Your Music and Arts Companion.
ArtSound FM delivers a wide variety of fine music and arts programming on two frequencies across the ACT, and also streaming on the web. Now celebrating 20 years of great art sound, this community station plays a mix of jazz, classical, folk, blues and world music. ArtSound FM is a member of the Australian Fine Music Network.
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After Hours
After Hours
Relax with ArtSound FM’s soundscape of seamless jazz, folk, and blues throughout the predawn hours.
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Arts About
Arts About
Neil Doody provides a look back at the best arts content from the week, and previews some from the week ahead
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Arts Café
Arts Café
The “Arts Café” opens its doors to bring you a smorgasbord of bright music, interviews, arts stories from the region, plus a summary of the day’s world events.
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ArtSound Radio Theatre
ArtSound Radio Theatre
Contemporary plays written specifically for radio by Canberra playwrights, or classic plays selected from the Artsound sound archive, performed by Canberra region actors
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The ArtSound Recorded Music Society
The ArtSound Recorded Music Society
Where ArtSound presenters (and sometimes listeners) share a particularly interesting recording from their collections, and explain why they admire it.
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Artstarter
Artstarter
A lively music with arts-related news, interviews, and information. Also includes Australian Independent Radio News, Arts Diary, and weather and traffic bulletins.
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Beale Street Caravan
Bohemian Beat
Bohemian Beat
Riddhi explores poetry and its influence on music and culture through the ages.
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The Breeze
Classical Mood
Concert Hall
Concert Hall
ArtSound’s Concert Hall presents the Young Virtuoso Special, featuring performances by the finalists of the ACT Young Virtuoso Awards
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Concert Hall
Dirt Music
Dirt Music
Stuart Cope presents a cross section of roots-based music ranging from blues to alt-country, soul, R&B, reggae, and rock'n'roll
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Down in the Basement
Down in the Basement
Two hours mix of jazz and blues and their many variants including bluesy jazz and jazzy blues.
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Driveway
Driveway
Various presenters bring you arts news along with music from all around ArtSound's world of fresh, innovative sound palette.
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Early Music Experience
Early Music Experience
Mark Shepheard explores European music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras.
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Exploring Music
Friday Night Live
Hit Parade of Yesterday
Hit Parade of Yesterday
Jazz, big bands, and some Australian bands, personalities, and music from the movies
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Hot, Sweet & Jazzy
Hot, Sweet & Jazzy
A rotating line-up of six jazz aficionados playing tunes from across and near the genre, from America, Australia, Europe, and including rare recordings.
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In Conversation
Jazz Album Explorations
Jazz Album Explorations
Dirk Zeylmans and Flynn Marcus, two founts of jazz knowledge, will return with a new program with a self-explanatory title.
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A Jazz Experience
A Jazz Experience
ArtSound's friendliest presenters bring you their favourite tracks and discoveries from throughout the long, storied history of jazz.
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Jazz Frontiers
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.
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A Jazz Hour with Barry O'Sullivan
A Jazz Hour with Barry O'Sullivan
Barry O’Sullivan presents contemporary and occasionally nostalgic jazz from Australia and elsewhere..
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Leaves of Bluegrass
Leaves of Bluegrass
Rich Pascal brings you the best bluegrass music, and music adjacent to bluegrass, with plenty of historical and cultural context.
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Let the Bands Play
Live Archive
The Magic of Music
The Magic of Music
Len Power presents music selected by ArtSound music guru, Bert Whelan
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Movie Club
Music Collector
The Music of Now
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.
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The Musicworks
The Musicworks
The best in contemporary jazz, world, and related music presented by Chris Deacon.
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New York Jazz
Pacific Neighbours
Pacific Neighbours
Diplomats and other professions, from countries that lie on the Pacific Ocean present an hour of music of their nations in its cultural context.
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The Phantom Dancer
Poetry on the Radio
Poetry on the Radio
Unveiling the essence of poetry in the Canberra region, ArtSound FM's "Poetry on the Radio" is your weekly ticket to a world of captivating rhythms and thought-provoking words.
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Putumayo World Music Hour
Revolt Into Sound
Senior Memories
Sounds Folk
Sounds Folk
The best folk music. The best in current and past folk music and its many associated styles.
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Tiki Lounge Remix
Ultima Thule
Woodsongs
World Vibe
World Vibe
A captivating journey through sound. Experience the pulsating rhythms of the world
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You Must Remember This
You Must Remember This
Brian Leonard presents music selected by Bert Whelan, who has a knowledge of music from the classics to light orchestral to the American Songbook and Broadway.
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