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Brendan McLeod

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Brendan McLeod is a Canadian spoken word artist, musician and novelist. His work often deals with the exploration of social and political commentary, family histrionics, surreal love poems, obscure adventure stories, and powerful personal stories.

Brendan McLeod is a Canadian spoken word artist, musician and novelist. His work often deals with the exploration of social and political commentary, family histrionics, surreal love poems, obscure adventure stories, and powerful personal stories.

Episode 166 - Brendan McLeod

The writer, musician and theatre artist Brendan McLeod discusses his debut poetry collection Friends Without Bodies (Write Bloody North, 2022), with Joseph Planta. Friends Without Bodies by Brendan McLeod (Write Bloody North, 2022).  Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Friends Without Bodies  Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:  I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.  A new poetry collection, Friends Without Bodies is a sharp, sometimes amusing, always perceptive record of one writer’s Covid-19 pandemic experience. Brendan McLeod is a performing artist, and when gigs got cancelled in March 2020, he started writing. The pieces in the book are poetry that look at the experience a lot of us had with isolation, fear, loneliness, hysteria, and emotional upheaval. They’re a great capsule of what happened to its author, and the world around him, us essentially, riding through the waves of the virus. Mr. McLeod, who joins me now, navigates the angst he and so many of us felt, as well as chronicles the trauma of not just the pandemic, but the former president of the United States, the mass shooting in the spring of 2020 in Nova Scotia, the George Floyd killing, and so many other shared experiences that ran parallel to the pandemic. I’ll ask Brendan about his experience dating, as well as whether we’re better as a society, culture talking about mental health. Brendan McLeod is a writer, theatre artist, and musician. He is the founder of The Fugitives, the acclaimed folk group signed by Borealis Records. Visit his website at www.brendanmcleod.ca where you can read about his work and career. This new book, his debut poetry collection, is published by Write Bloody North. He joined me from Toronto last week. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Brendan McLeod; Mr. McLeod, good morning.The post Brendan McLeod first appeared on thecommentary.ca.

The writer, musician and theatre artist Brendan McLeod discusses his debut poetry collection Friends Without Bodies (Write Bloody North, 2022), with Joseph Planta. Friends Without Bodies by Brendan McLeod (Write Bloody North, 2022). Click to buy this book from <a href="http://Amazon.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon.ca</a>: <a href="//amzn.to/3Msrk6a”" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Friends Without Bodies</a> Text of introduction by Joseph Planta: I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at <a href="http://TheCommentary.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheCommentary.ca</a>. A new poetry collection, Friends Without Bodies is a sharp, sometimes amusing, always perceptive record of one writer’s Covid-19 pandemic experience. Brendan McLeod is a performing artist, and when gigs got cancelled in March 2020, he started writing. The pieces in the book are poetry that look at the experience a lot of us had with isolation, fear, loneliness, hysteria, and emotional upheaval. They’re a great capsule of what happened to its author, and the world around him, us essentially, riding through the waves of the virus. Mr. McLeod, who joins me now, navigates the angst he and so many of us felt, as well as chronicles the trauma of not just the pandemic, but the former president of the United States, the mass shooting in the spring of 2020 in Nova Scotia, the George Floyd killing, and so many other shared experiences that ran parallel to the pandemic. I’ll ask Brendan about his experience dating, as well as whether we’re better as a society, culture talking about mental health. Brendan McLeod is a writer, theatre artist, and musician. He is the founder of The Fugitives, the acclaimed folk group signed by Borealis Records. Visit his website at <a href="http://www.brendanmcleod.ca" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.brendanmcleod.ca</a> where you can read about his work and career. This new book, his debut poetry collection, is published by Write Bloody North. He joined me from Toronto last week. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Brendan McLeod; Mr. McLeod, good morning.The post <a href="https://thecommentary.ca/ontheline/2035-brendan-mcleod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brendan McLeod</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thecommentary.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thecommentary.ca</a>.

Adrian Glynn

Vancouver based folk collective The Fugitives have just released a fabulous new album “Trench Songs” which takes as its source material, lyrics from songs written by frontline soldiers during the First World War – set to new music from the band. The album is based on “Ridge”, a new stage show by The Fugitives’ Brendan McLeod which was due to be performed in front of a live audience at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in Vancouver this past March. Unfortunately, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, those live shows had to be cancelled – however Ridge has now been re-imagined as a feature film, using a variety of locations throughout the Chan Centre to tell the story. Co-leaders of the Fugitives Brendan McLeod and Adrian Glynn joined us on Folk Roots Radio to chat about the new project. For more information about The Fugitives, visit https://fugitives.ca.Music: The Fugitives “Thirteen Pence”, “Hymn 43”, “If I Could Turn The Clock Back”, “After Loos”, “The Next Man Who Dies”, “Where Do We Go, Boys” and “Take Me Back To Old Ontario” from “Trench Songs” (2020, Borealis Records).

Vancouver based folk collective The Fugitives have just released a fabulous new album “Trench Songs” which takes as its source material, lyrics from songs written by frontline soldiers during the First World War – set to new music from the band. The album is based on “Ridge”, a new stage show by The Fugitives’ Brendan McLeod which was due to be performed in front of a live audience at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in Vancouver this past March. Unfortunately, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, those live shows had to be cancelled – however Ridge has now been re-imagined as a feature film, using a variety of locations throughout the Chan Centre to tell the story. Co-leaders of the Fugitives Brendan McLeod and Adrian Glynn joined us on Folk Roots Radio to chat about the new project. For more information about The Fugitives, visit <a href="https://fugitives.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://fugitives.ca</a>. Music: The Fugitives “Thirteen Pence”, “Hymn 43”, “If I Could Turn The Clock Back”, “After Loos”, “The Next Man Who Dies”, “Where Do We Go, Boys” and “Take Me Back To Old Ontario” from “Trench Songs” (2020, Borealis Records).

Interview - The Fugitives' Brendan McLeod & Adrian Glynn discussing their new album "Trench Songs"