The Guest List
Thursday January 18th, 2024 with Joe Reilly
Interviews with Chris McKhool of Sultans of String and Marc Meriläinen about their show at Centrepoint on Friday and with Brad Merritt of 54-40

The Sultans of String recently released a new album Walking Through The Fire, which features the group performing with a wide range of Indigenous and Inuit artists from all across Canada. On Friday, January 19th, the group is coming to perform at Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, with an array of special guests to bring this recording to life. We open the show in conversation with Chris McKhool of Sultans of String and Marc Meriläinen of the Indigenous music project NADJIWAN, talking about how this project came together and how they will pull off this ambitious concert on Friday night. For tickets use this link: https://meridiancentrepointe.com/en/walking-through-fire For more information about Sultans of String and this project, use this link: https://sultansofstring.com/ Then we talk to Brad Merritt, the bassist with the group 54-40 about the group's newest album West Coast Band. Brad tells us how these songs were created, and how they find the band looking back at their early days making music back in the early 1980s. We only have time for a short segment of this lengthy interview, and it will be featured in its entirety on The Wavelength this Monday night, January 22. (https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/161/info.html) For more information about 54-40 and the new album West Coast Band, use this link to the band's website: https://www.5440.com/ Thanks for listening and support independent music in any way that you can. Get out and see some live music this week.