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Thursday November 28th, 2019 with Joe Reilly
Interviews with the Good Lovelies, Gladys Lazer and Single Mothers

A really diverse show today as we talk about Christmas music, free-form improvisational music and punk rock! We open with Caroline Brooks of the Good Lovelies. She tells us how the Good Lovelies have created an annual tradition of heading out on the road to perform a Christmas show made up of traditional favourites and original Christmas songs the group has created. The group brings this show to the National Arts Centre on Thursday, December 19th. Caroline talks about how they decided to record their rendition of the Christmas standard Oh Holy Night and how much they've enjoyed creating new songs that they hope become part of the Christmas music canon. http://goodlovelies.com/ https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/23022 Next we check in with Gladys Lazer, an improvisational drummer who creates music that knows no boundaries and includes elements of jazz, electronic music,rock, pop and global rhythms. He talks about how he creates and records his music and what we can expect when he performs live at Pressed here in Ottawa on Friday, November 29 with Pierre-Luc Clement of FET.NAT. It's an engaging and far-reaching conversation about the creative process and art in general. https://www.mothland.com/gladys-lazer https://www.facebook.com/debaserlives/ Finally we chat briefly with Drew Thomson about Single Mothers and the group's upcoming show in Ottawa at The Babylon Nightclub on Friday, November 29. Drew talks to us about keeping his voice in shape over lengthy tours and the decision to release new single Nihilist Headlights. Drew had to literally hurry off to the band's soundcheck so we thank him for taking the time to call despite a change in the band's production schedule today. https://dinealonerecords.com/artists/single-mothers/ http://www.babylonclub.ca/ Get out and see some live music this week. And be sure to purchase the music of artists you love so they can make some money and keep creating great music for us all to enjoy. Independent artists in particular cannot make a living from streaming services. Cheers.