Hello everyone, Ryan here with another news roundup. This week, more international news instead of local news has been making the headlines so I’ll keep you up to date on what’s been happening abroad, as well as here in Australia. Death of Pope Francis hits the pause button on the campaign Over the last week […]
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That’s a wrap on the ‘final’ 36th Byron Bay BLUESFEST 2025. Wait. What? It’s coming back next year and tickets are on sale already! Over four perfect Byron blue sky days, Bluesfest 2025 was filled with incredible live music, big crowds and good vibes. An eclectic mix of artists this year meant there was truly […]
Hello everyone, happy Thursday! Ryan here, once again to give you the latest roundup on all the latest political news both here in Australia and around the world to help you make sense of it all during these crazy times and the election campaign. Its been a busy week so lets dive in. Campaign launches […]
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Hello everyone, Ryan here once again for your political news roundup for this last week of 10 April, and what a week it has been! So much has happened since last week both here in Australia and around the world, but don’t worry, I’m here to summarise it for you to help you understand. Lets […]
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The Winter term 2024 includes open short courses for adults, including jazz and soul ensembles, impro basics, blues guitar, music theory, singing and more! All held at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Tired of not giving an interesting answer to what instrument you play? Or regretting not continuing those guitar lessons after Year 12? Worry no […]
Read More… from Newbie or Charlie Parker, at the Sydney Con there’s a short music course for all!
Hey Eastsiders, Inspired by the mellifluous and variously random sounds often juddering my antwacky Hyundai, and having been quite finally fed-up with my lack of practical music knowledge, a venture into the depths of Eastside radio presenting we have taken. I’m Olivah – Oliver’s incorrectly spelled counterpart – currently living the fourth-year student life – […]
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Saturday 22 March 2025 Loading Dock Theatre Qtopia James Elazzi is one of Australia’s freshest theatrical voices and his new play, Saints of Damour firmly cements his place as a – I want to say great but maybe it’s too early for that – let’s say formidable Australian playwright. His ability to mine the emotional […]
Written by Anna-Celine Rautenberg Musicals are my great passion. Even as a child, I knew that music and theater would play a central role in my life. At the age of three, I wished for my first microphone, and later, I took years of piano and singing lessons. It was my first singing teacher who […]
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Thursday 6 March 2025 Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House London born conductor, Finnegan Downie Dear lead the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in tonight’s program of Ravel and Brahms. A one-time assistant to Simone Young, his tall lean frame leant itself to garnering a wide range of emotions and nuances from the musicians. And as SSO […]
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Friday, 28 February, 2025. Sydney Opera House. Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Andrew Haveron (violin) It’s been a while since I’ve heard Carl Vine’s music in the concert hall. He’s been sorely missed since he relinquished the role of artistic Director at Musica Viva Australia, and now that he’s not busy running one of the world’s largest […]
Saturday 1 March 2025 Belvoir St Upstairs “Those who don’t learn history are doomed to repeat it.” George Santayana These famous words, fittingly penned by Madrid-born Spanish-American philosopher, Santayana, are at the crux of this riveting, powerful real life drama. In Song of First Desire we are thrown head-long into the Spanish Civil War. We […]
Jazz maestro, Shabaka Hutchings took up the clarinet from age nine, playing in calypso bands while studying classical repertoire, and often practising over hip hop beats and music native to Barbados, where he spent much of his childhood. Since then, Shabaka has collaborated with a range of luminaries including Mulatu Astatke, Andre 3000, Floating Points, […]