Letter from Australia (May-July 2008) Credibility
As Gordon Brown and the Tony Blair legacy fall apart in the UK; as the Democrats turn away from the trusted Clinton team to take a chance on a new young man; as tremors run through the world’s financial markets and as Australians begin to question whether Kevin Rudd has that X factor which defines leadership - after only six months in the job - our theme in this Letter from Australia is credibility. We also pay tribute to the great Australian broadcaster John Cargher.
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Letter From Australia - Part 1 (14534kb)
Letter from Australia Part Two (13017kb)
This month’s music features Andrew Baylor, Jose Carbo and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Dame Nellie Melba, La Stupenda, William Barton and Sean O’Boyle, Joanne Cole with music by Moya Henderson and Judith Rodriguez, Barry Conyngham and Murray Copland, Kev Carmody and Djalu Gurrwiwi. Our theme: Credibility
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Music in this letter includes:
Strange Land, Andrew Baylor, The Bush is Full of Ghosts 1993-1996
Jose Carbo, Toreador, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, 19/10/2007
Wind – William Barton, Didgerido/Yidaki,
Dame Nellie Melba, “Home Sweet Home”
Joan Sutherland, Santo di patria …Allor che I forti corrono.. Da te questo or me’e concesso, The Age of Bel Canto, Decca, 1991
Banish the Budget Blues
Joanne Cole as Lindy Chamberlain in the Opera Lindy by Moya Henderson and Judith Rodriguez, recorded at the Sydney Opera House in 2006
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Joan Sutherland, Light as Thistle Down, The Age of Bel Canto, Decca, 1991
Kevin Carmody, Thou Shall Not Steal
Djalu Gurruwiwu, Teaches and Plays Yidaki, Yothu Yindi Foundation 2001
The loose manifesto of the quarterly commentary is to:
1) To use the internet as creatively as possible to generate alternative ideas and critical perspectives;
2) Draw attention to high quality Australian music that is often ignored or not played by mainstream, formulaic radio outlets;
3) Continually serve it up to Australia's monopoly, mainstream news outlets, especially the Murdoch press;
4) Try to maintain an ordinary citizen's eye-view of current news and events and what is important;
5) Take a regional, remote and rural eye-view of current news and events;
6) Speak to the international and expatriate audience about Australian issues;
7). Never sit on the fence!
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