Indigo FM Radio Show Podcasts

THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ is a fortnightly program featuring a mix of singer – songwriter, Celtic, Cajun, global roots, traditional and contemporary folk, blues, country blues, bluegrass, country, old timey and Americana music from Australia and around the world. Live to air, 8pm, every second Tuesday.

In this edition of The Acoustic Café we hear music from Shane Nicholson, Elle Cordova, Michael Doucet, Justin Timberlake & Casey Mulligan, Hedy West, Jack Rutter, Neil Murray, Donal Lunny, Kenneth Pattengale & Joey Ryan, The Gloaming, Guy Davis, The Bucking Mules, Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Old Crow Medicine Show, Grace Petrie, Tony McManus.

The recorded live part of the program features American flatpick guitar legends Billy Strings and Bryan Sutton recorded on April 7, 2024, at Nashville’s American Legion Post #82:

Playlist:

1.        Nashville Blues 

2.        Walk On Boy 

3.        Texas Gales 

4.        Cold, Cold World 

5.        Way Downtown 

6.        Randall Collins/Done Gone 

7.        Groundhog 

8.        Salt Creek/Big Sandy River 

9.        Give The Fiddler A Dram/Whistling Rufus/Ragtime Annie 

10.      Travellin' Man 

Thank you for listening.

Part 1: Join Tony and Shippa as they start their engines and charge for the chequered flag in Newcastle’s Grand Prix…no, no, no…it’s Newcastle’s Grand Pricks, the amazingly talented but most dangerous country boogie band in town! But wait, that’s not all…on this show, Lachlan from the band also introduces his alter-ego Lachlan X Morris with a blend of 60s, 70s and all the other-ties that have influenced him over the years. Yes, you won’t curl up and die once you’ve taken a chill pill or two…relax and enjoy the ride in Formula Juan!

Part 2: Tony and Shippa get stuck into some new submissions from up and coming artists in the second half of the show. Catch tracks from Morning Harvey (Brisbane), Mirah (Brooklyn, USA), Remember Sports (Philadelphia, USA), Stellar Sea (Alice Springs), Velvet Two Stripes (Zurich, Switzerland), Joanna (Widnes, UK), Sunday Mourners (LA, USA), Halfway Down (Sydney), De Porsal (Geelong, Vic) and LowSunday (Pittsburgh, USA), with Shippa’s Surprise continuing the Sunday themed tunes with the Sunday Scaries!

Heading into Summer 2026, check out this episode (19/01/26) with Tiff,  new releases from John Craigie, Nick Cave, William Crighton, Rose Cousins, Kathleen Halloran, Kashus Culpepper, Vincent Neil Emerson, Bryan Sutton and Billy Strings, Brothers Osborne, Mumford and Sons, Courtney Marie Andrews, Ocie Elliot.. Tune in for 2 hours of Americana sweetness with Tiff. Other tunes by Eilen Jewell, Jesse Welles, Doc Watson, The Lumineers, The Waterboys, Things of Stone and Wood, Jason Isbell, Kaitlin Butts, Reed Foehl, Tim Easton. 

Hear new music from DZ Deathrays, EXEK, Geoffrey O'Connor, Rain Dogs and more. Full playlist here.

That creative genius of our time - David Lynch - departed this existence one year ago. What a legacy! We bookend this show with the amazing Rebekah Del Rio plus there's also an original 1961 Linda Scott song from the Mulholland Drive soundtrack. And a classic from Sharon Van etten from Twin Peaks The Return. Part 2 of my interview with Wilding's Justin Stokes. To set the scene either side we hear from XTC, Ian Dury and the little known Martin Newell (Justin's choice). Elsewhere we have 2025 tunes from Stereolab, Goose, Geese (yes really), Mei Semones, The Northern Folk, Peel Dream Magazine, Tunde Adebimpe, Mogwai and Brooklyn's Margaret Glaspy. We love Glaspy's work here so much that we threw in a track from her 2016 album 'Emotions and Math' as well as one from 2023's 'Echo The Diamond'.
Deezer playlist here


We're continuing our look back at 2025's best music with a few twists. Among the tunes chosen are