Tonight is about the collective. We have friends, geniuses and musical minds for you.
Hugh Dillon visits the House Of Strombo for a conversation with George and they deep dive into their long friendship, the return of the Headstones, struggles with mental health and sobriety, the value of Kingston, Gord Downie and he shares the first song that he wrote.
Weyes Blood returns to the House Of Strombo to discuss her nomadic lifestyle, finding an analog mentality in a digital world, the toll that modern political news has taken on her writing, social justices, environmentalism, her religious upbringing, her missionary work in Nigeria as a teenager, how she battled through depression and the impact that discovering Virginia Woolf had on her writing. She strums a few songs on her acoustic guitar for you.
Thundercat visits to dig into his personal playlist, the infinite influence of The Big Lebowski, racial tensions in the United States, the intimidation of a black paper, his collaborations with Kendrick Lamar and Michael McDonald, how the feeling of music can start wars, his early days with Suicidal Tendencies, his father, growing up with Kamasi Washington and what’s next.
Jonathan Torrens of Taggart N Torrens Podcast and Trailer Park Boys tips his hat to his long-time friend and collaborator, the late John Dunsworth: “He loved meeting people even more than they loved meeting him. He got his doctorate in human behaviour and the world was his classroom with a twinkle in his eye, he’d push and pull and prod just to see.”
We also premiere new music from Biblical and Iskwé.
Lock it. Crank it. Join the collective.
Playlist
- Fats Domino, “Blueberry Hill”
- AC/DC, “Can I Sit Next To You Girl?”
- M.O.P., “Ante Up”
- The Clash, “Magnificent Dance”
- Iskwe, “Say It Sweet”
- BIBLICAL, “Gallows Humor”
- Fiona Apple, “Sullen Girl”
- Jessie Reyez, “Gatekeeper”
- Bob Marley, “Get Up Stand Up”
- Weyes Blood, “In The Beginning (Strombo Sessions)”
- Weyes Blood, “Bad Magic (Strombo Sessions)”
- The Slits, “Shoplifting”
- Blind Melon, “The Pusher”
- Cat Power, “Wonderwall”
- Yodeling Slim Clark, “The Cat Came Back”
- Liam Gallagher, “For What It’s Worth”
- A Perfect Circle, “Judith”
- A Perfect Circle, “The Doomed”
- Headstones, “Devils On Fire”
- Headstones, “Kingston”
- Headstones, “When Something Stands For Nothing”
- Nirvana, “You Know You’re Right”
- Etta James, “At Last”
- Lionel Richie, “All Night Long”
- Geto Boys, “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”
- Black Sabbath, “Children Of The Grave”
- Tom Waits, “Cemetery Polka”
- Thundercat, “Them Changes”
- Suicidal Tendencies, ”Institutionalized”
- Thundercat, “Walk On By (Ft. Kendrick Lamar)”
- Thundercat, “Show The Way (Ft. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins)”
- Arlo Guthrie, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacre”
- Lucy Rose, “Is This Called Home?”
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, “Anthem For No State, Part I”
- Broken Social Scene, “World Sick”