Making Waves is a monthly series of curated playlists streaming one hour of quality, new composed music.  Founded in 2015, Making Waves shines a spotlight on the music of Australian composers. Fresh playlists are released on the first day of each month and older playlists are made available all year round via our archives; perfect for those with just a few minutes to explore one track or for hours perusing a myriad of diverse sound-worlds.


The project offers wider exposure to emerging composers, their music and the talented performers who champion it. We also provide an easy-to-access platform for listeners to sit back and enjoy a curated hour of exciting new music or explore our living composers more actively.  The playlist themes (and media through which they’re shared eg. Soundcloud, YouTube) evolve each month depending on the content received directly from our talented composers.

At its core Making Waves is a curated listening space. In 2016 we branched into producing our own content through a special project, Making Conversation, thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign. Making Conversation: Australian Composers Project is a series of podcasts and vodcasts presenting the human side of living Australian composers, released on popular audiovisual and social platforms mid-2017.
Composers Lisa Cheney (Melbourne) and Peggy Polias (Sydney) are curating this project.

 Listeners, we encourage you to explore current and past playlists and discover more about our featured composers. 

Composers, we encourage you to send us links to your streamable audio via our website. Visit: www.makingwavesnewmusic.com for more information.

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“Some of the most moving and enthralling folk tunes we’ve heard.” TONE-DEAF

“These walls from Anna Cordell is spellbinding” Happy

"This breathy, dreamy folk-pop makes us wonder why we haven't heard much of Anna Cordell before. It's got a distinctly Australian feel, thanks to her unaffected voice, and the lavish arrangement courtesy of producer Marty Brown makes it sound classy as hell. Cordell is the kind of artist who has the potential to be a firm favourite with Aussie audiences, we can't wait to see what happens." Double J

“Anna Cordell’s rich folk music straddles that place between light and dark where true human emotion exists,”  Dan Watt, Beat magazine

“Delicate and haunting, this song comes from a patient and knowing heart and will stir a yearning in yours.” Caz Tran, TRIPLE J

“Amid the masses of talented songwriters and folk singers in Melbourne, Anna Cordell is emerging as something exceptional. Her songwriting is mature, dynamic, melodic and honest. Her wistful but commanding voice, accompanied by fluid nylon string guitar deserves to be widely heard and celebrated.”     Ruth Hazelton

Anna Cordell creates warm yet deceptively complex folk music. Her voice is rich and tender yet lyrically her music is filled with angst and conflict an emotional impact that is heightened by her penchant for the minor key.

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