One hundred years ago the Armistice of WW1 between the Allies and Germany came into effect at 11am on 11 November 1918. The guns fell silent on the Western Front and after more than four years of bloodshed and destruction, the war was finally over. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th […]
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Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week is ‘Black Velvet’ by Charles Bradley on the Daptone Records label. November 5th, 2018 would have been Charles Bradley’s 70th birthday. ‘Black Velvet’ is the artists last album and contains a compilation of songs recorded earlier. Black Velvet is a celebration of Charles Bradley, lovingly assembled by his friends and […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week: 15 Nov – 22 Nov 2018
The Sydney Poetry Bookers Picnic is a celebration of poetry. The reading event recognises the significance of the coordinators of poetry who organise the regular readings in Sydney and the greater regions of the city. The annual event acknowledges the efforts undertaken throughout the year by the organisers of poetry in forging poetry communities and […]
Flamenqueando’s new production features award winning Madrid trained flamenco dancer Rosalie Cocchiaro; Brilliant flamenco guitarist Paco Lara (SPAIN), Aria nominated guitarist Damian Wright; Jessica Statham (outstanding dancer – Dance magazine Australia 2013); Chachy Penalver (Amor de Dios dance scholarship winner 2013) and brilliant jazz percussionist James Hauptmann (Vince Jones, James Morrison). Winners – Fringe Dance Award 2014 […]
Ed Lippmann once again joins us at 10:40 am with Part 5 of Technology and Architecture and this week the topic is the twentieth century. With summer now upon us, I am taking the opportunity to replay and interview I recorded some years ago with entomologist, Bryce Peters, from UTS, talking about the creepy crawlies […]
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Read More… from Community Billboard 12th November -19th November
Finding Voice is a 25 minute documentary produced by Eastside’s Mick Paddon together with Bangladeshi poet, writer and journalist Humayun Reza “When I first met Humayun Reza, all I knew about him was that he was from Bangladesh and was seeking asylum in Australia with his wife and two daughters. He is a quiet and […]
Read More… from Finding Voice- a new documentary about writers who are refugees and asylum seekers
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is The People Could Fly by Camilla George on the Ubuntu Music label. More than an invitation to escape, the name of the album “The People Could Fly” is a tribute to the collection of tales by the British author Virginia Hamilton, who describes with much poetry, the condition […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Nov 29 – Dec 6
Sydneysiders recycled 45 tonnes of electronic waste at our March and June 2018 e-waste collection days, helping keep unwanted household items out of landfill. These recent events were held at our Sydney Park Nursery Depot. In total they attracted 1,558 individual e-waste drop-offs with half of all participants reporting that it was their first time attending […]
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. […]
Read More… from Community Billboard 6th November-13th November
Hello out there in the radioland, Trumpeter Roy Hargrove died last week at the tragically-young age of 49, from substance abuse-related system failure. This Saturday I plan to do a two hour special on the music with which he left us. A master of all areas of black music including modern jazz, dance, rap, cuban, big band […]
Award-winning songwriter Keppie Coutts presents ‘The Mysteries of Mad River: A Swamp-Folk Operetta’, an eccentric, Freudian, and sparkling piece of musical theatre, that is one-part cabaret, one-part murder mystery. ‘The Mysteries of Mad River’ revolves around the character of a lovable (but deranged) primary school teacher, singing her way through a town cursed with disappearing […]
Read More… from Keppie Coutts – The Mysteries of Mad River: A Swamp-Folk Operetta