Interviews

The Port Fairy Folk Festival has expanded its line-up, with more artists joining the seaside celebration taking place from March 6 - 9. From its humble beginnings in 1977, the festival celebrates its 49th year in 2026, featuring a huge multi-venue main arena with four stages, family-friendly entertainment, excellent food, and more. Director Justin Rudge joins Lauren Plant, tune in to hear him discuss some of the artists to watch in the global folk scene.

Award-winning Tamil-Australian artist Wild Gloriosa crafts music rooted in self-love, identity, and community, resonating with audiences through its honesty and depth. Having graced major stages including Woodford Folk Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival, and Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Wild Gloriosa will be performing at Strawberry Fields this month. Joining Milo for a round of Musical Chairs, tune in to hear her selection of tunes for this Thursday morning.

Joining Milo on The Breakfast Spread for an acoustic, in-studio performance is Palm Springs - the outsider folk identity of Erica Dunn. Born out of a compulsion to write sparse, intimate verse, Palm Springs has been a cornerstone of Dunn’s songwriting that sits in a separate interior back room from her other creative outputs (Tropical Fuck Storm, MOD CON, Fiancée, Harmony et al). Tune in to hear about her new album 'Turning Yr Back On The Dolphin'.

Drummer and tech visionary Barra for local band DEADSKIN drops in to Tyrannocoreus to hang out with Ryan Evans. With an eerie brand of metalcore that expels haunting lyrics with a soundtrack to match - tune in to hear about DEADSKIN's new singles 'Seeing Things' and 'Peeling Skin', along with their recent live shows and plans for the new year. 

The ninth album 'Flowers', from metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada marks the beginning of an epic new chapter for the group. They’ve just spent the summer playing some of the biggest shows of their career, performing in amphitheaters across the globe, and their single 'For You' is the band’s first-ever track to chart on both the Mediabase and Billboard Active Rock charts in the US. Tune in to Tyrannocoreus to hear Ryan Evans chat with the band’s vocalist, Mike Hranica.

Local band Flitcraft have returned with their new album 'Transmission Echo’, and it's filled with heavy melodic rock like 70’s Priest or Scorpions, but also quirky and modern, giving it a progressive flair that somehow the term 'progressive metal’ doesn’t quite fit. Tune in to Burning Bitumen as Kene and Leah catch up with the band about their new record, along with their upcoming show at Bergy Bandroom on November 29.

Known for giving a visceral musical experience and living for their art, the pubs, the endless highways and the blues, Child are about to go on an international tour. Tune in to Pojama People to hear about their upcoming show at Nighthawks on November 21.

Melbourne-based progressive heavy psych trio Khan present their fourth studio album 'That Fair and Warlike Form // Return to Dust'. The concept album, featuring two 23 minute songs, explores the suffering of a man possessed by the spirit of the god of death, Erlik (Turkic/Mongolian mythology). Tune in to hear about their album launch, taking place at Northcote Social Club on November 29.

Tune in to Dounya this Tuesday for an interview with Syrian / Lebanese DJ and producer, Luqman. Creator of the party series 'Club Unity' and radio host on MainFM and AREA3000, listen in to hear an upbeat guest mix from the Naarm/Melbourne based DJ.

'Milk Thistle Salmon Blush', a psychedelically minimal spectacle and the eighth release from Melbourne/Berlin artist Gregor, came out last month. The new record interweaves disparate elements and double meanings that coalesce into a cohesive whole, exploring themes of preoccupation, communication, fear, temptation, and yearning. Gregor joins Claire Dickson on The Breakfast Spread to chat about the new album - tune in to hear a selection of tracks that he's brought in to share with Claire.

Hailing from Albany, Western Australia, Carla Geneve has just released her new album ‘Don’t Be Afraid.’ A collection of songs with raw honesty, unfiltered and luminous in its depth, the tracks expose the ache of lived experience, and the quiet force of survival. Inspired by Seamus Heaney’s final words, it is a meditation on fear, compassion, and empathy, brought to life on a secondhand piano. Tune in to Homebrew as Brooke is joined by Carla for a stripped-back, live in-studio performance.

