Art and Activism and Civil Rights

Join me, Jane Raffan, on Monday 6 February for a program devoted to civil rights. I’ll be interviewing Matt Poll, Sydney University’s Indigenous Heritage curator about the Freedom Rides of 1965, and the work of a group of artists produced in response for an exhibition titled, ‘Freedom Riders: Art and activism 1960s to now’. Inspired […]

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deadly animals, “alternative” facts, social harmony

John Hurt died last week, but that only made 1984 seem all the closer as the first 7 days of the tumultuous Trump Presidency ended with thousands protesting at airports around the United States, American scientists planning to March en masse on Washington DC, and calls for the President to be impeached or something, gathering […]

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Michelle Bell on The Dialogue Wednesday 1 February

Have you seen the giant Lunar Lantern zodiac animals around Sydney Harbour? Heard the firecrackers in Chinatown? Want to find out what goes on behind the scenes of the Sydney Chinese New Year Festival? Claudia Chan Shaw chats with Michelle Bell, human firecracker and Program Manager of  the Chinese New Year Festival and Events at the City […]

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Bassist Jess Dunn Makes Jazz in Australia

Bass player Jess Dunn (pictured) is the featured musician in Changing the Face of Jazz broadcast as part of Jazz Made in Australia on January 30th. Jess says of herself that she came to playing music fairly late, by which she means her late teens. She progressed from a hand-me-down electric base to a stand-up […]

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Arts Thursday Australia Day 2017

                  Join me on Australia Day at 10:30 for Arts Thursday. To begin, meet Emily Valentine whose extraordinary work, made by ‘painting in feathers’, can be seen at the exhibition Preen at the Janet Clayton Gallery in Oxford Street until 29th January. Emily’s lively and inventive art […]

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Boiling Point 24 Jan 2017 + bonus point

Dinosaurs, fairy circles, 22 degree halos and Lake Wakatipu’s seiche Alex dug back into the Jurassic to see if dinosaurs may one day walk among us:… Chantelle checked out what’s causing fairy rings in the Namibian desert And Tim shared stories of two phenomena he encountered in Queenstown, New Zealand. Look it up, what are 22 degree […]

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QUEEN KAFÉ IS BACK FOR ONE DAY!

  Follow QK here: www.facebook.com/QueenKafe Tuesday 24th of January 2016 from 9am to 10:30am, Queen Kafé will have the honour of hosting the radio show The Lowedown produced and hosted by Virginia Lowe who is unfortunately not well. Rest assured everybody, Virginia will be back the following week. If you love jazz, blues, soul and […]

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Jazz Made in Australia features Jodie Michael

This week’s Jazz Made in Australia includes the second in the series of profiles of young women instrumentalists, Changing the face of Jazz. Drummer Jodie Michael ( pictured)who was awarded the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013, is the focus. Jodie has made her musical homes in Wollongong, Sydney and New York. She also gives […]

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Album of the week -Townie Ramble On by The Cope Street Parade

  ‘Townie Ramble On’ (TRO) by The Cope Street Parade is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. Last week we brought you an Australian artist for our featured album as we dived into Sarah McKenzie’s latest album ‘Paris in the Rain’ well this week we bring you yet another home grown act this time hailing from […]

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