Graventown

Friends;  what a special episode indeed because as you hear this, I'll most likely be in the friendly Atlantic Canadian skies, drinking a morning beer on Porter Airlines, as I'm taking a little mental trip eastward to visit some friends in PEI and Halifax. Those two places will always have special meaning and emit warm glow sprinkles deep in the cockles of my heart - and I feel like that...

Hello Graventown residents. Sorry for the delay - I was fairly truculent with Tuesday uploads for a while and then some life stuff happened. You understand. At any rate, somehow we are here on the wild frontier of 70 episodes. Seventy. Sh*t. You don't know whether to laugh or cry. I hope you enjoy my post-tour unpacking and existential catching up. May you be comforted today! Stay tuned for a...

Friends. Sometimes you get the egg whites, and sometimes you get the meaty yolks. Christina Martin is my sister from another mister who I've never even met - a and a multi award winning music maker and singer-songwriter from the east coast of Canada (and you can read all about her awesome accolades here )  but I had the chance to have her back for round deux of Graventown -  and this time, he...

Friends - welcome back to the G-town get-down yet again. Musicians and comedians often feel like we are distant relatives; there's a correlation but we can't exactly put our finger on that common throughline. But also, with any performer, there's something beautiful about being out of the spotlight and just laughing. My guest today is one of the funniest people I follow online and h...

Friends, countryfolk and city scoundrels; hello. This was an extra special cake and ice cream episode of Graventown because I got to talk with someone I deeply respect and admire (and whom I have such a lovely conversational shorthand with)  - Ron Hawkins. He's not just a sweet musical pal, incredible painter and past touring partner of the Gravenator. No, no, friends. Don't box him in....

Friends! Here's one I ripped off into the universe from the municipal roads of Nepean. Just some post thoughts and ponderings. I hope they find you well in the continuation of this glorious fall weather. I'm just getting to a place where I'm trying to embrace the love in my life and not wanting that to wane. For a long time, I've had a blockage that would stop me from those fee...

Friends. I hope this G-man solo ear candy store visit finds you well. Adulting. Music. Gratitude. All these themes and more are in this episode. I hope it hits you in the heart cockles. You're loved. My new album "Geographics" is out now on all platforms. You can preorder the digital, cd and vinyl versions of the album on my bandcamp page , (which helps me greatly) but I understand...

Graventowners and Getdowners; welcome back. As I continue to pump these episodes out into the ethersphere, I'm so stunned and thankful to meet and connect with some pretty lovely and special folks in this space. Matt Beisner is no exception to that rule. I actually became friends with him on IG before I knew what he was all about and I appreciated his positive outlook and love for dogs - but...

Well hey friends. I'm trying to get back into the podcast fray and I always appreciate your ears and support. Starting in September, I'm gonna be riding roughshod across the rugged Ontario terrain with a great friend and an even greater music maker; Stephen Stanley. Wolfe Island-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Stephen Stanley may most immediately be known as a founding member, lead...

Hallo my d00dz. I've been summering. I hope you have done the same. Amidst the laking and cottaging, it was fun to fire off an August ember into the podfire. Jennifer Baranick is a stark and vivid music maker who is an explosion of art and song and golden guitar fuzz and super unique lyricism and vocalization - and she usually blends all of those elements majestically into her music project B...

Hello G town friends. It's been a nanosecond or two. But I'm rested and back in the pod saddle with some fresh rattle/out the box takes on the weird world of artistry right. Please join my Ko Fi. It's 8 bucks a month. For the love of all that is pure. Help me survive. In other news, I canceled a yard show and rescheduled it for later in August. Come if ya can! Have a listen. May you...

Friends. How do the seconds turn into days and hours and weeks?  What in the actual Axel Foley is going on around here? At any rate - here we are. Episode 60. Sixty. Wow. And what a way to celebrate with an interview featuring the magnanimous magnificent Dean and Kevin from the ever growing multi-faceted hilarious and friend podcast from Wisconsin: Cocktails with Dimples and The Beard. They are kn...

Friends. Hokey  Dinah. It's been another hot minute since I've been in and around the podsphere. I hope this  jargonesque episode wets the stone-saw of your content voracious mind. Thank you for being on this journey. More to come! My new album "Geographics" is out now on all platforms. You can preorder the digital, cd and vinyl versions of the album on my bandcamp page , (whic...

