29-06-2025
Brian Campeau's country-tinged left turn, and Erik Satie—from the sublime to the surreal
Brian Campeau Presents Jo Dellin And The Bone Spurs is the latest album from the Canadian-born, Melbourne-based singer songwriter. Reinventing his sound with each record, the music here forays into country and bluegrass, with songs of love and loss punctuated by fiddle, pedal steel guitar and… yodelling. Brian is in The Music Show studio to perform two songs from the album live and talk about his endless musical flexibility.
And on the 100th anniversary of his death, Andy remembers Erik Satie, composer of delicate, contemplative piano works, and 'obscene' operas. A true eccentric, his personal quirks (such as keeping two broken pianos on top of each other in his flat, one filled to the brim with unopened mail) paint a complicated picture when set alongside his meditative, introspective Gnossiennes and Gymnopédies. Pianist and conductor Reinbert De Leeuw speaks about the unique challenges of performing them, in an interview from The Music Show archives.
Plus, hear new music from jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson, and The Rolling Stones pay tribute to 'the king of zydeco' Clifton Chenier.
Brian Campeau gigs
July 3 - Lazybones, Marrickville NSW
July 5 - Dangar Island Bowlo, NSW
July 11 - Lomond Hotel, Brunswick VIC
July 13 - Barwon Club, Geelong VIC
Music in this program:
Title: Gnossienne No. 1
Artist: Reinbert de Leeuw
Composer: Erik Satie
Album: Satie: Six Gnossiennes, Trois Gymnopédies & Trois Sarabandes
Label: Philips
Title: Ruby
Artist: Brian Campeau, Chris Hale
Composer: Brian Campeau
Performed live in The Music Show studio
Title: Ain't Having Fun
Artist: Brian Campeau
Composer: Brian Campeau
Album: Brian Campeau Presents Jo Dellin and the Bone Spurs
Label: Art As Catharsis
Title: These Waves
Artist: Brian Campeau, Chris Hale
Composer: Brian Campeau
Performed live in The Music Show studio
Title: Zydeco Sont Pas Salés
Artist: The Rolling Stones, Steve Riley
Composer: Clifton Chenier
Album: A Tribute to the King of Zydeco
Label: Valcour Records
Title: Cinéma entr'acte symphonique de Relâche
Artist: Ars Nova Copenhagen, Marius Constant
Composer: Erik Satie
Album: Satie: Relâche, Vexations & Musique d'ameublement
Label: Apex
Title: Trois Morceaux en forme de poire; I. Manière de commencement
Artist: Revue Blanche
Composer: Erik Satie
Album: Misia
Label: Antarctica
Title: Vexations
Artist: Michel Dalberto
Composer: Erik Satie
Album: Satie: Relâche, Vexations & Musique d'ameublement
Label: Apex
Title: Musique d'ameublement; iii. Carrelage phonique
Artist: Ars Nova Copenhagen, Marius Constant
Composer: Erik Satie
Album: Satie: Relâche, Vexations & Musique d'ameublement
Label: Apex
Title: Gymnopédie No. 1
Artist: Reinbert de Leeuw
Composer: Erik Satie
Album: Satie: Six Gnossiennes, Trois Gymnopédies & Trois Sarabandes
Label: Philips
Title: Gnossienne No. 1
Artist: Reinbert de Leeuw
Composer: Erik Satie
Album: Satie: Six Gnossiennes, Trois Gymnopédies & Trois Sarabandes
Label: Philips
Title: Absinthian
Artist: Mary Halvorson
Composer: Mary Halvorson
Album: About Ghosts
Label: Nonesuch
The Music Show was made on Gadigal, Yuggera, Turrbal and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Land, technical production by Brendan O'Neill, Roi Huberman and Dylan Prins.