The New Thing: Interview with Caiti Baker

You may know her as one half of the fantastic electro-soul duo Sietta, but Darwin-based vocalist Caiti Baker is carving out a career all for herself. After courting attention with her singles ‘Heavy On My Heart’ and ‘Make Your Own Mistakes’, on top of touring with pivotal hip hop duo A.B. Original, Caiti has recently been added […]

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Energy – What Energy?

We are living in the physical world (not the hair-conditioned Tower of Babble), as Canadian band Austra warbles angelically in Gaia, from their terrific album, Future Politics, which kicked off the show this week. Relevant, because whether it’s coming from burning lumps of coal, spinning wheels or solar panels, the question of how we harness, […]

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GRIGORYAN BROTHERS: SONGS WITHOUT WORDS

“Guitar playing of uncommon originality and authority. Musicality, expressivity and daring” The New York Times The Grigoryan Brothers’ performances have a power, vitality and precision that pushes the boundaries of guitar virtuosity. No sibling rivalry here; this is collaboration and harmony at its best. Their skill is matched only by their delight in improvisation. Performing […]

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Arts Wednesday 22 February 2017

Ed Lippmann continues with Part 3 of our discussion on the vision for Sydney by the Greater Sydney Commission at about 10:40 am. At 11:00 am I’ll play an interview I recorded with Patricia Azarias, who, with husband, John, has ben responsible for the restoration of the Lysicrates Monument  and the Lysicrates Prize. Now, what’s […]

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Changing the Face of Jazz with Alex Silver

Trombone player, and band leader Alex Silver is the final musician featured in the Changing the Face of Jazz series which focuses on young women instrumentalists who have been making their names in jazz in recent years. Alex tells how, when faced with a choice between playing glockenspiel and trombone in a school band, she […]

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Miss Sloane @ The Ritz Coming Soon

A cutthroat lobbyist on the verge of personal and professional burnout pushes legal and ethical boundaries to ensure the passage of a controversial law in Miss Sloane, a riveting political thriller from Academy Award® nominated director John Madden. In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought after and […]

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Album of the Week – ‘Bone’ by 20th Century Dog

‘Bone’ by 20th Century Dog is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week.  This long awaited follow up to the band’s debut 2004 release ‘Mad Stream’, delivers a much needed hit of lively Afro-Beat, Jazz, and Funk tunes recorded live at Sydney’s own ‘Venue 505’. Led by the band’s founder and bassist Cameron Undy, their hiatus […]

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