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Víkingur Ólafsson's infinite variety; Angélique Kidjo's re-imagining of a Talking Heads’ classic
In 2024 Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson undertook an international tour that saw him playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations almost a hundred times, including his first ever performances in Australia.
Lisa O'Neill and Cormac Begley live at WOMADelaide
Live from WOMADelaide 2024, an hour with two Irish living legends, singer songwriter Lisa ONeill and concertina master Cormac Begley. Both stalwarts of the Irish traditional music scene, they united
Experiencing Sound
Though best known as a musicologist - the author of 16 books - Lawrence Kramer's other life as a composer shines through all his writings. He says he has become increasingly aware that music is made o
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
At 13 years old Janis Ianwrote one of the most iconic American songs of 1960s, Society's Child.Ten years later At Seventeen spoke to millions of women and girls around the world and made her even mo
Songdreaming with Sam Lee and horn playing with Carla Blackwood
Sam Leespends a lot of time walking in, thinking about, and singing of the UK's wild places. The singer, folk song collector, pilgrim and activist released his fourth studio album songdreamingearlie
Bob Geldof 40 years on from Band Aid and CINTA's soul control
Forty years on, to the day, from when Do They Know It's Christmas?stormed the UK charts and remained at number #1 for five weeks, Bob Geldofis a guest on The Music Show to talk about the song's comp
Jim Moginie at the piano and Kultar Ahluwalia on a life in hip hop
Were used to seeing him with a guitar strapped to his chest or playing keyboards on stage with Midnight Oil,but Jim Moginiereturns to the Music Show to sit at the grand piano this time. Hes joined
Surveying the Australian music landscape with Paul Kelly and Amanda Brown
Paul Kellys 29th(!) album Fever Longing Stillis a modern twist on the contemporary Paul Kelly formula. An attempt to present all kinds of love songs into one forty minute album, it features his d
Saturday Night Fever, the Bee Gees and disco in Australia
From the very first shot of John Travolta strutting his stuff down a busy New York street, Saturday Night Feveris an iconic film, and the music is even more iconic. Well, the five Bee Gees tracks th
JADE Ensemble's intercultural sound world and Ken Murray plays Christopher Sainsbury
JADE Ensemble are four Brisbane-based musicians who compose and improvise across musical styles: Wakka Wakka man and didgeridoo player David Williams, Japanese koto master Takako Haggarty, Nepalese ta