Murray Lightburn's guest appearances

Murray Lightburn

Canadian Musician Podcast

First Verses

Lindi Ortega

Lou Reed

Tom Kenny

Jon Lajoie

Les Stroud

Miranda Mulholland

Kevin Breuner

Mark Howard

Karen Kosowski

Katy Perry

Jessica Powell

James Vincent McMorrow

Jeremy Dutcher

Tom Wilson

Dan Davidson

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A trailer for the inaugural episode of First Verses featuring Murray Lightburn of The Dears 

A trailer for the inaugural episode of First Verses featuring Murray Lightburn of The Dears

Episode Trailer: Murray Lightburn on the song that made his kid stop crying

The son of Belizean immigrants who moved to Quebec in 1960s, The Dears' Murray Lightburn discovered his craft at the knee of his god-fearing, jazz-loving father. Now a dad himself, to 14-year-old Neptune and 7-year-old Apollo, Lightburn and his wife and bandmate Natalia Yanchak still tour together, bringing along the family when they can.For First Verses' inaugural episode, Murray chats about life as a musical family man.

The son of Belizean immigrants who moved to Quebec in 1960s, The Dears' Murray Lightburn discovered his craft at the knee of his god-fearing, jazz-loving father. Now a dad himself, to 14-year-old Neptune and 7-year-old Apollo, Lightburn and his wife and bandmate Natalia Yanchak still tour together, bringing along the family when they can. For First Verses' inaugural episode, Murray chats about life as a musical family man.

Episode 01: Murray Lightburn 

This will be a big on for fans of seminal Canadian indie rockers The Dears. Murray A. Lightburn has an upcoming release called MASS:LIGHT that's very different from anything The Dears have put out, but nonetheless brilliant in its sonic textures and arrangements. We'll preview some music and get the lowdown from Murray on the record and many other things music-related. CM Academy will feature Jonny Stevens, the Executive Director of the Halifax Pop Explosion, talking about the newly-announced lineup for the 2013 edition, plus some inside details about the logistics of planning a festival of that scope and also some tips for bands Showcasing at industry events. There'll be plenty more and we'll look forward to having you join us.

This will be a big on for fans of seminal Canadian indie rockers The Dears. Murray A. Lightburn has an upcoming release called MASS:LIGHT that's very different from anything The Dears have put out, but nonetheless brilliant in its sonic textures and arrangements. We'll preview some music and get the lowdown from Murray on the record and many other things music-related. CM Academy will feature Jonny Stevens, the Executive Director of the Halifax Pop Explosion, talking about the newly-announced lineup for the 2013 edition, plus some inside details about the logistics of planning a festival of that scope and also some tips for bands Showcasing at industry events. There'll be plenty more and we'll look forward to having you join us.