Best Aura Recordings Podcasts (2024)

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Beethoven and Webern with Timo-Veikko Valve and Aura Go, and Alison Cotton's Engelchen: how opera-loving sisters helped evacuate Jewish refugees 54:07

44m ago54:07

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Beethoven's five sonatas for cello and piano span his career - two from the beginning, one from the middle and two from his late period - so they provide a good framework for talking about the composer. Timo-Veikko Valve and Aura Go have recorded them alongside the complete music for cello and piano by Anton Webern (three works, together lasting un…

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Ann Savoy: a life in Cajun music and Wilbur Whitta's Wildfire 54:07

2h ago54:07

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In Southern Louisiana, a few hours from New Orleans, Ann Savoy has spent a lifetime studying, playing and collecting Cajun music. She's best known for her trio Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, her duet album with Linda Ronstadt Adieu False Heart, and touring and playing festivals with the Savoy Family Band. Ann has just released her first ever solo album, …

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ATMOSOUL 59:18

1d ago59:18

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Notre invité revient dans cette émission pour l'habiter, avec une sélection House teintée... des atmosphères qu'il préfère explorer. Au micro, Il dévoile un part de ce qui l'anime et le touche encore lorsqu'il nous explique sa démarche.By Joe Dahlin

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Recorders, Fiddles, Clogs and Swords 54:06

5d ago54:06

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Duo Windborne are two of Australia’s finest recorder players: Rodney Waterman and Ryan Williams. Their debut album, Venus Bay Fireside Sessions, is a record of their improvisational partnership. Originally intended to be recorded outside as a direct response to the natural world of Venus Bay, the weather drove them indoors and beside the fire – hen…

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Benjamin Northey on conducting and community & remembering Clarence 'Frogman' Henry 54:06

6d ago54:06

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Benjamin Northey picked up the baton as Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra only a few years after the devastating 2011 earthquake. In a wide-ranging conversation he talks to Andrew Ford about the rebuilding of the musical life of the city (there was a period where the CSO performed at an Air Force museum after many performance v…

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The Aura Vibrations of Colour 30:31

10d ago30:31

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In this episode Alan shares some his experiences of seeing the Aura, as well as giving hints on how to begin to see the colours of the Auric field. He also discusses the feelings that can come with attuning to the aura, we do not just see it we feel it. Please like and share. If you wish to get ahold of Alan for a private reading, or healing please…

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The Music of Remembrance with Jeremy Eichler 54:05

12d ago54:05

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Four pieces of music written in the years after World War II – Strauss’s Metamorphosen, Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw, Britten’s War Requiem, and Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony, ‘Babi Yar’ – paint a complicated picture of how European composers memorialised war in Jeremy Eichler’s new book Time’s Echo. Jeremy joins Andy on the show to trace the…

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Sam Anning's earthenware and Beethoven's Missa solemnis at 200 54:05

13d ago54:05

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this program contains the name of someone who has died. Melbourne double bassist Sam Anning’s latest album is dedicated to Archie Roach. The album’s title Earthen comes from a remark Roach made from his hospital bed about instruments being ‘earthenware’—coming from the earth, carrying…

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BRANDY - Rêve d'Ô - 1:01:46

15d ago1:01:46

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Inutile de le présenter, puisque BRANDY est une personne entière et sincère tant derrière les platines que devant le micro. Accompagné de CLÉMENTINE, il se raconte en musique et nous partage quelques anecdotes autour de sa sélection de vinyles, d'évènements qui l'ont marqué et autres éléments de son parcours de musicien. Mais surtout, il fera la sy…

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Witnessed Returns - Hunting for the Austin Serial Bomber 12:29

18d ago12:29

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On March 2, 2018, an anonymous and deadly package bomb detonated on the doorstep of a home in Austin, Texas. Soon after - another was discovered, and another—each one a little more sophisticated than the last, and each target seemingly more and more random. Confusion and panic set in across the city - who was this elusive serial bomber? Why were th…

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Víkingur Ólafsson's infinite variety, and remembering Maurizio Pollini 54:06

19d ago54:06

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Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson is most of the way through an international tour that sees him playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations almost a hundred times, including his first ever performances in Australia. He joins Andy in the studio, in front of the piano, to talk about finding infinite variety in those Variations. We remember the late pianist…

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One Queen of the Cross, two Finnish fiddlers and a century of women composers 54:07

