All kinds of music and all kinds of musicians in conversation with Andrew Ford.
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Sorrow and songwriting: Irish musician Inni-K, and Joe Camilleri's The Black Sorrows
Inni-K, the alias of singer songwriter Eithne Ní Chatháin, blends Ireland's rich music traditions with her own playful compositional voice. Her new album Still A Day deviates from the traditional material she's focused on in the past, and these original songs are sung in English and Gaelic, with her voice and fiddle at the centre.Touring relentlessly and releasing music since the early 1980s, Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows are taking stock with a new album of ‘quintessential songs’ that celebrate their four decade contribution to Australian music. Part of the band’s success is down to embracing eclectic musical styles. You’ll find jazz, blues, rock, zydeco and pop on this album. The Sorrows have also welcomed a rotating cast of musicians over the years—people like Vika & Linda Bull, Paul Grabowsky, Michael Barker and George Butrumlis. Joe speaks to Andrew about longevity, singing with his saxophone, and how he never knows when something’s going to be a hit.Plus, music from the border of Iran and Afghanistan, from Badieh. They'll be on The Music Show next week.
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Cover Story: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was made famous by the version Roberta Flack recorded for her 1969 album First Take, which was then used in Clint Eastwood's 1971 film Play Misty for Me. But it started life as a relatively simple folksong British folk singer Ewan MacColl wrote for and delivered to American folk singer Peggy Seeger down a phone line at the start of the 1960s. From folksong to torch song to torture device (sorry, Barbra Streisand), it's a song that has robustly weathered many interpretations. Poet and folk artist Kate Fagan and soprano Rachel Mink of Luminescence Chamber Singers are our critics in the first episode of a new series of Cover Story.
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From Mao's Last Dancer to Master and Commander: Christopher Gordon on his film music and beyond, and The Apartments' Peter Milton Walsh
Composer Christopher Gordon is being handed the Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen award at this year's Screen Music Awards. Responsible for big scores to films like Mao’s Last Dancer, Ladies In Black, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Christopher has also written for television, ballet and the concert hall. He tells Andrew about catching his first big break (a score for miniseries Moby Dick) and how he’s kept up such a varied composing and conducting career.Forming in Brisbane in 1978, The Apartments have been releasing music on-and-off for over 40 years, with singer songwriter Peter Milton Walsh the only constant member. The latest album spends a lot of time looking back, balancing joys and sorrows, and arrives like a declaration: That's What the Music is For.
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Cover Story: The Times They Are A-Changin'
Ahead of new episodes of Cover Story (dropping very soon!) we bring you one of our favourites from season one.Singer and rapper Ziggy Ramo and musician and broadcaster Alice Keath look at Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’ – a political anthem just vague enough to apply to the US civil rights movement, the Velvet Revolution, Perestroika, and in some cases seemingly nothing at all.
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