The Music Show
All kinds of music and all kinds of musicians in conversation with Andrew Ford.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 274
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Shirley Collins' Octogenarian Folk Trilogy
Shirley Collins was a cornerstone of the English folk revival, releasing twenty something albums, travelling, and cataloguing traditional tunes with Alan Lomax between the 1950s and the 1970s. Then, …
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Sun 28 May 2023
Yazmin Lacey's Voice Notes and Balkan Jazz Fusion with East of West
After arriving late to the music scene via a pub in Nottingham, Yazmin Lacey brings a fresh outlook to the world of British soul. After finding her voice through an open-mic-night, Yazmin has taken t…
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Sat 27 May 2023
Three countertenors, a sea monster, and the pianist Hania Rani
Behind Pinchgut Opera's production of Legrenzi's neglected military epic Giustino, and Polish pianist composer Hania Rani pulls apart the piano.
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Sun 21 May 2023
Chinese Opera from the Pear Garden and Cabaret in the Concert Hall
Ali McGregor talks about falling into opera and cabaret (and a mixture of both!) And we take a trip into the Pear Garden with Li Fuhua, Li Mingliang and Lulu Liu as we chat about Chinese Opera.
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Sat 20 May 2023
Madison McFerrin hopes you can forgive her and music directing 'Once' with Victoria Falconer
Madison McFerrin on her debut album I Hope You Can Forgive Me. Released almost 7 years after her first EP Finding Foundations Volume 1, Madison chats to Robbie about her musical journey, from acapel…
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Sun 14 May 2023
In The Moog
Will Gregory and Hazel Mills open up the world of the synthesiser, and conductor Karina Canellakis on Bartok, broadcast orchestras and the future of classical music in the age of streaming.
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Sat 13 May 2023
Storytelling in music: David Arden and Andrée Greenwell
Australian artists talk about how they use music to tell stories.
David Arden is a Kokatha/Gunditjmara musician who has been writing and performing songs that tell stories of his family and spark c…
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Sun 07 May 2023
Don Walker & Cash Savage
Two of Australia’s best songwriters share their newest offerings.
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Sat 06 May 2023
Traditional Folk and Monk Punk: Music from Japan
Lots of live music in The Music Show studio, from Japanese festival music, to Buddhist punk. Musician and composer Shogo Yoshii joins us in the studio while he is in Australia to perform with Taikoz …
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Sun 30 Apr 2023
Inside the String Quartet
Why is the string quartet one of the most consistent, persistent, and beautiful ensembles in classical music?
And British composer Daniel Kidane on poetry, scale and the array of cultures that grou…
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Sat 29 Apr 2023
Minimal Wave, Acousmatic Waves, & Across the Waves
We're joined by local Melbourne Minimal Wave legend, Karen Marks who is about to have her debut performance at the Melbourne Town Hall. Lisa Illean drops by for a chat ahead of the premiere of a new …
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Sun 23 Apr 2023
The Brodsky Quartet at 50 (+1), and Nashville takes on The Rolling Stones
The Brodsky Quartet return to Australia with Britten, Schubert, Bach... and Ford. And a Country-flavoured celebration of The Rolling Stones in the tribute album Stoned Cold Country.
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Sat 22 Apr 2023
Margaret Sutherland's Inner Voice
Tracing the life and music of Margaret Sutherland with author of Inner Song, Jillian Graham
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Sun 16 Apr 2023
Kit Downes at the piano, and Heavy Metal in the Muslim World
From heavy metal to jazz pipe organs, find out more about how celebrated musician Kit Downes makes up musical worlds on the spot, and find out about how Heavy Metal has become a driving force for res…
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Sat 15 Apr 2023
Silent Film, Loud Music
How do you do something new with very old film? Silent film composer Phillip Johnston explains.
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Sun 09 Apr 2023
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 - 2023) remembered; and a little bit of rebetika in our lives from Greek/Aussie band Apodimi Compania
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Sat 08 Apr 2023
In the Garden of Australian Dreams with Genevieve Lacey; and remembering countertenor James Bowman
A lush soundscape for the National Museum of Australia with composer and collaborator Genevieve Lacey, plus countertenor James Bowman (1941-2023) from the Music Show archives.
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Sun 02 Apr 2023
Finding their voices: Jen Cloher and the Gesualdo Six
Owain Park is a composer, conductor, singer, and director of the vocal group The Gesualdo Six. Taking their name from the 16th century composer and Italian nobleman, Carlo Gesualdo, the G6 (as Owain …
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Sat 01 Apr 2023
Quartet: The musical lives of four British women composers
Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Doreen Carwithen and Dorothy Howell are the four protagonists of Leah Broad’s musical biography.
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Sun 26 Mar 2023
An extinct instrument, Pacific Break winner Danielle, and renewal through music in Somaliland
Getting to know the cornetto (the instrument, not the ice cream), PNG singer songwriter Danielle, and Matt Davis from Foreign Correspondent shares his chat with singer, activist and ex-battlefield nu…
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Sat 25 Mar 2023
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