I have been listening to the Cultural Icons series of podcasts on Jam Radio. I stumbled across them when I was doing research for the Barry Brickell book when I found a wonderful interview of Brickell by Hamish Keith.
“Jam Radio of Depot Artspace received significant funding to assist in creating a series of interviews with iconic New Zealanders who have shaped the Auckland arts and culture scene over many years. The Cultural Icons project is being produced over a two-year period, with audio and film from the interviews made accessible online. It includes, amongst others, artists, writers, biographers, actors, arts critics and commentators and features people such as Ian Wedde, David Eggleton, Barry Brickell, Vincent O’Sullivan, Shonagh Koea, Dean Buchanan, Denys Trussell, Martin Edmond, Hamish Keith, Kevin Ireland, Martin Rumsby, the Daughters of ARD Fairburn, Graeme Lay, Rachel Power, Julian McCarthy, Louis Rawnsle and Archie Bowie.”
This is an amazing project and an invaluable resource. I can only hope that the idea takes off or is expanded to other regions. Today I listened to Par.t II of an interview of Martin Edmond by Hamish Keith – great stuff and there are more on the way.
Just because I like the Bob Marley song and everyone needs more ukulele in their life
Art and My Life 