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  1. 3D AGO

    Split Enz 50th review, Thatcher’s heroin war, and the Zombies’ long-delayed victory lap

    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

    38 min

  2. MAY 8

    Still in New Orleans — the Weather Wins, Wilco Go Long, and Joni gets the Biopic Treatment

    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)

    37 min

  3. MAY 1

    Gumbo, Blues and Batiste: On The Record Finds Its Rhythm in New Orleans

    By Episode 21, On The Record has moved beyond anticipation and into immersion. Brian Wise is no longer circling Jazz Fest—he’s in it, navigating its scale, its heat, and its constant, often punishing, decisions. Broadcasting from the French Quarter, Wise paints New Orleans as it always is: chaotic, convivial and faintly surreal. One moment it’s a communal gumbo dinner with locals and visiting friends; the next, pre-dawn screams echo through the street—mercifully revealed to be part of a film shoot rather than something more sinister. But Jazz Fest remains the centre of gravity. The conditions alone are a test: 30-degree heat, heavy humidity, and crowds pushing well beyond 80,000 across the main days. It’s a physical endurance exercise as much as a musical one, and Wise is candid about the toll—even for a seasoned attendee. Show Notes Brother Tyrone and The Mindbenders - 6/1/2025 - Maple Leaf Bar Live  Nicholas Payton + Butcher Brown - “All Blues” (Official Live Performance)  GA-20 - Naggin' On My Mind (with Charlie Musselwhite & Luther Dickinson) Ani DiFranco: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert  Joy Clark - Lesson (Official Music Video)  Glen David Andrews - Medley: Iko, Iko & Right Place, Wrong Time  Marcia Ball - They Don't Make Em Like That  Things They Like To Do by Jon Batiste Swamp show New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival April 26 2026  Ron Carter: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert  Lucinda Williams Bus To Baton Rouge (Album Version (New Mastering)  Bob Dylan I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You : Beacon Theatre Mar 2022  The Lowdown | Official Trailer | Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Keith David | FX  Elvis Costello Meets Jeff Tweedy in Mojo New Elvis Costello Boxset To Feature A Wealth Of Never Before Heard Punk Era Recordings  Bruce Springsteen My City of Ruins (Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2006)

    39 min

  4. APR 24

    No Second Chances: Inside the Beautiful Chaos of New Orleans Jazz Fest

    Episode 20 of On The Record finds Brian Wise reporting in from the field—first Austin, then New Orleans—with the kind of on-the-ground detail that reminds you why festivals still matter, even as many struggle to survive. There’s even time for a detour through Austin’s bookstores in search of Dylan literature—because some habits travel well. Show Notes Railroad Earth - Been Down This Road  The Last Revel - Iron and Ore  Billy Bright + Geoff Union Trio : "Fischer Flood Take 1"  Shelby Means - "Million Reasons"  Shinyribs - Bitch Better Have My Money (Rihanna) / Long Train Runnin' (The Doobie Brothers)  RAYE: Tiny Desk Concert  Goose - Elmeg The Wise - 4/10/26 Asheville, NC  After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace Hardcover – by Robert Polito (Author)  Old Settler’s Festival: An Austin Treat

    32 min

  5. APR 17

    Stones, Trucks and Take-Off: On The Record Heads for America

    Episode 19 of On The Record kicks off with one foot in the present and the other firmly planted on the long tail of rock history—touching on new Rolling Stones material before sliding into an excerpt from Brian Wise’s recent interview with Mike Mattison of Tedeschi Trucks Band. It’s a neat juxtaposition.  From there, the episode turns toward what’s ahead, with Wise preparing to head to Austin and New Orleans. What really comes through is a sense of curiosity about what the trip will feel like this time around. Show Notes Tedeschi Trucks Band website  Check out The Rolling Stones’ vinyl-only new single ‘Rough & Twisted’ as The Cockroaches Listen to Michael's debut (and possibly last) album Oversharing With Strangers  BRUNSWICK BALLROOM Presents MIKE RUDD DOCO + Q&A + LIVE BAND SHOW WITH GUEST ROSS WILSON - HOST BRIAN NANKERVIS 6:30 pm, Wed 20 May, 2026

