Eastside is Celebrating International Jazz Day Tune in and enjoy 24h of Jazz on Friday 30th of April! Friday 30th of April is International Jazz Day and like previous years Eastside Radio we’ll be running a 24 hour jazz broadcast. For the whole day and across all programming with 17 shows dedicated to Jazz, tune in […]
The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra brightens the Autumn music scene with an intimate program of gorgeous Romantic chamber music at metropolitan and regional venues. Its latest series evokes the salons and living rooms of the early nineteenth century, featuring Beethoven’s Trio, Op.38 and the delightful Grand Septet by underappreciated Swedish composer Franz Berwald. The […]
Presented by Palace, the Moro Spanish Film Festival’s full 2021 programme has been revealed for some reel inspiración. A sensational selection of new and recent Spanish language films featuring some of Spain and Latin America’s leading stars along with exciting new acting talent will be screening nationally from April 20 to the 16th of May at Palace Cinemas. […]
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Approx. 9 minute read The month of March is behind us and being the eventful month that is was, there is much upon which to reflect. On the 8th, we celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD). The theme for this year’s celebrations and acknowledgement was #ChooseToChallenge. This expresses the fact that we are all responsible for […]
Jacob Pedrana – Bondi local artist Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) It’s about colour, it’s about movement, metaphors, man and beast, it’s also about art and expressionist painting. Emerging expressionist painter and sculptor, Jacob Pedrana, hails from the Noosa hinterland in Queensland but has lived the last 15 years in Bondi. Lucky us because […]
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Approx. 6 minute 30 second read “Poetry and music are the best at the highest level of the human mind. Out of poetry, out of their need for poetry, human beings have developed the idea of God. And so when we sing, when we dance, when we speak poetry we are speaking out of God’s […]
Approx. 6 minute read Alex Silver has earned the utmost respect (and general street cred) in the jazz music world for her performance chops, composition sensibility and for being something of a pioneer for women in jazz as the inaugural recipient of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award. I had the pleasure of first encountering Alex […]
Approx. 10 minute read I first came across Briana Cowlishaw’s music on her latest album, Fjord, where she teams up with her long-time collaborator, Gavin Ahearn. Briana’s voice totally enticed me- it is so enchanting on the classic numbers Gentle Rain (originally bossa nova number written by Luiz Bonfá) and Stompin’ at the Savoy (written […]
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Approx. 12 minute read Against some challenging odds, Athésia’s perseverance and passion for music led her to carve out her own unique path and nurture an enriching career as a musician. She shares her Canadian French Haitian heritage and culture, using music as a channel to bring communities together and to serve a noble cause. […]
Approx. 8 minute read Maria Mitar has a gift for weaving the diverse music threads of Western Sydney together in to a beautiful tapestry of sound, colour, culture, dance and celebration. As a co-founder of the Cultural Arts Collective, along with partner Richard Petkovic, Maria brings communities together to explore and bridge the space between heritage, […]
Approx. 6 minute read Artists are endlessly curious beings. This is certainly true of Miriam Lieberman. I love the way she describes how she discovered rhythms in everyday objects around her as a child and how her desire to unveil more of the world and its music led her to West Africa. Read on to […]
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Approx. 19 minute read Maryanne Piper is a profound collaborator whose work output includes diverse elements from women’s composition and performance initiatives, to a literacy program that uses music a a vehicle and working on Jazz, Classical and Cultural music with stellar musicians from the shores of Aotearoa, the Conservatoires of Europe and her home […]
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