Jul 29, 2026 · 30 min · 11 segments
The topic of this week’s show is THE SOUND OF RESISTANCE and joining me on the show is **Mike Bell** and **Elyse Jacobson** from Vancouver symphonic funk collective…
Jen FritzHostMike BellGuest
Elyse JacobsonGuest
And I wanted to talk with both of you about this because your band, The Living Orchestra, just released your debut album, Last Generation, which is a very ambitious climate crisis rock opera produced by the one and only Juno Award winning and Grammy nominated producer, Garth Richardson.
To start, I just want to start with, what does the phrase, the sound of resistance, what do you think of when you hear that phrase? What does that mean to you? Elise, I'll start with you.
It's pretty close to my heart because outside of music, I've been an activist for many years for various causes.
I guess from feminism to anti-racism to immigrants' rights to the environment, you know, a million different things, animal rights as well.
Yeah, Mike and I also, for much of our working relationship, have incorporated advocacy into our music.
And I really do believe in the power of the arts in general as a vehicle for activism and a vehicle for change.
And I wish that more artists would be that way, especially where we are in the world right now.
And I think so many artists are just like, separate the art from the artist, you're a musician, shut up and sing, blah, blah, blah, blah.
And yeah, I think, so I think in the context of the album, it's just speaking against injustices, but like greed, because I feel like every problem just comes from greed, like injustices, the climate crisis, because...
And I wanted to talk with both of you about this because your band, The Living Orchestra, just released your debut album, Last Generation, which is a very ambitious climate crisis rock opera produced by the one and only Juno Award winning and Grammy nominated producer, Garth Richardson.
To start, I just want to start with, what does the phrase, the sound of resistance, what do you think of when you hear that phrase? What does that mean to you? Elise, I'll start with you.
It's pretty close to my heart because outside of music, I've been an activist for many years for various causes.
I guess from feminism to anti-racism to immigrants' rights to the environment, you know, a million different things, animal rights as well.
Yeah, Mike and I also, for much of our working relationship, have incorporated advocacy into our music.
And I really do believe in the power of the arts in general as a vehicle for activism and a vehicle for change.
And I wish that more artists would be that way, especially where we are in the world right now.
And I think so many artists are just like, separate the art from the artist, you're a musician, shut up and sing, blah, blah, blah, blah.
And yeah, I think, so I think in the context of the album, it's just speaking against injustices, but like greed, because I feel like every problem just comes from greed, like injustices, the climate crisis, because...
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