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Q with Tom Power CBC Arts & Entertainment
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Five days a week acclaimed interviewer Tom Power sits down with the artists, writers, actors and musicians who define pop culture. Whether he’s ribbing Adele, singing a boyband classic with Simu Liu, or dissecting faith with U2 frontman Bono – Tom brings the same curiosity, respect and meticulous preparation into every conversation. He also has a track record for interviewing artists on the precipice of stardom – like Lizzo and Billie Eilish — who appeared on Q well before hitting the mainstream. Hear your favourite artists as they truly are, every weekday with Tom Power.
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MacKenzie Porter: On the heartbreak of trying to make it in Nashville
The Canadian country singer MacKenzie Porter grew up on a cattle and bison ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta. When her brother Kalan won “Canadian Idol” in 2004, she learned a lot about the good and bad of the music industry. She’s just released a new album, “Nobody’s Born with a Broken Heart,” which explores her struggle to make it in Nashville. MacKenzie sits down with Tom in studio to talk about the record and some of the hard-won lessons she learned in the Music City.
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Kuperman Brothers: On making their Broadway debut with The Outsiders
Rick and Jeff Kuperman (a.k.a. the Kuperman Brothers) are Canadian directors and choreographers whose work spans film, TV, music videos, concerts and stage shows. Now, they’ve made their Broadway debut as the choreographers of “The Outsiders” — a new musical based on S. E. Hinton’s seminal novel of the same name. The Kuperman Brothers join Tom to talk about “The Outsiders” and how being dragged to martial arts classes as kids helped them find their path.
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Jerry Seinfeld: Unfrosted, turning 70, and the Seinfeld finale
Few names are as instantly recognizable as Jerry Seinfeld. After nearly 50 years in comedy, TV and film, he’s now flexing his directorial muscles with “Unfrosted” — a new movie all about the creation of Pop-Tarts. Jerry chats with Tom about the film, his early days on Johnny Carson, his relationship with Larry David, and how he really feels about the “Seinfeld” finale.
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Quick Q: Softcult on their new EP Heaven
The Canadian twin siblings Phoenix and Mercedes Arn-Horn went from playing in the super successful band Courage My Love to moving in an entirely different direction as Softcult. They sit down with Tom to set up a song from their new EP, “Heaven.”
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Béla Fleck: On tackling George Gershwin’s masterpiece Rhapsody In Blue
George Gershwin’s iconic concerto “Rhapsody In Blue” turns 100 this year. To mark the occasion, Béla Fleck, one of the world’s greatest living banjo players, has released an album of his takes on the American classic. Béla joins Tom to tell us what inspired this project and how he arranged one of the 20th century’s most famous orchestral pieces for a bluegrass band.
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Carley Fortune: On leaving journalism to become a romance novelist
Carley Fortune is the Canadian author behind the New York Times bestselling novels “Every Summer After” and “Meet Me at the Lake” (the latter of which is being adapted for Netflix by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle). Carley talks to Tom about her new book “This Summer Will Be Different,” leaving journalism to pursue being a novelist, and why the romance genre is having a moment right now.