Interviews

Best known for their high energy party vibes, delivering a sweet blend of afro-jazz funk rhythms Alárìíyá are readying themselves to release a new single. Trumpeter Olugbade Okunade aka GP Saxy catches up Stani on Flight 1067 to Africa.

Colac singer/songwriter Dave Wright is reassembling his eight-piece 'Electric Horns' for his four annual Christmas Spectacular at George Lane on December 23. The band will play material from the newly released compilation '2012-2022 A Decade of widescreen rock n roll,' and will see support from Matt Joe Gow and Little Wise (solo). Dave calls in to 5ft High & Rising for a chat ahead of this special show.

Melbourne’s 9 piece posse The Counterfeit are bringing 'The Most Dangerous Show In Town' to Thornbury Theatre February 4. Performing iconic theme songs of The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars and Django. Fender bass VI player Delaney Stewart and guitarist Harley Stewart ride on in to the Ports of Paradise to talk about the night of gunslinging themes of classic Spaghetti Westerns.

Melbourne's raw disco & house selector and producer Francis Inferno Orchestra is back in town playing a string of shows this month. He headlines the Other Worlds Other Sounds and Stereo Ferment party at Angel Music Bar this Saturday night but he first drops in to PBS on Friday morning to play a special mix on the Wheels of Steel.

Legless Records creator Aaron Mawson and Jackson Reid Briggs joins Michael on Junkyard for a Legless Records special.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Chris Wilson's extraordinary debut solo album Landlocked. Cheer Squad Records will release a re-issue under the title 'Landlocked. Faithless and Free' - the original album on vinyl alongside additional tracks never previously released. On Swinging Doors this week Wilson's wife Sarah Carroll drops in to chat about the re-issue and her husband's incredible legacy. We'll also hear what Sarah has been up to and might even have her play a song in the studio.

Shane O’Mara, Andrew Tanner, Stu Thomas and Leroy Cope have joined forces to form a new Melbourne supergroup called The Silversound. 'Shaker' will be their first single from their forthcoming album. The band stops by Radio City to talk about the 'Shaker' single launch at The Union Hotel Brunswick Sunday December 18.

Melbourne’s iconic Palais Theatre is hosting a unique set of events, taking place in January 2023. Along with The Living End’s Chris Cheney, The Merindas, and Brisbane-bred dream-pop songwriter Hatchie, the much loved Melbourne duo Big Scary will take to the stage on Friday, January 6th. Tune in to The Breakfast Spread to hear from one half of the band Jo Syme who drops in to PBS for a round of Musical Chairs with Milo.

Hot off the heels from their standout Meredith set over the weekend, Surprise Chef will be dropping by The Afterglow to chat with Lyndelle about their recent PBS Feature Album 'Education & Recreation', months of touring, and rounding out the year with a final show at our Soul A Go Go NYE spectacular!

Proud Noongar, Naarm-based artist Bumpy has a captivating new neo-soul/alt-R'n'B single titled 'Hide & Seek.' The Uncle Archie Roach Award winner drops in to PBS to chat with Lyndelle about the single. Tune in to The Afterglow from 5pm on Wednesday.

Held in the beautiful Victorian town of Creswick, CresFest is a 3-day multi-generational and inclusive celebration of music, art and culture, featuring such artists as Charm of Finches, The Weeping Willows, Kutcha Edwards and Fred Smith. Australian folk champ Greg Champion is also part of the festival's wonderful line-up. He joins Helen Jennings for a chat on Roots of Rhythm.

Surf Coast troubadour and songwriter Don Hillman pens songs about travelling and living in Australia, surfing and spending time on the coast, in the bush, and out the outback. They're songs about love and loss, and he's keen to tell Helen about them. Tune in to Roots of Rhythm from 9am.

Australian rock legend and fierce advocate of the movement for the freedom of East Timor and West Papua, Paulie Stewart OAM has released his memoir 'All the Rage'. This tell-all details how he channeled his anger from the murder of his brother, one of the Balibo Five, into the infamous Painters & Dockers band that put the Australian music scene on notice. The legendary singer and activist calls by State of the Art to talk to Annika about 'All the Rage'.

DIY fuzz metal band The Neptune Power Federation are playing a big show at Shotkickers this Saturday night and they're calling Chris Pearson to chat about it.

Ahead of their big Christmas show at The Northcote Social Club, Gracie and Jeanie from Folk Bitch Trio and Jasper and Finn from Bones and Jones stop by the PBS studio to have a chat and perform a song live.

Hannah McKittrick has just released her album, The day has again bruised me. Tune in to Homebrew this Monday December 12 when Hannah joins Kurt in the studio for a chat and to perform a couple of tracks live.

Acapelicans formed in 1994 as a three part unaccompanied singing group consisting of Sarah Liversidge, Carl Pannuzzo and Sime Nugent. Recently reuniting for some shows the vocal group have announced another show at the Brunswick Ballroom on December 18. All three members drop by the Global Village to sing some tunes and a chat.

'Blue Wildflowers' is the third single from singer-songwriter Rich Webb's upcoming album 'RIGHT!.' Rich stops by the station for a chat ahead of his album launch at the Union Hotel December 10.

The wonderful JAZZ is doing a little rockstar shift on Brekky and will be joined by local DJ Kalyani who takes care of the Friday party vibes!

Last Friday, Ryan attended Melbourne's edition of Good Times Festival where he spoke to Polaris' vocalist Jamie Hails about their wild touring schedule post pandemic and how the writing and recording is progressing for the band's third album.