Professor Geraint Lewis joins us again for Part 4 of Our Universe and in this episode he asks: what are the most energetic things in the universe? The answer is that they are shrouded in mystery. My special guest at 11:00 am is Austen scholar, Ruth Wilson, who advocates a new way of teaching and […]
Approx. 12 minute read The March 4 Justice protest in Sydney took place yesterday 15 March. I am in awe of the community of people from all walks of life who gathered to protest gendered violence; sexual harassment and domestic violence against women. While I celebrate and have such admiration of the courage of everyone […]
Approx. 7 minute 30 second read I love learning of the relationships between artists; how they collaborate, inspire each other and create opportunities for each other. For example, one of my favourite jazz pianists, child prodigy Joey Alexander was discovered on Youtube by Wynton Marsalis (of Marsalis family jazz royalty, naturally) who then gave Joey […]
Approx. 12 minute read Artists have an inner drive to deliver their calling to the world and persuade others to appreciate the unique perspective or thing of beauty they surface, even when their pursuit is somewhat out of the ordinary or has never really been done before. Rock ’n Roll did not exist before Sister […]
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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 […]
Approx. 7 minute read One of the wonderful things about working in the Arts is being surrounded by people who express their own interests and talents and share them with the world. It’s a dynamic creative space where dancers, musicians, circus performers, sculptors, painters, writers, impresarios, designers… find each other and invent ways to collaborate […]
Approx. 7 minute read I first came across Kristin Berardi’s beautiful voice on her album Where or When a few years back – I’m a late comer to her music ( I know!) considering she had a dozen releases to her name before this 2015 album. I was hooked from the moment her sonic scapes […]
Read More… from Shout Sister Shout: Kristin Berardi (IWD 2021)
International Women’s Day 2021! We’re celebrating all our women voices on Monday the 8th March 2021 across programming for the whole day. On the menu: TIME PRESENTER LISTEN HERE 07:00 Athésia Jammin’ Monday 09:00 Chelsea Deeley The New Thing 10:30 Angela Stretch Arts’ Monday 12:00 Georgie Zuzak Sincopatico 13:30 Virginia Lowe A taste of Honey […]
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Approx. 8 minute read One of the peculiar habits of humans is to assign gender stereotypes to genderless things, such as musical instruments. One thing that I love about Sister Rosetta Tharpe is that she was an early progenitor of electric guitar rock ‘n roll. She was rocking the socks off crowds before Chuck Berry […]
Read More… from Shout Sister Shout: Hilary Geddes (IWD 2021)
Approx. 5 minutes 30 second read Being a musician means that you need to become expert juggler. I’ve come across so many brilliant musicians who are excellent jugglers of their multiple demanding projects (and actual balls in one instance). However, I think few can match the keen skill of Keyna Wilkins in this regard. She […]
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Approx. 6 minute read The song Shout Sister Shout was performed by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Lucky Millinder Orchestra. Their recording captures a sense of energy and zest that is so fresh, even though it was recorded back in the 1940s! I love the sense of play between the orchestra and Sister Rosetta. This […]
Approx. 8 minute read All over this world is a gospel tune performed by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and a lovely piece to open for my interview with on of Australia’s iconic World Music artists, Mara Kiek. She has been all over this world with the Mara! band, whose members include her equally talented and wonderful […]