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Thursday January 25th, 2018 with Joe Reilly
Interviews with Heavy Bell, Close Talker, and the Balconies

Some great talks about music on the show today. We start off with Matt Peters (of Royal Canoe fame) about a new project called Heavy Bell that he has put together with Tom Keenan. The two have released an album called By Grand Central Station. It is a song cycle around the prose of Elizabeth Smart from her book By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. Matt tells us how he got together with Tom and how they were drawn to the work of Elizabeth Smart and ultimately created this project. The album features true chamber pop music and the duo will be touring with a string section when they bring the music to life at Pressed here in Ottawa on Saturday, February 3. https://www.heavybellmusic.com/#home-section https://pressed-ottawa.com/ Matt Peters then stuck around for our conversation with Matt Kopperud of Close Talker, because Matt Peters produced the second album by Close Talker. The album is titled Lens and it was released in the Fall of 2017. Matt and Mat share some stories about how they got together and about the recording process. Matt Kopperud gives us some insights into the songs on the album and where Close Talker may be going with the group's next album. You can see them play tonight (Thursday, January 25) at House of Targ. http://closetalker.ca/ http://www.spectrasonic.com/event/1566906-close-talker-language-arts-ottawa/ Finally we check in with Jacquie Neville of The Balconies. The highly successful Ottawa indie rock group is calling it quits with 2 shows in Ottawa next weekend - Friday, Feb. 2 and Saturday, Feb. 3 at the 27 Club. Jacquie fills us in on why the band is stopping right now and what she plans to be doing in the future - and it's still musical! She also give us some highlights from the group's ten year career. Jacquie has always been a great guest on the show over the years and we wish her and the rest of the Balconies all the best with their future endeavours. http://thebalconies.ca/ http://www.spectrasonic.com/event/1613334-balconies-last-lunge-ottawa/ Get out and see some live music this week.
Phoenix of Love
Heavy Bell - By Grand Central Station
Water of Love
Heavy Bell - By Grand Central Station
Time for Such A Word
Heavy Bell - By Grand Central Station
Hold Up, Rewind
Close Talker - Lens
Reptiles
Close Talker - Lens
Boys and Girls
The Balconies - Fast Motions
War
The Balconies - Rhonda
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