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Starcrossed: R&B and it's Future in Canada with JRDN & Ife Alaba

February 16, 2022 East Coast Music Association Season 3 Episode 2
Starcrossed: R&B and it's Future in Canada with JRDN & Ife Alaba
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Starcrossed: R&B and it's Future in Canada with JRDN & Ife Alaba
Feb 16, 2022 Season 3 Episode 2
East Coast Music Association

Introducing our Starcrossed series, where we chat with an artist veteran and an emerging artist within the same genre! In this week’s episode, it’s all about R&B. Host Chris Batstone sits down with established JUNO-Award winner JRDN (Nova Scotia) and rising singer-songwriter Ife Alaba (Newfoundland). JRDN discusses his various early influences that shaped him to be the R&B musician he is today, while Ife Alaba touches upon her upbringing, and what led her from Nigeria to South Africa and all the way to Memorial University.


Featured songs:

“Mrs. Right Now” JRDN

“Go Slow” Ife Alaba


JDRN


Ife Alaba


Chris Batstone


ECMA

Show Notes

Introducing our Starcrossed series, where we chat with an artist veteran and an emerging artist within the same genre! In this week’s episode, it’s all about R&B. Host Chris Batstone sits down with established JUNO-Award winner JRDN (Nova Scotia) and rising singer-songwriter Ife Alaba (Newfoundland). JRDN discusses his various early influences that shaped him to be the R&B musician he is today, while Ife Alaba touches upon her upbringing, and what led her from Nigeria to South Africa and all the way to Memorial University.


Featured songs:

“Mrs. Right Now” JRDN

“Go Slow” Ife Alaba


JDRN


Ife Alaba


Chris Batstone


ECMA