For this episode I interview Ron Leary, a musician based in Windsor Ontario. After decades of working jobs, and even finishing a degree, alongside writing, performing and touring as a musician, Ron has decided to go all in with music. He has scheduled a summer of outdoor shows, and is doing his best to transition to our weird new digital realities, and Jenny and him talk about this, about what's changed for the livelihoods of musicians, and what potential the future holds for them.
They talk about their shared love of travelling across Canada, and they talk about Ron's beautiful pandemic-album, "As Long as I Ain't Thinking About the Future" (that he recorded long distance with his friend Dean Drouillard). This is a cathartic conversation that gives some space to the hard reality of the struggle to make a life out of playing music, while still carrying hope and optimism.
This interview was originally recorded on May 5th, 2021
