Today’s program is
dedicated to
Michael Gudinski, icon of the Australian music industry, who passed away last week. His support for many Australian performers was profound. Starting today’s program is Rob’s favourite Aussie song – the poignant ‘Winter In America’ written and performed by
Doug Ashdown. Great Aussie bands follow –
Masters Apprentices (Turn Up Your Radio),
Cold Chisel (Forever Now),
Australian Crawl (Reckless). Not as recognised performers are
Flake with their Bob Dylan song (This Wheel’s On Fire) and
Alison McCallum’s big seventies hit ‘Superman’. A haunting version of ‘If You Go Away’ is performed by LGBTIQ+ singer,
Freddie Gibbs has shared his take on
Gil Scott-Heron s Winter In America .
Freddie Gibbs appears on new EP called Black History Always â Music For The Movement Vol. 2 , a potent selection of socially conscious pieces.
The EP was constructed by ESPNâs The Undefeated and Hollywood Records, and also features Chaka Khan and Brent Faiyaz.
Following on from his ScHoolboy Q team up on Gang Signs , Freddie Gibbs now turns his attention to a supremely important African-American writer.
Gil Scott-Heron s work only seems to gain in importance - check out Makaya McCraven s 2020 work We re New Again for more inspiration - depicting the fault-lines of North American life.
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