Five of Australia’s most distinctive and celebrated voices will come together in May 2019 to celebrate the music of singer, songwriter, musician, poet and literary genius Bob Dylan. John Waters, Glenn Shorrock, Wendy Mathews, Doug Parkinson and Wes Carr will take to the stage, performing and interpreting some of the great songs from the Bob […]
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic @ The Enmore Theatre 20 April 2019 Reviewed by Sharmaine Spencer As someone who hadn’t experienced a George Clinton gig before I was completely blown away with the showmanship and energy of one of his shows. I feel like even though I hadn’t experienced it before, that it was something […]
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Larkin Poe @ Oxford Art Factory 22 April 2019 Reviewed by Amir & Boaz – The Deep Blues Show While waiting in line to enter the Oxford Art Factory, the couple behind us mentioned that they drove in from Canberra to see Larkin Poe and are going to drive back straight after. I’m guessing that […]
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Stay Human Vol II by Michael Franti & Spearhead, released on the Heavenly Sweetness label. Michael Franti’s latest album is the soundtrack to the new Stay Human film, which shares the stories of those who’ve overcome cynicism with hope – including the experiences of Arief Rabik, an environmental scientist […]
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We start the program with another conversation with Leonie Cohenand and track, Capture, from her Pages Suite. At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger returns with Part 2 of Compositions, Court Life and Composers and this week Beethoven is the composer we talk about. At 11:00 am, I will repeat an interview I recorded with historian, Sean Bawley, for […]
Flogging Molly @ Metro Theatre Thursday 18 April 2019 Reviewed by Gemma Purves For anyone remaining in Sydney for the Easter long weekend Flogging Molly’s sold out Bluesfest sideshow at the Metro was the ultimate way to kick it off – as well as engendering envy towards anyone who was going to be in Byron […]
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Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week is Citizen John by Joe Camilleri & The Black Sorrows on the Bloodlines Label. Joe Camilleri’s 21st album with The Black Sorrows, Citizen John, has debuted at #11 on the ARIA Chart. Not stopping there, the album hit #2 on the AIR Chart, and was the third highest-selling physical […]
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Fane Flaws in Sydney to record tracks for the Album from The Bent , members are Peter Dasent (keyboards) , Tony Buckhouse ( vocals), Fane Flaws (guitar). Check out this truly fun and quirky videos directed by Fane Flaws. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMKgtcn8fWQ […]
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Keb’ Mo’ @ Factory Theatre. Marrickville, Tuesday 16 April 2019 Reviewed by Paula Towers Renowned as one of America’s greatest living blues artists, Keb’ Mo’ [from his original name Kevin Moore] is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter and has won four Grammy Awards. The latest Grammy was awarded in 2018 for TajMo, his collaborative album […]
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One of Australia’s most prolific and internationally recognised large ensembles, The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, is back on the block and means business. Re-branded as the NEW Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, original JMO founders David Theak and Murray Jackson have assembled an exciting new cast featuring the voices of tomorrow playing sophisticated repertoire from many of the world’s […]
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I’m With Her LIVE @ City Recital Hall Tuesday 16 April 2019 Reviewed by Tony Roma When asked to describe I’m With Her ahead of their debut Australian performance at the City Recital Hall last night I often lazily referred to them as a vocal group, due to one promotional marketing clip that covered an […]