John Michael Swinimer

Stewart Legere

Stewart Legere podcast [https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Stewart-Legere-podcast.png?resize=1280%2C809&ssl=1] Broadcast Date – February 8, 2023 Our chats will be just that very conversational, not entirely sensible and with any luck totally enjoyable… Now you know that saying… “all good things come to those who wait” – well never has that been more apropos than today’s show – cause after nearly 13 years of trying to connect – celebrating his work on SEA AND BE SCENE [https://eastcoastcurator.com/whats-the-east-coast-curator/] and talking about him with countless other guests on the show I am FINALLY getting a chance to chat with Nova Scotia born singer/songwriter/musician/actor/artistic director/film composer and truly cool person Stewart Legere and you’ve gotta know after more nearly 13 years I’ve got a ton of questions, especially about his Sold Out Valentine’s Day sho fellow creator and friend Kim Harris entitled YOUNG HEARTS [https://www.alderneylanding.com/events/young-hearts/] that celebrates the soundtrack from Baz Lurhmann’s ROMEO + JULIET [https://www.alderneylanding.com/events/young-hearts/]. We’ll also talk about how his music made its way onto the big screen in Thom Fitzgerald’s award-winning feature SPLINTERS [https://eastcoastcurator.com/2020/10/23/splinters-will-open-at-neptune-theatre/], his sidesplitting stand-in for Jenn Grant in the cake-making scene of JENNY TOWN’S [https://eastcoastcurator.com/2021/05/19/jenny-town/] season finale talk about some truly delightful collaborations with awesome east coast artists. We’ll also get to 1st Things First, play a long overdue round of INsights IN 10, and spins as much of his marvellous music as we can within the hour – so with all that ahead we best get to it. Here’s my telephone conversation with the one and only Stewart Legere. [https://i0.wp.com/eastcoastcurator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Show-Notes-SABSah-bar.jpg?resize=800%2C89&ssl=1]You can find Stewart Legere online linktr.ee [https://linktr.ee/StewartLegere] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stewartlegere/] and Twitter [https://twitter.com/StewartLegere] too For more on those theatre companies Stewart mentioned just click on their name Zuppa Theatre [https://zuppa.works/], The Company Theatre [https://companytheatre.ca/], Ship’s Company Theatre [https://www.shipscompanytheatre.com/] Here’s Rose Cousins’ GO FIRST video starring Stewart Legere and Stephanie MacDonald (while I said it was going backwards I’m thinking now it’s just the opposite of what you might imagine with a love scene… watch and you decide) Be sure to WATCH Stewart’s incredibly hilarious turn at “cake making” in the Season 1 finale of JENNY TOWN here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iuHW_w8Qc8&list=PLC9ksOGqFD4IUymbHGZ9CAEBooSmmgBJy&index=7&t=628s]. We played some amazing music on the show today and all of it is available on iTunes to get a copy for your collection click on the title “Brick & Mortar” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/brick-and-mortar-feat-stewart-legere/1588530370?i=1588530371] by Terra Spencer with Stewart Legere, “Wishes In Wells” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/wishes-in-wells/1219798547?i=1219798551] by Stewart Legere,“Go First” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/go-first/1003687689?i=1003687956] by Rose Cousins, “Judy” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/judy/1650967422?i=1650967820] by Jenn Grant & Kim Harris, and “Where We Are Going” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/where-we-are-going/1586394700?i=1586394701] by Stewart Harris [https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LISTEN-HERE-.jpg?resize=800%2C89&ssl=1]

Kristen Martell

[https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Kristen-Martell-podcast.jpg?resize=1275%2C861&ssl=1] Broadcast Date – February 1, 2023 Our chats will be just that very conversational, not entirely sensible and with any luck totally enjoyable… And it sure was that catching up with today’s guest and we had some lovely stuff to catch up on… plenty of stellar stuff has happened since we last crossed paths two summers ago at the Mahone Bay Music Festival – including a bunch of nominations from the East Coast Music Association and Music Nova Scotia Award and just last week she earned two more ECMA nods for her lastest release EVERY SEASON including a nomination for Folk Recording of the Year and Album of the Year So we’ll talk about all of that and so much more including the talented team of collaborators on this project including Gabrielle Papillon and Dan Ledwell, how a surprise twist on her tune turned into a techno hit and what’s in store for her multi province tour next month. Plus we’ll get to 1st Things First, play an enlightening round of INsights IN 10 and naturally spin as much of her marvellous music as we can throughout the hour so with all that ahead we best get to it – here’s my sit down conversation with the one and only Kristen Martell. [https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/show-notes-bar.jpg?resize=800%2C89&ssl=1] You can find Kristen Martell online at kristenmartell.com [https://kristenmartell.com] on Instagram [https://instagram.com/kristenmartellmusic], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/kristenmartellmusic] and Twitter [https://twitter.com/MartellKristen] too For the full scoop on Kristen’s tour dates click here [https://kristenmartell.com/shows]. We played some great music on the show today and it’s all available on iTunes. To get a copy of it for your collection just click on the title – “Here No More” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/here-no-more-feat-gabrielle-papillon-old-man-luedecke/1646448571?i=1646448574] “Ain’t No Obstacle” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/aint-no-obstacle/1506988860?i=1506988865]and “Photograph of Secrets” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/photograph-of-secrets/1562438086?i=1562438087]by Kristen Martell, “Should I Run” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/should-i-run-lee-rosevere-remix/1629335720?i=1629335721]by Kristen Martell (Lee Rosevere Remix) and “Madolyn” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/madolyn/1447973772?i=1447973773]by Ghost Town Heroes To hear Kristen’s favourite tune – “Naked As We Came” by Iron & Wine click here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd-A-iiPoLg] For the full scoop on the 2023 Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl visit lobstercrawl.ca [https://visitsouthshore.ca/lobster-crawl/]

