The Night is Ours – Live Music in the Inner West
Live music has long been a vital component of the cultural fabric of the Inner West, providing a platform for creative expression and community connection.
Celebrate Australian Music Month with us as we present the following podcasts with local musicians from the 80s, 90s, 00s and today as they discuss their experiences in the pubs, theatres and venues at gigs in the Inner West.
Coming from different backgrounds and each witnessing a different Inner West, these artists discuss how the Inner West has influenced their creativity and art. Nic Dalton conversing about the songlines of the Inner West, Darren Cross’ memories of classic Sydney cult heroes Midget, Alannah Russack’s reminisces of her days in Sydney with the Hummingbirds, and Georgia Wilkinson-Derum’s experiences playing the small bars and bigger venues of the Inner West as a musician in up and comers Body Type.
Alannah Russack
Alannah Russack was a member of Australian post punk band The Hummingbirds, with whom she released two albums, many eps and won two ARIAs. Alannah has continued as a solo artist, with her latest record as Alannah Russack’s Entropy Band due to be released in late 2022. Alannah Russack podcast transcript (DOCX 254.8KB).
Darren Cross
Darren Cross has been performing in the Inner West since 1993, first with Gerling with whom he found a measure of success, releasing four albums. Lately he has been performing as D.C. Cross, exploring solo instrumental guitar pieces informed by the Australian environment. Darren Cross podcast transcript (DOCX 256.6KB).
Georgia Wilkinson-Derums
Georgia Wilkinson-Derums plays bass and sings in the band Body Type, Body Type has released two EPS and their debut album, Everything Is Dangerous but Nothing’s Surprising was released earlier this year on Poison City Records. She also plays in the band G2G, releasing their first EP in 2020. Georgia Wilkinson-Derums podcast transcript (DOCX 254.2KB).
Nic Dalton
Nic Dalton has played in too many bands to mention, but perhaps most famously Godstar, the Plunderers, Sneeze and the Lemonheads. He has ran the Half a Cow record label for 32 years, releasing a lot of local Sydney based music. Nic Dalton podcast transcript (DOCX 258.8KB).