Selected video media appearances by John

• 12 March 2025 - Bringing Gamelan to Melbourne with John Cheong-Holdaway and Gamelan DanAnda - The Perantau Podcast (Indonesian, 42 min)

• 27 December 2024 - Tracing the many Indonesian footprints in Australia | Indonesia Downunder | ABC News (English, 1.5 min) - profile of John’s dangdut band Yarra Irama including a short interview with John from 3:31 until 5:00.

• 31 May 2024 - The Katalis Podcast | The New Sound of Music with John Cheong-Holdaway, Gamelan DanAnda (English, 13 min)

• 26 March 2023 - CAUSINDY Alumni Delegation Experience with John Cheong-Holdaway (English, 1.5 min)

• 19 June 2015 - National Australia Indonesia Language Awards Speech Competition - Executive Awardee - 2015 (English, 14 min). The speech periodically goes viral on YouTube and TikTok, and people use it for reaction videos.

Selected audio media appearances by John

• 15 January 2026 - SBS Indonesian - Interview with John about how learning gamelan helps Australians engage with Indonesia and Indonesian language (Indonesian, 8 min)

• 5 November 2025 - The Distant Sky, Triple RRR - Interview with John, Erica and Sylvie from Riot Baby about new single Bad Decisions (English, 20 min)

• 11 September 2025 - Spring is here, Gamelan DanAnda is ready to celebrate - let’s dance! (Indonesian, 11 min)

• 20 March 2025 - The Breakfast Spread on PBS Radio - Interview and guest DJ spot with John Cheong-Holdaway from Gamelan DanAnda and Jamie McElhinney from Firetail

• 12 November 2024 - Music Sans Frontieres, 3CR Radical Radio, Melbourne - Interview with Ewa and John from Gamelan DanAnda (English, 15 min). About collaboration with Firetail and performance at the Melbourne Recital Centre

• 12 June 2024 - Talking Indonesia podcast, Indonesia at Melbourne, The University of Melbourne - Gamelan diplomacy in Australia (English, 36 min)

• 1 May 2024 - The Distant Sky, RRR 102.7 Radio, Melbourne - Interview with Emmanuella, John and Erica from Riot Baby (English, 15 min)

• 7 March 2024 - SBS Radio Podcast, Australia - Indonesian, Australian artists collaboration to enliven Brunswick Music Festival 2024 (Indonesian, 7 min)

• 15 December 2023 - SBS Radio Podcast, Australia - Indonesian traditional music organisation in Victoria performs Gathering of The Gamelans (Indonesian, 6 min)

• 6 November 2022 - Music Mothers and Others podcast, 2ser Radio, Sydney - John Cheong-Holdaway from Riot Baby and Family Jams (English, 24 min)

• 11 November 2017 - SBS Radio Podcast, Australia - NAILA Building Bridges (Indonesian, 10 min)

Articles/media about John’s work

• 23 March 2025 - The Global Village on PBS FM - Live performance by Gamelan DanAnda and interview with Ketut Sutena and Jeremy Dullard (English)

• 9 September 2022 - The Age - ‘Cut loose and dance or have a cry’: Putting on gigs for kids (English).

• 4 June 2023 - The Age - Cultural connections finding the perfect tune (English).

• 10 June 2023 - The Music Show, ABC Radio National, Australia - Max Richter Sleeps again, and Balinese electro-jazz fusion with Firetail and Gamelan DanAnda (English, 20 min).

Articles and publications by John

• 18 August 2017 - The Interpreter, The Lowy Institute - Indonesia’s unorthodox toll road debt (English).