Best Cate Reed Podcasts (2025)

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Reed and Oak: DOBBY & Cate Kennedy

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Reed and Oak - composed and performed by DOBBY, words by Cate Kennedy. One of two winning poems from our Middle of the Air competition, run in collaboration with Red Room Poetry.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Chamber music by women with Anna Goldsworthy and Richard Dawson's evocative songwriting 54:06

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Seraphim Trio have been making chamber music together for over twenty years. Pianist Anna Goldsworthy joins Andrew Ford to talk about her relationship with violinist Helen Ayres and cellist Tim Nankervis, as well as the women composers – famous and lesser known – they have recorded as part of their latest album Radiante. Written from the small shed…

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Innovation and imitation: Maurice Ravel at 150 54:36

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Aspirations of modernity, progress and innovation drove music through the 20th century. For French composer Maurice Ravel, inspiration from (and imitation of) his peers, of the voices and styles around him, made him a true original. He pulled from Spanish music, 18th century music, Viennese waltz and jazz, and yet within seconds it’s always possibl…

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Red Rose of the House of Tudor: Elizabeth I part 2 1:35:25

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Dear Diary, This week, we are recapping the second half of Red Rose of the House of Tudor: Elizabeth I, and it is JAM PACKED! We've got intrigue, marriage plots, and confirmation that Kat's fear of poison is justified! All this drama has our princess wondering if she'd rather trade the money and privilege for the "simple" life of a peasant. Tune in…

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Genre-benders: Abel Selaocoe and Bush Gothic 54:06

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Almost every description of South African singer, cellist and composer Abel Selaocoe starts with a phrase like “genre-defying”, but Abel refers to himself as genre defining. Wherever he tours, he brings with him a lifetime of musical influences ranging from his childhood in Sebokeng, a township outside Johannesburg, to adolescence at Soweto’s Afric…

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Ellen Stekert on a full life in folk music 54:06

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Ellen Stekert has spent a lifetime in folk music. She got her first guitar at 13 (to assist with her rehab after contracting polio) and soon after high school she became enmeshed in the Greenwich Village folk scene, crossing paths with the likes of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. Ellen released four albums of traditional songs in the 1950s and then …

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The "doofy folk" of Brisbane band Amaidí; and Luciano Berio at 100 with his student Kim Williams 54:37

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Brisbane trad band Amaidí say they perform "doofy folk stuff": accordion, guitar, banjo and fiddle augmented by stomp box and electronics. Amaidí means nonsense in Gaelic but it's more than just silly stuff, with their new album Beyond Cape Capricorn reflecting the broad and often dark influences of Scottish and Irish music in the Australian folk t…

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Messiah 54:36

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What do an actress mired in scandal, a grieving political dissident, a previously enslaved African celebrity, and a court composer have in common? They’re all integral to the story of Messiah becoming a cornerstone of the musical repertoire. Heard now more often at Christmas, it was premiered at Easter in 1742 after three rapid weeks of writing by …

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From Mixtapes to MTV: The Music of the 1980s with Tony Wellington 54:36

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Tony Wellington returns to the show to race through the 1980s in a single episode. It's a decade of contradictions, where big hair, commercial pop hits, lip syncing and the music video meet rap, independent rock, and house music. From girls on film to video killing the radio star, from talking about a revolution to being touched for the very first …

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JJJJJerome Ellis on the musicality of stuttering, and a masterclass in the chromatic harmonica 54:36

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JJJJJerome Ellis styles their name with five Js because it’s the word they stutter on the most. The artist, writer, composer and multi-instrumentalist has released a new album Vesper Sparrow which layers spoken word, vocals, saxophone, hammered dulcimer, organ, electronics and more. JJJJJerome speaks to Andrew Ford about the musical opportunities t…

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Red Rose of the House of Tudor: Elizabeth I part 1 1:33:01

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Dearest Diary! In the classic way of youthful diaries, we will start with an apology for being away so long! The fall really got away from us, but we are back with a new book and a NEW SERIES. Join us as we recap the first half of the first Royal Diaries book (a sister series of the Dear America books), all about Elizabeth I. We meet the future que…

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The Arbour: Leah Senior & Giles Watson

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The Arbour - composed and performed by Leah Senior, words by Giles Watson. One of two winning poems from our Middle of the Air competition, run in collaboration with Red Room Poetry.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Poetry becomes song: Middle of the Air winning songs revealed with DOBBY and Leah Senior 54:36

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In August, ABC Radio National and Red Room Poetry put out the call for Australian poets to submit new poems to be set to music by two great local musicians, DOBBY and Leah Senior. Now, to mark the end of AusMusic Month, the two winning poems, and the songs that they have become, are premiered on The Music Show. Andy talks to DOBBY, Leah, and the tw…

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Leo Sayer is still dancing, and art and song in Warlpiri women's ceremony 54:36

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this program contains the voices of people who have died. As a post-war kid, Leo Sayer first heard rock & roll on Radio Luxembourg on a radio late at night. His career has taken some major swerves: he was an illustrator, a graphic designer (he worked on album covers for Bob Marley), t…

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Performing Assyrian-ness with Lolita Emmanuel 54:37

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Lolita Emmanuel is a creative researcher. She’s a musician, a storyteller, and an academic (moments away from finishing her Doctor of Musical Arts) and she’s part of this year’s ABC Top Five Arts residency. That's early career researchers in the arts who’ve come to Radio National to make shows about their work. Lolita is Assyrian and Armenian, and …

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Guzheng, standards, and Yolngu manikay: three very different albums from Paul Grabowsky and friends 54:37

