Reviews

Episode 35 of On The Record begins where last week’s conversation left off: with Glen Hansard.  Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie watch the Irish singer-songwriter’s funeral, a ceremony that made plain the depth of affection […]

Episode 34 of On The Record opens in sombre territory, with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie remembering Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter, Frames frontman and Once star who died aged 56 following a motorcycle accident […]

The latest episode opens with the passing of saxophonist Plas Johnson, 94, a player whose name might not mean much outside musician circles but whose sound is embedded in popular culture.  Johnson’s cool, slinking work […]

There are few things more reliable in popular culture than a World Cup penalty shootout inspiring arguments about fairness, a Rolling Stones album being handled carefully, or Bob Dylan inspiring precisely no usable information from […]

Episode 31 of On The Record ranges from Spielberg’s latest extraterrestrial spectacle to Icelandic cocktail jazz, via Australian festival programming, political songwriting, BBC football commentary and the fragile magic of shellac records.  It is a […]

Now and then, On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie wanders into territory that feels less like a podcast and more like the best conversation you’ve accidentally joined in the corner of a […]

Episode 28 of On The Record finds Michael broadcasting from the Greek island of Kefalonia.  Still, the conversation itself travels much further afield—from the cosmic ambitions of Earth, Wind & Fire to the lyrical reflections […]