Podcast Episodes

StreetMusicMap Radio is the podcast featuring street musicians from Melbourne:

Belgian born, Melbourne based singer-songwriter Romanie Assez reveals how performing on the streets of Melbourne contributes to identifying which original songs have an immediate response from a passerby audience. And in what manner the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her most recent work.
Interview recorded on August 8, 2021 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Fake Friends”, “I’m Anything (But Myself Around You)”, “Stranger In My Skin”, “This Is Not A Love Song”, “Burnt”, “Scars”, “Changing”, “Little Big Steps”. All songs written by Romanie.
www.romaniemusic.com/
www.instagram.com/romaniemusic/
www.facebook.com/romaniemusic
romaniemusic.bandcamp.com/
@romaniemusic
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Singaporean Australian Tim Chou​ explains how busking nurtured his career as a music performer in Melbourne. ​
Interview recorded on August 7, 2021 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Created Me”, “Deep In The Ocean”, “Headlines”, “Lose Somebody”, “Shouldn’t Have Fell For You”, “Thief Of Love”, “Worth The Wait”. All songs written by Tim Chou.
www.instagram.com/timchoumusic/
www.facebook.com/timchoumusic/
@timchoumusic
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Multi-instrumentalist Ania Reynolds (under her Synthotronica moniker) brings electro-grooves into the streets of Melbourne.
Interview recorded on July 8, 2021 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Dafne”, “Donky”, “Uforik”, “A Lot of Good Things Happened Today”, “I’m Asking for a Friend”. All songs written by Ania Reynolds.
www.aniareynolds.com/
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Colombian Melbourne based singer ALETHIA reveals how her busking experience in Australia influences her performance on stage.
Interview recorded on July 1, 2021 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Closer”, “Destino”, “Recuérdame”, “Sometimes I Feel That Way”. All songs written by ALETHIA.
www.alethiamusic.com/
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Argentine composer and multi-instrumentalist Pablo Cravzov describes how busking in Melbourne helps him to improve his craft and why he enjoys the challenge of getting people’s attention on the streets throughout his music performance.
Interview recorded on June 28, 2021 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Going Away”, “Reborn”, “Slumber”. All songs written by Pablo Cravzov.
www.instagram.com/cravzov/
www.facebook.com/cravzov
www.youtube.com/channel/UC806W85OZJC53KRIPW7MqJQ
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@cravzov
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Singer Shana Davenport explains how she got inspired by Melbourne buskers to become a street musician herself.
Interview recorded on November 8, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the song “Help”, written by Shana Davenport and Amber Barry.
www.instagram.com/shanamusicc/
www.facebook.com/shanamusicc
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Photo​ Credit​: Jordan Barling
Born in Australia and raised in Italy, singer-guitarist Zoe Mortella talks about her favourite set-up to perform on the streets of Melbourne(and how to connect with the audience that is passing by).
Interview recorded on October 23, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the song “Baby”, written by Zoe Mortella.
www.zoemortella.com/
www.instagram.com/zoemortella/
www.facebook.com/zoemortella/
@zom97
Folk singer-songwriter Ernest Aines has been performing on the streets of Melbourne since the early 2000s. After releasing an EP in 2019, Ernest started to record new songs during the 2020 COVID lockdown. His first full album is coming up in 2021. He has won The City of Melbourne online busking competition with his song “Heartwood”, as well as being awarded Runner Up in the The Cygnet Folk Festival Song Competition 2020. He has also played at the award-winning online music festival Isol-Aid plus the 2021 International Folk Alliance Sounds Australia Showcase.
Interview recorded on October 12, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “River Mouth”, “Seasons”, “You’re a Garden”, “Heartwood”, “Already Found”, “Thumb”. All songs written by Ernest Aines.
www.ernestaines.com/
www.instagram.com/ernest_aines/
twitter.com/ErnestAines
www.facebook.com/ernestainesmusic
@ernestaines
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UK Australian based singer-songwriter Poppy WS shares her busking experiences on the streets of cities like Melbourne and Manchester.
Recorded on October 28, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Bella”, “Drown”, “Risky Business”, “Someone Else”. All songs written by Poppy WS.
https://poppyws.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/poppyws
https://www.instagram.com/poppyws/
https://www.facebook.com/poppyws
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Multi-instrumentalist Ben Fumi (singer of Mojo Jacket) shares his busking experiences in Melbourne (Victoria), Byron Bay (New South Wales), and Queenstown (New Zealand).
