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Join Flight 1067 to Africa this Sunday, as Stani Goma welcomes Ghanaian designer, educator, author and researcher Yaw Ofosu-Asare, who'll share his selection of favourite African artists and songs. Yaw's work spans decolonial design, critical pedagogy and African futures, and he also holds a PhD in Education. Tune in to hear how these themes resonate with the spirit of Flight 1067 to Africa.

This Sunday on The Sound Barrier, tune in as Ian catches up with Brisbane pianist Alex Raineri and Sydney composer Lyle Chan. A hard-working artist, Alex is well known across the country and globe as an exploratory musician, and Lyle Chan is a respected composer who is especially known for the ways in which he uses music as a vehicle for storytelling. Tune in after 10pm to hear about their new release 'Untitled: Solo Piano’.

Local three-piece Dumbhead will be taking their experimental electronica, trip hop and live beat-making to Studio 5 Live on Homebrew this July.  Formed by Maayan Barnatan, Billie Raffety, and Zach Salmon, the group are known for their genre-bending sound, creating bass-heavy music built for late-night movement. Tune in to hear them chat with Brooke about their latest single ‘White Knuckles’, and what they have in store for the rest of this year. 

Tonight on Pojama People, Japanese musicians Mitsuru Tabata (Boredoms, ZENI GEVA, Acid Mothers Temple etc) and Shoji Hano (collaborator with Peter Brötzmann, Derek Bailey, Tetsu Yamauchi, Keiji Haino and in Dare Devil Band with Makoto Kawabata) will be joining Chris Pearson to play some live music on the PBS airwaves. This dynamic duo are in Melbourne for the first time ever, with a show at The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar on August 2. Tune in to hear these improvisational giants perform live.

Groovy organ trio Hook Turn, featuring Adrian Whitehead, Daniel Berry and Tim Nikolsky, will be sharing their funky and spacey original music with Tom Sianidis live on Jumpin’ The Blues this week. Named after Naarm/Melbourne's infamous intersection manoeuvre - where you swing left to turn right - Hook Turn takes the indirect route to the pocket, and that's exactly where they live. Tune in from 1.30pm to hear the band perform live on the show.

On the show today, Lyndelle will be joined by powerhouse musician Grace Cummings. Her upcoming album ‘Bloodhorse!’ follows on from her AMP shortlisted album of 2024, 'Ramona', which saw her touring with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, My Morning Jacket and Father John Misty, as well as selling out her own shows across three continents. Amongst the release of her new single ‘FAKE’, Grace stops by The Afterglow Radio Show for an intimate, live performance.

Melbourne's own dreamy goth/darkwave act Chiron are returning after a long hiatus with a new album 'A Dark Beauty'. Founded in 1997 by vocalist Michael Aliani (aka Carrodus), after he left popular cult dark wave band Ikon, Michael, Ivan and Dino will join Kristen on Bleeding Black Hearts Revue to discuss the new album. Tune in to hear about the making of the album, along with tracks from the new record.

Joining Ian Parsons for an interview after her Studio 5 Live performance is Finnish/Australian double bassist, vocalist and composer Helen Svoboda. Her new album 'Headwater' was a PBS Feature Album in July, and it explores notions of fragmentation, individuality and wholeness, shaped by disparate and complementary aspects of Helen Svoboda’s practice. Tune in to hear about the distinctive sonic world that Helen has created in this record.