Jimmy Barnes - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby

During a 1990 Christmas tour break, in a New South Wales home studio with his band, and a phone number from Michael Gudinski, Jimmy Barnes created some of his best work. Rock singers have long been inspired by soul singers. In this case, the rock singer became the soul singer. The song, release…

Hannah Crofts - Best In Show (Baby Velvet)

Hannah Crofts has already had an extensive music career, notably with the four piece band All Our Exes Live In Texas. But it’s a song off her debut album under the name Baby Velvet that’s been chosen as some of her best. The song’s not new. It’s been on the Exes set list for years, starting with …

Special: Tim Wheatley - Because I Love You (The Masters Apprentices)

Glenn Wheatley was a legendary Australian talent manager, promoter and musician himself in The Masters Apprentices. Known for his reach across both music and media, he steered both John Farnham and Delta Goodrem to the top of Australian music. In February 2022 he died from health complications ca…

Henry Wagons - Goodtown

Wagons had be building a cult-like following throughout Melbourne pub live music scene in the 2000s. Atop this wave of local fandom came some of his best work, Goodtown, released in 2009. From there the Glen Waverly kid and his band were invited to play the Big Day Out - a rare booking for a coun…

Tim Steward - Wrote You Off (Screamfeeder)

Looking back Tim’s song should’ve been the single on their second album released in 1993. The mood of the day was for heavier song, and Wrote You Off was sidelined.   screamfeeder.com Wrote You Off, Screamfeeder, 1993   New single 'Don't Get Me Started' from forthcoming album 'Five Rooms' out…

Chris Parker - This Is How I Felt

"It's like Pride and Prejudice but rather than Mr Darcy it's a gay man and two museums" - Chris Parker A touching story of passing time during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns in New Zealand. Actor and comedian Chris Parker was sent out for supplies and returned with a felting kit. Documenting th…

Alice Fraser - D’Ancey LaGuarde synopsis

With the Trump Presidency news bearing down on us all Alice Fraser decided to split reality and create a daily news podcast about another world. The Last Post became an escape that garnered a cult-like enthusiasm from the audience and jokes that persist to this day. But there's a single sentence …

Lawrence Mooney - "Good on you"

It began on the couch, in front of Q&A on ABCTV, with Lawrence impersonating Malcolm Turnbull, casually berating the other panelists. On the suggestion of his wife, Lawrence began including the impersonations of Sydney's eastern suburbs Member of Parliament in his stand up shows. Minister Turnbul…

UPDATE: Special Edition Comedy Series

Branching out from artists and bands we're doing a short run featuring comedians talking about their best work. The format is a little shorter but the stories are just as transformative. First episode features Lawrence Mooney. Out this weekend.

Gaby Moreno - Fronteras

Subscribe to Mushroom podcasts and support original Australian music journalism. You'll get them early and ad-free. Only $4 per month. FREE trial on Apple Podcasts.   "I was just thinking about what it means to be a Latin immigrant in the US" - Gaby Monero In her Los Angeles living room the son…