Review by Bibi & The Big Blues One of the stars Nakhane counts among his muses is the very theatrical Grace Jones. He recalls her saying: ‘if you want people to believe you, you have to believe it first’. Another is the always daring Nina Simone. He observed that she always ‘followed every muse, whether […]
Community Billboard 22 January – 29 January
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected. […]
Fat Freddy’s Drop at WOMADelaide 2019
With less than 50 days to go until WOMADelaide opens on the 8th of March in Botanic Park, the final additions to the 2019 program have been announced, including a Saturday night headline show performance by NZ heavyweights, Fat Freddy’s Drop. Fat Freddy’s Drop last appeared at WOMADelaide 2014 and have amassed fans worldwide ever since, […]
Jazz at Lincoln Center Saxophonist Walter Blanding
New York-based saxophonist Walter Blanding brings his music to Foundry616 on Thursday the 24th of January, joining drummer Andrew Dickeson for his only club performance. Blandings has been a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since 1998 and has performed, toured and/or recorded with his own groups and with such renowned artists as […]
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Grigoryan Brothers and Wolfgang Muthspiel
Three acknowledged icons of the guitar world are bringing their incredible artistry to Australian audiences. Wolfgang Muthspiel (Austria) and Slava and Leonard Grigoryan (Australia) are highly respected worldwide for their contributions to the guitar oeuvre, be it jazz, classical or world music. With a repertoire spanning centuries, continents and genres, amazing telepathy and ability to draw emotion from […]
Meet Julia! Eastside’s newest intern
G’day, my name is Julia and I am really excited to be joining the Eastside FM team as an intern for the next two months. I graduated from high school last year and decided to escape my hometown of Cologne in Germany for the land down under for a little while. I have always been […]
Arts Wednesday 23 January 2019
At 10:40 am, Les Rice, Tattooist and artist, joins us for the final part of Beauty, the repeat 6-part series. Are tattoos beautiful? My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Keith Suter, Foreign Affairs editor for Sunrise, among his many titles (including no less than 3 PhD’s!), talking about warfare today and yes, it […]
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jan 17 – Jan 24
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is The Griot by Gaye Adegbalola on the VizzTone label group. Gaye serves up “topical blues for topical times.” As a griot (gree-oh), she uses her honest vision of the world to record history — as she sees it — in song . . . stories like “(You’re)Flint Water, […]
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Community Billboard – 15 to 22 January 2019
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected. […]
Arts Wednesday 16 January 2019
I am so looking forward to being back at the console this week. We start the show with a bit of unfinished business from last, with 2 more episodes left on Beauty and this week it’s James Franklin with Beauty and Mathematics. My special guest at 11:00 am is Andrew Tink, auth pr Honeysuckle Creek: […]
PJ Returns to Dial Afrika
Rumour has it that PJ will return to retake the chair on Dial Afrika next week, January 16 at 9am. By popular demand, humbled and excited to continue a program he started seven years ago, there’s every chance that this could be more than mere rumour. Returning from a 6 month sabbatical during which took him […]
Elsen Price Releases New Classical Single
Sydney artist Elsen Price has released a global sounds single ‘Birth: The Spirit Begins’ a lead single from his album ‘Death of the Spirit and the Rise of the Pointless.’ Encapsulating emotions into his music, ‘Birth: The Spirit Begins’ is a new classical instrumental single filled with double-bass grooves that tells the story of human expression […]