Interviews

Icons of American roots music Gillian Welch and David Rawlings return to Australia to share songs and stories across the country. Tune in to Down by the River as Lauren chats to Gillian and David about their expansive history and their latest album Woodland.

Local musician Steph Strings is set to release her long-awaited debut album 'Feel Alive' in early 2026. Her new single, 'Devil Woman', showcases her intricate guitar work and emphatic lyricism, layered with driving beats, hazy textures and hypnotic melodies. Fresh off an extensive North American tour, she’ll be joining Lauren Plant on Down By The River to chat about the new record and play a couple of songs live-to-air. Tune in from 10am to hear from Steph Strings.

Returning to their Australian origins for their first comprehensive tour in over a decade, rock group Crime and the City Solution are bringing their acclaimed sixth studio album, 'the killer', to the Brunswick Ballroom on January 24. Originally formed by Simon Bonney in 1977, the band released their new album in October 2023. Tune in to Junkyard as members of the band join Michael Mulholland for an interview, chatting about their career to date and what it’s like to be back where it all began.

Last year, Brazilian one-woman black metal band Mortem Solis released her debut album Hermetic, a seven-track journey of melancholy and deep introspection. Kene chats to Null, the woman behind this captivating project, to discuss the themes of her new record and how it fits in the Brazilian metal scene.

Tune in to Burning Bitumen to hear Kene chat with Tim from Australian post-black metal project Germ who are playing at home for the first time in a decade in support of Polish band Batushka's tour down under.

One of New Zealand's leading vocal ensembles, the Signature Choir joins the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for a night of powerful storytelling on January 31. With more than 90 voices in harmony, performing gospel, classical, modern and traditional Pasifika music in a sound that is fresh, moving and unmistakably Pacific. Choir Co-Director Jadrah Tupai drops in to The Gospel Show to chat with Peter about this very special collaboration.

Ahead of their "Return to Prison Island Australian Tour" later this month, Belgian death metal band Aborted chat to Kene about their penchant for blending technicality with brutal, often horror-themed lyrics.

Tune in to Burning Bitumen to hear Kene's conversation with Finnish melodic doom/death band Swallow the Sun about their first Australian tour, spiders and being kicked in the head by a Kangaroo.

Joining Claire Dickson for an intimate, live in-studio performance this February 2 is local atmospheric pop trio Hydroplane. Having released their new album, 'A Place In My Memory Is All I Have To Claim' late last year - their first music after more than two decades of radio silence - Andrew Withycombe, Kerrie Bolton, and Bart Cummings return to the gentle, close-quarters musical world they shared around the turn of the century. Tune in from 8am to hear this ambient, electronic performance.

Back by popular demand, the Burning B3 Trio (Sammy Owen, Liam Kealy and Tony Martin) return to Jumpin' the Blues to play an exclusive live-in-studio set at PBS. Tune in as the trio rip through red hot jump blues, smokey slow blues, burning funk and everything in-between.