Malian guitarist Moussa Diakite is synonymous as being one of West Africa’s “Golden Era’s” most influential, respected and leading guitar players. Moussa is also known by the name Doncomodja, which translates to ‘Gift From God’. His ‘crossover’ style is a rich fusion of Malian Traditional Folk-lore and western contemporary styles such as Blues, Jazz, Classical, Funk, Rock n’ Roll […]
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Enjoy this 8minute interview with Australian post doctoral fellow (his 2nd PhD!), Dr Graham Zemunik. Who is Dr Zemunik? Graham is currently based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and specialises in soil driven vegetation assemblages. His research examines how soil elements, especially phosphorus, might drive tropical tree growth. What has he found? In the […]
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Memory of Elements is a Perth based band which seems to be a cooperative without one particular leader with compositions being contributed by all members who are all leaders in their own right. They are Jamie Oehlers, saxophones; Carl Mackey, saxophones; Tom O’Halloran, piano; Simon Jeans, guitar; Pete Jeavons, double bass; and Ben Vanderwal, drums. […]
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Professor Geraint Lewis, Professor of Astrophysics at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy, makes a welcome return to Arts Wednesday at 10:40 am in Part 1 of a 6-part series entitled Colour and Geraint starts the discussion by asking what is light? My guest at 11:00 am is garden historian and author, Richard Aitken, who has […]
A pretty ballsy show this week! as we decided NOT to dodge the C word. It just kept raising its pretty head. First up – apparently the Sydney business community decided to put its money on the big C over the weekend. Clover Moore’s detractors must have been cursing to find themselves in the minority. […]
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“In My Room” by Jacob Collier is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. The album that we are featuring across the station this week comes from afar as we give some well deserved attention to a young man from London. This young man has already mastered some skills that would take others a lifetime to achieve, […]
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Arts Thursday 8 September podcast On Thursday 8 September, with Maisy Stapleton, the focus was on arts and its role in politics. I spoke to Arts Party Leader and co-founder PJ Collins to find out why the party was formed, its results in the recent federal elections and where it’s […]
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The Art of Politics and Artists in Residence Art-speak is the segment where I interview influencers and forces in the arts sector in Australia. This Thursday, the focus is on arts and its role in politics. The federal election is past and while the parties in government continue to wrangle, let’s find out what is […]
Ever thought about the music under the waves? According to our featured guest this week, Associate Professor Ivan Nagelkerken, from Adelaide University, human’s are changing the aquatic soundscape in ways almost unfathomable. Not just the industrial clanking around of merchant ships and the military, underwater explosions, and leisure vehicles, but now even our agricultural run […]
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Ed Lippmann joins me at 10:40 am for the finale of the current series of Sydney By Design, looking at Sydney. My special guest at 11:00 am is Maria Katsonis, co-editor of Rebellious Daughters, a book recently published featuring essays by some of Australia’s most prominent female authors, talking about their rebellious youth. Music is […]