Steve and Amanda in Israel. Clips and Interview.

Steve Kilbey and Amanda Kramer recently took their traveling act all the way over to Israel to play an intimate gig at the Ozenbar in Tel Aviv. From the reactions and applause of the attendees shown in online videos, they were very well received. Steve has sometimes said how surprised he is to discover his popularity in different places around the globe.

Steve also made the time to do a really nice 36 minute interview on Israel's KZRadio. The interview was an hour if you add the songs they played in between the talk which have been edited out.

Below, watch the performance of "Under The Milky Way" at Ozenbar on June 15th, 2019 and also don't miss the insightful audio interview with Steve taped during their visit.

"Under the Milky Way" Steve Kilbey and Amanda Kramer -Ozenbar, Tel Aviv, June 15, 2019

Steve Kilbey interviewed on KZRadio, June 14, 2019.

The Church song "Tel Aviv" was mentioned in the radio interview, so here it is.

More short videos in this Ozenbar Instagram post here

Steve Kilbey - Sydney Rococo - Online Purchase / Stream links

Steve Kilbey on The Guitar Colonel Show

May 23, 2019.

Hour long interview with Steve - Episode #89 - Shootin the Strings

"Steve Kilbey was nice enough to stop by and have a chat today. An odd feeling for me to be sitting with one of my heroes, but no let downs here. A great intellect, talent and sense of humour, one of Australia's musical treasures. Steve talks about The Church, future tours and projects, plus he demos how to correctly play 'Under The Milk Way' on acoustic!"

Steve Kilbey - Interviews

Steve Kilbey talks to the press

Triple M - July 19, 2019 - Interview Clip - "The Church's Steve Kilbey has shared some real insight into how much he pissed off Michael Hutchence and INXS back in their glory days, and how much he personally underestimated and under-appreciated the genius of the late, great Aussie legend."

The Guitar Colonel - May 23, 2019 - Podcast video - "Steve Kilbey was nice enough to stop by and have a chat today. An odd feeling for me to be sitting with one of my heroes, but no let downs here. A great intellect, talent and sense of humour, one of Australia's musical treasures. Steve talks about The Church, future tours and projects, plus he demos how to correctly play 'Under The Milk Way' on acoustic!"

Riff Magazine - Apr 15, 2019 - Q&A: Steve Kilbey of The Church on never facing writer’s block and hating grunge

Read Interview - "Kilbey fell into a pit with heroin abuse, which he said has affected his finances to this day, but he has continued writing songs—roughly 750 in all, including with The Church, in collaboration with others and by himself. And he credits this successful streak without writer’s block to marijuana.

“Never had a block, never will have, thanks to marijuana,” the 64-year-old told RIFF in an email exchange. “I’m ready to go at any minute you like—an unending portal into creativity. Cool, huh?”"

The Void Report - Apr 14, 2019 - Steve Kilbey Talks Songwriting & The Church’s “Starfish” LP 30th Anniversary Tour.

Read Interview - "The Church likely struggled to find mainstream success in the States due to their own originality. Sometimes called alternative, post-punk, or psychedelic rock, aside from “Milky Way” the band never comfortably fit on college radio or MTV. Perhaps the most mind-boggling comparison the band ever earned was that they weren’t unlike REM. Which is like saying Kenny G and Miles Davis are both jazz musicians. All that said, there’s nothing holding you back from discovering them now."

Elsewhere NZ - Nov 11, 2018 - STEVE KILBEY OF THE CHURCH INTERVIEWED (2018): Having to go through all these things again.

Read Interview - "In popular music the wish is often that Big Hit which can lift a band or artist from the wings and place them on centre-stage where those things they've yearned for – money, fame and acclaim – all follow.

But having that wished-for hit can bring with it as many curses as blessings."

Radio13 NZ - Jul 9, 2018 - Steve Kilbey of The Church: The Radio 13 Interview Read interview - "It's been a while since we heard from The Church. The venerable Australian band last played in NZ in 2012 on a bill with Simple Minds and Devo. Now they're returning to headline a show at Auckland's Spark Arena, celebrating the 30th anniversary of their Starfish album.

Radio 13's Marty Duda spoke to Church-leader Steve Kilbey about what the band has been up to lately. The conversation eventually got around to Kilbey's worst gig ever. As it turns out, it took place in New Zealand. As Kilbey tells it, the show was simultaneously soul-crushing and hilarious.