[3] Launched by artistic director Shaun Brodie in 2014,[4] the group's core members include vocalists Alanna Stuart and Alex Samaras, poet Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, violinist Jennifer Burford, cellist Evan Lamberton, oboist and English horn player Lief Mosbaugh, French horn player Micajah Sturgess, guitarist Thom Gill, double bassist Dan Fortin, and percussionist Stefan Schneider.
A rotating collective of other musicians and storytellers have also collaborated with the group at individual performances, including Carole Pope,[5] Beverly Glenn-Copeland,[5] Leah Fay,[6] Vivek Shraya, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Gwen Benaway,[5] Mark Tewksbury,[5] Veda Hille,[7] Lorraine Segato,[4] Bill Richardson,[7] Gentleman Reg,[5] Gary Beals, Louis Negin, Wayson Choy, Rémy Huberdeau, Simone Schmidt, Torquil Campbell, Daniela Gesundheit, Katie Ritchie, Casey Mecija, Cris Derksen,[5] Rae Spoon and Safia Nolin.
[10] The group collaborated with Vivek Shraya on her 2017 album Part Time Woman,[11] which was a longlisted nominee for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize.
[12] In 2018, they released their own debut album, Anthems & Icons, which includes renditions of songs by k.d.
lang, Billy Strayhorn, Rita MacNeil, Joe Meek, Gene MacLellan, Melissa Etheridge and Arthur Russell.