Artist Guo Jian experienced the Cultural Revolution and the horrifying Tiananmen Square Massacre. He has been detained and deported – all for creating art. Tune in to The Dialogue at 6pm Wednesday 31 August when I chat to Guo Jian about his youth, his art and 160kg of minced pork! […]
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Missed tonight’s show? Plug into the podcast here:https://eastsidefm.org/boilingpoint/# Luke McPhan began part one in his two-part special on the leaps and bounds in genetic engineering – with CRISPR and human clinical trials set to begin in China: https://www.nature.com/…/chinese-scientists-to-pioneer-first… … Danny Bartos took gaseous carbon dioxide and converted it into fuel: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas…/2016/…/160825113217.htm And Chantelle Doyle brought […]
Ed Lippmann joins us at 10:40 am for Part 5 of Sydney By Design and this week he continues the discussion on Parramatta. At 11:00 am I will play an interview I recorded with Fred Smith, musician, singer and songwriter who is also a diplomat. He served two terms of duty in Afghanistan and has […]
The SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3) co-director, Angela Blake, Sydney Fringe Festival Director, Kerri Glasscock, and Hunted the Interactive Horror Experience Creator, Emma Humphreys are my guests today. SmartFone Flick Fest is Australia’s international smartphone film festival for filmmakers of all ages. SF3 has just announced its award winners for 2016. Award categories include: Best Film; […]
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Pianist and composer Barney McAll was born and raised in a town about 37 kilometers east of Melbourne named Mooroolbark and his latest recording, released in 2015, is also called Mooroolbark and as Barney says he decided to call the album by that name because, “for many reasons Moroolbark is why I play music.” Barney […]
Read More… from Jazz Made in Australia- 29 August 2016- Barney McAll’s ‘Mooroolbark’
‘Iron in the blood’ by Jeremy Rose and the Earshift Orchestra is Eastside radio’s album of the week. Now this is an album that not only contains some excellent sounds and hosts a wide range of musicians but most importantly tells a story. ‘Iron in the Blood’ is a record that explores the rich tapestry of […]
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Drum Roll…..Boiling Point is back on the airwaves. Tonight Luke explored early evidence supporting the long held belief major depressive orders are hereditary, with researchers finding 15 associated loci https://www.technologyreview.com/…/23andme-pulls-off-massiv… … And Danny gave us 12 months to plan observation of the 2017 total solar eclipse- best visible from the USA! (Or live streamed) https://www.sciencenews.org/…/astronomers-prepare-2017-sola… […]
At 10:40 am Ed Lippmann continues our SBD series on Sydney and this week Ed talks about Parramatta. At 11:00 am my special guest is Inspector Shantel Cogno, Manager of the Missing Persons Unit of the NSW Police. I asked Shantel who is a missing person, why do people go missing and which groups in our community […]
Bobby Hutcherson, player of the vibraphone and marimba, passed away during the week. His music is loved by all and he will be sorely missed. His family seems to have been musically well-connected; his older brother hung with Dexter Gordon and his sister introduced him to Eric Dolphy. His earliest musical associations were with personnel […]
The Jazz Groove Mothership Orchestra was formed in 2003 to provide an 0utlet for talented composes to have their work expressed by creative musicians. It has featured the work of both Australian and International composers. It is considered to be Australia’s premier jazz orchestra. The Orchestra’s latest CD release in early 2016 is “Fiddes VS […]
Read More… from Jazz Made In Australia- 22 August 2016- Fiddes vs Tinkler
What a special treat to have not one, but two guests in the studio this week. Jack Carty is in Sydney with a new album in tow. Despite deciding to enjoy some well earned time off, Carty spent the last year recording a full album in his little flat in Brisbane. The result is a […]
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Corey Harris is one of the pre-eminent contemporary acoustic blues musicians. He is currently touring Australia. In the upcoming show of Drive Tuesday he talks with David Barr about his music which encompasses blues, reggae and African styles. Corey will be playing a couple of his songs during the show. He is appearing at The Basement […]
Read More… from Drive Tuesday- 23 August 2016- Interview with Corey Harris