Tracing the life and music of Margaret Sutherland with author of Inner Song, Jillian Graham

From heavy metal to jazz pipe organs, find out more about how celebrated musician Kit Downes makes up musical worlds on the spot, and find out about how Heavy Metal has become a driving force for resistance and change in the Muslim world. 

How do you do something new with very old film? Silent film composer Phillip Johnston explains. 

Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 - 2023) remembered; and a little bit of rebetika in our lives from Greek/Aussie band Apodimi Compania

A lush soundscape for the National Museum of Australia with composer and collaborator Genevieve Lacey, plus countertenor James Bowman (1941-2023) from the Music Show archives. 

Owain Park is a composer, conductor, singer, and director of the vocal group The Gesualdo Six. Taking their name from the 16th century composer and Italian nobleman, Carlo Gesualdo, the G6 (as Owain has given us full permission to call them) are leading performers of music from the Renaissance to the Baroque and keen commissioners of new music from living composers today. Owain discusses the interesting character of their namesake, as well as how they sing in acoustically varied locations. 

Embarking on a national tour, Jen Cloher drops by for a chat with their old friend Robbie to talk about their newest release I am the River, the River is Me. Speaking about their deeply personal album that explores language and culture, Jen talks to us about their authentic approach to navigating the landscape of identity and politics in their songwriting. 

And we remember the life and music of "The Honky Tonk Nun," Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou. Guèbrou died this week in Jerusalem at the age of 99.

Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Doreen Carwithen and Dorothy Howell are the four protagonists of Leah Broad’s musical biography.

Getting to know the cornetto (the instrument, not the ice cream), PNG singer songwriter Danielle, and Matt Davis from Foreign Correspondent shares his chat with singer, activist and ex-battlefield nurse Sahra Halgan in Hargeisa.

Oud virtuoso and Music Show regular Joseph Tawadros stops by to perform live and about his collaborative album with William Barton, his adventures performing at Davos and in the UK, and returning to The Four Seasons with Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

On her debut tour of Australia, Irish singer-songwriter, Niamh Regan drops by the studio to play a couple of songs and chat to Robbie about growing up with the Irish musical tradition and how she draws on a range of influences to weave new and old stories through her music. 

Mo'Ju's album Oro, Plata, Mata explores their Filipino heritage and The Three Seas explore dub and electronica alongside Bengali folk in their cross-cultural ensemble.