This episode of Long Night with Vish Khanna was recorded before a live studio audience at Workman Arts in Toronto, Ontario during Long Winter on Friday February 21, 2020. Our guests were CBC Fresh Air and Podcast Playlist host, Nana Aba Duncan , comedian Daniel Woodrow , and comedian/actor Aba Amuquandoh . With special house band replacement, keyboard virtuoso Robin Hatch . Recorded by Dave MacKinnon . Produced by Vish Khanna and Long Winter. Photos by Shane Parent . Sponsored by Pizza Trokadero...
Feb 25, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 8Ep. 528
Show host Shad and director/producer Darby Wheeler discuss the new, fourth season of their Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Netflix series, Hip-Hop Evolution ! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 8Ep. 527
Comedian Ron Funches talks about his Gettin' Better podcast, talking to Conan O'Brien , loving Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Vicki Lawrence , Black History/Future Month, future plans, and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 18, 2020•49 min•Season 8Ep. 526
Renowned American guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Jeff Parker on his astounding new album, Suite for Max Brown , his parents and musical trajectory, jazz and hip-hop, Tortoise plans, and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 12, 2020•55 min•Season 8Ep. 525
The talented, multi-disciplinary American artist Matana Roberts discusses her Coin Coin album series and its latest chapter, Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis , her personal and professional trajectory, upcoming projects, and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 8Ep. 524
Ahead of performing at JFL NorthWest in Vancouver on February 20, 2020, comedian Beth Stelling traces her acting/stand-up/writing trajectory, discusses growing up with a single mom, their podcast We Called Your Mom , future plans, and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 31, 2020•33 min•Season 8Ep. 523
Dan Bejar discusses the excellent new Destroyer LP, Have We Met , our mutual love of Bob Dylan ’s singing and records over the past 25 years, his working relationship with the late David Berman , his future plans, and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 8Ep. 522
Celebrating her new LP, Are You Gone , Sarah Harmer discusses a 10-year gap between releasing records, reflective lyrical themes on Are You Gone , celebrating her dear friend and mentor Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip , the pros and cons of social media, future plans, and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 8Ep. 521
Gord Sinclair on his debut solo album Taxi Dancers , how the Tragically Hip worked together and his role in the band, his feelings about Gord Downie and the Hip’s final tour, what may become of unreleased Hip material and whether or not they might play together again, his own future plans, and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on ...
Jan 24, 2020•51 min•Season 8Ep. 520
Everyone in Holy Fuck is on the show to discuss their history with the band, living in the cities they live in, Tom Power and CBC Radio's q , their excellent new album Deleter , and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 22, 2020•59 min•Season 8Ep. 519
This episode of Long Night with Vish Khanna was recorded before a live studio audience at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, Ontario during Long Winter on Saturday January 11, 2020. Our guests were keyboard virtuoso Robin Hatch , multi-instrumentalist poet Ian Daniel Kehoe , and Jordan Sowunmi and James Rathbone of Toronto's hip-hop party enterprise, Boosie Fade . With the Khanna Family Singers. Recorded by Dave MacKinnon . Produced by Vish Khanna and Long Winter. Photos by Shane Parent . Sponsored...
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr•Season 8Ep. 518
Recorded at Hamilton, Ontario's Grandad's Donuts, Friendly Rich discusses his new album, We Are All Terrorists , his life and musical trajectory, the state of the world in a cloudy internet age of outrage, local politics and activism, his own struggles, delicious donuts, and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Jan 14, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 8Ep. 517
Jessica Jalbert of Faith Healer and Jom Comyn teach me all about living life in Edmonton, its music scenes, its pizza scenes, jams, perceptions of Ontario, their current and future plans, and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 08, 2020•55 min•Season 8Ep. 516
Toronto's Matthew "Doc" Dunn talks musical tribalism, appreciating greatness, his band the Cosmic Range , his latest solo album, Upper Canada Blues , and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 01, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 8Ep. 515
Andy Cohen and Tim Midyett of Silkworm and Steve Albini discuss their work together on Silkworm's 1994 album In the West and its 25th anniversary reissue on Comedy Minus One Records! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 19, 2019•1 hr 40 min•Season 7Ep. 514
This episode of Long Night with Vish Khanna was recorded before a live studio audience at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Ontario during Long Winter on Friday December 13, 2019. Our guests were Toronto musician Laura Barrett , podcaster/host of The Gravy Train , Jordan Heath-Rawlings , Saskatchewan-based Cree visual artist Joi T. Arcand , and from the band Sloan , Jay Ferguson . With announcer/sidekick James Keast and our house band, the Bicycles . Recorded by Dave MacKinnon . Produced by Vi...
