Surveying the Australian music landscape with Paul Kelly and Amanda Brown

Paul Kelly’s 29th (!) album Fever Longing Still is a modern twist on the contemporary Paul Kelly formula. An “attempt to present all kinds of love songs into one forty minute album”, it features his devoted band, vividly drawn characters, and a mature sort of melancholy. Paul performs live in The Music Show studio and talks to Andy about the album, his community of great and often young collaborators, and the How To Make Gravy film.

Amanda Brown is the recipient of this year’s Don Banks Music Award, one of the highest honours for composers in Australia. She’s in to give the lie of the land for composers and working musicians who are facing threats from AI, pitiful streaming royalties and an uncertain future for Australian screen content quotas.