    28 min

  6. APR 10

    Four Tracks, Infinite Ideas: Why Revolver Still Sounds Like the Future 60 Years On

    There are episodes of On The Record that wander; Episode 18 plants its flag firmly in one year—1966—and dares you to argue it wasn’t the moment pop music grew up. Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie mark the 60th anniversary of Revolver not as a nostalgic exercise, but as a forensic examination of how four-track limitations, studio ingenuity and sheer artistic restlessness combined to reshape recorded music. Show Notes The Comic Strip Presents s01e01 Five Go Mad in Dorset THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE Trailer #2 4K (2026) |  THE ROSES | Official Trailer  Revolver (2022 Mix) Full Album  I'm Only Sleeping (Take 1)  Thane Russal - Security  The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown (Official Lyric Video)  The Turtles You Baby TRUE 1966 Stereo  The Righteous Bros (You're My) Soul And Inspiration  The Knickerbockers - One Track Mind  The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore  Them Call My Name  Simon & Garfunkel Homeward Bound  Jan and Dean Batman Theme  The Kinks - Till The End Of The Day (Official Audio)  The Beatles - Doctor Robert (Remastered 2009)

    38 min

  7. APR 4

    Bob Dylan’s April Fool's Day Prank, The Hail Mary Project, And Where To For ABC Radio?

    If you want to know the exact moment legacy radio started to feel its age, it might have been when a major Australian station began giving away lacy doilies. In the latest episode of On The Record, Michael Mackenzie and Brian Wise—veterans with a combined 70 years behind the mic—stage a fascinating "in-house" intervention for the medium they love (and occasionally despair over). Joined by global "radio futurologist" James Cridland, the trio moved from a high-tech April Fool’s hoax involving Bob Dylan to a deep-tissue analysis of why the ABC is shedding listeners while community radio and podcasts are booming. Show Notes: Project Hail Mary - Official Trailer  Sign Up for James Cridland’s weekly radio newsletter

    59 min

  8. MAR 27

    After Bluesfest: Trust, Tribute and the Changing Sound of How We Listen

    The long goodbye to Bluesfest continues in Episode 16 of On The Record, but this time the tone shifts from shock to something closer to forensic analysis. If last week was a reaction, this is reconstruction. If Bluesfest is a case study in organisational failure, Scarpetta is its televisual equivalent. The long-gestating adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s crime novels earns a near-unanimous drubbing. Redemption comes via The Outlaws, Stephen Merchant’s Bristol-set series, which earns a glowing recommendation for its balance of humour, character, and social observation. Brian Wise reports from Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal, where the “Man Out of Time” tribute to Broderick Smith becomes a reminder of what Australian roots music does best: community, continuity, and songcraft. The episode closes on a note of tentative optimism, with Wise anticipating a film adaptation of The Magic Faraway Tree, his “favourite book of all time.” Whether it will soar or suffer the fate of Scarpetta remains to be seen. Show Links Rolling Stone ‘It Wasn’t A Sudden Collapse. It Was a Slow Bleed’: Former Bluesfest Executive Speaks Out  Jay E Clair The REAL Reason Bluesfest Fell Apart: From Sold Out to Collapse  Check out Michael's debut album 'Oversharing With Strangers' under the moniker Imposter Syndrome  Scarpetta - Official Trailer | Prime Video   The Outlaws - Official Trailer | Iview   The Magic Faraway Tree | Official Trailer  Tedeschi Trucks Band website  Tedeschi Trucks Band - "Midnight in Harlem" (Live on eTown)  Florry - First it was a movie, then it was a book (Official Music Video)  Geese – Taxes Jimmy Kimmel Live  AUSTRALIAN GOOD FOOD GUIDE Origini in Castlemaine  Broderick Smith - Snowblind Moon

    42 min
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    2022 - 2026
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