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Episode 34 of On The Record opens in sombre territory, with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie remembering Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter, Frames frontman and Once star who died aged 56 following a motorcycle accident outside Dublin.

Hansard’s career stretched back to the formation of The Frames in 1990, before his work with Markéta Irglová as The Swell Season, and a substantial solo catalogue. But it is the memory of his live shows that looms largest here. 

Wise recalls a performer who gave audiences everything, including the habit of leading crowds from the venue and into the street for impromptu singalongs. Hansard’s concerts, he says, had the uncommon ability to turn a room full of strangers into a temporary community.

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Glen Hansard meets Van Morrison in Glen’s words 

Flamin' Groovies Shake Some Action 

Mick Jagger Can’t Name One Good Thing About Getting Older | The Interview 

Sir Tom Jones & Peter Donegan's 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again' |Blind Auditions| The Voice UK 2019

Fiona Apple – "Horns of a Bull" from the Apple TV show 'Lucky' 

The Rapture Trailer 

Believe Me Trailer 

The episode opens with the passing of saxophonist Plas Johnson, 94, a player whose name might not mean much outside musician circles but whose sound is embedded in popular culture. 

Johnson’s cool, slinking work on Henry Mancini’s Pink Panther theme is his best-known contribution, but the wider CV is properly formidable: Frank Sinatra, B.B. King, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, The Beach Boys, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville all appear on the roll call.

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Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme (Official Audio) 

Plas Johnson - I Hadn't Anyone Till You 

Plas Johnson obit in Rolling Stone 

Dr John Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya 

Tom Waits - "Heartattack And Vine" 

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival website

Silo — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV 

Evolver 62 | Official Trailer | The Beatles’ Breakthrough Year That Changed Music Forever | Out Now! 

EVOLVER:62 Beatles and cakes in the village hall 

The Odyssey - Official 'Completely in IMAX' Behind the Scenes Clip (2026)

Othello, The Black Commando 1982 full movie Max H. Boulois Tony Curtis 

Aaron Lee Tasjan - The Real (Official Music Video) 

There are few things more reliable in popular culture than a World Cup penalty shootout inspiring arguments about fairness, a Rolling Stones album being handled carefully, or Bob Dylan inspiring precisely no usable information from anyone who has worked with him.

Episode 32 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie covers all three, plus a handy mid-year listening list, a salute to two much-loved cultural figures, and Daniel Lanois production lore.

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Emma Donovan - Grandma's Hands (Official Visualiser) 

Ruby Jones - Souvenir 

Leah Senior - Mothersong 

Vika & Linda - Bliss (Official Video) 

Australian Music Vault Vika & Linda | Long Play Series 

Sharper | Official Trailer HD | A24 

Futurebirds - Sleepless in the Cage 

The Rolling Stones - Rough And Twisted (Official Audio) 

The Rolling Stones - Jealous Lover 

Hunt for the Wilderpeople Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Sam Neill, Rhys Darby 

Bryan Brown & Sam Neill open up about acting, friendship and growing old | 7NEWS Spotlight 

Playwright Barry Dickins shares the importance of family in overcoming his struggles (R U OK?) 

Daniel Lanois - Warp Sustain (Official Video) 

Episode 31 of On The Record ranges from Spielberg’s latest extraterrestrial spectacle to Icelandic cocktail jazz, via Australian festival programming, political songwriting, BBC football commentary and the fragile magic of shellac records. 

It is a wide-ranging conversation, but not a random one. Beneath the digressions sits a recurring question: what makes art endure when fashion, technology and attention spans keep moving on?

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Disclosure Day | Official Trailer 

Star City — Official Trailer | Apple TV 

Laufey - From The Start (Official Music Video)

k.d. lang - Miss Chatelaine (Official Music Video) 

Dylan Mattingly: The Wild Heart The Transmutation Notebooks: II. Notes for Another Life 

Julian Lage Talking Drum ft. John Medeski, Jorge Roeder, Kenny Wollesen (Official Video) 

The Teskey Brothers - I Get Up (Official Video) 

Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s | Live at Moods 

Melbourne International Jazz Festival website 

Margo Price - San Marcos (Official Audio) 

Heat Restaurant scene || Deniro, Pacino 

There are plenty of artists happy to spend their careers polishing yesterday's trophies. Tim Rogers isn't one of them.

