Music runs deep and has the power to enlighten, educate, and empower. This doesn’t have to be a didactic thing and the best of it isn’t. Great songs can do all of those things as one listens and enjoys them. It does all that at the soul level. Music is weird – and sometimes very, Read more about 6.4: Sweet Honey in the Rock – Breaths (1988)[…]
We often find an attachment to certain music during times of emotional upheaval and loss. And it can be a double-edged blade. We love it and find it painful at the same time… because, hey, music is weird – and mysterious. For Graeme, the ending of a relationship led him to this exact place. Around Read more about 6.2: Sarah McLachlan – Surfacing (1997)[…]
Ho! Ho! Ho! Our annual holiday special has returned and so has our traditional gift exchange! Join Shannon, Graeme and Rob as they exchange albums with each other (this year as a duo– double the potential catastrophization!) and find out if their gift is a stocking hung by the chimney with care, or a Grinch-robbed Read more about Holiday Special 2021[…]
Some records become the soundtrack for pivotal periods of self-discovery in our lives, even if we’re not aware of the importance of those times to our personal development – maybe even especially so. In the summer of 1987, Rob took a trip to Barbados to stay with his cousin. Driving around the island, A-Ha’s 1985 Read more about 5.1: A-ha – Hunting High & Low (1985)[…]
It’s been a long time away but we’re back! Deeper Cuts, the podcast that takes deep dives into albums with deep meaning is back for a fifth season starting tomorrow, Thursday, November 4 with subsequent episodes dropping on Thursdays during November and December. This eight-episode season finds hosts Shannon Dohar, Graeme Burk and Rob Jones Read more about Deeper Cuts Season 5 begins November 4[…]
It’s that time again where YOU can be on an episode of Deeper Cuts! As you know, every episode of Deeper Cuts opens with a “vox pop” where someone tells us about an album that was important to them and why. You can be that person. All you need is a phone! All you have to Read more about Be on an episode of Deeper Cuts![…]
Welcome to Deeper Cuts: The Soundtrack Sessions – a three-episode miniseries which finds the Deeper Cuts trio looking at the the intersection between film and music while looking at albums that were meaningful to one of them. As a teenager, Graeme was drawn to the world of orchestral film scores. Thanks to a friend at Read more about The Soundtrack Sessions 3: Ennio Morricone – The Mission (1986)[…]
We’re baaaaaaacccccckkkk! Deeper Cuts, the podcast that takes deep dives into albums with deep meaning returns for its fourth season starting on Tuesday, September 22 with subsequent episodes dropping on Tuesdays during September and October. This six-episode season features multiple genres and artists as Shannon Dohar, Graeme Burk and Rob Jones explore an album that Read more about Deeper Cuts season 4 arrives September 22![…]
We’re back in a month or so with a new season of Deeper Cuts! We’ve got all kinds of cool albums, great discussions and amazing stories to tell you. But we need you to help us! As you know, every episode of Deeper Cuts opens with someone telling us about an album that was important Read more about Be on an upcoming episode of Deeper Cuts![…]