Time To Talk with Sean Sennett

AMY SHARK

This week’s guest on Time To Talk is renowned singer/songwriter Amy Shark. One of the most exciting artists to have emerged out of Australia in the last five years, Amy has achieved commercial and critical success at home and around the world. Amy chats to host Sean Sennett about the long road she took to get to where she is today, why an artist can’t afford to ‘give up’ and what it’s like to have admirers like Elton John and to be co-writing new music with the likes of Ed Sheeran.

Australian Crawl’s Bill McDonough joins Sean Sennett this week to talk about the re-release of the band’s 1981 album, Sirocco. Bill talks about his brother Guy joining the band, the group’s transition from the Boys Light Up period to Sirocco, their recording process and the tensions within the band which still exist. Sirocco features such Australian Crawl classics as ‘Errol’, ‘Things Don’t Seem’, ‘Oh No Not You Again’ and ‘Lakeside’.

The legendary John Paul Young talks about his career, life and his recording of the music of arguably Australia's greatest songwriting team, Harry Vanda and George Young. JPY also talks about cutting 'Love Is In The Air',  'Pasadena', his migrant experience, writing his memoir and much more.

Recorded after a killer gig at Australia's famed Bluesfest, Sean Sennett sat down with the great Steve Van Zandt for this episode which aired in 2020. The enigmatic Van Zandt is a musician, actor, activist and member of Bruce Springsteen's E -Street Band ... frankly, Steve is a bone fide legend.

Ian Chappell. One of Australian cricket's greatest captains talks to Sean Sennett about his tenure as skipper, the players he played with, how to handle a bouncer, his favourite music, his thoughts on Don Bradman, Keith Miller and others ... and what it was like to face Shane Warne in the nets at 50. Cricket fans ... this is possibly the best episode of Time To Talk you are likely to hear. 

The Monkees' Mike Nesmith joins Sean Sennett on Time To Talk this week. This is fascinating as Mike talks, Monkees, the Beatles and much more. What was it like to be at the recording session for A Day In The Life ... did he have the first copy of Sgt Pepper ... what happened to his Gretsch 12 string ... find out here!

St Etienne’s Bob Stanley joins Sean Sennett this week to talk about the band’s new album, I’ve Been Trying to Tell You. Alongside his work in the band with Sarah Cracknell and Peter Wiggs, Bob chats about his remarkable book ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’, his life as a journalist, the love of the Bee Gees, the future of print and much more.

Marcia Hines remains Australia’s undisputed Queen of Pop. After relocating from the USA to Sydney as a teenager to star in Hair, Marcia wooed the country with her big voice. ‘You’, ‘I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself’, ‘Your Love Still Brings Me To My Knees’ are a few of her many hits. Today she talks to Sean Sennett about her career, her songs, her next record, her life … and her pets.