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Jay Semko is known worldwide as the co-founder of multi-platinum Canadian rock icons the Northern Pikes, and as an award winning music composer for numerous film and TV productions, including Canada's most successful internationally syndicated series, "Due South". He is also a member of ACTRA - an accomplished voiceover actor and narrator, voicing numerous national and international radio & TV ads, PSAs, documentaries, and dramas. Jay has also instructed songwriting at the University of Saskatchewan, hosted the SOCAN Songwriters Series at Canadian Country Music Week, and participated in many panels and workshops in conjunction with such organizations as the Songwriters Association of Canada, SOCAN, and Breakout West. Jay has received 5 Juno Award nominations as a member of the Pikes, 2 Gemini Award nominations for Best Original Music Score in a Dramatic Series, a 2013 Canadian Screen Award (formerly Gemini Awards) nomination for Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series, among many others. Jay has written and recorded with many well-known songwriters in Canada and the USA. He received the 2012 SCMA Roots Album of the Year Award for "Force Of Horses" and in 2015 for "Flora Vista". Jay was nominated for Best Gospel Song in the 2012 Independent Music Awards and his album "Sending Love" was nominated in the 2012 Western Canadian Music Awards for Roots Solo Recording of the Year - the same year the Pikes were inducted into the Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame. More recently, Jay was nominated for Spiritual Artist of the Year in the 2020 Western Canadian Music Awards in regards to his latest release, "Never Sent". 

Jay's songs, music scores and legendary live concerts continue to garner him recognition as one of Canada's most prolific and versatile music, film, and television talents.

Ivan Eugene Doroschuk (/ˈdɒrəstʃʌk, ˈdɒrəʃʌk/, French pronunciation: [ivɑ̃ øʒɛ̃ dɔʁɔʃyk]), born 9 October 1957, is an American-born Canadian musician. He is the lead vocalist and founding member of Men Without Hats, best known for the hit song "The Safety Dance".

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Men Without Hats Again Part II CD — Men Without Hats  

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Dean Radin, MS, PhD, is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Science (IONS) and Associated Distinguished Professor of Integral and Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). His original career track as a concert violinist shifted into science after earning a BSEE degree in electrical engineering, magna cum laude and with honors in physics, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and then an MS in electrical engineering and a PhD in psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. For a decade he worked on advanced R&D at AT&T Bell Laboratories and GTE Laboratories. For over three decades he has been engaged in research on the frontiers of consciousness. Before joining the research staff at IONS in 2001, he held appointments at Princeton University, SRI International, and other academic and industrial facilities.

X-Mas A.F. is a special new holiday podcast featuring new and / or un-released music from artists from around this big beautiful world. It is a gift of music, and its power to unite, inspire and heal us all.  

Special thanks to the following generous souls who have shared their art and heart with us, including:

Ozark Henry - from Belgium 

BUSM - from Oshawa 

Anjani Thomas - from Hawaii  

Mercury Messiah - from Montreal + Greece

Luke McMaster - from Hamilton 

Cathy Young - from Toronto 

Liona Boyd - from Palm Beach

Aaron Tyson - Somewhere in the USA *ask jairek

Mike Garson - from Los Angeles  

Mike Wekerle - from The El Mocambo  

Ana Serrano

Santa Claus - from NORTH POLE 

and Chris Koppin 

ps: You can find Liona Boyd's new children's book classic THE CAT WHO PLAYED GUITAR, Here!

Jeanne Beker started her career as an actress, but moved into radio and then television as co-host of the ground-breaking series, The NewMusic, and entertainment anchor on CityPulse News. She went on to become the host of  the internationally syndicated Fashion Television (FT), which aired for 27 years and had viewers in more than 130 countries. Jeanne is the former editor-in-chief of FQ and SIR magazines, and author of five books, including her 2010 autobiography, Finding Myself in Fashion. Jeanne was a contributing editor of The Toronto Star, The Kit, and a columnist for Metro, and is currently a featured style columnist for The Globe and Mail and Post City magazine. She also writes for a number of lifestyle publications. Her fashion and editorial credits include her clothing line, Edit by Jeanne Beker, as well a number of product lines, including shoes, jewelry and sunglasses. Jeanne was recently named Style Editor of The Shopping Channel, and hosts a regular series for the channel entitled “Style Matters with Jeanne Beker”.   Her numerous awards include her recent appointment to the Order of Canada in 2014 for her support of the Canadian fashion industry; the 2012 Canadian Award of Distinction from the Banff World Media Festival; and being honoured with a Canadian Screen Achievement Award for the role she played in changing the way Canadians watch television.

 Tony Nugent is a Silicon Valley Inventor, Engineer and Executive. He was the VP Product Development, System Integration, Factory Automation at Theranos.

 Founded in 2003, Theranos promised to revolutionize blood testing by devising technology that could conduct wide-ranging blood tests and test for diseases using a mere pinprick of blood. At its peak, the company was valued at $10 billion (€8.85 billion).

 Tony Nugent is a Silicon Valley Inventor, Engineer and Executive. He was the VP Product Development, System Integration, Factory Automation at Theranos.

 Founded in 2003, Theranos promised to revolutionize blood testing by devising technology that could conduct wide-ranging blood tests and test for diseases using a mere pinprick of blood. At its peak, the company was valued at $10 billion (€8.85 billion).

UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED FOR HIS IMPRESSIVE SKILLS AS A PIANIST, MIKE GARSON IS A RESPECTED COMPOSER, PERFORMER AND EDUCATOR, AS WELL.

MIKE IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH DAVID BOWIE, WHICH BEGAN IN 1972.

He made his mark on numerous Bowie albums and has travelled thousands of miles on Bowie tours, including his 2003-04 “A Reality Tour,” Bowie’s first world tour in 20 years. In November 2006, Mike accompanied Bowie and Alicia Keys during a unique performance of “Changes” at an AIDS benefit in New York City which ended up being Bowie’s final public U.S. performance.

As Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, Daniel Lamarre is responsible for nurturing the delicate balance between the company’s global strategy (across five continents), its financial growth and stability, and the integrity of its culture and values. Among his greatest achievements include the execution of complex negotiations resulting in signed agreements with THE BEATLES and MICHAEL JACKSON’s estate.

Dan Hill (Daniel Grafton Hill IV) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He had two major international hits with his songs "Sometimes When We Touch" and "Can't We Try", a duet with Vonda Shepard, as well as a number of other charting singles in Canada and the United States