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The 25th Americana Honours & Awards at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium sits at the centre of Episode 40 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie. Though, as ever, the definition of “Americana” proves ripe for debate. Brian Wise watched the ceremony while keeping one eye on Hawthorn training, and salutes the Americana Music Association’s efforts to broaden its representation. The night’s winners included Molly Tuttle as Artist of the Year, Tyler Childers’ Snipe Hunter for Album of the Year, Brandi Carlile’s “Returning to Myself” for Song of the Year, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings as Duo/Group of the Year, and Ken Pomeroy as Emerging Act of the Year. Show Notes The 25th Annual Americana Honors & Awards Ken Pomeroy "Deportee" (Official Visualizer) Big Ears Festival Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Sam Bush & Emmylou Harris, "Walls of Time", Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, 10-4-25 The Milk Carton Kids - Live From The Ryman - Official Release (Full Concert - 2/1/2024) BANSHEE - Season 1 | Full TRAILER | HD NOAH | Official Trailer [HD] | Paramount Movies Doobie Bros Toulouse Street Audience - Jackdaw

Radiohead’s long-awaited return to Australian stages provides the spark for Episode 39 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie—and the hosts could scarcely have more divergent views. Plus new and old Richard Thompson, Cassandra Wilson and Bill Nye's latest performances. Show Notes Radiohead - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi [HD] David Byrne - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) | Prague | 17|6|26 Man About The House: 50 Years Of Laughter - C5 Documentary HD Version Man About The House S02 E06 Carry Me Back To Old Southampton Cassandra Wilson: You Gotta Move Death Letter Lazarus - Official Trailer | Prime Video &SONS Official Trailer Sopwith Camel - Fazon April 18 1976 Bob Dylan – If You See Her Say Hello Lakeland Wynonna Judd - "Am I Missing Out" Richard Thompson Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking Elvis Costello Withered And Died

Episode 38 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie begins with welcome news for Australian audiences: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will return in 2027, making it three visits in as many years. For a duo whose shows can feel like a form of secular communion, it is a remarkably generous run. The episode also pauses to honour Dolly Parton, whose death at 80 has prompted an extraordinary outpouring of affection. Show Notes The Wallflowers One Headlight Dolly Parton Train, Train (from The Grass Is Blue) Dolly Parton - Long As I Can See The Light (feat. John Fogerty) (Official Audio) RN Music Show Tribute To Dolly Harris, Parton, Ronstadt on Late Show, March 24, 1999 (full, stereo) Robert Plant's Nonesuch Selects Robert Plant's Nonesuch Selects LE_MYSTERE_DES_VOIX_BULGARES_ VOL.1 - PILENTSE PEE Suspicion — Official Trailer | Apple TV Patrick Radden Keefe discusses his new book LONDON FALLING

In this encore episode of On The Record, we worship at the altar of Gillian Welch & David Rawlings with guest Andy White joining the chat. The conversation widens into stagecraft: tuning mishaps, the art of filling dead air, and the delicate question of whether you should tell stories between songs or let the song do the work. You’ll also hear Brian and Michael bickering over the relative merits of a British crime series spoken mostly in Scottish Gaelic. Important Links Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Tiny Desk Concert Andy White - James Joyce's Grave (live at Abbey Road) The Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking (Live At The Wiltern) Billy Bragg - A New England (Later... with Jools Holland) EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert | Official Main Trailer Paradise Season 2 | Official Trailer | Hulu An t-Eilean | BBC ALBA trailer RTÉ | These Sacred Vows trailer Blue Lights | Trailer - BBC BILL FRISELL TRIO - "You Only Live Twice" @ XJAZZ Festival | LIVE FROM BERLIN Bill Frisell's New Album In My Dreams Bill Frisell - In My Dreams (Live / Visualizer) Bill Frisell - A Change Is Gonna Come Guy Clark - Desperados Waiting For A Train

