The Weekend Planet

January is the new CD from a splendid trio. Its Polish members are still young, but the line-up unchanged for 15 years. Suddenly, however, its name is ‘The Marcin Wasileski Trio’. Pianist Marcin, acoustic bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz are an equilateral triangle, still. But they have accepted ‘world market realities’ and that the American market would not ‘get’ the wry name which had caused the leaderless trio no ‘marketing difficulty’ at home. Poles have long recognised ‘The Simple Acoustic Trio’ (who are also the three much-the-younger members of Tomasz Stanko’s quartet) as very special. Be glad that ‘market realities’ had nothing to do with the new CD’s contents: beautiful, always-alert music, superbly recorded.

Discover more, here:
www.ecmrecords.com/Background/2019.php

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Details of each track are presented in the following order:
BROADCAST TIME
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
( distributor/ source details, in brackets like this, in lower-case)
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
Duration of track
Description of track, in lower-case.
Where relevant, further info links to information, gigs/events/related programs

’THE WEEKEND PLANET’ SUN 20. 4 08

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THEME:
(details below, as per the original CD.. This cut is also on these compilations Ketama - ’ Nuevos Medios Coleccion’ - Nuevos Medios NM 15 820
{ in Australia via MGM www.thegroovemerchants.com
worldwide, via: www.flamenco-world.com/noticias/nuevos.htm }
and ’ Jarabi - the best of Toumani Diabate’ (Hannibal 334352 )

CD CUT 1, ’JARABI’
TRAD, ARR TOUMANI DIABATE
HAMILCAR MUSIC LTD
HANNIBAL HNCD 1323
( in Australia, some releases through Stomp Enquiries to: ben@stomp.com.au
worldwide: www.rykodisc.com )
KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATE, DANNY THOMPSON - ’SONGHAI’
THIRTY SECONDS (EXCERPT)
(retains a stately-Manding air, whilst also embracing flamenco elements. Toumani Diabate’s kora, Danny Thompson’s beautiful double bass and Ketama’s flamenco guitars )

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CD CUT 1, ’THE FIRST TOUCH’
MARCIN WASILEWSKI
PUB NOT SPEC
ECM 2019/ 1737345
( in Australia through Fuse Music
www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com )
MARCIN WASILESKI TRIO - ’JANUARY’
4: 05
( quiet, spacious-introspective, but intense. Has a definitely-European accent. The sudden renaming of the trio after its pianist is purely to meet ’market realities’ in the USA. In truth, this Polish trio remains equilateral - drummer Michal Miskiewicz, double-bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and pianist Marcin.
However ’new’ to the USA, the trio has been a stable unit for 15 years. At home it has long been Poland’s leading jazz trio, under its preferred name - ’simple acoustic trio.’: )

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CD CUT 2, ’CYRHLA’
TOMASZ STANKO
ECM VERLAG
ECM 1980 987 7380
( in Australia through Fuse Music
www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com )
TOMASZ STANKO QUARTET - ’LONTANO’
7: 03
(Darkly beautiful, with achingly tender and wilder moments. The title refers to a village and region in Poland’s Tatra Mountains. The 65-year-old composer-leader is the trumpeter. His much younger Polish compatriots are pianist Marcin Wasilewski, ac bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz. ’Masterpiece’ is an over-used word , but it does accurately describe this CD.

TOMASZ STANKO QUARTET GIG/ MELBOURNE JAZZ FESTIVAL ALERT

Saturday 3 May 8:00pm, Hamer Hall
The Quartet - as above.
It’s a double bill with the Tord Gustavsen Trio (who play first)

The Festival runs April 29 through May 4.
Full details/bookings, here:
www.melbournejazz.com )

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CD CUT 5, ’BALLADYNA’
TOMASZ STANKO
PUB NOT SPEC
ECM 2019/ 1737345
( in Australia through Fuse Music
www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com )
MARCIN WASILESKI TRIO - ’JANUARY’
6: 40
( Drummer Michal Miskiewicz, double-bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and pianist Marcin investigate/explore a 1970s-vintage Stanko composition. His original recording was made around the time these three were born! )

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CD CUT 4, ’DIAMONDS AND PEARLS’
PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
PUB NOT SPEC
ECM 2019/ 1737345
( in Australia through Fuse Music
www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com )
MARCIN WASILESKI TRIO - ’JANUARY’
5: 46
( same trio: very lyrical/loving, with particularly gorgeous bass-playing. The original was the title-piece of the purple one’s 1991 album. Yes, that Prince - the artist formerly known as ’the artist formerly known as Prince’ )

