The Stumble Forward Hawksley Workman

Raine Maida is a multi award winning artist, producer, and entrepreneur. He’s best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the band Our Lady Peace who won 2 Juno awards and absolutely dominated MuchMusic and the radio waves in the late 90s into the 2000’s. They were a hugely successful and headlined major festivals and arena tours throughout Canada and the US. They’ve got a fantastically artistic new record out in 2022 called Spiritual Machines. Raine is a...

Linda Manzer is a Canadian master luthier, renowned for her archtop, flat top, and harp guitars. Her instruments are owned and played by the likes of Pat Metheny, Bruce Cockburn, Paul Simon and Stephen Fearing. She emanates from a very interesting Canadian guitar building cohort and was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2023. Please welcome Linda Manzer.More Linda ManzerFacebook / Twitter / InstagramWatch episode on YouTubeSupport the Show.The Stumble F...

Daniel Victor is a Canadian, Juno Award-nominated recording artist and producer from Windsor, Ontario, best known for his collaborative music project Neverending White Lights. Daniel's song "The Grace" featuring the voice of Dallas Green, was a number 1 hit in Canada and would be the song that would establish City and Colour as a stalwart on Canadian indie rock radio. I had dinner with Daniel a few weeks back when I was in Windsor and we had such a fabulous chat that I wanted to b...

Alan Neal is a gifted and well-loved journalist and on-air host for CBC Radio Ottawa, a playwright and children’s author. He was the long-time host of CBC Radio’s "Ontario Today" and now helms the hugely popular Ottawa drive home show, "All in a Day" whose listenership reaches from western Quebec through eastern Ontario. I’ve been interviewed by Alan several times and I can say that they’re always the most interesting and well researched interviews I ever do. Today I hope to do ev...

Kathleen Edwards is a 7-time Juno Award nominated, Polaris Prize short-listed singer and songwriter who has released 5 critically acclaimed full length records. She’s toured extensively and even played Late night with David Letterman 5 times. I think Kathleen is one of the best songwriters in the country and has amassed an intimidatingly strong body of work that stands as one of the greatest collected outputs of any Canadian songwriter in recent memory. Please welcome Kathl...

Cliff Cardinal is an award-winning playwright and actor most noted for his one man shows “Stitch”, “Huff”, “Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special”, and “As You Like It” (later named, “Land Acknowledgement”). He’s toured his work all over the world including a stop at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where he won The Lustrum Award which recognizes the greatest moments at the festival. The Globe and Mail named him as a Canadian cultural icon in 2022. Cliff has also released three albums w...