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Majid Jordan’s secret to surviving 15 years as a duo
The Canadian duo Majid Jordan is best known as one of the pillars of Toronto’s R&B sound. This past August, they released their fifth studio album, Two Roads. On the day of their hometown stop in the 6ix, Majid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman joined Tom Power to talk about some of the first music they ever loved, what they think the best song they’ve ever written is, and the secret behind what’s kept them working together for 15 years.
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This is a CBC Podcast. I'm Tom Power. Welcome to Q. All right, so I bet you've had this experience at some point in your life when you're like a teenager or maybe it happened to you more in like your twenties when you went to school or you started working. But you make a new friend because you bond over something you both like.
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