Album of the week – Tocororo by Alfredo Rodriguez

  ‘Tocororo’ by Alfredo Rodriguez is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. This week we give some well deserved special attention to the highly talented pianist and composer Alfredo Rodriguez the man who left Cuba to undertake ‘The American Dream” and to share stages with some of the best in the business is what he […]

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Welcoming Refugees to Parliament with Comfort Food

A small café on King Street in Newtown  has won awards from the Sydney  Good Food Guide and from the Refuge Council of Australia for its innovative initiatives training refugees and asylum seekers in preparing and presenting food for professional catering and hospitality.  The cafe also gives them a chance to give the local neighbourhood  a taste […]

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Subsonic Music Festival Returns for 2016

Since December 2009, folks from across Australia and all over the planet have come together in a bespoke celebration of music, art, friendship, and community. For one hot, sweaty, and absolutely unforgettable summer’s weekend these people call it their home and celebrate their shared passions at an event which has amassed fame for its vision, dedication and world-class execution. This is Subsonic […]

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Arts Thursday- 29 September- Taking It To The Streets

Presented by Bronwyn Rennex This Thursday I speak to Tamara Voninski, a second year PhD student currently studying at Sydney College of the Arts – University of Sydney. We discuss University of Sydney’s plans to close the Rozelle campus of Sydney College of the Arts, the failed merger proposal with University of NSW School of […]

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SOS Sydney! – our disappearing oysters, trees, humans

It wasn’t just this week’s guests who got us thinking about quality of life, from friendly streets to Sydney Rock Oysters. Seems like everywhere we go at the moment there’s a chainsaw or a whipper snipper, an Ausgrid team or a bull dozer, menacing Sydney streets and knocking down things we love. When you see yet another […]

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Queen Kafé at The Australian Ballet 2017 Season Media Launch

Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Tuesday 27 September 2016 The Australian Ballet reveals a season of wonderment for 2017 including the Australian premiere of globally acclaimed Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland©   The Australian Ballet’s Artistic Director David McAllister and Executive Director Libby Christie today announced the 2017 program. Combining outstanding classic and contemporary works, the season showcases […]

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Moodswing Playlist – RnB, NuSoul & Funky Beats

Tonight’s Moodswing has some tasty RnB, nusoul, funky breaks & beats…with the likes of Alice Russell, The Herbaliser, Reggie B, Raphael Saadiq, Erykah Badu, DJ Shadow, Beat Spacek, Nightmares On Wax, Blockhead, Boozoo Bajou, Mark Ronson & more. Selected & Presented by DJ Taline for Moodswing on Eastside Radio 89.7FM […]

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The Public Body & ‘The Days are as Grass’-Arts Monday

The Public Body co-curator, Talia Linz, and Jane Edwina Seymour, Director of ‘The Days are as Grass’, are my guests today. The Public Body .01 explores the sexualized body and, in particular, the types of sexualized bodies that proliferate in the public sphere today – high key, orgasmic, debased, agitated, violent but also self-empowered, vulnerable, […]

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Album of the week – Family Tree by Kylie Auldist

  ‘Family Tree’ by Kylie Audits is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. If you like it funky then you are going to be blasting this record, coming out of Melbourne Kylie Auldist is up there with the creme de la creme when it comes Australian soul and funk artists. With a career that has […]

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