The Music Show

On stage at WOMADelaide, the world's festival on Kaurna Country, Andy hosts bands from Tanzania, Colombia, and India via the USA. The Zawose Queens, La Perla, and Ganavya demonstrate their diverse musical languages in front of a live audience. 
The Music Show is made on Kaurna, Gadigal, Gundungurra, and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country Country
Technical production by Ann-Marie Debettencor

First discovered as a 17-year-old, Annahstasia found the music industry had a vision for her that she didn't recognise. Leaving the industry behind gave her a chance to find her voice - both metaphorically and literally, with months spent testing various mics and studios to get the right right for her latest album, Tether. While she points to influences like Nina Simone and Bill Withers, Annahstasia shares with the Music Show that it was schoolyard bullying that originally made her realise that she could sing.
When four jazz students in Sweden developed an interest in Scandinavian folk songs, they blended those influences together into an a cappella group, Åkervinda, that pays tribute to the past, while creating something entirely their own. Iris Bergcrantz, Agnes Åhlund, and Linda Bergström talk about their love for traditional music.
Title: Om Du är LedsenArtist: ÅkervindaComposer: ÅkervindaAlbum: Så Skall Hat och Avund SmältasLabel: Naxos
Title: VillainArtist: AnnahstasiaComposer: Annahstasia EnukeAlbum: TetherLabel: Drink Sum Wtr
Title: Be KindArtist: AnnahstasiaComposer: Annahstasia EnukeAlbum: TetherLabel: Drink Sum Wtr
Title: I Was Unhappy in My MarriageArtist: Bhutan BalladeersComposer: Bhutan BalladeersAlbum: Your Face Is Like The Moon, Your Eyes Are StarsLabel: Glitterbeat Records
Title: Jag Står Upp en MorgonArtist: ÅkervindaComposer: ÅkervindaAlbum: Så Skall Hat och Avund SmältasLabel: Naxos
Title: En MidsommaraftonArtist: ÅkervindaComposer: ÅkervindaAlbum: Så Skall Hat och Avund SmältasLabel: Naxos
Title: BlågetaArtist: ÅkervindaComposer: ÅkervindaAlbum: Så Skall Hat och Avund SmältasLabel: Naxos
Title: GuaracharArtist: La PerlaComposer: Diana Sanmiguel, Giovana Mogollón, Karen ForeroAlbum: GuaracharLabel: Independent release
The Music Show is made on Gadigal, Gundungurra, Kaurna, and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country Country
Technical production by Ann-Marie Debettencor

Ron Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter who more than earns the title of tunesmith with his melodies and storytelling. He's back on The Music Show to talk about his latest album Hangover Terrace, about finding his voice eight albums into his career, and being a songwriter's songwriter.
Uncategorisable is how we like them on The Music Show and Mary Coughlan is certainly that. The Irish singer is headed to Australia for Port Fairy Folk Festival, and a run of other dates on what she says is her final Australian tour. 
Music heard in the show:
Title: I'd Rather Go Blind (live)Artist: Mary CoughlanComposer: Ellington Jordan, Billy Foster, Etta JamesAlbum: Live & KickingLabel: Hail Mary Records
Title: Don't Lose Sight, It's Been A While, Angel on My Shoulder, Must Be Something Wrong With HerArtist: Ron SexsmithComposer: Ron SexsmithAlbum: Hangover TerraceLabel: Cooking Vinyl
Title: Repeat RewindArtist: Mary CoughlanComposer: Mary Coughlan, Pete GlenisterAlbum: Repeat RewindLabel: Hail Mary Records
Title: Marital BlissArtist: Mary CoughlanComposer: Mary Coughlan, Pete GlenisterAlbum: Repeat RewindLabel: Hail Mary Records
Title: God Only KnowsArtist: Mary CoughlanComposer: Brian Wilson, Tony AsherAlbum: Repeat RewindLabel: Hail Mary Records
Title: MaishaArtist: The Zawose QueensComposer: The Zawose QueensAlbum: MaishaLabel: Real World
Technical production by Simon Branthwaite and Emrys Cronin
The Music Show is made on Gadigal, Gundungurra and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country.

Marisa Anderson says she learned to play the guitar three times. Once, as a young learner of classical guitar as a child. Then, being exposed to folk music at university, and, finally, when she threw away standard tuning about fifteen years later. On her latest album, The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music, she has taken inspiration from the record collection of Harry Smith and created her own version of music from countries that the USA has been at war with.
And Éliane Radigue died this week at the age of 94. Radigue found her voice when she found the synthesiser, which enabled her to make long, pure, slow moving tones, and she leaves a remarkable legacy of sound. Two of her Australia collaborators, Cat Hope and Lawrence English, share what it was that made Radigue's music so special and what it was like to collaborate with her.
Marisa Anderson's tour dates are here
Title: KoumeArtist: Éliane RadigueComposer: Éliane RadigueAlbum: Trilogie De La MortLabel: Experimental Intermedia Foundation
Title: HamdArtist: Marisa AndersonComposer: Marisa AndersonAlbum: The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk MusicLabel: Thrill Jockey Records
Title: Waking/Cloud CornerArtist: Marisa AndersonComposer: Marisa AndersonAlbum: Cloud CornerLabel: Thrill Jockey Records
Title: Onward 38Artist: Éliane RadigueComposer: Éliane RadigueAlbum: Vice Versa, Etc…Label: Important Records
Title: KailashaArtist: Éliane RadigueComposer: Éliane RadigueAlbum: Trilogie De La MortLabel: Experimental Intermedia Foundation
Title: Occam Hex IIArtist: DecibelComposer: Éliane Radigue & Carol RobsinonAlbum: Live recording
Title: Camelot TowersArtist: Ron SexsmithComposer: Ron SexsmithAlbum: Hangover TerraceLabel: Cooking Vinyl
The Music Show is made on Gadigal, Gundungurra, and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country Country
Technical production by Emrys Cronin

It's the hundredth birthday of György Kurtág, one of the most revered and increasingly performed of living composers. Cellist Steven Isserlis and baritone Benjamin Appl have both worked closely with the Hungarian composer on his rarefied music, and they tell Andy about his humour, high standards and a commitment to work that finds him currently composing a new opera in between taking Latin and Mandarin lessons.
Kurtág centenary celebrations at ANAM in Melbourne include Kurtág and Friends and the ANAM 30th Gala, conducted by Simone Young
Åkervinda are on tour now, starting with Perth Festival.
The Music Show is live at WOMADelaide, 11:30am on Saturday 7 March