Pallmer on CBC East Coast Music Hour in Collaboration with Taryn Kawaja
In November 2025 I travelled with Pallmer for a 3-day stay in Halifax, Nova Scotia to participate in a great program hosted by CBC Radio’s East Coast Music Hour. We were commissioned to develop a collaborative performance with Halifax singer-songwriter Taryn Kawaja. Throughout the program we worked with producer Erin Costelo to develop new arrangements of each other’s music to perform on video in front of a live studio audience. This was a fast-paced process and led to some really amazing musical outcomes! It was really neat to see how distinct processes could meld in such a fast-paced environment. It was really amazing to work with Taryn and we hope to be able to collaborate again in the future! It was so much fun! The official video premiered on Jan. 18, 2025 and can be seen below.
Taryn was asked to arrange two songs for the ensemble. One song of her own and one song from Pallmer's catalog. Emily Kennedy, the cellist from Pallmer, was given the same assignment.
PALLMER:
Emily Kennedy - cello, voice
Mark Kleyn - viola
Charles Harding - synth, voice
CREDITS
1. Close the Window - written by Taryn Kawaja, arranged by Taryn Kawaja
2. Summit - written by Emily Kennedy, arranged by Emily Kennedy
3. Thin Air - written by Taryn Kawaja, arranged by Emily Kennedy
4. Tulips - written by Emily Kennedy, arranged by Taryn Kawaja
Produced by Erin Costelo
Recorded and Mixed by Pat Martin
Assistant Engineer - Thomas Stajcer
Videography - Jeff Miller
2nd Camera - Chelsea Comeau
Video editing - Jeff Miller
Color Correction - Charlie Benoit
East Coast Music Hour
East Coast Music Hour is a program dedicated to the music and music-makers in Atlantic Canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-198-east-coast-music-hour | https://www.youtube.com/@CBCEastCoastMusicHour
Taryn Kawaja
Taryn Kawaja is a Canadian singer/pianist/songwriter whose unique style of lyrics, melodies and chord structures has been captivating audiences across Canada and Europe. She has been described as an evocative blend of Tori Amos and Amy Winehouse. Coming from a rigorous classical background, Kawaja’s unique fusion of neo-classical and folk is sonically nostalgic and dreamlike yet her lyrics are grounding and honest. There is something relieving about the truth from which sings. With a reputation for virtuosic playing complimented by a birdsong voice and beautifully vulnerable poetics, Taryn Kawaja is a performer you do not want to miss.