31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2022 – Jimmybay & Aimee Volkovsky
Blues, folk, and alt-country by storytelling vagabond Jimmybay and singer-songwriter Aimee Volkovsky.
15 min watch
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31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2022 – Out of Sinc
Out of Sinc is a collaboration between highly respected musicians Nick Sinclair and James Muller.
19 min watch
31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2022 – Duo Antipodes
Duo Antipodes brings together the unique sounds of guitarist, Manus Noble & cellist Jehanne Bastoni.
11 min watch
31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2020 – Kelly Menhennett & Band
Kelly Menhennett is a national award-winning singer songwriter with a voice brimming in equal parts strength, passion and vibrato. Along with her band, get ready to be taken on an earthy and rustic journey through some of Kelly’s most catchy tunes.
16 min watch
31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2020 - Django Rowe Quintet
Django Rowe has been writing and performing music since he first picked up a guitar at aged 4. Enjoy these new arrangements of his songs which while firmly rooted in jazz also push the boundaries of folk and avant-garde.
18 min watch
31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2020 – The Yearlings ft. Slava Grigoryan
For some time now The Yearlings have been carving their place into the Australian alternative country music landscape. Enjoy this beautiful set oozing with chilled roots vibes and beautiful melodies.
12 min watch
31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2020 - Mike Bevan & Alain Valodze
Mike Bevan specializes in jazz and Brazilian guitar whose music has been described as ‘sublime and romantic’. Alain Valodze is an expressive Flamenco guitarist playing music of ‘haunting beauty and buoyant rhythm’.
14 min watch
31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2020 - Chris Finnen, Cal Williams Jr & Kory Horwood
Each multi-award winners and exceedingly talented blues musicians in their own right, together this trio combine the gentle fingerpicking of British Folk with the raw intensity of a Delta Blues speakeasy.
18 min watch
31 July 2022
The Backstage Sessions 2020 - The Tom Kneebone Trio
Tom Kneebone is a touring session musician with a guitar style steeped in pushing the boundaries of Jazz, Blues, and Folk music. Joined by Kyrie Anderson on drums and Dylan Paul on the double-bass.
18 min watch
24 July 2022
From the Wings: Ep 6. In Other Words - Closing Night Debate: Is Australia an Asian Country?
Listen in as we close the inaugural In Other Words with a rousing debate. While we may know where Australia lives geographically – what do we think about its culture?
48 min listen
10 July 2022
From the Wings: Ep 5. In Other Words - At What Cost? A Free Media
Listen to foreign correspondents James Oaten and Michael Smith in conversation about the present and future challenges to a free media at In Other Words in 2021, OzAsia Festival’s writing and ideas program.
46 min listen
6 July 2022
From the Wings: Ep 4. In Other Words – Racism 2.0
Expressions like ‘Asian invasion’ and ‘yellow peril’ are all too familiar to anyone living in Australia, especially in the wake of COVID-19. We come together to talk about the experience of living in Australia.
57 min listen