Down Under Hour
- Wednesdays, 1:00pm–2:00pm
- Saturdays, 3:00pm–4:00pm
Email The Down Under Hour at
Downunderhour11@gmail.com
or check us out on Facebook at Down-Under-Hour
Find us on Substack too. The entire 2023 playlist is posted there.
at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,
if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."
(Slim Dusty)
Show 170First
Nations, first looks, and so much more
First
up, First Nations
ARC
Dreaming - the Australian Reconciliation Company performing in 2015
in Byron Bay, New South Wales. The company here comprises the
Indigenous dance group Nunukul Yuggera and players Visions of a
Nomad. It combines Aboriginal traditional and contemporary music and
dance.The performance tells of Indigenous people of the central east
coast of Australia, from ancient Dreamtime stories to contemporary
urban tales.
Timeless
Land - Yothu Yindi, it was on their 1993 album, Freedom. The band's
website describes their music as having "sounds stretching from
tribal Yolngu beats and vocals to contemporary electronica and
thumping rock ‘n’ roll," adding that "a political heart
is beating throughout it all."
Light
Up the Path -
King Stingray,
from
their album For The Dreams, a 2024 release.
Lead singer Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu is the nephew of Mandawuy
Yunupingu, and
guitarist Roy Kellaway is the son of Stuart Kellaway, who were both
founding members of Yothu Yindi.
We've
got you covered
White
Wedding - Rowland S.
Howard, guitarist with
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for
many years, covering Billy Idol's song. It was on Rowland's 1999
debut solo album Teenage Snuff Film.
Billy did it in 1982.
Creep
- Frank
Bennett, from his 1996 album 5 O'clock Shadow. (in
real life he's David
Wray, combining "Frank"
Sinatra and "Tony" Bennett - geddit?)
It was Radiohead's hit
single in 1993 from their album Pablo Honey.
Alive
- Rebecca's Empire. Rebecca Barnard and her band did it on their 1995
EP Take A Look At Happiness.
Pearl Jam did
it in 1991 for
their album 10.
What's
in the vault?
We're
staying with cover songs; from 1967, here's the Masters Apprentices
with two songs from their self-titled debut album, plus a demo that
didn't make the final LP.
-
Johnny B. Goode, the Chuck Berry hit, Chuck did it in 1958.
-
I Feel Fine, a 1964 Lennon McCartney single.
-
Poor Boy, a classic blues number, it didn't make the final cut.
All
from a 2009 Aztec Music compilation.
Kahvas
Jute, now-ish and then
Kahvas
Jute, strange name, no idea what it means, but in 1971 they made a
terrific album titled Wide Open, which included the song
-
Steps of Time
and
then in 2006 they reunited for
-
Somebody Do Something, on an album titled The Quickening.
New
and new to us
Sly
Folk - Dumbhead, from their self-titled 2026 EP.
Second
Language - by Tactics, from 1980, the album was titled My Houdini.
Apparently they are still going along but are now based in France.
Red
Right Hand - featuring a fella who goes by the name of Kram, whose
day job is singing and drumming for the venerable Aussie band
Spiderbait. It's from a Nick Cave tribute concert tour called
Straight To You that went around Australia in 2012, presented by a
national radio network. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds did it in 1994 on
an album titled Let Love In.
Dom
Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell
us when we're done.
The
Down Under Hour
#downunderhour
Email
us at downunderhour11@gmail.com