Recorded on October 19, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “The Movie Song”, Scarlet Woman”, “Offering”, “Magic Rendezvous”, “3 Girls”, “Stay”. All songs written by Ben Fumi.
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www.facebook.com/mojojacket
www.instagram.com/mojojacket/
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Born and raised in Far North Queensland, based in Tasmania and a regular Melbourne busker, singer-songwriter Tasha Zappala released 4 albums in the last 4 years, a body of work full of post-folk blues and gypsy melodies.
Recorded on October 23, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Sweet Love”, “Flores”, “Dreambox”, “Glass Eyes”, “It’s Always Morning Time”, “Kafka”, “Reflections”, “Dreamstate”, “Murakami Love Song”. All songs written by Tasha Zappala.
www.instagram.com/tashazappala/
tashazappala.bandcamp.com/
@tashazappala
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www.facebook.com/TashaZappalaDotCom
Since his arrival in Melbourne 5 years ago, Colombian singer-songwriter Sebastian Lugo has been performing rock ballads and electronic vibes around the Central Business District’s sidewalks.
Recorded on November 3, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Nena” (feat. Sebastian Lugo & MC Seba), “Please Come Back ” (feat. Ruby-Sofia & Sarah Ryan), “Un Par De Palabras”. All songs written and produced by the Anunnaki production team.
Sebastian Lugo
www.instagram.com/sebastian_lugo_oficial/
www.facebook.com/SebastianLugoOficial/
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Anunnaki
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Photo Credit: Alistair Wallace
Los Angeles Melbourne-based Noah Peters shares his experiences about busking in Australia and in the USA.
Recorded on October 16, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Double Edge Blade”, “Help Me Stand”, “Ray”, “The Man”, “The World Won’t Change “. All songs written by Noah Peters.
www.instagram.com/therealnoahpeters/
www.facebook.com/noahpetersmusic/
@user6217251
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Singaporean Melbourne-based Glen Wee presents his indie folk songs on the streets, turning the sidewalks into intimate outdoor venues.
Recorded on November 3, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Walking on the Side”, “Carelessly”, “Paper Man”, “Send Me An Angel”, “Sound of Clouds”, “House of Stone”, “Fairy Eyes” feat. Eilish McGregor (Acoustic). All songs written by Glen Wee.
www.instagram.com/glenweemusic/
www.facebook.com/glenweemusic/
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Round About Amy keeps looping on the streets of Melbourne, bringing up original songs by the sidewalks.
Recorded on October 28, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Cord Line” and “Don’t You Grow Up”. All songs written by Amy Cumming.
www.facebook.com/roundaboutamy/
www.instagram.com/roundaboutamy/
Singer-songwriter Jacob Fitzgerald captivates the streets of Melbourne with beautiful melodies. With a second album coming up, he enjoys, while busking, the encounters provided by playing on the sidewalks.
Recorded on October 14, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Adore Ya”, “Blue”, “Dear Juliet”, “Forever Yours”, “Him”, and “My Brother”. All songs written by Jacob Fitzgerald.
www.jacobfitzgerald.com.au/
www.instagram.com/jacob.fitzgerald/
www.facebook.com/jacobfitzgerald.music
twitter.com/jacobfitzmusic
Multi-instrumentalist Steph Strings enjoys performing on Sundays at the Camberwell Sunday Market, a few kilometers east from Melbourne’s Central Business District. The 20 year old virtuoso guitar player is one of the best examples why Melbourne’s street music scene goes beyond Bourke Street.
Recorded on October 27, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
All songs written by Steph Strings.
www.instagram.com/stephstringsmusic/
www.facebook.com/stephstrings/
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Solo artist Belle Lynch blends street performances in Melbourne with corporate gigs as well. Close to release her first original songs, Lynch’s setlist on the streets is covered by indie, pop and folky tunes.
Recorded on August 13, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
www.instagram.com/bellelynchmusic/
www.facebook.com/bellelynchmusic/
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Melbourne’s blues talent Aaron Pollock, 2020 finalist at the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, USA, also performs his art on Bourke Street Mall.
Recorded on September 25, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Brown Ave Blues”, “Girl, You Make Me Feel So Lonesome”, “All That Becomes”, “Song At Sea”, “Too Much Thinking”, “Fear Of Flying”, and “Damn”. All songs written by Aaron Pollock.
aaronpollockmusic.com/
www.facebook.com/Aaronpollockmusic/
www.instagram.com/aaronpollock.music/
R&B and Pop singer-songwriter JXCKY has been performing on the streets of Melbourne since 2017.
