lake. afterward, we find ourselves back in the city for a special performance at the scarborough bluffs. thank you to Sylus Farkas Martins for giving me permission to share my recording of him performing 'Skins' by the waves. special thanks to daniel donovan, my cam...

we have encounters with cicadas, bikes, machinery of all kinds, the mind, insecurity and ambition, pianos, and thunderstorms special thanks to Xavier, Francesca, Lucia, and Rhody for their appearances thank you to Aidan Rhody for some extra recording angles welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. write to the show: donovanesquepod@gmail.com

today we have our first guest episode. lucia fella pellegrino is a filmmaker and waiter from toronto - who has a collection of sounds from her life to share with us. thank you for coming on the show! special thanks to Benson for your toy keyboard performance welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. write to the show: donovanesquepod@gmail.com

today we find ourselves down to earth, hearing the people of this city: at a rave, on the streetcar, locker rooms, at parks, schools, film sets, and a graduation ceremony. thank you to all the voices of our show today: Josh, Demetri, Grace, Lucia, Niko, Brianna, Trâm Anh, Joy, Moosa, Bryan, Zoe, George, Mona - and some more I do not know the name of <3 welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound...

today we discuss a smog-ridden toronto, cardinals, children coughing, windsocks, peeing in the woods, ba ba black sheep, and brutal city feelings. thank you to featured guests Lucia Fella Pellegrino and Hassan Mzee welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. write to the show: donovanesquepod@gmail.com

welcome to the beginning of 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. let's see where this goes together :) today we discuss cats purring, birds, rain, folk music, loud subway cars, and humming by a river at night. special thanks to Penknife for letting me feature their cover of 'I'll Be Here in the Morning' write to the show: donovanesquepod@gmail.com