QWINN

[https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/QWINN-podcast-169.jpg?resize=1275%2C861&ssl=1] Broadcast Date – January 25, 2023 By now I’m sure I’ve said a million times – maybe more but – it bears repeating today because one of Atlantic Canada’s greatest natural resources is music and there’s nothing I like more than celebrating that bounty – so you have to know how thrilled I was to hear from my Sound of Pop pal Tim Hardy [https://seaandbesceneandheard.com/2020/01/30/tim-hardy/] a couple week’s back. You see among a whole bunch of other stellar stuff – Sound of Pop secures placement in TV and film productions for the songs created by their righteous roster of artists – as it turns out he was calling to connect me with one such artist who’s edgy pop single “Welcome to My Life” can be heard in Season 2 Episode 3 of Netflix’s number one show GINNY & GEORGIA [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10813940/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0]. So we’ll get the scoop on how that song came together and so much more – including how she found her urban pop sound growing up in rural New Brunswick, how she feels about performing live and how she’s come to work with some truly cool collaborators – we’ll also get to first things first, play a fun round of insights in ten and chat about how being a mom is her best gig yet. So with all that ahead we best get to it – here’s my conversation with the one and only QWINN. [https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/show-notes-bar.jpg?resize=800%2C89&ssl=1] You can find Qwinn online biglink.to [https://biglink.to/qwinnlinks] @Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/qwinncreates/] @Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/qwinncreates] @TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@qwinncreates?lang=en] You can see Qwinn reacting to her song being in GINNY & GEORGIA here [https://www.instagram.com/p/CnKIuEtqbOA/]. For more on Sound of Pop visit soundofpop.com [https://soundofpop.com] You can find the complete list of East Coast Music Association’s 2023 nominees on ecma.org [https://www.ecma.com/] We played some great music on the show today and it’s all available on iTunes. To get a copy for yourself just click on the title: “Welcome to My Life“ [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/welcome-to-my-life/1659526212?i=1659526213] by Qwinn, “Hello Again” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/hello-again/1266835327?i=1266835867] by Brittany McQuinn, “Doc Martens” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/doc-martens/1512975421?i=1512975613] by FLWER & Qwinn, “YLTWIL” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/yltwil/1553143215?i=1553143217] by Qwinn, “Stronger Than You Know” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/stronger-than-you-know/1643902064?i=1643902264] by The East Pointers You can here Qwinn’s favourite song “Elements” A Fine Frenzy click here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WALuMTlBEfs]

