Chong Lim is one of Australia’s most respected Musical Directors, producers and composers. Best known as John Farnham’s long-time Musical Director, he was also the Musical Director of Dancing with The Stars for 15 seasons and It Takes Two, Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush, and The Logie Awards as well as Musical director for Kylie Minogue and Olivia Newton-John.

Nathan East & Noah East stop by Ramble City with Bradley McCaw to discus their new album Father Son. Nathan East has made a remarkable career by playing bass for all sorts of artists like Eric Clapton, Kenny Loggins, Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins, released a debut album with a new artist: his Hammond/Piano playing son!

After over 30 years of a career in Rock n Roll Photography Listen to Part 1 of this conversation via the link below. After over 30 years of a career in Rock n Roll Photography including touring with the Rolling Stones three times amongst others, British born photographer TONY MOTT is one of a kind. He’s photographed Nicole Kidman, Bob Dylan and Fleetwood Mac… and even took some snaps of our host Bradley McCaw.

Russell 'The Real Thing' Morris has arrived at Ramble City showcasing his evolution in music across multiple eras, touching on the origins of some of his highest-selling albums like 'Sharkmouth' and the minds behind his Day of the Dead album 'Jack Chrome and the Darkness Waltz'.

Respected as one of Australia’s iconic musicians, Ian Moss (5x time Aria winner & original member / guitarist of Australian super group 'Cold Chisel' drops by to discuss his current live tour and Rivers Run Dry' Deluxe Album Release. Brad explores the history of the term ‘album’ and have a good ol’ ramble about the changing view of full length records in the modern music business.

After over 30 years of a career in Rock n Roll Photography including touring with the Rolling Stones three times amongst others, British born photographer TONY MOTT is one of a kind. He’s photographed Nicole Kidman, Bob Dylan and Fleetwood Mac… and even took some snaps of our host Bradley McCaw.

Australian music legend Marcia Hines stops by Ramble City to discuss starting out her career in Boston USA, moving to Australia, Gospel music, Woodstock, performing in Hair music at 16(!), what she would do starting out in the business today and lots more!

This an announcement pod! Bradley McCaw is back with another rambling season! After a two year break ‘Ramble City’ is returning to your podcast feed. Follow Brad everywhere @bradleymccawofficial Produced by True Arts Podcast Network Created, produced, hosted & engineered by Bradley McCaw. Original sound design by Matt Erskine at Crosspoint Solutions Original Video designed by Adam Shaw at Axis Productions   Theme composed by James Ryan

Blake Dantier picks his TOP FIVE Australian Drinking Songs Inspired by the release of his debut album DRY SEASON, the guys break down songs by Cold Chisel, AC/DC, Slim Dusty & more.

James Johnston talks parenthood and it inspiring his latest single. Brad invents a game called “ARE YOU CONCERNED?” before discussing the 2022 Tamworth Country Music Festival.

The Tenor From Oz - Paul Tabone talks about his latest album, the death of classical music and 1600+ performances on London’s West End in the worlds longest running musical “Phantom of the Opera”

Adam Harvey picks his TOP FIVE Adam Harvey Songs. After selling half a million records, being nominated five times for an ARIA Music Award and winning eight golden guitars at the Country Music Awards of Australia he faces his toughest test… picking five favourites from his own catalogue and sharing stories from an incredible career.

JOSE MCLAUGHLIN, a mulit-instrumentalist, composer, and former member of world-famous pop group Gerry and the Pacemakers. He has worked with The Doobie Brothers, Chuck Berry, Peter Allen, James Morrison, Bo Diddley and so many many more.

Jem Cassar-Daily stops by to discuss break up songs and her brand new single LIKE IT MORE. Brad presents what he believes are the top five elements to any break up song as they dig into Jem’s new song. Produced & Created by Bradley McCaw Sound design by Matt Erskine & Cross Point Solutions Engineered by Kayna Statts Theme composed by James Ryan

Bradley McCaw and Ramble City leave an end of year message to wish you and all of your family a wonderful holiday season this year. Whatever you celebrate, wherever you are listening to this - all of the team at Ramble City would love to thank you for listening and sharing in 2021! We will be back with new episodes at the end of January. So stay subscribed enjoy your New Years and then be back here to celebrate with us.  We have some amazing guests lined up in 2022. James Morrison. Louie Shelton. Marcia Hines. Russell Morris. The list keeps going.  A quick heads up we will be doing some website work over the break so be sure to check you are still subscribed in the new year - just in case the internet decides to play silly buggers… We will be making some changes to the show format next year. It will be just as interesting just as fun - but we can’t wait to have more music, more guests, more interesting stories and above all more Rambling. See you in 2022 folks! Brad & RC Team

