The Guest List
Thursday November 27th, 2025 with Joe Reilly
Jeff Larocque and Dave Aardvark talk about the new CKCU 50th Anniversary Album Still the Mighty. Keltie and Jordanna of Sleep Late tell us about their song on the album and Natalia Yanchak from the Dears join us along with Matias Recharte of Kune.

NOTE: We have extended our annual public funding drive and you can still donate using the DONATE button on this page. Help keep one of Canada's longest-running and most celebrated campus-community radio stations on the air by making a donation today... and we'll send you a tax receipt for your efforts! Thanks to all who have donated. We open in conversation with two veteran CKCUers, Jeff Larocque (host of Thursday's Special Blend) and Dave Aardvark (CKCU's Program Director.) They co-produced CKCU's fantastic 50th Anniversary album "Still The Mighty." It is an album that celebrates the Ottawa music scene and features songs from a wide range of artists who have donated their tracks to be part of this collection. There is a vinyl version available at record stores around town and the digital version - with many more songs - is available for just $20 on Bandcamp. And there is a special Still The Mighty album release party at Ollie's on the campus of Carleton University, tonight - Thursday, November 27. One of the many groups/artists performing at the launch is Sleep Late. Keltie Duncan and Jordanna Marchand of Sleep Late join us on the show today to talk about the song they contributed to the album, a great tune titled No Hot Ashes. They tell us how the process of recording this new song has inspired them to start recording more new music for an upcoming release. For more information about the album release party: https://www.ckcufm.com/2025/11/17/still-the-mighty-ckcu-turns-50-with-first-vinyl-release/ Here is the link to where you can listen to and purchase Still The Mighty on Bandcamp: https://ckcu931fm.bandcamp.com/album/still-the-mighty And here is a link to the Record Centre's site for the vinyl release: https://therecordcentre.com/various-still-the-mighty-celebrating-50-years-of-ckcu-93-1-fm/ For more information and music by Sleep Late: https://sleeplate.bandcamp.com/ Next up we check in with Natalia Yanchak of the Montreal group The Dears. She is the keyboardist and a singer in the band and she is the partner of the band's vocalist and principal songwriter Murray Lightburn. We talk about the group's ninth album Life Is Beautiful, Life Is Beautiful, Life Is Beautiful and how the group will bring their orchestral pop-rock to life at the National Arts Centre's Studio tonight - Thursday, November 27. We also discuss how the group hopes the new album celebrates beauty and good in the world - a message we all need to hear more about these days! For tickets to see the Dears at the National Arts Centre: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/39371 For more information about The Dears and the group's music: https://thedears.org/ https://thedears.bandcamp.com/ Finally we talk to Matias Recharte of the pan-global music group Kune. This eleven-piece ensemble is made up of musicians who have come from all over the world and now call Toronto, Canada home. Matias tells us how the unique nature of Toronto and Canada allows them to remain true to their musical heritage while creating new globe-spanning music with Kune. The group is/was at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Tuesday, November 25. For more information about the Kune performance at the Shenkman Arts Centre: https://shenkmanarts.ca/en/world-music-kune And for more information about Kune and the group's music: https://www.kuneworld.com/ https://kuneworld.bandcamp.com/album/universal-echoes 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/