5MBS 99.9FM

12/09/2025

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For this week's Cafe Bijou with William tune into 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ from 8-1pm local time on Friday.
For our Adelaide listeners, and all listeners across the global, Cafe Bijou invites the best of nujazz, neosoul and maybe some old school funk into the Cafe to temp your listening pleasures. Always agnostic for instruments, styles, locations and challenges Cafe Bijou dishes up a great blend of global jazz.
Friday features new release drumming combos from Canadian Anthony Fung, and American Terri Lyne Carrington plus British-Bahraini trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer Yazz Ahmed shares a mix of Arabic and Western influences. CB has techno dance from Fitzzgerald of Minsk, Belarus, and Mr Blues by Woongsan of Korea.
Fresh, funky, and bold – Epic Soul Kitchen blends global grooves, disco, and funk into epic soundscapes. Led by composers Matthias Elender and Jonas Beck, they create pure musical magic.
As does Kyoto Jazz Massive - a Japanese musical project specialising in cross over jazz and electronic styles, formed by brothers Shuya and Yoshihiro Okino.
And more from Japan with Tokyo Groove Jyoshi, an all female jazz combo. A new find is Leon Phal on sax and soul-hop from Kamauu.
And the beat goes on… We promise to publish after the show.
Join us on Friday on 99.9fm or streaming on www.5mbs.com where you can also catch up with the program later on-demand!

12/09/2025

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Sister T will be bringing you tonight's program with lots of new releases including albums from Jimi Primetime Smith, Kirk Fletcher, Buddy Guy, Candice Ivory, Rory Block, Big Shoes, Yates McKendree, Monster Mike Welch, Maria Muldaur, Jesse Deane-Freeman and more. I'll also be playing tracks from the 4 albums entered for the ARBA Blues CD of the year and towards the end of the show the retrospective feature album will be Dutch Tilders `Live at The Commune' recorded in 1973!
Tune to 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ from 6-8pm tonight or listen later on-demand @ https://5mbs.com/

08/09/2025

🎭✨ Intrigue, wit, and some of the most glorious music ever written—don’t miss Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) this Wednesday at 8pm on 5MBS! ✨🎭

Premiered in 1786, The Marriage of Figaro is one of the most beloved operas of all time, celebrated for its sparkling overture, brilliant ensembles, and Mozart’s unmatched ability to capture both comedy and human emotion. Based on Beaumarchais’ controversial play, the opera has been performed across the globe for over two centuries, enchanting audiences with its humor and heart.

The story takes place on a single day of twists and turns in Count Almaviva’s household. Figaro, the Count’s valet, is set to marry Susanna, but their plans are thrown into chaos by the Count’s wandering eye. With clever disguises, schemes, and a touch of romance, the day unravels into a joyous whirlwind of comedy and reconciliation.

🎶 Don’t miss this timeless masterpiece of love, laughter, and liberation! Tune in to 5MBS this Wednesday at 8pm for Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro—an opera that never ceases to delight. 🎶

Picture: Engraving of Count Almaviva and Susanna in act 3.

06/09/2025

This weekend provided a cornucopia of choral music.  On Saturday night the Graduate Singers, directed by Karl Geiger presented Songs of Beauty in St Peter’s Cathedral.  On Sunday afternoon the Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus, directed by Aldis Sils  presented Winter Magnificence.  In both concert...

06/09/2025

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Friday night 6- 8pm on River Blues on 5MBS/99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ with Trish: The The Reverend Shawn Amos, Chicken Shack, Lightnin' Hopkins & Barbara Dane, Chris Finnen & Jay Hoad, Angel Band, Kansas Red, Lightnin Jack, Kate Webster, Clarence Garlow, Jesse Mae Hemphill, Albert Collins, Ann Toscano, Lightnin Slim, Tom Hambridge, 8 Ball Aitken & Taya Chani, Rod Paine & the Fulltime Lovers, Gwyn Ashton, Mississippi MacDonald, Kent Burnside, Gary Burnside, Forrest Howie McDonald, Debbie Bond, BB and The Bullets, BIGSHOES, Craig Atkins!

06/09/2025

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South Australia’s Music Broadcasting Society

01/09/2025

🎶👑 Viennese sparkle, romance, and charm! Tune in this Wednesday at 8pm on 5MBS for Johann Strauss II’s rarely heard operetta Fürstin Ninetta (Princess Ninetta)! 👑🎶

Premiered in 1893, Princess Ninetta is a delightful operetta filled with Strauss’s trademark waltzes, elegant melodies, and lively ensembles. While it is not as famous as Die Fledermaus or The Gypsy Baron, it captures all the wit, elegance, and dance-like brilliance that made Strauss the “Waltz King.”