John Michael Swinimer

JMS podcast 168 [https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/JMS-podcast-168.jpg?resize=1275%2C861&ssl=1] Broadcast Date – January 18, 2023 Our chats will be just that very conversational, not entirely sensible and with any luck totally enjoyable – Now when you’ve been doing this kinda celebration for as long as I have – you end up going WAY WAY BACK with a great number of great folks – but when it comes to today’s guest well we go way way way way back to my first day on the planet in fact. That’s right he’s back a Sea and be Scene and Heard All Star of the highest order and my big brother John Swinimer. Now truth be told we talk a lot off the air – as my go-to tech guy throughout the entire run of seaandbescene.com and now for East Coast Curator [https://eastcoastcurator.com/] we’re connecting a least once a week to keep the old train on the tracks. His work in Public Relations keeps him busy as does his cool website and podcast – True North Country Comics [https://truenorthcountrycomics.com/] through which he promotes Canadian comic book creators and their supporters, and he just got back from the 2023 Edition of CES in Las Vegas Nevada so I thought the timing was perfect to catch up for a little chat here on covefm – during which we’ll get the scoop on all of that and then some – including some truly cool new products, who he believes is the best batman and were he stands on Oscar Pools. With all that ahead we best get to it – here’s my telephone conversation with the one and only John Michael Swinimer (you’ll find the player at the bottom of the post) [https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/show-notes-bar.jpg?resize=800%2C89&ssl=1] Be sure to visit TrueNorthCountryComics.com [https://truenorthcountrycomics.com/]and follow them on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TrueNorthComics] and like them on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/truenorthcountrycomics/] & Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/truenorthcountrycomics/] too! If you’d like to listen our previous shows with John Michael click on the date – October 13, 2021 [https://seaandbesceneandheard.com/2021/10/13/john-michael-swinimer/] and January 24, 2018 [https://seaandbesceneandheard.com/2019/02/26/episode-24-john-michael-swinimer/] For more information about CES, visit the official website ces.tech [https://www.ces.tech/] truenorthcountrycomics instagram [https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/truenorthcountrycomics-instagram.png?resize=415%2C387&ssl=1] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CnRolE9uth_/] Find out what characters belong to each umbrella brand just click on the name DC Comics [http://www.dccomics.com/] and Marvel Comics [http://marvel.com/] If you want to check out Ryan Reynolds AI spot for Mint Moble here [https://www.instagram.com/p/CnPOGJXO-M5/] We played some great music on this episode and it’s all available on iTunes to get a copy for your collection just click on the title. “Viva Las Vegas“ [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/viva-las-vegas/217633715?i=217635876] by Elvis Presley, “Take Off” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/take-off/1440760888?i=1440761183] by Bob & Doug McKenzie featuring Geddy Lee, “Batman (TV Series Theme Song)” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/batman-theme/466472881?i=466472989] by Neal Hefti, “Lift Me Up (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lift-me-up-from-black-panther-wakanda-forever-music/1651763191?i=1651763192] by Rihanna and “Northern Attitude” [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/northern-attitude/1644787581?i=1644787582] by Noah Kahan. For information on the 95th Annual Academy Awards visit oscars.org [https://www.oscars.org/] For more information on Weta Films click here [https://www.wetafx.co.nz/films/filmography/] [https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LISTEN-HERE-.jpg?resize=800%2C89&ssl=1]

Josh Cruddas

Josh Cruddas podcast 2023 [https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Josh-Cruddas-podcast.jpg?resize=1280%2C842&ssl=1] Broadcast Date – January 11, 2023 Our chats will be just that very conversational, not entirely sensible and with any luck totally enjoyable – it sure was all of that and then some catching up with today’s guest. After another very busy year filled with big screen roles in features like THE LAST MARK and MOONFALL and TV turns in shows like MURDOCH MYSTERIES and DOOMLANDS not to mention his continued composing of film scores – he was home for the holidays. So we met up for a hot chocolate and a chat at the Bandstand in Chester, Nova Scotia [https://chestermerchants.ca/] on a crazy warm day in late December. To talk about all of that and so much more – including his most recent movie role in the forthcoming HALEY ROSE, his ongoing work with aspiring young stage actors, his debut album Variety Show and how exactly he landed on the dance floor in a Director X [https://directorxfilms.com/] video for Drake [https://drakerelated.com/#front]. And so with all that ahead we best get to it. Here’s my sit down conversation with the one and only Josh Cruddas. [https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/show-notes-bar.jpg?resize=800%2C89&ssl=1] You can find Josh Cruddas online on his website [http://joshcruddas.weebly.com/] on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/joshcruddas/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/joshcruddas] and Twitter [https://twitter.com/joshcruddas] too. You can listen to our last chat with Josh Cruddas back in 2021 click here [https://seaandbesceneandheard.com/2021/01/06/josh-cruddas/]. For a full rundown on all of Josh’s on screen work check out his IMDb page here [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4145157/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1]. You can here the podcast chat with Josh’s HAILEY ROSE co-star Billy MacLellan here [https://seaandbesceneandheard.com/2022/11/23/billy-maclellan-2/]. We played some great music on the show and it’s available on iTunes – to get a copy for your collection click on the “Edelweiss [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/edelweiss-reprise/1550187908?i=1550188566]” by The Sound of Music Cast, “Falling Back [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/falling-back/1630230040?i=1630230060]” by Drake, “Way to Your Heart [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/way-to-your-heart/1590639453?i=1590639454]” and “Be Alright [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/be-alright/1590639453?i=1590639696]” by Josh Cruddas from his album VARIETY SHOW [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/variety-show/1590639453] and “Wheel of Fortune [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/wheel-of-fortune/1445882013?i=1445882211]” from The Pirates of the Carribean by Hans Zimmer. You can watch the Director X “Falling Back” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOreUnGoIMg] music video for Drake here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOreUnGoIMg]. We talked about a lot of movies and TV shows – for info on any of them just click on the title – Ginny & Georgia [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10813940/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0], The Last Mark [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12773826/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0], Copperhead [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404555/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1], Beau is Afraid [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13521006/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0], Shelved [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21057886/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0], Murdoch Mysteries [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091909/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0], Resident Evil [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6920084/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1], The Sound of Music [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0], Hudson & Rex [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9111220/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3], Sex & The City [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159206/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3], It’s A Wonderful Life [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0], Top Gun: Maverick [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0], The Hunger Games [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0], Harry Potter [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241527/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0], Dynasty [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081856/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4] and Vollies [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15719746/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0] [https://i0.wp.com/seaandbesceneandheard.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LISTEN-HERE-.jpg?resize=800%2C89&ssl=1]