The Guest List
Thursday November 13th, 2025 with Joe Reilly
Interviews with Hawksley Workman and with Yang Chen of the Labyrinth Ensemble

Don't forget that we have extended our annual public funding drive by a couple of weeks, in an effort to reach our goal of just over $193,000. As well, this show has not reached its goal of $3,500 yet... so please hit the DONATE button on our website and make a donation if you can afford to do so! Also, a big thank you to all of the people who have donated to date - either to this program or to CKCU in general. We truly value and appreciate your support. It is always a pleasure to talk to Hawksley Workman and this time around we hit on some pretty funny ideas and also discuss serious things like some of the challenges we are facing in 2025! Hawksley is appearing at the National Arts Centre in the Babs Asper Theatre this evening - Thursday, November 13. For tickets to see Hawksley TONIGHT, use this link: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/39481 For more information about Hawksley and his music: https://www.hawksleyworkman.com/ https://hawksleyworkman.bandcamp.com/ Then we learn about an amazing musical group, the Labyrinth Ensemble in discussion with one of the group's percussionist's Yang Chen. They tell us about the diverse cultures reflected in the music of this group, how the ensemble works with a variety of musical visionaries to create stunning new music and what to expect when the Labyrinth Ensemble performs at Glebe St. James on Saturday night (Nov. 15th) as presented by Debaser. For more information about Labyrinth Ensemble: https://www.labyrinthontario.com/ For tickets to see Labyrinth Ensemble on Saturday: https://www.debaser.ca/event/labyrinth-ensemble And for more information about Debaser: https://www.debaser.ca/ 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 to donate to CKCU's Annual Public Funding Drive right now... using the Donate Button on this page. 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/