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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Mon 3 Jun 2024

Firetail's music spans from '70s jazz-fusion, South Indian Carnatic music and their very own brand of jazz-tronica. Since 2018, Firetail has been blending soul-infused rhythms with evocative melodies and driving percussion. Firetail's unique sound is further enriched by collaborations with diverse disciplinary artists, weaving a tapestry of musical unity that transcends borders. 

Firetail's debut album Undertow is a deep dive down the whirlpool of space-jazz-funk that was mixed and engineered by Myles Mumford and mastered by Rick O'Neil. 

Mon 27 May 2024 to Sun 2 Jun 2024

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Hold Your Horses, the sophomore album by Naarm locals Karate Boogaloo.

Following on from the cult classic Carn The Boogers, Hold Your Horses is a document of Karate Boogaloo’s distinct interpretation of instrumental funk; respectfully building on a legacy of soul music whilst remaining unimpeachably unique and authentic.

 

Fri 24 May 2024

One of Australia’s finest soul and funk exports, The Bamboos launch their 11th studio album, This Is How You Do It at The Corner Hotel for a hometown show with special guests Steppers.

Mon 20 May 2024 to Sun 26 May 2024

Check out the list of the top tracks the PBS team are loving this week! They are the releases soundtracking the second week of Radio Festival 2024 while we're busy packing memberships and prize packs!

TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING

FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS - 'Cerulean'

Mon 13 May 2024 to Sun 19 May 2024

Check out the list of the top tracks the PBS team are loving this week! They are the releases soundtracking the first week of Radio Festival 2024 while we're busy packing memberships and prize packs!

Mon 13 May 2024 to Sun 26 May 2024

Join or renew your PBS Membership between May 13 and 26 to be in the draw for a daily prize pack.

Thu 9 May 2024

Hailing from the streets of Naarm/Melbourne, Marley Del Prete is an improvising trumpeter who explores 
the intersection between spiritual and intensely free jazz. Taking cues from the works of Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane, Marley delivers a fresh take on the time-honoured genre. 2023 saw the release of Marley’s debut album Movement which received great reception for its innovative approach to spiritual jazz. Working along-side the likes of Nat Birchall and Nikodimos, Marley is forging his own unique sound in the Melbourne jazz scene.

Mon 6 May 2024 to Sun 12 May 2024

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Funeral For Justice, the new album by Mdou Moctar.

Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2019 breakout Afrique Victime, Funeral For Justice captures the Nigerien quartet in ferocious form. The music is louder, faster, and more wild. The guitar solos are feedback-scorched and the lyrics are passionately political. Nothing is held back or toned down.

Mon 29 Apr 2024 to Sun 5 May 2024

This week’s PBS Feature Album is From The Fire, the debut album by Audrey Powne.

Embracing all evolutions as a musician and composer, Audrey Powne releases From The Fire via independent UK record label BBE. Cover to cover telling her story of recovery, persistence, and survival, the album is one complete body of work, drawing from experiences in her own life and watching the world around her. 

Mon 22 Apr 2024 to Sun 28 Apr 2024

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Total Reality, the third full-length album by Dr Sure’s Unusual 
Practice.