Listen back to a special one hour ANZAC Day program, as 3BBR pays respect to the more than 1.5 million men and women who have served Australia in all conflicts, wars and peacekeeping operations. It’s a time to remember some 103,000 Australians who lost their lives while serving.
The program produced by Paul Strickland was broadcast at 6:00am, and features Australian poetry written at the time, Gippsland history and music reflecting our remembrance.
Listen back to this program
The 3BBR-FM Concert Hall at 2:00pm on Sunday 28th April features the recent recital by Michael Leslie (piano) and Niels Bijl (saxophones) recorded by 3BBR at Yarragon Studio on April 14, 2024.
For context, the concert prefaced the performance of Ethel Smyth’s Cello Sonata by playing a recording of her amusing reflection on Brahms, in particular protesting his attitude to women, and Michael Leslie introduces his solo performance with the fascinating story of a chaotic concert fundraiser with Beethoven “improvising” his Fantasia.
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3BBR FM… proudly supporting local fine music.
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3BBR-FM was there for the 21st Anniversary of the multi-award winning Boolarra Folk Festival, recording every concert for Gippsland Live, our weekly showcase of local live performances.
Again, thousands of people flocked to Boolarra in early March for the festival, a completely free community event held at Boolarra’s Memorial Hall on the Friday night, and around Centennial Park throughout Saturday.
Gippsland Live (heard 8:00pm Wed & 2:00pm Fri) begins broadcasting concerts from the festival on April 10, and then fortnightly to include other recordings at local venues on alternate weeks.
First up is the stunning opening act from Friday night, the finger-slidin’ gutsy blues guitar and voice of Steph Fischer-Ivancsy with the Bad Jackets. Steph’s unique brand of blues rock is a throbbing, stomping, wailing blast cut through with a voice that will bring you to your knees.
Todd Cook and The Rufous Whistlers, Paul Buchanan’s Voodoo Preachers, guitarist Stephen McCulloch in fine voice, the amazing Tim Scanlan and Mana Okubo with Tim playing foot percussion, guitar, harmonica and singing all at the same time, plus trad. jazz fusion from Shirazz are just some of the many fine acts to follow in subsequent programs.
“Once again there were great performances, and we appreciate the help of the Festival and performers in allowing us to share the musicianship and community spirit,” said producer/engineer Garry Havrillay, “We’re also thrilled to be able to give these under-represented and emerging artists a chance to be heard more widely via Community Radio.” *
Tune in to 103.1FM on Wednesday nights at 8.00pm or Friday afternoons at 2:00pm, stream online via 3bbrfm.org.au or the Community Radio Plus App, or listen later via our audio-on-demand service at https://3bbrfm.org.au/programs/gippsland-live.
* Special thanks go out to live sound engineer Brett van Hoorne for his generous help in catering to our needs for recording for broadcast.
| Broadcast schedule for 2024 Boolarra Festival concerts | |
|---|---|
| Wed April 10 @8pm Fri April 12 @2pm |
Steph Fischer-Ivancsy & The Bad Jackets |
| Stephen McCulloch Pt.1 | |
| Wed April 24 @8pm Fri April 26 @2pm |
Stephen McCulloch Pt.2 |
| Paul Buchanan’s Voodoo Preachers | |
| Wed May 8 @8pm Fri May 10 @2pm |
Shirazz Trad. Jazz Band |
| Tim Scanlan & Mana Okubo Pt.1 | |
| Wed May 22 @8pm May 24 @2pm |
Tim Scanlan & Mana Okubo Pt.2 |
| Meg Doherty & band | |
| Kindred | |
| Wed June 5 @8pm Fri June 7 @2pm |
Strzelecki Stringbusters |
| Mast Gully Fellers Pt.1 | |
| Wed June 19 @8pm June 21 @2pm |
Mast Gully Fellers Pt.2 |
| Todd Cook & the Rufous Whistlers | |
| Wed July 3 @8pm Fri July 5 @2pm |
Smokin’ Dog Johnson |
| Wed July 17 @8pm Fri July 19 @2pm |
The Hip Pockets |
| Wed July 31 @8pm Fri Aug 2 @2pm |
TBA |
| … more to follow … | |
The 3BBR-FM Concert Hall on Sunday 14th April at 2:00pm featured the recent concert recording of the extraordinary young pianist, Ronan Apcar, recorded by 3BBR at Yarragon Studio on March 24, 2024.
Ronan explained the background to his intriguing and varied program throughout this fine performance of works by;
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3BBR FM… proudly supporting local fine music.
It’s great to have more local presenters coming on board at 3BBR…
Tom Beauchamp returns to 3BBR with Time Traveller; sounds from the past to the present, Wednesday evenings from 6:00 – 8:00pm. As we prioritise local voices and live programs, this means shuffling a few programs from the Community Radio Network.
Sadly, after only two programs, Robynne D’s new program The Best of the Best will not continue for personal reasons 🙁 We’re crossing our fingers that she’ll return in the near future.
Also, have you discovered Radiowave? It’s a new program of mostly contemporary popular music presented live by Kurt Velasquez, every Saturday between 1:00 and 3:00pm.
In March we replaced “Spotlight” with “Jump Children” at 12 noon on Saturdays, a exciting fresh take on blues, r&b and soul.
As always, if you have feedback about our schedule, please get in touch. Visit our contact page for the many ways you can do that.
Our full schedule is at https://3bbrfm.org.au/guide where you can also download a PDF copy to print and keep.
The 3BBR-FM Concert Hall on Sunday 7th April at 2:00pm featured the recent concert recording of the extraordinary Contra Guitar duo, Emma-Shay and Hamish Strathdee, recorded by 3BBR at Wesley of Warragul on March 16, 2024.
This fabulous concert featured a compelling program of works by;
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3BBR FM… proudly supporting local fine music.
On Sunday 24th March, the 3BBR Concert Hall broadcast Wesley of Warragul’s season opening concert with Brian Chapman (piano), Susan Pierotti (violin) and Rosanne Hunt (cello).
This superb program included;
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3BBR-FM… proudly supporting local fine music with exclusive concert recordings in West Gippsland.
On Sunday 17th March from 2:00pm, the 3BBR-FM Concert Hall featured the closing concert at St Jarlath’s Church from the recent Yarragon Studio Festival.
To close this stunning festival of four sold-out concerts on 2nd March 2024, four amazing musicians brought the audience to their feet in a cheering ovation after an incredible program of music from Bach to Piazzola, arranged for saxophone (Niels Bijl), violin (Kyla Matsuura-Miller), flute (Eliza Shepherd) and bandoneon (Stephen Cuttriss).
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3BBR-FM… proudly supporting local fine music with exclusive concert recordings in West Gippsland.
The 3BBR FM Concert Hall on Sunday 3 March at 2:00pm featured the recent recording made by 3BBR-FM of the extraordinary combination of guitar and harp duo, Andrew Blanch and Emily Grainger. It was the 2024 Concert Season opener at Yarragon Studio.
This fine concert marked their Australian CD Launch Tour of ‘Suite Mágica’ and features works by;
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3BBR FM… proudly supporting local fine music.
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