Instrumental Podcast
1) SARAH BLASKO - pianist (among others), singer, composer
Sarah Blasko has had many love affairs; with instruments that is. In today's episode, we explore one of her most significant relationships so far; the one between Sarah and her beloved piano. She also...Show More
2) PAT DAVERN, GRINSPOON - guitarist, composer.
From high school bands, to the musical dots connecting Pat to Grinspoon; a band that went on to sell over 250,000 albums and play alongside bands like Queen and Anthrax in New York. Pat's music career...Show More
3) CASH SAVAGE, CASH SAVAGE & THE LAST DRINKS - guitarist, composer, singer
Amber catches up with Cash at the Grace Darling, 24 hours after news is announced that her legendary uncle, Conway Savage (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) has passed away. With a sense of nostalgia circlin...Show More
4) PETER LUSCOMBE - PAUL KELLY BAND, STEPHEN CUMMINGS BAND, THE BLACK SORROWS, CHRISTINA ANU, ARCHIE ROACH, REBECCA'S EMPIRE & PROFESSOR RATBAGGY - drummer, composer.
Peter is a great storyteller (as well as a world-class drummer), who's been part of a string of iconic Aussie bands spanning several decades. In his early days he worked at a pickle factory and a bank...Show More
5) HARRY ANGUS JAMES, THE CAT EMPIRE - trumpet, guitarist, singer, composer.
Amber joins Harry at The Jazz Lab in Melbourne, before he takes to the stage to perform his A Struggle with Glory album. Harry admits it was an accident that he began with the trumpet, but one that ha...Show More
6) ROB HIRST, MIDNIGHT OIL - drummer, composer, singer.
Rob joins Amber for tea and biscuits at Babworth House in Sydney for a reflective look at his career; as a founding member of one of the most successful and famous Aussie bands of all time, Midnight O...Show More
7) SIMON MAVIN, HIATUS KAIYOTE - is a pianist, keyboardist and composer with twice Grammy nominated band.
Simon remembers hearing his mother playing classical piano at aged three or four, a memory he says was "comforting and beautiful". It was perhaps this magical spell that lead him to begin exploring th...Show More
8) SARAH MCLEOD, THE SUPERJESUS - guitarist, composer, singer.
Amber catches up with Sarah at the Grace Darling hotel in Collingwood on a typically rainy Melbourne afternoon. Over a glass (or two) of red Sarah recounts her gravitation towards music and guitar, wh...Show More