Episode 9 of Newcastle Muso Talk with guests Ian Lobb and Emma Hichens.In the wake of the news of the sale of the Lass O'Gowrie in Newcastle, we have our final episode for 2018. Recorded just over 2 months ago in the grand old Lass itself, we spoke with owner Ian about his background in pubs, the changes to the immediate area around his beloved ins…

Episode 8 of Newcastle Muso Talk with guest Marcus Wright.Marcus is the brains behind local promotions company Big Apachee as well as licensee at the Wicko Park Hotel. He has been involved in the local scene in a number of capacities, including on stage, in the studio and behind the scenes booking and promoting shows and bands. In 2018 he was invol…

Episode 7 of Newcastle Muso Talk with guest Kevin Bull.Kevin Bull has been sporadically active on the local scene as a photographer since as early as 1983 before spending time in Sydney in the corporate world until 2007.In 2004 he began hosting a local music show on Coast FM, in 2005 he began shooting live music again and in 2007 purchased Reverb S…

Episode 6 of Newcastle Music Talk with guest Tim Clack.Tim Clack played with Newcastle misfits Schlauncher in the early 2000's and currently plays with punk rockin' boogie merchants Pawn Logic. He is a qualified working chef on top of being a musical powerhouse, working at Bolton Street Pantry.We talked about the differences in the scene between hi…

Episode 5 of Newcastle Muso Talk with guest Helena Kitley.After moving to Newcastle from her native Coonabarabran, Helena Kitley has made a name for herself performing with Steely Divas, Glam Slam and a range of group and solo projects. Here she talks about her influences musically and vocally, her experiences playing locally at the Stag and Hunter…

Episode 3 with Jon Fox (Part 1 of 2).Jon is a renowned live sound engineer who has worked across the globe with some of rocks biggest names as well as almost every room worth mentioning in town. He drums with the Dai Pritchard Band and also in a new project with yours truly.Conversation is split into 2 parts. Part 1 deals mostly with Jon's personal…

Episode 4 with Jon Fox (Part 2 of 2).Jon is a renowned live sound engineer who has worked across the globe with some of rocks biggest names as well as almost every room worth mentioning in town. He drums with the Dai Pritchard Band and also in a new project with yours truly.Conversation is split into 2 parts. Part 1 is available online.Part 2 deals…

Episode 2 of Newcastle Muso Talk with guest Steve Simmons.Steve "Simmo" Simmons has been the voice of Maitland band Mischling for the last 20 years as well as spending time with national heavy hitters Henry's Anger and Cryogenic, schizoid metallers Cigars For The Man and his current project Whatever. We spoke about his personal background, getting …

Episode 1 of Newcastle Muso Talk with guest Troy Scerri.Troy grew up in Sydney, breaking into the local scene in the 80's in his later teenage years making a name for himself in numerous bands including White Trash and Mortal Sin. He relocated to Newcastle in 2010 and continues to play music in The Neptune Power Federation and Buffalo Revisited.Con…

The theme song for our show, from local band Gutter Dog (formerly known as Just Ace). Gutter Dog is a band I (Simon Threadgate, show host) play bass in, and this song was released on our EP in 2014. Check out the rest of the EP at http://gutterdog.bandcamp.comFirst episode of Newcastle Muso Talk goes live tomorrow, August 1.http://facebook.com/newc…