Exhibition Rundown, week of 20 April 2025
ANCA – “Emotional Landscapes II” – Margaret Gordon, Manuel Pfeiffer & Alan Pomeroy from 23APR ANU School of Art & […]
News and Events
Arts Diary, week of April 20, 2025
The German Film Festival is coming to Canberra. The festival will showcase the best in contemporary German cinema featuring key […]
ArtSound 2024 Annual Report
ArtSound’s 2024 Annual Report is now available. It was presented at the 2025 Annual General Meeting on 10 April 2025 […]
Canberra Southern Cross Club Sponsorship
ArtSound has rejoined the Canberra Southern Cross Club’s Community Rewards Program, which helps our listeners contribute to ArtSound. You can […]
Monday
Artstarter
A lively and very different way to start the day, with a mix of quality music, commentary, arts news, interviews, information and features. The program features Australian Independent Radio News, Arts Diaries and weather bulletins on the hour.
7:00 am
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Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Bill McGlaughlin delves into a wide assortment of classical music. Each five-program series builds off a theme ranging from composer biographies to the music of various cultures and times.
9:00 am
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Senior Memories
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10:00 am
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Arts Café
Every weekday at noon, straight after the news, the “Arts Café” opens its doors to bring you a delectable smorgasbord of bright music,interviews,arts stories from the region, Arts Diary plus The World, our summary of the day’s world events.
12:00 pm
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Classical Mood
Knowledgeable ArtSound enthusiasts of classical music presents time-honoured favourites and new works from the world’s finest composers, soloists, ensembles, and orchestras.
2:00 pm
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Leaves of Bluegrass
Rich Pascal brings you the best bluegrass music, and music adjacent to bluegrass, with plenty of historical and cultural context.
4:00 pm
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Driveway
Driveway is a new early-evening program in development. On weekdays when the midday Arts Cafe program doesn't rebroadcast, various Driveway presenters [...]
5:00 pm
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World Vibe
Weekday evenings, feel the pulse of the planet through the popular World Vibe. You’ll get to hear world fusion, contemporary and traditional music from a diverse range of countries and cultures. It’s your free ticket around the world. Friday Nights feature special broadcasts of the Putumayo Concert Hour. Visit the website: www.putumayo.com
7:00 pm
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Down in the Basement
Two hours of great jazz, blues, with splashes of soul and funk.
8:00 pm
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ArtSound Radio Theatre
A half hour of contemporary short plays either written specifically for radio by Canberra playwrights, or classic plays selected from the Artsound sound [...]
10:00 pm
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Poetry on the Radio
A weekly program, with readings, discussions, and news relating to Canberra-region poets and poetry. Hosted by Kimberly K. Williams and Peter Searles, [...]
10:30 pm
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High Score
In an eight-week special series running December 6, 2024 to January 25, 2025, accomplished gamer Nick Doody presents an hour dedicated to the composers, [...]
11:00 pm
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After Hours
Relax with “After Hours” ArtSound FM’s soundscape of seamless jazz, folk and blues throughout the predawn hours.
12:00 am
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Artstarter
A lively and very different way to start the day, with a mix of quality music, commentary, arts news, interviews, information and features. The program features Australian Independent Radio News, Arts Diaries and weather bulletins on the hour.
7:00 am
View more Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Bill McGlaughlin delves into a wide assortment of classical music. Each five-program series builds off a theme ranging from composer biographies to the music of various cultures and times.
9:00 am
View more Senior Memories
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10:00 am
View more Arts Café
Every weekday at noon, straight after the news, the “Arts Café” opens its doors to bring you a delectable smorgasbord of bright music,interviews,arts stories from the region, Arts Diary plus The World, our summary of the day’s world events.
12:00 pm
View more Classical Mood
Knowledgeable ArtSound enthusiasts of classical music presents time-honoured favourites and new works from the world’s finest composers, soloists, ensembles, and orchestras.
2:00 pm
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Hot, Sweet & Jazzy
From the studios of The Pulse, Geelong, a rotating line-up of six jazz aficionados playing tunes from across and near the genre, from the 1920s onward, and from America, Australia, Europe, and elsewhere, including rare recordings.
4:00 pm
View more Driveway
Driveway is a new early-evening program in development. On weekdays when the midday Arts Cafe program doesn't rebroadcast, various Driveway presenters [...]
