We kick off The Kelly Alexander Show this week with Canadian sensation

Alessia Cara who is making a lot of noise with her catchy song “Here.” Alessia

counts Ellen Degeneres and Taylor Swift as fans and even performed on stage with

Taylor in front of over 50 thousand people. Up next is recording artist Jill

Zadeh who is currently on tour with Janet Jackson as one of her back-up

vocalists. Jill talks life on the road and what Janet is really like as a boss.

We round out the show with electronic rock band Ghost Town chatting about their

latest CD Evolution and the importance of breakfast cereal. Thank you for listening!

We're thrilled to welcome an amazing talent to The Kelly Alexander Show. He's one of the best jazz and r&b drummers you'll ever meet. He's worked with some phenomenal artists like Michael Jackson, Prince, Mary J. Blige and of course his over two decades with Janet Jackson. Lil John Roberts joins us to talk about his illustrious career and working with Janet Jackson since the mid-nineties.  We're also over the moon to welcome Backstreet Boy AJ McLean to the show. AJ has lots to share about being 1/5th of a group that has sold millions of albums across the planet and what he has in store regarding his upcoming solo CD. Thank you for listening!

Before we move forward into the new year, we want to take a look back on The Kelly Alexander Show from what went on during the last twelve months on the program.We're happy to revisit two interviews we truly enjoyed conducting. First up is Chilli from the Grammy Award-Winning group TLC. Chilli has a lot to say about what it is like to be a part of such a ground breaking group and what Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez meant to her. We then check in with a very talented actress from The Young and the Restless, Sharon Case. Sharon has played "Sharon Newman" for over 20 years and chats about what life is like being on the number one daytime show. She shares stories from the set and what it means to play this one character for over two decades. Thank you for listening and we wish you all the best for the new year.

We kick off The Kelly Alexander Show with Canadian talent Francesco Yates

talking about the rise of his career and the influence of Sir Paul McCartney.

Up next is UK singing sensation and Grammy Award-winning artist Jess Glynne who’s

had great success with the group Clean Bandit and the release of her debut

album “I Cry When I Laugh.” We’re also thrilled to welcome Swedish Pop duo

Icona Pop to the show talking about life on the road with One Direction. And

finally, we get into the holiday spirit by closing out the program with some

wonderful jazz music and your favorite Christmas classics. Thank you for listening!

Super excited to welcome one of Janet Jackson’s amazing dancers from her janet world tour back in the early 90’s, Omar Lopez. Omar sheds a lot of light on how the dancers for that project were chosen and what it was like to help choreograph the infamous dance breakdown in Janet’s hit song “If.” We also welcome Juno Award-winning artist Ivana Santilli talking about her brand new album “Late Night Light” and the musical inspiration behind it. Thank you for listening!

We kick things off on The Kelly Alexander Show with retro/pop soul artist Andra Day

talking about how the legendary Stevie Wonder helped take her career to a new

level, why director Spike Lee decided to direct her video for “Forever Mine,”

and which three albums she’d take with her to Mars. EDM kings Sultan &

Shepard talk about balancing their careers as touring DJs and music producers

and their Canadian connection to Tegan & Sara. We wrap things up with

Montreal jazz artist Susie Arioli chatting about her latest CD called “Spring,”

and which jazz legends have influenced her the most. Thank you for listening!

We’re thrilled to welcome to The Kelly Alexander Show a very talented singer-songwriter and music producer from Los Angeles who’s worked with A-list artists like Britney Spears, Kelly Rowland, Justin Bieber and the legendary Miss Janet Jackson. Tommy Parker is here to talk about his career, explain why he has three different names and what it was like to work with Janet on her latest number one hit album, “Unbreakable.” We also welcome our fashion consultant Parmal Gahunia giving us the latest on fall fashion trends and then we wrap things up with a killer remix of Janet’s number one single, “No Sleeep.” Thank you for listening!

We’re joined on The Kelly Alexander Show by an amazingly talented dancer who’s performed alongside Ricky Martin, Babyface, Deborah Cox as well as Michael and Janet Jackson. Nikki Pantenburg has a lot to say about her time with Janet, what rehearsals were like, being on the road for two world tours and why Janet is pretty much the best boss ever. We also welcome music producer Dem Jointz who’s worked on Dr. Dre’s latest album, “Compton,” and is a huge part of Janet’s new album “Unbreakable.” Dem talks about being in studio with Janet and how he was afraid to talk to her, in a good way. Thank you for listening!

We welcome Alex Gaskarth to The Kelly Alexander Show, he’s the lead singer

of American rock band All Time Low. The guys have released their sixth album

called “Future Hearts” which debuted at number 1 in the US and they’ve appeared

on Jimmy Kimmel and the Tonight Show. Scottish recording artist Rachel Sermanni

talks about her new album, “Tied To The Moon” and what it’s been like to travel

so much to other countries with her music. We wrap things up with Toronto-based

singer-songwriter Lesley Pike and her new release called “November” and sharing

the stage with Jason Mraz. Thank you for listening!

We’re looking forward to welcoming three talented artists to The Kelly Alexander Show this week. Rising Canadian music star, Tyler Shaw drops by to chat

about his new album “Yesterday” and being on the road with the one and only

Kelly Clarkson. American jazz artist, Halie Loren who hails from Alaska talks

about her latest album “Butterfly Blue” and what influence being from the north

has had on her music. Toronto-based Ben Kunder is next chatting about his debut

album “Golden” and lead single “Half Moon.” We wrap things up with DJ &

Producer Stonebridge and his latest track, “Out of Nowhere.” Thank you for listening!