20d ago54:07

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In the 1960s, the Les Girls Revue made Carlotta a star, and earned her the moniker “Queen of the Cross”. In Sydney’s red light district, she made a name for herself before hitting the road – she’d be the first to remind you that Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is at least partially based on her rural tours. Now she’s contemplating (but not committin…

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Music for Prime Time 54:09

26d ago54:09

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From the rattling charge of The Lone Ranger to the slick, warbling vocals of White Lotus, music for television has been beckoning us to the couch for the best part of a century. In Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring, Jon Burlingame has charted the history of music for telly in the form of an elegiac sort of lo…

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Peter Garrett's unwavering optimism and Jo Davies' first season at the helm of Opera Australia 54:09

27d ago54:09

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Peter Garrett has still got a fire in his belly at 70. The True North, his new solo album, tackles similar ground to an Oils record—the climate crisis, politics and addiction to technology, but it's his own songwriting voice out front. The songs contain messages of hope and anger in equal measure. The music is provided by The Alter Egos (which incl…

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JONAS BERING - KOMPAKT Records 1:08:17

29d ago1:08:17

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Au micro, il sera question du label KOMPAKT Records et autres anecdotes autour du microcosme lillois qui ont participées à influencer la musique de JONAS BERING. Aux platines, il nous partagera tout un pan de la Techno underground, à savourer avec précaution car très immersif...By Joe Dahlin

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Corinne Bailey Rae on Black resilience and the freedom of a career left turn 54:07

1M ago54:07

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It was hard to miss Corinne Bailey Rae’s ubiquitous track from 2006 'Put Your Records On'. And it’s still heard in coffee shops the world over. The English singer songwriter released her fourth studio album late last year and it represented a complete left turn in both sound and subject. Black Rainbows is her first album not on a major label and sp…

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Simone Young conducts Gurrelieder and Eleanor McEvoy hits the road 54:06

1M ago54:06

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Simone Young, who has just renewed her contract with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for another two years, talks about conducting Gurrelieder for the first time. Schoenberg's late-Romantic extravagance is one of the most sumptuous works of the twentieth century, and one of the biggest - such a concert hall rarity that Simone herself has never heard …

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Lisa O'Neill and Cormac Begley live at WOMADelaide 55:32

1M ago55:32

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An hour with two Irish living legends, singer songwriter Lisa O’Neill and concertina master Cormac Begley. Both stalwarts of the Irish traditional music scene, they united for an intense, wailing version of All the Tired Horses which was used in the final moment of Peaky Blinders. They play live and talk to Andy about what tradition means, how new …

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Marta Pereira da Costa, The Good Ones and Katanga Junior live at WOMADelaide 56:02

1M ago56:02

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The Music Show is back on Kaurna Land at Adelaide's Botanic Park for WOMADelaide 2024, a festival celebrating music from all over the world. Marta Pereira da Costa was the first woman to make a career as a Fado guitarist. From Lisbon, Portugal, she gave up a career as a civil engineer to pursue the music full time and keep Portugal’s major musical …

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Dj KEUTCH 1:01:27

2M ago1:01:27

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KEUTCH au micro se révèle et nous partage ses connections. Aux platines, il nous livre un set d'une maîtrise stratosphérique. C'est une sélection efficiente a avoir des problèmes cognitifs sérieux... Une énergie UK qui dépasse l'entendement.By Joe Dahlin

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Polyphony and protest with Windborne, loops and language with Allara 54:06

2M ago54:06

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Windborne are a vocal quartet from New England in the US. Their tagline is 'old songs, bold harmonies' and their varied repertoire puts Corsican polyphony next to 17th Century English protest songs. They’ve found a huge following online in recent years, thanks in part to a performance outside of Trump Tower. They’re in the country for a string of l…

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Dancing across the world with Angélique Kidjo & Maatakitj, and from opera to cabaret with Anna Dowsley 54:06

2M ago54:06

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With sixteen albums and five Grammys under her belt, Angélique Kidjo doesn’t need much of an introduction. She’s back in Australia to perform songs from her 2021 album Mother Nature as well as gems from her catalogue that highlight her infectious energy, dazzling array of influences and multi-language pop music. Supporting most of her tour is Maata…

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Jazz Money's poetic ventures into music and Cameron Undy's ghostly rhythms 54:06

2M ago54:06

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The Music Show is about the creation and enjoyment of music.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Fearless voices: Joseph Keckler and Raehann Bryce-Davis 54:06

