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Thursday November 30th, 2017 with Joe Reilly
An All-Women Lineup today -- Interviews with Rita Carter, Grace Marr, Cold Specks and Blankscreen

Today we talk to four women making music in a wide range of genres. First up, it's Ottawa's Rita Carter in to talk about a big gig she has going on this Friday night (December 1) at the 27 Club. It's called Ottawa Queendom and features 6 independent Ottawa women making music and female entrepreneurs and women running businesses all coming together to support one another in a special and safe space. Rita brought along her son and her musical friend Grace Marr for a fun spot that features music (including Rita's son Amari singing along to some of the tunes) and thoughtful talk about the importance of women supporting women in their independent artistic endeavours. https://www.facebook.com/events/1908429906087916/ Up next we chat with Cold Specks. She has just released a new album entitled Fool's Paradise. We talk about how it's a more personal album for Cold Specks and about the subtle, textured rhythms that animate the album's songs. She will be in town playing these songs (along with some older tunes) at the 27 Club on Saturday night, December 2. http://coldspecks.com/ https://www.spectrasonic.com/event/1540615-cold-specks-ottawa/ Finally we check in with Robyn Bond who is the drummer with the band Blankscreen. This is a pretty new group, preparing to release its debut e.p. in the early new year. WE talk about musical influences and the group's recording process and what you can expect when Blankscreen comes to Ottawa to perform at Pressed on Thursday, December 7. https://blankscreen.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.facebook.com/ecranblanc Get out and see some live music this week!!