Jacqui Newling continues with Part 6 of Eat Your History at 10:40 am and this week the topic is curry. My guest at 11:00 am is Louise Wilson talking about Australia’s first female botanical illustrator, Margaret Flockton and her book about her: Margaret Flockton: A Fragrant Memory. Music is about Australian flowers – mostly. I […]
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Jazz Made In Australia Monday 5th December 2016 ‘Jazz and other Cultures’
In recent years a number of musicians have become interested in combining jazz and improvisation with the music of other cultures. Sandy Evens‘ long term fascination with Indian music is one example and Joseph Tawadros playing his ud with jazz players is another, to name just two. And now I have Paolo Angeli with his […]
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Arts Thursday 1 December 2016.
VENICE & CENTRAL AUSTRALIA This Arts Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton travelling to two iconic and extraordinary parts of the world. First up meet Desmond Freeman, who has hidden a talent for drawing behind many years as a master designer of museums and exhibitions. Desmond studied art and design at the National Art School, Sydney and […]
Boiling Point 29 November 2016
Missed tonight’s show? Listen in here WHAT!?! ANU scientists succeed in stopping light?! Danny explains how this is possible using super cooled rubidium atoms Plus Chantelle visits the Southern Hemispheres largest Orchid propagation program at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. First steps; identify pollinator. Second step; identify fungal host. Third step; keep alive Boiling Point […]
Surface Snorkel Insanity
Senator Pauline Hanson’s in depth analysis of the Great Barrier Reef gleaned during a strenuous “surface snorkel” during her first ever outing in a wetsuit, has brought the spectacular peculiarities of our times into stark relief this week. Senator Hanson was able to fall back on years of ignorance when she announced that the […]
Rebecca Ritchie on The Dialogue Wednesday 30 November
The world of Rebecca Ritchie is full of glamour, drama and beauty; with equal doses of murder, tragedy and ambition. It is the wonderful world of Opera Australia. Rebecca Ritchie, Wardrobe Production Manager for Opera Australia, takes us behind the scenes of the workroom. We step into the domain of the costume designers, cutters, seamstresses, wig makers, milliners and […]
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Album of the Week – ‘New Balloon’ by Matilda Abraham
‘New Balloon’ by Matilda Abraham is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. With her brand new album released this October, Abraham invites us to follow her into a warm, honest and unique universe created amidst a mix of the synthetic sounds and the sweet voice of a folk singer. The Sydney based singer began developing […]
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Boiling Point 22nd November 2016
Missed tonight’s show? Never fear you can listen to it here! Chantelle interviewed Australian National University researcher Henry Cook, on the team’s efforts to save the last 14 Orange Bellied Parrots Check out the Save the Orange-bellied Parrot campaign here https://pozible.com/project/operation-obp And Tim looked into research that’s pimping photosynthesis in crop plants to meet our […]
Jazz Made In Australia Monday 28 2016 ‘Julien, Dan, & Idea of North’
I’m focusing on only 3 CDs this week, one released early in 2016, one released late in 2016 and one released somewhere in the middle. And, they are Julien Wilson‘s ‘This Narrow Isthmus‘, Dan Barnett‘s ‘Walkin’ Shoes‘ and the Idea of North‘s ‘Ballads‘. Most of us I’m sure are familiar with Julien’s work, he is […]
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IT’S PARTY ARTY FRIDAY TIME @ MCA ARTBAR
ARTBAR NOVEMBER: FINALE 2016 – Curated by Megan Cope MCA ARTBAR ‘FlashBlaks to the Future’ curated by Megan Cope It’s time to enjoy art, listen to great music and dance! ARTBAR takes your gallery experience and flips it on its head through art, music, design and performance. Kicking off after dark on the last Friday of […]
Arts Wednesday 23 November 2016
Jacqui Newling joins us again at 10:40 am with Part 4 of Eat Your History and this week’s topic is oysters. My special guest at 11:00 am is Heather Rossiter, scientist, author and traveller whose latest book is Sweet Boy, Dear Wife about cross-dressing archaeologist, Jane Dieulafoys. Jane travelled across Persia of 1880’s and dug […]
Album of the Week – ‘Doncomodja’ by Moussa Diakite & Wassado
‘Doncomodja’ by Moussa Diakite & Wassado is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. This week we bring you the sounds of West Africa by an artist who has been creating and playing music for over three decades now. Moussa Diakite knows exactly how the Australian crowd like their world sounds as he practically calls Australia home […]
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