CINE LATINO, Australia’s largest festival of Latin American cinema is returning for its second year with screenings at Palace Cinemas from 14 November 2017. The program of 26 titles represent the best films from Central and South America including new works from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Peru, Brazil and Uruguay. Opening the festival is Mexican director Roberto Sneider’s YOU’RE […]
Funkadelic Detroiters Reviewed
FUNKADELIC REWORKED BY DETROITERS VARIOUS ARTISTS | WESTBOUND Reviewed by PARIS POMPOR Early in 2014, Kenny Dixon Jr released a self-titled, protractedly brilliant umpteenth album under his Moodymann moniker containing an eleven and half minute centrepiece entitled ‘Sloppy Cosmic’. Fast forward three years and the producer is joined by another fifteen or so fellow-Detroiters to […]
“Last Band Standing” from Orchestre Les Mangelepa is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week (26 Oct – 1 Nov)
“Last Band Standing” from Orchestre Les Mangelepa is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. Les Mangalepa formed in The Congo in the 1970’s, however they found a home and an audience in Nairobi, Kenya and have been writing and recording there ever since. You can see them to this day at their residency at the […]
Sixth Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival
Over the past half decade the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival has grown from fairly modest beginnings to become one of the major events on the Sydney music calendar. Held over twelve days, in a variety of venues, the festival brings together a remarkably diverse group of artists from all over the world. Now in […]
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“Honey” from Harvey is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week (12-18 Oct)
Harvey is a composer, vocalist, guitarist and trumpet player from the NSW coast who performs all around Sydney and regularly tours Australia, south-east Asia and Europe. On his travels Harvey has shared stages with some of his key musical influences including surf-roots musician Donavon Frankenreiter and guitar virtuoso Joe Robinson. On this album […]
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Russian Resurrection Film Festival Coming To Sydney
The program for Russian Resurrection Film Festival 2017 is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever with a fantastic line up of new films confirmed for this year. The largest and most respected festival of Russian film outside of Russia will be screening across Australia and New Zealand throughout October and November. “We […]
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Boeing Boeing at Guild Theatre
This delicious French farce swings joyously to the Latin beat of the early 1960s. Meet Bernard, a young, savvy Parisian playboy who has the world on a string. He is engaged simultaneously to three gorgeous airline hostesses, each completely unaware of each other thanks to accommodating flight schedules and his exasperated butler Maurice. The play […]
Jen Shyu “Song of Silver Geese”
SPECIAL OFFER TO EASTSIDE LISTENERS – BOOK ONLINE NOW HERE & ENTER IN THE PROMO CODE ‘SPIRITS’ TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL OFFER OF ONLY $27.60 TICKETS (normal price is $46.60!) Jen Shyu is “a new kind of improviser-composer-ethnomusicologist hybrid”: ground-breaking multilingual vocalist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, 2016 Doris Duke Artist, and 2017 Downbeat Critics Poll […]
Emma Pask at Randwick Town Hall
The talented Australian Jazz vocalist, Emma Pask will be performing at Randwick Town Hall on the Friday 17th November. She is well known for her work with Big Bands and her continuing collaboration with the multi instrumentalist James Morrison. Award winning vocalist Emma Pask has firmly established herself as one of Australia’s favourite voices in Jazz. […]
Elena Kats-Chernin’s Birthday Bash at City Recital Hall
City Recital Hall is celebrating Elena Kats-Chernin’s birthday bash with a special event befitting of one of Australia’s best loved composers. A spectacular line-up of celebrities, musicians and singers is descending on Angel Place on Saturday 4 November for this epic birthday bash – on day itself. Elena Kats-Chernin, is one of the Australia’s leading composers, her […]
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Elena Kats-Chernin
On Arts Wednesday 25 October 2017, Sylvia’s guest was acclaimed and beloved composer, Elena Kats-Chernin, who turns 60 next month. The conversation looks back over Elena’s career and the sheer exuberance of her personality makes for compelling listening. By way of introduction, we listened to Lullabye for Nick from the CD Butterflying. Elena composed the […]
Forever French with a Queen Kafé Touch + French Market + Rugby + Montreal 25/10/2017
Forever French QK Show 005 || Wednesday 25 October 2017 || (8-9:30pm) Bonjour, Bonsoir, Good Day, Good Evening Eastside Listerners, It’s Stéphanie Denizard from Queen Kafé. I will be hosting and producing Forever French today, Wednesday 25th of October 2017 from 8pm to 9h30pm. On the menu, French Market at Killarney Heights, Rugby League ‘les […]
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