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Backstage With Ron Sexsmith



Douglas McLean chats with Ron Sexsmith about his new album 'Hermitage' and they chat about his approach to songwriting for his latest Sound Cafe Podcast, 'Backstage'.


You can listen to the entire interview and music HERE



Ron Sexsmith has long been considered one of Canada’s pre-eminent songwriters and performers. With a career spanning close to four decades, Sexsmith has received well-earned praise for his superlative songs for their stylistic purity and emotional depth. He has recorded fifteen albums and joined Backstage to discuss his latest album, Hermitage released in the spring of 2020.


A gifted singer and songwriter whose songs are by turns earnest and playful, Ron Sexsmith has won acclaim not only from critics but from fellow performers like Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, and John Hiatt -- some of the same artists who initially inspired Sexsmith himself to become a musician. He has a talent for catchy but graceful melodies that's matched by his skills as a lyricist, drawing compact sketches of love and the trials of everyday life that are heartfelt and compassionate even when he's being witty, and warm without becoming overly sentimental. Sexsmith's songs are fine examples of pop classicism, while his work as a recording artist has found him maturing steadily throughout his career.



FEATURED SONGS:

Radio

Morning Town

Think of You Fondly

Glow in the Dark Stars

There's a Rhythm

Love Shines



You can listen to the entire interview and music HERE








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