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What makes a rock star? It is not simply the hits, the haircut or the size of the crowd.  In Episode 41 of On The Record, Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie turn to a 2014 essay by Robert Forster for a more exacting test: a rock star, Forster argues, is one even when nobody is watching. Show Notes SPIT Trailer (2025) Comedy Movie HD https://youtu.be/7mPdrlAJOQ4 Robert Forster "What’s the difference between a rock star and a pop star?"  Amyl and The Sniffers - Guided By Angels  Neil Young Casting Me Away From You from his new album Second Song Lanterns | Official Trailer | HBO Max  Madness - Baggy Trousers (Official 4K Video) Madness - One Better Day  Death Valley | BritBox Original Trailer  Smithsonian Starstruck Madness - Theatre of the Absurd Presents C’est La Vie

The 25th Americana Honours & Awards at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium sits at the centre of Episode 40 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie. Though, as ever, the definition of “Americana” proves ripe for debate. Brian Wise watched the ceremony while keeping one eye on Hawthorn training, and salutes the Americana Music Association’s efforts to broaden its representation.  The night’s winners included Molly Tuttle as Artist of the Year, Tyler Childers’ Snipe Hunter for Album of the Year, Brandi Carlile’s “Returning to Myself” for Song of the Year, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings as Duo/Group of the Year, and Ken Pomeroy as Emerging Act of the Year. Show Notes The 25th Annual Americana Honors & Awards  Ken Pomeroy "Deportee" (Official Visualizer)  Big Ears Festival  Hardly Strictly Bluegrass  Sam Bush & Emmylou Harris, "Walls of Time", Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, 10-4-25  The Milk Carton Kids - Live From The Ryman - Official Release (Full Concert - 2/1/2024)  BANSHEE - Season 1 | Full TRAILER | HD  NOAH | Official Trailer [HD] | Paramount Movies  Doobie Bros Toulouse Street  Audience - Jackdaw

Radiohead’s long-awaited return to Australian stages provides the spark for Episode 39 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie—and the hosts could scarcely have more divergent views. Plus new and old Richard Thompson, Cassandra Wilson and Bill Nye's latest performances. Show Notes Radiohead - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi [HD]  David Byrne - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) | Prague | 17|6|26  Man About The House: 50 Years Of Laughter - C5 Documentary HD Version  Man About The House S02 E06 Carry Me Back To Old Southampton  Cassandra Wilson:  You Gotta Move  Death Letter  Lazarus - Official Trailer | Prime Video  &SONS Official Trailer  Sopwith Camel - Fazon  April 18 1976 Bob Dylan – If You See Her Say Hello Lakeland  Wynonna Judd - "Am I Missing Out"  Richard Thompson Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking  Elvis Costello Withered And Died

Episode 38 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie begins with welcome news for Australian audiences: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will return in 2027, making it three visits in as many years. For a duo whose shows can feel like a form of secular communion, it is a remarkably generous run.  The episode also pauses to honour Dolly Parton, whose death at 80 has prompted an extraordinary outpouring of affection. Show Notes The Wallflowers One Headlight  Dolly Parton Train, Train (from The Grass Is Blue) Dolly Parton - Long As I Can See The Light (feat. John Fogerty) (Official Audio)  RN Music Show Tribute To Dolly  Harris, Parton, Ronstadt on Late Show, March 24, 1999 (full, stereo) Robert Plant's Nonesuch Selects Robert Plant's Nonesuch Selects LE_MYSTERE_DES_VOIX_BULGARES_VOL.1 - PILENTSE PEE  Suspicion — Official Trailer | Apple TV  Patrick Radden Keefe discusses his new book LONDON FALLING

In this encore episode of On The Record, we worship at the altar of Gillian Welch & David Rawlings with guest Andy White joining the chat.  The conversation widens into stagecraft: tuning mishaps, the art of filling dead air, and the delicate question of whether you should tell stories between songs or let the song do the work.  You’ll also hear Brian and Michael bickering over the relative merits of a British crime series spoken mostly in Scottish Gaelic. Important Links Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Tiny Desk Concert Andy White - James Joyce's Grave (live at Abbey Road) The Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking (Live At The Wiltern) Billy Bragg - A New England (Later... with Jools Holland)  EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert | Official Main Trailer  Paradise Season 2 | Official Trailer | Hulu An t-Eilean | BBC ALBA trailer RTÉ | These Sacred Vows trailer Blue Lights | Trailer - BBC BILL FRISELL TRIO - "You Only Live Twice" @ XJAZZ Festival | LIVE FROM BERLIN Bill Frisell's New Album In My Dreams Bill Frisell - In My Dreams (Live / Visualizer) Bill Frisell - A Change Is Gonna Come Guy Clark - Desperados Waiting For A Train

