Interviews

The Americana Assembly is a new, acoustic music series showcasing folk, blues and country at the iconic Union Hotel in Brunswick. Celebrating community, songwriting and collaboration, Nathan Seeckts and Jason Cowan join Myles on 5ft High and Rising to chat about The Americana Assembly happening on the 9th of June.

Local selector DJ Shannon pops in to PBS with a bag of energetic UKG records to animate your Friday morning. Tune in to The Breakfast Spread to hear her chat with Milo about garage music before she plays a special mix on the Wheels of Steel.

Indie-rock band Parsnip release their sophomore album ‘Behold’. Recorded across three sessions over the last three years, ‘Behold’ is a testament to Parsnip at their most creative, catchy and collaborative. The band stop by Sunglasses After Dark to chat with Phil about the album release, and to blast their tunes during a Studio 5 performance.

Two-piece indie/ pop-rock band This Way North release their latest album Punching Underwater. An album that travels within itself, this album came about when Cat and Leisha had the time and stillness to go inward and explore their own insecurities, impostor syndromes, and self-doubts. Releasing the album at Stay Gold on June 15th with special guests Liv Cartledge, East Bound Buzz and DJ Jane Doe, tune into Radio City as Crispi chats to Cat Leahy about the band's latest album.

DIY sweethearts Good Morning drop in for an early morning chat with Milo about their RISING show at Melbourne Recital Centre. Tune in to The Breakfast Spread to hear more.

RUN is the Melbourne-based, post-black metal band that transform their music into a stadium metal-core context. Visionary and vocalist of the band, Lochlan Watt, joins Ryan on Tyrannocoreus to chat about the band's new EP True Heaviness Is Time and about his time overcoming brain cancer.

Wildheart – the hardcore-metal band who explore conversations and actions surrounding mental health, social injustice, and discrimination. Their latest single ‘Death Is All That’s Left’ highlights indigenous deaths in incarceration and how important it is for the band to fly the indigenous flag. Tune into Tyrannocoreus as Ryan chats with Adam Finlay(guitar) and Andrew Cooke(drums) about Wildheart's latest music.

Music Victoria CEO Simone Schinkel drops in on The Afterglow to tell us about the organisation's membership drive and how you can support it. Tune in tonight from 5pm.

Jazzparty – a big 8-piece band taking jazz and infusing it with beatnik, rock’n’roll and sassy soul. Much like their first album release ‘Monday Night’ which was released in 2017, the band will be playing a residency at The Evelyn Hotel every Monday night this June. Tune into The Afterglow this Wednesday as Lyndelle chats with band member Loretta Miller about the upcoming residency, and the new single that Jazzparty are about to release.

Tommy McEwan has been at the top of the Roots music scene in Australia since his first album as Louis King was released in 1996. Now performing extensively again throughout the country as Louis King and the Liars Klub, Tommy joins Helen on Roots of Rhythm to chat about his upcoming album release.

Performer and songwriter, Iseula Hingano, has soulful, rich vocals, which fits perfectly for her passion for the Blues. Fronting local band Blue Eyes Cry, she has played multiple shows across some of Australia’s biggest blues festivals. She comes in to join Helen on Roots of Rhythm to chat about her new single ‘Why’, set to be released on June 4th.

Jazz Sabbath is an instrumental jazz trio from the UK, playing jazz interpretations of Black Sabbath songs. Lead by pianist Adam Wakeman (Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band since 2004), Jazz Sabbath explores the boundaries between jazz and the songs that define heavy metal. Tune into Pojama People as Chris chats with the band about their upcoming show at the Brunswick Ballroom on July 27th.

After twelve years, Dirty Three is back with new compositions to play and new stories to tell, marking their return to the hometown stage where it all began in 1992 at an Abbotsford pub. They don’t get together very often these days, but to see them perform is to witness three men shoulder-deep in the task. Join Claire as she chats with Warren Ellis about Dirty Three's upcoming show at the Hamer Hall during this year’s RISING Festival.

Jim Mills was a banjo player from North Carolina, considered one of the best bluegrass banjo pickers in the world during the peak of his career in the early 2000s. Mills received six international bluegrass banjo player awards and six Grammy Awards, touring extensively with bluegrass hall of fame musician, Ricky Skaggs. Tune into Southern Style this Tuesday as Jan pays tribute to the banjo legend, re-playing an interview she had with Jim Mills in 2006.

Mixing their love for the Australian bush into traditional bluegrass music, High Street Drifters are a bluegrass quartet based in South Australia and Victoria. Incorporating the sounds of the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and bass, they are set to release their first single, Back to the Hills, followed by their debut album this June. Tune into Southern Style as band members Daniel Watkins and Justin Vilchez chat to Jan about these new releases and upcoming Melbourne show at the Wesley Anne June 7th.

The unstoppable psychedelic rock band Pond has been delivering their big sounds since forming in 2008. On May 29th, they are set to release a new single, "So Lo," ahead of their tenth album, "Stung!," which drops on June 21st. Tune into Homebrew as Pond chats with Brooke about their latest single and their upcoming show at Northcote Theatre on June 28th.

Melbourne based garage-pop-girl group Don’t Thank Me, Spank Me create music influenced by the likes of Britney Spears and big-hair 80s guitar bands. Lead by Esther Henderson and Nitida Atkinson, the group will be coming onto Homebrew to perform songs from their debut album, ahead of their debut self-titled album launch at The Tote Hotel on June 8th.

Last month, local singer-songwriter Phoebe Go released her highly anticipated debut solo LP "Marmalade." Phoebe drops in on The Breakfast Spread to tell Milo about the LP and to play a couple of songs live in-studio.

Unconventional local trio Ball Hanlon Schulz are playing a series of Quiet Tangents concerts at the Eleventh Hours theatre, including a collaboration with the Daftar Aval Trio on June 15th. Accordionist Anthony Schulz, oud player Reza Kashi and cellist Zoë Barry visit the Global Village to play some live music and to talk with Roger about the performance.

David Hirschfelder is globally acclaimed as one of Australia's most distinguished screen composers, boasting Oscar nominations for Scott Hicks' "Shine" and Shekhar Kapur’s "Elizabeth", as well as winning two British Academy Awards for "Strictly Ballroom". Join Julie and Lucy on Lights, Camera, Action, as David discusses his latest project with Bette Midler and Susan Sarandon, and reflects on how his work with Baz Luhrmann and Russell Crowe has shaped his career.