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Category: Program Blogs
‘Moonshine Freeze’ from This Is The Kit – Eastside Radio Album Of The Week (7-13 Sept)
‘Moonshine Freeze’ from This Is The Kit is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. It’s an album of modern British indie-folk, with jazz, country, blues and even afrobeat inflections. Front-woman Kate Stables is hauntingly commanding on vocals, and her toplines are supported by brilliant songwriting and lovely instrumentation. Stables is originally from Bristol, in the UK, but has lived […]
‘Lo Unico Constante’ from Alex Cuba – Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week (31 Aug-6 Sept)
‘Lo Unico Constante’ from Alex Cuba is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. The album consists of thirteen tracks of Latin pop, soul and jazz, with an uplifting and positive tone. The multi-award winning artist was born Alexis Puentes in Artemisa, Cuba, where he learnt guitar from his father Valentin Puentes, an esteemed player and teacher. […]
The Poet and the Podcaster
ARTS THURSDAY 7th September at 10:30 am Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 7 September presents two women, whose lives took new paths into the arts, following family-raising and a diversity of careers. Barbara Fisher is a poet whose work explores aspects of a woman’s life – her memories, perceptions and domestic details, such as […]
Arts Wednesday 6 September 2017
Today at 10:40 we hear the final part of Our Universe with Professor Geraint Lewis, entitled The Long Dark Tea-time of the Universe. At 11:00, I am joined by poetry devotee, Eleanor Smagarinsky, who talks about ModPo, her online poetry community. We do a close reading of a poem by Lorine Niedecker called You are […]
Peter McNeil on The Dialogue Wednesday 30 August at 6pm
Ever wonder what the Queen carries in her handbag? And what did the Queen Mother wear in the bomb shelter during the Blitz? Why do men wear ties? Professor Peter McNeil, Professor of Design History at UTS Sydney, knows all there is to know about fashion and decorative arts; from the Middle Ages to today, […]
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Arts Wednesday 30 August 2017
Today at 10:40 am we hear Part 5 of Our Universe with Professor Geraint Lewis and the topic is Death From the Skies – pretty dramatic stuff! My special guest at 11:00 am is artist Marion Borgelt, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday, to talk about her new exhibition at Dominik Mersch Gallery. Marion […]
Locus Non Consequensia & Undertaking – Arts Monday
Locus Non Consequensia – ‘location of no consequence’ is a project conceived by artist, Hadyn Wilson to honour an ‘inconsequential space’. This innovative project originally began in early 2000 as a collection of drawings and focuses on one representative square metre of ground delineated by a cast iron frame. The location, chosen randomly using Google […]
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‘Parking Lot Symphony’ from Trombone Shorty – Eastside Radio Album Of The Week (24-30 Aug)
‘Parking Lot Symphony’ from Trombone Shorty is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. This is Trombone Shorty’s (AKA Troy Andrews) seventh studio album as a band-leader since releasing his debut in 2002, and there’s been four live albums as well during that period. On top of that impressive back-catalogue Andrews has contributed to countless other albums as […]
Arts Friday 25 August presented by Bronwyn Rennex
Today I be talking about making art accessible. I went along on a tour through the Jenny Watson exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia that was run for participants with visual impairment as part of the MCA’s Bella Program. I’ll be playing part of the tour as well as interviews with the artist […]
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Writers’ Block and Regional Galleries
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 24 August focuses on regional galleries in NSW and the psyche of creative people.. Firstly, we explore why so many creative people suffer anxiety and self-doubt. Psychotherapist Peta Landman, herself an arts practitioner, author and former arts manager speaks to us about some of the issues creative individuals face […]
Arts Wednesday 23 August 2017
At about 10:40 am Professor Geraint Lewis continues the story of our universe with Part 4, entitled “New Eyes on the Cosmos.” My special guest at 11:00 am is Jane Caro, talking about Unbreakable: Woman share stories of resilience and hope, her latest book, which she has edited. With Jane’s usual passion and compassion, we tackle […]