This last Sunday was a big day for live music in the Southern suburbs and a big day for Southern FM. An OB at the Vineyard in St. Kilda featured an amazing array of local talent as well as a Q&A session with local candidates. You can listen to the entire day’s broadcasting here again on the podcast. Pay special
Read moreIn popular music a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song. Aah yes, the next two installments on Radio Ga Ga are going to feature the much maligned, sometimes rightly sometimes wrongly cover version. But its not all bad (or good), think of tunes such as “All along the
Read moreAnthony Young (January 1683 – 8 May 1747) was an English organist and composer. He was part of a well-known English family of musicians that included several professional singers and organists during the 17th and 18th centuries. No, not that one, this Anthony Young is a talented local performer who has just released his new EP “Black 64” and he will be in the
Read moreThis weeks Radio Ga Ga takes a different spin as we play the best of the rock/pop instrumentals from 1959 onwards. There will be a few surprises as we hear from ELP, Booker T & The MG’s, Sky, Mason Williams, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Hot Butter, Van Halen, The Ventures, Joe Satriani, The Shadows, Fleetwood Mac, Mike Oldfield and others. Lucy
Read moreA noun is a part of speech typically denoting a person, thing, place or idea. This weeks on Radio Ga Ga we have sought and have found songs with a simple common theme. The names of the songs must be one word and that word must be a noun. Think of songs with titles such as Heaven, Centrefold, Photograph, Legs, Lollipop and Poison and
Read moreElectric Blues band Catfish Voodoo promise to be an exceptional guest on this weeks Live Sunday Sessions. Consisting of Aaron Gillett (harmonica and bottleneck), Julian Byrne (vocals and acoustic guitar), Ben Gerrard (drums), and Jordan Hyde (bass), Catfish Voodoo keeps their sound deeply rooted in the early 50’s Chicago-blues scene. Playing original material and putting their own spin of classic blues
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