Northern Echos Podcast

Rachael is a believer that Development is key to #RaisingTheBarInHealthCare. She founded the Music Therapy Academy, providing professional development workshops, consulting, supervision, research, webinars and music therapy. She has extensive experience working in private practice with a diversity of age groups and diagnoses such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Disease, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Acquired Brain Injury, Mental Health and...

Stephen (Steve) Dabous is a positive force leader with over 35 years of experience in building and advising to creative high performance, growth businesses. As founder and managing partner of the DGroup Inc, he created the ISV Factory, an ecosystem of global partners (Microsoft, HP, Deloitte, and Covington Capital) forming one of the first collaborative investment and virtual acceleration models focused on Canadian early stage comp...

There are successful musicians, and then there is Gord Sinclair, best-known as bassist with widely fêted Canuck rock icons The Tragically Hip and, since that band’s unfortunate and untimely end, as an electrifying singer-songwriter in his own right and one wholly committed to spreading the gospel of live performance far and wide.    

Gord stopped by the Northern Echos Podcast activation at the Awesome Music Project (AMP) Golf Tourn...

Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald, CMP, CMM—President of TAP Resources, an Indigenous-owned event management, site selection, and consulting firm. Tuesday is a proud member of the Wolf Clan, Mohawk Nation, from Six Nations of the Grand River, grounded in the teachings of the Great Tree of Peace. With over a decade of leadership in the events industry, Tuesday and her team have worked alongside Indigenous organizations across Canada, delive...

This year, the Peel Children's Aid Society Trailblazer program was the beneficiary of the Awesome Music Project's Annual Golf Tournament. Proceeds from the event supported the Awesome Music Hour, an initiative of the Awesome Music Project.

Mary Beth Moellenkamp, CEO of Peel CAS, stopped by the Northern Echos Podcast activation to discuss the power of music in supporting youth through challenging times and the positive impact this p...

For Rob Carli, music isn’t just a career—it’s a lifelong passion. A celebrated composer and performer, Rob has spent decades creating music that moves people, earning multiple Gemini and Canadian Screen Awards along the way. He’s best known for composing the score for 15 seasons of Murdoch Mysteries.  

Rob has always been fascinated by the science of music—how rhythm, melody, and harmony can shape emotions, heal the mind, and impro...

The Northern Echos Podcast caught up with 2024 Alternative Album of the Year and 2024 Songwriter of the Year Juno Award Winner AYSANABEE and chatted about his newest album release, Edge of the Earth.  We also chatted about his career ascend up until this point, we heard his journey, his echo.

On his sophomore Edge of the Earth(June 20, 2025, Aysanabee embarks on a transformative journey of will, sacrifice, and self-discovery. Follo...

Northern Echos delves into Gord Downie's solo album, Secret Path, with Patrick Downie and Harriet Visitor from the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund. The album is inspired by the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old Anishinaabe boy who died escaping Cecilia Jeffrey Residential School. He succumbed to starvation and exposure trying to walk 600km home to his family in Ogoki Post.  His story inspired Gord Downie's Secret Path pr...

Canadian Roots Rock Icons and Juno Award Winners The Skydiggers, exploring their Canadian Musical Journey. Andy and Josh spoke of their early roots; their storytells, songwriting and collaborations with the likes of Blue Rodeo, The Tragically Hip, Gord Downie, The Cash Brothers and many others that have defined the Canadian Musical Landscape over the last 30+ years. We also touched on the re-learning of our settler history through ...

The NORTHERN ECHOS Podcast by Storyteller holds up the unique stories of the artists, support personnel and unique venues that make live music and live events happen. Last week we were honoured to spend the afternoon in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in conversation with legendary Lighting and Creative Director Howard Ungerleider. Howard has worked with; Queensryche, Def Leppard, Tool, Foo Fighters and many others. He spent over 40 years...