Stereo Stories now on Soundcloud
Stereo Stories has dipped its toes into the world of Soundcloud, with selected recordings from recent gigs now available for your listening pleasure!
Stereo Stories Live 2015: hitting the high notes at Willy Lit Fest
The Stereo Stories Band of writers and musicians during the finale at Williamstown Town Hall. (Absent: writer Nick Gadd, musician Reuben Maskell.) Many thanks to the 2015 Williamstown Literary Festival for the opportunity to present Stereo Stories in concert in the grand Williamstown Town Hall on Saturday evening 13 June. The show featured [...]
GROWIN’ UP by SPRINGSTEEN Story by Jack Gramski
Jack Gramski Western suburbs, Melbourne, circa 2005Everyone I'd grown up with was changing: getting jobs, having kids, moving away, finding new friends etc.
Stereo Stories Live 2015: fires and a full moon at Newstead
To slightly reword Michael Nesmith, we were standing in the lovely light of the silver moon, looking over maps of memories for the road.We were part of Fire Stories, which was part of the 2015 Newstead Short Story Tattoo.
Sheep May Safely Graze by JS Bach. Story by Clare Boyd-Macrae
Clare Boyd-Macrae Brunswick, Melbourne, April 2015Bach, more than any other composer I know, makes me feel that everything will come out right in the end. Other composers were tormented souls; Bach seems to be a benign and contented family man with his 20 children, his round face and avuncular wig.
Stereo Stories Live 2015: Live at the Willi Library!
More than 60 people filled The Gallery at the Williamstown Library on Sunday afternoon April 19 for the latest compelling performance of Stereo Stories. The ensemble of 13 writers and musicians entertained the audience with nine Stereo Stories, including several debuts.
Rockin’ Down the Highway by The Doobie Brothers. Story by Sherryl Clark
Sherryl Clark South Africa, 1977We were ushered into the station commander’s office. What was this about? Had we broken some kind of law? Were we in trouble for the nude beach visit?
Tin Soldier by The Small Faces
Brutas Mudcake Hume Highway, Victoria, Easter 1989Is there a better place to listen to old music than outside in the dark with a fire going, beer in hand, a cassette tape blaring out of a car stereo?
I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
Emilia Muller Tulcea, Romania. 1995I would not stop singing until my sister would come, probably sent by my mother, to calm me down, whispering affectionate menaces.
Feelings Of Grief by Paul Kelly (A songwriter’s Stereo Story)
Paul Kelly 2006I asked Richard if it would be better if I resigned and he got someone else, someone who could orchestrate properly.