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06.06.26

Aired on Saturday 6th June 2026, 10:00AM

SUSAN GAI DOWLINGSydney’s ‘First Lady of Jazz’, dripping with nostalgia and six albums in her back pocket has been in constant demand as a jazz singer/songwriter/pianist at major venues and festivals in Australia and overseas for decades.Susan is also one of EastSide Radio FM89.7’s most beloved presenters, who hosts the “Girl Talk” radio show on Saturday mornings.“Fine jazz singers … are as rare in Australia as driveable roads or drinkable pinot noir. Singer Susan Gai Dowling … a member of this elite club…made cosy music, overflowing with humanity and then spiked with surprises and moments of sadness. Her voice carried a velvet lushness in its mid-range, and a warm, unassuming, non-predatory sensuality…. creating an entire evening of music without even the slightest interference from the great satan of art: ego. So natural did it sound that it almost became jazz as folk music… One left the performance glowing.” – John Shand, The Sydney Morning Herald“It was a joy to encounter once again the easy flare with which she breathes vitality into a song”. – John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald.To contact Girl Talk please send an email to girltalk@eastsidefm.org

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Tracklist

  1. 01

    Tony Bennett

    Girl Talk

  2. 02

    Maarie Wilson

    I Wish I Knew

  3. 6:17

    houston Person

    Change Partners

  4. 8:54

    Nat King Cole

    Candy

  5. 14:51

    Dena DeRosa

    The Great City

  6. 19:55

    Col Loughnan

    I Concentrate Oon YOu

  7. 25:33

    Michael Spiby

    Hey There

  8. 31:03

    Gene Harris

    Captain Bill

  9. 35:14

    Spiro Gyra

    Carolina

  10. 39:22

    Larry Fuller

    Candy's Blues

  11. 44:08

    Grade chung

    I Won't Dance

  12. 47:00

    Rodri cWhite

    You're Clear Out Of this world

  13. 1:00:33

    Susan gai Dowling

    Here's That Rainy Day

  14. 1:01:01

    Mark Barnsley

    I fI Only Had A Brain

  15. 1:05:52

    Charito

    a Certain Smile

  16. 1:13:34

    Paul Broadnax

    I'm. All Smiles

  17. 1:18:27

    Jim Pennell

    Triste

  18. 1:22:24

    Doug Parkinson

    I'll Be Around

  19. 1:26:13

    Norma Martin

    Love My Baby

  20. 1:29:57

    Robin McKelle

    Deep In A Dream

  21. 1:36:34

    Mel Torme

    Goody Goody

  22. 1:41:27

    Peggy Lee

    If I Could Be With You

  23. 1:43:52

    Frank Sinatra

    Have You Met Miss Jones

  24. 1:45:24

    Alan Dean

    Mountain Greenery

  25. 1:48:52

    David Stahl Big Band

    Killer Joe

  26. 1:50:55

    Cheryl Bentyne

    Girl Talk

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