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Sounds of Australia 2020
Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance have been added to Sounds of Australia for 2020.  This year's inductees include radio show Martin/Molloy, Arnhem Land...
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Lillian Roxon - music journalist, Mother of Rock
Dubbed 'the mother of rock', Lillian Roxon was the most influential rock journalist in the world from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. One of the first writers to take rock music seriously, her...
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Vale Singer-Songwriter Max Merritt
Thorsten Kaeding pays tribute to Max Merritt, the New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and lead singer of Max Merritt & The Meteors.
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Elton John: Rare Interviews in Australia
To celebrate Sir Elton John's farewell tour, we've found some rare press conferences and interviews from previous visits to Australia in 1974, 1984 and 1988.
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Australian writer Lillian Roxon
Australian journalist Lillian Roxon was one of the first to take rock and punk music seriously.
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Vale Anthony O'Grady, Rock Journalist and Music Press Pioneer
We pay tribute to rock journalist and NFSA Oral History interviewer, Anthony O'Grady.
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Vale Bernard 'Doc' Neeson
With the passing of Doc Neeson we have lost an icon of Australian rock, writes sound curator Thorsten Kaeding.
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What’s new and good in rock?
In this brief but brilliant round-up Lillian Roxon speaks with a sense of urgency – talking at a mile a minute in order to review albums and mention acts she hasn’t had time to focus on in her radio...
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Can Lou Reed Surface From The Velvet Underground
Lillian Roxon champions ahead-of-their-time band The Velvet Underground and lead singer Lou Reed, who is about to strike out on his own. Lou Reed was a regular at Roxon's New York haunt Max's Kansas...
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Can a Boy Named Iggy Be the Silver Messiah
Known as ‘the Mother of Rock’, Lillian Roxon effectively presents herself here as being at the epicentre of music and culture in New York City in the 1970s. Fifteen years older than Iggy Pop (lead...
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