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Laurel Minnes is an award-winning singer/songwriter who lives in the Niagara Region of Ontario Canada. She’s also the front woman for the post-modern harmonic choral collective Minuscule, an experience of music that is equal parts joyful and soul-wrenching.

Full disclosure, I’m a total fan girl, so just having her agree to be a guest on the show was a big deal.

Our conversation spans everything from honouring the muse whenever she comes knocking to bravely voicing our darkness so others realize they aren’t alone. Laurel is figuring out how to solve the puzzle of life, one genius stroke of songwriting at a time. She talks about how to embrace the next tier of bravery, how to ask for help, how to learn the oh-so awkward steps of a new life choreography, and finally, she gives much deserved praise to the vulnerability and power of nice guys and their role in facilitating healing for, well, all of us.

Laurel is a beautiful example of what happens when you chose to put your magic out into the world, despite the fear and the uncertainty. Her stories resonate in their fragility and I feel so lucky to have the chance to share some of them with you.

Here's where to find Laurel and Miniscule:

Bandcamp

Instagram

Two of the songs we chat about in the podcast:

Jordan

Nice Guy

Season one of Soft Opening is made possible with the support of the Niagara Falls Cultural Development Fund.

Co-Produced and Engineered By: Peter Haverkamp

Co-Produced and Hosted By: Catherine Skinner

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