Our Thursday Jammin’ presenter Anita Pollard has been working hard lately creating a one-woman stage show, ‘Round Thelonious. The play is about the “jazz baroness” Nica de Koenigswarter, who fell under a musical spell when she first heard Thelonious Monk’s ballad “‘Round Midnight’. We are happy to say Anita has been invited to workshop her […]
On Wednesday 18 May 2016, Sylvia recorded an interview with organist, Peter Meyer, at the historic St Philip’s Church, Church Hill in Sydney. Listen to the conversation and the music Peter played: That was Part 1. Now hear Peter play a Chorale by Marcel Dupres on the historic church organ: Here is Part 2 of our […]
Andy Bromberger joins us at about 10:40 am for Part 4 of Revolution, Reaction and Romanticism, this week talking about Concert and Performance Practises. The topic of this week’s 11:00 am interview is the pipe organ and to tell us all about it is Philip Meyer, organist at the historic St Philip’s Church on Church Hill […]
‘Come Alive’ by Deep Street Soul is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. Here at Eastside we love nothing more than originality, passionate work and good sounds and this week our featured album has it all. To make it even more special it all comes from an Australian band, to say that Deep Streets Soul’s […]
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New Zealand playwright and creative director, Rochelle Bright joined Dr Margaux Dombkins on Arts talking about ‘Daffodils’ – the award-winning show touring Australia. This bittersweet love story is set to a live indie-rock soundtrack of New Zealand’s greatest hits. Daffodils uncovers the lives of two teenagers who first met in a field of daffodils and is […]
Juniper Hall continues to support the Head On Photo Festival and the Moran Arts Foundation with exhibitions Zona Norte and Heaven and Earth from artists Laki Sideris and Johannes Reinhart, both of whom were 2015 finalists for the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize. Laki Sideris is a photographer whose life revolves around his camera and his dark […]
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If the phrase “male a cappella group” conjures up an image of students in blue blazers, ties, and khakis singing traditional college songs on ivied campuses… think again. Straight No Chaser (SNC) are neither strait-laced nor straight-faced, but neither are they vaudeville-style kitsc – and they’re coming to Australia this July! As original member Randy […]
Jackie Orszacsky Music Lecture & Concert – The Basement, 10/05/16 The line snakes down the alley beside Circular Quay’s favourite basement, excited chatter and warmth abundant despite the cooler winter change. But tonight isn’t your average gig for the bulk of its patrons. Tonight marks the inaugural celebration of a legacy. Jackie Orszacsky is known to […]
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On Arts Wednesday 11 May 2016, Sylvia’s guest was Peter Manning, talking about leaks. Listen to the conversation here: That was Part 1 of the conversation and here is Part 2: And here is the third and final part: […]
The ninth annual Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, HRAFF to its friends, will open in Sydney on May 24th and run to May 28th with six carefully selected films showing at the Dendy Cinema in Newtown. Thursday Drive’s Mick Paddon talks with the HRAFF director, Malcolm Blaylock about how the national and international films […]
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The Tim Clarkson Trio is an intimate band with bite to their playing. They bring together elements of music often at odds with each other: their compositions can be rhythmically and melodically intricate, but in spite of this a sense of groove, melodicism and quirky playfulness permeates the band. With a sense of space and […]
Soul of Sydney are proud to announce Brisbane nine piece funk powerhouse BULLHORN will be headlining Soul of Sydney’s Vivid special for 2016. After a sold out show last year with The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, they knew they had to put the call out to one of their favourite and most original party bands […]