No stranger to Eastside Radio after guesting many times on programs like Vibez Brasil and The Vinyl Frontier, Alex Barry has an insatiable record collecting habit. Part of the Afrobrasiliana DJ collective – where he’s known as Walking Fish – when not playing records or trawling for more, Barry is immersed in the world of filmmaking. Below he tells us about combining both loves on a […]
Sydney Fringe Festival 2017 Interview with Betty Grumble
Performance Artist Betty Grumble joined Bibi & The Big Blue to talk about her recent tour of International Fringe Festivals around The Globe. They also discuss the wider Global Community in relation to Australia; our development as a modern society reflecting and practicing equality & a ‘Fair Go’ for ‘All Citizens’ Betty & Bibi touch […]
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Marg Barry Award 2017
Our most recent Eastside Radio Station Meeting was capped off with the presentation of the Marg Barry Award for Community Service. No discussion of the station’s history should ever overlook the contribution made by one of our longest serving directors, Marg Barry, who died on 28th of February, 2001. She was an original board member […]
Community Billboard 12th September-18th September
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. […]
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Kids Writers Talk About Reading – Oh, The Places We’ll Go!
Best-selling kids’ author Kate DiCamillo says that learning to read was like being given wings to fly with. What do other writers for children remember about becoming readers? In this 10-part series, Australian authors Mem Fox, Andy Griffiths, Nick Earls and others share their early reading experiences with Eastside Radio’s Sally Zwartz. Guests talk about […]
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Film Review: Imitation of Life – Deadline USA
Riley Lavelle-Long reviews long lost classics Deadline USA and Imitation of Life. […]
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Nappies, New Music, and FatBoy Slim says yes – PODCAST – Take One: Backstage – Michael Meaco
My guest is a testament to all of the independent artists out there working their backsides off to make it in this industry. From humble beginnings based in the Southern parts of Sydney working as a vocal teacher to international acclaim in the electronic music space with King Arthur, this artist is enjoying a career […]
Council Elections
Elections for many Sydney councils will finally go ahead this weekend (9th of September),46 of 128 NSW councils will go to the polls, after confusion and capitulation over council amalgamations delayed their vote. Amalgamation Proclamation In 2014 The Baird government announced that there would be amalgamations across the state, the result of an independent review […]
‘Moonshine Freeze’ from This Is The Kit – Eastside Radio Album Of The Week (7-13 Sept)
‘Moonshine Freeze’ from This Is The Kit is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. It’s an album of modern British indie-folk, with jazz, country, blues and even afrobeat inflections. Front-woman Kate Stables is hauntingly commanding on vocals, and her toplines are supported by brilliant songwriting and lovely instrumentation. Stables is originally from Bristol, in the UK, but has lived […]
‘Lo Unico Constante’ from Alex Cuba – Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week (31 Aug-6 Sept)
‘Lo Unico Constante’ from Alex Cuba is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. The album consists of thirteen tracks of Latin pop, soul and jazz, with an uplifting and positive tone. The multi-award winning artist was born Alexis Puentes in Artemisa, Cuba, where he learnt guitar from his father Valentin Puentes, an esteemed player and teacher. […]
The Poet and the Podcaster
ARTS THURSDAY 7th September at 10:30 am Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 7 September presents two women, whose lives took new paths into the arts, following family-raising and a diversity of careers. Barbara Fisher is a poet whose work explores aspects of a woman’s life – her memories, perceptions and domestic details, such as […]
You Are My Friend by Lorine Niedecker
On Arts Wednesday 6 September, Sylvia’s guest was poetry devotee, Eleanor Smagarinsky, talking about ModPo, an online poetry community. We did a close reading of Lorine Niedecker’s poem, You Are My Friend. Here is the text: You are my friend– you bring me peaches and the high bush cranberry you carry my fishpole you water […]