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 […]

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Arts Thursday 21 April 2016

Arts Thursday, on 21 April gives air to both the visual arts and to sound-based performance art. First up is composer, broadcaster and writer Julian Day who joins me, Maisy Stapleton in the studio to talk about Super Critical Mass which is showcased in the exhibition CUSP, now making its return to Sydney to the […]

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Magic and more!

Arts Thursday 14th April 2016 focusses on the contribution of a major cultural identity in Sydney, the late Bill Wright and sprinkles the air with magic when we talk to Bruce Glenn, The Gentleman Magician. Firstly, the exhibition, William Wright – Visions Through Disbelief. There are only a few days left to see this exhibition […]

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Moodswing Playlist – Laidback Downtempo Chill

Selected & Presented by DJ Taline Aired 12th April 2016 on Eastside Radio 89.7Fm 8.00-9.30pm Tonight’s Moodswing is laid-back chill, taking you on a journey from 90s trip hop and dub to nu soul, hip hop and post dubstep, ranging from Massive Attack, Coldcut, DJ Shadow and The Herbaliser to Little Dragon, Modeselektor and AlunaGeorge. To hear this […]

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Authors, Jackie French & J.D.Barrett & SCF-Arts Monday

Renowned author, Jackie French, Hollywood screenwriter, J.D. Barrett and Sydney Comedy Festival Director, Jorge Menidis are my guests today. J.D.Barrett discusses her debut novel ‘The Secret Recipe for Second Chances’ and making the switch from screenwriter in Australia and Hollywood to novelist. Described as “a surprising, smart, charming novel that shows every day is a […]

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Alpha & Omega – Tales of Transformation

Join me, Jane Raffan on Arts Monday 4 April for a program that looks at tales from Greek and Roman mythology in an intriguing new exhibition, “Alpha & Omega: Tales of Transformation“. My guest interviews today are with Michael Turner, Snr Curator at Sydney University’s Nicholson Museum, whose collections of antiquities are the largest in […]

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Arts Thursday 31 March 2016

This week on Arts Thursday join me,  Maisy Stapleton,  with a focus on visual arts exhibitions in Sydney. Firstly, join Maisy in conversation with Gene Sherman from the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), which is launching its 2016 exhibition program with an ambitious moving image project by Mikhael Subotzky, entitled WYE, standing for the letter “Y”. […]

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