At 10:40 this morning, we hear the last of the 6-Part series with Andy Bromberger – Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement – and in the concluding episode Andy discusses music from the 1970s. On 15 June 1215, Magna Carta was signed at Runnymede and since then it has been regarded as the cornerstone of democracy. In […]
Olympian Taekwondo athlete Hayder Shkara, on Crossing the Line Tuesday 12 June 3pm
Hayder Shkara fell in love with martial arts in 1998, as a 7-year-old child in the suburbs of Sydney. He made his first national team in 2006 and by 2011 was competing to represent Australia at the London 2012 Olympic Games. A loss to a New Zealand competitor in the Oceania qualifiers saw him miss out on […]
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NEW ALBUM REVIEWS: JUNE 2018
NEW ALBUM REVIEWS To listen or purchase a release click the ? or the album’s artwork VARIOUS ARTISTS Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label [Numero Group/Rocket] ? Review by: James Tsai The consistently brilliant archival specialist and all-genre encompassing Chicago based label, Numero Group has done it again. For volume 20 of the label’s flagship series Eccentric Soul, we are transported back […]
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jun 7 – Jun 14
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is LOVEPLAYDANCE by Toshio Matsuura on Brownswood Recordings. On ‘LOVEPLAYDANCE’, legendary Tokyo DJ and producer Toshio Matsuura charts a new direction. Casting musical cornerstones in a fresh light, the TOSHIO MATSUURA GROUP features Tom Skinner (drummer for Sons of Kemet and Owiny Sigoma Band amongst others) as its musical director, as […]
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Community Billboard 5th June – 12th June
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. […]
Lea Delaria Live In Concert
Lea DeLaria “Boo Boo” From OSTNB @ City Recital Hall for Vivid 2018! “(DeLaria) swings hard, and scats and bends notes in a style that suggests a no-frills Betty Carter on steroids.” The New York Times Lea DeLaria, “Big Boo” on Orange is the New Black brings her live show to Sydney for one night only. Known for […]
Influential sports administrator John Boultbee on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 5 June
Having started his sporting career as a rowing coxswain aged 13, John Boultbee’s passion for sport has lead him to become one of Australia’s leading sports administrators. He was Secretary General of the International Rowing Federation (1989-95) and is currently Steward of the Henley Royal Regatta. As Director of the Australian Institute of Sport during the […]
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Blood and Wine on the Canvas
A nice cold white with some mussels. A warm full bodied red and a good book on a cold night. A frosty beer on a summers afternoon, after a hard day’s work. I can think of lots of ways in which I enjoy consuming my alcohol, and as you can see, with a night of […]
What the World Needs Now and The Forever Kid – Arts Monday
What the World Needs Now or How the Inner West Connects is a new musical theatre show about the ups and downs of living in Sydney’s inner west. Written by Choir Director, Gary Smith and members of the St Peter’s based community choir, The Bridge on the River Choir, the musical portrays the story of […]
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Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: May 31 – June 7
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is So Calypso! by Calypso Rose on the Because Music label. There’s no doubt about it, as the self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Calypso’, calypso is her thing and no one has ever come close to dethroning her. She remains the voice of this musical style originating from Trinidad and Tobago […]
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ARTS THURSDAY – What Lies behind?
ARTS THURSDAY with Maisy Stapleton on 31 May. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: Join Maisy Stapleton in conversation with two very different groups of artists to probe what ‘lies behind’ an artwork. Firstly we’ll meet two artists who are showing at the Janet Clayton Gallery in Paddington. In what will […]
Steve Langham on The Dialogue 30 May at 6pm
Steve Langham is the winemaker for Piggs Peake winery in Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley. He’s been known to strut around in a shiny cape, rescue damsels from wine barrels and he also makes a damn fine wine. They’re the wines with the Piggy names – Sows Ear Semillon, Pino Piggio, House of Straw Shiraz. […]