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Episode 014: Megan Hamilton from 2023-12-13T18:58:46.691268
The first time Derek and Travis ever toured together they were opening up for Megan Hamilton. Now based in Kingston with her young family and supporting a new record with parent-friendly matinee sh...
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Episode 016: Remembering David Bowie from 2023-12-13T18:58:46.682613
David Bowie’s impact on songwriting and performance is nearly unparalleled. His death, although tragic, has allowed us to review his life’s work and soak in his legacy. Derek and Travis sit down wi...
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Episode 017: Graydon James from 2023-12-13T18:58:46.677139
Award-winning songwriter Graydon James finally made it to the IQMJ studio after a long courtship. The front-man and songwriter for The Young Novelists talked to Travis and Derek about the unlikely ...
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Episode 018: Kevin Head from 2023-12-13T18:58:46.671352
Chances are, you’ve never heard of Kevin Head, but there are few songwriters in Canada who’ve accomplished what “The Original Salt Cod Cowboy” has. The Nova Scotia native been writing and recording...
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Episode 021: Brendt Thomas Diabo from 2023-12-13T18:58:46.658611
Brendt Thomas Diabo is both an established actor and an established singer-songwriter steeped in the country and blues tradition. By way of the Kahnawake Reservation on Montréal’s south shore, Diab...
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Episode 023: Charles Tilden from 2023-12-13T18:58:46.649970
With Delta Will’s new record Weathering, hot off the press, Derek and Travis sat down with its front man Charles Tilden in the living room of the Toronto home he shares with future guest Kira May. ...
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Episode 026: Erika Werry from 2023-12-13T18:58:46.638504
Toronto singer-songwriter Erika Werry can pump you up with an anthemic rock hit or induce goosebumps with a heartfelt folk song. She has made a name for herself by consistently writing great songs ...
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Episode 001: Introduction from 2022-02-21T14:40:23.089250
In this introductory episode of the podcast, Derek and Travis talk about what they want to accomplish with I Quit My Job and about how they perceive the craft of songwriting in their own work and i...
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Episode 003: Taylor Ashton, Part 1 from 2022-02-21T14:40:23.087439
Taylor Ashton comes from the idyllic community of Mayne Island, BC, where he met the other four-fifths of his band Fish & Bird. Just before taking their fourth album to England, Taylor made time to...
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Episode 005: Barzin from 2022-02-21T14:40:23.084518
Born in London Ontario, Barzin spent his childhood in Iran and has since lived in Guelph and Ann Arbor, but since moving to downtown Toronto over a decade ago he hasn’t been able to fully escape th...
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Episode 007: Tara Watts from 2022-02-21T14:40:23.082729
Windsor-born-and-bred, Tara Watts has always had a restless soul, from travelling the world at a young age, which brought her life to a turning point in a Buddhist temple in Nepal, to her aspiratio...
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Episode 028: Patrick Krief from 2016-08-11T14:24:40
There’s no doubt that Patrick Krief has “made it.” Guitar player in Canadian indie-rock legends The Dears, Patrick also has a prominent solo career under the name ‘Krief.’ Derek and Patrick sit dow...
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Episode 027: Jay Pollock from 2016-06-22T14:27:02
Toronto songwriter Jay Pollock is a man of balance. He loves playing and performing music, but it is far from the only important thing in his life. In a refreshing turn from a lot of our conversati...
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Episode 025: Kira May from 2016-05-10T10:10:23
Stage fright nearly grounded Kira May’s music career before it even got underway. Now her stage presence is a big part of her appeal. Kira sat down with Derek and Travis to talk about overcoming he...
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Episode 024: Kelly "Mr. Chill" Hoppe from 2016-04-25T12:15:57
For a man who finds himself a member of one of the most established and successful rock bands in Canada, Big Sugar’s Kelly “Mr. Chill” Hoppe is eminently humble. Not only is he one of the country’s...
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Episode 022: Corinna Rose from 2016-03-21T12:07:51
Corinna Rose started in folk music as part of a unique ensemble band in an all-girls private school, but didn’t start making a true go of it until she was in her early twenties. She has since quit ...
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Episode 020: Max Marshall from 2016-02-24T20:01:21
Max Marshall has undergone no small transition over the last few years. From trying to make a go of songwriting in Toronto, to studying folklore at Memorial University in Newfoundland, to becoming ...
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Episode 019: Ron Leary from 2016-02-15T18:17:58
The first time we sat down with Ron to record an interview over a year ago, we caught him between construction shifts, exhausted, and frustrated with balancing those things and a music career all a...
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Episode 015: Travis Reitsma&Derek Harrison from 2016-01-18T12:15:41
Welcome to Season Two! Derek and Travis return from their break and start 2016 off with a guestless episode. Just as they did for the very first episode, our hosts sit down with one another and get...
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Episode 013: Andrew MacLeod from 2015-10-13T13:48:23
The youngest of six, Andrew MacLeod is one of only two among his siblings born in his late father Alistair’s homeland of Cape Breton. Inviting Travis and Derek to the West Windsor family home still...
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Episode 012: David Newberry from 2015-09-11T18:19:46
All of David Newberry’s friends are folk musicians, but he can’t stand folk music. Still, fans and music critics have aligned him with the Canadian folk scene, perhaps because of his voice and lyri...
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Episode 011: Bryce Jardine from 2015-08-20T09:52:36
Bryce Jardine has been pursuing a career in music since playing in a high school rock band in London Ontario. Now living in Toronto and fresh from quitting his job, Bryce visited Travis and Derek a...
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Episode 010: James OL from 2015-07-24T17:49:47
James Oltean-Lepp grew up in Harrow, the same diminutive town as Derek. His band, James OL & The Villains have been at the centre of a revitalized music scene in Windsor and are the purveyors of wh...
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Episode 009: Sarah Jane Scouten from 2015-07-10T09:43:53
Bowen Island native Sarah Jane Scouten proves that Canadian folk music isn't lame. Via Vancouver and Wales, Sarah ended up meeting Derek and Travis while living in Montreal and joined our hosts in ...
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Episode 008: Will Whitwham from 2015-06-25T13:19:39
Since forming in Toronto in July 2009, The Wilderness of Manitoba has worn many hats, with the only throughline being the presence of principal songwriter Will Whitwham. Fresh from playing a show t...
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Episode 006: Dave Dubois from 2015-05-21T12:50:21
Dave Dubois is known for many things, from being the frontman of The Locusts Have No King and a stalwart of the Windsor music scene to being a lifetime staffer of Taloola Café and an all-around swe...
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Episode 004: Rachael Cardiello from 2015-04-21T12:27:21
Montana-native Rachael Cardiello honed her songwriting chops in the "velvet rut" of Victoria BC, surrounded by some of Canada's finest songwriters. She sat down with Derek & Travis for what turned ...
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Episode 003: Taylor Ashton, Part 2 from 2015-04-15T18:26:22
Taylor Ashton comes from the idyllic community of Mayne Island, BC, where he met the other four-fifths of his band Fish & Bird. Just before taking their fourth album to England, Taylor made time to...
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Episode 002: Luke Michielsen from 2015-03-24T18:22:58
Derek and Travis welcome Kitchener-based singer-songwriter Luke Michielsen into the studio (in this case Travis' kitchen in Windsor, ON) to talk about guilt, testicular cancer, Keswick Ontario, mak...
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