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CD (DISC ONE) CUT 1, ’ I’M YOUR MAN’
LEONARD COHEN, ARR MONSIEUR CAMEMBERT
PUB NOT SPEC
CAM 005
(self-issued.
Available worldwide. Go to:
http://members.tripod.com/~thehotclub/real-1.html )
MONSIEUR CAMEMBERT - ’FAMOUS BLUE CHEESE’
4: 34
(AUSTRAL PERF AND ARR: ’Live’, a little lewd and a lot of fun. Yaron Hallis is the singer and his Camembert band-mate Eduoard Bronson the swaggering tenor saxophonist . All songs and poems on this double-CD and show are authored by Leonard Cohen.

YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW VERY MUCH MORE ABOUT LEONARD COHEN?
Boggle your mind with 800 {well-indexed, searchable} web pages at
http://leonardcohenfiles.com It includes lyrics to all songs

YOU’D JUST LIKE THE BASIC BIO?
Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen
It does link to various other sites, including the aforementioned mother-of-all )

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CD (DISC ONE) CUT 2, ’GYPSY WIFE’
LEONARD COHEN, ARR MONSIEUR CAMEMBERT
PUB NOT SPEC
CAM 005
(self-issued.
Available worldwide. Go to:
http://members.tripod.com/~thehotclub/real-1.html )
MONSIEUR CAMEMBERT - ’FAMOUS BLUE CHEESE’
5: 20
(AUSTRAL PERF AND ARR: Cuckold’s lament. Has a genuine poignancy, which extends to both the ’gypsy wife’ and to the husbandly persona in which the song’s delivered. Yaron is the singer. Features violinist Daniel Weltlinger, with nice use of the bass clarinet, played by Mr Bronson. Plus brushes, ac bass, accordion, banjo - ’live’.

MONSIEUR CAMEMBERT GIGS/ MAJOR FESTIVAL ALERT ( WA)

April 24- 27
Along with literally hundreds of others - at The Fairbridge Festival.
Full Festival details are here: www.fairbridgefestival.com.au

Monday April 28, 8pm. Monsieur Camembert gig in Fremantle
Fly By Night Club in Parry St.
Full details/bookings: www.flybynight.org

LIKE TO BE UP TO DATE WITH THE FULL CAMEMBERT SCHEDULE?

Monsieur Camembert gig details are always posted here:
www.myspace.com/monsieurcamembert )

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CD CUT 3, ’LITTLE FISH’
TRAD, ARR JENNY M. THOMAS, CHRISTOPHER HALE AND ANTHONY SCHULZ
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
JT 002
( Through Black Market Music: www.blackmarketmusic.com.au
or via Jenny: fiddledidee@hotmail.com )
JENNY M. THOMAS - ’FAREWELL TO OLD ENGLAND FOREVER’
4: 42
(AUSTRAL PERF & COMP: lilting, slightly-mysterioso-seductive song - from fisherman to fish. Introduced by Anthony’ s accordion, then Jenny’s violin {s} and voice enter, later joined by Christopher’s banjo-mandolin. This album treats various Australian folksongs in interesting ways . Probably, this song was at first a Portuguese one.. see below.

YOU’D LIKE TO SEE THE LYRIC AND DISCOVER THE SONG’S LIKELY ORIGINS?
Go to http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiYEAFISH.html

JENNY M. THOMAS IMMINENT GIGS/ FESTIVAL ALERT
( updates/additions for any of Jenny’s gigs are here: www.myspace.com/jennymthomas )

WA gigs:
Wednesday April 23, 8pm ( doors open 7.30 pm ) at Kulcha
1st Floor, 13 South Terrace ( above Dome Café ), Fremantle
Bookings via www.kulcha.com.au
tel (08) 9336 4544

April 24- 27
Along with literally hundreds of others - at The Fairbridge Festival.
Full Festival details are here: www.fairbridgefestival.com.au )

VIC gigs
Thu 8 May, 7.30 pm
Breizoz Café (French Crêperie)
139 Nelson Pl. Williamstown
www.breizoz.com.au

Wed 28 May, 8.30 pm
Wednesday Acoustic
Clifton Hill Hotel
89 Queens Parade Clifton Hill
www.cliftonhillhotel.com 9489 8705

Fri 30th May 8 pm
Ranges Burrinja Folk Club
Burrinja Café (DRCCC)
351 Glenfern Rd, Upwey. Melway Reference: Map 75. B12
children free
Enquiries Ph: 9778 9494 www.drfolk.com.au )

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CD DUT 1O, ’ MARIMUKA/ COLLECTING MY FATHER’ S WEALTH
WADADA LEO SMITH AND THOMAS MAPFUMO
ANONYM RECORDS ANON 0101
( no Australian distributor.
Available direct, worldwide: www.anonymousweb.com )
WADADA LEO SMITH and THOMAS MAPFUMO - ’ DREAMS AND SECRETS’
5: 00 ( excerpt )
(Thomas is the Zimbabwean male lead singer and Wadada the trumpeter. This sweetly-cyclic chant-song has an overt Zimbabwean accent, with thumb pianos, sweet-toned elec guitars, percussion and female backing voices.

