This Thursday, Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers speak to two artists with new exhibitions. Firstly, meet Andjana Pachkova – formerly a Wall Street lawyer, born in the Ukraine and raised in Russia and now living in Sydney, practicing art. Her solo exhibition Fernweh – into the Blue, at the […]
Andy’s back! Music historian Andy Bromberger returns at 10:40 am with a new series: Symphony’s Selected Sections and in Part 1, we commence with strings. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Brett Summerrell, Chief Botanist and Director of Research at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, talking about fungi: a weird and wonderful […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Wednesday this week I celebrate some fabulous first nations artists. First up I play some tunes from Musgrave Band, a musical collective from the remote Indigenous Community of Amata in the South Australian Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. This band recorded some new music with the help of the […]
Eastside’s Album of the Week show this week features the latest release from Kamaal Williams, and sweet indie-folk sounds out of Melbourne from Nat Vazer’s Is This Offensive and Loud?. Kamaal Williams made a name for himself back in 2016 after teaming up with Yussef Dayes to release Black Focus under the Yussef Kamaal name. The […]
At 10:40 am, historian Laila Ellmoos joins us for Part 6, the final part of Developing Sydney and in this last episode Laila talks about fire and the impact it had on Sydney’s development. Developing Sydney is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go […]
Eastside’s Album of the Week show this week features jazztronica legend Thundercat’s latest release, It is What it is, and The Haggis Horns 70s funk and soul sounds on Stand Up for Love. Thundercat is a name normally associated with soul, hip-hop and r’n’b. A grammy-winning bassist out of LA who has worked with the […]
This Thursday, Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers speak to Peter Morton who is recording an ongoing series on the collections in our state’s cultural institutions – museums, galleries and libraries. Today Peter is speaking to Richard Neville, Mitchell Librarian about the extraordinary holdings and the astonishing and diverse array of items in the State Library […]
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Laila Ellmoos returns at 10:40 am with Part 5 of Developing Sydney and this week she talks about the Devonshire Street resumption. The land resumed included the Devonshire Street Cemetery and other important buildings surrounding the old graveyard. Developing Sydney is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. […]
This Thursday, Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers join you to explore arts initiatives that have pushed through the Covid19 lockdown. First up we speak with Jo Jansyn, Cultural Development Coordinator at Woollahra Council about how Council has stayed active in the community over the last months with the development of Creative Hoardings ; the new […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Wednesday this week I speak to award winning actor, voiceover artist, writer, teacher, singer and coach Anni Finsterer about her upcoming book Radical Rock and Roll Resilience. Resilience is something that Anni has learnt the hard way. She talks about some of the tough times she’s had […]
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At 10:40 am, Laila Ellmoos joins me for Part 4 of Developing Sydney and this episode deals with the bubonic plague, which hit Sydney in 1900. Some aspects will seem very familiar! My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Keith Suter, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday, talking about conspiracy theories: what are […]
Eastside’s Album of the Week show this week features jazz sextet ARTEMIS’ debut album, as well as a new vocal direction for Texas trio Khruangbin in Mordechai. ARTEMIS is a supergroup comprising seven of the most acclaimed musicians in modern jazz. Featuring pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, clarinetist Anat Cohen, […]
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