julie shapiro

Radiotopia's Julie Shapiro shares her love of riot grrrl and The National on Don't Look Back

The sounds of Julie Shapiro's life

Emma Alberici

From hard partying clubhead to hard hitting journalist, get to know the real Emma Alberici and why one pivotal Sting song means so much to her.

Emma Alberici: from hard partying clubhead to hard hitting journalist

How Karen Carpenter’s virtuosic percussive skills and haunting vocal qualities fuelled Bic’s rebel heart

How Karen Carpenter fuelled Bic Runga's rebel heart

Gawurra reflects on the people and events that got him to where he is today and contemplates where his music might take him into the future.

GAWURRA

Whether she’s fronting Blue King Brown, in solo mode or collaborating with Jamaica’s most talented artists, her creative drives are almost always focused on elevating consciousness and the greater good.

The song that continues to give hope and energy to Nattali Rize's mission

Most of the things he stated 30, 40 years ago are playing out in 3D slow motion. And it’s unfortunate that Nigeria has not moved forward in the last 40 years.

Why Fela Kuti’s songs still resonate in Nigeria today

Tony Martin

The Clean's raw infectious melodicism would mark an important turning point in the comedian's life

The Clean changed the way Tony Martin thought about music

Living Colour erupted in the mid 80s with some of the most raucous and distinctive sounds of the day

The songs that taught Living Colour to be fearless

Naoko Yamano tells us about the first time she heard The Beatles

The 'tasty' classic song that blew Naoko from Shonen Knife's mind

Rob Snarski of The Blackeyed Susans reflects on the power of Nancy Sinatra's 'Bang Bang'

Crushing but perfect: the classic pop song that sticks with Rob Snarski

A music podcast with Caz Tran that explores how music soundtracks, punctuates and permeates our life. An intimate look at how a single song can express who we are, what we're going though and where we're heading.

Fiona Horne

Def FX's Fiona Horne lets us know which song got her through the highs and lows of her life.

Def FX's Fiona Horne had one song that stuck with her

David Wenham

Over four decades on, the magnificence of this classical piece still transports him back into his eight-year-old self.

The one piece of music that David Wenham cannot shake

Sarah Blasko

Sarah Blasko was told in high school that she didn't have a musical bone in her body. She has carried that with her over her prolific and successful career.

The movie soundtracks that loom large in Sarah Blasko’s life

Van Morrison

The song ‘seared’ in Giarrusso’s heart comes from a seminal album by Van Morrison. It speaks to his romantic Italian sensibilities.

Connecting the dots between Underground Lovers, Italian cinema and Van Morrison

George Michael

Kumi Taguchi

As a journalist and host of the ABC’s ethics and faith based program Compass, Kumi Taguchi has a passion for life’s important questions. George Michael helped create that passion.

How George Michael taught Kumi Taguchi about humanity

Andrew Bird

Andrew Bird talks about a Townes Van Zandt song that flicked a switch in him, challenging his views as a musical artist.

How Andrew Bird found his own unique approach to songwriting

Dionne Farris was singing about, not just me, but all women out there who wanna say it but can’t.

The song that taught Christine Anu to speak her truth

David Bridie

Released in 1981, the Talking Heads hit Once In A Lifetime made its mark as an instant classic. To David Bridie, who has had a long, varied and distinguished career, this song, and the album it’s from, provide him with the simple pleasure of enjoyment as a listener.

David Bridie unpacks the many layers of a Talking Heads classic

Kylie Auldist

Millie Jackson's classic 1974 track ‘(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want To Be Right’ blew a young Kylie Auldist's mind. But she won't be following in the footsteps of the legendary soul singer when it comes to subject matter of her songs.

The shocking soul song that jolted Kylie Auldist

It’s not entirely surprising that Descendents drummer Bill Stevenson would have a broad and rich range of musical influences. He recounts loving each of the hundreds of 7” singles his parents owned and allowed him to play to ruination on his little record player. Songs by Frank Sinatra, the swinging jazz of Louis Prima, for instance. What is a little surprising is that he chose a country pop tune, made famous by Kenny Rogers, for Don't Look Back.

The country pop song that inspired a Descendents and Black Flag legend

I like her taste in some of who she hosts on her podcast

Good idea

This podcast interviews some of my favorite artist, but even then it is nearly unlistenable due to massive changes in audio volume and quality between each clip. The phone interviews will be muffled, and if i turn it up enough to hear them, the host’s voice burst my eardrums. Please please keep up the content, but also work on production quality.

Great content, terrible production quality

Don't Look Back Podcast

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