IKSRE, which stands for “I Keep Seeing Rainbows Everywhere” is the project of vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, producer and sound healer, Phoebe Dubar. Written, recorded and produced in a solar powered caravan during an epic, 20,000km road trip to some of the wildest, most remote places in Australia, IKSRE’s new album ‘expansion a (south)’ is set for release this November. Tune in to Deeep Space for an ambient, soul-healing live performance from IKSRE.

World-renowned Australian composer, performer, and academic, Professor Cat Hope will be joining Ian in the studio to talk about her gripping art-music work, ‘Speechless’, newly released on CD and Bandcamp. ‘Speechless’ brings forth the voices of refugees from around the world. Cat is especially known for her work with groundbreaking animated graphic scores, bass drones, and new and often rebellious notions of where music is placed and how it can speak to us both artistically and culturally.

In this edition of Stars In The Static, Greg Sher catches up with Tamara Murphy to talk about her project, Spirograph Studies. After a 4 year wait between albums, Spirograph Studies are set to release 'Melody Driver', a record that pushes their hypnotic, textural approach to improvisation into new directions, textures, and dreamscapes. Tune in to hear about their album launch on November 18 at the Jazzlab.

Regarded as the 'Hendrix of the kora', Seckou Keita is revered as one of the world's great instrumentalists. Ahead of a special show at Memo Music Hall, Keita swung by PBS to play an exclusive in-studio set, and to have a chat to Stani about his career and his exploration of the music of southern Senegal.

Equally fluent in jazz, classical and Latin music, Nestor Torres’ rhythmic and melodious flute sound sets him apart in a class all by itself. His career spans over 35 years and includes 18 Cds, 4 Latin Grammy nominations, 1 Latin Grammy Award and a Grammy nomination, as well as collaborations with the likes of Tito Puente, Herbie Hancock, Dave Mathews, Gloria Estefan, and performances with, among others, The New World, Cleveland and Singapore Symphonies. Tune in as Saúl catches up with Nestor.

Joining Fiesta Jazz from the motherland of Flamenco this month is Jorge Pardo. He's played with many musical legends, including Paco de Lucia, and jazz legend Chick Corea, whose compositions 'Spain', '500 Miles High', and 'Windows' are now considered jazz standards. In 2013, Jorge won an award for Best European Jazz Musician by the French Jazz Academy in Paris as a tribute to his expertise. Tune in to hear about his show at Bird’s Basement on November 20 and 21.

Tune in to this edition of The Breakdown as DJ Manchild is joined by the living legends of Zambia’s 1970s underground music scene: WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc). Blending psychedelic rock, funk, and Afrobeat rhythms, their new album ‘SOGOLO’ is laden with powerful messages of hope, and even more powerful riffs. True custodians of the Zamrock sound, their performance at Town Folk Festival this weekend is one not to be missed!

Having held down a residency since 1998 at Lux Frágil - one of the best, and most infamous clubs in Portugal - Tiago will be joining Edd Fisher for the second half of Tomorrowland. With many musical releases via notable labels including: DFA, Public Possession and Jolly Jams (to name a few), Tiago is about to set off on a tour through, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and for his first time in 6 years, Australia. Tune in to hear about his show at Trades Hall - Music Room this Friday.

Currently celebrating 10 years of their Berlin Record Store and Record label - Castro and Nemo of Sound Metaphors are in Naarm/ Melbourne for an all night party at Solace this Saturday. Expect many flavours of music from the dance floor, with deep crates of Europes finest. The celebrations will include support from local acts bobo and Toby (ID), Lily July and Mansman and Bridget Small. Stopping by Tomorrowland, tune in to hear Edd Fisher catch up with Castro and Nemo while they're in the city.