In this week’s series Changing the Face of Jazz, which focuses on young women instrumentalists, the featured musician is saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist Loretta Palmeiro. Loretta has been a member of and soloist in a wide range of ensembles which have made an important impact on Australian music, including the Sirens, the Divergence Jazz Orchestra, […]
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Ed Lippmann joins us at 10:40 am with Part 2 of new series of Sydney By Design. In this series, Ed is still focussed on Sydney, looking at the new vision, published by the Greater Sydney Commission November 2016. At 11:00 am my guest is author Adrian Mitchell, talking about his latest book, The Beachcomber’s […]
Sydney music photographer, Rod Hunt, and Director, Monica Zanetti, are my guests today. Music photographer, Rod Hunt has photographed many high profile artists and covered Australian and international music festivals. His impressive body of work has also been featured in most of the key music publications. Rod’s upcoming exhibition, Portraits, Pits & Punks draws on […]
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This week as baby turtle hatchlings fried, and farmers buckled in the heatwave, we discussed how to stay cool, combat the heat island effect, and interpret the fiery debate about where our energy comes from, which erupted across the political and media landscape. Scorched earth in the wake of the Trump Presidency’s latest shenanigans, felt […]
What shows, performances and people are coming up in 2017 and how best to sum up those of 2016? Join me at 10:30am for a stimulating appraisal of theatre and performance in Sydney. We welcome back Deborah Jones, writer ‘on dance, musical theatre, theatre and opera in Sydney … mostly’, for her annual survey of […]
Malarial mosquito, siblings vs pets and vegetarianism. Missed tonight’s show? Plug into the podcast here:https://eastsidefm.org/boilingpoint/ Tim mulled over malaria research that’s investigating the mosquito immune response to parasites:… https://www.sciencenews.org/…/what-mosquitos-immune-system-… Alex examined young people’s preferences when it comes to their pets versus their siblings: https://medicalxpress.com/…/2017-01-children-satisfaction-r… And Chantelle looked into longevity and the virtues of vegetarianism: https://goo.gl/bAavjq […]
David Barr talks to Luphindo Ngxanga the human beatbox from south African acappella group The Soil. They will be appearing at WOMAdelaide. […]
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I am really looking forward to being back at the console this week for a new start for the new year. Ed Lippmann begins a new series of Sydney By Design, once again looking at Sydney and the new proposal by the Greater Sydney Commission. Will this one get off the ground? At 11:00 am […]
Composer and trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood is this week’s focus in Changing the Face of Jazz . This is the regular feature in the hour long program devoted entirely to Australian musicians Jazz Made in Australia. Ellen draws on a rich variety of musical styles and genres for her compositions, and finds her inspiration from sources […]
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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 […]
I’ve just returned from a fabulous trip to northern Ethiopia and I loved every minute of it. With a population of nearly 100 million, the people are somewhat healthier and better cared for than they were in the 1980s and food is more readily available to all. That’s not to say there’s no poverty but […]
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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