Super-groovy news, friends: there’s a new Triple R t-shirt available in the online shop! Featuring original commissioned artwork by Scottish, Melbourne-based illustrator Lynn Bremner, this tee makes a rad addition to anyone’s wardrobe... including yours.

Painter, musician, collector – Lucy Roleff's vocations are varied, but all of them link to form an appreciation of the spaces we inhabit, a feeling explored on her new album Left Open in a Room. Nicholas Kennedy interviews Lucy on her connections with art, music, success, and domesticity.

Did you know that John Waters thinks up his films in Baltimore bar and grill joints, while truck drivers ‘gobble their breakfast and ignore him’? Learn all about the Hairspray filmmaker with Plato’s Cave presenter Sally Christie.

They’re not all brothers; they started out busking at local farmers’ markets; and they still call Warrandyte home.

Triple R volunteer writer Georgia Marchesi gave up grog for Dry July and discovered – to her surprise – that she didn’t actually need it as a social lubricant.

Gilles Peterson is no stranger to compilations – he’s put together and released over 100 of them – but this is one specific and special to Melbourne’s flourishing jazz scene.

Really cool to see our very own Ennio Styles guest hosting the Bandcamp Weekly!

We are deeply saddened that Stephen ‘The Ghost’ Walker has passed away.

To commemorate the passing of The Ghost, we’ve assembled some archival photos of the legendary Triple R broadcaster.

We’re pretty damn chuffed to see so many talented RRR folks appearing at Changes Festival this week – from Neon Sunset’s Annaliese talking music and podcasts, to Still Here host Neil Morris hosting a conversation about what a perfect future working with sound looks like for First Peoples, and so much more.

Thanks to everyone who came along to the Community Cup on Sunday. It was an awesome day with an awesome vibe – and most awesomely of all… we won! Cop a quiz at these snaps to re-live the glory of the Hertz.

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre are holding their annual Telethon to raise funds for people seeking asylum this coming Thursday – and Triple R’s Breakfasters will join them live in their phone room from 6am to 9am.

Brisbane-based future-soul artist Tiana Khasi (performing live for Triple R subscribers soon) is proud of her Khasi heritage. The society is stridently matrilineal: the youngest daughter of the family inherits all property; men live in their mother-in-law’s house after marriage; and children take their mother’s surname.

She reckons ‘we’re all a bit fucked up’; her latest album title is inspired by a computer pop-up; and she aspires to have a job helping people to get in touch with their emotions.

Triple R volunteer Kelly Herbison was born on the day The Who released their rock opera Tommy (albeit many years later). With a Who-obsessed father, the music not only provided her with a window to his life, it also provided an entry point into complex social issues.

We’ve assembled a cracker lineup of talent to keep subscribers entertained this June as part of our Winter Warmer event series. Join us for live performances from Sharon Van Etten, Kelsey Lu, Tiana Khasi, Art of Fighting, and more.

Born in rural North Carolina, the classically trained cellist and vocalist is now living in LA, making music with the big names in alternative R&B (including Sampha and Solange); she’s also performing live for subscribers at Triple R rather soon.

Get your earholes ready for non-stop excellence: this year’s Comm Cup stage will be graced by none other than Dan Sultan, Paul Kelly, DJ JNETT, Magic Dirt, Baker Boy, RVG, Harvey Sutherland and more.

Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual. It does, however, come with Pauly P – which is just as good. In this continuing column, the Livewire co-host answers subscribers’ dilemmas, big and small.

Subscribers can now submit their very own event to the Triple R website, so that it will (pending approval) be published on said website, and by the magic of technology, reach the eyeballs of the Triple R community.