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No Sleep "til Sudbury with Brent Jensen

Author and music critic Brent Jensen hosts a wide range of music fans from all walks of life to discuss their special playlists and the stories behind them.

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44:40

NSTS Episode 228 - Martha & The Muffins

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2021/11/15

Canadian 80s New Wave legends Martha Johnson and Mark Gane of Martha & The Muffins join me on No Sleep 'til Sudbury this week to chat about their new record, called Marthology: In and Outtakes. Martha and Mark are wonderful people with great stories. Topics discussed include The Wizard of Oz, seeing The Beatles live, how limitations create style, the time Chris Isaak wrote a song in a closet during a party, and the fascinating reason the chorus of "Echo Beach" is heard only at the end of the

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20:24

NSTS Episode 227 - Singer Songwriter Evan Denley

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2021/11/01

My guest on NSTS this week is Evan Denley, an up-and-coming Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter who's been described as Bob Dylan meeting Dallas Green at a Neil Young show. Evan's second release of 2021, "Coming Undone", was written in response to a culmination of two things - the breakup of his former band The Yonge Collective, and the threat of the oncoming pandemic. His new video for "Building Walls" is also available on YouTube. Denley's playlist: Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real -

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48:40

NSTS Episode 226 - Rik Emmett Talks Reinvention Part II

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2021/10/18

My pal Rik Emmett returns to NSTS this week for part two of our chat about his new poetry book Reinvention, and we cover a lot of ground indeed. As he did in part one, Rik shares some fascinating glimpses into his personal history via the new book, and this episode runs the gamut - dealing with the death of loved ones and with our own mortality, some lighter moments including a hilarious story featuring Coney Hatch's Andy Curran, and even a live musical performance from the man himself. Go out

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56:39

NSTS Episode 225 - Rik Emmett Talks Reinvention Part I

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2021/10/04

He's back! Triumph frontman Rik Emmett, and now Rik Emmett poet, takes over the No Sleep 'til Sudbury podcast for the next two weeks to talk about his new book of poetry, called Reinvention. This isn't a rock star vanity project. It's a personal, emotional glimpse into Rik's life history and a look at the world from his perspective, written with tremendous candor. As always, Rik and I have some fun discussing the work - he plays and sings, and forces me to read one of my favourite passages aloud (I

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23:25

NSTS Episode 224 - Barney Bentall

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2021/09/20

Back by popular demand! The great Barney Bentall returns to NSTS this week to talk about his new instrumental record called RanchWriters, a collaboration with his Spirit of the West pal Geoffrey Kelly. There are hints of Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake on the new record, and Barney and I discuss how the project came together, the details of how it was recorded on his ranch, and how it's a tribute to the memory to Spirit of the West's John Mann. Barney's skin vibrating songs are, of course, also

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17:33

NSTS Episode 223 - W. Axl Rose Part II: The Feel

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2021/09/07

Last week we looked at Guns N' Roses singer W. Axl Rose from a factual, historical viewpoint of his life and career. This week we go beyond that, and take a closer look at Rose from a more personal perspective. Not just as a musician, but as an influential pop culture icon. In other words, last week we talked what the music sounds like. This week, we talk about how it feels.

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27:06

NSTS Episode 222 - W. Axl Rose Part I: The Sound

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2021/08/30

NSTS is back this week with part one of a two part series featuring Guns N' Roses frontman W. Axl Rose, one of the intriguing, beguiling, and mysterious figures in rock and roll history. In part one we examine the rise of Rose - how a delinquent kid from Lafayette, Indiana would lead a band of rock and roll street urchins on to absolute global domination, and all of the insanity that took place along the way.

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20:36

NSTS Episode 221 - A Tribute to ZZ Top's Dusty Hill

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2021/08/09

A few weeks back we lost one of the greats - ZZ Top bassist and singer Dusty Hill. This week on NSTS we pay tribute to Hill by looking back on his life, including his cello-playing high school days, how he came to be the bass player in ZZ Top, the time he accidentally shot himself in the abdomen, and the events leading up to his death.

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16:52

NSTS Episode 220 - Amy Winehouse

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2021/08/02

Ten years ago we lost Amy Winehouse, a shepherd of the pop culture past whom Bob Dylan called "the last real individualist". This week NSTS examines the highs and lows of Winehouse's tragic life - her love for the girl groups of the 60s, her rise to fame, the struggles she endured with substance abuse, and her very sad and untimely end.

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19:27

NSTS Episode 219 - Creem Magazine Writer Jeffrey...

