NEW ALBUM REVIEWS To listen or purchase a release click the ? or the album’s artwork BROTHERMARTINO & MIRKO CISILINO meet HERBIE D. FADERS & MICHAEL BASS Showcase [Bassplate Records] ? Review by: Paris Pompor Back in 2009, I was completely besotted with a dub-reggae re-recording of Miles Davis‘ Kind Of Blue. The woozy-boozy meeting of languid jazz and dub […]
In England, a jazz revival is currently in full throttle, with reverberations being clocked well beyond the confines of inner-city London. One of its prime movers, saxophonist NUBYA GARCIA visits Sydney on June 10. Eastside Radio’s PARIS POMPOR caught up with the band leader on the eve of her debut downunder dates. Asked to put her […]
Award-winning sports journalist Rupert Guinness is best-known for his compelling coverage of cycling, rowing and rugby. He has covered the Tour de France 29 times. In 2001, he was awarded a Walkley Award commendation for his inside story on the 1999/2000 Sydney to Hobart yacht race for The Australian. He is also a bestselling author, penning […]
Read More… from Sports journalist Rupert Guinness on Crossing the Line Tuesday 15 May
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is THE TURNING TIDE by PP ARNOLD, released via Kundalini Music. I was at a crossroads back in 1968-1971. Immediate Records had folded and PP searched for a new label that would give her the opportunity to continue make music that would take her to the next stage of her musical journey. PP was […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week: 10 May- 16 May
Pollination at the Calyx In the plant world, colour is the essential ingredient for pollination. Watch as The Calyx is transformed into an ever-changing kaleidoscope of colour in the new, free floral display Pollination. Curated by the horticultural team at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, the display features a collection of plants and flowers showcasing […]
Pretty Ugly Butterfly is a photographic series of mirror portraits of half faces and figures, made symmetrical, from multi-media artist David Porteus. The result is surreal beauty, ghost portraits from a new world where the imperfect is made perfect and true nature is negated. The beauty myth of symmetry is both celebrated and disputed, in a […]
Read More… from Pretty Ugly Butterfly and Creature:Dot and the Kangaroo- Arts Monday
Meet Olympic volleyball player, Liz Brett. This week, Tuesday 8 May, Liz will be talking to GT about representing Australia at the 2000 Olympic Games, what happens when a sporting career comes to an end, and how she has forged a new career in business and academia. Plus, Liz will be sharing her top six tunes – […]
Woollahra Council is seeking artists to design an outstanding mural for Robertson Park at Watsons Bay! The Project Council is seeking to paint a sophisticated and site specific mural on one external wall of the amenities block in Robertson Bay, Watsons Bay. The wall is highly visible to park users and visitors and the mural […]
The Funniest & Happiest Play Shakespeare Ever Wrote! Directed by Susan Stapleto, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the best known of the bard’s plays. Written after Romeo and Juliet and before The Merchant of Venice, around 1595, it is ostensibly about the events surrounding the marriage of a Theseus, Duke of Athens to […]
Monday, 30th April at Metro Theatre: Review by Rike Franke Lights on. The stage is littered with many instruments and the crowd cheers and screams: “Jacob, Jacob, Jacob!” His fans are out in force and when he finally comes up to the stage the Metro Theatre erupts with loud applause. He is the reason for […]
Take Time Out and Develop Your Creative Side! Pine Street Creative Arts Centre is the City of Sydney’s community arts facility and gallery. Pine Street Creative Arts Centre is the City of Sydney’s community arts facility and gallery. There, get hands-on to explore jewellery design, ceramics printmaking, drawing and painting, even if you have no experience, […]
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. […]