Radio National: Into the Music

Local Portraits

PROGRAM BROADCAST: Saturday 27 September at 5pm on Into the Music (repeated Friday 3pm)
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What is your favourite music?
Why does a single song or piece of music mean more to you than any other?

Local Portraits is a photographic exhibition that asks these questions of 70 people. It is also a radio program about the residents of two places in NSW: the rural town of Robertson and the 2168 postcode area of Liverpool. What music do these people carry in their minds, and why?

Portrait sampler

PETER VAUGHAN

Peter Vaughan, from Robertson, talks about Slim Dusty’s 'Rusty, It’s Goodbye'.

Play portrait (Flash)

Audio sampler

JUNIOR TAVOLA

Junior Tavola is a Christian rapper from Liverpool.

Play audio interview

REBEKAH RICKETTS

Rebekah Ricketts, from Robertson, plays Duke Ellington on her saxophone.

Play audio interview

Find out more about the Local Portraits radio program and the Local Portraits exhibition at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Watch and listen as twenty people talk about their chosen music. Create your own portrait on Pool.

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