At 10:30 am, I continue conversation and music with Leonie Cohen and this week we play Spring Kiss, from her latest album, Pages Suite. Andy Bromberger returns at about 10:40 am, with Part 3 of Compositions, Court Life and Composers and this week the subject is Brahms. My special guest at 11:00 am is author Irris […]
With a new album under one arm, 2018 ‘All Ashore’ and a Grammy Award under the other Punch Brothers – mandolinist Chris Thile, guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjoist Noam Pikelny, and violinist Gabe Witcher will make their long-awaited return to Australian shore in July 2019. “We are just thrilled to be returning to Australia this July. We had such a wonderful experience when […]
Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week is Honeydrops Live 2019 by the California Honeydrops through Tubtone Records. The California Honeydrops celebrate their 11th year together with the release of their latest album, Honeydrops Live 2019 and continue to tour worldwide – featuring recently at Australia’s 30th Bluesfest at Byron Bay. Led by dynamic vocalist and multi-instrumentalist […]
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Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Honeydrops Live 2019, by The California Honeydrops, released by TubTone Records. The California Honeydrops, an American R&B and blues band has a distinctive musical style created through the fusion of genres such as roots, blues, R&B and Soul. The band, comprised of Lech Wierzynski,Ben Malament, Johnny Bones, Lorenza […]
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Snarky Puppy @ The Enmore 21 April 2019 Reviewed by Chris Zinn It seems hard to believe that fusion was ever a dirty word in the jazz world given the high-energy performance of the acclaimed Brooklyn-based Snarky Puppy at the Enmore Theatre on Easter Sunday. While labels are inadequate for such a moveable feast of a band, who […]
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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