On Roll Call this week Greta and Scott acknowledge the passing and legacy of Rob Hirst, one of the great drummers, showmen and lyricists of our time as well as a decent vocalist. Hirst was releasing music just 2 months before his death featuring his daughters Gabrielle and Lex and we hear one of those tracks early in today's show which opens with a couple of classic Midnight Oil songs. Elsewhere, music from RINSE, Tami Neilson, Ride, The Harbour Union, The Waratahs, Hachiku, Dan Sultan, Cosmic Psychos, Tom Busby, Sharon Van Etten and Sarah Blasko.

In this episode we explore the musical journey of The Bee Gees all their own hits plus some of the hits they penned for others.

THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ is a fortnightly program featuring a mix of singer – songwriter, Celtic, Cajun, global roots, traditional and contemporary folk, blues, country blues, bluegrass, country, old timey and Americana music from Australia and around the world. Live to air, 8pm, every second Tuesday.

In this edition of The Acoustic Café we hear music from Shane Nicholson, Elle Cordova, Michael Doucet, Justin Timberlake & Casey Mulligan, Hedy West, Jack Rutter, Neil Murray, Donal Lunny, Kenneth Pattengale & Joey Ryan, The Gloaming, Guy Davis, The Bucking Mules, Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Old Crow Medicine Show, Grace Petrie, Tony McManus.

The recorded live part of the program features American flatpick guitar legends Billy Strings and Bryan Sutton recorded on April 7, 2024, at Nashville’s American Legion Post #82:

Playlist:

1. Nashville Blues

2. Walk On Boy

3. Texas Gales

4. Cold, Cold World

5. Way Downtown

6. Randall Collins/Done Gone

7. Groundhog

8. Salt Creek/Big Sandy River

9. Give The Fiddler A Dram/Whistling Rufus/Ragtime Annie

10. Travellin' Man

Thank you for listening.

Part 1: Join Tony and Shippa as they start their engines and charge for the chequered flag in Newcastle’s Grand Prix…no, no, no…it’s Newcastle’s Grand Pricks, the amazingly talented but most dangerous country boogie band in town! But wait, that’s not all…on this show, Lachlan from the band also introduces his alter-ego Lachlan X Morris with a blend of 60s, 70s and all the other-ties that have influenced him over the years. Yes, you won’t curl up and die once you’ve taken a chill pill or two…relax and enjoy the ride in Formula Juan!

Part 2: Tony and Shippa get stuck into some new submissions from up and coming artists in the second half of the show. Catch tracks from Morning Harvey (Brisbane), Mirah (Brooklyn, USA), Remember Sports (Philadelphia, USA), Stellar Sea (Alice Springs), Velvet Two Stripes (Zurich, Switzerland), Joanna (Widnes, UK), Sunday Mourners (LA, USA), Halfway Down (Sydney), De Porsal (Geelong, Vic) and LowSunday (Pittsburgh, USA), with Shippa’s Surprise continuing the Sunday themed tunes with the Sunday Scaries!

Heading into Summer 2026, check out this episode (19/01/26) with Tiff, new releases from John Craigie, Nick Cave, William Crighton, Rose Cousins, Kathleen Halloran, Kashus Culpepper, Vincent Neil Emerson, Bryan Sutton and Billy Strings, Brothers Osborne, Mumford and Sons, Courtney Marie Andrews, Ocie Elliot.. Tune in for 2 hours of Americana sweetness with Tiff. Other tunes by Eilen Jewell, Jesse Welles, Doc Watson, The Lumineers, The Waterboys, Things of Stone and Wood, Jason Isbell, Kaitlin Butts, Reed Foehl, Tim Easton.

Hear new music from DZ Deathrays, EXEK, Geoffrey O'Connor, Rain Dogs and more. Full playlist here.

That creative genius of our time - David Lynch - departed this existence one year ago. What a legacy! We bookend this show with the amazing Rebekah Del Rio plus there's also an original 1961 Linda Scott song from the Mulholland Drive soundtrack. And a classic from Sharon Van etten from Twin Peaks The Return. Part 2 of my interview with Wilding's Justin Stokes. To set the scene either side we hear from XTC, Ian Dury and the little known Martin Newell (Justin's choice). Elsewhere we have 2025 tunes from Stereolab, Goose, Geese (yes really), Mei Semones, The Northern Folk, Peel Dream Magazine, Tunde Adebimpe, Mogwai and Brooklyn's Margaret Glaspy. We love Glaspy's work here so much that we threw in a track from her 2016 album 'Emotions and Math' as well as one from 2023's 'Echo The Diamond'.
Deezer playlist here


We're continuing our look back at 2025's best music with a few twists. Among the tunes chosen are

Ahoy Froggers,
In the 1970's Buddy Guy only released one album and that was not until the late 70's. Originally release as the Blues Giant the name was changed to what we now know it as Stone Crazy. Muddy is here with the help from Paul Butterfield and MIchael Bloomfield. Fleetwood Mac were touring the USA and stop by to record with Otis Spann as a relationship had been built from a previous recording they had worked on. Canned Heat are here with some help from Dave Alvin, we got the Classical trained violinist Papa John Creach on hand, and after all that there is still more to get through here on this edition of BFRH, so come on in and get yourselves a good ole helping of blues tuneage.

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1. Buddy Guy - I Smell A Rat (09:13)
2. Muddy Waters - Mean Disposition (05:42)
3. Otis Spann with Fleetwood Mac - Ain’t Nobody’s Business (05:14)
4. Luther Allison - Bad News Is Coming (06:16)
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9. Faces - I Feel So Good (Live on John Peel’s Sunday Concert, BBC, 5/23/71) (11:00)
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