Haitian Jazz Latin Party in Sydney! Live Music, Food & Dancing 31/05/2018

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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2018 Art Music Fund – Matt Keegan

Sydney-based saxophonist and composer Matt Keegan has been announced as a recipient of the 2018 APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund. The $100,000 fund will support nine Australian composers to create new works to reach audiences both locally and globally. Keegan will use the funding to support the creation of a new work for the cross-cultural ensemble The Three Seas. […]

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NEW ALBUM REVIEWS: MAY 2018

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 […]

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NUBYA & TODAY’S JAZZ WARRIORS

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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 […]

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German Film Festival returns to Sydney (May 22-June 5)

  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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REVIEW: Jacob Collier Live at Metro Theatre

Monday, 30th April at Metro Theatre: Review by Rike Franke Lights on. The stage is littered with many instruments and the crowd cheers and screams: “Jacob, Jacob, Jacob!” His fans are out in force and when he finally comes up to the stage the Metro Theatre erupts with loud applause. He is the reason for […]

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Sydney Writers’ Festival

The Sydney Writers 2018 festival has just begun! Set to take place in new locations instead of the Walsh Bay Art Precinct. Events are planned at Sydney Town Hall, City Recital Hall and Roslyn Packer Theatre with a huge variety of Writers and Journalist from Emma Alberrici, Peter Doyle, Julia Zemiro, Wesley Morris and many more. […]

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