At this time of the year the Stereo Stories ensemble is usually deep in rehearsals for what has become a cherished annual concert since 2016: our appearance at Write Around The Murray in Albury each September. Alas, this year is different.
There are 40 Strereo Stories across the two stations. Enough for a double-CD, or a triple album.
We cannot play any gigs at the moment, but we can look back with pride and look forward with hope. Check out our new video clip.
It is five years since Joan Kirner, former Premier of Victoria, died of cancer. June 1, 2015. 76 years old. Amongst her many interests, Kirner was founding patron of the Williamstown Literary Festival.
Your front row seat to Stereo Stories on YouTube.
I hung out at punk squats with pet rats and drum kits. The black lipstick wasn’t a success, but then, is it ever?
We're off to Albury once again, courtesy of the Write Around The Murray Festival.
Karaoke? Disco? I hate karaoke and disco about as much I hate, well, The Eurythmics. (Did I mention that I hate The Eurythmics?)
Sweet dreams are made of this: an appreciative audience of 450 people listening, crying, laughing, singing along.
Carpenter became a recluse: first painting houses, then studying to become a Buddhist monk. He drifted between cities during those lost years, buffeted by unknown storms.