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Logan Staats on meeting Taj Mahal, creative freedom and his song Deadman

The Mohawk singer-songwriter sits down with Q guest host Talia Schlanger to set up a song off his latest record, A Light in the Attic.

In a Q interview, the Mohawk singer-songwriter sets up a song off his latest record, A Light in the Attic

Logan Staats wearing over-ear headphones and sitting in front of a studio microphone.
Logan Staats in the Q studio in Toronto. (Amelia Eqbal/CBC)

The Canadian singer-songwriter and musician Logan Staats has had one heck of a month. He performed alongside Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal and Allison Russell at a Robbie Robertson tribute concert in Los Angeles, and then he took part in the inaugural Reverie Indigenous Music Residency presented by CBC and the SOCAN Foundation. Ahead of a special performance at Massey Hall in Toronto, Staats sits down with Q guest host Talia Schlanger to tell the story behind his new song Deadman off his latest record, A Light in the Attic.

WATCH | Official video for Deadman:

The full interview with Logan Staats is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.


Interview with Logan Staats produced by Kaitlyn Swan.