Graventown
A kindness, positivity, mental health and music-magic-based informal conversational town hall created, authored, and produced by award winning Canadian singer songwriter and ex-journalist Matty McKechnie (known musically as Graven). Whether he has acclaimed or interesting pals, comedians, musicians or artists to interview - or even if it's just a solo-yolo convo that he "sends into the universe", Matty would always want you to know that you - whoever and wherever you are - are ALWAYS welcome in Graventown.
Episodes
125 episodes
Episode 125: Interview w/ Shad
Graventowners; don't be sundowners because you'll want to stay awake all night for this one. Kicking off a bundle of new interviews I have coming up, I was able to carve out some space and time to speak with the very busy, eclectic, unique, mul...
Episode 124: Itemizing The Autumn
Well, hello friends; we're back at again iiiiiiiiiiinnnnn Graventown. Appreciate you being here. This is just one I fired out into the digital universe as I do some summer unpacking - both from the heart and mind. I hope you're all alright or a...
Episode 123: The Learning Never Lets Up
Oh hey pals. Thanks for your patience as I've sifted through some strong summer lessons from ye olde universe. I hope you're all doing as alright as you can. I just wanted to list a few growing points and blind spots for me over the past few mo...
Episode 122: August Ain't Over Yet
Hello pals from all canals and friends from all road-ends. It's been...something. Thanks for being here and for being receptive and kind supporters who appreciate that I go through peaks and valleys. This summer has been a strange one - but I'm...
Episode 121: Summertime Climb
Hey pals. Just a little internal dip into the mind lake of Graventown these days. The water is a bit frothy. I hope you enjoy and I hope you're all alright. Keep enjoying your summer. Get outside. Watch out for flooding storms.
Episode 120: Keep Looking For The Helpers
Friendoes. Hellos. I've been on the road - careening around like a farmer buckshot in a tin pan alley. Yes - I sure did mix those metaphors and I don't mind one bit. I hope this episode finds you well as I recap some of the things that have hap...
Episode 119: June Two Just For You
Hello my G-town pals. I truly haven't felt like myself lately so I hope you can excuse the absence. Lots going on - and not in the positive sense. Mourning. Upheaval. Life Gut punches (and those gut punches when you're most relaxed and un-ready...
Episode 118: Interview w/ Jen Baranick of Broken Down Golf Cart
Countryfolk and Citydwellers: I hope you wander round to the Graventown get-down. It's been nice to get back into the Podworld (that felt really lame to write) and interview the super talented Jen Baranick from the supersonic fuzz-love-space ro...
Episode 117: Uncovering Your Upturn
Hey pals. I've been a bit delinquent in just getting back into the G town studio grind and sitting down behind the mic, but it felt great to do that today. I appreciate that you're always here listening and being rad and righteous human beings....
Episode 116: Carcast 12 / Reconstruction Site
Hello my dudes. I've been wandering into the waves of whimsical philosophical, nautical leagues and so this was a little carcast for you - to celebrate the olden days of ye merry graventown. I've been up against the existential wall lately so i...
Episode 115: Drama Dodger
Heyo river! I love that Portlandia episode. Does anyone read these things?! Pals from all canals. It's been a second since I beckoned. Been going through the low tide of the final winter ride, post album release show and feeling a bit of a lull...
Episode 114: Interview w/ Nathalie Boltt
Alright G-towners - get ready to turn those frowners into upside downers. It's not often I get to share cinematic geekery with an acclaimed actor and director, but Nathalie Boltt was super kind and willing to chat with yours truly for a concise...
Episode 113: Interview w/ Lee Rose from Ace Of Wands
Friendoes: Hello. I have a special one for you golden G-towners today. Forged and led by the vision of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lee Rose, Ace of Wands has become one of Tor...
Episode 112: Six To The End - The Last Half of "Geographics" (And A Quick Visit From Melissa Payne)
Friends. Please enjoy the last half view of my new album "Geographics" as I pour over the songs one last time before they are fully out there and running free in the sonic meadows and swimming in your ear lakes. Melissa Payne showed up around t...
Episode 111: Interview w/ Bill Welychka
Hello friends. I'm back at it again for a special interview sesh on Graventown. To quote the great Toronto Mike: “If you grew up with MuchMusic, you understand the impact the VJs had on your life. Bill Welychka was one of the greats. We’re bles...
Episode 110: Refinding The Magic Of The Music
Howdy pals from all canals; it's been one hot minute since I've been within it. Thank you for listening and supporting - even when I'm silent and maybe slightly mentally violent (I just rhymed that - there's no cause for concern). Just a bit of...
Episode 109: Five Songs So Far - A Halfway View of "Geographics"
Welcome to it. Let's screw it, glue it, and tattoo it. In this episode, I thought it would be fun to do a sonic rundown of the first 5 songs of my new album "Geographics" that started releasing on Jan. 26/26 on Bandcamp. Since Jan 26th, I...
Episode 108: Geographically Yours + Open Sores
Friendoes. Hello. Welcome back to Graventown. Population: You. Here's a new one for your mental glue gun. I've been in and out of interviews for the new album (Geographics) so I snuck this one in and tucked it into the ether right under a finel...
Episode 107: Reanimation Phase
Friends. I'm back at it again. In Graventown. Thanks for being here. Enjoy this little ditty as I re-emerge and reanimate from the woods and taking care of Dante the dog. Cars are hard. Friends are real. The helpers are there.
Episode 106: Dirty December Thirty
Heyo River! Wanted to shoot y'all a quickie between xmas and new years in this somewhat indeterminable and liminal space. Be easy on you! And find the reset button for your mind. I'm very excited to release the new album starting at the end of ...
Episode 105: Find Your Filter
Hello friends. I went on a bit of a tirade here, but the mental health battery seems depleted for so many, so I thought it was fitting. Thought I would send one out to the universe before the busyness of the Holidaze craze gets our goats. There...
Episode 104: Peeling Back The Layers
Seasons eatings, my friends. Thank you for the clicks and upticks here in my tiny corner of Graventown. After the recent rad interviews of George Stromboulopoulos and Toronto Mike, it's nice to send out an old school solo mind-massager into the...
Episode 103: Interview w/ Toronto Mike
From the approved desk files of Lorne Honickman and from the top shelf blue plate specials at Palma Pasta, I was very happy to welcome Toronto Mike to the Graventown. I'm happy to be in the FOTM (Friends Of Toronto Mike'd) Universe. He's actual...
Episode 102: The Low Flow
Friends. Howdy. I sure haven't been around these parts but I've appreciated the clicks and upticks. Thank you! I'm entering hibernation station for this part of the season so please excuse my slow podcast delivery system, but I wanted to fire o...
Episode 101: Minding The Gap (Post East Coast Decompression)
Friends with no love ends; it's been a few seconds. I hope you're all well and raising some kindness and love-based hell. Thank you as always for being along on my podcastical odyssey. Here are some thick thoughts post Canadian east-coast trave...