Episode 26 of On The Record is the first fully international edition—Brian Wise filing from Melbourne, Michael Mackenzie beaming in from the ancient fortified town of Monemvasia, deep inside the Peloponnese. The contrast isn’t just […]
Episode 25 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie begins where so many arguments in roots music eventually end up: Bob Dylan. Specifically, the minor detail of him turning 85 (born 24 […]
Williamstown International Jazz Festival: Winter Series, 5-6 June, 2026 By Des Cowley Anyone who has seen Bert Stern’s classic film about the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival will recall its hypnotic opening credits. Set to the […]
Episode 24 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie opens not in a record shop or a green room, but in the unglamorous reality of domestic collapse: Brian’s gas hot water service […]
On The Record’s Episode 23 leans in to great songs, better stories, and the strange afterlife of pop careers. Michael Mackenzie’s big night out is Split Enz at Rod Laver Arena, a reunion-sized crowd of […]
Brand New Beat: The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone by Peter Richardson (University of California Press) A close look at Rolling Stone’s first ten years. By Michael Goldberg Author/ university professor Peter Richardson is on […]
By Des Cowley. In mid-May, Chicago saxophonist Isaiah Collier returns to Melbourne to play a series of shows at Birds Basement. Collier was last here April 2024, playing the same venue with his band the […]
On his final night in New Orleans, Brian Wise files a slightly frayed dispatch that captures Jazz Fest’s defining tension: a festival big enough to feel infinite, and a schedule brutal enough to make you […]
By Des Cowley. LORETTA PALMEIRO & MARK ISAACS – SONATA FOR SOPRANO SAXOPHONE AND PIANO (Gracemusic/MGM, Digital release) Sydney duo – pianist Mark Isaacs and soprano saxophonist Loretta Palmeiro – are something of a dream […]
By Brian Wise. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Thursday April 30 – Sunday May 3, 2026. There’s no doubt that jazz fest is an endurance test, depending on the weather. On the second weekend […]
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