“From NOLA To Chicago,” the new album from Sugar Bowl Hokum is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. Enamoured with obscure jazz and blues from the 20s and 30s, the band take compostions from the era and bring them back to life with fresh Sugar Bowl updates. Fans of those decades may recognise arrangements from […]
Arts Thursday 29 March 2018, presented by Bronwyn Rennex ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: I speak to Liz Watts, one of the producers of the film MARY MAGDALENE about the making of the film. MARY MAGDALENE is an authentic and humanistic portrait of one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood spiritual figures in history. The biblical […]
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Annabel Osborne is a writer, award winning director and photographer. She’s a very busy woman, with two feature films and a series in development. Her short film “Mama always told him” took out the first prize at the prestigious Rhode Island International Film Festival and she comfortably moves between making shorts and feature films, in […]
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At 10:40 am we hear Part 3 of Loved and Unloved with Ed Lippmann, the series where we discuss heritage issues and, this week we talk about the Chahill Expressway. My special guest at 11:00 am is Mami Kataoke, Artistic Director of Sydney Biennale 2018. We talked about her, about the philosophic underpinnings of the […]
Linda Smyth has worked tirelessly in her career to make a fashion label than can provide women with useful, comfortable clothing but also keep the earth in mind. That’s why Bon is a great place to shop for essential tees and tanks. Bon prides itself on the fact they use organic cotton jersey and is […]
Hidden beneath your Facebook feed Australian newspapers and magazines are struggling to turn a profit. Everyone has felt the thinner papers, seen the bigger ads, and cringed at the redundancies. You would be forgiven for thinking that launching a new broadsheet in Sydney would be impossible. However, that’s exactly what The Neighbourhood Paper is […]
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Sam Rollings talks about his Jazz guitar class at Conservatorium Open Academy in this short video. Autumn Term starts in May. BOOK HERE […]
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. […]
Brazilian Legend Sergio Mendes Comes to Sydney Three-time Grammy Award winner and Brazilian legend, Sergio Mendes, will be live in concert at the Sydney Opera House in April. With over 55 releases and a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2012, Mendes brilliantly blends bossa nova, jazz, and funk. Mendes’s first […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 22 March. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: Come with me on a tour of the twenty first Biennale of Sydney over the next two programs and visit the Art Gallery of NSW, Cockatoo Island and Artspace. I’ll be sharing some of my insights and there […]
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“[Tommy and I] have been friends for about 16-17 years now. You get less than that for most major crimes these days…” It’s a playful sentiment that echoes throughout Golden Magnetic, the debut album conceived by Mama Kin (Danielle Caruana) and Melbourne producer Tommy Spender. But aside from being a stellar collection of tracks inspired […]
African Pop Titan Turns Concert Hall Into Dance Hall Ending a 14-year wait, the king of African pop and Grammy-Award winner, Youssou Ndour returns to Sydney for his Opera House debut – bringing his block party backed by his legendary 12-piece band Le Super Étoile de Dakar, acrobatic dancers and over three decades of funk-fused […]