ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Hosted by Andrew Mosker, President and CEO of the National Music Centre, NMC Amplifier seeks to move the needle forward on issues in music through shared ideas. Touching on topics such as community building, advocacy, storytelling, placemaking, economic, social and environmental development, education and music's capacity to heal and bring people closer together. Guests include artists, entrepreneurs, innovators, music therapists, healers, authors, and thought-leaders – music champions who are in the spotlight or behind-the-scenes.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 73 days
Average audio length:
58 minutes
Guest interviews
English
Canada
14 episodes
since June 3, 2022
episodic
IN THIS PODCAST 🔗
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture was the lead architect behind the National Music Centre's home in Calgary. Ten years after its opening, hear him reflect on the leap of faith that came with designing a new institution without a blueprint, his approach to architecture, and the musical and …
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
In the latest edition of NMC Amplifier, Avshalom (Avshi) Weinstein, a third-generation violin maker and owner of the Violins of Hope collection shares the history of Violins of Hope and the impact that the collection has had on worldwide Holocaust education.
Violins of Hope is a poignant collectio…
In the latest edition of NMC Amplifier, one of Canada's most renowned rockers, Randy Bachman, shares his deep love for guitars and discusses the instruments featured in NMC's exhibition in his honour, Randy Bachman: Every Guitar Tells a Story. This episode was recorded with a live audience at Studi…
In the latest edition of NMC Amplifier, former MuchMusic VJ Master T recalls his early musical influences, memorable moments at MuchMusic, and the evolution of hip-hop in Canada in celebration of hip-hop's 50th anniversary.
Tony Young (a.k.a. Master T) has been at the forefront of music, danc…
For episode 10 of NMC Amplifier, Grammy Award-winning music historian, producer, and educator Robert Santelli joins the podcast. Santelli has had an incredible career. He's contributed to the cultural legacy of American popular music as the Executive Director of Bruce Springsteen Archives, Founding…
In episode 9 of NMC Amplifier, Keziah Myers, Executive Director at ADVANCE Music Canada, Canada's Black music business collective, joins the podcast. She shares how her organization is helping to unify and advance Black music professionals through mentorship, advocacy, and community outreach.
Hos…
Vancouver-based rock 'n' blues duo The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer share details about their 2023 JUNO Award-nominated live album, Live at the King Eddy, what went into making the live record and concert film, and the legendary Rolling Stones Mobile Studio that inspired it all.
Hosted by And…
For episode 7 of NMC Amplifier, hear a discussion on the future of music with panelists Evan Hu, Beni Johnson, Curtis Running Rabbit-Lefthand, and Mariya Stokes, which was captured during Country Music Week in 2022 in Calgary, Alberta. The discussion takes into consideration concepts like placemaki…
In episode 6 of NMC Amplifier, Make Music Matter Founder and CEO Darcy Ataman discusses how his not-for-profit organization is changing lives through music. Make Music Matter helps to empower marginalized voices and uses the arts to heal with its innovative music therapy program Healing in Harmony.…
Renowned music therapist and author Jennifer Buchanan discusses how she discovered the practice of music therapy, its power to heal, and her books Wellness Incorporated: The Health Entrepreneur's Handbook, and Wellness, Wellplayed: The Power of a Playlist.
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