For some of us 2021 was the first time we had heard the name Charlie Watts. But for others he had always been that drummer sitting at the back of the Rolling Stones - a man who lived a life almost at opposites with everything we know about the Stones. A man that scaled the heights of Rock n roll while wearing a tailor made three piece suit. Todays guest is Alan Clayson, English singer-songwriter, author and music journalist. Starting his career as the leader of 70s rock band, he would eventually establish himself as a prolific writer of music biographies covering Beatles, The Stones, Roy Orbison, Led Zeppelin, the list goes on! In short Alan knows his rock n roll and it was so much fun to just chew into some history and crazy rock n roll stories with him. We recorded this just after Charlie Watts passing in late 2021, and we talk about Charlie Watts career and life as a jazz drummer who found himself outrageously successful playing music he had never planned too with the Stones - we cover some outrageous facts and stories of Rock n roll life how Charlie and Mick where kind of two ends of the spectrum and we dig into how Alan writes and selects his musical subjects.

Have you ever wondered what goes on inside a great rock n roll band? How and why do they stay together? How do they keep the magic alive? And where does all that great music come from?  Todays guests are Ian Haug and Steve Bishop, two thirds of Brisbane band The Predators - who with John Collins - were the three founding members of drum roll… one rock group called Powderfinger.  In this chat recorded just prior to their debut album EVERYBODY LOVES released in 2021 - we dig into their early days in the flourishing Brisbane music scene in the late 80s and 90 also known as BUMS - you’ll understand that later…  they talk about Powderfinger's formation and the early days of gigging before discussing what makes a band tick, what kind of animal predator I would be and what brought them back together to make music as the The Predators today. Before we get to it don’t forget to follow us wherever you get your podcasts - or subscribe to the show on Youtube. You can follow me @bradleymccawoffficial everywhere you get socials and why not share this episode with a friend. Yeah that sounds lovely… I bet they’ll love it.  We kick off Ian and Steve talking about the early days of Powderfinger and my receiving what I thought was the coolest press release in our shows history. 

What does that term ‘artist’ mean? How and where do we learn how to be one? And how do artists actually support themselves and others in a community and business that can be isolating, competitive and ultimately terribly rewarding and meaningful.  Todays guest is Tyran Park Australia’s award-winning singer, actor, director and recording artist. He is currently the Head of Music Theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), the Executive Producer of the Australian Musical Theatre Festival and the Artistic Director of Clovelly Fox Theatre Company.

Part Two of our ramble chat with Award winning Alan Clarke: DIRE STRAITS ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME MEMBER, MULTIPLE GRAMMY, BRITS & MTV AWARDS WINNER. If you haven’t heard the first part of this chat I highly recommend you go back and start at the beginning  no cheating! to those that have - welcome back it’s good to see you… we pick things up, digging into the classic 1985 Dire Straits album: Brothers in Arms that spent 14 weeks at number one in UK, nine weeks at number one in the US & 34 weeks at number one on the Australian Albums Chart.  I couldn’t wait to discover every detail about the recording, the writing, how the band created one of the most iconic and beloved albums of all time and Alan gives us some incredible stories about behind the scenes- even how Mark Kopher came up with that iconic Money for Nothing guitar sound - but I won’t ruin it - lets just get into it… This is Part 2 with Alan Clarke. Todays two part chat features Award winning MUSICIAN/PRODUCER/COMPOSER Alan Clarke: DIRE STRAITS ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME MEMBER, MULTIPLE GRAMMY, BRITS & MTV AWARDS WINNER have sold an estimated 100 million units worldwide, including 51.4 million certified units, making them one of the best-selling music artists of the 20th century.  Don’t forget to follow me everywhere @bradleymccawofficial and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

How did a 13 year old musician playing hammond organ in working clubs of North East London go on to tour the world and create some of the most beloved rock albums of the 1980’s? Todays two part chat features Award winning MUSICIAN/PRODUCER/COMPOSER Alan Clarke: DIRE STRAITS ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME MEMBER, MULTIPLE GRAMMY, BRITS & MTV AWARDS WINNER have sold an estimated 100 million units worldwide, including 51.4 million certified units, making them one of the best-selling music artists of the 20th century.  In this brilliant chat taken online in early 2021, Alan shares stories of his early years, rehearsing and creating music with Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits, touring with Eric Clapton band, and oh so many incredible stories in this episode folks… that we had to put it into two episodes… one for now and the one right below for later! Don’t forget to follow me everywhere @bradleymccawofficial and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! We begin in London, with young Alan finding his instrument - the very rare Hammond organ - in a shop window literally down the street from his school scoring his first gig at 13.