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Montréal-based Jazz Vocalist, Composer & Guitarist Saku Mantere on the 2025 Album Divine Apology

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Montréal-based Jazz Vocalist, Composer & Guitarist Saku Mantere on his evocative 2025 album Divine Apology .. This poetic and immersive project journeys through purgatory, memory, and longing with lyrical and philosophical depth. Drawing inspiration from poet Norman Cristofoli’s metaphysical play The Pub, the album explores the liminal spaces of the human experience—where souls reflect and seek meaning. Each composition unfolds as a meditation on grief, childhood, resistance, and redemption—all anchored by the timeless question…

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