Welcome to What’s on Your Radio! Today, I chat with local singer / songwriter, Steph Bitter. Step and her band the Bittersweets play a free gig at the Handlebar in Bendigo this Sunday. Tait Poyser kicks things off at 3pm, with Steph and the Bittersweets to follow around 4pm. We'll get to know Steph through a recorded song and two live in studio acoustic versions of other tunes from her 2022 EP, Playful Thoughts of a Sentimental Heart. I also play music by other musicians performing locally, namely The Pairs, Felicity Dowd, Maddy Petch, The Arrow of Desire. You find out where they perform via the gig guide.

Welcome to What&rsquo;s on Your Radio! Today, I chat with local singer / songwriter, Steph Bitter. Step and her band the Bittersweets play a free gig at the Handlebar in Bendigo this Sunday. Tait Poyser kicks things off at 3pm, with Steph and the Bittersweets to follow around 4pm. We'll get to know Steph through a recorded song and two live in studio acoustic versions of other tunes from her 2022 EP, Playful Thoughts of a Sentimental Heart. I also play music by other musicians performing locally, namely The Pairs, Felicity Dowd, Maddy Petch, The Arrow of Desire. You find out where they perform via the gig guide.

Bendigo – situated in the geographical centre of Victoria. Should it be the central to the tour itinerary of bands playing Victoria? Yup. Could it be? Let’s you and I do what we can to make that the case! When the venues book out of town bands, I’ll aim to play them and if possible, interview them. I’ll support the local acts too, because we wanna hear local voices and sounds too, right? When you hear about these gigs and you dig the act, buy a ticket in advance. Deal? Together we can support our great local acts, while putting our beautiful regional city on the rock and roll tour map! 

Bendigo &ndash; situated in the geographical centre of Victoria. Should it be the central to the tour itinerary of bands playing Victoria? Yup. Could it be? Let&rsquo;s you and I do what we can to make that the case! When the venues book out of town bands, I&rsquo;ll aim to play them and if possible, interview them. I&rsquo;ll support the local acts too, because we wanna hear local voices and sounds too, right? When you hear about these gigs and&nbsp;you dig the act, buy a ticket in advance. Deal? Together we can support our great local acts, while putting our beautiful regional city on the rock and roll tour map!&nbsp;

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My 50th show on Phoenix FM!! On this week's show I chatted with Jay from Frankston band, The Gnomes. The Gnomes are band with serious ‘buzz’; they sold out the very large Brunswick Ballroom for their album launch in November and were RRR album of the week that month. The band will be a constant on the festival circuit for the next few months, while supporting a couple of international acts (Hockey Dad, The Viagra Boys). Most importantly for us, The Gnomes are also taking off on their own tour of iconic small Melbourne venues and…and…wait for it; finishing that mini tour in Bendigo! With thanks to Trash Cult, you can catch the band on Saturday January 31 with locals, Astrofuzz, in support. We'll get to know the 60s inspired sounds of The Gnomes by listening to their cover of the Beatles “Bad Boy”, before hearing “Better with You” and later "Time Will Tell" from their recent self-titled album. There's the usual local gig guide and tunes by The Chans, The Grogans and Sherri Parry who all play this weekend.

My 50th show on Phoenix FM!! On this week's show I chatted with Jay from Frankston band, The Gnomes. The Gnomes are band with serious &lsquo;buzz&rsquo;; they sold out the very large Brunswick Ballroom for their album launch in November and were RRR album of the week that month. The band will be a constant on the festival circuit for the next few months, while supporting a couple of international acts (Hockey Dad, The Viagra Boys). Most importantly for us, The Gnomes are also taking off on their own tour of iconic small Melbourne venues and&hellip;and&hellip;wait for it; finishing that mini tour in Bendigo! With thanks to Trash Cult, you can catch the band on Saturday January 31 with locals, Astrofuzz, in support. We'll get to know the 60s inspired sounds of The Gnomes by listening to their cover of the Beatles &ldquo;Bad Boy&rdquo;, before hearing &ldquo;Better with You&rdquo; and later "Time Will Tell" from their recent self-titled album. There's the usual local gig guide and tunes by The Chans, The Grogans and Sherri Parry who all play this weekend.

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