So what’s been happening?

EP48 - So What's Been Happening? - Kerryn Fields Fuelled by humility, integrity and a raw clarity of vision, Kerryn Fields paints enduring musical portraits that detail the colour and feeling of everything that makes us human. Fields owns the titles of Newstead Live Music Festival’s Troubadour Artist of the Year (2019) and the MLT Songwriting Award (NZ Country Music Awards 2019). “There is such a...

EP47 - So What's Been Happening? - We've Got You ! Another challenging week in Lockdown 5.2, the mental struggles and the uncertainty in taking its toll, we discuss what we can look forward to in this weekend and the coming weeks. We will touch on the struggles and will try and find some positives. The Tokyo Olympics kicks off and what sports we are most looking forward to. Debrief the NBA playoff...

EP46 - So What's Been Happening? - Joyce Prescher Carefully crafted lyrics, haunting melodies and rich velvety vocals, Joyce Prescher takes you back to days long gone. Her words delivered with such honesty and melancholy, you cannot help but be roped in and left mesmerised. One easily picks up on her love of seventies folk music yet is left wondering just who she reminds you of. But never mind. If...

EP45 - So What's Been Happening? - Matt Joe Gow Very few artists wield so much charisma that they can sell you just about anything before you’ve realised what’s happened. Matt Joe Gow has the charisma to be one of those artists – but he isn’t. Matt prefers to concentrate on the conviction. You don’t have to listen to more than thirty seconds of Matt’s debut 'The Messenger' or new album 'Seven Year...

EP44 - So What's Been Happening? - Lockdown 5.0 With Lockdown 5.0 restrictions putting the padlocks back on Victoria's recovery plans, we discuss what we can do to help support each other in these tough times. What's the likelihood of it being only 5 days? We will discuss what we can do to enjoy the weekend, new tunes? and a catchup on what's the sporting landscape.

EP43 - So What's Been Happening? - Ben Mastwyk Melbourne cosmic-country-rocker BEN MASTWYK writes his songs on the move. Planes, trains, rivers and highways set the mood. “There’s something about the rhythm of the world rolling by that stimulate the process” he explains. With his seven-piece rhinestoned band THE MILLIONS, songs erupt into swaggering, psychedelic bar-room gems. As a teenage noise-r...

  Nick Barker has been a familiar painting hanging on the walls of the Australian music scene since the late 1980s. He left his suburban home at 17 and began his career as a bass player in Melbourne’s eclectic inner city post-punk scene, cutting his teeth in iconic venues like the Ballroom and the Prince of Wales with bands such as The Curse, Beach House and A Singing Dog, precursor to the now inf...

EP41 - So What's Been Happening? - David Bowie Tribute Joining us on the show will be some of our favourite Melbourne Based musicians all performing a couple of their favourite Bowie songs. Ashley Naylor - Even , Rusty Brown - Electric Mary and George Carroll Wilson - Pollyman. We honour the legacy of he great David Bowie, highly regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th centur...

EP40 - So What's Been Happening? - Let's Get Out There With Lockdown 4.0 restrictions beginning to slowly lift in Victoria, we discuss what we can do to help support each other through the rebuild. The pathway we are navigating and frustrating thats for sure, but we can't absorb another lockdown. We discuss upcoming sports and music gigs locally that we can look forward to and have a largely posit...

EP39 - So What's Been Happening? - James Young James is Melbourne's first NIGHT MAYOR, owner of the Cherry Bar, Yah Yah's and Hotel Westwood. The campaign ignites to get live music venues and the hospitality back up on its feet and off it knees as soon as this lockdown 4.0 in Victoria ends. A super passionate music industry legend, James is one of the most committed people you will ever meet. Let'...

EP38 - So What's Been Happening? - No Promises A chance meeting in South Gippsland, Victoria, brought about by a drought of live performances during the COVID-19 period of 2020, saw the birth of No PROMISES. Janine Garvey and Eric Collier – both established musicians in their local area – discovered a strong artistic connection during a number of writing and rehearsal sessions in the middle of the...

EP37 - So What's Been Happening? - Mitch Dean Evocative storytelling, rich musicality and the heartfelt conveyance of human emotion. Those are some of the hallmarks of Holding Back The Levee, the exceptional debut solo album from Melbourne songwriter Mitch Dean. After the success of his Suburban Speakeasy EP (2017), Mitch has delved deeper into his creative well and crafted an album that blends so...

