Nobro's Kathryn McCaughey on starting one of Canada's best punk bands
The lead singer of Nobro talks to Q's Tom Power about the band's Juno nomination
The Montreal punk band Nobro is up for rock album of the year at the Junos Awards later this month. Lead singer and bass player Kathryn McCaughey joins Tom Power to share the story behind Nobro's song Where My Girls At off their Juno-nominated album, Set Your Pussy Free.
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