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Commonwealth triple jumper Emmanuel Fakiye on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 17 July

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With an older brother in the top eight sprinters in Australia, Emmanuel Fakiye was destined to be athletic. But after driving three hours to Canberra to watch his brother run for 10 seconds, he decided sprinting wasn’t for him. Instead, Emmanuel became a triple jumper, combining his love of physics with his love of sport […]

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The White Album Concert

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“The standing ovation was deserved … this band did something miraculous”  THE AGE It’s one of the most successful Beatles events ever staged in Australia. After two sold-out tours in 2009 and 2014, Chris Cheney (The Living End), Phil Jamieson(Grinspoon), Tim Rogers (You Am I), and ARIA Award-winning solo artist Josh Pykeare reuniting for a 2018 tour in a nod to […]

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Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jul 12 – Jul 19

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Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is The Window by Cécile McLorin Salvant on the Mack Avenue Music Group label. The world first learned of the incredible vocal artistry of Cécile McLorin Salvant when she won the prestigious 2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. In just under the span of a decade she has evolved […]

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Paul Cutlan’s string project & Simon Barker, double album launch!

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Paul Cutlan   “Paul Cutlan has always had a spiritual halo around his music” – Australian Jazz     In 2015, Paul Cutlan launched his first String Project album to a capacity SIMA audience left in raptures. In 2018, Paul Cutlan’s String Project is back with a new work that reflects on the centenary of […]

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Ex-footballer Andrew McDermott on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 10 July

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Andrew McDermott is a former Australian footballer. Primarily a defender, Andrew spent his career playing for English Premier League clubs Queens Park Rangers, West Bromwich Albion and Notts County. He made a total of 136 appearances and scored 9 goals (not bad for a defender!) over his 10-year career.  Since retiring from football in 2004, […]

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2018 Freedman Jazz Fellowship Finalists

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    After a nation-wide search for the greatest jazz artist aged 35 and under, the distinguished judges for the 2018 Freedman Jazz Fellowship, Judy Bailey, Matt Keegan and Stuart Vandegraaff – all musicians, composers and educators themselves – have today announced the three finalists from a list of 16 nominees from across Australia. These […]

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Tina Harrod-City of Longing live

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Songwriter-vocalist, the award-winning Tina Harrod received the reviews above for her breathtaking new album CITY OF LONGING in May. Tina presents two encore-launch shows in July at The Toff in Town, Melbourne and Camelot Lounge, Sydney. Born in New Zealand with Fijian and Welsh heritage Tina Harrod is a multi-award winning Australian recording artist. Tina’s […]

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Dahlia Dior presenting Chansons D’Amour

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120 years of French Cabaret celebrating Edith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Juliette Greco Charles Aznavour, Charles Trenet, Yves Montand, Jacques Brel, Michel Legrand, Django Reinhardt… A magical mystery tour into the many aspects of love, its variegated influence and the enchantment it spreads… Love transcends life, perfects music, reaffirms life. Like Leonard Cohen’s Dance  me to the end of […]

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Freedman New Jazz Series,Julien Wilson Quintet (VIC) and Claire Edwardes

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Freedman New Jazz Series This very special SIMA x Freedman New Jazz concert brings together Freedman Jazz Fellow,Julien Wilson and Freedman Classical Fellow,Claire Edwardes,in a night of spectacular music that is sure to stand testament to the almost 20 year institution.   Julien Wilson Quintet (VIC) Julien won the 1994 National Jazz Awards at the […]

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Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week: 5 Jul – 12 Jul

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Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is HEAVEN & EARTH by KAMASI WASHINGTON, released through YOUNG TURKS RECORDING. HEAVEN & EARTH is the second album of jazz saxophonist, composer, producer, and bandleader KAMASI WASHINGTON and described as another incredible, mind-opening exploration into Washington’s ideas of creation in the universe. Clocking in at two and a half hours […]

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