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19 Dec, 2008
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| This week: In our penultimate newsletter for the year we head backstage with bluegrass supergroup The Wilson Pickers in our latest audio slideshow; to get into the festive mood we're featuring a selection of suitably dig-ish Christmas tunes from artists including James Brown, Prince, Josh Rouse and... Daffy Duck! And congratulations to our 'Favourite Albums Of 2008' competition winners - read all the entries on dig... |
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| dig Festive Features |
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Various songs of festive cheer -
Each year at this time dig cheesily unveils its modest collection of festive songs. We do this mainly to demonstrate that we have actually gathered some! We lean towards the less traditional, so we have Christmas songs from James Brown, Chuck Berry, Dave Hole, Paul Kelly, BB King, Prince, Josh Rouse, Sufjan Stevens, Dwight Yoakam and Daffy Duck, among others. We hope you enjoy some of them and hear them in the spirit that we present them.
Merry Christmas,
Stuart Matchett |
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| dig Competition |
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Favourite Albums Of 2009 - Win Music!
Congratulations to the winners of our 'Favourite Albums' comp - Beth Anderson, David Finnis, Catherine Driussi, Braeden Jeffery and Tex Miller - they'll each get a dig Christmas prize pack including albums by The Audreys, Jeff Lang, The Wilson Pickers, The Panics, Jasmine Rae, Steve Forde, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, the ABC's 'Wide Open Road' and more. Merry Xmas! Read all the entries on dig...
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Mick Thomas Back To The Future Tour 2008
Fresh from re-visiting his Weddings, Parties, Anything past, Mick Thomas returns to the stage with his other pals - The Sure Thing - for a 'Back To The Future' national tour. More on dig...
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The Swell Season - Music from the film 'Once', 27-29 January
Touring Australia as part of the 2009 Sydney Festival, The Swell Season (Frames frontman Glen Hansard & pianist Marketa Irglova) perform songs from the film Once and more, at the Sydney Opera House 27-29 January. More on dig...
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33rd Port Fairy Folk Festival, March 6 - 9 2009
The Victorian fishing village of Port Fairy welcomes a massive influx of people - and acts including Peter Rowan, Shooglenifty, David Bridie and The Waifs - for three days and nights of music, dance and more in March 2009. More on dig...
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The Blue Mountains Music Festival of Folk, Roots and Blues, 13-15 March
It's shaping up to be another bumper weekend when the 2009 Blue Mountains Music Festival hits Katoomba... dig Digital Radio is pleased to be supporting the Festival once more. More on dig...
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2009 Apollo Bay Music Festival, 27 - 29 March
The Apollo Bay Music Festival has tantalised festival goers with an initial announcement of artists to appear in 2009, once again supported by Dig Digital Radio. More on dig...
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| dig Features |
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The Wilson Pickers: Audio Slideshow
Bluegrass supergroup The Wilson Pickers features the combined talents of Sime Nugent, Andrew Morris, Ben Salter, Danny Widdicombe and John Bedggood. dig joined the boys backstage at the Queenscliff Music Festival... More on dig...
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New U2 On The Horizon
U2 have revealed details of their 12th studio album, expected to be released in early March. More on dig...
18/12/2008
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Head-bangers ARE Dazed And Confused
Led Zeppelin's 'Dazed and Confused' might well have been a clinical observation on the state of their audience's brains, say researchers who have found over-enthusiastic head-banging can cause mild brain injury. More on dig...
18/12/2008
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Acoustic Icon Davy Graham Dies
British acoustic guitarist Davy Graham, cited as an inspiration by Bert Jansch, Martin Carthy and Paul Simon, has died aged 68. More on dig...
17/12/2008
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Marr Quashes Smiths Reunion Rumours
Guitarist Johnny Marr has denied recent rumours that The Smiths are to reunite. More on dig...
17/12/2008
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Arcade Fire On Film
Arcade Fire release a 70 minute documentary, 'Miroir Noir', online today, Monday 15 December. More on dig...
15/12/2008
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Antony And The Johnsons Return In Tears
The follow-up to Antony And The Johnsons' 2005 debut album is finally ready, and scheduled for a January 09 release. More on dig...
15/12/2008
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Jet Back For 'Secret' Hometown Show
Aussie rockers Jet will play a 'secret' hometown gig in Melbourne next Wednesday, 17 December. More on dig...
12/12/2008
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Springsteen, Gabriel Get Golden Globe Nominations
Bruce Springsteen and Peter Gabriel are among the musicians nominated for Golden Globe awards, to be announced on 11 January. More on dig...
12/12/2008
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| dig Interact |
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Greg Van Meeuwen said:
re: What's Your Favourite Paul Kelly Moment?
I was living in Canada in 2004 and PK was touring. I went to a gig in Toronto and after the show, hung around with some other aussies to take his pic and hopefully meet him.
I was outside his dressing room, speaking to Dan Luscombe. He came out wi.......
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Eddy Wilkinson said:
re: Acoustic Icon Davy Graham Dies
A very sad day indeed. Davy certainly inspired me with my music generation. He was an icon and legend who so sadly did'nt
always get the acknowledgment he should have done. His music will shine on in his records. Take me back to that gig in Bunjie.......
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Sound Quality
Friday 19 December
11.20pm Radio National
Featuring contributions from the new upload, download, remix site that Radio National has deployed. It's called Pool, and anyone leaving material their with a tag of Sound Quality gets their material heard, and in this case played on the radio. More... |
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Classic Albums - The Grateful Dead: From Anthem To Beauty
Sunday 21 December
5pm ABC2
Charts how the band evolved from Anthem of the Sun to American Beauty, and examines how these very different albums were made. Features rare footage, recording sessions, home videos as well as extensive interviews with band members. More... |
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Wide Open Road Interviews
Mon 22 - Fri 26 December
5.10pm Radio National
Radio National presents a week of interviews from the ABC's recent Australian music project, 'Wide Open Road'. Artists include Rob Hirst, Robert Forster, Stephen Cummings, Kev Carmody and Dave Graney & Clare Moore. More... |
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