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The Music Show

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All kinds of music and all kinds of musicians in conversation with Andrew Ford.

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Femi Kuti's music and message, and Martha Marlow's...

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2022/01/15

Saturday 15 January: Fela Kuti's son and grandson continue the family legacy of writing political songs you can dance to. And a singer songwriter who's inspired by Randy Newman and Emily Dickinson.

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New traditions—Northern Irish trio TRÚ and Buryat...

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2022/01/09

Sunday 9 January: Traditional songs brought into the 21st Century by Northern Ireland's TRÚ and Buryat band Namgar.

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Queer electropop in Auslan, and Easter Island's first...

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2022/01/08

Saturday 8 January: Perth electropop band Alter Boy blend sound, movement and activism to create music that is accessible to Deaf and hearing audiences alike. And why concert pianist Mahani Teave returned to Rapa Nui to open a music school.

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Sea shanties and whalesong—the music of the ocean

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2022/01/02

Sunday 2 January: Uncle Bunna Lawrie shows us the coastline and whales of Mirning Country, we hear the sea shanties of the 19th Century and find out why they are still sung in pubs today.

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k.d. lang's makeover and Charlie Parr's sung poems

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2022/01/01

Saturday 1 January: k.d. lang looks back on her career and Charlie Parr talks about his album of poetry and Piedmont blues.

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Sam Lee and the nightingale, Helen Svoboda's double bass

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2021/12/26

Sunday 26 December: Folk singer and environmentalist Sam Lee's musical affinity for the nightingale, and Helen Svoboda pushes the boundaries of the double bass with experimental techniques, vocals and overdubs.

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Víkingur Ólafsson's Mozart, 40 years of music from...

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2021/12/25

Saturday 25 December: Víkingur Ólafsson rethinks Mozart, and country star Warren H. Williams and music manager Laurie May on the importance of Aboriginal-owned label CAAMA.

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Visualising and teaching rhythm, and Ukraine's new...

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2021/12/19

Sunday 19 December: Percussionist and educator Greg Sheehan on what numbers and symbols can teach us about rhythm. And Alina Pash is a Ukrainian musician blending traditional beats with electronic music, hip-hop and pop.

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Rita Moreno

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2021/12/18

Saturday 18 December: Rita Moreno’s big 90th birthday, and remembering Frederic Rzewski, Louis Andriessen, and Mikis Theodorakis

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Long lost 1960s Vietnamese rock, and music for two...

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2021/12/12

Sunday 12 December: the international treasure hunt for lost ‘60s Vietnamese rock and roll records, and are two fortepianos better than one?

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Improvisation, notation and stillness, and violinist...

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2021/12/11

Saturday 11 December: Pat Jaffe and Callum Mintzis's A Sanctuary of Quietude explores stillness, and one of Australia's finest on a lifetime of teaching and playing violin.

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The albums that shape us, and composer Georgia Scott

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2021/12/05

Sunday 5 December: A collection of essays from writers like Deborah Levy, George Saunders, Ben Okri and David Mitchell on personally significant LPs, and how composer Georgia Scott uses music to break down stigmas around disability.

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Jeremy Sams remembers Stephen Sondheim, and Braille...

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2021/12/04

Saturday 4 December: Remembering a giant of music theatre and learning how a Braille music score works

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Ellie Lamb and Liza Lim

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2021/11/28

Sunday 28 November: Ellie Lamb on their Melbourne International Jazz Festival commission Between Worlds, and Composer Liza Lim on writing operas

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The sound of angels and the godfathers of Australian ska

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2021/11/27

Saturday 27 November: Strange Tenants' Bruce Hearn on the politics and music in the Australian ska scene, and Joseph Nolan talks choral music at St George's Cathedral ahead of carol season.

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Jeannie Lewis and Fiona Hill

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2021/11/21

Sunday 21 November: storied Australian singer Jeannie Lewis on her life in music, and electroacoustic composer Fiona Hill on writing for dancers.

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Terence Blanchard and Vikki Thorn

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2021/11/20

Saturday 20 November: How Terence Blanchard's roots as a jazz trumpeter come through in his Metropolitan Opera debut Fire Shut Up In My Bones. And The Waifs' Vikki Thorn on going solo and exploring what 'home' means.

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The composing worlds of Sia Ahmad and Joe Twist

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2021/11/14

Sunday 14 December: We hear from a composer and arranger who's hitting his stride, and a stalwart of Canberra's underground music scene.

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Ajak Kwai on Red Sands and Dean Stevenson on a deadline

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2021/11/13

Saturday 13 November: Sudanese-Australian song woman Ajak Kwai and MONA’s composer in residence, Dean Stevenson

54:07

Liyah Knight and Adelaide Chamber Singers

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2021/11/07

Sunday 7 November: Liyah Knight’s dreamy EP Travellers Guide, and the Adelaide Chamber Singers legacy and future.

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