Rotations

This week's theme for Rotations is "In Sickness and in Health", playing songs (and telling stories) related to illness, disease and addiction, as well as love, marriage and devotion. Presented by Celine and Brendan at 3CR.Tracks played:Magnolia Tree / Truckstop HoneymoonSick Day / The Old Married CoupleYu Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin / Gary DohPlastic / JoppyHospital / Eilish GilliganGet Better / Alt-...

Musician and founder of the Black Wreath record label, Pirate, lives in Alice Springs, Mparntwe. Pirate joined Marty (Wednesday Breakfast) in the studios of 3CR recently to discuss the Black Wreath's celebrated heavy metal festival Blacken Open Air, held at Ross River in September. In addition to this year's festival, Pirate also organised the successful Shadows of Uluru concert, featuring Sand Di...

Ayan Shirwa, broadcaster and presenter, guest hosts this week's episode with a selection of her favourite tracks - lush vocals, laid-back grooves, and feel-good nostalgia from Mary J. Blige and Aaliyah to Jadakiss, Tracy Chapman, and Barkaa. Ayan is the writer and editor of Our Stories, Our Flats, a four-part podcast series about living and thriving in the Carlton Flats. Listen to the series via 3...

In September, the 21st annual Bush Bands Bash concert was held in Alice Springs, Mparntwe. Marty (Wednesday Breakfast) attended the concert, and associated four-day music workshop that runs each year in Ross River, prior to the concert. This episode of Rotations features interviews with members of Ilkari Maru, Fejo & the Cruizers, Garrangali Band and more. A crowd of about 2,000 people attended th...

Today, Vittorio (Radio FILEF) and Karina (City Limits) take us on a by-no-means-exhaustive trip through history with songs of popular resistance throughout the world. When we use the terms struggle, rebellion, peoples resistance, we are not speaking about violence for the sake of itself, but of the fundamental aims of why we struggle: peace, joy, love & freedom... and we hope that this is reflecte...

September 14 marks the 52nd Anniversary of the US-backed coup in Chile that ousted democratically elected President Salvador Allende. The brutal dictatorship that followed saw widespread repression, but also resistance and hope. On this episode, guest hosts Pilar and Karina present songs to remember the detained and disappeared, and celebrate the legacy of joy and steadfastness of Chilean musician...

A selection of mostly local contemporary composers, with introspective pieces infused with their respective worlds. Presented by Brendan Bonsack. Mad World (Tears for Fears cover) / Rose RieblNgarwul / AllaraAbandoned Places I. Pripyat, Ukraine / Celia CraigVoices from Gaza / Saied SilbakFar Winds and Following Seas / Imogen FerdinandoA medley from dormant, I lay. / Helen Svoboda Image: Strings, C...

This all vinyl playlist is dedicated to some of the incredible artists guest presenter Michaela Stubbs has had the privilege to see perform their music live in Naarm-Melbourne and whose creations they continue to enjoy on the record player at home. Paint me Still / Lady Lash / Spiritual Misfit (2022)Magma / Cold Hands Warm Hear / Luxury Bat (2023).Give Me Your Love / Lisa Salvo / I Could Have Been...

Madison Moffat (Trans-creator Radio) has always loved a good fad, evidence that it was not only her with tendencies to dilate the diminutive. In this edition of Rotations, she shares some of examples of the 'follicle on a grand scale’, from 50’s dance crazes to the manic replication in 1990-2 of the same ‘beep’ sequence across multiple rave trax.   Tango Tea / Studio G; Period Music - Victorian an...

Rob (Monday Breakfast) and Marisa (Doin' Time) celebrating the diversity of the hardcore punk and heavy metal scenes in so-called Australia. Track list (Track / Artist / Album):Taste the Wound / Algor Mortis / Self TitledNothing Ever Changes / Backhand / ANGER SICKThe Wretched of the Earth/ Military Issue (live) / Persecutor / A HOMELAND DENIED: A Compilation For Palestinian LiberationBury Us / Ou...

this week @c_a_l_y_x slides into the chair to take you from narrm --> adelaide's unsound festival --> open ear festival on sherkin island, west cork, ireland --> emancipatory neuro-queer hip hop from estonia --> free palestine. Track list:-----------DuChamp / EpithalamionGolden Syrup / The Blue Dogaya / Heat DeathLos Thuthanaka / Caporal “Apnaqkaya Titi”RÓIS / CAOINEI Dreamed I Dream / F*gsMineral...

Louisa shares a collection of tracks gifted over the years by record store staff and graveyard shift radio DJs, a tribute to a time when you could tour the city each week to each record store and staff would know your taste and recommend great new and old releases just for you. So this is a bit of a comfort nostalgia for a cold wintry Sunday. Shrine / The DambuildersFor Love / LushEverywhere  I Go...

Presented by Joe, 3CR Music CoOrdinator, and eaturing tracks from Electronic Sound magazine 7 inch Bundles from Issues 121 to 126, and other electronic delights Playlist: The Art of This - “In a Moment (Introduction to a Song)”(a* Side); Silver vinyl Issue 122 [2025]Cluster - “15:43 (Bureau B Edit)” (A Side) (1971) Orange vinyl Issue 123 [2025]Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - “The Men Who Dance In St...

