The Guest List
Thursday July 3rd, 2025 with Joe Reilly
Interviews with Sue Foley and JW-Jones about recent recordings and their upcoming performances at Ottawa Bluesfest.

Today we focus on a pair of outstanding local musicians who are performing at Ottawa Bluesfest, which kicks off next Thursday, July 10 and runs until July 20. First up we check in with the very busy Sue Foley. The blues guitarist and singer continues to make waves throughout the blues world releasing stellar albums and winning accolades and awards. Just last week the state of Massachusetts declared June 27 as Sue Foley Day across the state. We talk to Sue about this and about how she tries to stay in shape when on the road. We also talk about the decision to release her celebrated solo, acoustic album One Guitar Woman. When Sue plays at Ottawa Bluesfest you get a chance to hear both sides of her blues stylings on Saturday, July 12th. At 7 p.m. she will deliver an electric set on the LeBreton Stage and later at 9:30 she will delve into the music of One Guitar Woman in an acoustic set in the Barney Danson Theatre. A great opportunity to hear this talented musician presenting two very different takes on her music. For more information about Sue and her music: https://suefoley.com https://stonyplainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/one-guitar-woman https://ottawabluesfest.ca/schedule/#/event/sue-foley Sue also gives us her Bluesfest pick of an artist you should see at the festival this year and that is Hozier, appearing on Friday, July 11th. https://ottawabluesfest.ca/schedule/#/event/hozier Then we check in with another Ottawa blues icon, JW-Jones. JW is performing on Saturday, July 19th at 7:45 on the River Stage. We talk to JW about his prolific nature for recording albums - as he released his 12th recording in 2023 entitled Everything Now. We talk to JW about the very personal nature of the songs on this album and about what it was like recording with some blues greats. He has a fantastic story to tell about how Jimmy Vaughan ended up as part of the record. For more information about JW-Jones and his music, use these links: https://jw-jones.com/ https://ottawabluesfest.ca/schedule/#/event/jw-jones JW also gives us a pick from the broad array of artists appearing at Bluesfest, and he wants you to check out the Darrell Nulisch Band, appearing on Sunday, July 13th on the LeBreton Stage at 7 p.m. and then in the Barney Danson Theatre at 9:30. For more information about Darrell Nulisch use these links: https://severnrecords.com/artist/darrell-nulisch/ https://ottawabluesfest.ca/schedule/#/event/darrell-nulisch For everything you need to know about Bluesfest and ticketing use this link: https://ottawabluesfest.ca/ Thanks for listening to the Guest List today. Get out and see some live music this week and support independent music in any way that you can. And don't forget that The Guest List is sponsored by Spaceman Music, located at 388 Gladstone Avenue, just west of Bank. Visit Spaceman for all of your music making needs and don't forget they have a great repair shop and offer music lessons. Check out Spaceman online at: https://www.spacemanmusic.com/