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Thursday January 18th, 2018 with Joe Reilly
Interviews with Hillsburn, Sheesham Lotus and Son, and Lori Cullen

We kick off the show today talking to Clayton Burrill of Hillsburn. The group has just released its second album called the Wilder Beyond and it features a bigger and sometimes edgier sound than the group's folk-pop debut several years ago. Clayton talks about how that happened, what it was like recording in the lead singer Paul Aarntzen's apartment in Halifax and how the group's signature vocal harmonies work on this new recording. You can see Hillsburn perform at the National Arts Centre tomorrow night - Friday, January 19. http://hillsburn.com/ https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/17483 Next we check in with Teilhard Frost of Sheesham, Lotus and Son. The group is performing its amazing array of old time music at the Black Sheep in Wakefield on Sunday for the famous 4:20 matinee - on January 21. Teilhard talks about how the group recorded its latest album and how they maintain such an authentic sound while recording great blues and roots music from the 1920s. He also talks about how the group arrived at the title of the new album after a gig in Holland! This group is a blast in the live setting so check them out on Sunday afternoon. http://sheeshamandlotus.com/ https://www.theblacksheepinn.com/ordertickets.asp?p=1013&backurl=default.asp Finally we chat with Lori Cullen who is playing at the National Arts Centre tonight on the refurbished Fourth Stage. The show will be an intimate night as Lori is playing in a duo format with her husband Kurt Swinghammer. The focus of the evening will be the songs from the album Sexsmith Swinghammer Songs - an album of songs that Kurt Swinghammer and Ron Sexsmith co-wrote for Lori. We talk about how that project came to be and what it was like recording songs written by these two men. Lori also promises to play some brand new music at the show tonight. http://www.loricullen.com/ https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/17499 Get out and see some live music this week!
Strange Clouds
Hillsburn - The Wilder Beyond Canadian New
Young Desire
Hillsburn - The Wilder Beyond Canadian New
Darling Cora
Sheesham, Lotus and Son - Clear the Table Canadian New
Rain Crow Bill
Sheesham, Lotus and Son - Clear the Table Canadian New
Face of Emily
Lori Cullen - Sexsmith Swinghammer Songs Canadian
This Morning
Lori Cullen - Sexsmith Swinghammer Songs Canadian
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