On Hobart’s Edge Radio, Sundays 10am – noon. A soulful, fun variety of retro, recent and local music with a little poetry. Pop/rock, soul, folk, singer-songwriters, jazz/blues, classical, ambient etc. A few read poems inviting attentiveness to the world. Event Updates
POETRY EVENT, Seasonal Poets (winter) at Fullers Bookshop, Hobart, Mon. 20th July, 5.30pm-7pm – with Alex McKeown, Anne Kellas, Garth Madson, Pam Schindler, Ross Coward and Ivy Alvarez at the Afterword Cafe, Fullers. Info, Book tickets: trybooking.com/au/event/1610300
Bawuypawuy – Drifting Clouds ('25 bandcamp)
Grandma's Hands (Bill Withers) – Emma Donovan (Take Me to the River, '26 bandcamp), emmadonovan.com
HAIKU by C.Harrison, R.Cairns and T.Dwyer – from echidnatracks.com/books/#echidna-tracks-17-winter-spring-2026 (pages 12-14)
Close to the Fire – Ernie Garland Jr (Dealin' Out the Healin', '26 bandcamp)
A Little Magic – Frances Cameron (Tas) (A View of the Bay, '26 bandcamp)
How to Stay Afloat – POEM by Kelly-Lee Hickey from 'a line in the sand, 20 Years of Red Room Poetry' (pantera press, 2023), redroompoetry.org/poets/kelly-lee-hickey/how-stay-afloat
Hurt People – DENNI (Tas) ('26 amrap), linktr.ee/dennimadampakana
Ayla – Flash and the Pan (collection)
HAIKU by R.C.Moss (Tas), C.Smith and J.Sutherland – from echidnatracks.com/books/#echidna-tracks-17-winter-spring-2026 (page 17)
Take This from Me – Cathy Diver (Tas) (Everything's a Car, '25 bandcamp)
Myer's Gift Voucher – Spinnabago (Tas) (Forever is Coming Soon, '26 amrap)
Literature – POEM by Damon Young from 'a line in the sand, 20 Years of Red Room Poetry' (pantera press, 2023), redroompoetry.org/poets/damon-young/literature
Part One darkness – Transparent Bloom (Bounds of Liberation, '26 bandcamp), andrewmuecke.com/transparent-bloom
Dancin' Dancin' (live) – Beathoven (aka The Innocents) [Tas power pop band] (At Pascoe Vale High School 1977), grownupwrong.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-pascoe-vale-high-school-1977
Smile – The DK Effect (Tas) ('26 amrap), facebook.com/theDKEff
Holding Out for a Hero (single) – Bonnie Tyler (Footloose soundtrack, '84)
Total Eclipse of the Heart (single) – Bonnie Tyler (Faster Than the Speed of Night, '83)
HAIKU by Q.Young, E.Livings and L.Hopewell – from echidnatracks.com/books/#echidna-tracks-17-winter-spring-2026 (pages 17, 19)
Shine – The Skabratts (The Skabratts, '26 bandcamp)
Easy Spin – Eli Eisentrager (Tas), youtube.com/@elieisentrager9471
the poem begins with a breathing reef – POEM by Eunice Andrada from 'a line in the sand, 20 Years of Red Room Poetry' (pantera press, 2023), redroompoetry.org/poets/eunice-andrada/poem-begins-breathing-reef
People on the Highway – Shane O'Mara and Jac Tonks (Sorrow Hides the Longing to be Free, the Songs of Bert Jansch, '26 amrap, cheersquad bandcamp)
HAIKU by S.Mukherjee, V.Proctor and R.vanSon – from echidnatracks.com/books/#echidna-tracks-17-winter-spring-2026 (pages 20, 21)
Rarrandharr – Drifting Clouds ('26 bandcamp)
Welcome to the Universe – Flash and the Pan (collection)
Never Ending Happening – Bill Fay (Life is People, '12)
Wash the pain away – My Friend the Chocolate Cake (19 Easy Pieces, '99)
K1: Yellowmundee – POEM by Evelyn Araluen from Guwayu – For All Times, a collection of First Nations Poems (magabala, 2020), redroompoetry.org/poets/evelyn-araluen
It's Like Love – Dewayne Everettsmith (Tas) (Surrender,'14), facebook.com/everettsmith.d
