MAESTRO ON THE MIC….

Back with a burst of dead air so Saturdays are back to normal with  Maestro on the Mic. We feature  good Australian music with a little from overseas.   Every Saturday between 9.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m.

Welcome to   the highest rating program on a Saturday morning blasting and bursting  its way out of Upweywaywaywayway…into the airwaves, airwaves....

Email: maestroonthemic@gmail.com

Studio text:  04971 02000

Mail: P.O. Box 405 Emerald Victoria 3782

What we did today:

 Saturday 7 February, 2026

1. Love on the radio – Skyhooks (Ego)
2. Something in the air – Thunderclap Newman
3. Everyone hates you when you’re popular – Tim Rogers and Tex Perkins (My Better Half)
4. Boys in town - Divinyls (The Essential)
5. Melanie makes me smile – The Strangers
6. Farewell Angelina – Suzette Herft & Patrick Evans (Farewell Angelina)
7. The body keeps the score – Paul Kelly (70)
8. Stuff and nonsense – Split Enz (Live, Alive Oh)
9. Silver hook tango – Kavisha Mazzella (Silver Hook Tango)
10. Into my arms – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Live God)
11. Everywhere – Mast Gully Fellers (The Great Divide)

We interviewed  Joe Jackson  from the band Great Emu War Casualties.  He spoke about their new single Donut off their forthcoming album Public Sweetheart Number 1.  We expect it to be available late March.

12. Donut – Great Emu War Casualties (Public Sweetheart Number 1)

13. Higher the monkey climb – Ska Vendors (Good Love Bad)

14. Zoop bop gold Cadillac – Daddy Cool (The Essential)

15. Brenda Lee – Floyd Thursby with Dan Witton and Harry Lye (Every Day’s Another Dance)

16. The day I lost you – Suzannah Espie (Mother’s Not Feeling Herself Today)

17. Laying with you – Kristian Mizzi (Some Other Morning)

18. My opera career’s over – Nurseratched (Catastrophically Ourselves)

19. If you need me – Lisa Miller

20. Remember – Pepper Creek Revival (It’s All Been Said)

21. Growing old disgracefully – Mic Conway (Diagonally Parked In a Parallel Universe)

22. Pretty flowers – Steve Martin and Dolly Parton

23. I could die looking at you – Jordie Lane

24. Marwa blues – George Harrison (Brainwashed)

Next Saturday 14 February we will be speaking to Larry Writer about the re-released Pleasure And Pain, the life story of Chrissie Amphlett.   We also will be speaking to Edward Nass about the open air festival on Saturday 14 February held by BADFolk in Berwick. 

Thank you to those listeners who text, emailed  or rang in during the show.