When the Beatles moved to psychedelic rock and Dylan went electric, Van Morrison hired New York’s finest jazz musicians and recorded two of the classic albums of that golden era —Astral Weeks and Moondance. Both albums had enormous impact on aspiring musicians and singers around the world; Vince Jones was one of them. A remarkable interpreter, […]
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Bondi Feast brings comedy, theatre, cabaret & circus to Bondi Pavilion this winter A veritable feast of contemporary circus, dazzling burlesque, side-splitting comedy and genre-bending theatre returns to Bondi Pavilion on 9 to 20 July 2019 for Bondi Feast. Bondi Feast features more than 40 shows, starring performers from all over Australia and our first […]
Bob Dylan Revisited @ The State Theatre 24 May 2019 Reviewed by Phil Fiebig The promoters of this birthday celebration concert for the world’s greatest living songwriter know a thing or two about the market for nostalgia and tribute shows. They have or are currently touring shows paying homage to Michael Jackson and Elvis, Joe […]
The Seven Ups & Thunder Fox @ The Metro’s Lair, 23 May 2019 Reviewed by Bibi – Queer for Your Ears Driving bass lines, triumphant bursts of brass, ripped up rock on lead guitar – that’s laced with the right amount of acid – and Afro beats that punch hard straight through to the heart! […]
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Tune in to Jammin’ Friday, to listen, click here ⇒ Jammin’ Friday. or go to www.eastsidefm.org/JamminFriday Hello everybody, My name is Athésia (Pronounced Ah Tease Ya), I will be stepping in on Art’s Monday on Monday 27th of May 2019. It’s a pleasure of being invited to produce and host the show that is normally presented by […]
Read More… from Arts Monday, special interview with Sydney Film Festival Director, Nashen Moodley.
It’s a bit early in the year to be reviewing resolutions, but when I looked at my 2019 list I saw that ‘volunteering’ and ‘do something with radio’ hadn’t been tackled yet. I’ve been a big radio fan all my life – an essential love if you work from home in my opinion; and when […]
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. […]
We start the program with music and conversation with Leonie Cohen, listening to and talking about Baruch, from her latest CD, Pages Suite. At 10:40 am, we hear Part 6, the final part of Compositions, Court Life and Composers with music historian Andy Bromberger and she finishes with Verdi and Wagner. My special guest at […]
A prediction ! This is from 2018 ! Published in the Monthly. […]
Read More… from 18 April, Interview of NEIL MOORE,Painter, Illustrator, Cartoonist, Art Historian
Grammy Award winner Van Hunt has attracted critical praise touring both as headliner as well as alongside such diverse acts as Kanye West, The Roots, Coldplay, Mary J. Blige & Dave Matthews Band. Van’s self-titled debut established him as a distinctive and original talent with its idiosyncratic melding of R&B, soul, funk, pop & rock […]
Anthony David presents…Hello Like Before: The Songs Of Bill Withers With support – Daniel March Bill Withers is one of the greatest and best selling singer/songwriters of all time who scored such classic hits as “Lean On Me,” “Use Me,” “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lovely Day” and many more. For over a decade, neo-soul singer/songwriter Anthony […]
A Celebration of Women – Their Music and Their Stories The song recital is in decline, waning, perhaps dead. So at least many have claimed or suggested. However, Sara Macliver, soprano and Ian Munro, pianist, have made it their mission to cherish and nurture this artform by presenting well known and not-so-well-known art song about […]