Andy Bromberger continues with Music’s Mechanical Make-Up at 10:40 am and this week we progress to harmony. My special guest at 11:00 am is Michaela McGuire, Artist Director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival 2016, happening next month. Michaela started this role in December 2016 and I’ll be exploring the challenges that brings as well as […]
Album of the Week – ‘La Sesion de Cuba’ by Feel the Manouche
‘La Sesion de Cuba’ by Feel the Manouche is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. Following the Aussie outfit’s performance at The Havana International Jazz Festival comes 11 Latin infused tracks shaking up the signature Manouche sound. Manouche is a term derived from the Romany gypsies of Europe, what we in Australia call gypsy jazz. This […]
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Future Seekers & The Song Of Us – Arts Monday
Future Seekers offers a new type of theatre experience –it breaks the mould of conventional theatre by incorporating piano music, a soiree atmosphere and a mix of dramatic styles in a story that moves from 1917 Russia to 2017 Sydney. Future Seekers is directed by Mark Langham and features Michael Wood, Neveen Hanna, Sana’a Shaik, […]
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Gig Guide – Take One – 7th April 2017 – BLUESFEST SPECIAL
Good afternoon and welcome to another special edition of Take One bringing you the best in live music coming up in and around Sydney. This week is unique as we’ll be taking a look at all of the outstanding acts hitting out live stages as part of their Bluesfest Sideshows! We’ve got the likes of […]
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Santana Back In Australia
Legendary guitar maestro Carlos Santana is back in Australia will take in five huge dates across the country on his Transmogrify Tour, starting off in Melbourne before gracing the Qudos bank arena in Sydney on Thursday April 13th. Santana is one of the world’s best-known musical signatures. For more than four decades—from Santana’s earliest days as a groundbreaking […]
Trio Pollastri @ Randwick Twilight Concerts
Trio Pollastri are Fiona Ziegler, Rosemary Quinn and Lillian Camphausen. These talented musicians are in demand round the world and will be thrilling a local Randwick audience with their impeccable interpretation of music from the Classical and Baroque period. Trio Pollastri first played together in 2012 when their three very different musical journeys brought them […]
Community Billboard April 3rd- April 10th
‘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.’ […]
Escape From Pompeii: The Untold Roman Rescue
Many of you would know about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and the widespread disaster the volcano caused. Lesser known is the attempt by the Roman naval fleet mounted a rescue mission, under Admiral Pliny the Elder. Will Mathers is the curator of an exhibition entitled Escape From Pompeii: The Untold […]
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Joan Osborne On Tuesday Drive
In a very exciting Tuesday Drive, celebrated folk song writer Joan Osborne came on the show to talk about her upcoming shows in Australia. The seven-time Grammy nominated artist is playing at BluesFest this April, and will be playing some sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne as well. Listen to her talk about her music, as […]
Boiling Point 4 April 2017
Seeds with latitude, declining crop micronutrients and thylacine sightings. Alex described his upcoming research project into varied plant germination temperature ranges across latitude. Tim examined decline of micronutrient concentrations in crops courtesy of the changing climate. And Chantelle caught us up on the latest efforts to substantiate Thylacine sightings in Far North Queensland Added bonus. […]
Batty for the Environment
This week on Monday Drive we had Rosy from the Australasian Bat Society share about their involvement in protecting bats and educating residents about how they positively effect our environment. Click the link below to listen to the segment: Also joining us on the show is Tom Nockolds, who is the secretary from an […]
Arts Wednesday 5 April 2017
Andy Bromberger returns with Part 3 of Music’s Mechanical Make-Up at 10:40 am, this week talking about rhythm. Apparently there was some confusion last week, because the image for Arts Wednesday was of a mushroom, to accompany my conversation with Dr Ray Kearney. Honestly, Andy does not now, nor has she ever look like a […]