Zac’s wearing dark slacks and a plain shirt – nothing compared to what’s about to come. He’s just been on a last-minute shopping run down Oxford Street – and pulls out a pair of black stilettos – scattered with silver glitter, the kind you’d expect to see a stripper sporting somewhere seedy in the Cross, […]
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Funding Brave New Works That Will Live On For the fourth consecutive year, Australian and New Zealand art music composers are encouraged to apply for a share in A$100,000 worth of funding to create new commissioned work thanks to the APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund. The funding pool of A$100,000 is available for the creation […]
Read More… from Calling All Composers: Applications Open For $100k Art Music Fund
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Read More… from Community Billboard 12th November -19th November
Finding Voice is a 25 minute documentary produced by Eastside’s Mick Paddon together with Bangladeshi poet, writer and journalist Humayun Reza “When I first met Humayun Reza, all I knew about him was that he was from Bangladesh and was seeking asylum in Australia with his wife and two daughters. He is a quiet and […]
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Sydneysiders recycled 45 tonnes of electronic waste at our March and June 2018 e-waste collection days, helping keep unwanted household items out of landfill. These recent events were held at our Sydney Park Nursery Depot. In total they attracted 1,558 individual e-waste drop-offs with half of all participants reporting that it was their first time attending […]
Hello out there in the radioland, Trumpeter Roy Hargrove died last week at the tragically-young age of 49, from substance abuse-related system failure. This Saturday I plan to do a two hour special on the music with which he left us. A master of all areas of black music including modern jazz, dance, rap, cuban, big band […]
Dan Barnett’s masterful eighth album, Through Her Eyes, pays exquisite tribute to his incredible mum, Joan Barnett, and her love of music, life, and family. The album brings together Sydney Jazz legends, with Dan leading the ensemble through a perfect selection from the Great American Songbook. Joining Dan (vocals and trombone) are octogenarians Cyril Bevan […]
Read More… from Through Her Eyes: Dan Barnett’s Long Awaited 8th Album
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Read More… from Community Billboard 30th October- 6th November
The Story After a horrific road accident Dahlia found herself with acute pain and severe hip injury requiring an operation costing $29,000! Her health insurance couldn’t cover it and she was turfed out into the public system having to wait in line for a year and more, which puts her survival at risk… Dahlia has […]
Drought Relief Fundraiser Dashville are hosting a number of free events this weekend in drought affected areas to help support our farmers. All of the profits are going to the Country Womens Association who will then disperse all the funds. You can catch Ben Leece, Jason Walker, Lyle Dennis Express, Lyle Dennis Express, Adam […]
Ed Lippmann joins us at 10:40 am for Part 3 of Technology and Architecture and this week Ed moves on to the Gothic and Medieval period and concludes with the Renaissance. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Saul Smith of Soul Drummer talking about the djembe. This versatile African drum has an amazing history […]
After a massive sell-out show at City Recital Hall last year, Monsieur Camembert returns with their critically acclaimed show based on the music and poetry of iconoclastic Canadian songwriter Leonard Cohen. Drawing on material that spans some 35 years, Monsieur Camembert’s entirely original interpretations traverse styles rarely (if ever) associated with Cohen, including swing, jazz, […]