Time To Talk with Sean Sennett

Tim Finn joins Sean Sennett on this week's episode of Time To Talk. Heading out on a tour billed as The Lives and Times of Tim Finn, Tim looks back on his time with Split Enz, Crowded House and his solo work.

Legendary singer/songwriter Ian Moss joins Sean Sennett on this episode of Time To Talk. With a new solo album, Rivers Run Dry, Ian talks about that project, alongside some of his most famous songs with Cold Chisel and going way back to growing up in Alice Springs. Tune in!

Today Sean Sennett chats with Jim Moginie. Many of you will know Jim from his work with Midnight Oil. He's also a prolific solo artist and has just released a new solo album Murmurations. Jim talks us through the inspiration behind the new work as well chatting about Midnight Oil, his broad career as a songwriter and producer, the music that first got him excited and so much more.

Singer/sogwriter Lloyd Cole joins Sean Sennett to talk about his latest album, On Pain. Lloyd also chats about his heroes, Bowie and Bolan, and shares his thoughts on creating new music, his writing process, his thoughts on AI and much more.

Esteemed journalist and cricket writer, Gideon Haigh joins Sean Sennett. Regarded as one of the finest writers about cricket on the planet, Gideon has just released a new book called On The Ashes which is a series of essays he has written and collated on what he calls ‘The greatest sporting contest of all’. Gideon chats about his own life, some of the characters in the book, first experiences of w...

Stephen Cummings has just released a fine new solo album, 100 Years From Now. After suffering a stroke Stephen was unsure as to whether he would ever sing again, let alone make an album. Here he talks to Sean Sennett about the new work, as well as the process for writing and recording the album. Known for solo albums such as Lovetown, A New Kind Of Blue, Skeleton Key and many more, Stephen was onc...

The Church's Steve Kilbey is Sean Sennett's guest on this week's episode of Time To Talk. Steve chats to Sean about the recording of the new Church album, the Hypnogogue. More than that, Steve discusses how he came up with the initial concept and how the band set about writing collaboratively. This is a fascinating insight into the process of one of the great songwriters of his generat...

Don Walker is Sean Sennett's guest on this edition of Time To Talk. One of Australia's finest songwriters, Don has just released a brand new solo album Lightning In A Clear Blue Sky. You might know Don from his work with Cold Chisel, Tex Don & Charlie and Catfish. He also authored the acclaimed memoir Shots. The new album features eight songs, which are beautifully realised over the co...

As the new John Farnham documentary Finding The Voice arrives in cinemas this week, we were able to talk to one of the central figures in the film, Gaynor Wheatley. Gaynor first found fame as an actress on the likes of Skyways and Holiday Island. Her late husband Glenn Wheatley was John's longtime manager. Garynor was married to Glenn during the time he managed John and now she acts as John’s co-m...

Chatting to Sean Sennett this week is the legendary American singer/songwriter, Rickie Lee Jones. Rickie has just released a brand new album Pieces of Treasure The album sees her back working with Russ Titelman who who co-produced her  1979 self-titled debut and the seminal Pirates. There’s lots to talk about as Rickie lets us into her songwriting process and chats about everything from recording...

The Angels' Rick Brewster is Sean Sennett's guest on this week’s episode of Time To Talk. As a guitarist and songwriter, Rick is one of the greats. Today he’s joining me to talk about the Angels, the Brewster Brothers electric, early days touring with AC/DC, the song ("I Come In Peace") that he co-wrote with Ross Wilson that Joe Cocker covered and so much more. It’s not often Ric...

Kate Ceberano returns to talk to Sean Sennett about her new album, My Life Is A Symphony. One of  Australia’s most versatile and accomplished artists Kate recorded the album with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. A terrific singer and songwriter Kate talks about revisiting songs for the project, recording during Covid, her creative process and much more.

Our special guest this week is Hatchie. At home in Brisbane, Harriette Pilbeam talks to your host Sean Sennett about the deluxe edition of her new album, Giving The World Away. Going a little deeper Hatchie chats about her creative process, recording between Brisbane and Denver (USA) and lets us into her favourite 90's film and the artists that have helped shape her musical journey. .

