Sixties sojourn

17 June 2026

Scouring through my iPad, I found this episode of a Sixties Sojourn I prepared during a podcast season of the program. It’s posted here just for my niece Alex.

15 September 2024

This week we’re taking a walk through 1963-1967, selecting some of the greatest hits from four of the most important years – musically – from the sixties.

1 September 2024

With a bit of self-indulgence – hey, it’s Fathers Day and I’m sitting in the studio – Sixties Sojourn has a bit of a focus on some great garage rock and helping keep the brilliance of the sixties well and truly alive.

25 August 2024

A bit of a mish-mash today with the radio station having problems with the AM band, so rather than going with our normal production, it’s a random selection…still featuring some of the absolute best classics from the 60s

18 August 2024

With a great In Profile of the timeless and brilliant talent of Petula Clark, Sixties Sojourn continues with the tradition of delivering the best music from the decade that gave the world the best of music

11 August 2024

The focus of today’s show was purely on easy listening classics from the sixties, ranging from The Executives with Windy Day to the classic epic song written by Jimmy Webb and performed by Richard Harris, MacArthur Park

4 August 2024

Featuring some of the sixties greatest instrumental classics, the playlist for this episode is undoubtedly one of the best we’ve had for this entire season of Sixties Sojourn.

28 July 2024

More great hits and the introduction of a new segment on Sixties Sojourn where we compare some of the greatest hits from the sixties – that were actually covers – to the original versions of the songs.

24 July 2024

A total extravaganza of bubblegum pop, protest music, hard rock and popular music – covering the entire gamut – from that most amazing of decades, the 1960s.

14 July 2024

Back to our normal programming, and we check out just an awesome list of great songs from the sixties – one hit wonders and some of the best from the Australian music scene of the time.

7 July 2024

The final week of counting down all 124 songs from the sixties – and 1970, of course – included in the 2024 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of all Time

23 June 2024

Part two of our three week counting down all 124 songs from the sixties – and 1970, of course – included in the 2024 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of all Time.

16 June 2024

Part one of our three week counting down all 124 songs from the sixties – and 1970, of course – included in the 2024 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of all Time.

9 June 2024

Featuring the Top 10 singles from this week in 1967, double-headers from 1965 and an In Profile of the immortal UK group the Kinks

3 June 2024

With an incredible In Profile of influential rock band The Who and a top 10 countdown from the first official Australian Top 40 Go-Set charts from 1966

26 May 2024

Featuring a truly eclectic mix of musical brilliance from the 60s.

19 May 2024

Featuring a top 10 countdown from the US Billboard Hot 100 1964 and an in profile of the amazing works of Burt Bacharach and Hal David

12 May 2024

Episode five of our show Sixties Sojourn, a great selection of brilliant music from the best decade ever for music – the sixties!

18 April 2024

All the best music from the decade that gave the world nothing less than the very best of music – the 60s. Hosted by VAN’s Charles Pakana.