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Locally based visual artist and author Pauline Bailey has got a new book coming out called 'Blues portrait Vol Six'. Recognised for her depictions of music venues, Pauline was awarded the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society’s Allan Stafford Award for Services to Blues Music. Tune in to hear about the book launch taking place at The Yorkshire Stingo on October 10, with live music from The Blow Out, Stingo’s resident house band, plus special guests from 3.30pm–9.30pm.

Local blues harmonica player and educator Matthew “Whalebone” White has been immersed in the blues for more than 15 years. As one half of Wilson & White, a popular acoustic and electric blues duo known for their authentic juke-joint sound, Matthew performs classic Chicago blues and stomps at venues across Victoria, bringing that same raw feel-for-the-music directly into the workshop room. Tune in to hear about his upcoming harmonic workshop at LVK Music on October 18.

JoJo Zhou, the head of narrative at Massive Monster, joins Matt on Game Jams to chat about their upcoming talk, 'Legacy of the Lamb', at this year's High Score game audio conference. Following the passing of composer River Boy during the development of 'Cult of the Lamb's' first major expansion, Woolhaven, JoJo, alongside musician Arrowbird and other members of the Massive Monster team, celebrate Narayana Johnson's music and explore the collective's effort behind carrying his work forward.

Adelaide-based film writer/director Dario Russo will be joining Matt on Game Jams this Thursday morning. ​Having created, co-written, and directed the cult series 'Danger 5', the viral web series 'Italian Spiderman', Dario has just completed his debut live-action feature film, 'The Fox'. Dario joins Matt on Game Jams to chat about his work with Powerbomb Games on 'Pro Jank Footy'.

Extra Lives is an interactive video game band based in Los Angeles. Their concerts are Audience RPG musical experiences: fully narrated, choose-your-own-adventure games where the audiences are the main characters. Ahead of their ANZ tour, band founder and guitarist Michael Kohl chats with Matt on Game Jams about this unique live music experience and what audiences can expect from their shows during Melbourne International Games Week.

Local garage-punk five-piece band Delivery will be heading overseas for a massive tour across Europe and the UK this October. To celebrate the tour announcement, members of the band will be joining Milo Eastwood on the show for a round of Musical Chairs, playing a bunch of their favorite tunes, new and old. Find out what else Delivery have in store for the rest of 2026.

On the same day as their show at The Tote, Crispi will catch up with Benny J Ward and Jamie Coghill from Lava Fangs. After years of playing in different bands and touring together, Benny J Ward and members of local garage-pop outfit Lava Fangs are uniting for a split 7" record. Drawing on a shared love of hook-heavy power pop, garage rock and underground guitar music, the split captures two artists whose paths have crossed countless times before finding their way onto the same record. 

'Mixed Light' is the latest and 8th album from Ned Collette, and the record flows freely between styles, genre-hopping and rollercoasting through moods. Sometimes delicate and dreamy then warm, dramatic and melancholy, it tumbles into rhythmic, almost psychedelic, melodic pop, before diving into a whirlpool of raucous and raw offerings. Today on Radio City, Crispi catches up with Ned about his new album, chatting about his 20+ year career.