Dinosaurs, fairy circles, 22 degree halos and Lake Wakatipu’s seiche Alex dug back into the Jurassic to see if dinosaurs may one day walk among us:… Chantelle checked out what’s causing fairy rings in the Namibian desert And Tim shared stories of two phenomena he encountered in Queenstown, New Zealand. Look it up, what are 22 degree […]
QUEEN KAFÉ IS BACK FOR ONE DAY!
Follow QK here: www.facebook.com/QueenKafe Tuesday 24th of January 2016 from 9am to 10:30am, Queen Kafé will have the honour of hosting the radio show The Lowedown produced and hosted by Virginia Lowe who is unfortunately not well. Rest assured everybody, Virginia will be back the following week. If you love jazz, blues, soul and […]
Jazz Made in Australia features Jodie Michael
This week’s Jazz Made in Australia includes the second in the series of profiles of young women instrumentalists, Changing the face of Jazz. Drummer Jodie Michael ( pictured)who was awarded the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013, is the focus. Jodie has made her musical homes in Wollongong, Sydney and New York. She also gives […]
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Album of the week -Townie Ramble On by The Cope Street Parade
‘Townie Ramble On’ (TRO) by The Cope Street Parade is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. Last week we brought you an Australian artist for our featured album as we dived into Sarah McKenzie’s latest album ‘Paris in the Rain’ well this week we bring you yet another home grown act this time hailing from […]
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Art Month & Art Matters – Arts Monday
Director of Art Fairs Australia, Barry Keldoulis, and Author, Art Critic, and Gallery Director, Patrick McCaughey, are my guests today. Art Month Sydney is the annual city-wide festival that celebrates contemporary art and artists. Artists are at the heart of Art Month and the festival gives the opportunity to explore artists’ studios, take artist-led tours […]
Exhibition – Lake Eyre by The Light Collective
Thursday 12th of January 2017, Black Eye Gallery was starting the year with striking visuals of interpretive aerial imagery from The light Collective. Five Australian photographers had the desire to inspire, empower and invite the audience to a deeper connection with Australian interior Lake Eyre now known as Kati Thanda. Adam Williams, Luke Austin, Ignacio […]
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Community Billboard 20 January – 27 January
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. […]
Goodbye Baird, Koalas, Leonard Cohen….?
We wanted to ask Mike Baird if he could imagine Australia without koalas? But he made a tactical retreat from politics this week by resigning – some would say NSW just got too hot for the Premier whose popularity has been severely dinted in the past 12 months by community opposition to his government’s controversial […]
ALBUM REVIEWS JANUARY 2017
MUSIC REVIEWS JANUARY 2017 To listen or purchase click ≈≈≈ or album artwork MISTER OTT Single Shot ≈≈≈ (Earshift Music/Art as Catharsis Records) Reviewed by Melanie Christodoulou It’s a great pleasure to ring in the new year with this review of Single Shot by Sydney’s own Mister Ott, the follow up to their debut album. There is no sign of the […]
Demolished Sydney: our ever-changing built environment
Arts Monday’s Jane Raffan interviews Bob Whight, project Manager at the Museum of Sydney about some of Sydney’s lost buildings, places and spaces, and the debates and protests their demolition aroused. Hear about the Fort Macquarie Tram Depot (Bennelong Point) and other changes to the harbourfront, the Regent Theatre ‘Picture Palace’, the glamorous Hotel Australia, […]
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Emma Stephenson in Changing the Face of Jazz this week
The new series, Changing the Face of Jazz, focusses on young Australian women who have been making their names as jazz instrumentalists in the past few years. All of them have participated in projects which were aimed explicitly at encouraging more young women to study jazz and think about it a as a musical career. […]
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The New Thing: Interview with Stuart Vandegraaff, Masha’s Legacy
A global-fusion of cultures and rhythms, independent Sydney 8-piece Masha’s Legacy create music that celebrates both unity and identity in modern day Australia. With the beginnings of the group culminating over 6-years ago, this collective has evolved into a captivating live act with both live dancers and talented musicians. It’s a show that brings to life exhuberant and […]
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