Tim Finn and Andy White are Sean Sennett’s specials guests today as they talk about Tim and Andy’s new album, AT. This is a follow up, of sorts, to Tim and Andy’s earlier collaboration with Hothouse Flowers’ Liam Ó Maonlaí called, ALT. This time around the album was recorded with Andy in Melbourne and Tim in New Zealand. The work was mixed by John Leckie (Radiohead/George Harrison). 

This week Sean Sennett talks to Nick Mason’s Pink Floyd about his new band Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets ahead of their Australian tour in September 2023. Nick is Pink Floyd’s only constant member since the band formed in 1965. Here Nick talks Floyd, the early days touring, the Beatles and a whole lot more. Nick originally assembled this supergroup – named after Pink Floyd’s second album, 1968...

Lin-Manuel Miranda dropped into Brisbane (Australia) to talk Hamilton. While he was in town Sean headed along to a press gathering to ask Miranda one question about his approach to songwriting. Lin-Manuel’s answer was so fascinating we thought it deserved its own podcast. If you didn’t already know, Miranda is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper, and playwright. He is known fo...

Robert Forster - of Go-Betweens’ fame - is Sean Sennett’s guest on this week’s episode of Time To Talk. Robert has just released a new album, The Candle and the Flame. Featuring nine new songs - the album is a strong contender for the finest record of Robert’s solo career. Here, Robert talks about his wife Karin’s battle with ovarian cancer and how that affected the recording of the album, his ear...

This week Sean Sennett chats to the Angels founding guitarist and songwriter, John Brewster. A new documentary, The Angels: Kicking Down The Door has just opened around Australia. The film tells the story of one of Australia’s finest bands. Directed by Madeleine Perry, the film charts the Angels progress from an Adelaide jug band to selling out venues here and overseas, delving into the Brewster B...

Thomas Keneally is one of Australia’s literary giants. Tom - as it says on the inside flap of A Bloody Good Rant - has been 'observing, reflecting on and writing about Australia and the human condition for well over 50 years’. He’s published a number of histories on Australia. His novels include The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Schindler’s Ark and he has won the Miles Franklin Award, The Booker Priz...

Pakistan cricket great Wasim Akram is Sean Sennett's guest this week. Wasim has just released a memoir 'Sultan' which was written in collaboration with the journalist Gideon Haigh. Wasim took 414 test wickets at 22 runs a piece between 1984 and 2003 and another 502 in one day internationals … but it’s how he took them. He scored 100’s too, so he’s a genuine allrounder ... here Wasim talks about wh...

Singer/songwriter Meg Mac is Sean Sennett’s guest on this week’s episode of Time To Talk. Meg has just released a terrific new album, Matter of Time. Already hitting #1 on the ARIA Charts, the album follows her earlier work Low Blows and Hope. The story behind the recording is fascinating. Meg talks of working with new collaborators, recording between continents and how she came up with a body of...

This week Sean Sennett talks with the founder of Oz Harvest, Ronni Kahn. Recorded as part of a fundraiser for Oz Harvest at QPAC, the conversation was taped before an audience. Ronni talks about her life and her life’s work and her memoir A Repurposed Life: where she discusses everything from her early life in apartheid South Africa to what set her on a course to run an organisation that has provi...

Join your host Sean Sennett as he chats this week to the great Colin Hay. You may Colin know from Men At Work - alongside his many fine solo albums. Colin has just released a new record Now & The Evermore. Here Colin talks about the new album, his previous record (I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself), Men At Work and touring with Ringo Starr.

Sean Sennett talks to pop superstar Darren Hayes. To coincide with the release of Darren's new album Homosexual, the pair go on a legit 'deep dive'. Sean is based in Darren's old hometown and the duo  go right back to discuss Darren’s childhood, the record shop he worked in as a kid, the 'ad' he saw in Sean's magazine Time Off,  the formation of Savage Garden ... right through to the new music Dar...

Rita Wilson is Sean Sennett’s special guest on this week’s Time To Talk. Rita has been making fine albums for the last decade and she’s back with a brand new record of duets called Now & Forever. The album features a ‘Who’s Who’ of contemporary music giants including Smokey Robinson, Keith Urban, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson and Jackson Browne. Rita talks about her journey recording the album...