Episode 37 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie travels from Melbourne International Film Festival screenings to the changing state of music journalism, with a detour through elite sport, television drama and the strange joy of old-fashioned telephones. Show Notes CONGO BOY Trailer TOMORROW I'LL BE BRAVE trailer Joy Bubbles KSTP Dead Man's Wire Trailer #1 (2026) Official promo video for Dave Marsh's new anthology KICK OUT THE JAMS...35 YEARS OF MUSIC WRITING Rolling Stone Tribute to Dave Marsh THE BEATLES: The SECRET, Folk-Rock 'RUBBER SOUL' Studio SESSIONS You NEED To HEAR! (Rare Outtakes) Mojo Mag article on Rubber Soul Redux Rubber Soul - khttps:// youtu.be/RfBEqiEhCgM?list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb Judy Collins In My Life The Beatles - Michelle (Take 1 / Visualiser) Josh Rouse - "January Sky" [Official Audio]

Episode 36 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie moves from the car parks of a Grateful Dead revival to the piano stool of one of rock’s great behind-the-scenes players, with Don Walker’s new album providing the local centre of gravity. Show Notes Summer Tour At Miff The Session Man | Nicky Hopkins: The Unsung Hero Behind Rock's Greatest Hits | Full Documentary Sympathy for the Devil (Isolated Piano) Link Wray: The Rock Prophet on SBS Don Walker Darwin Shakespeare Always (2026) - Official Video - Icecream Hands

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 held for the Frames frontman, Once star and inveterate musical collaborator. Mackenzie was especially struck by the accounts of Hansard’s generosity, the presence of his battered, road-worn guitars in the church band, and the closing performance of Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young”. From there, the mood shifts to the Espy, where Mackenzie joined the winning team at the latest live Rock Quiz. Show Notes Funeral of Glen Hansard in Dublin | RTÉ News Sunnyboys My Only Friend (2014 Remaster) Ted Lasso Season 4 - Official Trailer (2026) George Costanza's Greatest hits PouredOver: Patrick Radden Keefe on London Falling Gary Stewart: I Am From The Honky-Tonks Gary Stewart She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)

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 outside Dublin. Hansard’s career stretched back to the formation of The Frames in 1990, before his work with Markéta Irglová as The Swell Season, and a substantial solo catalogue. But it is the memory of his live shows that looms largest here. Wise recalls a performer who gave audiences everything, including the habit of leading crowds from the venue and into the street for impromptu singalongs. Hansard’s concerts, he says, had the uncommon ability to turn a room full of strangers into a temporary community. Show Links Glen Hansard meets Van Morrison in Glen’s words Flamin' Groovies Shake Some Action Mick Jagger Can’t Name One Good Thing About Getting Older | The Interview Sir Tom Jones & Peter Donegan's 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again' |Blind Auditions| The Voice UK 2019 Fiona Apple – "Horns of a Bull" from the Apple TV show 'Lucky ' The Rapture Trailer Believe Me Trailer

The 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 on Henry Mancini’s Pink Panther theme is his best-known contribution, but the wider CV is properly formidable: Frank Sinatra, B.B. King, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, The Beach Boys, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville all appear on the roll call. how Links Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme (Official Audio) Plas Johnson - I Hadn't Anyone Till You Plas Johnson obit in Rolling Stone Dr John Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya Tom Waits - "Heartattack And Vine" Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival website Silo — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV Evolver 62 | Official Trailer | The Beatles’ Breakthrough Year That Changed Music Forever | Out Now! EVOLVER:62 Beatles and cakes in the village hall The Odyssey - Official 'Completely in IMAX' Behind the Scenes Clip (2026) Othello, The Black Commando 1982 full movie Max H. Boulois Tony Curtis Aaron Lee Tasjan - The Real (Official Music Video)

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 anyone who has worked with him. Episode 32 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie covers all three, plus a handy mid-year listening list, a salute to two much-loved cultural figures, and Daniel Lanois production lore. Show Notes Emma Donovan - Grandma's Hands (Official Visualiser) Ruby Jones - Souvenir Leah Senior - Mothersong Vika & Linda - Bliss (Official Video) Australian Music Vault Vika & Linda | Long Play Series Sharper | Official Trailer HD | A24 Futurebirds - Sleepless in the Cage The Rolling Stones - Rough And Twisted (Official Audio) The Rolling Stones - Jealous Lover Hunt for the Wilderpeople Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Sam Neill, Rhys Darby Bryan Brown & Sam Neill open up about acting, friendship and growing old | 7NEWS Spotlight Playwright Barry Dickins shares the importance of family in overcoming his struggles (R U OK?) Daniel Lanois - Warp Sustain (Official Video)