WADADA LEO SMITH AUSTRALIAN TOUR ALERT

Friday 25 April (Anzac Day) 7pm Wollongong
Wollongong Conservatorium of Music
Murphy’ s Ave, Kieraville NSW
Presented by the Illawarra Improvised Music Association
www.iima.org.au / Info: 0406 361 439 (Alex Masso)

Saturday 26 April, 8.30 pm - Sydney
Sound Lounge (Seymour Centre)
Cnr City rd & Clevelnand st
Presented by the Sydney Improvised Music Association
www.sima.org.au / Bookings: (02) 9351 7940

Sunday 27 April at 2 pm - afternoon, in a cave!
King’ s Cave, Linden (Blue Mountains)
Wadada Leo Smith - solo trumpet
Jim Denley/Matt Earle - sax/electronics duet
Presented by the NOW now
www.thenownow.net Info: 0401 883 532 (Peter Farrar)

Monday 28 April - Sydney. Workshop session
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie St,
Info: (02) 93511267

Tuesday 29 April, 9 pm - Melbourne
Bennett’ s Lane (jazz lab)
Presented by Melbourne Jazz Coop
9pm start
$25/$20 Con./ $18 (MJC Members)
Presented by Melbourne Jazz Co-op
www.jazzvic.org Bookings: (03) 9663 2856

Wednesday 30 April - Melbourne. Workshop session
North Melbourne Institute of Technology
Info: (03) 9269 8933

The musicians are:
Wadada Leo Smith (USA) - trumpet, composer, leader
Yusuke Akai (Bris) - guitar
Peter Farrar (Syd) - saxophone
Dale Gorfinkel (Melb) - vibraphone
Sam Dobson (Syd) - bass
Alex Masso (Syd) - drums,
Cor Fuhler (Amsterdam) - piano (Sydney and Wollongong only)
Erkki Veltheim (Melb) - violin (Melbourne only)

AND ( separately )
THOMAS MAPFUMO AUSTRALIAN TOUR ALERT

MELBOURNE - Thursday 17 April. 8.00pm til late
Supported by Chris Gudu & DJ Systa BB
The Prince Bandroom, 29 Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda
Tickets: The Prince Bandroom | www.princebandroom.com.au or call (03) 9536 1168

SYDNEY - Saturday 19 April. 8:00pm til late
Supported by Chris Gudu & DJ Scrim
The Gaelic, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills
Tickets: The Gaelic | www.thegaelic.com/home/ or call (02) 9211 1687

ADELAIDE - Wednesday 23 April 8:00pm til late
Supported by Musiki Manjaro
The Gov, 59 Port Road, Hindmarsh
Tickets: The Gov | www.thegov.com.au/contacts.htm or call (08) 8340 0744

PERTH - Friday 25 April 8:00pm til late
Supported by Shangara Jive & DJ Ulli
Fly By Nite, 1 Holdsworth Street, Fremantle - Entrance off Parry Street
Tickets: Fly by Night - www.flybynight.org | Heat Seeker - www.heatseeker.com.au or call (08) 9430 5976 or (08) 6210 2850 )

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CD CUT 9, ’TALE’
TOMASZ STANKO
ECM VERLAG
ECM 1980 987 7380
( in Australia through Fuse Music
www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com )
TOMASZ STANKO QUARTET - ’LONTANO’
3: 46
( Spare, concise, haunting, yet ’epic’ - the album’s shortest, simplest piece. The 65-year-old, Polish composer-leader is the trumpeter. His much younger compatriots are pianist Marcin Wasilewski, ac bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz. ’Masterpiece’ is an over-used word, but does accurately describe this CD.

TOMASZ STANKO QUARTET GIG/ MELBOURNE JAZZ FESTIVAL ALERT

Saturday 3 May 8:00pm, Hamer Hall
The Quartet - as above.
It’ s a double bill with the Tord Gustavsen Trio (who play first)

The Festival runs April 29 through May 4.
Full details/bookings, here:
www.melbournejazz.com )

2311
CD CUT 12, ’COOL COOL RAIN’
RAY BONNEVLLE
STONEFLY PUBLISING ( SOCAN/ ASCAP )
RED HOUSE RECORDS RHR CD 206
( In Australia through Only Blues Music
www.onlybluesmusic.com
Worldwide: www.redhouserecords.com )
RAY BONNEVILLE - ’GOIN’ BY FEEL’
3: 41
( Ray’s warm, husky ’ I’ve been around’ voice and his excellent, ’the man knows about feel’ playing of guitars and harmonica. The one other {excellent} player on this cut knows about feel, too - drummer Geoff Arsenault. Wonderfully relaxed, deep-South-accented song. It likens the beloved to cool rain on a hot day.

ABC RADIO NATIONAL RAY BONNEVILLE ALERT

Next Saturday - April 26 - we co-feature the veteran North American’ s new album with the equally-splendid debut from Ruth Notman. She is very young and unmistakably English.

More details here: www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendplanet/comingup )

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CD CUT 9. ’VINTERPOLSKA’
{BY OR VIA} CARL WIKLUND TREHÖRNINGEN, ARR JONAS KNUTSSON
COMP IS PROBABLY PUBLIC DOMAIN. ARR IS NOT SPEC
COUNTRY AND EASTERN CE 08
( no Australian distributor
Readily available worldwide via www.cdroots.com )
JONAS KNUTSSON AND HORN PLEASE - ’HORN PLEASE!’
5: 19
( Six Swedish saxophonists plus an electric bassist and a very good percussionist. Lively, limber and surprising treatment of a traditional Swedish dance. A polska is NOT a polka.

ABC RADIO NATIONAL HORN PLEASE! ALERT

This Swedish octet takes its name from the back of India’ s trucks and springs nice surprises on traditional Indian pieces, too.
We explore their CD next Sunday, April 27.

More details here: www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendplanet/comingup )

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CD CUT 8, ’ICE’
DANIEL LANOIS
CHRYSALIS
HEAD 088
( www.headrecords.com
in Australia, through MGM www.thegroovemerchants.com )
BAKELITE RADIO ( Joe Camilleri ) - ’VOLUME IV’
3: 50
(AUSTRAL PERF AND ARR: nice new Australian version of an old, atmospheric song. Joe Camilleri’s lead voice, Claude Carranza’s ac guitar and Dave Newdick’s muted trumpet are prominent - nicely supported by bassist Joe Creighton, keyboardist James Black and percussionist Tony Floyd.

ABC RADIO NATIONAL BAKELITE RADIO ALERT
This CD will be explored on ’The Daily Planet’, Thursday April 24

’The Daily Planet’ - with Lucky Oceans - airs Monday to Friday at 2.20pm
Except on Fridays, it has a second airing at 11.20 pm
website {includes audio} : www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet )

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CD CUT 8, ’JANUARY’
MARCIN WASILEWSKI
PUB NOT SPEC
ECM 2019/ 1737345
( in Australia through Fuse Music
www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com )
MARCIN WASILESKI TRIO - ’JANUARY’
8: 30
( quietly intense, wordless winter-song for a Polish trio. It has a definitely-European accent. Drummer Michal Miskiewicz, double-bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and pianist Marcin Waislewski are still an equilateral trio. The sudden renaming of the trio after its pianist is purely to meet ’ market realities’ in the USA. In Poland they have long been known by their preferred, self-mocking moniker: ’simple acoustic trio’)

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CD CUT 1 - ’TRAVEL A MOMENT WITHOUT FEAR’
KYNAN ROBINSON
PUB NOT SPEC
NEWMARKET NEW 3128.2
( www.newmarketmusic.com )
KYNAN ROBINSON’S EN RUSK - ’1,000 WIDE’
2: 17
(AUSTRAL PERF AND COMP.....prepared piano as a giant thumb piano/ merimbula with other instruments joining in clockwork urgency - features Erik Griswold on piano and drummer Danny Fischer. The leader-composer is the trombonist.

MELBOURNE JAZZFRINGE FESTIVAL ALERT

It runs from April 18 through April 27 and involves a great many interesting combinations of interesting musicians.
For example, Kynan leads another of his groups - The Escalators - tomorrow night, April 21st. Erik Griswold is involved in more than one gig and is the leader of ’Ecstatic Music’ on Friday April 25.

