# The "doofy folk" of Brisbane band Amaidí; and Luciano Berio at 100 with his student Kim Williams

An episode of [The Music Show](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/156556864), 13 Dec 2025, 55 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/ft/Z/6i.mp3

Brisbane trad band Amaidí say they perform "doofy folk stuff": accordion, guitar, banjo and fiddle augmented by stomp box and electronics. Amaidí means nonsense in Gaelic but it's more than just silly stuff, with their new album Beyond Cape Capricorn reflecting the broad and often dark influences of Scottish and Irish music in the Australian folk tradition. That being said, there's plenty to dance to, as you'll hear when they join Andy to play some tunes live in the studio. Well before he was Chair of the ABC, Kim Williams was a composition student of Italian arch-modernist Luciano Berio, whose centenary we celebrate in 2025. Kim joins Andy to demonstrate his encyclopedic knowledge of Berio's music, to recall his personal relationship with the composer, and to review the olive oil of Berio's hometown.

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