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A Trip Down Memory Lane – Trent Mitchell’s ‘Australia. Seriously?’ Exhibition

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There are some images that only an Australian can identify as normal. A giant pink cockatoo, a large white symbol of a kangaroo against a red background splashed across a plane, undies hanging on a clothesline, people hanging around a dingy old takeaway shop. Those are images that most Australians can relate. Artist Trent Mitchell […]

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Chris Abrahams Climb Album Launch @ Sydney Fringe

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The Necks’ pianist Chris Abrahams releases his tenth solo album and his fifth solo piano album, Climb. Drawing from a deep reservoir of hundreds of hours of recorded works, the end result is a stunning album of meticulously curated pieces that stretch over a decade of solo piano work from one of Australia’s most highly regarded pianists. “Climb […]

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Spanish guitar virtuoso Paco Pena returns to Australia !

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Paco Pena is one of the most respected guitar virtuosos and a Spanish cultural icon. He is an accomplished guitarist, composer, dramatist, producer and artistic mentor and has transformed perceptions of the archetypal Spanish guitar and the much loved Spanish dance – the Flamenco, one of the most recognised dance forms in the world. Bringing […]

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Jazz Made In Australia- 5th September 2016- Leigh Carriage ‘Weave’

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Leigh Carriage is a very talented singer songwriter and a consummate performer and musician, she is also an educator. Her latest and 8th album called ‘Weave’ is the one to open the program with this week. Leigh has written all the music on the album and invisited some other lyric writers to collaborate with her […]

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Making Airwaves National Documentaries & Features

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This is a documentary made with the support of the Community Radio Network. The documentary discusses  the importance of a support for people with disabilities to have a voice on the radio. It tells the history of Making Airwaves, its relationship with Eastside Radio, the challenges faced and its plans for the future. We hear […]

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Dust of Uruzgan

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  On Arts Wednesday 31 August 2016, Fred Smith was Sylvia’s guest. They talked about his book Dust of Uruzgan and played music from his album of the same name. We began with the title song Dust of Uruzgan: Then Part 1 of the conversation: Now listen to Fred singing Sapper’s Lullaby from the album: […]

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Artist Guo Jian on The Dialogue Wednesday 31 August

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Artist Guo Jian experienced the Cultural Revolution and the horrifying Tiananmen Square Massacre. He has been detained and deported – all for creating art. Tune in to The Dialogue at 6pm Wednesday 31 August when I chat to Guo Jian about his youth, his art and 160kg of minced pork! […]

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Boiling Point 30th August 2016

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Missed tonight’s show? Plug into the podcast here:https://eastsidefm.org/boilingpoint/# Luke McPhan began part one in his two-part special on the leaps and bounds in genetic engineering – with CRISPR and human clinical trials set to begin in China: https://www.nature.com/…/chinese-scientists-to-pioneer-first… … Danny Bartos took gaseous carbon dioxide and converted it into fuel: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas…/2016/…/160825113217.htm And Chantelle Doyle brought […]

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Short Music Courses at The Con

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Ever wished it was your music we played at our station, but you never quite figured out how to master the Saxaphone? The Sydney Conservatorium of Music can help you learn to rock out on that instrument you’ve always-wanted-to-learn-but-never-had-the-time! Short music courses at The Con kick off again on 10 October. With over 30 courses […]

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Album of the week – Upward Spiral by Branford Marsalis Quartet with Kurt Elling

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‘Upward Spiral’ by Branford Marsalis Quartet with Kurt Elling is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. The album we are bringing you this week is one that will be a crowd favourite world wide as American saxophonist, composer and bandleader Branford Marsalis has brought us yet another album. With a career in the music industry […]

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