Ep 5, Part 1: Millennium Blues

End of Season 1

And that's a wrap for Season 1 of The Intersection. Thanks for all your support and engagement. Send any feedback, gripes or suggestions for future topics to theintersection@eastidefm.org. We'll be back here in this feed with updates along the way.

Ep 6, Part 2: Preston Peachey

For Part 2 of Episode 6, we hand over to musician and broadcaster, Preston Peachey. Preston is a Wiradjuri and Malyangapa man who grew up in Sydney. Having played drums in local bands since the age of 14, he went on to study community development while looking at Aboriginal music through that lens. He now works in community engagement on Gadigal Country. His approach for this segment was to show the diversity of style and culture that is paired with everything from songs of political action, to ceremony, to personal reflections and healing. We loved having Preston on the show. Playlist  Emma Donovan and the Putbacks: Mob March  Rona: Closure  Nai Palm & Jason Guwanbool Gurruwiwi: Wititji (Lightning Strike)  Barkaa: For My Tittas  Alice Skye: Friends With Feelings  Drmngnow ft. Emily Wurramara: Get Back To the Land  Electric Fields: Pukulpa  Dan Sultan: It Belongs To Us (piano version)

Ep 6, Part 1: A Structural Matter

It became known as “the Great Australian Silence”. The way in which white Australia failed to recognize its Indigenous history. In this episode of The Intersection we look at a few ways in which, from a personal perspective, music tried to counter that silence. Playlist: Eleanor Dixon: My Spirit Is Free No Fixed Address: Vision (Version) Tactics: Buried Country Tactics: A Long Story Tactics: Standing By The Window Tactics: Gold Watch  Tactics: The Usual Galarway Yunupingu: Gurindji Blues (Poor Bugger Me) Black Allan Barker: Run Dingo Run Mac Silva: Malabar Mansion Vic Simms: The Loner Vic Simms: Stranger In My Country Vic Simms: Poor Folk's Happiness Dougie Young: Cuttin' The Rug Dougie Young: Land Where The Crow Flies Backwards Dougie Young: They Say It's A Crime Frank Yamma: She Cried Ruby Hunter: Ngarrindji Woman Kankawa Nagarra :: Krien Por Country

Ep 5, Part 2: Keyna Wilkins on Millennium Blues

For each episode we follow up the main segment with an interview to further explore the themes of the show. Our special guest for this episode is musician and activist Keyna Wilkins. In recent years she has been involved in some extraordinary collaborations with refugees trapped in Australia’s indefinite detention regime. In one case at least, the publicity from the collaboration led to the release of an artist detained for the previous nine years. Playlist: Mohammad Maleki &  Keyna Wilkins: Silence Lands

Ep 5, Part 1: Millennium Blues

In Episode 5 of The Intersection, we make it into the 21st Century. Millennium Blues looks at that fraught period in Australia - Howard, Hanson, Tampa, 9/11, War on Terror, a rise in xenophobia and a backlash against First Nations' people's claims to justice. In particular we look at a 2003 song from Sydney hiphop band The Herd which addressed these issues in the most emphatic of ways. Playlist The Herd: 77%  Unkle Ho: Spaghetti Eastern   Pasobionic: Empty Beat  Pasobionic: Echoes of Blue  Combat Wombat: Asylum  Naretha Willaims: Chaos Country   The Herd: I Was Only 19   Jane Tyrrell: Echoes In The Aviery   Sampa The Great: Final Form  AB Original: January 26  Ziggy Ramo: April 25  Barkaa: Our Lives Matter  Jalal Mahamede and Keyna Wilkins: Set Me Free