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2021/07/26

Creem magazine writer Jeffrey Morgan returns to the show this week to unveil his very unusual NSTS skin vibration playlist. When I express my lack of understanding in his choices, Jeffrey uses the movie "The Man Who Fell To Earth" to explain. And it does make sense. Jeffrey and I also discuss his Van Halen Diver Down record review for Creem, with began with a warning that it was "an exceptionally vicious kick in the teeth to Van Halen fans everywhere". The band was not at all pleased about the

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34:26

NSTS Episode 218 - Creem Magazine Writer Jeffrey Morgan

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2021/07/19

Remember Creem magazine? Remember Lester Bangs? This week's NSTS guest, author and rock critic Jeffrey Morgan, worked for both of them. His new book, Rock Critic Confidential, opens with the original handwritten letter Morgan received from Lester Bangs, on Creem letterhead, inviting him to write album reviews for the magazine in 1974. Rock Critic Confidential is a fantastic read done in the style of a magazine, and includes all of the greatest moments of Morgan's writing and photography career. In

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16:45

NSTS Episode 217 - The Disappearance of Richey Edwards

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2021/07/12

Dark and mysterious Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards vanished on February 1, 1995, and was never heard from again. Was it a suicide, or was it staged to look like one? This week NSTS examines the life of the intellectual poet, the events leading up to his disappearance, and the clues left behind that led some to believe Edwards is still alive.

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23:51

NSTS Episode 216 - The Legendary Murray McLauchlan

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2021/07/05

It's my privilege this week to be joined once again by Canadian great Murray McLauchlan, who returns to the show to discuss his new record Hourglass, available everywhere July 9. Murray always has some great stories for me, and he brings in another handful of songs that mean something to him. We chat about Sinatra, Tom Thomson, Ray Charles, the healing power of music, and what it really means when people crave fame. McLauchlan's playlist (on Spotify): Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind Roy Orbison -

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20:34

NSTS Episode 215 - Stone Temple Pilots Singer Scott...

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2021/06/28

This week on NSTS we look at the life and death of one of rock's most polarizing icons, singer Scott Weiland. Weiland has always been an intriguing figure, with a voice like Bowie crossed with Lennon, a wild and chaotic stage persona, and a decidedly perplexing personality. This episode examines that personality in depth through Weiland's own eyes, and also from the perspectives of those closest to him amidst the madness.

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33:59

NSTS Episode 214 - Release Day Series Host Alex Huard

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2021/06/21

Alex Huard is the host of a great series called Release Day, a program that promotes new album releases by independent artists that don't have the marketing reach of a major label. Alex and I have been talking about collaborating on something new for a while now, and we finally landed on something that came together very organically as a result of him listening to No Sleep 'til Sudbury. This new project, called Thursday Night Record Club, is going to be a lot of fun. We discuss the details of TNRC

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NSTS Episode 213 - The Kings Guitarist Zero

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2021/06/14

My old pal Zero from The Kings makes his return to the show this week to talk about what's going with the band lately - new videos, new records, and a few pretty prestigious awards received for their classic single "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide". Z wanted to do something a little different for his skin vibration segment, and he did. These are the songs he listens to in the wee hours when he's not rocking out - opera! Z's playlist (in Spotify): Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli - The Prayer

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NSTS Episode 212 - The Most Mysterious Song on the...

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2021/06/07

This is an absolutely fascinating story. A song appeared on the internet in 2007, with no information surrounding its name, the artist responsible for the song, or when and where it was recorded. To this day, despite the search for this information going viral, the mystery remains unsolved. This week on NSTS we dig into this phenomenon, and consider the notion of something being unknowable in such an information-rich age.

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23:19

NSTS Episode 211 - The Awesome Music Project's Chris...

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2021/05/31

We could all use a little more 'happy', couldn't we? And this week, an infusion of musical happiness comes compliments of Chris Stamper. Chris and I met through working together with The Awesome Music Project, an organization that promotes music's influence in improved mental health. He recently wrote an article outlining how music contributes to maintaining a positive mental attitude, which included five of his 'happy' songs. So of course, it was a no-brainer to invite him to talk about them on

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20:42

NSTS Episode 210 - Dave Leto and The Story of the...

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2021/05/24

Rock documentary The Story of the Hard Luck 5 tells the fascinating tale of New Jersey band Rye Coalition, a group loved by Dave Grohl and signed by one of the world's largest record labels. They seemed destined to take over the world, until it all imploded. Rye Coalition drummer Dave Leto joins me this week to recount the unbelievable series of events the band experienced, along with some great stories about Dave Grohl and Interscope mogul Jimmy Iovine. Leto's playlist (on Spotify): Neil

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17:37

NSTS Episode 209 - INXS Singer Michael Hutchence

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2021/05/17

Shortly after it occurred, it was widely believed that the death of INXS singer Michael Hutchence was the result of autoerotic asphyxiation - a sex game gone wrong. This week on NSTS I wanted to dig a little deeper to shed some additional light onto the circumstances surrounding Hutchence's unfortunate passing, because there was a whole lot more going on than just sex games - a larger, important truth exists under the tabloidification.

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