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Jazz guitarist James Sherlock and MSO bassist Ben Hanlon call into Impressions to talk about their second album 'Stravinsky.' With shared backgrounds in classical music and jazz, the duo is focused on the potential of arranging orchestral works for improvising, and here they take on iconoclastic Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s canonical works The Rite Of Spring and Petrushka alongside compositions by Gershwin and Debussy.

Now in its 12th year, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne returns this August to celebrate diversity in storytelling and filmmaking. Festival Director Mitu Bhowmick Lange chats to Xan on Sound & Vision about the program.

Christopher Port's "Ritual Remixes", the companion to his 2020 work "Ritual Music", is out now. Port has enlisted some of the finest local minds to re-interpret selections from the original which saw him embrace his jazz and improvisation background as a drummer. Tune in to Mystic Brew to hear more.

Local pysch jazz fusion quartet Proto Moro's debut album ‘PROTOSYNTHESIS’ is now out! They call in on Mystic Brew to tell Mike Gurrieri all about it.

Recorded during the final stages of singer/songwriter Dan Pash's hearing loss, the new Reality Instructors EP, titled 'The Timeless Threat Of...', is timely, jangly post-punk of the highest calibre. Tune in to Underground Love to hear more from Dan.

Described as a Melbourne super-group, comprising of Tim Maxwell (Apart From This/Grim Rhythm), Chris Cowburn (The Smith Street Band) and Craig Selak (The Bennies) call in to Firewater to discuss the upccoming album launch.

Freakscene is Philipp Reichenheim’s explosive documentary tracing Dinosaur Jr.’s turbulent story back to where it all began. Screened as part of this year's Melbourne International Film Festival, Freakscene is one of many music-based films in the program. Tune in to Firewater this week as Claire jumps on a Zoom call with director Philipp Reichenheim ahead of the screening.

Bass only, guitarless, slamming deathgrind band 12Gauge Rampage have a new album coming out and a tour planned. Tune in to Burning Bitumen to hear them chat with Kene.