Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Flight by James Francies on the Blue Note label. 22-year old Houston-born NYC-based pianist and composer James Francies makes his debut with Flight, an album that presents a bold new vision from one of the brightest young stars in Jazz. Francies, who frequently sits in with The Roots on The […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Feb 21 – Feb 28
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is It’s The Little Things by Louise Goh on the Rolling Stock Studios label. Louise Goh is a Melbourne-based keyboardist, composer and vocalist, trained in classical piano, jazz & improvisation (Victorian College of the Arts) with further study in improvisation at the School for Improvisational Music, New York University. […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Feb 14 – Feb 21
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Pacifica by The Vampires on the label Earshift Music. The Vampires are trailblazers for a new generation of creative jazz talent from Australia, having gained critical attention worldwide by pushing the genre into new realms. Creating a distinctive sound that is undoubtedly their own, the band has garnered praise […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Feb 7 – Feb 14
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Poison Fruit by Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti on the label Far Out Recordings. From an artist in their seventies, you probably wouldn’t expect to hear an album like this. But Brazilian drumming legend Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti has been experimenting and innovating for the last half a century. As one […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jan 31 – Feb 7
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is The Paralian by Andrew Wasylyk on the Athens Of The North label. Andrew Wasylyk is the alias of Scottish writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Andrew Mitchell. In 2018, Andrew was extended a residency invite from arts centre and historic house, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, Scotland to create new music for their […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jan 24 – Jan 31
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is The Griot by Gaye Adegbalola on the VizzTone label group. Gaye serves up “topical blues for topical times.” As a griot (gree-oh), she uses her honest vision of the world to record history — as she sees it — in song . . . stories like “(You’re)Flint Water, […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jan 17 – Jan 24
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Night Flowers by Ambre Hammond on the Ambre Hammond label. Classical pianist, Ambre Hammond, completed her Associate and Licentiate Diplomas in Piano as an eleven year old, while being home-schooled in Moss Vale, Australia. Her debut with orchestra at age 16 was playing the Concerto No. 3 by […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jan 10 – Jan 17
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Aftermath by Alex Stuart on the Jazz Family label. An album inspired by the dark turning point the world is facing today, but also by the omnipresent and evident beauty that surrounds us. His compositions are influenced as much by the urban landscapes of Paris as the wild […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Dec 20 – Dec 27
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Naming & Blaming by The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra on the Hope Street Recordings label. After a long wait, Melbourne’s Public Opinion Afro Orchestra (The POAO) is set to release their second album, ‘Naming & Blaming’, a pulsing, percussive journey into classic afrobeat. Recorded by a 17 piece […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Dec 13 – Dec 20
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Universal Beings by Makaya McCraven on the International Anthem Recording Company label. Makaya McCraven puts forth an ambitious new work – Universal Beings – a culmination of concepts conceived by In The Moment, and his most elegant & articulated work yet. Spurred by a desire to connect with […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Dec 6 – Dec 13
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Outer Song by Gadadu on the Birdwatcher Records label. Vibrant and expansive, GADADU’s second album Outer Song builds on the sparse, soulful sound of their 2015 debut LP. Lush arrangements and gritty grooves bring to life over three years of songwriting by bandleaders Hannah Selin and Nicki Adams, […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Nov 22 – Nov 29
Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week is ‘Black Velvet’ by Charles Bradley on the Daptone Records label. November 5th, 2018 would have been Charles Bradley’s 70th birthday. ‘Black Velvet’ is the artists last album and contains a compilation of songs recorded earlier. Black Velvet is a celebration of Charles Bradley, lovingly assembled by his friends and […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week: 15 Nov – 22 Nov 2018