2M ago54:06

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Joseph Keckler creates operatic monologues that cover subjects such as psychedelic mushroom trips, haunted houses, and buying a jacket. He also does Schubert lieder. He’s about to tour to Australia with no-wave legend Lydia Lunch and joins Andy to unpack his unique sound and influences. Mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis makes her Australian debut w…

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WESLEY 1:01:42

2M ago1:01:42

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WESLEY revient pour nous partager les vinyles qui ont fait de lui un Dj.By Joe Dahlin

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The exile of Arooj Aftab and what Alana Valentine built from the fire of Notre-Dame 54:06

2M ago54:06

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Arooj Aftab’s 2021 album Vulture Prince took her ten years to write, and for the final two she had to shut all other music out of her life. “I just was trying to make a thing that didn't have a blueprint" she says, of an opus that combines jazz, experimental electronica and Sufi devotional music with her own unique voice. She's about to tour the al…

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Ruban Nielson plays his Hawaiian roots and Katharine Dain sings 20th Century desire 54:06

2M ago54:06

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Ruban Nielson on the band's latest and fifth album V, which combines reggae with Hawaiian music and psychedelic rock. But rather than being a deliberate fusion, V is instead a reflection of Nielson's roots, ranging from a family legacy of Hawaiian reggae, Māori and Hawaiian heritage, and Auckland's punk scene's DIY ethics…

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The halls of Learning and The Halls of Records 31:37

2M ago31:37

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In this Episode Alan Shares some of his experiences in the "Halls of Learning" while in dream state as well as his thoughts on the "Hall of Records", Soul groups and the necessary relationships, both positive and negative between people. The role of souls and the choices we make to be in certain roles before we come into physical form. The karmic l…

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Lonnie Holley is part of the wonder 54:08

2M ago54:08

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Lonnie Holley has dedicated his life to art, but his music career – as a recording artist at least – only started at the age of 62, decades after he became a sculptor displayed at the White House and collected by The Met, The Smithsonian, and the Art Gallery of NSW. He grew up in Jim Crow era Alabama and suffered a huge amount of abuse at the Alaba…

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Aboard the Arka Kinari, & Frank Yamma live in studio 54:08

2M ago54:08

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Embarking on a nautical adventure this week, Andy is welcomed onboard the ‘floating cultural platform’ known as the Arka Kinari, sailed by musical duo Grey Filastine and Nova Ruth. Made of steel intended for a Nazi U-Boat, this seventy-tonne schooner has been fitted out as an eco-touring venue, and after leaving home waters in Indonesia last month …

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Eddie Perfect gets candid about Candide and Forest Collective enter the Labyrinth 54:07

3M ago54:07

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Eddie Perfect has been to Broadway and back with music theatre composer credits including Beetlejuice and King Kong, not to mention home-grown hit Shane Warne: The Musical. Now he’s set to play as Dr Pangloss and Voltaire in Leonard Bernstein’s exquisitely convoluted opera Candide with Victorian Opera, and he talks to Andy about how a work written …

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Rivers with Richard Tognetti, oceans with Iran Sanadzadeh, and remembering Chita Rivera 54:06

3M ago54:06

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Richard Tognetti, artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, returns to The Music Show to catch up with Andy about River, the latest in the ACO’s series of cinematic collaborations, and looks back at the way the pandemic has shaped the ensemble and the classical music scene more widely. In the 1970s, trailblazing Australian dancer Phill…

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For the Love of Healing Part 2 (Short and sweet) 14:54

3M ago14:54

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This is a short (15 min) follow up to the Part 1 healing podcast. My goal is to encourage you, the listener, to investigate and test the process and see what the possibilities are regarding becoming an instrument for healing. All the best on your journey with God and Spirit. Peace Alan HolmesBy Alan John Holmes

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For the Love of Healing 39:13

3M ago39:13

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Alan shares some of his healing experiences as well as thoughts about the healing intelligence, Our body possess a healing intelligence, and the spirit world can enhance the working of that intelligence, as well as, at times perform what we interrupt as a Miracle healing. There are many should in spirit working to bring betterment and we can be use…

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Cigány Weaver live in studio & Lotte Betts-Dean's distinctly medieval collaboration with Stuart MacRae 54:07

