Skydiggers

Employee of the Myth

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Employee of the Myth is a podcast about beloved roots-rockers, Skydiggers. This is a perfect listening companion while walking the dog, washing the dishes or driving to your favourite unspecified destination. Prepare to amaze your friends with your “behind the scenes” knowledge of one of Canada's favourite bands! Season 1 & 2 : Hide Your Light, Bid Your Time (episodes 1-12) Each episode in the first two seasons explores the new album, released in 2023. The conversations aim to place the songs in context of the more than 35 years that co-founders Andy Maize and Josh Finlayson have been writing,...

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4 - Hide Your Light: "Muscle Cars and Sissy Bars" 01.08.2023 15:25

In this episode we take a nostalgic look back to a time when everything was in front of us… to the innocence and adventure of youth… the endless days of summer and the endless possibilities of life ahead… “All the time you can’t get back… when time is all that you need…” In addition to the interview, you'll also hear Andy and Josh perform two songs: "Muscle Cars and Sissy Bars” ( Hide...

3 - Hide Your Light: "Hide Your Light" 18.07.2023 21:01

EP 3 - Hide Your Light , finds Jane, Josh and Andy shining a light on the EP's title track. In addition to the interview, you'll also hear Andy and Josh perform two songs: "Hide Your Light” ( Hide Your Light , 2023), and "Horseshoe Bay" ( Bittersweet Harmony, 2003 ). Both tracks are recorded by Tim Vesely, live-off-the-floor at the Woodshed Studio in Toronto. Stream, down...

1 - Hide Your Light: "Debris" 04.07.2023 26:27

Episode 1 of Employee of the Myth features Ronnie Lane's "Debris", the opening track on Skydiggers' new EP, Hide Your Light . “If you’ll learn to play an instrument you will always have a friend.” A solid piece of advice from Stanley Lane to his son Ronnie, who would take that advice and turn it into a career writing songs and playing with seminal British bands the Small Face...

2 - Hide Your Light: "My City is Gone" 04.07.2023 19:28

"Bit by bit, brick by brick, My city is gone..." Josh and Andy discuss the changes that have occurred in Toronto over the years and also touch upon Josh's time in London during the early '80s. In addition to the interview, you'll also hear Andy and Josh perform two songs: "Desmond's Hip City” ( Desmond's Hip City, 1997), and "My City is Gone" ( Hid...