Ep 296 - Great Aunt Ida

Bridging the Social Distance · Apr 30, 2026 · 57m

For this episode I veer away from my normal format to interview an old friend, Ida Nilsen, known for her music project Great Aunt Ida, in advance of a few shows she was playing in the area. Great Aunt Ida has been making music under this name for over twenty years, starting in BC, moving to Toronto for a stretch, and then Detroit before returning to Vancouver. We talk a bit about this history, where her and I connected along the way, and her journey to and from music as she also navigated an undergrad and then PHD in architecture and landscape architecture. As her studies started crossing…