Jazz

PBS has been a welcome home to jazz since its inception. With contemporary jazz, swing, Latin, fusion, lounge, free and vocal jazz on offer throughout the week, you’ll find jazz for every taste on PBS.

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Melbourne International Jazz Festival Artist Talks at PBS

Tue 22 Oct 2024 to Thu 24 Oct 2024
PBS Events

PBS and Melbourne International Jazz Festival have joined up to present two intimate Artist Talks, hosted at PBS Studios in Collingwood Yards during this year's festival. At 6pm on October 22, MzRizk interviews London-born saxophonist Nubya Garcia (Booked Out), and at 3pm October 24, Mike Gurrieri interviews Brandee Younger (TIX).

Entry is free, but RSVPs are essential.

Nubya Garcia 6pm Tuesday October 22, 2024 - BOOKED OUT

Coda Chroma - Luminous As It Is

Mon 21 Oct 2024 to Sun 27 Oct 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Luminous As It Is from award-winning songwriter Coda Chroma.

Coda Chroma (aka Kate Lucas) creates music that sways between cinematic folk and baroque pop, with otherworldly harmonies, honest and existential lyrics, suspended in deeply nuanced production.

Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2024

Fri 18 Oct 2024 to Sun 27 Oct 2024
PBS Presents

Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) returns this October 18-27, featuring an incredible line-up of over 400 international and Australian artists for more than 100 performances over 10 huge days of live music. 

Submit Your Song to First Sounds

Mon 14 Oct 2024 to Mon 11 Nov 2024
Community News

Amrap has announced a new partnership between the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) and Gadigal Information Service (GIS) to relaunch the First Sounds compilation series.

Gut Health - Stiletto

Mon 14 Oct 2024 to Sun 20 Oct 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is the debut album Stiletto by six-piece hypnotic dance-punk ensemble Gut Health.

Recorded in 2023 with long-term collaborator Julian Cue (CIVIC, Screensaver) and Gut Health’s Dom Willmott on a 24-track reel-to-reel tape machine, Gut Health’s debut full-length offering is an immersive ten-track foray into dancefloor-inducing soundscapes and punchy prowess, with songs oscillating between infectious up-tempo numbers, hypnotic bliss and chaotic noise edging precariously toward collapse. 

Cool Out Sun - A Lion Is A Lion

Mon 7 Oct 2024 to Sun 13 Oct 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is A Lion Is A Lion, the latest release from Melbourne/Naarm afro-beat duo Cool Out Sun.

Spring Celebration 2024 - winners announced!

Tue 1 Oct 2024 to Thu 31 Oct 2024
PBS News

Everyone that joined or renewed their PBS membership during our October Spring Celebration membership drive went in the draw to win one of three great prizes - and the winners have just been announced!

1st prize: John from Mordialloc, Proud member to Bleeding Black Hearts Revue 
Luxury vineyard accommodation package from Mount Avoca Organic Winery

Ezra Collective - Dance, No One's Watching

Mon 30 Sep 2024 to Sun 6 Oct 2024
PBS News

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Dance, No One's Watching the third studio album by UK jazz outfit Ezra Collective.

Since forming in 2012, five-piece UK jazz outfit Ezra Collective have blossomed into one of Britain’s most eclectic and acclaimed music acts. Their body of work has so far blended sounds that have defined contemporary London. By doing so, the group have become a reflection, as well as a product, of the rich array of music, cultures and people who have found their way to the city and made it their home.

Ripple Effect Band - Mayawa

Mon 23 Sep 2024 to Sun 29 Sep 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Mayawa, the debut album from Northern Territory rock group Ripple Effect Band.

Allysha Joy - The Making Of Silk

Mon 16 Sep 2024 to Sun 22 Sep 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is The Making Of Silk, the brand new album from jazz-soul multi-instrumentalist Allysha Joy.

Allysha Joy is a deeply expressive singer, songwriter, producer and keys player hailing from Naarm/Melbourne, known for both her solo work and as front woman of 30/70. A uniquely talented artist, her husky soulful voice, formidable Fender Rhodes prowess and raw poeticism has garnered legions of attentive fans the world over.