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Tyler Firestone is a 19-year-old Folk/Rock, singer/songwriter who lives in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada. He has been playing guitar and harmonica for over 5 years, as well as the piano, mandolin, and other instruments. Songwriting is his passion. He has written over 60 songs since 2005.  I met up with Tyler at my songwriter’s group’s [...]

George Coventry has been a friend and musical influence of mine for over 17 years.  I’m astounded that it took me over 3 years to get him on For the Sake of the Song.  Over the past 40 years, George has written hundreds of songs.   He has a gift for telling stories and looking at [...]

Doug McArthur is a veteran Canadian singer-songwriter.  He has worked both as performing musician and in Arts administration with organizations such as the Festival of Friends, the Toronto Jazz Festival and the  the Eaglewood Folk Festival.  I caught up to him at the 20th annual Eaglewood Folk Festival.  Enjoy. Songs: Theme Music: For the Sake of the [...]

Collette Savard is a singer-songwriter with two CDs out, Zen Boyfriend and Most Improved Cheerleader.  She performs as a duo with her producer, multi-instrumentalist, John Zytaruk. They came to my school last week courtesy of Stellula Music as part of their Music in the Schools Week.  At the end of the week, Collette, John and [...]

I’m very sorry. For over a month the Sue Passmore show has been available without any sound.   I’ve run into my friend and fan of For the Sake of the Song , Jeff Potts, several times in the last six weeks.  Each time, he mentioned that he was unable to open my For the [...]

Paul Mills is known in the Canadian roots music scene as a musician, songwriter, producer, co-founder of Borealis Records and as a former sideman of Stan Rogers.  He often performs under the name of Curly Boy Stubbs.  We met at the booth of guitar maker, Ron Belanger at the Mariposa Folk Festival.  You can [...]

Matt Masters is a young country singer-songwriter from Calgary. His music is deeply rooted in old-time country music. I sat down with him at the Eaglewood Folk Festival to  talk songwriting. Songs: Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey) Bow River  (© Matt Masters) Sancho and Don Coyote(© Matt Masters) You can leave comments on the [...]

Sue Passmore is the second member of the Good Lovelies that I have been able to interview for my podcast. We found a semi quiet spot in the woods during a break in the rain at the  Eaglewood Folk Festival to sit down and talk songwriting. I interviewed her bandmate, Caroline Brooks over a year [...]

Randy Uberig and I run into each other several times a year  at various festivals and musical events.  We sat down to record a podcast at our annual winter songwriter’s getaway.  Enjoy Songs: Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey) The Words (© Randy Uberig) Gone, Gone, Gone (© Randy Uberig) Won’t Be Long Till I’ll [...]

The  Creaking Tree String Quartet is a band which pushes the boundaries of string band music, offering a fusion of roots, jazz and classical music performed with playfulness and virtuosity.  Since their inception in 2001, they have travelled extensively, recorded 3 albums, and received 2 Juno nominations.   It was a pleasure to host the Creaking [...]