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Jerron Paxton's blues and Chloe Kim's basses
November 16, 2024

Jerron Paxtons music sounds like it could have been unearthed from a time capsule buried in the 1920s or 30s. His new album of original songs, Things Done Changed, finds the multi-instrumentalist pla

Sharp observations: Bill Bailey and Darren Hanlon
November 15, 2024

Bill Bailey is best known for his stand-up comedy, but one of his first public performances was a Mozart piano concerto, with his own cadenza, in his hometown of Bath. He joins Andy to explain what Mo

From Brazil to The Beatles with Esperanza Spalding, and Affinity Quartet live in the studio
November 09, 2024

Composer, bass player and vocalistEsperanza Spaldinghas become one of the most important voices in 21st century jazz. She has also worked across almost every style of music with some legendary music

Kankawa Nagarra’s Blues on Country, guitarist Sean Shibe in studio, and remembering Quincy Jones
November 08, 2024

In Wangkatjungka, near Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley, Walmajarri Elder Kankawa Nagarraplays her guitar and sings the blues. Her latest album, Wirlmarni, was recorded in the desert with her great

Live in the studio with Parvyn and Elana Stone
November 02, 2024

Punjabi Australian singer songwriter Parvyn returns to The Music Show to perform songs from her brand new album Maujuda; a seamless fusion of soul, jazz, disco and Indian classical and folk traditions

Meet this year's Boyer lecturers, and Afghan-American musician Qais Essar performs live
November 01, 2024

We hear from this years four Boyer lecturers; pianist and writer Anna Goldsworthy, violist and conductor Aaron Wyatt, composer, conductor and performer Iain Grandage, and Artistic Director of Gondwa

Folk singers and the FBI
October 26, 2024

Some of the most prominent folk singers of the twentieth century like Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan were being surveilled and, in some cases, blacklisted by the FBI due totheir political a

Experimenting with style: saxophonist Nubya Garcia, and metal trio Black Aleph
October 25, 2024

London-based tenor saxophonist, bandleader and composer Nubya Garciais in Australia for Melbourne International Jazz Festival and to play shows in support of her new album Odyssey. Featuring vocalist

Modernist composer Charles Ives at 150 and countertenor Andreas Scholl returns to Australia
October 19, 2024

German countertenor Andreas Schollreturns to The Music Show whilst hes in the country with the Australian World Orchestra. He talks to Andrew about the life of a countertenor: old repertoire, new re

Music from a turbulent 17th-century England, and violinist Véronique Serret explores her voice
October 18, 2024

Julia Fredersdorff, Artistic Director of Van Diemen's Band, talks about music from perhaps the most turbulent time in England's history - its Civil War. And, violinist, composer and vocalist Vronique