Maynard recently released his memoir, A Perfect Union of Contrary Things, which aims to unravel all the chapters of his creative mind. He delves further into it with Strombo, discussing President Donald Trump, the world of business, Joni Mitchell, Tool and more in a wildly in-depth examination of his life and music.

JJ Shiplett was raised on Springsteen and has spent a dozen years in Canadian clubs before releasing his debut album, Something to Believe In, this past week. He shares the evolution with us, from being raised in Red Deer through local churches to scrapping an album recorded at the Tragically Hip's Bathouse to Johnny Reid championing his sound.

Also, we'll feature song premieres from Hamilton's sideburned showman B.A. Johnston, Los Angeles's boardwalk songwriter Clare Means and Halifax's harmony darlings Port Cities.

Playlist

• The Staple Singers, “Long Walk to DC”
• Rah Digga, “Angela Davis”
• Dorothy Ashby, “The Moving Finger”
• Austra, “Future Politics”
• Little Scream, “People”
• Chemtrails, “aeon”
• Smashing Pumpkins, “Rocket”
• GZA, “Liquid Swords”
• Missy Elliott, “I'm Better”
• Clare Means, “Danger”
• BA Johnston, “Too Messed Up to Be in This Canoe"
• Todd Snider, “Conservative, Christian, Republican, Straight, White, American Males”
• Patsy Cline, “Back In Baby’s Arms”
• JJ Shiplett, “Something to Believe In (Strombo Sessions)”
• JJ Shiplett , “Hold On (Tom Waits Cover) (Strombo Sessions)”
• Hawksley Workman, “No Beginning No End”
• Port Cities , “Don’t Say You Love Me”
• The Prostitutes, “Derelict Degenerates”
• Operation Ivy, “One Of These Days”
• Pears, “The Flu”
• Couteau Latex, “Hostile Environment”
• Tool, “Forty Six & 2”
• A Perfect Circle, “Weak & Powerless”
• Tool, “Eulogy”
• Tool , “AENima”
• MJK REQ: Gillian Welch, “Annabelle”
• A Perfect Circle, “Vanishing”
• Rage Against The Machine, “Know Your Enemy”
• Julie Byrne, “Natural Blue”
• Hannah Georgas, “Vancouver Divorce”
• Pearl Jam, “Yellow Ledbetter”

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