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Davey Craddock has delivered a fantastic follow up to his 2016 release, City West – it’s an urgent, anxious and dark collection of tunes lyrically and sonically, with a dash of noise and chaos in the mix. That doesn’t mean the songs are messy, Davey is class songwriter with a stellar attention to detail that will drag you in. He joins me via Skype from Perth ahead of his East Coast tour and performances at Dashville Skyline and Out on The Weekend. As well from the West, Carla Geneve and Bri Clark who have incredibly bright futures, Angie McMahon in session and the return of Sydney’s Family Fold.

An extra tasty 1/2/3/4 with some essential new releases. Haley Heynderickx’s debut is already one of my favourites for 2018, with some deft guitar work and imaginative lyrics. How can you not gravitate to an artist who dreamed she was transformed into a feamle Jimi Hendrix at age eleven? Plus folkie Serafina Steer’s cracking post punk trio Bas Jan, metaphysical rolling folk from Red River Dialect and the beguiling sounds of Jerry David Deciccia.

Join me as we dive headlong into a wonderful collection of new music, from the extremely catchy opening of harmonious bluegrass from the Railsplitters, dreamy folk from Faeland and soulful blues from Glen Hansard. As well, the

2017 has turned out to be a most excellent vintage for music. This is the annual Top 50 countdown – looking at some of this year’s essential releases. As usual, I struggle and even feel guilty (silly I know!) with the releases I’ve left out. Even if I had a top 100 I would feel the same. This is Part 2 – counting down to my favourite releases of the year – both shows are streamed content only. Enjoy!

2017 has turned out to be a most excellent vintage for music. This is the annual Top 50 countdown – looking at some of this year’s essential releases. As usual, I struggle and even feel guilty (silly I know!) with the releases I’ve left out. Even if I had a top 100 I would feel the same. This is Part 1 – both shows are streamed content only. Enjoy!

WOMADelaide have just announced the first 18 groups for their lineup for 2018. It’s an impressive and exciting lineup and on this special edition of 1234, I’ll play tracks from some of the artists I’m looking forward to seeing in action. Featuring Kamasi Washington, Noura Mint Seymali, Bixiga 70 and Havana Meets Kingston.