Episode 37 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie travels from Melbourne International Film Festival screenings to the changing state of music journalism, with a detour through elite sport, television drama and the strange joy of old-fashioned telephones. Show Notes CONGO BOY Trailer TOMORROW I'LL BE BRAVE trailer  Joy Bubbles KSTP  Dead Man's Wire Trailer #1 (2026)  Official promo video for Dave Marsh's new anthology KICK OUT THE JAMS...35 YEARS OF MUSIC WRITING  Rolling Stone Tribute to Dave Marsh  THE BEATLES: The SECRET, Folk-Rock 'RUBBER SOUL' Studio SESSIONS You NEED To HEAR! (Rare Outtakes) Mojo Mag article on Rubber Soul Redux  Rubber Soul - khttps://youtu.be/RfBEqiEhCgM?list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb Judy Collins In My Life  The Beatles - Michelle (Take 1 / Visualiser)  Josh Rouse - "January Sky" [Official Audio]

Episode 36 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie moves from the car parks of a Grateful Dead revival to the piano stool of one of rock’s great behind-the-scenes players, with Don Walker’s new album providing the local centre of gravity. Show Notes Summer Tour At Miff  The Session Man | Nicky Hopkins: The Unsung Hero Behind Rock's Greatest Hits | Full Documentary  Sympathy for the Devil (Isolated Piano)  Link Wray: The Rock Prophet on SBS Don Walker Darwin  Shakespeare Always (2026) - Official Video - Icecream Hands

Episode 35 of On The Record begins where last week’s conversation left off: with Glen Hansard.  Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie watch the Irish singer-songwriter’s funeral, a ceremony that made plain the depth of affection held for the Frames frontman, Once star and inveterate musical collaborator. Mackenzie was especially struck by the accounts of Hansard’s generosity, the presence of his battered, road-worn guitars in the church band, and the closing performance of Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young”.  From there, the mood shifts to the Espy, where Mackenzie joined the winning team at the latest live Rock Quiz. Show Notes Funeral of Glen Hansard in Dublin | RTÉ News  Sunnyboys My Only Friend (2014 Remaster)  Ted Lasso Season 4 - Official Trailer (2026)  George Costanza's Greatest hits  PouredOver: Patrick Radden Keefe on London Falling  Gary Stewart: I Am From The Honky-Tonks  Gary Stewart She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)

Episode 34 of On The Record opens in sombre territory, with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie remembering Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter, Frames frontman and Once star who died aged 56 following a motorcycle accident outside Dublin. Hansard’s career stretched back to the formation of The Frames in 1990, before his work with Markéta Irglová as The Swell Season, and a substantial solo catalogue. But it is the memory of his live shows that looms largest here.  Wise recalls a performer who gave audiences everything, including the habit of leading crowds from the venue and into the street for impromptu singalongs. Hansard’s concerts, he says, had the uncommon ability to turn a room full of strangers into a temporary community. Show Links Glen Hansard meets Van Morrison in Glen’s words  Flamin' Groovies Shake Some Action  Mick Jagger Can’t Name One Good Thing About Getting Older | The Interview  Sir Tom Jones & Peter Donegan's 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again' |Blind Auditions| The Voice UK 2019 Fiona Apple – "Horns of a Bull" from the Apple TV show 'Lucky'  The Rapture Trailer  Believe Me Trailer

The episode opens with the passing of saxophonist Plas Johnson, 94, a player whose name might not mean much outside musician circles but whose sound is embedded in popular culture.  Johnson’s cool, slinking work on Henry Mancini’s Pink Panther theme is his best-known contribution, but the wider CV is properly formidable: Frank Sinatra, B.B. King, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, The Beach Boys, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville all appear on the roll call. how Links Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme (Official Audio)  Plas Johnson - I Hadn't Anyone Till You  Plas Johnson obit in Rolling Stone  Dr John Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya  Tom Waits - "Heartattack And Vine"  Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival website Silo — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV  Evolver 62 | Official Trailer | The Beatles’ Breakthrough Year That Changed Music Forever | Out Now!  EVOLVER:62 Beatles and cakes in the village hall  The Odyssey - Official 'Completely in IMAX' Behind the Scenes Clip (2026) Othello, The Black Commando 1982 full movie Max H. Boulois Tony Curtis  Aaron Lee Tasjan - The Real (Official Music Video)

