On this summery evening in the southern latitudes, we set off on a therapeutic, folky journey. Our musical sojourn begins with some more contemporary folk sounds before travelling back through the decades to enjoy a collection of British, American, and Japanese 60s and 70s folk gems. Healing tunes filled with themes of nature, landscape, and social history float gently through the selections.

Playlist:

(Intro Song) Do Your Thing by The Clean
Plume by Raspberry Terrapin
We Rode On by Movietone
Wildflower by Charlotte Allison
Wagoner's Lad by Shelley Short
Dirty Old Town by Gary Shearston
The Seasons by Lizzie Higgins
Cobweb of Dreams by Sara Grey with Ed Trickett
Silver Birch and Weeping Willow by Mary Hopkins
Scarborough Fair by Folkal Point
Like Never Before by Bridget St John
The Parting Glass by The Minor Birds
みんな夢でありました (It Was All A Dream) by Dōji Morita

Image: Charlotte Allison - Wildflower - Single Cover (2025). 

On this summery evening in the southern latitudes, we set off on a therapeutic, folky journey. Our musical sojourn begins with some more contemporary folk sounds before travelling back through the decades to enjoy a collection of British, American, and Japanese 60s and 70s folk gems. Healing tunes filled with themes of nature, landscape, and social history float gently through the selections.
Playlist:
(Intro Song) Do Your Thing by The Clean
<ol>
<li>Plume by Raspberry Terrapin</li>
<li>We Rode On by Movietone</li>
<li>Wildflower by&nbsp;Charlotte Allison</li>
<li>Wagoner's Lad by Shelley Short</li>
<li>Dirty Old Town by&nbsp;Gary Shearston</li>
<li>The Seasons by&nbsp;Lizzie Higgins</li>
<li>Cobweb of Dreams by&nbsp;Sara Grey with Ed Trickett</li>
<li>Silver Birch and Weeping Willow by&nbsp;Mary Hopkins</li>
<li>Scarborough Fair by&nbsp;Folkal Point</li>
<li>Like Never Before by&nbsp;Bridget St John</li>
<li>The Parting Glass by&nbsp;The Minor Birds</li>
<li>みんな夢でありました (It Was All A Dream) by Dōji Morita</li>
</ol>
Image: Charlotte Allison - Wildflower - Single Cover (2025).&nbsp;

A weekly music based show on Thursday evenings between 8pm - 9pm (AEDT). A sharing of a record collection, a journey through old favourites, recommendations, discoveries from the depths of the inter web, record shop finds and current musical obsessions.

Exploring but not limited to the following musical worlds:

New Zealand guitar pop, post punk and Lo-fi sounds.

"Stories from the Australian Underground" with a focus on the mid 70s to late 80s and beyond. Punk, post punk, folk freaks and indie releases. The Australian sounds will be rounded out with a smattering of the current "Australian underground hustle".

Good roots/country music. Poetry from the dust and highways. Not what you may come across today, which as Tom Petty said ‘is basically a bad rock band with a fiddle’! From Hank to Townes to Emmylou and plenty of ‘Cosmic American Music’.

British and American folk, tied in with some good old blues. Plenty of Chicago Chess Record sounds with a journey down the Mississippi River to the northern hill country of Mississippi for some dirty country blues finishing with a side trip to Texas for some Lightnin’ Hopkins licks.

Some weeks may also feature a sprinkling of east coast hip hop, jazz, Ethiopian grooves (good for the soul), African desert blues and Greek Rebetika folk music from the depths of Asia Minor. Psych, garage rock to proto-punk, indie, shoe-gaze, dream pop, ambient and general noise. Blah blah blah.

See ya on the airwaves.

D.

To get in touch, email: doyourthing3mdr@gmail.com

Instagram: @doyourthing3mdr

Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/doyourthing3mdr

Do Your Thing would like to thank the following subscribers:

Business Subscribers:

Passport Travel - passporttravel.com.au | facebook.com/passport.travel.7

Artist Subscribers:

dB Koop - dbkoop.bandcamp.com | soundcloud.com/dbkoop

Listener Subscribers:

Jo & Andy from The Patch | Matt from Silvan | Kerstin from Research | Artpunk from Monbulk | Barb & Ro from Montrose | Daisy the Boarder Collie from Avonsleigh

A weekly music based show on Thursday evenings between 8pm - 9pm (AEDT). A sharing of a record collection, a journey through old favourites, recommendations, discoveries from the depths of the inter web, record shop finds and current musical obsessions.
Exploring but not limited to the following musical worlds:
New Zealand guitar pop, post punk and Lo-fi sounds.
"Stories from the Australian Underground" with a focus on the mid 70s to late 80s and beyond. Punk, post punk, folk freaks and indie releases. The Australian sounds will be rounded out with a smattering of the current "Australian underground hustle".
Good roots/country music. Poetry from the dust and highways. Not what you may come across today, which as Tom Petty said &lsquo;is basically a bad rock band with a fiddle&rsquo;! From Hank to Townes to Emmylou and plenty of &lsquo;Cosmic American Music&rsquo;.
British and American folk, tied in with some good old blues. Plenty of Chicago Chess Record sounds with a journey down the Mississippi River to the northern hill country of Mississippi for some dirty country blues finishing with a side trip to Texas for some Lightnin&rsquo; Hopkins licks.
Some weeks may also feature a sprinkling of east coast hip hop, jazz, Ethiopian grooves (good for the soul), African desert blues and Greek Rebetika folk music from the depths of Asia Minor. Psych, garage rock to proto-punk, indie, shoe-gaze, dream pop, ambient and general noise. Blah blah blah.
See ya on the airwaves.
D.
To get in touch, email: <a href="mailto:doyourthing3mdr@gmail.com">doyourthing3mdr@gmail.com</a>
Instagram: @doyourthing3mdr
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/doyourthing3mdr
Do Your Thing would like to thank the following subscribers:
Business Subscribers:
Passport Travel - passporttravel.com.au | facebook.com/passport.travel.7
Artist Subscribers:
dB Koop - dbkoop.bandcamp.com | soundcloud.com/dbkoop
Listener Subscribers:
Jo &amp; Andy from The Patch | Matt from Silvan | Kerstin from Research | Artpunk from Monbulk | Barb &amp; Ro from Montrose | Daisy the Boarder Collie from Avonsleigh