The Guest List
Thursday November 23rd, 2023 with Joe Reilly
Interviews with iskwē, Kiran Ahluwalia and Charlotte Cornfield

Don't forget you can still donate to our annual funding drive using the red donate buttons on our website. If you enjoy a show with great interviews like this, please consider making a donation of any amount - it all helps! Thanks to those who have donated already. We open the show in conversation with Cree-Metis artist iskwē. She has recently released a series of fantastic singles and is coming to perform at the National Arts Centre's Azrieli Studio on Wednesday, November 29th. iskwē tells us about the themes in the two songs we play today and about working with producer Damian Taylor on these powerful new songs. She also tells us about the musicians who will be working with her at the NAC and how they will bring a very different approach to these songs and others from her repertoire. For tickets to see iskwē use this link: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/34771 For more information about iskwē: https://iskwe.com/ https://iskwe.bandcamp.com/album/iskwe We next talk to Kiran Ahluhwalia who will be appearing at the National Arts Centre's Azrieli Studio on Tuesday, November 28th. We talk to Kiran about her amazing music that blends her roots in Indian classical, Sufi, Ghazal and Punjabi folk music with West African Blues, Jazz and American R&B. She tells us about how she works with her partner and guitar player Rez Abbasi and about the new music they are creating together for a new album Comfort Food coming in April, 2024. For tickets to see Kiran Ahluhwalia use this link: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/35104 For more information about Kiran Ahluwalia use this link: https://www.kiranmusic.com/ Finally we check in with Charlotte Cornfield who is appearing at the National Arts Centre TONIGHT, Thursday, November 23rd on the Fourth Stage. It is a perfect venue for her personal, alt-folk/pop songs. We talk about how the songs on her latest album Could Have Done Anything are like personal notes to people in her life and she explains that in fact they are. She also talks about working with Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman on that album and who will be performing with her at the NAC tonight. For tickets to see Charlotte Cornfield use this link: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/34770 For more information about Charlotte Cornfield: https://charlottecornfield.com/ https://charlottecornfield.bandcamp.com/album/could-have-done-anything Thanks for listening. Get out and see some live music this week and support independent music in any way that you can!