French Electoral System
On Wednesday 3 May 2017, Professor Bronwyn Winter was Sylvia’s guest, talking about the French electoral system. You can listen to the conversation below: That was Part 1 and here is Part 2: And here is Part 3: […]
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Communtiy Billboard 2nd of May – 8th May
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. […]
Sydney Film Festival 2017
The 64th Sydney Film Festival today announced 28 prominent new films to be featured in this year’s 7-18 June event, and the first of over 150 Festival guests: award-winning British filmmaker Nick Broomfield, director of the hotly anticipated Whitney Houston documentary Whitney ‘Can I Be Me’. Also revealed in advance of the full program launch […]
Arts Thursday 4 May
Two institutions with a long heritage and a bright future! Both have roots back in the 1980s and both have survived through embracing change. Firstly Bob Googe from the National Trust, who is coordinating the National Heritage Festival, speaks about this Australia-wide event celebrating the stories, people and places that make up our heritage. And […]
Arts Wednesday 3 May 2017
Andy Bromberger joins us at 10:40 am with Music’s Mechanical Make-Up and this week the topic is Words and Music. My special guest at 11:00 am is Associate Professor Bronwyn Winter and she unravels the mysteries of the French electoral system. Music will be mostly French with an example of early words and music from […]
Album of the Week – ‘Soul Run’ by Tanika Charles
‘Soul Run’ by Tanika Charles is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. Growing up on a musical diet of Patti Labelle, Jill Scott, Bob James, Stevie Wonder and D’Angelo, Tanika’s eclectic music taste subconsciously shines through in ‘Soul Run’, an autobiographic album in which classic vintage sounds à la Motown mingle with more modern sonority […]
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Pandora’s Bag & Educating Rita– Arts Monday
Pandora’s Bag is a hilarious collection of 10 songs all inspired by that must-have item: the handbag! From the sexy to the sassy, the sad to the hilarious, Joanna Weinberg opens the bag of female mystery and pulls out everything from dirty laundry to leather fetishes and ‘bag porn’ (her secret vice). Joanna sings of […]
Gig Guide – Take One – 28th April 2017
Want to discover what’s coming to a live venue near you in Sydney? Take One has got you covered! Here is the full gig gudie listing for the coming week to get you excited about our local live music scene. For a taste of what’s to come why not check out the show via the […]
Talk – Review
Sydney Theatre Company presents TALK…or Truth! reviewed by David King Tell a journalist he is a producing FAKE NEWS and see their reaction. With a US President identifying establishment media organisations as houses of FAKE NEWS, dwindling budgets and staff , the power and reach of social media and the public’s need to be informed […]
Laura Mvula at The Metro Bluesfest 2017 – Review
Gig: Laura Mvula Live at The Metro Theatre (Bluesfest Sideshow) Support from Marcus Whale Photos by: Monika Smith Photoraphy Review: What a line up Sydney audiences have been treated to with Bluesfest coming to town this past Easter long weekend! I was gearing up the week before on Take One having a jam to song after […]
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Feel The Manouche Live – Review
Reviewed by Pamela Wright For a first timer to Django bar, I was instantly impressed. The exuberant girl at the desk asked if I was here to see Mental as Anything or George Washing Machine. What a choice. So here I am in the Django bar for the launch of the new album “La Sesion […]
Boiling Point 25th April 2017
Coral bleaching, March for Science, DTaP and desert air dehumidifying. … Luke reported the latest coral bleaching along the Great Barrier Reef: Tim discussed research on timing for immunisation against tetanus, diptheria and pertussis for pregnant women: And Danny demystified the desert air with new solar powered dehumidifying technology Join us next Tuesday at 6pm […]