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This week PBS presents a very special delayed broadcast of The Juke Joint Live in Concert, recorded at the 2026 Port Fairy Folk Festival. Tune in to hear live sets and interviews from Nick Charles, Anna Scionti (pictured) and the Lloyd Spiegel Trio as well as a thrilling all-in jam to bring the concert to a close.

After 35+ years in music, juggled between careers in family law and as a Federal Circuit Court Judge, feminist and political songwriter Judy Small bids farewell to music due to illness, releasing two final tracks 'Stand or Fall' and 'Within These Walls (Yad Vashem)', marking the close of her music story. Joining Roger Holdsworth on the Global Village, tune in to hear about Judy Small's incredible musical journey. 

Australian composer, performer, and academic, Professor Cat Hope, will be joining Ian Parsons on The Sound Barrier to talk about the music and legacy of Éliane Radigue, one of the world's most important composers of experimental music, who died on February 23 at the age of 94. Éliane Radigue is especially known for her deeply immersive music, which focuses on stillness and slowly, microscopically shifting sound colours and textures. Tune in to hear about Cat's friendship with Éliane Radigue

Mutti Mutti, Yort Yorta and Nari Nari Songman, Kutcha Edwards has been recognised as one of the nation’s most powerful and soulful voices. Since emerging in the 90’s, Kutcha has been prolifically combining songwriting and activism. Through his songs, stories, and the connections he makes with others, Kutcha shares truths that are too often unheard. Playing at the Recital Centre on April 17, Kutcha stops by The Breakfast Spread. Tune in for a live performance from Kutcha Edwards and Jay Jerome.

Local duo Zoltan Fecso and Anna Morley are about to release their debut collaborative album 'Desire Path' on Sydney's Oxtail Recordings on March 27. A collection of atmospheric duets for vibraphone and synthesiser, the album was recorded live and unedited. Tune in to Deeep Space as they join Lloyd to chat about their upcoming east-coast tour with shows in Hobart, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.

Boorloo / Perth-based experimental psych outfit Monotonic have just released their new single, ‘Lazers At Dawn’, the second track to be taken from their upcoming album ‘Heavy Metal’, out March 27. A hazy, fuzz-drenched expedition fuelled by cult cinema and various altered states, ‘Lazers At Dawn’ pushes deeper into the band’s hypnotic, genre-blurring sound. Lucas is joined by Liam Coffey, tune in to hear more about this band that's made up of veterans from Perth’s golden alt-rock era.

On April 2, Brunswick Ballroom will host Bluetile Lounge’s first live performance in over 20 years. Persevered with refining a unique downtempo sound in Perth in the 1990s adrift from contemporary rock values, Bluetile Lounge favours slow burn permanence to quick reward. Although their two albums ‘lowercase' and 'Half | Cut' went unrecognised, in the decades since they have been rediscovered and admired. Dan of Bluetile Lounge joins Claire Dickson to chat about the band's upcoming show.

Southern California’s Spite, the decibel-and-soul-crushing deathcore unit, are returning to Melbourne this April for their first-ever Australian headline tour, bringing with them Pennsylvania’s Varials and local heavyweights DIESECT. Having released their debut album 'Nothing Is Beautiful’ in 2017, the band are entering the next cycle as they drop their new album, 'New World Killer' via Rise Records. Tune in to Tyrannocoreus to hear about their show at Max Watt's Melbourne on April 30.