3M ago54:07

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Formed out of a love for Django Reinhardt and excellent band-name puns, Cigány Weaver play in a style reminiscent of jazz Manouche, traditional swing and Romani music. We hosted the full six-piece band in The Music Show studio where they delivered a performance rich in energetic fiddling, gentle strumming and soaring vocals, playing two songs drawn…

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David Keenan's Irish Songs & remembering David Lumsdaine 54:07

3M ago54:07

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When Irish singer songwriter David Keenan came onto the scene he was described as “the sound of Tim Buckley and Brendan Behan arguing over a few jars, while Kavanagh deals Dylan a suspicious hand of cards, and Anthony Cronin and Jack Kerouac furiously try to scribble it all down” – so no pressure there. He talks about wearing those comparisons, wri…

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Premonitions, West Meets East 34:41

3M ago34:41

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This episode concerns several premonitions given to me in dream state concerning The Western World and the Middle East. These were given to me from 1982-2000 up to the 911 incident. We need to keep in mind that all is not as it seems and world governments and Organisations (WEF) (UN), possibly have had a part to play in some of the events I discuss…

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Dj CAB 1:00:46

3M ago1:00:46

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Dj CAB en Mode Sélecta pour cette émission dédiée au mouvement qui a créé les Dj, les Mc et surtout les "Sound System"... Ce sera l'occasion pour lui d'évoquer les musiques qu'il affectionne. Mais aussi, les nouveautés qu'il met en onde pour vous dans VYNIL ME. Bonne écoute.By Joe Dahlin

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From Little Things Big Things Grow on RN Summer 54:07

3M ago54:07

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This is the story a song written by Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly around a campfire in 1988. What started off as a casually recorded folk number has become what Carmody calls “a kind of cultural love song”: a foundational entry in the Australian songbook. 2023’s NAIDOC Week theme was “For Our Elders”, so RN’s Rudi Bremer went to speak with Kev Carmody…

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Electric Fields & Stiff Gins on RN Summer 54:06

3M ago54:06

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Robbie speaks to Electric Fields - Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross about the perspectives that have been infused into the music through collaborative songwriting and Zaachariaha's upbringing in Mimili (APY Lands). After noticing their undeniable creative spark back in 2015, they have been making music together that hark back to the days watch…

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The Lives of Noël Coward on RN Summer 54:04

3M ago54:04

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Author Oliver Soden tackles the public and private personas of Noël Coward in his biography Masquerade: The Lives of Noël Coward. He joins Andy on to unpack the way that life yielded one of the most productive artistic careers of the 20th century. Including scenes from Private Lives, performed by Geraldine Turner, Dennis Olsen, and Guy Noble from T…

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Fred Leone & Marcia Hines on RN Summer 54:06

3M ago54:06

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Marcia Hines marks fifty years since her debut recording, but her life in music started long before that. Raised with gospel in Boston, she was at Woodstock when she was 16 and then shortly after on her way to Australia to star in the local production of Hair. And then she stayed. After Hair came touring in a jazz band with B.B. King, then Jesus Ch…

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GOLDYLOCKS 1:00:23

3M ago1:00:23

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En cette nouvelle année, découvrez GOLDYLOCKS vous partager sa passion pour le vinyle, et surtout, laissez vous porter par sa musique, pour un mix teinté de disco... mais résolument House.By Joe Dahlin

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James Gavin's Ravaged Voices on RN Summer 54:04

4M ago54:04

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An hour in the company of music writer James Gavin whose biographies include George Michael, Chet Baker and Peggy Lee. Gavin discusses ‘ravaged’ voices; singers whose voices became utterly wrecked in old age like Billie Holiday and Alessandro Moreschi. Or in the case of Marianne Faithful where age wearied the voice in a new and haunting way. We hea…

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ANOHNI & the Johnsons return and we’re In the Moog on RN Summer 54:06

4M ago54:06

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ANOHNI & the Johnsons return with My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, and Robbie visits the ACO studios to chat with Will Gregory and his Moog Ensemble.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Pop Hooks on RN Summer 54:07

4M ago54:07

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Pop music is an art, it’s a science, it’s an industrial complex. Ring in the new year with some of your favourite pop hits, and a favourite conversation from 2023.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Hozier's Inferno & Benjamin Appl's Forbidden Fruit on RN Summer 54:06

4M ago54:06

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New albums from some of the most iconic voices of 2023: Hozier chats about Unreal Unearth, and Benjamin Appl on Forbidden Fruit.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation