In the Pines is back in UWA’s Somerville Auditorium with another killer collection of local bands – we’re locked in for Sunday April 22 – but who’s the final lot playing?

We’ll learn about some of them with RTRFM’s Music Director Adam Trainer.

In the Pines is back in UWA’s Somerville Auditorium with another killer collection of local bands – we’re locked in for Sunday April 22 – but whose playing?

We’ll learn about some of them with RTRFM’s Music Director Adam Trainer as he joins Peter Barr on Breakfast.

The Beaufort Street Festival is back for another crack of presenting a free all-day celebration of music, arts, food and fashion – with a distinct lack of vehicular activity…

BOFO Director Dave Cutbush joined Peter Barr for Breakfast.

They’ve been away far and wide – touring the globe and recording their new album.

It’s called Red Alert and was recorded in the mountains high above Madrid.

They’re back in P Town with the new album just in time for the run towards Summer and they joined Pete on Brekkie…

Adam James and Greg Sanders from the local band joined Peter Barr on Breakfast ahead of their single launch.

That band formed in Melbourne in the late 80’s and promptly released its debut album ‘Ruby’. It’s one of the albums Pete featured this week.

It won the 1991 ARIA for Best Independent Release.

Now it has something of a sequel called ‘Pearl’ – the other Brekky feature album.

They’re the Killjoys and they joined Pete….

The part-French, part-Finnish folk-inspired indie-pop duo released their first album in 2008 which topped the French charts, making them the first English singing French act to do so.

Full of rich orchestration and electronic flourishes, their new album is called ‘Both Ways Open Jaws’.

Olivia and Dan are the Do and they joined Pete on Breakfast

Now touring with his ensemble, The Violaters, Kurt Vile will be hitting our shores later this year.

He joins Pete on Breakfast

This way, with open minds and the willingness to receive input and engage in healthy and lively debate, two people can bounce ideas around and off each other and create brilliance.

And so it is with local duo Canyons – whose debut album is this week’s Breakfast Feature.

It’s an eclectic collection of electronica and more and one of its creators joins me to learn more…

But most of all, the birthplace of Jazz.

The Inaugural legends of New Orleans Australian Tour hits Perth on October 7th. Bringing with it some of the biggest names in the New Orleans Jazz scene;
Allen Toussaint, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and Jon Cleary and the Philthy Phew.

Once a 17 year old piano playing teenager from Kent, now a talented, world renowned Jazz pianist. Jon Cleary spoke to Caitlin Nienaber about why his masterful fingers are 100% New Orleans.

After a successful show in hip Funbury, She joined Peter Barr for a chat about life, music, and her upcoming show ‘round the corner at the Astor Theatre.

The project they’ve been working on is a functional sculpture, made to house birds.

The artists have also been busy getting involved in the community down there –finding out about local wildlife, the history of the area, and helping local high school students in the Ornitarium project.

Artist Richard Saxton joined Rhian on the phone to tell us about it.

Prior to his gig at the Bakery he joined Bren Mcgurk on Morning Magazine.

Through a number of incarnations, she’s sung on stages and on the TV screen about the human condition then, now, and what will be.

She’s back on tour with her husband Willy Zygier and chatted to Bren Mcgurk on Morning Magazine.

Folk legends such as Woddy Guthrie and Pete Seeger often acted as voices for the social, economic and environmental justice movements of their day.

American folk singer and activist David Rovics has been continuing this tradition for the last twenty years and this Sunday he commences his third Australian tour with his debut appearance in Perth at The Irish Club in Subiaco with support from local favourites Sugar Child.

To find out more about the connections between folk music and activism Indymedia’s Ray Grenfell spoke to David Rovics.

The quartet began as a duo with the intention of creating simple, catchy, smart rock songs.

Matt Lampkin from the The Soft Pack joins Peter in the studio ahead of this weeks gig.

The Youngblood crew had a chat with The Joe Kings ahead of RTRFM’s idea of winter warming, The Fremantle Winter Music Festival!

Overwhelmed with a feeling of musical generosity, all four members of the band formerly known as DivCraft descended on the studio to get the hoedown started. Yee-hah!

And what happened to their drummer? The mystery continues. But they’re looking for a new one…