When I first wanted to present today’s featured track as I reached the “M” section of the music library project, Malolo wasn’t even available for sharing online. Now it is. Hurrah! Anyone familiar with this blog will know what an…
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There is a Garden (1993) – Archie Roach
Archie Roach’s There is a Garden stands, to my ears, as a contemporary spiritual masterpiece. It is a song so stark and hauntingly simple in its arrangement, yet it’s precisely the absence of embellishment that makes it feel timeless, almost…
The Tender Trap (2003) – David Bridie
We are treated to another understated gem from Australian singer-songwriter David Bridie. The Tender Trap comes from one of my favourite Australian albums Hotel Radio (image inset). It is one of Bridie’s most fragile and intimate songs – its mood,…
The Last Great Magician (2000) – David Bridie
Two tracks in quick succession from one of my favourite singer-songwriters, David Bridie, in my Music Library Project – a happy quirk of the alphabetical sequence that sometimes throws up these fortuitous double features. Curiously, both songs hail from Bridie’s…
The Koran, the Ghan and a Yarn (2000) – David Bridie
The Koran, the Ghan and a Yarn is from David Bridie’s debut solo album Act of Free Choice. He is by far the most prominent Australian singer-songwriter to feature here and comes from the northern suburbs of Melbourne where I…
The Boat Song (2002) – My Friend the Chocolate Cake
I always loved the Australian chamber pop group My Friend the Chocolate Cake. Today’s song The Boat Song comes from the 2002 album Curious (image inset). This melancholic instrumental is one of the more sombre tracks on the album although the…
Stumble Away (2003) – David Bridie
Stumble Away is the closing track on David Bridie’s 2003 album – Hotel Radio (see inset). It’s almost certain you haven’t heard of this 2003 record unless you had read my previous song articles. There isn’t even a wiki page about Hotel Radio,…
Safety Haven (2003) – David Bridie
The shock of the new seeking asylumSafety haven some place with you Safety Haven appears a ‘mellower’ and more reflective sister-song to David Bridie’s audacious protest song Nation (Of the Heartless Kind). They refer to the plights of undocumented refugees…
On a Day Like This (2003) – David Bridie
Like fellow Australian singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers yesterday, David Bridie is no stranger to this blog. I’ve lost count how many posts have appeared here from him as a solo artist and his folky and rootsy band – My Friend The…
Nation (Of the Heartless Kind) (2003) – David Bridie
Nation (Of the Heartless Kind) is an Australian protest song by David Bridie released on his 2003 Hotel Radio album. This is the fourth song to appear from Bridie’s obscenely underrated Hotel Radio record. No information seemingly exists about this…
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