5:00 pm
View more World Vibe
Weekday evenings, feel the pulse of the planet through the popular World Vibe. You’ll get to hear world fusion, contemporary and traditional music from a diverse range of countries and cultures. It’s your free ticket around the world. Friday Nights feature special broadcasts of the Putumayo Concert Hour. Visit the website: www.putumayo.com
7:00 pm
View more Down in the Basement
Two hours of great jazz, blues, with splashes of soul and funk.
8:00 pm
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New York Jazz
“Our musical bag is nostalgia” says Tom Parker in his trip down memory lane, showcasing the very best in jazz from New York and cities across the USA. All the great names are there, from the 40s through to the current era, remembered with stories and anecdotes contributed by Tom and his listeners. Cast yourself into a world of ‘late night’ American jazz clubs and be charmed for two hours by a man of style and eloquence who lives in New York but still calls Australia home.
10:00 pm
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Ultima Thule
From 2MBS in Sydney, a 90-minute mix of ambient, trance, drone, and chill-out electronica, spacemusic, ancient, medieval, and neoclassical creations, traditional and world music, soundtracks, cool jazz, and impressionist soundworks.
12:00 pm
View more After Hours
Relax with “After Hours” ArtSound FM’s soundscape of seamless jazz, folk and blues throughout the predawn hours.
1:30 am
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Artstarter
A lively and very different way to start the day, with a mix of quality music, commentary, arts news, interviews, information and features. The program features Australian Independent Radio News, Arts Diaries and weather bulletins on the hour.
7:00 am
View more Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Bill McGlaughlin delves into a wide assortment of classical music. Each five-program series builds off a theme ranging from composer biographies to the music of various cultures and times.
9:00 am
View more Senior Memories
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10:00 am
View more Arts Café
Every weekday at noon, straight after the news, the “Arts Café” opens its doors to bring you a delectable smorgasbord of bright music,interviews,arts stories from the region, Arts Diary plus The World, our summary of the day’s world events.
12:00 pm
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Concert Hall
The best of Canberra performances of all forms of classical music performed by local and international solo instruments, voices, ensembles, orchestras, and choirs at such venues as the ANU School of Music, the Wesley Music Centre, the National Gallery, the National Library, and local churches.
2:00 pm
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The ArtSound Recorded Music Society
ArtSound presenters’ and listeners' much-loved recordings In 1944, the Canberra Recorded Music Society began meeting at Albert Hall, the Institute of [...]
4:00 pm
View more Arts Cafe (repeat)
A repeat broadcast of the noon-2pm program: Every weekday at noon, straight after the The World, a summary of the day’s world events, the “Arts Café” opens its doors to bring you a delectable smorgasbord of bright music, interviews, arts stories from the region, and the Arts Diary.
5:00 pm
View more World Vibe
Weekday evenings, feel the pulse of the planet through the popular World Vibe. You’ll get to hear world fusion, contemporary and traditional music from a diverse range of countries and cultures. It’s your free ticket around the world. Friday Nights feature special broadcasts of the Putumayo Concert Hour. Visit the website: www.putumayo.com
7:00 pm
View more Down in the Basement
Two hours of great jazz, blues, with splashes of soul and funk.
8:00 pm
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The Music of Now
Classical pianist Jacob Wu is your guide to innovations of the last 80 years in orchestral, chamber, and other music, including Australian contributions.[...]
10:00 pm
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Tiki Lounge Remix
Seth Jordan hosts an old favourite and CBAA Award winner: the latest in world music, jazz, digital beats, and aural exotica along with insightful interviews with international and Australian artists, producers, and festival organisers.
11:00 am
View more After Hours
Relax with “After Hours” ArtSound FM’s soundscape of seamless jazz, folk and blues throughout the predawn hours.
1:00 am
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Artstarter
A lively and very different way to start the day, with a mix of quality music, commentary, arts news, interviews, information and features. The program features Australian Independent Radio News, Arts Diaries and weather bulletins on the hour.
7:00 am
View more Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Bill McGlaughlin delves into a wide assortment of classical music. Each five-program series builds off a theme ranging from composer biographies to the music of various cultures and times.
9:00 am
View more Senior Memories
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10:00 am
View more Arts Café
Every weekday at noon, straight after the news, the “Arts Café” opens its doors to bring you a delectable smorgasbord of bright music,interviews,arts stories from the region, Arts Diary plus The World, our summary of the day’s world events.
12:00 pm
View more Classical Mood
Knowledgeable ArtSound enthusiasts of classical music presents time-honoured favourites and new works from the world’s finest composers, soloists, ensembles, and orchestras.
