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Podcast discussing a variety of great albums from the rock, jazz or folk genres in some depth. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.
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I'm taking a break this month, so my great friend and fellow music obsessive Dave Blom has come to the rescue. He realised that the LTA audi...
Here we are at the end of another year. I won't pretend it was wonderful....part of it was downright horrible to be honest. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...
Chances are if you have ever been asked “Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?” and you answered “No Way. Get F#$*ed. F#$* Off”, it means: (a...
Blues music means different things to different people. The popular image is of a guitarist playing 12-bar blues of the 1-4-5 variety singin...
It’s well known that the 1960s had seen a revival of interest in the US and the UK in folk music – most particularly in its crossover to mor...
In July 2011 (14 years ago as I write this), I recorded episode 1 of Love That Album podcast. The period wasn't ground zero for podcasts, bu...
It's been said that the mark of a great city is how it promotes the arts. Thinking specifically about busking or street performing, some cit...
The 1990s was a particularly exciting time in Australian rock music. The musical movements that started in the US and the UK in the 90s have...
For those who haven't caught up with episode 183 of LTA, I came up with the idea of speaking with a range of previous guests from the show (...
Being music fans (especially of a....ummm...certain age), we've all been in a record or CD store as a regular. I like to think that the best...
How many podcasts must a listener download before they can hear about Bob Dylan? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind......actually...
We've come to the end of another year at LTA headquarters. Normally, I'd be doing a wrap up with friends in the music community as to their...
Time to get your surfboards waxed, get into your togs,and head to the beach.....if you're in the Southern Hemisphere. While you're splashing...
As music lovers, we've all had a soundtrack to our lives....it's provided to us by the radio. Maybe at this point in the 21st century, that'...
In some previous episodes, rather than speaking about a single album for a long time, myself (and maybe a guest) will speak about 3 albums e...
Sorry for this episode being a little late….I’d meant to get it out earlier, but who knows where the time goes????? If you’ve not deserted m...
I could write a lengthy blurb for this episode of the show as I normally do, or I could just say, “Ladies and gentlemen, I present my interv...
In the history of pop music, how often has a performer had the chance to try something radically different from what they were known for? Su...
When the history of late 70s punk music is discussed, a point often raised is that bands like The Sex Pistols and the Damned and The Saints...
Welcome to episode 173 of Love That Album. In episode 172, I started my investigation of what were the favourite albums of the year from som...
Welcome to episode 172 of Love That Album. It's December, so once again, it's time for me to reach out to 5 wonderful music media people in...
We tend to think more of the guitar as a rock and roll instrument, but Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Fats Domino were a big part of th...
There are some artists who make a career of changing their musical styles between albums. They took risks to remain artistically relevant or...
Buddy Guy put out an album in 1991 called Damn Right I Got The Blues. The song sounds like so much of a form of catharsis. However, blues ca...
The process of recording music in 2023 has changed drastically to what it was in the latter half of the 20th century.....sort of. Sure, musi...
There's a quote attributed to Louis Armstrong: “All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song”. Apocryphal? Who knows? St...
Growing up in the eighties, commercial AM and FM rock radio in Australia was very supportive of local bands (well...... to a point). The big...
Easybeats April continues at LTA HQ. Welcome to episode 165 of Love That Album. On the last episode, I spoke with author Jeff Apter about hi...
Ask any Australian rock fan who is the greatest Australian performer or band over the history of the last 70 odd years and you'll get a mult...
There was a time where Australian bands felt that the only way they were going to get noticed was to leave the country and head to London. S...
The 1980s have often been derided musically. The truth is there was interesting stuff happening that we've conveniently forgotten. An intere...
It's been 3 months since I recorded the most recent episode of Love That Album. Real life interfered with being able to do something fun lik...
Without repeating the details, over the years, John Hiatt has assumed the status of legend in LTA lore....go back to episode 100 if you need...
In the days before music streaming services became a ubiquitous, when physical media ruled the music world, the first thing a music fan enco...
Since the Beatles showed up with a built-in songwriting team, bands have always had those members who practised the mysterious art of creati...
It's the tail end of the 70s, and top 40 music is heavily leaning to disco and AOR. Sure there's plenty of other things out there, but the c...
In the past, Love That Album has avoided getting political. The albums being focused on for the most part didn't require the conversations t...
Are you all seated comfortable, too square on your botty? Then Love That Album can begin. Welcome to episode 155 of Love That Album podcast....
The late 60s to early 70s saw a popular run of troubadours, aka singer / songwriters who were usually known for performing acoustic songs, o...
As a kid, I was always told to “reach for the sky”.....I think what they meant was “reach out to Sky”....or something like that. Welcome to...
Episode 153 of LTA has to be delayed. This is a brief explanation as to (as Marvin Gaye would have it) what is going on. Learn more about yo...
Think of any number of singers of the 20th century to take to a stage: Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Bon Scott, Nina Simone.....”shyness”...
You know what it's like when you discover a band that was around a long time ago, and then you inevitably go down a rabbit hole and discover...
Anyone who's listened to the podcast for a while or hung around the LTA Facebook group long enough knows that my favourite working band is L...
The 1970s going into the early 1980s are generally regarded as a purple patch of Australian cinema – The Australian New Wave. Film makers ha...
Welcome to part 2 of the Love That Album 10 Year Anniversary extravaganza. If you missed the first part, I asked 7 previous co hosts to reco...
A decade ago (July 14, 2011 to be precise), I unleashed the first episode of Love That Album podcast on the world. Music journalist and mass...
Remember episode 133 of the show where I spoke with hosts of some of my favourite shows within the Pantheon Podcast Network about their favo...
Melbournians are a resilient lot. We had some of the harshest lockdowns anywhere in the world during 2020 (very necessarily – I won't argue...