The Intersection - Eastside FM

Hello, it's been a long time! We will be back with a new season soon, but we couldn't wait any longer to share this particular episode with you.

This episode looks at the early music of Australia. And when we say early we mean early. Dharug artist Jacinta Tobin takes us through what music means in Indigenous Australian culture and talks about her incredible project to restore the songlines of western Sydney.

Toby Martin, musician and historian, talks us through the early music of colonial Australia. What did early settlers listen to? How did they access music? Where did they see it performed?

Both Jacinta and Toby are part of a fascinating project called Hearing the Music of Early NSW 1788 - 1860 which draws on Indigenous and settler musical practices "to develop a balanced historical account of the musical soundscape of early colonial NSW." And they perform that music too! You will hear some of it during this episode.

To listen to more from Hearing the Music of Early NSW go to www.hearingthemusic.info/home

And that's a wrap for Season 1 of The Intersection. Thanks for all your support and engagement. Send any feedback, gripes or suggestions for future topics to theintersection@eastidefm.org. We'll be back here in this feed with updates along the way.

For Part 2 of Episode 6, we hand over to musician and broadcaster, Preston Peachey. Preston is a Wiradjuri and Malyangapa man who grew up in Sydney. Having played drums in local bands since the age of 14, he went on to study community development while looking at Aboriginal music through that lens. He now works in community engagement on Gadigal Country.

His approach for this segment was to show the diversity of style and culture that is paired with everything from songs of political action, to ceremony, to personal reflections and healing.

We loved having Preston on the show.

Playlist

Emma Donovan and the Putbacks: Mob March

Rona: Closure

Nai Palm & Jason Guwanbool Gurruwiwi: Wititji (Lightning Strike)

Barkaa: For My Tittas

Alice Skye: Friends With Feelings

Drmngnow ft. Emily Wurramara: Get Back To the Land

Electric Fields: Pukulpa

Dan Sultan: It Belongs To Us (piano version)

It became known as “the Great Australian Silence”. The way in which white Australia failed to recognize its Indigenous history. In this episode of The Intersection we look at a few ways in which, from a personal perspective, music tried to counter that silence.

Playlist:

Eleanor Dixon: My Spirit Is Free

No Fixed Address: Vision (Version)

Tactics: Buried Country

Tactics: A Long Story

Tactics: Standing By The Window

Tactics: Gold Watch

Tactics: The Usual

Galarway Yunupingu: Gurindji Blues (Poor Bugger Me)

Black Allan Barker: Run Dingo Run

Mac Silva: Malabar Mansion

Vic Simms: The Loner

Vic Simms: Stranger In My Country

Vic Simms: Poor Folk's Happiness

Dougie Young: Cuttin' The Rug

Dougie Young: Land Where The Crow Flies Backwards

Dougie Young: They Say It's A Crime

Frank Yamma: She Cried

Ruby Hunter: Ngarrindji Woman

Kankawa Nagarra :: Krien Por Country

For each episode we follow up the main segment with an interview to further explore the themes of the show. Our special guest for this episode is musician and activist Keyna Wilkins. In recent years she has been involved in some extraordinary collaborations with refugees trapped in Australia’s indefinite detention regime. In one case at least, the publicity from the collaboration led to the release of an artist detained for the previous nine years.

Playlist:

Mohammad Maleki & Keyna Wilkins: Silence Lands