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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Reclink Community Cup 2024

Sun 16 Jun 2024
PBS Presents

The Reclink Community Cup returns for another massive year in 2024, uniting music and media in support of community well-being! Get your tickets here.

Bringing together the vibrant Naarm/Melbourne music scene in the rugged Rockdogs and the spirited community of Triple R 102.7FM & PBS 106.7FM radio in the mighty Megahertz for a day of grassroots football and live music on Sunday June 16. 

Emma Volard - Alibi

Mon 10 Jun 2024 to Sun 16 Jun 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Alibi, the sophomore album by Naarm/Melbourne future soul artist Emma Volard.

Emma has never shied away from being a warrior for inclusivity, and these themes are often at the forefront of their storytelling. Alibi sees Emma stepping confidently into their own sonic world, expanding further on their introspective storytelling and pushing the limits of the future soul sound.

 

Rowena Wise - Senseless Acts of Beauty

Mon 3 Jun 2024 to Sun 9 Jun 2024
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Senseless Acts of Beauty, the highly anticipated debut album by Rowena Wise.

The Naarm/Melbourne based artist is known for creating music ruminating on love, alienation, and self-empowerment. A new zenith, Rowena's songs are full of emotional depth, and by allowing a searing honesty to run throughout, she’s being true to herself and the listener, holding space for all of life’s wonder and mess. Over the album’s 10 tracks, she offers heady ruminations on love, loss, and alienation yet counters them with warmth, courage, and empowerment. 

Watch: Firetail Studio 5 Live

Mon 3 Jun 2024
Studio 5 Live

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. 

Karate Boogaloo - Hold Your Horses

Mon 27 May 2024 to Sun 2 Jun 2024
Feature Sounds

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.

 

The Bamboos - This Is How You Do It Album Launch

Fri 24 May 2024
PBS Presents

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.

Top Tracks Of The Week

Mon 20 May 2024 to Sun 26 May 2024
Feature Sounds

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'

Radio Festival Daily Prizes 2024

Mon 13 May 2024 to Sun 26 May 2024
PBS News

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

Top Tracks Of The Week

Mon 13 May 2024 to Sun 19 May 2024
Feature Sounds

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!

Watch: Marley Del Prete Studio 5 Live

Thu 9 May 2024
Studio 5 Live

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.