Love to Last – Eleanor Tucker (Tas) (Dancing in the Kitchen), eleanortuckertunes.com
HAIKU by P.Sears, B.Bennett and M.Root-Bernstein – from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p16.html
Ocean Liner – The Lighthouse Keepers (Tales from the Australian Underground, singles 1976-1989)
Rideout – Rabbits Wedding (In Truth About Road, '86 bandcamp)
(I am) a line in the sand – POEM by Ali Cobby Eckermann from Guwayu – For All Times, a collection of First Nations Poems (magabala, 2020), redroompoetry.org/poets/ali-cobby-eckermann
Black Cat – Renate Bianca (Tas), renatebiancamusic.com
Anderson – Rabbits Wedding (In Truth About Road, '86 bandcamp)
Sweet Patootie (Bogan, Williams, Alexander) – Les Coqs Incroyables (Tas) (Something to Crow About!) [Every Wednesday 6pm-8pm at the Whaler, Salamanca Place, Hobart]
You Got Me – Nuria (Tas), facebook.com/nuriamusicau
HAIKU by R.Tarquinio, K.I.Penatello and M.D.Welch – 1,2 from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p16.html, 3 from p18.html
Sky Pilot (parts 1 and 2) – The Animals
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) – Melanie
Passage of Time – POEM by Eric Avery from Guwayu – For All Times, a collection of First Nations Poems (magabala, 2020), redroompoetry.org/poets/eric-avery
Walking in the Rain – Flash and the Pan (collection)
The Right Time – The DK Effect (Tas) ('25 amrap), facebook.com/theDKEff
HAIKU by A.Makino, T.McDonald and J.Mellor – 1 from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p18.html, 2-3 from p19.html
Something About You – Flash and the Pan (collection)
Down Among the Dead Men – Flash and the Pan
HAIKU by R.Kiran and B.Gaa – from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p19.html
Just Can't Get Enough – Depeche Mode
Hand in Hand – Naomi Keyte ('26 bandcamp)
To Be By Your Side – Nick Cave (Winged Migration soundtrack, 2001) [aka Travelling Birds]
Gonna Love You Anyway – Rochelle Skye ('26 amrap), rochelleskye.com
HAIKU by R.Beary, O.Bullock (Aus) and K.Ramesh – 1,2 from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p9.html, 3 from …p10.html
Masters of the Field – Robert Wyatt (Winged Migration soundtrack, 2001) [aka Travelling Birds]
Voyager – PJ Harvey ('26 bandcamp)
Sama Hut – POEM by Ben Walter (Tas) from his debut poetry collection Lithosphere (Puncher and Wattmann, 2025), newsouthbooks.com.au/books/lithosphere
Baby It's Cold Outside (ft. Velma Middleton) – Louis Armstrong (The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, universal)
Be Bop a Lula (Gene Vincent) – The Shallaras ('26 bandcamp)
HAIKU by S.Courtney, D.Chandler and K.Lindquist – 1 from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p10.html, 2-3 from p12.html
Earth – Imogen Heap (Ellipse, '09)
Never Ending Happening – Bill Fay (Life is People, '12)
Bluey in the genocide – POEM by Omar Sakr from Best of Australian Poems 2024 (Australian Poetry), omarsakr.com
For My Darling – Linda Hoyle (Pieces of Me, '71)
The Red Forest – Robert Wyatt (Winged Migration soundtrack, 2001) [aka Travelling Birds]
Guinness – Spinnabago (Tas) (Forever is Coming Soon, '26 amrap)
Third Eye and Wolf – Tasha Zappala (Tas) (Dreamstate, '18 bandcamp)
HAIKU by R.Groe, A.Sullivan and M.Caretti – 1 from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p13.html, 2-3 from p14.html
Wash the pain away [sorry skipped, in full next week – A.] – My Friend the Chocolate Cake (19 Easy Pieces, '99)
