Old Settler’s Festival: An Austin Treat
By Brian Wise Old Settler’s Festival, Austin, Texas – Friday, April 17 – Sunday, April 19, 2026 Across this one weekend, Austin offered a reggae festival right in town, a huge country music event in […]
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Four Tracks, Infinite Ideas: Why Revolver Still Sounds Like the Future 60 Years On
There are episodes of On The Record that wander; Episode 18 plants its flag firmly in one year—1966—and dares you to argue it wasn’t the moment pop music grew up. Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie […]
The Black Crowes Live: Straight Ahead Blazing Rock ‘n’ Roll
By Brian Wise. The Black Crowes – The Forum, Melbourne, April 2, 20026 Despite the cancellation of Bluesfest 2026 just a few weeks prior to their arrival, the Black Crowes, one of the festival headliners, […]
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Bob Dylan’s April Fool’s Day Prank And Where To For ABC Radio?
If you want to know the exact moment legacy radio started to feel its age, it might have been when a major Australian station began giving away lacy doilies. In the latest episode of On […]
From Festival Fallout to TV Failure: Why Scarpetta Leaves a Bad Taste, The Outlaws Doesn’t and Paying Tribute To Brod
The long goodbye to Bluesfest continues in Episode 16 of On The Record, but this time the tone shifts from shock to something closer to forensic analysis. If last week was a reaction, this is […]
Bluesfest in Liquidation: Inside the End of an Australian Roots Institution (and the Mess Left Behind)
Episode 15 of On The Record is the sound of a long-running Australian institution going quiet — followed by the louder, messier noise of what happens when a festival doesn’t just “take a break”, but […]
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Port Fairy Reviewed, Scallop Pies, F1 Reluctantly Recommended, Festival Etiquette and Why Steve Poltz Might Save Your Soul
The latest episode of On The Record opens where any self-respecting Australian roots podcast should: the Port Fairy Folk Festival. It then takes a characteristic detour into aging payment technology, Formula One, Mick Turner guitar […]
Port Fairy Folk Festival 2026 – The Folkie Approaches 50 Gracefully!
Port Fairy Folk Festival, March 6–9, 2026 By Brian Wise Next year the Port Fairy Folk Festival – or the Folkie, as it is affectionately nicknamed – celebrates its 50th anniversary. It remains one of […]
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Live: Spellbinding at The Forum
By Brian Wise Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – The Forum, Melbourne, February 24, 2026 There is undoubtedly a special relationship that exists between Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and Australia, especially the state of […]
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On The Record Ep 7: Bob Weir, New Bowie Doco, Loretta and Best Bands At Sporting Events
On the latest episode of On The Record, Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie ease into their weekly cultural ramble with the sombre news of Bob Weir’s death—remembering an artist whose band (The Grateful Dead) they […]