Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 5 March, for a program that delves into the lesser known Sydney. My guest interviews today are with Vanessa Berry, author of the book “Mirror Sydney”, a marvellous, entrancing and acutely alert reverie on our city and its ever-changing urban landscape. “Mirror Sydney” is rich in observations and history, and […]
Virtuosic Piano Meets Leaders of History Celebrated pianist Sonya Lifschitz weaves together a musical exploration of over a century’s worth of history, art, and politics in Stalin’s Piano. Stalin’s Piano, which premiered at the 2017 Canberra International Music Festival, is a multimedia composition by Robert Davidson that mixes music with audio and video recordings of famous […]
Word in Hand returns to The Red Rattler Theatre! Word in Hand returns to The Red Rattler Theatre, for one night of unforgettable spoken word storytelling. This Tuesday 6th – Gender-transcendent soul diva Mama Alto joins local queer performer & activist Annaliese Constable for a line-up of poetry, song and ‘tragic comedy’. Why not get there early and sign up for the Word In […]
Mysterious Victorian musician Archer and his humble mate Phil paid a visit to Eastside’s Thursday Drive. Archer gave an intriguing insight into his journeys across our sunburnt country. After performing a spontaneous poem requesting all of Australia’s old people, Archer revealed meeting a white supremacist who called himself ‘Jesus Christ’. Have a listen to his beautifully strange […]
Arts Thursday 1 March, presented by Bronwyn Rennex ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: The lovely actor, singer, writer, voice artist Anni Finsterer discusses her role in Warwick Thornton’s ‘Sweet Country’ Sweet Country is a period western, set in the late 1920s on the Northern Territory frontier, where justice itself is put on trial. Inspired by real events, […]
Read More… from ARTS THURSDAY 1 March – Anni Finsterer in ‘Sweet Country
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 27th of February – 6th of March
This week at 10:40 am, we hear the last episode of Historic Events and How We Mark Them with Laila Ellmoos and the series finishes with 8 Hour Day. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Sonya Lifschitz, virtuoso pianist, broadcaster and academic who stars in Stalin’s Piano, an almost 1-woman show at the […]
Interview with artists Debbie Mackinnon and Mike Staniford. When art is your life, it helps that your life partner understands your passion, obsession and your need to create. In the case of Debbie Mackinnon and Mike Staniford a love of the landscape in all its magnificence has given them common ground for their travels and […]
Read More… from Debbie Mackinnon and Mike Staniford on The Dialogue 28 February
Hello listeners of Eastside FM! My name is Eva Herinkova and I’m excited to be one of the new interns here. I’m from Knoxville, Tennessee, a state that is known by many people I’ve met here in Sydney as the land of Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, and, most importantly, Jack Daniel’s whiskey. I’ve lived in […]
Tonight, on Boiling Point, Alex, Chantelle and Tim stopped by the studio to talk about extreme sports and our addiction to witnessing crash and burns in the sporting arena The Allure of Extreme Sports Extreme sports are the only sport in the Winter Olympics. While our adrenaline rush comes from watching these dangerous and […]
We’re very pleased to bring you selections from the latest album from Mark McGrain all this next week on Eastside Radio. McGrain is a composer, trombonist and New Orleans stalwart, and he’s brought a team of fellow New Orleans heavyweights along for the ride on this record: John Boutte on vocals, Matt Lemmler on […]
There’s not much information floating around about Archer. He’s a Victorian singer-songwriter who’s recording some brilliant alt-country with a healthy dose of tongue-in-cheek humour. This album, The ‘Divine Church Of The Open Sky Vol 2’ refused to leave my mind since it arrived at Eastside late last year, and the more I keep coming back […]