Gymnopedie No.1 (Satie) – Francis Poulenc (It's a Wonderful Life, a journey with sound, Mojo cd)
On whether I subscribe to my name – POEM by Esther Ottaway (Tas) from Best of Australian Poems 2024 (Australian Poetry), facebook.com/estherottawaypoet
Moonlight Follows You – Merian ('26 amrap), bio.link/merianofficial
Annie's Back in Town (live) – Tom Waits
HAIKU by R.Tice, L.Gerlits and L.D.Morrissey – 1 from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p14.html, 2-3 from p15.html
Wet – The Sheyana Band (Tas) ('26 amrap), facebook.com/thesheyanaband
Dig Deep – Eli Eisentrager (Tas), youtube.com/@elieisentrager9471
The record player – POEM by Stuart Barnes from Best of Australian Poems 2024 (Australian Poetry), stuartabarnes.com
Pizza Mind – Benjamin Clementine, benjaminclementine.com
Mothership – Anya Anastasia ('26 bandcamp)
Sometimes for the asking – Black (Colin Vearncombe) (Wonderful Life, '87)
HAIKU by G.Hotham and D.Richardson – 1 from thehaikufoundation.org June, 2-4 from australianhaikusociety.org/2025/09/29/featured-haiku-under-the-same-moon-the-fourth-australian-haiku-anthology-32/#more-21088
On the Tracks – North and Elsewhere ('26 amrap), facebook.com/northandelsewhere
Track 5 – Scott Walker (Climate of Hunter, '84)
On the Same Wavelength – POEM by Karen Knight (Tas) from Karen Knight & Jules Witek – At First Glance, A Tasmanian Landscape in Poetry and Photography (fortysouth, '22)
Drift Apart (re-imagined) – Ben Caplan (recollection, '21 bandcamp)
Talking to the Universe – Yoko Ono & IMA (Rising, '95)
HAIKU by D.Richardson, V.Ortiz and H.Buckingham – 1 from from australianhaikusociety.org/2025/09/29/featured-haiku-under-the-same-moon-the-fourth-australian-haiku-anthology-32/#more-21088, 2-3 from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p6.html
The Flood – Ben Caplan (The Flood, '25 bandcamp)
Trust in Me (The Sherman Brothers) – Siouxsie and the Banshees (Through the Looking Glass, '87)
Later, Dusk – POEM by Michelle Cahill from 'a line in the sand, 20 Years of Red Room Poetry' (pantera press, 2023), redroompoetry.org/poets/michelle-cahill
Life on My Back – North and Elsewhere ('26 amrap), facebook.com/northandelsewhere
A Song for You (Leon Russell) [sorry stopped early – A.] – Donny Hathaway
Speak My Mind – Will Moon (Tas) (Ordinary Living, '26), willmoonhobart.bandcamp.com/music
Every Blues Singer (ft. Marisa Quigley) – Kate Meehan (Tas), Skip Landy, Peter Gelling (my sister's shoes)
HAIKU by S.Pupovac, M.Milne and R.Brooks – 1-2 from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p7.html, 3 from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p8.html
My Sister's Shoes – Kate Meehan (Tas), Skip Landy, Peter Gelling (my sister's shoes)
Evandale – Spinnabago (Tas) (Forever is Coming Soon, '26 amrap)
so too the sunrise – POEM by Jazz Money from 'a line in the sand, 20 Years of Red Room Poetry' (pantera press, 2023), redroompoetry.org/poets/jazz-money
Straight Like an Arrow – Naomi Keyte (Edge of Morning EP, '13 bandcamp)
Walking Down Madison – Kirsty MacColl (Galore)
HAIKU by B.Rickert – from theheronsnest.com/June2026/haiku-p8.html
Gone – Latin Playboys (Latin Playboys, '94)
Jenny's Got a Gun – The Bullfight [Dutch folk noir band] (The Storm behind Our Smiles – An Introduction to The Bullfight, vol.1 studio recordings)
Love Bug – Tina Charles
Otherside – JC and the Tree (Lost in the Wild, '26), jcandthetree.com/#/
Make a Stand [part] – Eli Eisentrager (Tas), youtube.com/@elieisentrager9471
