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
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is The People Could Fly by Camilla George on the Ubuntu Music label. More than an invitation to escape, the name of the album “The People Could Fly” is a tribute to the collection of tales by the British author Virginia Hamilton, who describes with much poetry, the condition […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Nov 29 – Dec 6
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is ‘Alone at Last’ by Tasha on Father/Daughter Records. On her quietly confident debut, this soulful Chicago singer-songwriter offers portraits of intimacy and songs about the need for self-love. For years, the Chicago songwriter has dreamed hard of a better world—she’s worked with the local racial justice organization Black […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week: 1 Nov – 8 Nov 2018
Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week is ‘People of the Sun’ by Anthony Joseph released on Heavenly Sweetness. For ten years or so Anthony Joseph has traveled the world, recording and performing music in a somewhat makeshift manor. Visits to Trinidad until recently had been limited to only a few weeks or a month, but […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week: 4 Oct – 11 Oct
Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week is Jon Cleary’ ‘Dyna-Mite’, releasesd via FHQ Records. Jon Cleary is an English pianist, guitarist and vocalist, based in New Orleans. Cleary’s thirty-five years of intensive hands-on work on the Crescent City scene has made him a respected peer of such New Orleans R&B icons as Dr. John and […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week: 13 Sept – 20 Sept
Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week is THE SHAKEDOWN by TENDERLONIOUS FEATURING THE 22ARCHESTRA; released via 22a Label. Described as one of the jazz renaissance’s leading lights, TENDERLONIOUS has proven himself to be a valuable part of London’s jazz scene. THE SHAKEDOWN is TENDERLONIOUS’ first album and was recorded during one long eight hour session at Abbey Road Studios. Album: The Shakedown […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week: 30 Aug – 6 Sept
Eastside Radio’s Album of the week is LAST BAND STANDING by ORCHESTRE LES MANGELEPA on STRUT. ORCHESTRE LES MANGELEPA is Originally from Eastern Congo they moved to Nairobi and succeeded by mixing the massively popular music of their homeland with Kenyan influences and lyrics in Swahili. But despite their success in Africa, they didn’t tour in Europe […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week: 23 Aug – 30 Aug
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Livingstone by Jungle By Night on the Rush Hour Recordings Label. Nine years ago, nine friends founded a collective rooted in strange sounds from unfamiliar places. Combining their tastes and an untameable hunger for music at a young age. Almost a decade of heating up dancefloors across the […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Aug 16-23