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 […]
Album of the Week – ‘Tiny Little Universe’ by Alison Avron
‘Tiny Little Universe’ by Alison Avron is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. Alison Avron’s Tiny Little Universe is a collection of songs inspired by her personal journey with grief after the sudden passing of her mother in 2014. The album was recorded at Milk House Studios in New York by multi-platinum award winning producer, […]
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Civil Disobedience and Unity: Workers Rights and Union Banners
Are you looking forward to the Easter and Anzac Day public holidays coming up? Do you know why we celebrate a Labour Day public holiday? Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program about Unity and, specifically, a potted history of Australia’s union movement 1850-1950 as reflected in trade banners, such as the one seen here […]
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Billy Bragg & Joe Henry at Sydney Opera House
Continuing his journey through American folklore, legendary British political songwriter Billy Bragg reunites on stage with Grammy Award-winner Joe Henry for a celebration of the great American railroad, the songs it inspired, and some favourites from their own classic catalogues. The pair will grace the stage together for the first time at Sydney Opera House on […]
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Urbanity Album Launch at The Basement
One of Australia’s own Jazz legends, guitarist and producer Albare, and accomplished pianist/composer Phil Turcio have combined forces to become Urbanity, with their debut collaborative album ‘Urban Soul‘ released this February on Alfi Records. The Sydney launch is at The Basement on March 31. Urban Soul features ten original compositions and shows off a distinctive […]