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 wide-ranging conversation, but not a random one. Beneath the digressions sits a recurring question: what makes art endure when fashion, technology and attention spans keep moving on? Show Notes Disclosure Day | Official Trailer Star City — Official Trailer | Apple TV Laufey - From The Start (Official Music Video) k.d. lang - Miss Chatelaine (Official Music Video) Dylan Mattingly: The Wild Heart The Transmutation Notebooks: II. Notes for Another Life Julian Lage Talking Drum ft. John Medeski, Jorge Roeder, Kenny Wollesen (Official Video) The Teskey Brothers - I Get Up (Official Video) Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s | Live at Moods Melbourne International Jazz Festival website Margo Price - San Marcos (Official Audio) Heat Restaurant scene || Deniro, Pacino

There are plenty of artists happy to spend their careers polishing yesterday's trophies. Tim Rogers isn't one of them. Appearing on Episode 30 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie, the You Am I frontman could easily have spent an hour reminiscing about the band's landmark 1996 album Hourly Daily, now celebrating its 30th anniversary. Instead, Rogers repeatedly steers the conversation back towards what comes next. That restless curiosity becomes the defining thread running through one of the podcast's most engaging interviews. Show Notes Sugar — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ Shelter - Official Trailer (2026) Jason Statham, Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie The Rookie (ABC) Trailer HD - Nathan Fillion series Blood Sucking Maniacs (Terry Allen & Family) - "Blood Sucking Maniacs" You Am I - Hourly Daily full album ELO - 10538 Overture 23 Minutes - The Mods Live With MITS TV You Am I - Strung Up Tour tickets available now The Ravens Theatre Company in Castlemaine

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 music festival bar. Returning Australian listeners may be forgiven for assuming Neil Young devotees are a niche tribe. Not so, according to Belfast singer-songwriter Andy White , who drops in from Ireland with a story that sounds almost too good to be true. Show Notes Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts - Cortez the Killer (Bergen, Norway, 20.06.2025) Andy White The Walking Wounded Andy White - Empty Streets of Florence / nelle strade deserte di Firenze Jack Kerouac on the Steve Allen Show, in 1959, reciting a passage from "On The Road." David Holmes - Ruben's In OST Oceans 11 Joni Mitchell - Blue (Full Album) [Official Video] Joni Mitchell- Dog Eat Dog Prince - A Case Of U The Big Lebowski - Gutterballs Andy's w ebsite Andy's books Andy's podcast

Episode 28 of On The Record finds Michael broadcasting from the Greek island of Kefalonia, but the conversation itself travels much further afield—from the cosmic ambitions of Earth, Wind & Fire to Tim Rogers, the World Cup and the lyrical reflections of Bob Dylan on being 80.

This week’s On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie begins where most music chats don’t: with a gripe about what the ARIA charts don’t show. Wise is baffled that Emma Donovan’s Take Me to The River—an album he rates highly after seeing her preview it live at Port Fairy—can’t be found on the main chart or the Australian chart. The question isn’t aesthetic; it’s structural. Where do “successful” albums live now—physical sales, streaming equivalents, store reporting, some opaque blend of all three? Show Notes Emma Donovan — Take Me to The River (and the ARIA chart mystery) The revived Rhythms Chart (Top 30) World Cup ticketing + dynamic pricing discussion (BBC) Wilco — Morocco/Marrakesh 3-night concept (hotel pricing reality check) Squeeze documentary — Take Me I’m Yours (2012) Listen here to Michael's debut album Oversharing With Strangers Widow’s Bay Trailer (Apple TV) Spider-Noir (Prime Video)

