The Guest List
Thursday June 15th, 2023 with Joe Reilly
Interviews with Justin Rutledge and Jody Benjamin

PLEASE NOTE: The On Demand version of this show includes one additional song (Head For the Hills) and several more minutes of interview with Justin Rutledge. These had to be edited from the FM broadcast so the program could fit the 60 minute time slot for the Guest List. Enjoy. Justin Rutledge has released a beautiful new album entitled Something Easy. He talks to us about how you can be a quiet Angry Young Man, the nightmare that inspired the song Cowards and how fatherhood got him looking back at his past and how this is reflected in some of his new songs. He also talks to us about how the new album is self-produced and the decisions he made to add some beautiful touches to many of the songs on the album. Justin is appearing in Ottawa at Red Bird Live on June 23 and 24 - but both shows are sold out. https://www.justinrutledge.com Then we check in with Ottawa-based musician Jody Benjamin, who you may know from her work with groups like The Vanier Playboys and Ball and Chain. On Saturday (June 17th) Jody will unveil her new, 60+ women's choir called the deciBelles in a concert at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr. Performance starts at 7 p.m. Jodie tells us about the wide variety of music that the choir covers (from Jody originals to Coldplay and from Lynn Miles to Supertramp) and how they create backing tracks to support the singers. Jodie sounds thrilled to finally be brining the choir to the stage for a performance so don't miss their concert this Saturday night. https://decibelles.choirgenius.com/ Get out and see some live music this week and support independent music in any way that you can.