Dec 17, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 7Ep. 513
Kevin McDonald talks about Kevin McDonald's Rock Opera , Kevin McDonald's Kevin McDonald Show , Kevin McDonald's Beatles theories, Kevin McDonald's updates about the Kids in the Hall , and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 13, 2019•53 min•Season 7Ep. 512
This episode features a panel discussion about the award-winning book, Tomorrow is Too Late: Toronto Hardcore Punk in the 1980s , and was recorded before a live audience at the Toronto Reference Library on Tuesday July 23, 2019. Our panelists were authors Derek Emerson and Shawn Chirrey and contributors Simon Harvey, Fran Grasso, Steve Perry, and Doug Galbraith. Recorded by the Toronto Reference Library. Produced by Vish Khanna and Shawn Chirrey. Sponsored by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Pl...
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Season 7Ep. 511
Carlyn and Amanda of Toronto's Ice Cream discuss their music origin stories, their long friendship, the lyrical intent and sound of their excellent new album, Fed Up , and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 04, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 7Ep. 510
This episode of Long Night with Vish Khanna was recorded before a live studio audience at the Tranzac in Toronto, Ontario during Long Winter on Friday November 22, 2019. Our guests were author Zalika Reid-Benta , comedians/ Landlord and Tenant Podmess hosts Michael Balazo and James Hartnett , and Oscar-nominated musician Owen Pallett . With announcer/sidekick James Keast and our house band, the Bicycles . Recorded by Dave MacKinnon . Produced by Vish Khanna and Long Winter. Photos by Shane Paren...
Nov 27, 2019•57 min•Season 7Ep. 509
Nic and Rose of LAL make time for a chat at the 2019 edition of Sappyfest about their history together, the significance of empowering underrepresented communities, campus radio, their new Coax Records release, Dark Beings , and more! Supported by CFRU 93.3 FM , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 20, 2019•54 min•Season 7Ep. 508
Rock 'n' roll legend Robbie Robertson discusses his working relationship with Martin Scorsese and scoring The Irishman , the 50th anniversary reissue of The Band and the recent doc, Once Were Brothers , his new solo album Sinematic , and more! Supported by CFRU 93.3 FM , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Nov 13, 2019•34 min•Season 7Ep. 507
Good pals Rob Benvie (of Bankruptcy ) and Peter Elkas discuss their long friendship, their old bands Thrush Hermit and Local Rabbits, the new Bankruptcy album Computers Make the Drinks , their November 7 show at the Dakota Tavern , and more! Supported by CFRU 93.3 FM , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
Nov 05, 2019•1 hr 31 min•Season 7Ep. 506
Esteemed guitarist and songwriter Bill MacKay talks about his two new Drag City releases, Fountain Fire and, in collaboration with Katinka Kleijn , Stir , his musical history, the state of the world, and more! Supported by CFRU 93.3 FM , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 505
Songwriter, musician, producer, and singer Sandro Perri talks about his new Constellation Records release, Soft Landing , his exploration of record engineering and guitar, temporality, and more! Supported by CFRU 93.3 FM , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 23, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 504
Musician, visual artist, songwriter, and singer André Ethier talks about his life in Toronto, the history of the Deadly Snakes , his new Telephone Explosion Records release, Croak in the Weeds , and more! Supported by CFRU 93.3 FM , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 503
One episode, two separate guests who happen to be touring together! During downtime at Sappyfest 2019, Shotgun Jimmie discusses his new LP, Transistor Sister 2 and, whilst on a reunion tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of Clayton Park , Thrush Hermit talk about those things! Supported by CFRU 93.3 FM , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast....
Oct 09, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Season 7Ep. 502
Gregg Turkington and Eric Notarnicola discuss their wonderful new On Cinema at the Cinema venture, Mister America , a feature film in theatres October 9! Supported by CFRU 93.3 FM , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 07, 2019•45 min•Season 7Ep. 501
The prolific, influential, and reclusive Rick White talks Eric's Trip , Elevator to Hell , the Unintended , The Opening with Eiyn Sof , RC trucking , future plans, and more! Supported by CFRU 93.3 FM , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 7Ep. 500
Fly Pan Am 's Roger Tellier-Craig and J.S. Truchy discuss the band's new album, C'est ça , Montreal and Constellation Records, why Fly Pan Am went away for almost 15 years and why they came back, future plans, and more! Supported by CFRU 93.3 FM , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 25, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 499