This week on the 95bFM Top Ten with Annabel and Callum; as we count down the top 10 songs of the week, we're joined by Callum Passells who has 2 hours to eat 3kgs of ice; we pop the lid on a Australian whiskey from Starward in Whiskey Business; we listen to music from Mission: Impossible - Fallout; as well as songs from Steely Dan, Japanese Breakfast, A. G. Cook and Ice Cube.
The fourth and final Tuesday One To Four at alert level 4 brings feat: NGAIO, The Orielles, Mente Orgánica, blackliondubsuk and Seb Wildwood. That's not all though. Alongside those new faves are the usual bFM picks and deep dives from the archives. Staying in is the new going out.
Ships by Cave Circles the Play It Out album for the week
~ 'Love Theme From The Robe' by Yusef Lateef in response to "sympathy, for Gareth" for the Emotional Request of the week (out to the txt-line number ending in 732)
Following the government’s announcement that Aotearoa would move to the red setting of the traffic light system on Monday 24 January, a number of events were forced to cancel or postpone. This is yet another massive blow to the music, arts and events industry, whose artists and workers have spent the last two years of the pandemic struggling to find consistent work and promoters have had to cancel or change the dates for their events multiple times.
News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston reaches out to a few people working in the performance art sector who have been impacted by the red setting. Firstly, Jemima speaks to Director of Splore John Minty, Director of Freqs Out East Dan Hesson and Director of The Others Way Mathew Davis, who are all promoters for summer festivals that have had to cancel or postpone due to the shift to the red light setting. They discuss how the pandemic has affected events and whether the exisitng events support schemes are enough to get the people involved in the industry through the Omicron outbreak.
Secondly, Jemima chats to artist and musician Jazmine Mary who says there is no support available for artists who have effectively lost their jobs under the red setting and cannot access the wage subsidy. Jazmine has penned a letter to the Prime Minister and submitted a parliamentary petition request to call for support for artists and musicians in Aotearoa unable to work under 'red'. They explain what sort of financial support is needed and how the public can help their call for action from the government.
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