Vivid Ideas will captivate Sydney over 23 days and nights from 25 May to 16 June. Dare Jennings – Game Changer Dare Jennings is one of Australia’s global success stories. He is the founder of Mambo clothing, Phantom records and Deus Ex Machina, yet according to Dare, he has no business knowledge to share. So […]
Yemen Blues’ intoxicating music merges West African rhythms, influenced by Yemeni culture and melodies with jazz and funk to evoke a connection to places you may have never visited. Sitting in a musical crossroads of Middle Eastern traditions, the group paints a musical canvas with deep laments and jubilations to present a complex and resolutely […]
Jazz Trio Reunion at Camelot Lounge! Camelot Lounge warmly welcomes back Mark Isaacs and is delighted to host his 60th Birthday Concert. Mark began to perform publicly in his early teens and so is also celebrating nearly half a century on the stage. For this concert, Mark has arranged a reunion of his acclaimed jazz […]
Word in Hand is… Sydney’s premier and most diverse performance and storytelling gig, held on the first Tuesday of every month at the Red Rattler in Marrickville. Expect to see poetry, rhyme, song, movement and more by artists from across the nation and the world. Their work will light a fire under your belly and […]
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. […]
Nothing Compares 2 PRINCE came to the Sydney Opera House on Friday the 27th and Saturday the 28th of April in celebration of the two year anniversary since his passing. “It was a riot. We utterly enjoyed the show.” Odi – Sydney “Wow! Such an impressive line-up of talent, beautiful musical arrangements and spine-tingling energy…the emotion was […]
Haitian Jazz Latin Party in Sydney! Live Music, Food & Dancing By popular demand, Haitian French Canadian singer Athésia is organising a Haitian party in Sydney. Escape the cold and warm yourself up to the aromas of Haiti. Discover Haitian music and dance on the rhythms of Compas, Mini Jazz, Twoubadou, Zouk and Meringue to name a few. Enjoy […]
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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 […]
Both Sides Now: Celebrating the Songs of Joni Mitchell! They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot… Singer, songwriter, painter, poet, activist and voice of a generation, Joni Mitchell is an essential part of the soundtrack to the twentieth-century. She grew up with folk music in the 60s, she railed against injustice in the […]
Embodying the unmistakeable Jerez style of flamenco guitar playing, PACO LARA presents the flamenco guitar in all it’s authenticity, culture and artistry. Apart from his skill as a formidable soloist Paco is also revered for his ability as an acompaniest in the specialised world of flamenco singing (cante) and (dance), where he has performed with […]
The German Film Festival will light up screens at Palace Cinemas from 22 May to the 5th of June 2018 . The program of 32 Australian premieres represents the strong and vital cinema from one of Europe’s most prolific filmmaking nations, in collaboration with German Films and Goethe-Institut. The opening selection, THE SILENT REVOLUTION, […]
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