EP35 - So What's Been Happening? - Ryan Sterling We welcome back one of our favourites, Melbourne Muso Ryan Sterling and discuss whats been happening in Ryan's life since last September when we last had Ryan on the show. Is there any new music in work? Has there been any pivot moments in Ryan's life on the back of covid, life playing music again and back playing gigs.

EP36 - So What's Been Happening? - Here we go again - Lockdown 4.0 Back in lockdown for the 'circuit breaker' we had to have in Victoria. What else could we have done? Surely this lockdown every time theres an 'outbreak' isn't the answer! Look forward to a chat with the boys to discuss the latest handbrake thats been pulled on our lives in Victoria, a sign of further things to follow? We will also...

EP34 - So What's Been Happening? - Ashley Naylor Ashley Naylor is an Australian musician, best known for his guitar and vocals in Melbourne-based band Even. His musical career began in 1987, at the age of seventeen, when he played guitar for indie rock band The Swarm. In 1993 he was in the indie guitar pop group Sleeper, which then became Fragment, before settling on the name Rail. In 1994 he form...

EP33 - So What's Been Happening? - Luke Sinclair On the back of the Luke Sinclair Set ‘Heavy Dreams’ Album release we are delighted to chat to Luke Sinclair who has been making incredible music with his band ‘Raised By Eagles’ since their first Album release ‘Raised By Eagles’ in 2013. The band have then gone on to release two more critically acclaimed albums since. However, during lockdown Luke c...

EP32 - So What's Been Happening? - Pollyman (George Carroll WIlson) Drawing their sound from the past and present of pop and rock, Pollyman conjures the power pop hooks and retro looks of a hard working pub band from the late 70’s era of their native Melbourne. Finding inspiration in such artists as Led Zeppelin, Jeff Buckley, David Bowie and the Small Faces, Pollyman’s unique songwriting and exhi...

EP31 - So What's Been Happening? - Dan Brodie Dan Brodie is an ARIA Award nominated musician, singer and songwriter from Melbourne, Australia, best known for his prolific solo career, during which he has released eight studio albums and three eps. Brodie has toured extensively in the US, UK, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Switzerland and Spain, and he has performed at iconic venues such as CBGBs in...

EP30 - So What's Been Happening? - Save Our Scene The crew get together for a chat and discuss the life of Michael Gudinski on the night of his State funeral. What an impact he had and will continue to have on so many people. We chat through the SAVE OUR SCENE campaign to save local music venue in Australia. We also discuss whats happening in our local sports like AFL and NRL.

EP29 - So What's Been Happening? - Kerry "The Gouche" Goulet Former star European hockey player, coach and general manager, Kerry now focuses all of his efforts into generating awareness of concussions and neurotrauma. Kerry suffered two documented concussions and knows first-hand the effects of post-concussion syndrome. His expertise helps him function as an educational speaker, as he spends coun...

EP28 - So What's Been Happening? - 2021 Time Capsule Edition The crew get together and place a few predictions for 2021 AFL Football season along with some other predictions in sport and in life? Top 8 predictions, Grand Final Teams? Premier? Brownlow medallist? We will then bury them in Cuz's Shed and dig them out come the end of the year and see how we went. Join in the chat and place your predi...

EP27 - So What's Been Happening? - Dylan Roos A certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and Master NLP Practitioner Dylan Roos has lived his entire life surrounded by elite athletes within the Australian sporting world. Using the knowledge he has accumulated, along with his passion for helping others, Dylan, is a dedicated health and performance coach. Empowering independent young men to find...

EP26 - So What's Been Happening? - Anyone Out There? Aaron and Glenn jump on for an unscripted chat about what's happening in our lives, the good things, the bad things, what's been happening and what we are looking forward to in the next few weeks. Plenty of local music gigs coming up, we discuss new music and new bands.

EP25 - So What's Been Happening? - Eric Collier Eric is an incredibly talented singer songwriter musician based in Gippsland, Victoria. He regularly plays in multiple lineups but none better than when it's just him with his guitar singing a vast array of covers along with some amazing originals. We highly recommend tuning in for this one, a Sunday afternoon well spent, we guarantee you'll be singi...

EP24 - So What's Been Happening? Jason Richardson Jason Richardson has been involved in sport for over 20 years, firstly as an elite runner, then as a broadcaster on radio and TV with media organisations including Seven Network, Racing. Com and Radio SEN. Although horse racing has been Jason’s key focus, he is also a presenter and commentator on an array of other sports for Seven including the Big...