Bob Wiseman has spent decades detonating polite expectations in the Canadian music scene. A founding member of Blue Rodeo, he helped launch the band into the Juno-soaked stratosphere before peeling off to chase freer sounds. His solo work is a sweet collision of folk, improvisation, avant-garde wanderings, and whatever social commentary happened to be fizzing in his bloodstream that day. He has collaborated with everyone from Daniel Lanois to Mary Margaret O’Hara to Serena Ryder to Daniel Johnston - artists who don’t scare easily. Wiseman holds a PhD from the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, a place where theory and chaos shake hands. His book Music Lessons crash-landed on the Globe and Mail’s Top Ten list in 2020, confusing those who prefer their musicians quiet and well-behaved. He keeps releasing work on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, wherever the signal reaches. He also believes Sun Ra was from Saturn.