Diverse music, primarily progressive rock: Saturday night, 8pm to 10pm, on 89.7 PBA FM, Adelaide's Northern voice. Program commenced February 2012, ceased 8 April 2023. In the playlist for each week, links are given for the Aussie/NZ artists, to help get the good word out there.
Tonight, in the first and last episode of Seasons Of Change to be broadcast on February 29, we resume the time-travelling back through the years and a range of live recordings, this time from the 1990's.
8pm
Frank Zappa Cosmik debris (1974) (Apostrophe('))
The Flower Kings There is more to this world (live) (1999) (Alive On Planet Earth)
Grey Lady Down Battlefields of counterpane (live) (1998) (The Time Of Our Lives)
Yes Awaken (live) (1996) (Keys To Ascension)
9pm Sebastian Hardie Four Moments suite (live @ 1994 ProgFest) (1997) (Live in LA)
Rush Dreamline + Animate (live) (1998) (Different Stages - Live) Split Enz Pioneer + Six months in a leaky boat (live) (1993) (Greatest Hits: Live) Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)
Tonight featuring some music after 9pm that you can hear at various times from now on to the next three months, with Fringe gigs scheduled soon by Acoustic Tull and Lather, then in May Steve Hackett will be playing Adelaide with his band. It's a good idea to keep an eye on the gig guides and keep tabs on the local and international artists who are playing Adelaide.
8pm Southern EmpireGoliath’s moon (2018) (Civilisation)
WolverineThe Bedlam Overture (2016) (Machina Viva)
Moon SafariDance across the ocean + A sun of your own (2005) (A Doorway To Summer) UnitopiaMore than a dream (live) (2011) (One Night In Europe)
9pm
Jethro TullSerenade to a cuckoo (1969) (This Was)
Jethro TullVelvet green (1977) (Songs From The Wood)
Jethro TullBroadsword (1982) (Broadsword And The Beast)
Frank ZappaExcentrifugal forz + Apostrophe' (1974) (Apostrophe('))
Steve Hackett Dancing with the moonlit knight (live) (2013) (Genesis Revisited: Live At Hammersmith) Mario MilloQuest theme (1979) (Epic III) Aronora ReRun (2009) (Aronora) Ben Rogers Instrumental AsylumSeasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)
8pm
Steven Wilson Arriving somewhere but not here (live) (2018) (Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall) Anubis Dead trees + Silent wandering ghosts (live) (2015) (Behind Our Eyes)
Ozric Tentacles Og ha be (live) (1992) (Live Underslunky)
Porcupine Tree Signify (live) (1997) (Coma Divine)
9pm Southern Empire Crossroads (live) (2016) (Live At HQ)
Moon Safari A kid called panic (live) (2014) (Live In Mexico) Projected Twin Shark water (live) (2012) (digital single) Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)
Tonight, 2 hours chock-full with talent from across the Tasman, as Thursday 2 days ago was Waitangi Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, the founding document of the nation of New Zealand. 180 years later, Australia still has nothing similar, we have a lot of catching up to do.
8pm Look To Windward Vad Åskan Sade (2010) (Fortune’s Haze) Citizen Band Julia (1978) (Citizen Band) Space Waltz Out on the streets (1975) (Space Waltz) Split Enz Walking down a road + Maybe (1975) (Mental Notes) Split Enz Sweet dreams (1976) (Second Thoughts) Dragon Darkness (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind) Dragon Universal radio (1974) (Universal Radio) Dragon Wait until tomorrow (1976) (single only / Greatest Hits Vol.1)
9pm Eddie Rayner & ENZO Albert of India + Voices + One step ahead + Stuff and nonsense (live) (2014) (ENZO - Stranger Than Fiction - Live) Airlord Out of the woods + Pictures in a puddle (1977) (Clockwork Revenge) Ticket Dream chant (1972) (Awake) Split Enz Message to my girl (live, NZ, 1993) (ExtravagENZa) Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)
Another all-Australian feast of music, this time from the early 1970's and centred around the "head music" scene in the various cities around Australia - featuring Fraternity, The James Taylor Move, Levi Smith's Clefs and The Masters Apprentices (Adelaide), Blackfeather, The Dave Miller Set, Jeff St John with Copperwine, Kahvas Jute, McPhee, Tamam Shud and Tully (Sydney), plus Company Caine, Healing Force and Spectrum (Melbourne).
8pm Healing Force Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974) Dave Miller Set Mr Guy Fawkes (1969) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky) Dave Miller Set No need to cry (1970) (single only / Psych Bites: Australian Acid Freakrock 1967-1974) Blackfeather Seasons of change + Mango’s theme (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness) Company Caine Now I'm together (1972) (b-side of single / bonus track on A Product Of A Broken Reality) Jeff St John & Copperwine Any orange night (1970) (Joint Effort) Spectrum Superbody (1970) (Part One)
9pm Kahvas Jute Odyssey (1970) (Wide Open) Levi Smith's Clefs Lisa (1970) (Empty Monkey) Fraternity Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974, compilation) The James Taylor Move Still I can go on (1967) (single only, Peculiar Hole In The Sky) McPhee Indian rope man (1972) (McPhee) The Masters Apprentices Because I love you (1971) (Choice Cuts) Tully Sea of joy Part 1 (1971) (Sea Of Joy) Tamam Shud Goolutionites Theme Part 1 + Goolutionites Theme Part 2 (1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People) Jeff St John & Copperwine Cloud nine (1970) (Joint Effort) Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)
In an Australian TV studio, probably sometime in 1971, Healing Force with the late great Charlie Tumahai:
48 years ago almost to the day (29 to 31 January 1972). the Meadows Technicolour Fair was held at Meadows (SA), featuring a long list of local and interstate acts, particularly notable since it also coincided with the 1972 Sunbury Festival on the same weekend. Bands included Blackfeather, Fraternity, Spectrum and Tamam Shud: