The Guest List
Thursday November 28th, 2024 with Joe Reilly
Jane Siberry talks about new music and her show at the NAC tonight, and the members of Ottawa's Backseat Dragon tell us about their new EP and concert Friday

NOTE: I had to edit several truly thoughtful and engaging segments of my interview with Jane Siberry for the FM broadcast to meet the 60 minute format of the show - and we had to shorten two of her songs as well... a practice you know I hate. BUT you can hear the entire interview with Jane and the songs in their glorious completeness here with the On Demand version of the show. (We did not shorten the brand new song Bountiful Beautiful... that was played in full. The Guest List is brought to you by Spaceman Music at 388 Gladstone Avenue. Ottawa's finest independent music shop has everything you need for making great music from guitars and keyboards to amps and accessories. They sell, buy and do consignment deals, have a great repair shop and run music lessons. Visit the Spaceman Music website for more information: https://www.spacemanmusic.com/ We open the show in conversation with one of my favourite artists on the planet, Jane Siberry. She is performing tonight (Thursday, November 28) in the Azrieli Studio - but the concert is sold out! We feature a beautiful new song, that will be on her forthcoming album, and Jane tells us about the new song. During this wide ranging interview we talk about her recording process, how she selects songs to perform and then navigates the concert experience and how even when she's feeling angry she creates music that affirms what is beautiful in the world as a counterpoint to so much negativity that surrounds us. Tune in to hear Jane's words of wisdom, even if you waited too long to get tickets for this show. For more information about Jane and to keep up with her artistic endeavours: https://janesiberry.com/home Then we catch up with Ottawa band, Backseat Dragon (I love the name!!) in conversation with all three band members Cole Hallman, Shawn Lundy and Carrie Blair. Backseat Dragon has just released a great new EP called hot dog summer and they will be celebrating the launch of the new recording, in concert at Club SAW on Friday night (November 29th.) During the interview we talk about how they really stepped up the production on this recording and how Carrie's vocals sit a little bit differently in the mix. They also talk about how much they love playing live and hope lots of people will come out to see them at Club SAW on Friday. For tickets to the Backseat Dragons EP launch concert, use this link: https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/backseat-dragon-sun-junkies-hug-club-saw-tickets/13983383 And for more music by Backseat Dragon use this Bandcamp link: https://backseatdragon.bandcamp.com/ Thanks for listening to the Guest List today. Get out and see some live music if you can this week and support independent music in any way that you can. And don't forget you can still help us at CKCU to make our funding drive goal by making a donation to our funding drive as we continue to inch closer to $175,000. Use the donate button on our website and donate whatever you can afford! Thanks to everyone who has donated to date. We really appreciate your support.