Apologue Podcast

John Sutton is the ex bass player of Winnipeg folk rockers “the Weakerthans”. John has also been in other bands like “All Systems Go” (with John Kastner) “Sandfly fever” and even my band “Four Square”. He now plays in a few bands out of Toronto like “Arson”, “rusty” and “Sids Kids”. John was the first real friend I...

Kalle Mattson is a 25 year old singer and song writer originally from Sault Ste Marie. Kalle moved to Ottawa to attend university studying music. That’s where and when his music career took off. Kalle is nominated for a Juno award (American Grammy) for video of the year. He’s won a polaris prize and has achieved more in his short life than most try in a life time. He’s a down to...

Darren Dumas aka Mista D is the lead singer in a Canadian band known as “the Salads”. The Salads had some hype in the early 2000’s with their hit “Get Loose”. After several albums, tours and shows, the band is still together but not as busy as they were 10 years ago. All members of the band are still active in music and art to some capacity. Darren is presently back i...

SNOW aka Darrin O’Brien is a singer and the artist that brought you the 90’s reggae super hit “Informer”. Snow’s approach to music and fame is unlike anyone I’ve met before. He doesn’t try to further his career by whoring himself to the highest bidder. He knows when and where to play and has no problem playing live anytime and anywhere. It’s getting...

Welcome to episode 70!! Thanks for all your support!! Jim Bryson is a singer/ song writer that started his career in the early 90’s playing and singing in the band “Punchbuggy”. Punchbuggy was an Ottawa power pop outfit that toured throughout North America. Jim has worked in this industry extensively along side many performers like The Weakerthans, Kathleen Edwards, Sarah Harmer...

Roger Scannura is a flamenco guitarist that currently teaches at York University. He’s also a graphic designer and artist. After leaving Malta in the late 60’s, Rogers world was expanded with things he would never see in the safety and comfort of a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. Originally schooled as an architect, Roger soon became infatuated with the art of flamenco guitar an...

Welcome to the first of hopefully many live shows at the Central in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show was taped on January 27th 2016 and as the first show, I feel that it went pretty good. But as all things, there’s room for improvement. Any suggestions are always welcomed. Thanks for the folks that came out and thanks for your support everywhere. This might be a once-every-three-month thin...

A Sad day for everyone involved. Jon Bunch RIP. Condolences to family, friends, loved ones. Jon Bunch Oct 25 1970 – Feb 1st 2016 UPDATE: there is a Go fund me page set up to help put Jon’s son through school when he is old enough.  Please go to https://www.gofundme.com/qmmyfwt8 and pledge.  

Graeme Philliskirk hails from Sunderland UK and was the bass player in the band “Leatherface”. Leatherface had some success in the 90’s and is a major influence to bands like “Hot Water Music”. After a few reunions and tours, Leatherface called it quits. Graeme and guitar player Dickie Hammond started writing new songs. They joined forces with Hugo Mudie and other mem...

Greig Nori is the front man and guitarist for the 90’s anthem rockers “Treble Charger”. He’s also known as the man that discovered “Sum 41”, taking them to stardom in the early 2000’s. Greig is known as a big idea kind of guy. After years and years of working in Toronto, he picked up and moved back to his home town of Sault Ste Marie. It’s there that...

Brad Lacell is a singer/ song writer. He’s also was the bass player in “The Inner City Surfers” as well as “Damn 13”. Brad is originally from Sault Ste Marie but moved to Toronto in his late teens to be with people with the same intentions. To make music in the big city. After moving around between “the soo” and Toronto, Brad settled in the west end of Tor...

Robert Michael Higgins is the bass player/song writer for Dearly Beloved. Rob has been playing music in the Canadian scene for well over 20 years with bands such as Change of Heart, Doctor, and tons more. He is also related to Rock n’ Roll royalty because he is the nephew of Geddy Lee, the bass player of Rush. Being related to such a high-profile guy never affected Rob as a person, he’...

Emily Bones is the lead singer, guitar player of Toronto’s based The Anti-Queens. She’s been touring and playing in the band since the age of 15. We jumped in the car and drove around Toronto to talk about her life as a rock and roller. Emily played a few songs as well. Her band has toured all over North America and plans to do it again in the middle part of 2016. Check out her band at...

