This week, as has become tradition here on our show, we are featuring tracks from Australian and New Zealand artists in honour of ANZAC day.  Some of these songs will be very familiar to you, but hopefully we have als0 managed to sneak in a few blasts from the past that you haven’t heard for a while. just a little reminder of the immense talent that emerged from the Antipodes back in the day.

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This week it’s our Easter show, and just in case you haven’t yet had  sugar overdose on chocolate eggs and hot cross buns, we thought we might add just a little more sweetness to your system. Yes, all our songs this week are sweet as – but amazingly calorie free.

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Some weeks we just aren’t feeling a theme. So instead we just pick a handful of songs each that we have lying around and put them together to make a show. And some how, it’s always magic. This week it’s your hosts’ choice. Five tracks from Marty, five from Venetia, and ta da!

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Down here in Australia’s South, the days are getting shorter, the mornings crisper, the leaves are turning and we are all putting on extra layers to stay warm. There’s a definite feeling of  Autumn in the air. So, this week, we thought we would play some Seventies tracks with an Autumn feel. It’s turned out to be a lovely, mellow playlist, perfect for relaxing around a cosy fire on a crisp evening. So make yourself a hot cup of cocoa and pull up a comfy chair. Welcome to our Autumn show.

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This weeks show went to air on the 23rd of March 2025. We thought we would look back through the Seventies and see what notable musical events happened on this date. Turns out, quite a few – bands signing to record labels, singles released, concerts held. As a theme, it’s created a great mix of classic 70s tracks – all related in some way to a single date in March.

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It’s Marty’s birthday. Hip, Hip, Hooray! And for his birthday, Venetia has put together a playlist of some of his favourite artists. It’s a Marty flavoured blend of pop and rock with a sprinkling of country and a pinch of soul. All it needs is a great big bow and some candles on top. Happy birthday, Marty.

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This week our show is made up of all women artists of the Seventies – in part to balance our recent show featuring all men called David, and also to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8. And what a show we have. Women really were doing it for themselves in the 1970s, and doing it well. We have funk, we have pop, we have a little bit of punk. Women were everywhere, making their mark and, luckily for us, sharing their immense talent with the world.

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It’s Venetia’s birthday this week, so she got to sit back and relax while Marty did all the hard work of picking the tracks, finding some of her favourites as a little birthday treat.  He did a wonderful job – as usual – including some of the usual suspects but also a few extra special artists that haven’t made an appearance in her birthday list previously. Venetia thinks it’s a brilliant mix, hopefully you do too.

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So many Davids! When you think of Seventies music it’s hard not to think of at least a few artists called David – David Bowie, David Crosby, David Cassidy, David Essex, to name but a few. As an organising theme, it makes for an easy to put together play list and it’s a bit of fun too. So this week, all our artists have the first name David. What is the collective name for a group of Davids? A derby? A dreamboat? A depth? You decide.

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This week our hosts are going a wee bit dark and playing tracks from the Seventies all about murder and death. The murder ballad has a long history, all the way from folk through country and even pop. Along with love and money, it’s one of life’s great themes, after all, explored in every art from, including music. And Seventies music is no exception. But despite the gruesome subject matter, some of these tracks really are killer.

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