Take 5

This is one of the best bits from Take 5.
One of the greatest songwriters of all time sat down with Zan Rowe to open his songbook and dive deep into the making of five of his greatest. 
Paul McCartney has provided the soundtrack to billions of lives. His legacy in song is unparalleled; starting with The Beatles, who changed the game forever, he rolled on with his own solo career while building a new band in Wings, and collaborating with everyone from Stevie Wonder to Johnny Cash and Dave Grohl.
Listen to the full episode here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/take-5/paul-mccartney-take-5/9230996
SONG
The Beatles - 'Blackbird'

This is one of the best bits from Take 5.
Kacey Musgraves is a straight shooter, a woman of conviction. In person and in song, the bridge she creates with her fans is something else, and it’s made her one of the most loved artists around.
For Kacey’s Take 5, Zan wanted to find out about the music that brought her to today, and to borrow a title from her own debut album, helped Kacey “follow her arrow”. 
Listen to the full episode here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/take-5/kacey-musgraves-take-5-with-zan-rowe/11122692

This is one of the best bits from Take 5.
Founding member of Blink-182, Angels and Airwaves, and UFO enthusiast, Tom DeLonge hung out with Zan Rowe back in 2012, while in the country to play Soundwave Festival.
You don't create a career like that without loving music, so Zan dived into the music that changed his life.
Listen to the full episode here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/take-5/tom-delonge-take-5/9035742
SONGS
The Cure - ‘Friday I’m In Love’
The Police - ‘Every Breath You Take’

This is one of the best bits from Take 5.
In 2024 Emily Wurramara released her second album NARA and cemented herself as a powerful indigenous storyteller. 
The Warnindhilyagwa woman joined Zan Rowe to Take 5 on the same day her second album was released and the energy in the studio was pumping. It’s very much a record of renewal, and one of Double J's 50 Best Albums of that year.
Listen back to Emily talking about her love of John Fogerty and Cat Power, during her Take 5 on songs of renewal.
Listen to the full episode here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/take-5/emily-wurramara-take-5-songs-of-renewal/104257048
SONGS
John Fogerty – ‘I Will Walk With You’
Cat Power – ‘Sea of Love’

Poh Ling Yeow has been part of our lives for two decades. As a TV chef, a gourmet stall owner, a celebrity in the jungle, and a cookbook author. Poh is a painter and has even popped up an actor, describing herself as having a greed for life experience.
Poh is currently hosting and judging on the latest series of Masterchef, and this week she's Taking 5. 
Fall into the stories and songs that have shaped who Poh has become.
Poh's song choices:
The Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - Without Us (Theme from Family Ties)
Sade - Like a Tattoo
A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation
Jóhann Jóhannsson - A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder
00:30 Introduction to Poh Ling Yeow
01:10 Poh's love of being a DJ
03:14 The Bee Gees - 'How Deep Is Your Love'
05:45 Growing up and being unsupervised
12:40 Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - 'Without Us'
14:07 Wanting to be a popular American teen
21:10 Sade - 'Like a Tattoo'
24:13 Reconstructing how you see the world after religion
29:11 A Tribe Called Quest - 'Electric Relaxation'
31:03 The ending of a shared history
34:23 Masterchef as contestant and host
37:58 Jóhann Jóhannsson - 'A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder'
Show Notes
Watch Poh on Masterchef: https://10.com.au/masterchef
Watch Zan on Race Around the World: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/race-around-the-world