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Most people would think of Paul Grabowsky as a jazz pianist. And they wouldn't be wrong, except he's much more than that. He's a composer of film scores, orchestra works and operas, a band leader (he founded the Australian Art Orchestra) and an inveterate collaborator. Just this year, he's released three albums: a recording of standards with singer…

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Cover Story: Both Sides Now 54:36

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Both Sides Now was written by Joni Mitchell in 1966, when she was just 21 years old. She wasn't the first artist to record it though - in true folk tradition, the covers began before her own version was released in 1969, and they haven't stopped since. Both Sides Now is our most covered Cover Story song so far, with over 1,700 versions in as many s…

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Seckou Keita retunes West African traditional music, and Rowena Wise & Didirri's couples therapy through song 54:36

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Senegalese kora master Seckou Keita's relationship with the West African string instrument is delicate, thoughtful, and expansive. Through developing his own tunings, and taking his music further than the traditions of Casamance, the region of southern Senegal he's from, he's connected his instrument with jazz, classical, and other African musical …

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Cover Story: Reckless 54:06

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In 1983, the Manly Ferry was making its way to circular quay and James Reyne was laying down Reckless (Don't Be So...) with his band, Australian Crawl, for their EP Semantics. Since then, the song has had a permanent place in lists of great Australian songs, in no small part due to some very different covers. Some by Australian music royalty (from …

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The sound of County Clare with Martin Hayes; and Piotr Anderszewski connects Bach, Beethoven and Brahms 54:06

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Martin Hayes is one of the world's most celebrated fiddle players, and a very influential figure in Irish traditional music. He draws from the musical tradition of County Clare and interprets it within a wider contemporary context, and has collaborated with an impressive slate of artists from Paul Simon to Yo Yo Ma. A longtime friend of the Music S…

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Cover Story: Time After Time 54:05

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Time After Time was a last minute addition to Cyndi Lauper's debut album She's So Unusual in 1983 - a final songwriting session between Lauper and Rob Hyman filling a gap on the tracklist. Since then, it's been through the wringer with not one but two versions recorded for MacDonald's ads, turn-of-the-millennium EDM, and a turn by Miles Davis ("the…

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Come to the cabaret with Le Gateau Chocolat, and music from the borderlands of Iran and Afghanistan 54:04

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All kinds of music and all kinds of musicians in conversation with Andrew Ford.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Cover Story: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 54:06

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All kinds of music and all kinds of musicians in conversation with Andrew Ford.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Sorrow and songwriting: Irish musician Inni-K, and Joe Camilleri's The Black Sorrows 54:02

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Inni-K, the alias of singer songwriter Eithne Ní Chatháin, blends Ireland's rich music traditions with her own playful compositional voice. Her new album Still A Day deviates from the traditional material she's focused on in the past, and these original songs are sung in English and Gaelic, with her voice and fiddle at the centre. Touring relentles…

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Cover Story: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 54:14

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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was made famous by the version Roberta Flack recorded for her 1969 album First Take, which was then used in Clint Eastwood's 1971 film Play Misty for Me. But it started life as a relatively simple folksong British folk singer Ewan MacColl wrote for and delivered to American folk singer Peggy Seeger down a phone l…

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From Mao's Last Dancer to Master and Commander: Christopher Gordon on his film music and beyond, and The Apartments' Peter Milton Walsh 54:07

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Composer Christopher Gordon is being handed the Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen award at this year's Screen Music Awards. Responsible for big scores to films like Mao’s Last Dancer, Ladies In Black, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Christopher has also written for television, ballet and the concert hall. He tells…

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Reed and Oak: DOBBY & Cate Kennedy

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Chamber music by women with Anna Goldsworthy and Richard Dawson's evocative songwriting 54:06

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Innovation and imitation: Maurice Ravel at 150 54:36

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Red Rose of the House of Tudor: Elizabeth I part 2 1:35:25

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Genre-benders: Abel Selaocoe and Bush Gothic 54:06

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Ellen Stekert on a full life in folk music 54:06

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The "doofy folk" of Brisbane band Amaidí; and Luciano Berio at 100 with his student Kim Williams 54:37

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Messiah 54:36

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From Mixtapes to MTV: The Music of the 1980s with Tony Wellington 54:36

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JJJJJerome Ellis on the musicality of stuttering, and a masterclass in the chromatic harmonica 54:36

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Red Rose of the House of Tudor: Elizabeth I part 1 1:33:01

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The Arbour: Leah Senior & Giles Watson

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Poetry becomes song: Middle of the Air winning songs revealed with DOBBY and Leah Senior 54:36

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Leo Sayer is still dancing, and art and song in Warlpiri women's ceremony 54:36

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Performing Assyrian-ness with Lolita Emmanuel 54:37

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Guzheng, standards, and Yolngu manikay: three very different albums from Paul Grabowsky and friends 54:37

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Cover Story: Both Sides Now 54:36

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Seckou Keita retunes West African traditional music, and Rowena Wise & Didirri's couples therapy through song 54:36

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Cover Story: Reckless 54:06

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The sound of County Clare with Martin Hayes; and Piotr Anderszewski connects Bach, Beethoven and Brahms 54:06

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Cover Story: Time After Time 54:05

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Come to the cabaret with Le Gateau Chocolat, and music from the borderlands of Iran and Afghanistan 54:04

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Cover Story: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 54:06

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Sorrow and songwriting: Irish musician Inni-K, and Joe Camilleri's The Black Sorrows 54:02

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Cover Story: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 54:14

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From Mao's Last Dancer to Master and Commander: Christopher Gordon on his film music and beyond, and The Apartments' Peter Milton Walsh 54:07