Innocent Man by Billy Joel. Story by Cher Finver, with The Stereo Stories Band
Listen to Cher Finver of Nevada narrate her story about Innocent Man, backed by The Stereo Stories Band.
HOW BIG, HOW BLUE, HOW BEAUTIFUL by FLORENCE + THE MACHINE. Poem by Michael Leach
Michael Leach celebrates his birthday with a song and a poem.
Pyrotechnician. Poem by Martin H Samuel
In 1970, I was the drummer and pyrotechnician in the south London 5-piece band Heatwave. (You could say I put the 'heat' into 'Heatwave'!)
CAPRICORN DANCER by RICHARD CLAPTON. Story by Scott Hoffman.
She shared her name with the character in Blue Bay Blues so perhaps that is how Richard’s 1978 album Past Hits And Previews became the soundtrack to our summer afternoons.
Mug shots!
In the first of a very occasional series we trace the travels of the Stereo Stories coffee mug!
SMOOCHIE by FATHER JOHN MISTY. Story by Kate Foulds.
Here and now, a deer disappears over the distant mound. Three ducks peacefully paddle, winding their way ahead of the flowing waterfall gently calling me towards the steep terrain of my nightmares.
TENTH AVENUE FREEZEOUT by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND. Story by Louise Maskell.
If it wasn’t for the pandemic … I wouldn’t have started swimming in the sea at the ungodly hour of 6.30am. And making wonderful new friends in the process.
CENTRE STAGE John Butler, Everybody Knows Books.
Stereo Stories writer John Butler and his partner Marion this year opened Everybody Knows Books, a second-hand bookshop in Ballarat.
ELVA by UNWRITTEN LAW. Story by NT McQueen
It’s a rhythm one could argue is difficult to not slow dance to and, in the sun and in love, I lifted her hand into mine and we danced together.
Catch 22 Déjà Vu. Poem by Martin H Samuel
Martin H Samuel recalls a moment of sliding doors, of opportunity, of a question, of an answer..