Recorded on August 12, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Drive Thru”, “Where You Been” and “Paper Town” (written by Daniel Roughley, recorded by JXCKY).
www.facebook.com/jxckymusic
www.instagram.com/jxckymusic
twitter.com/jxckymusic
Photo Credit: Jane Novella
Jesse Witney is an independent artist who mixes Soul, Brazilian and Roots music through his original songs. Born in a small town in Queensland called Gympie, Jesse currently lives in Melbourne, Australia, after living in Europe (Berlin, Germany) and South America (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Recorded on July 30, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Ao Seu Redor”, “Apple of My Eye”, “Australia”, “Be It”, “Hold You”, “Make You Mine”, “Paradise”, “Rescue Me”, “Teresa Teresinha”, “The System”.
www.jessewitney.com/
www.facebook.com/jessewitneymusic/
www.instagram.com/jessewitney/
Photo Credit: Ellen Burbidge
Perth born singer-songwriter Simon Paparo has been performing his folk, blues, country and pop tunes since 2014 on the streets of Melbourne.
Recorded on October 19, 2019 (Bourke Street, Melbourne Central Business District), and July 3, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Blood’s Thicker Than Water”, “Butterfly”, “Firefly”, “Flesh & Bone”, “Fly Screen Door”, “Gold At Midnight”, “Grown”, “Keep On Keepin’ On”, “No Borders”.
fourdoorsstudios.com.au/
www.simonpaparo.com
www.facebook.com/paparosimon/
www.instagram.com/simonpaparo/
Photo Credit: Kate Shanasy – www.instagram.com/kateshanasy/
BRazaman is a reggae singer-songwriter from Brazil who has been performing his live looping act in the streets of Melbourne since 2015.
Recorded on October 23, 2019 (Bourke Street, Melbourne Central Business District), and July 3, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri.
Music excerpts from the songs “Ancestah”, “Blind Leader”, “Warfare” (feat. Belle), “King of Kings”, “No Black No White” (feat. Ras JahKnow), “Under The Sun”, “Keep The Faith”.
www.brazaman.com
www.facebook.com/brazamanpage/
www.instagram.com/brazaman.music/
Photo Credit: Fernando Ximeno
Matt Katsis, singer-songwriter and guitarist, has been performing in the streets of Melbourne since 2012, inspired by one of his musical heroes, John Butler, who used to busk on the sidewalks of Fremantle, Western Australia, back in the mid-1990s.
Born and raised in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Matt Katsis, shares his thoughts about busking and his current projects: “The last time I went out busking was March 20th [2020] and my last venue gig was the next day. The week that came after was when the lockdown kicked up a gear and things quickly began shutting down. A couple weeks in I knew I needed to keep playing to stay sane. So I decided to put together some songs from home where I’d play an original on a Tuesday and a cover on a Thursday, and share these on my socials week to week. It’s been a great way to keep my chops up, even though the usual live platforms so quickly had the rug pulled out from under us. The sessions are called the ‘Majik Kactus Sessions’ and just last week was the 15th episode [mid-June 2020]. I’m taking a little hiatus from the sessions now to work on demoing some new songs for future releases and I am working on some other recording projects. As well as the sessions, I played a couple live streams: a couple local theatres here in Bendigo hosted one of the shows – and the other was a virtual pub put together by the good folk of Mornington Peninsula.”
Recorded on June 29, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Music excerpts from the songs “All I Wanna Do Is Fly”, “Call me the Breeze”, “Colours”, “Crossroads”, “Need You Here”, “Shame Shame Shame”, “Sunny’s Blues”, “Tomorrow & The Next Day”, “You & My Guitar”.
www.mattkatsis.com
www.facebook.com/mattkatsismusic/
www.instagram.com/mattkatsismusic/
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Blending soul, jazz and electro pop on the streets of Melbourne, Tanya George has been reaching new grounds at the circuit of festivals as well (such as the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, and the St Kilda and Queenscliff last editions). With a body of work that combines impressive vocal skills, loop pedals and improvisation, Tanya also shares her thoughts about the creative process during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recorded on October 17, 2019 (nearby the Palais Theatre, St Kilda) and June 15, 2020 (Zoom recording) by Daniel Bacchieri, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Music excerpts from the songs “Broke Ass Girl”, “The Lie”, “Warm”, “The Will”, “Rise and Fall”, “Writing Machine”, “Anxiety”. All songs written by Tanya George (“Broke Ass Girl”, “The Lie”, “The Will” are co-written with Tommy Spender).
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