In this episode we follow the musical life of The Big O -  Roy Orbison who had a great solo career but was also a member of the Travelling Wilburys.

THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ is a fortnightly program featuring a mix of singer – songwriter, Celtic, Cajun, global roots, traditional and contemporary folk, blues, country blues, bluegrass, country, old timey and Americana music from Australia and around the world. Live to air, 8pm, every second Tuesday.

In this edition of The Acoustic Café we hear music from Liz Stringer, Luka Bloom, Skylark, Nanci Griffith, Steve Earl &The Del McCoury Band, Liz Frencham, Ed Miller, Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, Luther ‘Guitar Junior’ Johnson & The Magic Rockers, The Trials of Cato, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Red Stick Ramblers, Garnet Rogers, Dave Rawlings Machine, Walter Horton.

The recorded live part of the program features part of a tribute concert to Bill Monroe, recorded at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Concert playlist:

01       Uncle Pen – Kentucky Thunder

02       Cross Eyed Child – John Hartford

03       Raw Hide – Marty Stuart & The Del McCoury Band

04       Can't You Hear Me Callin'- The Clinch Mountain Boys & Ralph Stanley

05       Highway of Sorrow – Tim O’Brien

06       Rocky Road Blues – Jim & Jesse, The Virginia Boys

07       Rabbit in the Log – Marty Stuart

08       Little Cabin on the Hill – John Hartford

09       Bean Blossom Memories – James Monroe

10       I'll Fly Away – All artists

Thank you for listening.

Part 1: Join Tony and Shippa as they grab their whistles and flags, ready to officiate in today’s big match featuring Jeremy from Blackbirds FC. Be amazed at the skills, the drive and the teamwork as he tackles the difficult questions, doing his utmost to avoid any yellow cards, or even a red! As for Shippa, he’s used to being on the sideline. Enjoy the chat as we delve into the musical world of this band from Melbourne, including a brief journey to Dimboola for the Steam-Punk Festival!

Part 2: Tony and Shippa discuss new and old tracks from current Indie Artists, former Indie Artists and a classic or two. On this podcast, we introduce Middle Kids (Sydney), Press Club (Melbourne), Charm of Finches (Melbourne), Little Quirks (Central Coast), Big Wheels (Sydney), Karly Jewell (Melbourne), Kerosene Heights (North Carolina, USA), Ashenmoon (Melbourne), Screamfeeder (Brisbane), Alcotomic (Melbourne) and Formidable Vegetable (WA), with Shippa’s Surprise sharing their name with a very famous Australian biscuit…minus the Iced!

Car wheels on a gravel road #122 ( 29/9/25) with Tiff - Americana , alt country, folk, rock and blues. A mix of songs from the 70s and new releases. Tonights show kicks of with a Sam Cooke song sung by Arethra Franklin. Featuring new releases by Reb Fountain, Loretta Miller, Joe H Henry, Billy Bragg, Amble and Folk Bitch Trio. Classics by John Prine, John Denver, Neil Murray as well as tunes by Ryan Adams, Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, The Money War, Aoife O'Donovan, Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats, Lucinda Williams singing the Beatles, Zac Brown Band singing a Stones song, Hailey Reinhart singing a Radiohead song.. This will fill your bucket ! 

Hear new music from Harry Vanda, Paul Kelly, Mia Wray, Didirri and more. Full playlist here.

Caught up with my old Basketballing buddy Mal Padgett recently to explore his life/musical story. This podcast - part 1 of 2 - tracks Mal's early years growing up on a farm outside Cobram then moving to Melbourne to study Graphic Design at the hottest Design studio in Australia - Swinburne Uni in the late 70s. When I met Mal he was a multi-media specialist at AAV studios in South Melbourne among a creative brat pack of edgy animators, graphic designers and music technicians. They also played fun Basketball. Mal also spent time in Taiwan doing multi media installations. Through all this, Mal's radios, reel-to-reels, walkmans and mini-disc players were close at hand providing the musical soundtrack to these experiences. Along the way I throw in some musical selections also.

Mal's choices include The Reels, Led Zeppelin, The Church, Rick Wakeman/Yes, Roxy Music, The Rolling Stones, Supertramp, T.Rex, Jethro Tull & Jimmy Little.
Scott's choices - Supertramp, Dry Cleaning, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Reels, The Rolling Stones and RVG.

Elsewhere music from Hot Tubs Time Machine with Our Carlson as well as Kelsey Jean & The Bad Health.

Deezer playlist here

Ahoy Froggers,
Welcome to this edition of BFRH. we have our own guitar fest for you this week, with Albert Collins, B. B King, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Roy Buchanan, Lonnie Mack, George Thorogood and we have also find a guy . B.B. King often mentioned as one of his biggest influences. Bill Jennings, but we don't stop there, Vernon Reid, Carlos Santana and Walter Trout are also here.
We have some acoustic Gov't Mule from 1997, Female drummer Cindy Blackman Santana is here, so come on in and open up your ears and your mind for a couple of hours
See y'all soon
Thanks for your support
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Part 1: Join Tony and Shippa as they enjoy the warmth of a well stocked hearth, bathing in the light of the fire’s glow…no wait, they are chatting to Bruno from the band Fireglow. Just wait until you hear some of the artists that Bruno has performed with and supported before Fireglow, and one of the icons of Oz (and NZ) rock who have helped the band’s creativity and mastery of Gaming Platforms (not really, but this icon did mention something about computer games once)! Enjoy the chat and the sounds…we did!

Part 2: Tony and Shippa discuss new and old tracks from current Indie Artists, former Indie Artists and a classic or two. On this podcast, we introduce Josh Orange (Sydney), Moonsea (Melbourne), Broadcaster (UK), Cedarsmoke (Brisbane), Lani (Mornington Peninsula), Owls of Neptune (Sunshine Coast), Radio Free Alice (Melbourne), The McNaMarr Project (Melbourne), East Coast Low (Newcastle) and The Gnomes (Melbourne), with Shippa’s Surprise being a snap shot of a band’s former incarnation!

Car wheels on a gravel road #11 ( 22/09/25) with Tiff. Americana , roots music, lots of folk, a little bit of country and alt country and some rock and blues in the mix. Tonight we kick off with Peggy Lee singing Fever, then new releases by Liam St John, Hayes Carll, Old Salt, Ruth Hazelton,  JD Clayton, James McMurtry, Kingswood, Sons of the East, Jem Cassar Daley and Emily Wurramurra. also tunes by Cold Chisel, Amble, Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real, Lucinda Williams, Jen Cloher, The Delines, The Waterboys, Kev Carmody, Nitty Gritty Dirt band, Bruce Springsteen, Ernest and Miranda Lambert, and also a song by 200 musicians in a Belgium Field. It's good to be back in the saddle after a little break!

Hear new music from Sally Seltmann, Phantastic Ferniture, Genesis Owusu, Baker Boy and more. Full playlist here.