Where's Echo Beach?

Why are your earlier albums not generally available on C.D.?

From where in Toronto were the cover photographs on the "This Is the Ice Age" album taken? and was there a metaphorical reason for the photos to be used on the cover?

Which radio station "broke" Martha and the Muffins first in Toronto?

Who is the subject of "Garden in the Sky" from the album "Mystery Walk"?

What does Martha say at the end of Danseparc? I can only figure out, "This is a place I've visited..." but have never been able to suss the rest.

Is MatM drummer Tim Gane the same Tim Gane who is in the band Stereolab?


Do you have a question for us?

Which radio station "broke" Martha and the Muffins first in Toronto?

Was it CFNY-FM or CHUM-FM who first broke Martha and the Muffins on Toronto radio in the late seventies? Martha and Mark were asked to settle the debate which took place in December 2002 on Radiopro, an email subscription service run by Canadian radio veteran Warren Cosford as a forum for music industry pros.

While the term "breaking" a band on radio can be defined many ways, it was CFNY who first promoted the band on radio when Keith Elshaw, a CFNY DJ, played SUBURBAN DREAM and INSECT LOVE from MatM's 1979 indie release of the same name. Keith had mixed the two songs for the band as well as several others from the same session MatM had recorded in June 1978. Nevertheless, CHUM-FM was hot on CFNY's heels, playing MatM's indie disc as well as hosting a MatM live broadcast from Toronto's Palais Royale on June 18, 1980.