Andy Bromberger continues with Music’s Mechanical Make-Up at 10:40 am and this week we progress to harmony. My special guest at 11:00 am is Michaela McGuire, Artist Director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival 2016, happening next month. Michaela started this role in December 2016 and I’ll be exploring the challenges that brings as well as […]
Category: Program Blogs
Future Seekers & The Song Of Us – Arts Monday
Future Seekers offers a new type of theatre experience –it breaks the mould of conventional theatre by incorporating piano music, a soiree atmosphere and a mix of dramatic styles in a story that moves from 1917 Russia to 2017 Sydney. Future Seekers is directed by Mark Langham and features Michael Wood, Neveen Hanna, Sana’a Shaik, […]
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Boiling Point 4 April 2017
Seeds with latitude, declining crop micronutrients and thylacine sightings. Alex described his upcoming research project into varied plant germination temperature ranges across latitude. Tim examined decline of micronutrient concentrations in crops courtesy of the changing climate. And Chantelle caught us up on the latest efforts to substantiate Thylacine sightings in Far North Queensland Added bonus. […]
Arts Wednesday 5 April 2017
Andy Bromberger returns with Part 3 of Music’s Mechanical Make-Up at 10:40 am, this week talking about rhythm. Apparently there was some confusion last week, because the image for Arts Wednesday was of a mushroom, to accompany my conversation with Dr Ray Kearney. Honestly, Andy does not now, nor has she ever look like a […]
Album of the Week – ‘Tiny Little Universe’ by Alison Avron
‘Tiny Little Universe’ by Alison Avron is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. Alison Avron’s Tiny Little Universe is a collection of songs inspired by her personal journey with grief after the sudden passing of her mother in 2014. The album was recorded at Milk House Studios in New York by multi-platinum award winning producer, […]
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Civil Disobedience and Unity: Workers Rights and Union Banners
Are you looking forward to the Easter and Anzac Day public holidays coming up? Do you know why we celebrate a Labour Day public holiday? Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program about Unity and, specifically, a potted history of Australia’s union movement 1850-1950 as reflected in trade banners, such as the one seen here […]
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Jazz Made In Australia Monday 3th April ‘Revisiting some more good stuff”
Jazz Made In Australia this week is revisiting some more great releases from the last couple of years and also bringing a new release from singer Sandie White. Sandie is a phenomenon, she is a mature aged performer, but sound strong and vital still. Other musicians you will hear are Peter Knight and his Way […]
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Art Thursday 30th March 2017
Today I’ll be talking to two photographers who are exhibiting their works at Stills Gallery – the final solo exhibitions at the gallery. Glenn Sloggett will be talking about his series Down in the dumps, which continues his long-term lover-affair with the unloved and the unloveable. One of the things that distinguishes his oeuvre is […]
Arts Wednesday 29 March 2017
Following our broad introduction last week, Andy Bromberger continues with Music’s Mechanical Make-Up at 10:40 am, this week talking about melody. My special guest in the studio at 11:00 am is Dr Ray Kearney, president of the Sydney Fungus Group, talking about mushrooms. We buy them in the vegetable section of the supermarket, but thy aren’t vegetables. […]
Virginia Ferris on The Dialogue Wednesday 29 March at 6pm
Let me entertain you! Virginia Ferris is a respected choreographer who has worked with the best in the business – Frank Sinatra, Peter Allen, K.D.Laing, Kath and Kim and Kylie. Tune in to The Dialogue on Wednesday 29 March at 6pm when Claudia Chan Shaw chats to Virginia about her fascinating career. From her days as […]
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Jazz Made In Australia Monday 27th January ‘Paula’s First Program in 2017’
Hello everyone, how good it is to be back to share this great music with you again after my annual summer break. And, I must thank my colleague Mick Paddon for doing such a great job on the program while I was away. I really did enjoy his series on the Changing Face of Jazz […]
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Frog Jazz Garden
The wealth at our feet – the critters keeping soil, seeds and ear drums thrumming. As regular Monday Drive listeners now know, all sorts of frogs often travel to Sydney in hands of bananas, lettuce and cut flowers, from all over Australia. They include charming little rainforest, laughing, and dwarf frogs whose role in the […]