Interviews

'& Juliet' sees Shakespeare’s most famous love story remixed with some of the most iconic pop songs of the last three decades in an uplifting story of self-discovery, empowerment and love and begs the question is there life after Romeo? Casey Donovan who plays Angélique calls by State of the Art for a chat.

Cas talks to David Craven and Jon S Williams about their pandemic-driven re-evaluation of the musical aims and aspirations, which resulted in two albums of improvisational music in just six months during 2022.

Guitarist for US metalcore band Darkest Hour, Mike Schleibaum talks to Ryan about their upcoming Australian tour and recording their 10th studio album.

Steve O’Brien from Death Metal Band Aeons Abyss and 'The Metal Podcast' joins Kene for a guest program session with a great mixture of hard and heavy tunes, and a chat about the thriving metal scene.

Stoner doom band Oceanlord are playing with Coffin Carousel and Zombie Hunger at The Tote on February 10th for a unique, and not to be missed 'Anti-Valentines' showcase. Tune in to Pojama People to hear more.

Filtered heavily through the spaced-out psychedelia of Jack Harlon's inimitable style, Hail to the Underground is the fuzz-drenched, genre-crossing new album from Jack Harlon &The Dead Crows. Tune in to Pojama People to hear from the band's frontman about the making of the album.

Grace and Iso from 6-piece punk band Blonde Revolver chat to Jordan about their new debut album 'Good Girls Go To Heaven, Bad Girls Go Everywhere' and upcoming set on Fang It! at PBS’ Drive Live.

Launching her debut album Matrescence on the 12th of February 2023, Claire is taking her storytelling in a new direction with this fresh 11-song record. It is a big open-hearted story of what it means to be a woman, to battle with identity, to move into motherhood, to overcome birth trauma and how this transition through matrescence changes and alters us. Tune in to Come Together to hear more from this local singer-songwriter.

'Filament' is the latest exploration in percussion for Speak Percussion. Held in the Recital Centre's Primrose Potter Salon, this concert showcases works in Post Instrumental Practice: a boundary-breaking field of contemporary percussion music. It platforms four powerful compositional voices from around the globe and features electronics, bespoke instruments and simple everyday objects. Speak Percussion's Kaylie Melville and composer Josephine Macken join Ian to talk about this concert.

Vocalist Jenny M Thomas and double bassist Dan Witton from Bush Gothic come into the Global Village to have a chat about their concert on February 10 at Wesley Anne. Also talk about their recent tour in the UK that raised questions about the origins of 'folk' and whether feminists should sing old misogynistic ballads.

Each Thursday in February Izy will take up residency at The Evelyn Hotel. With friends, DJ's and special guests joining them each week, it'll be a soulful and funky affair. The band stops by Subway Sounds to tell listeners about what they have in store for the month.

Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight) born in the sand and washed in the ash of the desert nomad campfire in about 1943. Living a traditional nomads life in the sandhills of the Kimberly until the age of 8. Kankawa has lived many lives from witnessing cattle station slavery to touring the world as a member of the Hugh Jackman Broadway show. Kankawa is an activist, elder who sings Walmatjarri, Kimberly Creole, English and other known and lost languages. Kankawa stops by the station to sing a few songs.

Southern Texas-born singer/songwriter Charley Crockett makes his Australian debut in March 2023, following on from the success of his album 'The Man from Waco,' along side his razor-sharp band, The Blue Drifters. Oozing Americana, Charley's country looseness is lush and as timeless as classic tales of outlaws on the run and filled with cowboy ballads that smoulder like a campfire. Ernie spoke with Charley ahead of his arrival in Australia. Tune in to Swinging Doors to hear the conversation.

Foggy Notion's guitar and vocalist Maxine Fink stops by Swinging Doors to play some bluegrass.

Stalwarts of the intense Melbourne pub rock scene from 2000-2008, The Double Agents return to the stage for the first time in 14 years. Pianist Kim Walvish (ex-PBS announcer) and guitarist Dave Butterworth drop in to Radio City to talk about reforming for a couple of gigs at the Brunswick Ballroom on February 4th and Ninchfest on February 10 - 11.

Julie chats with Harley and Delaney Stewart from Melbourne band ‘The Counterfeit’ about their sell out show “The Music of Ennio Morricone & The Wild West” that will be hitting our ears on February at The Thornbury Theatre. Coined as ‘The Most Dangerous Show In Town’, Harley and Delaney talk about how the Spaghetti Western influenced them as musicians and how their band The Counterfeit came to reimagining these iconic soundtracks for their album '14 Killer Bullets From The Spaghetti West.’

Armed with their assembled collection of eccentric sound tools, Scattered Order make their way back to Victoria to play some shows in celebration of their 2022 album 'Where is the Windy Gun?' Ahead of their show in Melbourne the band dropped by the station to play a special live set.

From blazing jump blues to sizzling slow blues and in between, the Burning B3 Trio is the combination of Liam Kealy's Hammond B3 organ, Sammy Owen's Stratocaster and Tony Martin's drums that form a true traditional blues Hammond trio, in every sense. The trio swing by the studio to play a live set on Jumpin' The Blues.

Songstress Rebecca Barnard returns to perform the 'Songs of Joni Mitchell' accompanied by the exceptional talents of Peter Farnan. Covering all eras of Joni using authentic ‘Joni tunings,’ this is not a performance to be missed at Port Fairy Folk Festival for any fan of Joni Mitchell. Rebecca calls by Roots of Rhythm to talk about Port Fairy Folk Festival 2023 as well as a new release.

Multi-awarded global troubadour 8 Ball Aitken calls in to Roots of Rhythm to talk about his upcoming Melbourne shows.