Betoota Talks

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a wave of muso guests, this week the editors are joined by the esteemed Shari Sebbens and Meyne Wyatt, talking about their recent stage production CITY OF GOLD. As established performers in both theatre and screen, the guests explain their journeys from drama school into acting, and subsequently writing and directing. How do Indigenous performers from small towns get into this industry? What do you with yourselves during the dry spells between gigs? And how do you pull off a play of this size during COVID?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we talk to an icon of Australian music. TCD joins us to talk about how he picked 50 songs from 50 different towns for his new album, how it felt to pass Slim on the Golden Guitar awards list, where too now for his Bunnies and plenty more. Have a listen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Iconic Australian rock band The Hoodoo Gurus are back with their their 10th studio album, Chariot of the Gods. The Betoota Advocate sits down with their frontman, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist Dave Faulkner. What was life like for musicians over the last couple years? What was life like for the Hoodoo Gurus when they were coming up? When was the big moment they officially became a touring band? And how do they make music nowadays? This is a must listen for Aussie rock fans!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He's been in our ears for over a decade now, but you've never heard him like this. Former Triple J stalwart turned Australian media mercenary Tom Tilley finally joins The Betoota Advocate Podcast to discuss his wildly unconventional upbringing in rural NSW. One of four boys, raised on a 12-acre block without power and running water - in a family whose whole world revolved around a very devout branch of Pentecostalism. Before he was speaking on the airwaves, Tilley was speaking in tongues. This interview covers his journey in the church, and his eventual escape.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The glorious purge of all political interviews continues this week, as The Betoota Advocate sits down with Sydney garage rock duo The Polish Club. Speaking candidly, vocalist and guitarist David Novak and drummer John-Henry Pajak explain to the editors just what these last couple of years have been like for touring artists. They answer the big questions. Does TikTok terrify them? What is on the horizon? What makes a good song in 2022? And why the hell don't they play in actual Polish Clubs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.