Andy Bromberger joins us at about 10:40 am for Part 4 of Revolution, Reaction and Romanticism, this week talking about Concert and Performance Practises. The topic of this week’s 11:00 am interview is the pipe organ and to tell us all about it is Philip Meyer, organist at the historic St Philip’s Church on Church Hill […]
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Album of the Week – ‘Come Alive’ by Deep Street Soul
‘Come Alive’ by Deep Street Soul is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. Here at Eastside we love nothing more than originality, passionate work and good sounds and this week our featured album has it all. To make it even more special it all comes from an Australian band, to say that Deep Streets Soul’s […]
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Arts Wednesday 11 May 2016
Andy Bromberger brings us Part 3 of Revolution, Reaction and Romanticism at about 10:40 am and this week she talks about the rise of the virtuoso. At 11:00 am, I will play an interview I recorded with Peter Manning, journalist, author and academic, former head of Current Affairs at Seven Television Network, head of the ABC […]
Album of the week – ‘Take Me To The Alley’ by Gregory Porter
‘Take me to the Alley’ by Gregory Porter is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. An album that packs a lot of punch with the great soulful voice of Gregory Porter is his latest piece of work ‘Take me to the Alley’, released on the 6th of May this year it is Porter’s follow up release […]
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Arts Thursday 5 May 2016
The arts world is changing. New and innovative approaches to delivering, appreciating and interpreting art are in evidence. This Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton, we explore some of these changes and of course delve into the art and cultural forms themselves. Auctions, for instance are beginning to replace retailing specialists as a significant source for […]
Arts Wednesday 4 May 2016
Andy Bromberger joins us for Part 2 of Revolution, Reaction and Romanticism at 10:40 am and this week she talks about Beethoven. At 11:00 am I’ll be playing an interview I recorded with Maggie Patton, rare books expert at the State Library of NSW about the acquisition of a 1564 book of novellas by Italian […]
Moodswing Playlist – Finest Soul Singers!
Selected & Presented by DJ Taline Aired 26th April 2016 on Eastside Radio 89.7Fm 8.00-9.30pm Tonight’s Moodswing is bringing you some of the finest soul singers and artists from 1960s & 70s Soul America. Featuring the late and great Billy Paul, Sly & The Family Stone, Bobby Womack, Marlena Shaw, The Undisputed Truth, Lou Rawls, Esther Phillips, Curtis Mayfield […]
Album of the Week – Evolving by Francesca Prihasti
‘Evolving’ by Francesca Prihasti is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. If you are always on the look out for new music and are keen to see what the next generation of musicians are coming up with, then an album that is full of enjoyable Jazz is ‘Evolving’ by Francesca Prihasti. If you are worried […]
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Rob Thomas on The Dialogue Wednesday 27 April at 6pm
It’s January 1966 and the Top 40 chart has The Beatles We Can work it Out at Number 1, The Seekers are number 2 with The Carnival is Over and Rob Thomas is at number 10 as Bobbie Thomas and the Beaumen with Lavender Blue. Eastside Radio listeners will know Rob Thomas from his Jammin’ […]
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Arts Wednesday 27 April 2016
Music historian, Andy Bromberger, makes a welcome return to the program at about 10:40 am with a new series entitled Revolution, Reaction and Romanticism and she starts the season with a general introduction. My special guest at the 11:00 am spot is Dr Leroy Gonsalves, Biodiversity Research Officer with the Department of Primary Industry, talking […]
Album of the week – Cold Radish Coma by 30/70
‘Cold Radish Coma’ by 30/70 is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. Here at Eastside Radio we love originality and this weeks featured album is full of it. Melbourne is widely known for its music scene and for producing some of the finest artists in the country, a Melbourne collective that are starting to get […]
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Songhoy Blues at City Recital Hall
Oumar Touré, Aliou Touré, Garba Touré and Nathaniel “NAT” Dembele are Songhoy Blues – all hail from Gao in the north Of Mali. With growing unrest in the north of Mali these young men and their families were forced to take refuge in the southern town of Bamako. They turned crisis into opportunity by forming a band which they baptized Songhoy […]