interview
Joshua Hyslop
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“An album about empathy”: so,
in short, Joshua Hyslop talks
about his new lp, Echoes. The sin-
ger-songwriter from Saskatchewan,
a very green and not very “urban”
part of Canada, continues with the
third episode of a career based on
folk songs but often with some
souly aftertaste.
Three years have passed betwe-
en “In Deepest Blue” and
“Echoes” and your success has
become trully global. What did
you learn, of you and people
around you, in last three years?
I’ve learned I’m capable of more
than I’d previously imagined, espe-
cially when it comes to touring and
performing solo. That
has been simultaneously
very difficult and very
rewarding. But most of
all, I’ve learned that no
one succeeds on their
own. I really am only
able to do this because
of the team around me:
my wife, my manager,
my label. It’s really im-
portant to have a strong
support group around you.
Why did you choose “Fall” and
“Say it Again” to present your
album and how these songs
were born?
I’m not sure why these two are the
ones we started with. We’ve also
just released another new song
called, “Home”. I think the hope
is to release a song, or songs, that
give a small snapshot of what the
upcoming album will be like. But,
I think this album is pretty diverse.
Each song comes from a different
place. “Say It Again” came from
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