Appearing on Episode 30 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie, the You Am I frontman could easily have spent an hour reminiscing about the band's landmark 1996 album Hourly Daily, now celebrating its 30th anniversary. 

Instead, Rogers repeatedly steers the conversation back towards what comes next.

That restless curiosity becomes the defining thread running through one of the podcast's most engaging interviews.

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Sugar — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ 

Shelter - Official Trailer (2026) Jason Statham, Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie 

The Rookie (ABC) Trailer HD - Nathan Fillion series 

Blood Sucking Maniacs (Terry Allen & Family) - "Blood Sucking Maniacs" 

You Am I - Hourly Daily full album 

ELO - 10538 Overture 

23 Minutes - The Mods Live With MITS TV 

You Am I - Strung Up Tour tickets available now 

The Ravens Theatre Company in Castlemaine 

Now and then, On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie wanders into territory that feels less like a podcast and more like the best conversation you've accidentally joined in the corner of a music festival bar.

Returning Australian listeners may be forgiven for assuming Neil Young devotees are a niche tribe. Not so, according to Belfast singer-songwriter Andy White, who drops in from Ireland with a story that sounds almost too good to be true.

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Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts - Cortez the Killer (Bergen, Norway, 20.06.2025) 

Andy White The Walking Wounded 

Andy White - Empty Streets of Florence / nelle strade deserte di Firenze 

Jack Kerouac on the Steve Allen Show, in 1959, reciting a passage from "On The Road." 

David Holmes - Ruben's In OST Oceans 11 

Joni Mitchell - Blue (Full Album) [Official Video] 

Joni Mitchell- Dog Eat Dog 

Prince - A Case Of U 

The Big Lebowski - Gutterballs 

Andy's website 

Andy's books 

Andy's podcast 

Episode 28 of On The Record finds Michael broadcasting from the Greek island of Kefalonia, but the conversation itself travels much further afield—from the cosmic ambitions of Earth, Wind & Fire to Tim Rogers, the World Cup and the lyrical reflections of Bob Dylan on being 80.

This week’s On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie begins where most music chats don’t: with a gripe about what the ARIA charts don’t show.

Wise is baffled that Emma Donovan’s Take Me to The River—an album he rates highly after seeing her preview it live at Port Fairy—can’t be found on the main chart or the Australian chart. 

The question isn’t aesthetic; it’s structural. Where do “successful” albums live now—physical sales, streaming equivalents, store reporting, some opaque blend of all three?

Show Notes

Emma Donovan — Take Me to The River (and the ARIA chart mystery)
The revived Rhythms Chart (Top 30)
World Cup ticketing + dynamic pricing discussion (BBC)
Wilco — Morocco/Marrakesh 3-night concept (hotel pricing reality check)
Squeeze documentary — Take Me I’m Yours (2012)

Listen here to Michael's debut album Oversharing With Strangers

Widow’s Bay Trailer (Apple TV)
Spider-Noir (Prime Video)

Episode 26 of On The Record is the first fully international edition—Brian Wise filing from Melbourne, Michael Mackenzie beaming in from the ancient fortified town of Monemvasia, deep inside the Peloponnese. The contrast isn't just geographic: Wise is braving Melbourne winter; Mackenzie is swimming in warm salt water off Byzantine fortress walls. 

The hate is, as he cheerfully acknowledges, entirely deserved.

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RN's The Music Show: Miles Davis Centenary 

RN's The Music Show: Tribute To Sonny Rollins 

The Rolling Stones, Tracks Of My Years, with Vernon Kay 

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - Ronnie Woods original home recording with David Bowie 

Ron Sexsmith - Don't Lose Sight (Official Video) 

Paul McCartney: 10 tracks defining his life including from Chuck Berry, Elvis, Prince & John Lennon 

Wilco Play 3 Nights in Marrakech - go into the comp to win the concert/hotel package 

The Boroughs | Official Trailer | Netflix 

"Spider-Noir" - Authentic Black & White Final Trailer | Prime Video

Episode 25 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie begins where so many arguments in roots music eventually end up: Bob Dylan—specifically, the minor detail of him turning 85 (born 24 May 1941) and still looming over popular music like a sarcastic weather system.
Plus two streaming recommendations, a bit of tech talk, and Brian’s fave Beach Boys album gets exposure on a new tour.