Hello friends - it's been a few buckets  of hot seconds since I've been in the podverse. I found some time between touring to get some shiznit uploaded for your lovely selves and I have a few more on the way. Today's theme is anxiety  - and how remembering a simple mantra  during times of heaviness and stress (and redirecting your focus and energy) can be helpful.  I hope it finds y...

Pals - I've had  this episode simmering slightly on the backburner for a while but  it's finally braised and ready to be plated for your mental pleasure. Dennis  Moseley-Williams  has been described as  dangerously funny and wickedly smart. He is not only an outstanding presenter, but he’s also an outstanding person as well (and I can attest to that as he has become a great friend).  He...

Friends - here we are YET again. I hope you're ready for three hot "Twenty Two-Four" pods in an oven of contentment that are spiced, fresh, ready, saucy and primed to slide  into your emotional gullet.  In this episode, the Gravenator talks about  ways to winterize your habits and keep your mental health primed through such a dark winter season. Stay you, always, m'dudes. Y&apo...

Hallo  my palllllzzzz. Welcome back to Graventown; Population - You. It's been way too long  since I sang  the podcast song. I've misssed you, you beautiful digital void. Happy 2024 and may this new year bring you new and great things. In this episode, I talk about some recent adventures of love and emotion and how taking the big swings have always helped me in life. I hope it finds you...

Graventown Friends from all of  the map-ends. I was feeling pretty raw when this cast of ye olde pod came out just before the yuletide glee. I hope  it finds you  well. It was about the essence of music and art and  just sticking with a craft through all seasons of life - in a phrase; manufacturing authenticity.  I also talk about  seeing failure as a privilege  has  helped me time and time again....

Was nice to have some runway between Ottawa and Kingston to launch a few thoughts about loss and life and musical light that guides us through it all. The  gig at the toucan with Tom was ethereal and it was important to dissect the whys and hows of getting out of your own way and being a vessel. I always appreciate  you listening and I'll hope to see you in Toronto this coming Saturday Decemb...

Pals. I'm back with some solo yolo yeet Graven tidings for your G-town sundown fomo. I don't know what that means, but I felt semi cool writing it. It's a hard and fun and sad and happy season we are in, and I just wanted to airdrop you some digital love. I hope you are uplifted, in whatever state of the pre-holiday tinseltown gerbil maze that you're skittering  through. Keep c...

Podpals. Thanks for following the good ship Graventown into the night. After a short hiatus, we are back in the saddle with episode 51 (can ya believe it?!) featuring the fierce fiery phenon music maker Jenn Grant. Jenn Grant’s music is deeply empathetic and generous of heart, so of course one day she would invite the whole country to make it with her.  Champagne Problems, her eighth album and fir...

G-towner non-frowners. Thanks for being here. This was a lost episode where my pal Kevin Landry interviewed me in Sept 2021 right before I was shipping out to Dartmouth NS to record "Simple Complex" with Joel Plaskett, Charles Austin and so many more talented east coast musical pals. We did it with a phone mic live at the beautiful Big Rig so you definitely hear some clinking and clackin...

Friends and fam in the Graventown flock - you're in for a treat for my 50th episode. How do you describe a one-woman ultra-unique powerfully poignant force of nature who is a comedian, director, content creator, film maker, musician and professional dancer? Simple; it's Toni Nagy. Toni is a self decribed "writer that writes real good". Toni is also a stand up comedian and film...

Hello pals. If you've made it this far through the carcasts, you win a pretzel. Please redeem your voucher at gravensuperfans dot org slash gadzooks. Just kidding. What do I look like? A freakin' pretzel factory ova hee-yeah?! (insert bouncing thumb to four fingers fazool hand gesture) But in all honesty - this one was the gem of my summer carcast series. The audio was great and I felt l...

Folks. Hello. It's been quiet on the dusty Graventown podcast front. Tumbleweeds have been rustling in studio 26K. It's been a busy summer and the fall isn't slowing down anytime soon - but in lieu of that schedule sap-stuck flow from the podcast tree (am I mixing too many metaphors here? Probably) - I thought I'd throw up (figuratively, not literally) a few carcast episodes fr...