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It's a wet wet wet day here at 3CR, so here's a collection of odes to the rain! Purple Rain / CloudChord (Prince cover)Spring Rain / The Go-BetweensRain / The TeeVex Project (Beatles cover)Waiting for the Rain / Alison FerrierSunshine on a Rainy Day / Christine AnuWhen it Rains / Christine AnuRainy Day Groove / Fairtrade NarcoticsRain Your Love / EllatronixIt's Gonna Rain Here Today / Gregwyn Dixo...

Celine and Brendan present musicians Camilla Rose Sullivan and Tim Woodz, live in the 3CR studio. Camilla Rose Sullivan Tim Woodz  

We were lucky enough to be able to talk to Ross Wilson about his 50 years of hits tour which is covering many regional and outer suburban venues. Presenter John A Tait (The Sporting Record) even managed to squeeze in a few questions that he's always wanted to ask him (hint: Marngrook; Living in the Land of Oz; TF Much Ballroom in Fitzroy; and much much more).  

In this episode of Rotations, we hear the work of Helen Svoboda, from the newly released album, Headwater, and Theresa Wong, from their recent collection, Journey to the Cave of Guanyin. Tracks played:     If / Helen SvobodaChild / Helen SvobodaBlur / Helen SvobodaVoid Of Space / Helen SvobodaTwo Trees  / Helen SvobodaChords  / Helen SvobodaVeins (feat. Selma Savolainen)  / Helen SvobodaMorning He...

Marisa and Rob (Doin' Time) present an hour of mostly local metal and punk music. Brendan chimes in with noob questions from time to time! Tracks played:Tide through Time / Outright / from the LP Keep You WarmTroubled / Outright / from the LP AvalancheSome Scars / Viscious Circle / From album BravePolice Brutality / Viscious Circle / From album BraveBreak the Silence / South East Desert Metal / Fr...

In this episode of Rotations, Celine Yap and Brendan Bonsack share the studio with musicians Kate Lucetta and Jake Gray, talking about the local open mic community and sharing some of their songs live to air. 

Shae (Climate Action Show) presents a collection of songs to shake to! Tracks played in this episode:Shake These bones / The BengsonsAdi Shakti - Jungle Kitchen Remix / Raio, sophie sôfrēē, Baptiste Sejourne, Jungle KitchenMinca / Yeahman Miniyamba / Yeahman, Hajna, Mini Shankha Song of motley love / RapossaMonkey Business / Nomadic Liberation / Harold van LennepSenegal / AleceoBread & Cheese / Th...

Antimony and co-host "Space" the cat present 70s space rock, 80s electronica, and other ditties from the kitty. Strange sounds from space! Tracks played:Sopwith Camel / Maybe in a dreamBaroque 1 / Ultimate SpinachFugue in D Minor / EggGods Of Norse / CybotronGyöngyhajú lány / OmegaHocus Pocus / FocusLaser / LaserGyroscopic Nutation / WaveStarQuantum Leap / John MausSome Other Place, Some Other Tim...

Beth (Radical Philosophy) presents a selection of soundtracks from the horror genreThe Deathmaster /1972 music by Bill MarxDr. Phibes Rises Again /1972 music by John GaleThe Return of Count Yorga Original Trailer (Bob Kelljan, 1971)Madhouse 1974 music by Douglas GamleySugar Hill 1974 music by Nick ZessesTeenage Exorcist theme 1991Lalo Schifrin's music score from "ROLLERCOASTER" (1977)Bill Marx/ Ma...

Playlist: Rotations 28-6-2026 presented by Joe (3CR Music CoOrdinator) Live to Air Selections from the 3CR archive. Sunwrae Live at 3CR (14.12.2005)Recorded by Meg tarantula Live at 3CR (9.3.2007)Recorded by Meg Stiff Gins Live at 3CR (7.2.2003)Here Now / One Voice / Driving / WeekRecorded by Cara Beltrame Sista She Live at 3CR (Girly is Good Sundays 2 to 3pm - 29.06.2003)Recorded by Cara Beltrame...

Playlist: Rotations 21-6-2026 presented by Joe (3CR Music CoOrdinator) More selections from the 3CR (Dynamic Recorders) produced Cassettes titled Kurdish, Greek and South American. Plus selections from Canto Coro recorded live on 19th November 1995 and 2 tracks by Kavisha Mazzella & comedia academia recorded live on Local & Live on May 21, 2010. KURDISH - Roma SerhildanSide AXone le rabe here Kurd...

The 2026 Radiothon show, with Brendan, Michele and Joe. In this episode, we play Part 2 of archival live-to-air recordings, made in the studios of 3CR in the late 1980s/early 1990s. In the first half of the show, we play music by Costa Tsicaderis from a compilation cassette of live-to-airs entitled Greek. In the second half, we play music by Nestor Agis, recorded live at 3CR, from a compilation ca...

