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Listen: Episode 275 (June 14/19) I Heart Hamilton airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMUHosted by Kristin Archer In this episode:Chatting with Gisy Mohamed about his new EP 18 Years Young and producer JohnnySon + chatting with Samson about new studio NTRL and music summer camp
Listen: Episode 268 (Apr. 26/19) I Heart Hamilton airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMUHosted by Kristin Archer In this episode:Chatting with AK and Tee of Hamilton Youth Poets about the 6th annual Louder Than A Bomb Canada: Poetic License hip hop spoken word festival happening May 3-10
Blandlord – “Dog Bite” [Listen]Days turn into weeks, into months, into yearsI’ve been a fan of this Hamilton trio – Greg Preston, Jon Daly, Caleb Moroz – since almost the beginning of I Heart Hamilton (eight years ago! whew!) under their previous moniker The Great Machine. They’re just as rockin’ as ever with this new … Read more
Episode 222 (May 4/18) I Heart Hamilton airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer In this episode: Chatting with POESY of CTV’s The Launch before she plays The Zoetic on May 11 + Talking with Hamilton Youth Poets about their annual Louder than a Bomb Canada 2018 festival (May 10-17)
By Kristin Archer Hamilton, meet COBRA! In their own words: COBRA is a Hamilton-based collective of artists of colour. It has come to our attention that artists of colour are under-represented, both at the grassroots and administrative levels; we seek to offer our perspective as the Hamilton Arts Community begins making strides towards a more complete understanding … Read more
Episode 209 (Feb. 2/18) I Heart Hamilton airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer In this episode: Talking with some of the founders of COBRA•Coalition of Black & Racialized Artists Hamilton – Nea Reid of Hamilton Youth Poets and artist Stylo Starr. The launch event happens Feb. 9th at AGH Annex.
Supercrawl By Kristin Archer Here we go! This year marked the 9th annual Supercrawl, and my 7th year attending. To get me into the Supercrawl spirit I like to invite Supercrawl performers onto my show on 93.3 CFMU, and this year I had the pleasure of chatting with Tyler Kyte of everyone’s favourite supergroup cover band, Dwayne … Read more
By Kristin Archer With Hamilton’s art, food, and music scenes garnering more and more attention, there’s another incredible art form that’s right there under the radar. Hamilton Youth Poets (HYP) was founded in 2012 to create a space for youth to hone their creative skills and give a platform for their voices to be heard. Through spoken … Read more
Supercrawl By Kristin Archer Photos by Lisa Vuyk (unless otherwise stated) Read Part 2 Ah, Supercrawl Sunday. Since the festival expanded into three days (for the third year now), the final day on Sunday proved to be my favourite yet again. There were less acts to catch and no official duties for me, which meant less running around. … Read more
Episode 140 (Sept. 2/16) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer In this episode: Second of three Supercrawl-themed shows as we lead up to the big weekend (Sept. 9-11) Interviews with Supercrawl performers: Egyptrixx (David Psutka) and Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys + Hamilton Youth Poets More info: Supercrawl … Read more