2:00 pm
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Let the Bands Play
From 3CR, a cavalcade of the best brass, military, pipe, and concert bands from Australia and elsewhere.
4:00 pm
View more Driveway
Driveway is a new early-evening program in development. On weekdays when the midday Arts Cafe program doesn't rebroadcast, various Driveway presenters [...]
5:00 pm
View more World Vibe
Weekday evenings, feel the pulse of the planet through the popular World Vibe. You’ll get to hear world fusion, contemporary and traditional music from a diverse range of countries and cultures. It’s your free ticket around the world. Friday Nights feature special broadcasts of the Putumayo Concert Hour. Visit the website: www.putumayo.com
7:00 pm
View more Down in the Basement
Two hours of great jazz, blues, with splashes of soul and funk.
8:00 pm
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Live Archive
Paul Conn brings you the best recorded live concerts. Live Archive presents a concert from the past 60 years from a range of artists and [...]
10:00 pm
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Movie Club
A local perspective on film and DVD Luke McWilliams and Marisa Martin’s lively exploration of current cinema.[...]
11:00 pm
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A Jazz Hour with Barry O’Sullivan
Barry O’Sullivan’s nationally broadcast program, in its 14th year on the Community Radio Network. From his home base in The Blue Mountains, he presents contemporary and occasionally nostalgic jazz from Australia and elsewhere..
11:30 pm
View more After Hours
Relax with “After Hours” ArtSound FM’s soundscape of seamless jazz, folk and blues throughout the predawn hours.
12:30 am
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Artstarter
A lively and very different way to start the day, with a mix of quality music, commentary, arts news, interviews, information and features. The program features Australian Independent Radio News, Arts Diaries and weather bulletins on the hour.
7:00 am
View more Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Bill McGlaughlin delves into a wide assortment of classical music. Each five-program series builds off a theme ranging from composer biographies to the music of various cultures and times.
9:00 am
View more Senior Memories
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10:00 am
View more Arts Café
Every weekday at noon, straight after the news, the “Arts Café” opens its doors to bring you a delectable smorgasbord of bright music,interviews,arts stories from the region, Arts Diary plus The World, our summary of the day’s world events.
12:00 pm
View more Classical Mood
Knowledgeable ArtSound enthusiasts of classical music presents time-honoured favourites and new works from the world’s finest composers, soloists, ensembles, and orchestras.
2:00 pm
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Early Music Experience
Mark Shepheard explores European music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras.
4:00 pm
View more Driveway
Driveway is a new early-evening program in development. On weekdays when the midday Arts Cafe program doesn't rebroadcast, various Driveway presenters [...]
5:00 pm
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Putumayo World Music Hour
An internationally distributed program hosted by KFOG San Francisco’s Rosalie Howarth, who takes a weekly journey through the music of many different cultures with a blend of well-known artists and exceptional underexposed ones.
7:00 pm
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Friday Night Live
The best of live recorded jazz, world, and related music from venues around Canberra, or from our studios. ArtSound’s long-time broadcaster and Manager Technology, Chris Deacon, gives you the best seats in the house at gigs recorded in the Canberra-region. The award-winning program emphasises local talent but occasionally presents national and international acts. Want to get involved? Contact Chris at FNL@artsound.fm
8:00 pm
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Jazz Frontiers
Where jazz went to when it was taking giant steps ahead. Peter Monaghan presents jazz on the "out" side and related music just outside jazz.
10:00 pm
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Beale Street Caravan
This blues radio program brings live-in-concert performances to more than 3 million listeners each week around the world.
12:00 pm
View more After Hours
Relax with “After Hours” ArtSound FM’s soundscape of seamless jazz, folk and blues throughout the predawn hours.
1:00 am
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After Hours
Relax with “After Hours” ArtSound FM’s soundscape of seamless jazz, folk and blues throughout the predawn hours.
7:00 am
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Celtic Heartbeat
Traditional and more recent Celtic music: ballads, folk songs, instrumentals, sea shanties and traditional music/songs within a Celtic theme. Music from [...]
8:00 am
View more Leaves of Bluegrass
Rich Pascal brings you the best bluegrass music, and music adjacent to bluegrass, with plenty of historical and cultural context.
10:00 am
View more High Score
In an eight-week special series running December 6, 2024 to January 25, 2025, accomplished gamer Nick Doody presents an hour dedicated to the composers, [...]
