Forever French QK Show 004 || Wednesday 9 August 2017 || (8-9:30pm) Bonsoir, Good evening Eastside listeners, It’s Stéphanie Denizard from Queen Kafé. I will be hosting and producing Forever French tonight, Wednesday 9th of August 2017 and we will be having a musical trip in my hometown Montreal, “La ville aux 1000 clochers”. Be […]
Archibald 2017 with Anna Groden
On Arts Wednesday 9 August 2017, Sylvia and art consultant, Anna Groden, reviewed this year’s Archibald Prize: the highs, the lows and other stuff. As always, a thoroughly enjoyable conversation! That was Part 1 and now for Part 2 of the conversation: And now for the third and final part: […]
Arts Thursday 9 August – star performers
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 10 August is a colourful and diverse as the Pilipino desert Halo-halo, an eye-popping medley of shaved ice, milk, jellies, fruit, sweet beans and whatever takes your fancy. Arts Thursday continues to explore the Phillipines Art Project Bayanihan at Mosman Art Gallery and welcomes star performer, Geraldine Turner who, as […]
Janet Siedel: 28 May 1955 – 8 August 2017
Janet Siedel – By John Shand The Australian vocalist/pianist Janet Seidel has died. She recorded 18 albums in Australia, coving stylistic ground from easy listening to lounge, cabaret and jazz. Many were also successful and acclaimed overseas, including in Japan, UK, Taiwan and Singapore. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 2006 (UK) described her as “Australia’s […]
Topology: Tortured Remixes Twilight Concert
If you missed Topology’s brilliant performance in Randwick Town Hall in 2016 don’t despair! In celebration of their 20th anniversary, the Brisbane-based quintet will release their 14th full-length album entitled Tortured Remixes with a return performance for Twilight Concerts 2017. ARIA-nominated Topology’s lush music for strings, piano and sax has been driving music creativity in […]
Arts Wednesday 9 August 2017
At about 10:40 am we’ll hear Professor Geraint Lewis talk about New Planets and Life in the Universe, Part 3 of the series Our Universe. At 11:00 am it’s back to our annual review of the Archibald Prize with art consultant Anna Groden. Can you believe another year has rolled by? We found this year’s […]
Kaloune on Monday Drive
Kaloune is an incredible author, musician and storyteller from La Reunion Island (an island nation near Madagascar). She spoke with Riley Lavelle Long and Nick Terry about growing up surrounded by maloya music, Reunionese traditional music passed down from her ancestors, creole slaves. Kaloune weaves together song, nursery thyme, traditional creole, French and poetry to express her identity. We […]
Global Rhythms 2017 Music Festival
Global Rhythms 2017 Music Festival Line-Up Announcement King Tide, Alice Terry, The Crooked Fiddle Band, The Strides with Afro Moses Homage to Fela Kuti, Alphamama, San Lazaro and Afrobrasiliana Soundsystem Global Rhythms celebrates 5 years this September with another line up of unique and diverse artists from all over the country! Returning to its beautiful […]
‘Songs Of The Latin Skies’ – Katie Noonan & Karen Schaupp – Eastside Radio Album Of The Week (3 Aug – 9 Aug)
‘Songs Of The Latin Skies’ from Katie Noonan & Karin Schaupp is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. This record is the follow up to their ‘Songs Of The Southern Skies’ collaboration from 2012. The album is a journey through the great South American songbook of bossa nova, samba, salsa and tango, interpreting work by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Luis Bonfa, […]
The Great Strike
On 2 August 2017 Sylvia Marked the 100th anniversary of The Great Strike which began 2 August 1917. Historian Laila Ellmoos is one of the curators of the exhibition and she joined Sylvia in a conversation you can listen to here: That was the first part of the conversation and here is the second: […]
Community Billboard 2nd August-9th August
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. […]
DIVA @ City Recital Hall
Popular soprano Amelia Farrugia pays tribute to the lives and careers of Australian divas June Bronhill and Dame Joan Sutherland in this exciting world premiere that will take audiences on an uplifting and entertaining operatic journey. Amelia will bring her own unique flair to the stunning repertoire that carried Bronhill and Sutherland to the forefront […]