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 […]
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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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Jazz Made In Australia Monday 21 November 2016 ‘Chris Cody ‘Not My Lover”
Pianist, composer Chris Cody has lived for such a long time in Paris that he’s now considered a French Australian musician, claimed by both countries. he currently spends his time commuting between both countries and has just returned to Australia after a successful tour of France, England and Spain. Chris started his musical […]
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Arts Thursday 17 November.
WILDTHING and Behind the Museum This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton in a conversation with Frank Howarth PSM, the President of Museums Galleries Australia, the membership organisation for these organisations across Australia. This forms part of an irregular series on ‘thought leaders’ in the arts and cultural world. If you’ve ever wondered about the museum […]
Arts Wednesday 16 November 2016
You get to meet Jacqui Newling again at 10:40 am with Part 3 of Eat your History and this week’s episode is about tea. At 11:00 am Anna Lise de Lorenzo joins us to talk about Maker Space & Co, a wonderful creative space in Marrickville, where craftspeople and artisans come together under one roof, […]
Album of the week – The Dreaming Room by Laura Mvula
“The Dreaming Room” by Laura Mvula is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. This week our featured artist hails from the West Midlands of England however her voice is powerful enough to reach all corners of the globe. Releasing her second album Laura Mvula has given us another record packed full of emotions and originality […]
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Elise Black Athena Fernandez joins PJ on Dial Afrika Wed. 16
Elise’s Fighting Talk “I was a disruptive kid….bloody knees, bruises and a butter knife tucked in my boots….smoked….dropped out of school at 17, went to live with my sister in Hillbrow….got involved in clubs….the hip-hop culture embraced me….pregnant at 20, the father abandoned me, came back and left again when the second one was 6 […]
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Jazz Made In Australia Monday 14 November 2016 ‘Sandy Evans’ Kapture’
Saxophonist Sandy Evans is an extremely talented and highly respected musician in Australian jazz, and has been for a number of years. Sandy says that in her resent musical work her passion has been exploring intersections between improvises from jazz and Indian music background. Sandy’s CD recording ‘Kapture‘ with drummer Toby Hall, bassist […]
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Arts Wednesday 9 November 2016
Jacqui Newling returns with Part 2 of Eat Your History at 10:40 am and this week the topic is sugar. At 11:00 am you’ll meet celebrity GP Ginni Mansberg, making a welcome return to the show. Recent statistics show that accidental overdose of prescription pain killers now accounts for the same death toll as road […]
Album of the week – Frame of Reference by Sean Foran
‘Frame of Reference’ by Sean Foran is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. Bringing us his first debut album as leader Australian pianist and composer Sean Foran gives us a project that is full of talent and original music. Music that may sound quite different for those of you who are used to Foran’s […]
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Arts Thursday 3 November.
Cultural Leadership and the Wonders of Lake Eyre This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton to meet arts leader Cheryl Stock AM, the Director of Graduate Studies and Head of the Cultural Leadership Course at NIDA, the National Institute of Dramatic Art. Cheryl is a dancer by training and has had a stellar […]