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From his new album of reworked compositions stretching back to the 1980s, the former member of The Stems re-visits his tune, 'For Always.'...Friday 23 July 2010
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Peter Roberts, an accomplished musician, gave up a lucrative career as a businessman to retrain overseas at his own expense to become Australia's only music thanatologist....
Thursday 17 June 2010 -
CHRISSIE AMPHLETT, PRESENTER: Hi, I'm Chrissie Amphlett. Tonight's Australian Story is about a fellow musician from my hometown of Geelong. Peter Roberts doesn't entertain or even play his harp on stage but he's truly one of a kind in this country. For many listeners, ...Tuesday 15 June 2010
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From this Melbourne band's album 'These Are My Horses' we heard the song '1859.'...Friday 21 May 2010
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Jen and Jordie have been touring through various states playing together and solo. Before heading out on the last leg through Victoria and SA they came into the studio to play Jen's song 'Fear Is Like Forest' and the old Gram Parsons song 'Love Hurts.' ...
Thursday 20 May 2010
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The voice of tonight's featured Iranian artist is a magnificent instrument, at once refined & hair-raising. Songs of Rebirth/ Tribute to Rumi addresses verses written more than 750 years ago by the best-loved Persian poet/saint/mystic. This album also offers superb playing from a small, ...
Monday 30 August 2010 -
Pepe Habichuela is one of the greatest flamenco guitarists & Dave Holland has few peers among jazz double bassists. Hands offers much more depth, subtlety & true flamenco spirit than any flashy 'jazz-flamenco-fusion' effort. US-resident Englishman Dave was born in 1946 in ...
Friday 27 August 2010 -
Dream Attic presents the great songster-guitarist, 'live', with electric guitar in his hands, a hot band & a set of all-new songs. The deluxe edition has a second disc, on which Richard Thompson is alone, presenting the same songs, acoustically. Quote from a recent interview with Richard ...
Friday 27 August 2010 -
Hailed by John Renbourn as 'the best Celtic guitarist in the world', Tony McManus is certainly one of the finer acoustic fingerstylists. He does not wear Celtic blinkers; a 'Delihicaster' ( on a Balkan tune ) is one of fifteen hand-crafted guitars he plays on The Makers Mark Tony McManus site: ...
Thursday 19 August 2010 -
Kasey Chambers chatted to Fiona Parker about growing up, her family and her cooking. She also found time to play 'Little Bird', the title track from her fifth album....
Wednesday 1 September 2010
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