Full Festival details are here:
www.melbournejazzfringe.com

The April 21 Escalators gig is here:
http://melbournejazzfringe.com/Content/2008/03/29/the-escalators/

The April 25 Erik Griswold concert is here:
http://melbournejazzfringe.com/Content/2008/03/28/erik-griswold/ )

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CD CUT 2, ’VIGNETTE’
GARY PEACOCK
PUB NOT SPEC
ECM 2019/ 1737345
( in Australia through Fuse Music
www.fusemusic.com.au
worldwide: www.ecmrecords.com )
MARCIN WASILESKI TRIO - ’JANUARY’
8: 01
(Polish trio’s elegantly-intense exploration of a piece penned by a great North American bassist.. Drummer Michal Miskiewicz, double-bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and pianist Marcin Waislewski do it justice, with not a lazy moment )

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CD CUT 5, ’I’LL GO DOWN’
MARC HANNAFORD
(PRESUMABLY) APRA
EXTREME XCD 061
( available worldwide via www.xtr.com )
MARC HANNAFORD - ’THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS’
4: 07
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: solo piano - spare, with a tension and an avoidance of cliché.

MELBOURNE JAZZFRINGE FESTIVAL ALERT

It runs from April 18 through April 27 and involves a great many interesting combinations of interesting musicians.
Marc plays as a member of The Escalators - tomorrow night, April 21st. He also performs a solo piano set as part of the concert which Erik Griswold headlines on on Friday April 25.

Full Festival details are here:
www.melbournejazzfringe.com

The April 21 Escalators gig is here:
http://melbournejazzfringe.com/Content/2008/03/29/the-escalators/

The April 25 concert is here:
http://melbournejazzfringe.com/Content/2008/03/28/erik-griswold/ )

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CD CUT 2, ’HOSS RACE’
TIM O’ BRIEN
CORNBREAD NATION, ADMIN BY BLUEWATER MUSIC ( ASCAP )
HOWDY SKIES RECORDS/ PROPER AMERICAN PRPACD007
( In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
Worldwide: proper-records.co.uk )
TIM O’ BRIEN - ’CHAMELEON’
3: 22
(Tim in persona of a mug-punter on his lucky day. His voice and incredible, syncopated-rhythmic bouzouki. On his new, all-quite-solo CD.
Tim plays six different instruments - one at a time.. all superbly.

ABC RADIO NATIONAL TIM O’ BRIEN ALERT

We explore his new, all-solo CD on Sunday May 4

More details here: www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendplanet/comingup )

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CD CUT 9, ’THREE GAY MEN’
IIRO RANTALA
PUB NOT SPEC
ROCKADILLO RECORDS ZENCD 2120
( In Australia, through Australian Northern Europe Liaisons
www.henk.com.au
Worldwide: www.rockadillo.fi )
IIRO RANTALA - ’NEW TRIO’
1: 30 ( excerpt )
( lots of humour, quirk and surprise - and some seriously-incredible musicianship. The Finnish leader-composer is all over the piano, Marzi Nyman plays rock-accented electric guitar and Felix Zenger is the human beatbox.

ABC RADIO NATIONAL IIRO ALERT

On ’Into the Music’
Saturday 26 April 5.05pm
Repeated on Friday 2 May 3.05pm

Finnish Jazz Sensations: Iiro Rantala and Kimmo Pohjonen

Kimmo Pohjonen and Iiro Rantala overturn any preconceptions about Finnish music being ’ conservative’ . Their innovative flair was obvious at their 2008 Sydney Festival concerts - and in this forum. Virtuoso musicians both, they studied at the Sibelius Academy. Kimmo and Iiro embrace new technologies and delight in breaking rules. Kimmo Pohjonen is a singular accordionist. With samples and loops ( and a wildly theatrical performance style) his instrument can become an organ or even an orchestra. Iiro Rantala is a dazzling pianist, who became famous as leader of Trio Toykeat. His ’ New Trio’ features young electric guitarist Marzi Nyman and the even younger Felix Zenger on beatbox vocals.

These conversations with Festival Director Fergus Linehan were recorded during the 2008 Sydney Festival at ’Eat Drink Talk Art’ at The Mint.

Producer: Robyn Ravlich
Recording engineer: Timothy Nicastri
Sound engineer: Louis Mitchell

’ Into The Music’ , with Robyn Johnston
First broadcast: Saturday, 5.05 pm
Repeat broadcast: the following Friday, 3.05 pm
www.abc.net.au/rn/intothemusic
Audio can be demanded from website for four weeks after radio broadcast

Presenter

Doug Spencer

Producer

Doug Spencer