A special presentation of a 3CR Live to Air made for the program Local & Live c.1994 by the duo Ochre, plus a live recording by Roma Serhildan, KURDISH Association of Victoria (both digitised from cassette). Presented by Joe (3CR Music CoOrdinator) and Brendan (3CR Radio trainer).Playlist:OchreSide AAboriginal Woman / Dreaming On / Hey Sister / A Little DropSide BYill Lull / Land Our Mother / Drea...

Elena presents Fairtrade Narcotics live from Studio 3 at 3CR. The band play songs from their recently released album, Recession Pop, and chat with Elena in the studio.  

Molly presents a selection of songs as the weather turns gray. Tracks played:Barramundi / This Mortal CoilElegy / Various Artists What About Botox? / XLR U SRSTiquetonne / SpikeWe Float (Live at 3CR) / Georgia Knight (PJ Harvey Cover)Whitehorse / fiancée Shelter / Hilary WoodsSubtraction / FerriesThe Blue Dog / Golden Syrup Piss Crystal / Germ Lattice Disappear / SpikeFate / Boy Harsher A World of...

Waffle IronGirl and Brendan Bonsack are joined by guest Carolyn D'Cruz, talking Marx and Derrida, memory, history, ghosts and democracy, and playing some classic tunes in between! Carolyn is a "recovering academic", and author of Democracy in difference: Debating key terms of gender, sexuality, race and identity. Tracks played:Timeless Land / Yothu YindiComing in from the Cold / Bob MarleyDemocrac...

Joe Malignaggi (Music Matters, Music Sans Frontieres) presents a collection of music written for, about and by mothers. Tracks played:Mother - Coloured Stone; Beautiful World [2010]Every Day My Mother's Voice - Paul Kelly & Dan Sultan; Single [2019]Mother's Loving - The Krui3ers; Rebel Child [2022]*Mother - Emma Donovan & The Putbacks; Dawn [2014]*Mother - Bonander; Things We Don't Talk About [202...

Antimony presents a chilled hour (the "Ketamine playlist"), maybe for meditating, maybe journaling, or maybe staring into the distance...Tracks played: Prince Rama / Love In Kontrol Prince Rama / Receive The Galaxy Folk / Violet Mary Lattimore / It Feels Like Floating Matthew David / O'cean Dream Symphony Ghostwriters / Slow Blue In Horizontal Woo / Waterdrum Mega Bog / Darmok Mum / Green Grass Of...

Celine and Brendan play songs celebrating the phenomenon of "nothing".Tracks played: Beautiful Nothingness / The Clouds The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) / Simon and Garfunkle The Dock of the Bay / Otis Redding The Swimming Song / Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Loudon Wainwright cover) The Sound of Running Water / Ancient Animal Orchestra Let There Be Nothing / Ella Thompson Mr Tambourine Man...

Elena (Tuesday Breakfast) presents Melbourne-based, 7-piece soul-funk outfit, Steppers, playing live to air from Studio 3! After the band's set, they chat with Elena about their long-running and evolving outfit, and their debut eponymous album, to be released on 18 April, at Northside Records, and The Tote on 26 April 2026. Your browser does not support the video tag.   

Tobia and Vittorio from Radio FILEF play a selection of songs from Italian artists in support of Palestine. Spanning 5 decades, these songs offer an example of the cultural impact and legacy of the Palestinian solidarity movement in Italy. Tracklist: Fedayin / Yung Paninaru    (Excerpt from Non So Più Cosa Fare by Adriano Celentano feat. Jovanotti, Franco Battiato, Giuliano Sangiorgi and Manu Chao...

Brendan and Andre play an eclectic selection of songs about love directed at a subject other than a human. The show includes a new original song played live by Andre, about being in love with an "AI girlfriend".Tracks played: Even God has a Dog / Dean Winchester and The Supernatural Band Birhouse in Your Soul / They Might Be Giants I Love My Shirt / Donovan I Love my Car / Belle & Sebastian Lucky'...

Hannah from Monday Breakfast, with special guest Fionnuala Keith, playing music live to air from her EP, With Child. The show features two interviews with Fionnuala, the first from March 2025, and then live in the studio, with updates on her music and upcoming gigs. Music played: With Child EP live to air by Fionnuala Keith Furry Sings the Blues by Joni Mitchell  Bull Bar by Ruby Milner  Child of...

Are you ready to be sad? Are you ready for misery? Antimony presents a collection of tunes for some healthy negativity, a playlist of the best of new wave, dark synth and electro post-punk, to counter the world's toxic positivity. Track list: Bucket Listener / Headache Mission Impossible III / Headache Quantum Leap / John Maus California Dreaming / Denial Cities in Dust / Garbage Care / SS-Say Thr...

Ex-Music Matters co-hosts Maisie and Gracie take a trip down memory lane by teaming up to spin a selection of fresh local releases from far and wide across the lands of the Kulin Nation. Playlist:  1. EXEK - Visiting Dust Bunnies  2. Snowy Band - Shortchanged  3. Billy Cart - Advice for a Long and Superstitious Life  4. Daisypicker - Birthday/Funeral  5. Glimmer - Chlorine  6. Hannie Day - Bicycle...