Iggy Pop once described his initial musical ethos as chasing the sound of ‘Clang Clang Clang, Bang Bang Bang; loud and louder’.Simple, impressive percussive sounds that can be easily mastered. This is a collection of songs that come to the mind of Madison Moffatof Trans-creator Radio when they ruminate on that ideal. Down on the Street / The Stooges; Fun House LP [1970]High Society (Calypso) / Lou...

The 2025 Radiothon show, presented by Meghan (Freedom of Species), with guests Joe (Music Matters and Music Sans Frontieres), Ash, Michele and Brendan. Please help support Rotations by donating online here, or calling the station during business hours on 03 9419 8377.Tracks played in this episode:Radio Gaga / QueenVideo Killed the Radio Star / The BugglesRadio / RammsteinThis is Radio Clash / The...

Sam and Leanne are yet again raising funds for 3CR Community Radio and are brining you Minidisco Volume 3, an hour and a half dive into a forgotten audio recording format (Minidisc). The show will feature an eclectic selection of tracks from Sam's collection of over 700 minidiscs recorded over a 30 year period. This year, we’re celebrating everything 3CR stands for with our theme: Your Station, Yo...

In this long weekend, pre-Radiothon show, Brendan plays a selection of songs of truth-telling, protest and dreaming. Radiothon has officially kicked off for 2025! Please support the show by chipping in. No amount is too small or large!https://www.givenow.com.au/cr/rotationsTracks played:This Land / Charlie Needs BracesThe Great Australian Silence / The Beatnik PreachersSleep, Australia, Sleep / Em...

Michele Vescio presents a mix performed by Sebastian Calvo, a multidisciplinary artist whose practice sits at the intersection of music, performance, and experimental sound. They've performed at iconic venues and events across Sydney, Melbourne, and New York, and their collaborations span visual art and choreography, with ongoing projects both locally and internationally. Doom Scroll started as a...

This edition of Rotations features songs that had a degree of success, that are renowned by music collectors for being some of the saddest songs recorded. Hopefully, one will notice that there is commonly a juxtaposition between the somber lyrics and the redemptive music.    Warning: Occasionally Mild Reference to Thoughts of Self Harm Playlist: I’m All Fed Up / Big Mama Thornton; The Chronologica...

Waffle IronGirl (3CR Spoken Word) and Brendan Bonsack present a collection of poets doing songs, or songs doing poetry, both local and international. Tracks played:once you know silence / AllaraPetition / Antonio MontaineLittle Bird / Camille DelaquisDisappearing World / Jeltje & FriendsIntroduction / Tariro Mavondo & Rat ChildWooden Heart / ListenerFor My Brother / Will BealeMy Nature, My Heart /...

John catches up again with author Chris O'Connor and pick his brains on Dylan's protest songs, murder ballads and gospel period. All tracks performed by Dylan unless otherwise noted. Blowing in the WindMasters of WarThe Lonesome Death of Hattie CarrollMaggie's Farm / Rage against the MachineGonna Change My Way of Thinking / Bob Dylan and Mavis StaplesOnly a Pawn in their GameWho Killed Davey Moore...

A selection of breezy and lovely brand new music from local artists, and a few from "across the ditch". Presented by Brendan Bonsack. Tall Trees / Tim WoodzI'm Not Listening / Kelsey Jean and the Bad HealthHard Love / Domini ForsterWhen I Find You / Ellie WareLittle Ember / KatankinReincarnation Song / Laura LucasThe Second High / Liz StringerAu Atu Ra / Marlon WilliamsShaman Dance + The Godly Riv...

This episode is presented by Madison Moffat of Queering The Air and Trans-creator Radio. This is a selection of recordings where if you listen to them and think 'They have got to be kidding'; then you probably have cottoned on to the general idea. Novelty records, ‘outsider’ music (used particularly in the ‘60s and ‘70s), comedians having a lend, and bona fide musicians doing what it takes to get...

Local Melbourne author Chris O'Connor has just released a new book on Bob Dylan called, You Don't Need a Weatherman - Bob Dylan for Beginners (Melbourne Books, 2025).In this episode, guest host John A. Tait and Chris cover some of the themes contained in the book, such as the many voices of Bob Dylan, the storyteller, cover versions of Dylan songs, and Dylan’s own reworkings of his tracks. They al...

Hélène, from Climate Action Show, plays songs from childhood to now. Songs played:Porque Te Vas / Audioiko, Redemm, Arely VegaTake Your Mama / Scissor SistersFireflies / Owl CityEvery Planet We Reach Is Dead / GorillazShame for You / Lily AllenWart / Guillaume Ferran4.000 ÎLES / FauveBlesse-moi / Therapie TaxiDrôle d'époque / Clara LucianiUne Autre Vie / IlionaEvident Utensil / ChairliftComptine d...