‘Professin’ the Blues‘ by Fiona Boyes is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. Fiona Boyes, an Australian blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, has been recording and performing for more than 25 years, and came back with a brand new record that will delight every blues fan. With only a guitar, a surprising voice, and a […]
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Jacqui Newling joins us at 10:40 am for the final part of Eat Your History and, appropriately, it is about pudding. At 11:00 am I am joined by social analyst, Neer Korn, who makes a welcome return to Arts Wednesday, talking about what we Australians have been thinking this year. Music is all about summer […]
SHEILA E Metro Theatre Sydney, Sunday 11 December 2016 Review by: Paris Pompor Photos by: Rizwan Omar “Who said, girls couldn’t drum?” Sheila Escovedo rhetorically asks after one of her impressive percussion solos tonight. Well, certainly no one here would have dared utter that misconception. And if they had, they would have been shouted down […]
Arts Monday’s Jane Raffan interviews Margot Riley, curator at the State Library, on research undertaken on the emergence and development in Sydney of the phenomenon of shopping. Needs versus wants? Hear about the trade in goods from the early days of the colony, through the boom associated with the gold rush, and on to contemporary […]
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Join me, Jane Raffan, on Arts Monday 12 December 2016 for a program exploring Needs and Wants specifically related to the development of shopping as a leisure activity in Sydney. You’ll here interviews with Margot Riley, curator at the State Library, on research undertaken on the emergence and development of shopping from the early days […]
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From the time I first heard Michelle Nicolle sing at the Wangaratta Festival in 1998 where she took out the National Award for Jazz Voice I knew we had a star in the making. There was a beautiful voice, a real understanding of a lyric and phrasing and a free, courageous improvisor. Since then she […]
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On Arts Wednesday 7 December 2016, Sylvia’s guest was Louise Wilson, author of Margaret Flockton: A Fragrant Memory about Australia’s first female botanical illustrator. Listen to the conversation below: That was Part 1 od the conversation and here is Part 2: And now for Part 3: […]
Jacqui Newling continues with Part 6 of Eat Your History at 10:40 am and this week the topic is curry. My guest at 11:00 am is Louise Wilson talking about Australia’s first female botanical illustrator, Margaret Flockton and her book about her: Margaret Flockton: A Fragrant Memory. Music is about Australian flowers – mostly. I […]
Spiders are awesome – they can spin webs, climb, swim, dance, parachute and they can even drop a limb when threatened and grow it back! At the Australian Museum’s major new exhibition you’ll discover why spiders are the most successful animals on the planet and just how dangerous (or not) they really are… Spiders – […]
A big thanks to all of our new and renewing supporters during our 2016 Xmas Radiothon and congratulations to the following Daily Prize Draw winners! MONDAY / TUESDAY A $20 voucher to Revolve Records in Erskineville Monday: Paul from Edgecliff Tuesday: Mario from Pemulwuy Thursday: Dan from Enmore Friday: GE Hunt Architects from Croydon A $30 […]
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. […]