Episode 26 of On The Record is the first fully international edition—Brian Wise filing from Melbourne, Michael Mackenzie beaming in from the ancient fortified town of Monemvasia, deep inside the Peloponnese. The contrast isn't just geographic: Wise is braving Melbourne winter; Mackenzie is swimming in warm salt water off Byzantine fortress walls. The hate is, as he cheerfully acknowledges, entirely deserved. Show Notes RN's The Music Show: Miles Davis Centenary RN's The Music Show: Tribute To Sonny Rollins The Rolling Stones, Tracks Of My Years , with Vernon Kay It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - Ronnie Woods original home recording with David Bowie Ron Sexsmith - Don't Lose Sight (Official Video) Paul McCartney: 1 0 tracks defining his life including from Chuck Berry, Elvis, Prince & John Lennon Wilco Play 3 Nights in Marrakech - go into the comp to win the concert/hotel package The Boroughs | Official Trailer | Netflix "Spider-Noir" - Authentic Black & White Final Trailer | Prime Video

Episode 25 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie begins where so many arguments in roots music eventually end up: Bob Dylan—specifically, the minor detail of him turning 85 (born 24 May 1941) and still looming over popular music like a sarcastic weather system. Plus two streaming recommendations, a bit of tech talk, and Brian’s fave Beach Boys album gets exposure on a new tour.

Episode 24 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie opens not in a record shop or a green room, but in the unglamorous reality of domestic collapse: Brian’s gas hot water service fails, leaving him hunting for a plumber and waiting five days for resolution. Musically, the emotional high point is a warm, informed appreciation of David Byrne. The hosts tip their hats to Byrne’s wider career, including his work with Brian Eno, particularly ** My Life in the Bush of Ghosts **, and note his recent appearance at Jazz Fest. Show Notes Legends | Official Trailer | Netflix Shetland On Iview Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere (Official Video) Brian Eno -- David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - A1 - America Is Waiting Brian Eno -- David Byrne - M y Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - A4 - Help Me Somebody David Byrne with Choir! Choir! Choir! - Heroes Talking Heads – Psycho Killer (Official 4K Remastered Video, Live 1983) The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (High Quality) Chris Franklin Doco on Spectrum's I'll Be Gone “Someday I’ll Have Money”

On The Record’s Episode 23 leans in to great songs, better stories, and the strange afterlife of pop careers. Michael Mackenzie’s big night out is Split Enz at Rod Laver Arena, a reunion-sized crowd of “people in roughly our same demographic” packed into a venue that, he notes, holds 14,860. The gig itself? A triumph. Plus UK crime reviews and the long overdue recognition of The Zombies. Show Notes Split Enz Forever Enz Tour Bergerac Series 2 Legends | Official Trailer | Netflix Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary | Official Trailer | Utopia The Zombies - She's Not There The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle (2025 Mono Version) The Zombies Reveal the Real Story Behind “Time of the Season” | Hung Up on a Dream

On his final night in New Orleans, Brian Wise files a slightly frayed dispatch that captures Jazz Fest’s defining tension: a festival big enough to feel infinite, and a schedule brutal enough to make you choose your regrets in advance. Episode 22 becomes a story about how festivals actually unfold—less like neat recaps and more like a sequence of weather calls, crowd-panics, and last-minute pivots. With the festival reckoning done, the conversation swings to another kind of canon-building: Joni Mitchell. Sparked by a Mojo “top 50 songs” feature, the hosts trade favourites (Wise namechecks “Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter” and multiple Court and Spark staples, plus “Magdalene Laundries,” “Amelia,” and “River”), and Wise recalls seeing Mitchell at Jazz Fest in 1995, performing with her VG-8 guitar setup. They also discuss an attention-grabbing industry development: a Joni Mitchell biopic being directed by Cameron Crowe, with Meryl Streep cast as the older Mitchell and Anya Taylor-Joy as the younger. The enthusiasm is tempered by a journalist’s instinctive question: can a close friend make an objective film? Show Notes Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s | Live at Moods Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) Wilco - Impossible Germany with full solo recorded live at the Saenger Theatre May 2026 Mavis Staples Chicago May 3 2026 New Orleans Jazz Fest Herbie Hancock - Chameleon (Official Audio) Joni Mitchell's 50 Greatest Songs In The New MOJO! Little Feat - Spanish Moon (Official Music Video)