Graven - Canadian Singer-Songwriter

A Chat with Heart - with Christina Martin

Christina chats with GRAVEN (Matty McKechnie), an independent folk-rock singer- songwriter from Ottawa, Canada about his latest album Simple Complex, killing people with kindness, and singing and songwriting. As it turns out, Christina and Matty discover they might be the same person.

Graven is a passionate wordsmith of song who wears his heart on the sleeve of his melodies. He always has uplifting words and self-love promoting songs of support for anyone at his shows and his dedicated fan-base (who have dubbed themselves as “Graventown”). Graven always tries to create a highly accepting and inclusive community and his music has become a safe-haven for anyone and everyone who wants to be their real-self without judgement.
Listen to his podcast Graventown
Watch Simple Complex - The Movie
Support the show

Got a question for Christina? Call her Heartbeat Hotline in Canada: 1-902-669-4769
Explore Christina's music, videos and tour dates at christinamartin.net

Chapter

1. Greetings from Christina (00:00:00)

2. Theme Song - Talk About It (00:00:30)

3. Introduction by Christina (00:00:56)

4. Coping with Social Media blues (00:10:45)

5. Simplify (00:17:54)

6. Being a musician is expensive! (00:18:59)

7. How does Graven deal with burnout (00:19:36)

8. Making big decisions and people pleasing (00:23:09)

9. What is Graven? (00:28:03)

10. Simple Complex - The Recording Process (00:32:45)

11. How do you know if you don't try? (00:39:47)

12. Watch Simple Complex - The Movie (00:41:38)

13. Recording lyrics (00:43:46)

14. Beautiful sadness in homecoming (00:47:30)

15. Routine and the pandemic (00:49:43)

16. Simple Complex - Lyrics (00:51:16)

17. Graventown podcast (01:02:21)

18. Things we suck at (01:07:45)

19. Heartbeat Hotline [phone] (01:10:11)

20. Podcast Credits (01:11:00)

21. Support the Podcast on Patreon (01:11:19)