11:00 am
View more The ArtSound Recorded Music Society
ArtSound presenters’ and listeners' much-loved recordings In 1944, the Canberra Recorded Music Society began meeting at Albert Hall, the Institute of [...]
12:00 pm
View more Live Archive
Paul Conn brings you the best recorded live concerts. Live Archive presents a concert from the past 60 years from a range of artists and [...]
1:00 pm
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The Music Works
The best in contemporary jazz & world music The best in contemporary jazz, world, and related music presented by Chris Deacon.[...]
2:00 pm
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Bert Whelan’s Golden Years of Music: You Must Remember This
In You Must Remember This, Brian Leonard presents music selected by ArtSound music guru, Bert Whelan, who has a formidable knowledge of [...]
4:00 pm
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Music Collector
An hour of quality popular music from the heyday of radio – the 1940s to the 1970s.
5:00 pm
View more A Jazz Hour with Barry O’Sullivan
Barry O’Sullivan’s nationally broadcast program, in its 14th year on the Community Radio Network. From his home base in The Blue Mountains, he presents contemporary and occasionally nostalgic jazz from Australia and elsewhere..
6:00 pm
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Woodsongs
Take a trip to Lexington, Kentucky, for all your blues and roots and folk needs. A celebration of grassroots music and the artists who make it.
7:00 pm
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Hit Parade of Yesterday
On air since 1978 with vintage music from the 20s & 30s: jazz, big bands, and some Australian bands, personalities, and music from the movies.
8:00 pm
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Across the Tracks
Alex Imaschew combines everything from '50s R&B to '60s jazz to retro soul with compelling personal stories for good measure.
9:00 pm
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Aladdin’s Cave
Alex Imaschew takes you on a musical adventure of classic blues and roots music.
10:30 pm
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Dirt Music
"Roots and roll" rock journalist Stuart Cope presents a cross section of roots-based music ranging from blues to alt-country, soul, R&B, reggae, and [...]
12:30 am
View more After Hours
Relax with “After Hours” ArtSound FM’s soundscape of seamless jazz, folk and blues throughout the predawn hours.
1:30 am
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Arts Alive
Arts Alive, produced in Melbourne by the Independent Media Foundation, presents reports from around Australia and occasionally NZ and Singapore: news and current events, guest of the week, and a review.
9:00 am
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Sounds Folk
The best folk music The best in current and past folk music and its many associated styles.[...]
10:00 am
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A Jazz Experience
The whole history of the genre A team of ArtSound's friendliest presenters bring you their favourite tracks and discoveries from throughout [...]
12:00 pm
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Arts About
Neil Doody provides a look back at the best arts content from the week, and previews some from the week ahead <iframe [...]
1:00 pm
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Sounds Classical
Classical music from the Renaissance through to today, often with a weekly theme.
2:00 pm
View more ArtSound Radio Theatre
A half hour of contemporary short plays either written specifically for radio by Canberra playwrights, or classic plays selected from the Artsound sound [...]
4:00 pm
View more Poetry on the Radio
A weekly program, with readings, discussions, and news relating to Canberra-region poets and poetry. Hosted by Kimberly K. Williams and Peter Searles, [...]
4:30 pm
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Jazz Album Explorations
Dirk Zeylmans and Flynn Marcus, two founts of jazz knowledge, will return with a new program with a self-explanatory title.[...]
5:00 pm
View more The Music of Now
Classical pianist Jacob Wu is your guide to innovations of the last 80 years in orchestral, chamber, and other music, including Australian contributions.[...]
6:00 pm
View more Early Music Experience
Mark Shepheard explores European music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras.
7:00 pm
View more Concert Hall
The best of Canberra performances of all forms of classical music performed by local and international solo instruments, voices, ensembles, orchestras, and choirs at such venues as the ANU School of Music, the Wesley Music Centre, the National Gallery, the National Library, and local churches.
8:00 pm
View more Arts About
Neil Doody provides a look back at the best arts content from the week, and previews some from the week ahead <iframe [...]
10:00 pm
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The Phantom Dancer
1920s-30s singer Greg Poppleton hosts a non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio. With high energy music, first hand history from original radio broadcasts, and little talk. Won the CBAA Best Music Show Award in 2007 and was a finalist in 2016.
11:00 pm
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The Bohemian Beat
Riddhi explores poetry and its influence on music and culture through the ages.
12:00 am
View more After Hours
Relax with “After Hours” ArtSound FM’s soundscape of seamless jazz, folk and blues throughout the predawn hours.
1:00 am
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