Mark Bannerman
Mark Bannerman has been a journalist for more than 30 years. In that time he has covered the Milperra Massacre, the coup against the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and the scandal involving White House intern Monica Lewinsky that enveloped the final term of Bill Clinton's presidency. Since 1990 Mark has worked for ABC radio and television. He has been a foreign correspondent in both London and Washington. While in Australia he's worked for as a reporter for Lateline and the 7.30 Report. Right now he's the supervising producer at Four Corners.
Turning pain into art: Inside the world of Ryan Adams
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The path of US singer-songwriter Ryan Adams has taken many unexpected turns and that is a testimony to the role music plays in his life, writes Mark Bannerman.
Topics: bands-and-artists, guitar, rock, australia
Chief Justice calls for rethink on transgender children cases (video)
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The Chief Justice of the Family Court, Diana Bryant, says she would like to see the court's jurisdiction tested in cases involving medical treatment for transgender children.
Topics: community-and-society, sexuality, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, family-and-children, australia
Music producer to the stars Joe Henry tours Australia
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After producing multiple Grammy Award-winning albums for his star clients, singer-songwriter Joe Henry is set to tour Australia with his own material.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, australia
Tales from Bob Dylan's 1960s Australian tour (video)
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Ahead of Bob Dylan's September tour of Australia, read about his encounter with journalist Craig McGregor in 1960s Sydney.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, biography, sydney-2000, australia, united-states
Rare instrument theft proves bittersweet for muso
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For musician Harry Manx, the theft of a unique Indian instrument turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, australia, canada
Seventies Super 8 footage spawns critically acclaimed soundtrack
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An album inspired by old Super 8 surfing footage becomes an unlikely success around the world.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, music, lennox-head-2478, nsw
New surfing film pays homage to cult classic Feature
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Filmmaker Andrew Kidman explains why he took on the task of creating a homage to one of surfing's most iconic pictures.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, kirra-4225, tugun-4224, qld, australia
Bob Dylan digs into archives for Another Self Portrait
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Forty years after the release of "Self Portrait", Bob Dylan brings us his new album "Another Self Portrait", a work Mark Bannerman describes as "a revelation".
Topics: music, music-industry, united-states
Top 100 albums of the past 50 years: the Australian perspective
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Australian rock writers Toby Creswell and Craig Mathieson offer their top 100 albums of the past 50 years in a new book.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, australia
Tully: tales from the underground Feature
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What happens when you bump into one of your old musical heroes driving a cab in Sydney? Mark Bannerman finds himself drawn back into the rebellious world of seventies psych-folk rockers Tully.
Topics: music, folk, sydney-2000
Ben Drew faces up to 'true dark reality' Feature (video)
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Injustice drives the many projects of pop star, soul singer and filmmaker Ben Draw, aka Plan B.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, england
Bill Fay's long journey back to the start Feature
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It isn't every day that a musician in his late 60s, best known for two obscure LP records released four decades ago, comes out of retirement and wins rave reviews in the world's most respected rock music magazines. But that's what Englishman Bill Fay has done.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, england
'Mr Pipeline' Gerry Lopez is no one-trick pony Feature
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He may be known as the 'King of Pipeline' but as his autobiography reveals, Gerry Lopez is no one-tricky pony.
Topics: autobiography, surfing, hawaii
Dylan 1962 : A work in progress Analysis
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In the Hollywood film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, there's an exchange between two characters - one a politician, the other a newspaper man.
Topics: bands-and-artists, arts-and-entertainment, music, united-states
Surfing classic still a must-see Feature
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George Greenough's groundbreaking film was the first to show audiences what it was like to be in the tube.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, surfing, australia, nsw, lennox-head-2478, united-states
Exile On Main St: guitar album, grunge melee Analysis (photos)
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Why is Exile on Main St the Rolling Stones' most controversial album?
Topics: rock, arts-and-entertainment, music, bands-and-artists, grunge, united-kingdom, france
Gypsy child crime wave grips Europe (video)
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One of Romania's most powerful criminals has warned his country must do something to stop the wave of Gypsy child crime that is sweeping Europe or face a backlash against Romanians.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, romania
Young and Stills: the great rivals of rock Analysis
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The year is 1967. The place California. A stringy-haired emaciated looking youth is lying on the floor with spittle around his mouth, caught in a ghastly seizure. The epileptic fit that has hold of him has been brought on in part by a vicious verbal assault from a person supposed to be his friend. It takes the man lying on the ground some time to recover. It's not the first time he's suffered a seizure but it will be the last time he lets his guitar wielding partner get the better of him.
Topics: bands-and-artists, arts-and-entertainment, music, rock, united-states, canada
Perry Keyes: the real deal Analysis
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What is Australian music and why are fewer songwriters telling uniquely Australian tales?
Topics: bands-and-artists, arts-and-entertainment, music, australia
Threats made on crucial tennis vote
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New evidence relating to the conduct of last year's election for the presidency of Tennis Australia has exposed fault lines within the tennis community.
Topics: tennis, sport, australian-open, australia
All you need is cash Feature
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Mono mixes of The Beatles albums are well worth a listen, if you have the cash.
Topics: rock, arts-and-entertainment, music, bands-and-artists, pop, music-industry, united-kingdom
Bob Dylan: the Charlie Chaplin of rock Feature
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Dylan might well be called the Charlie Chaplin of rock.
Topics: bands-and-artists, arts-and-entertainment, music, united-states
California goes surfing, surfing super 8 Feature
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It was 1960 and Jamie Budge was just a kid when he started shooting 8mm film of his favourite surfers. He travelled the Californian coast documenting the people, the places and the waves he saw.
Topics: environment, lifestyle-and-leisure
Lively debate Feature
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In 1970 the Rolling Stones released one of the greatest live rock albums ever. But is it The Greatest?
Extended interview with Matthew Hayden Video
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The 7.30 Report's Mark Bannerman interviewed Matthew Hayden after the Test legend made his retirement announcement today.
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