The story is a playful blend of romance and intrigue, centered around Princess Ninetta, who becomes entangled in disguises, misunderstandings, and amorous pursuits. With its lighthearted comedy, irresistible tunes, and Viennese charm, the operetta showcases Strauss at his most effervescent.

🎶 Don’t miss this rare chance to enjoy Johann Strauss II’s Princess Ninetta! Tune in to 5MBS this Wednesday at 8pm for a night of Viennese operetta magic. 🎶

Picture: Composer Johann Strauss II.

31/08/2025

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On River Blues with Dave Hall this eve will have the ladies, Kate Meehan, The Laurie Morvan Band and Donna Herula strutting their blues cred. We'll get a bit heavy with Slash, Billy Gibbons, George Thorogood and GA-20 playing some blues classics and then we'll get hippy with some Bob Dylan, Canned Heat and The Doors playing late sixties blues. We have South Aussie blues including The Bluescasters, Chris Finnen, THE BARFLYS (The Original) and Jesse Deane-Freeman, Australian Blues and a Robert Johnson triple play coming along with heaps more. So Join me, Dave Hall on 5MBS 99.9FM for a healthy warm dose of River Blues this eve from 7 till 9pm or catch the live stream or listen back (from tomorrow morning) @ https://5mbs.com/
Would love your company hey!😉✌️

29/08/2025

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Join Russell Gibbs this Friday night for River Blues. He'll be playing music by Dan Hopkins & The Generous Few and Sam Buckley as well as Adelaide bands, The Streamliners, The Steve Brown Band and 63 Deluxe and also 3 early original songs by legendary Aussie band Chain as well as music from The Black Keys, Taj Mahal, The Phantom Blues Band and Sugar Blue.
Tune to 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ from 6-8pm this Friday night or listen late on-demand on the 5MBS website.

29/08/2025

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Join Jimmy Carlyle for tonight's River Blues. Lots of new releases plus some older tunes. Tune to 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ from 7-9pm or listen later on-demand on the 5mbs website.
Roomful of Blues - You Were Wrong
The Bonnevilles - Age Of Monsters
Blue Milk - I Want Your Love
Buddy Guy - Blues On Top
Kirk Fletcher - Lost Love
Travis Taylor's One More Mile (SA) - The Camarillo Connection Volume 2 CELL PHONE BLUES-MIX
Jesse Deane-Freeman - Hey Now Baby
Collard Greens and Gravy - Come On In This House - take3
Sugaray Rayford - How The Other Half Lives
Robert Finley - Helping Hand
Don Morrison's Raging Thirst - Where are we now
Tin Town - SAMSON
Marcus King & The Marcus King band - Carry Me Home
Bad Debts - 20 Miles
John Lee Ho**er - Tupelo
Muireann Bradley - Shake Sugaree (feat. Mahogany)
Gwenifer Raymond - Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark
Rory Block - Can't Quit This Stuff
Dave Van Ronk - Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
Christina Crofts_Midnight Train
C.C. Adcock - Stealin All Day
Sonny Landreth - Taylor's Rock (Live)
Dave Hole - Goin' Back Down
Brother Dege - Supernaut
Charles Bradley - Changes

25/08/2025

🎭✨ Wit, wisdom, and Verdi’s final triumph! Tune in this Wednesday at 8pm on 5MBS for Falstaff—Giuseppe Verdi’s brilliant comic masterpiece. ✨🎭

Premiered in 1893, Falstaff was Verdi’s last opera and a dazzling conclusion to his career. Based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, it stands as one of the greatest comic operas ever written. Unlike Verdi’s tragic works, Falstaff sparkles with wit, warmth, and irresistible energy, showing the composer’s genius in a lighter but no less profound vein.

The story follows the mischievous and larger-than-life Sir John Falstaff, who schemes to improve his fortunes by wooing two wealthy married women. But the clever wives, joined by their friends and family, turn the tables on him in a hilarious tale of trickery, disguises, and comeuppance. The opera concludes with a joyful fugue proclaiming: “All the world’s a jest!”

🎶 Don’t miss this joyous finale to Verdi’s operatic career! Tune in to 5MBS this Wednesday at 8pm for Falstaff—a sparkling celebration of laughter, life, and music at its finest. 🎶

Picture: Lucien Fugère as Falstaff.