Indigo FM Radio Show Podcasts

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 Planxty, Foghorn Stringband, The Duhks, Emma Swift, The Waybacks, The Full English, Alex Burns & Nick Charles, Elana James, John Prine, De Danann, Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, Henry Thomas, Kate Campbell, Nora Brown, Dolores Keane, Kathryn Clements

The recorded live part of the program features legendary US guitarist John Fahey, recorded in concert at The University of Tasmania in 1980.

Concert playlist:

1.    "Introduction/On the Sunny Side of the Ocean/Tasmanian Two-Step/Tiger" – 13:34

2.    "The Approaching of the Disco Void" – 6:48

3.    "Waltzing Matilda" (Fahey, Traditional) – 2:27

4.    "Fahey Establishes Rapport With the Tasmanians: A Dissertation on "Obscurity"/The Return of the Tasmanian Tiger/Funeral Song for Mississippi John Hurt" – 8:53

5.    "Steamboat Gwine 'Round de Bend" – 4:54

6.    "Indian-Pacific R.R. Blues" – 4:57

Thank you for listening.

Part 1: Join Tony and Shippa as they experience a mutual case of déjà vu! Yes, both of them simultaneously believing that they have been there, done that, having a “what the blimmin’ heck is going on?” moment!!!  What a hassle! No, no, no…that’s not how you spell Matilda’s surname, Shippa. It’s HASSALL, and Matilda  has returned to the studio to share what’s been happening in Hassal World since we last met, and to tell us all about the exciting things that she has coming up later this year. Plus, she gets to be the first participant in Uncut & Unsigned’s Guest’s Mystery Guest!

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 Callum Beattie (Musselburgh, Scotland), GUM (Perth), Railcard (London), Daniel Romano & The Outfit (Ontario, Canada), Anna Weatherup (Maitland, NSW), Retail Therapy (Sydney), The Phosphenes (Caboolture, Qld), HighSchool (London, via Melbourne), Winterpills (Northampton, Boston, USA), Large (Canada) and Blush (Perth), with Shippa’s Surprise getting him lost in a Maze with Ziggy!!!

Hear new music from Kisses, Liv Cartledge, Damn'd Sam & The Preachers, Danny Walsh Banned and more. Full playlist here.

Car wheels on a gravel road #134 ( 15/02/26) - Americana and folk with Tiff.. new releases tonight by Dylan LeBlanc, Lucinda Williams, Jack Carty, Bud Rokesky, Howling Bells, Katie Pruitt, Alex Lloyd, William Crighton, Christy Moore, Ashley Naylor. Some older tunes from Lou Reed, The Pogues, The Clash, The Beatles, The Paper Kites, Perry Keyes, Sticky Fingers, Bonnie Raitt, Norah Jones, Eva Cassidy, Katherine Nagy. Music has the power to change us. 

Back in 2009 I rated the album 'Swoon' by LA indie rockers Silversun Pickups as my fave album. They just released their latest album a few weeks ago 'Tenterhooks' so we kick off with a couple of tracks from each album. Danny Walsh Banned is releasing a new album in March called 'NO MONUMENT'. They're also playing Tanswells in Beechworth on 13 March. We play a track from the forthcoming album plus a couple from their excellent 2020 album 'In The Wimmera'. The new Yumi Zouma album 'No Love Lost To Kindness' gets a lot of love on my turntable and we spin 3 tracks from it. Elsewhere we have some fab tracks from 2025 by Snocaps, lilo, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Carus Thompson, Greet Death, Bang Lasso, Ashley Naylor and Stereolab. There's a few 2026 tracks too from Mega Fäuna, Cat Power and Bad//Dreems.
Deezer playlist here