Ian Hemphill asks the question “Can you imagine a world without spices? What if there was no such thing as vanilla ice cream, cinnamon buns or the aromatic flavour of juniper in gin? Imagine life without Worcestershire sauce, mustard pickles, chilli sauce……” Affectionately known as “Herbie”, Ian is Australia’s leading authority on spice. He’s travelled […]
Read More… from Ian “Herbie” Hemphill on The Dialogue Wednesday 23 March
‘Né So’ by Rokia Traoré (Nonesuch Records/Warner Music) is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. Produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Tracy Chapman), ‘Né So’ (Home) is a raw and powerful sixth addition to the multi-instrumentalists recording career. The album travers seven years of inspiration starting from her travels back home in 2009 to Mali. Her […]
This week Ed Lippmann makes a welcome return to Arts Wednesday with a new series of Sydney By Design for 2016. Ed kicks off the series at about 10:40 am talking about the Light Rail. At 11:00 am I will be joined in the studio by Australian soprano, Greta Bradman on the eve of her Australian […]
Italian Musician, Luca Gemma, Writer, Simon Dodd, and Actor, Cherrie Whalen-David are my guests today. Simon Dodd is the writer of PLAYTHING – an absurdist one- act comedy that is a subtle mix of deep philosophical musings and toilet humour. Cherrie Whalen-David plays the female lead. The cast features some of Sydney’s most seasoned and […]
Read More… from Italy’s Luca Gemma and ‘PLAYTHING’- Arts Monday
If you’re travelling north to Brisbane or heading north west towards Armidale, it’s well worth noting two fabulous exhibitions which are presently on show at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) in Brisbane and at the New England Regional Art Museum in Armidale. First stop on Arts Thursday is Armidale, to […]
Laila Ellmoos joins me at about 10:40 am for Part 6, the final part of our series on Sydney and Water and this week we talk about toilets. At 11:00 am I am joined by Dr Charles Pickett, curator of Imagine a City, an exhibition at the State Library of NSW marking 200 years of […]
Join me, Jane Raffan on Arts Monday 7 March for a program that looks at folklore, and the role stereotypes play in cementing narrative in national histories and broader popular culture. My guest interviews today are with Larissa Behrendt, lawyer, and professor of Indigenous Research at the University of Technology Sydney, and author of a […]
Read More… from Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling
Laila Ellmoos continues with Part 5 of Sydney and Water at about 10:40 am, this week talking about drinking fountains and bubblers. My special guest at 11:00 am is Rachel Kent, Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art and curator of My Pretty Little Art Career, featuring the work of British artist Grayson Perry. […]
‘Fjord’ by Briana Cowlishaw and Gavin Ahearn is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. Inspired by an enduring friendship and created amongst the breathtaking hillsides of Norway, the album explores the intricate musical relationship between voice and piano. With a lead up time of five years to being finally recorded in October of 2014, the […]
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Since December last year when local resident Adnil Ramos came into the studio to talk about the impending loss of 700 significant trees in the Randwick area, Monday Drive has been following the drama surrounding these vintage arboreal guardians of our ecosystems. Unfortunately in January we lost 20 heritage trees along Maiden’s Row in Alison […]
today we’re split between ecstasy and environmental agony as we discuss everything from Miriam Lieberman’s beautiful new album, Birds Of the Moon, to the toxic reality of plastic rubbish filling up our oceans. At 4.30 rhino activist Ray Dearlove will tell us why we need rhinos, and describe some of the adventures he’s had as […]
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‘This Narrow Isthmus’ (lionsharecords) by the Julien Wilson Quartet is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. The group’s second and last release was recorded live in Sydney back in 2014 and explores the universal theme of life’s transience. The follow up to the groups debut and triple Australian Bell Award winning album ‘This Is Always’, […]
Read More… from Album of the Week – ‘This Narrow Isthmus’ by the Julien Wilson Quartet