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 […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: May 31 – June 7
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 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. […]
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At 10:40, we hear Part 4 of Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement with Andy Bromberger and this week the topic is music of World War 2. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Anne Ryan, curator of this year’s exhibition of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. I’m interested in what’s different this year and what’s […]
Mazzy Star’s long awaited Australian debut is coming! “Music for lovers, music for broken hearts….” They are an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Monica, California, in 1989 from remnants of the group Opal. For almost 30 years, California’s Mazzy Star have been the enigmatic heart of the underground psychedelic music scene. Driven by their distinctive […]
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Vivid Ideas will captivate Sydney over 23 days and nights from 25 May to 16 June. Dan Goods – Game Changer Dan Goods is the Director of the Museum of Awe and the visual strategist for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. If you want to hear how science and creativity can come together to make meaningful […]
Mianne Bagger has had a varied career. She spent 11 years as a touring professional golfer and a total of 31 years working in various technical fields. As a golfer, she competed on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour (ALPG Tour), as well as various smaller tours throughout Europe. […]
Read More… from Pro-golfer Mianne Bagger on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 29 May
It’s Archibald time again! Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 28 May, for a program that takes an in-depth look at the nexus between portraiture and identity in the work of two very different Australian artists: Jenny Sages and TextaQueen. Since 1989, Jenny Sages has been an Archibald finalist twenty times (People’s Choice in 2012), and […]
Australia’s most renown film critic David Stratton spoke to Nick Terry on Thursday Drive ahead of his retrospective of the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Kaurismäki’s films celebrate everyday people in the darkest moments of their lives. His characters are broke, injured and sometimes refugees, but Kaurismäki always imbues his stories with […]
Nardean possesses a natural gift for words. It’s not often that you can genuinely say that, but as someone who has only been exercising her pen in the poetry realm for the last 4 years; this Sydney rapper has created explorative and thought-provoking poetry and music. Look no further than her debut EP Creatress – […]
Read More… from Nardean talks identity, poetry and taking control of her future on The New Thing
Experience Sydney’s independent music scene during Vivid. Head off the beaten track and into our villages. From Surry Hills to Newtown, Sydney’s favourite neighbourhood haunts have gathered emerging live acts as well as unique audio-visual gigs. So get ready to rock, roll, mosh, sway or swing! 1. Pair curated drinks with live tunes at Cake […]