In this episode, Kyle and I discuss the best moments in the show over the past year. Parts that incapsulate the meaning of the podcast and why I do it. There’s too much to talk about here. So enjoy some of the highlights as well as a sound clip of the ‘hidden’ first show. Thanks to all of the great guests and friends I’ve had so far. We’re only just getting started an...

NOW Magazine’s song writer of the year for 2015 is evidence that Ron Hawkins is still a talent to be reckoned with. As a founding member of Lowest of the Low, Ron found huge success in the early 90’s with the bands first release “Shakespeare my Butt.” Because of the band’s do-it-yourself (DIY) ethics, they were able to basically write their own distribution deal with...

Welcome to episode 60 Kevin Lamb is a freelance photojournalist/photographer and author of a book named “Three Songs, no Flash”. Over the past three years Kevin has been working on his book and interviewing musicians over the phone from his home in Barrie, Ontario. I met Kevin by chance when looking for a cool photo of Scott McCullough of the band “rusty”. After getting tal...

Stella Panacci and I go way back. We both kind of started playing music in the Pickering scene around the same time.  Stella formed the band Kat Rocket, a band where she played drums and sang. Eventually she put down the sticks and moved to the lead singer spot, which she found much easier for the sake of leaving the drum kit at home. Stella has been constantly playing and writing music which is a...

Johnny Töxik hails from Montreal, Quebec and is the lead singer/ Guitar player of the psychobilly group “Gutter Demons”. Blending hardcore and Rock n’ Roll, Johnny has released a new album after a 7 year hiatus. An outpouring of love over Facebook and other social outlets gave a reason for the band to reunite and subsequently release a new album titled “Unfinished Business&...

“Quick and the Dead” is the brainchild of Justin Marler (ex doom rock band “SLEEP”).  Being a man of faith, Justin felt that he couldn’t stand by and watch thousands of Syrians slaughtered.  He used the only tool he knew was music to attempt change and awareness about a place that is actually hell on earth.  Using old gospel hymns as a backbone, Justin, Tony D’A...

Sergie Loobkoff is the lead guitar player in some influential bands like Samiam and Knapsack. Sergie is also an artist and graphic designer living in downtown Los Angeles. In the podcast we spoke about the early days and the beginnings of Samiam. Sergie and his band mates have fostered a nonchalant approach to their music. He hates to use the word “fans” when discussing the followers o...

Eddie Paul is a singer, song writer based out of Montreal, QC. He’s a 28 year old, talented guy with his own view on music regarding style and presentation. Working under the Emery Street record label, Eddie has recorded a wide range of soulful, melodic songs. Not bending to the cookie cutter, major label malarkey is his style and it shows in his music. “Panda-Monium” is out on N...

Luther Wright originally was a member of Kingston Ontario’s “Weeping Tile”. “Luther Wright and the Wrongs” was formed in 1997. Luther took the band more seriously after “Weeping Tile” (his original band) broke up in 1998. LW&TW gained a wider fan base after they released a reimagined version of “Pink Floyd’s The Wall” in 2001 using bl...

Brian is the lead singer of the band “Night Birds”.  The band has released their new album “Mutiny on Muscle Beach” on Fat Wreck Chords. Hailing from the Jersey Shore NJ, the band has been around for a few years now and has toured a bunch throughout North America and Europe.  In this episode, we talk about having kids, cribbed some Louis CK material and had a jolly old good...

Rene is a self starting guy that produces his own band as well as hundreds more.  He is the leader of the rock & roll outfit “The Brains”.  His band has been labeled as a ‘psychobilly’ but they are much more than that.  If you don’t know the genre, google it!  “The Brains” have released 7 albums over thirteen years and are celebrating an anniversary by...

The Nils are a band based out of Montreal that has been around in several incarnations since 1978. Alex Soria started the band using all of the influence his older brother Carlos brought to him. Their first big show was opening for the Ramones in Montreal. The Nils were everyone’s favourite band because of the great songs they wrote. After suffering from label bankruptcies and personal chang...