There are few things more reliable in popular culture than a World Cup penalty shootout inspiring arguments about fairness, a Rolling Stones album being handled carefully, or Bob Dylan inspiring precisely no usable information from anyone who has worked with him. Episode 32 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie covers all three, plus a handy mid-year listening list, a salute to two much-loved cultural figures, and Daniel Lanois production lore. Show Notes Emma Donovan - Grandma's Hands (Official Visualiser)  Ruby Jones - Souvenir  Leah Senior - Mothersong  Vika & Linda - Bliss (Official Video)  Australian Music Vault Vika & Linda | Long Play Series  Sharper | Official Trailer HD | A24  Futurebirds - Sleepless in the Cage  The Rolling Stones - Rough And Twisted (Official Audio)  The Rolling Stones - Jealous Lover  Hunt for the Wilderpeople Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Sam Neill, Rhys Darby  Bryan Brown & Sam Neill open up about acting, friendship and growing old | 7NEWS Spotlight  Playwright Barry Dickins shares the importance of family in overcoming his struggles (R U OK?)  Daniel Lanois - Warp Sustain (Official Video)

Episode 31 of On The Record ranges from Spielberg’s latest extraterrestrial spectacle to Icelandic cocktail jazz, via Australian festival programming, political songwriting, BBC football commentary and the fragile magic of shellac records.  It is a wide-ranging conversation, but not a random one. Beneath the digressions sits a recurring question: what makes art endure when fashion, technology and attention spans keep moving on? Show Notes Disclosure Day | Official Trailer  Star City — Official Trailer | Apple TV  Laufey - From The Start (Official Music Video) k.d. lang - Miss Chatelaine (Official Music Video)  Dylan Mattingly: The Wild Heart The Transmutation Notebooks: II. Notes for Another Life  Julian Lage Talking Drum ft. John Medeski, Jorge Roeder, Kenny Wollesen (Official Video)  The Teskey Brothers - I Get Up (Official Video)  Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s | Live at Moods  Melbourne International Jazz Festival website  Margo Price - San Marcos (Official Audio)  Heat Restaurant scene || Deniro, Pacino

There are plenty of artists happy to spend their careers polishing yesterday's trophies. Tim Rogers isn't one of them. Appearing on Episode 30 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie, the You Am I frontman could easily have spent an hour reminiscing about the band's landmark 1996 album Hourly Daily, now celebrating its 30th anniversary.  Instead, Rogers repeatedly steers the conversation back towards what comes next. That restless curiosity becomes the defining thread running through one of the podcast's most engaging interviews. Show Notes Sugar — Official Trailer | Apple TV+  Shelter - Official Trailer (2026) Jason Statham, Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie  The Rookie (ABC) Trailer HD - Nathan Fillion series  Blood Sucking Maniacs (Terry Allen & Family) - "Blood Sucking Maniacs"  You Am I - Hourly Daily full album  ELO - 10538 Overture  23 Minutes - The Mods Live With MITS TV  You Am I - Strung Up Tour tickets available now  The Ravens Theatre Company in Castlemaine

Now and then, On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie wanders into territory that feels less like a podcast and more like the best conversation you've accidentally joined in the corner of a music festival bar. Returning Australian listeners may be forgiven for assuming Neil Young devotees are a niche tribe. Not so, according to Belfast singer-songwriter Andy White, who drops in from Ireland with a story that sounds almost too good to be true. Show Notes Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts - Cortez the Killer (Bergen, Norway, 20.06.2025)  Andy White The Walking Wounded  Andy White - Empty Streets of Florence / nelle strade deserte di Firenze  Jack Kerouac on the Steve Allen Show, in 1959, reciting a passage from "On The Road."  David Holmes - Ruben's In OST Oceans 11  Joni Mitchell - Blue (Full Album) [Official Video]  Joni Mitchell- Dog Eat Dog  Prince - A Case Of U  The Big Lebowski - Gutterballs  Andy's website  Andy's books  Andy's podcast

Episode 28 of On The Record finds Michael broadcasting from the Greek island of Kefalonia, but the conversation itself travels much further afield—from the cosmic ambitions of Earth, Wind & Fire to Tim Rogers, the World Cup and the lyrical reflections of Bob Dylan on being 80.