DIANNE REEVES CITY RECITAL HALL, SYDNEY TUESDAY JUNE 6, 2017 Sometimes you’re witness to a concert that reinforces your faith in the transformative power of music. That was the case tonight. If it’s a singer, that reinforcement can be industrial in strength. Like that time Betty Carter came to Sydney’s Basement many moons ago and […]
This episode of ‘The Last Waltz’ was a very special one indeed. As we leap full swing into Radiothon Week, we open up the phone lines and call on our beloved listeners to subscribe and keep the Eastside dream alive! The theme for the week is ‘Rebel With A Cause’ – a perfect description of […]
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When you buy a takeaway coffee or bag of groceries, do you consider where that plastic packaging will end up? Plastic Free July is a worldwide challenge to refuse single-use plastic for one month. Ruth Hessey speaks with Leslie Mallinson, Sustainable Communities Officer from Waverley Council, and Robin Mellon from Blue Bondi Green and the […]
“Such a diverse bunch of presenters and beautiful range of jazz and blues music. It’s what makes us unique and special here at East Side Radio, on 89.7 FM” John Brewer, Moving Music As an Eastside Radio supporter, I hope you know what an important part you play for the station. Every day, our volunteers […]
How do we stay calm and cope with our own stress amidst world news of shootings, stabbings and deranged young men running amok? Ruth Hessey chats to the director of Bronte’s Sukha Mukha Yoga Studio, Idit Hefer Tamir about different ways to manage the peregrinations of the mind and the metabolism to reduce stress, sugar […]
This Arts Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton at the exhibition Victorian Watercolours recently opened in the Grand Courts at the Art Gallery of NSW. Peter Raissis, Curator of European Prints and Drawings at the Gallery joins the program to tell about these extraordinary works, many on view for the first time in a century. Watercolour […]
Read More… from Arts Thursday 15th June 2017. First time in a century!
On Arts Wednesday 14 June 2017, Sylvia’s guest was Alana Valentine, who has just been appointed Writer in Residence at The Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney. This forward looking centre believes that communal illnesses such as obesity and diabetes cannot be solved by biology alone. Hence the appointment of Alana! Here […]
Read More… from Alana Valentine: Writer in Residence The Charles Perkins Centre
Sonny Landreth talks to Drive Tuesday about the release of one of his new double albums ‘Bound By The Blues’. Sonny is one of the world’s greatest slide guitarists, and the show is full of some of his great works of music. Check out the Podcast Below! […]
Mark Robinson joins us again for Part 4 of our Percussion series and this week we talk about drums and cymbals. The exciting part is that we recorded on the stage of the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. It was quite an experience for me! My special guest at 11:00 am is playwright […]
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected. […]
The Australian Ahmadiyya Muslim community has taken an active role condemning acts of terror and spreading the message of ‘Love For All – Hatred for None’. Imam Mohammad Hadi speaks with Ruth Hessey about how Muslims For Peace are opening a dialogue of peace and understanding with the wider Australian community. Find out more about the […]