The Guest List
Thursday October 23rd, 2025 with Joe Reilly
Interviews with Hannah Judge of fanclubwallet, cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne and Ron Sexsmith - all musicians with shows in Ottawa this weekend

NOTE: The On Demand version of the Guest LIst today is almost 30 minutes longer than the FM broadcast, and it includes two more songs from Ron Sexsmith and additional interview segments with each of our guest artists today. We open in conversation with Hannah Judge, who you may be familiar with as fanclubwallet - the name she has taken for all of her musical undertakings. Hannah tells us how her health challenges are an important theme running throughout this new album; how she creates this shimmering pop music with the guiding hand of Michael Watson; and how excited she is to be playing at Gabba Hey (250 City Centre) on Saturday night (Oct. 25th.) For tickets to see fanclubwallet's album release party: https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/fanclubwallet-backseat-dragon-cootie-catcher-gabba-hey-tickets/14534333?pl=spectrasonic For more information and music by fanclubwallet: https://www.fanclubwallet.com/ https://fanclubwallet.bandcamp.com/music Next we talk to Ottawa cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne. Raphael tells us about producing his new, bold album Lifeblood and how it is a very personal statement for him. He also tells us how he will be bringing the album to life at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre on Friday night. (Oct. 24th) For tickets to see Raphael Weinroth-Browne at Dominion-Chalmers on Friday night: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/raphael-weinroth-browne-lifeblood-album-release-tickets-1595900765149?aff=oddtdtcreator For more information about Raphael and his music: https://raphaelweinrothbrowne.com https://raphaelweinroth-browne.bandcamp.com/album/lifeblood If you would like to hear a more extensive interview with Raphael, check out the Wavelength from October 6th, when Raphael came in for two hours and walked us through every piece of music on the new album Lifeblood. Here is the link to that program: https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/161/72355.html Finally we wrap up the show in conversation with Ron Sexsmith, who is appearing at the National Arts Centre in the Babs Asper Theatre on Friday night (Oct. 24th.) Ron and I talk about the inspiration for the song Camelot Towers, and about how Ron wants to ensure everyone understands what this song (and others) are about AND what they are not about. Ron is at the National Arts Centre in the Babs Asper Theatre on Friday night (Oct. 24th.) For tickets to see Ron Sexsmith at the National Arts Centre: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/39264 For more information about Ron Sexsmith: https://ronsexsmith.com/ Thanks for listening to the Guest List today. Support independent music in any way that you can and get out to see some live music this week... or any week! 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/