Arts Monday’s Jane Raffan chats with Ace Bourke – curator, collector, and chronicler of Christian the lion – about his life journeys. Interview I – Ace’s career as a curator of Aboriginal and colonial art From his time in London in the late 1960s through to three recent, seminal exhibitions: Flesh & Blood: A Story […]
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Hey eastsiders! I’m Hannah, an eighteen-year-old girl from a small town in the North of Germany. Having arrived in Sydney only yesterday, I’ve still got a lot to discover here. My first impression of the city is very positive. I am living in a host family in Paddington, which is also the district where the […]
In recent week’s some of Monday Drive’s spectacular guests – intelligent, learned, street savvy, amusing and musical – have been hitting goals we’re proud to have seen coming. Professor Clive Hamilton (pictured above), who was with us last week, made the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald today with his learned colleague Professor David Karoly […]
‘Players/Sounds’ by Bullhorn is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. This week we are going all out there with the choice of genres as our Album of the Week covers so many different styles with another home grown Australian band. This time it’s Brisbane-based Bull Horn and what a unique eclectic sound these guys have […]
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The 28th Annual Bluesfest to be held over the Easter long weekend in Byron Bay, Thursday 13th to Monday 17th April 2017, is officially ringing in its new season with the first release of awe-inspiring artists. The first artist announcement features Bluesfest debuts from iconic artists that have been many years in the making, Bluesfest […]
Recently we sent Chelsea D from The New Thing (Monday 9am) on a round the world trip to get to know some of our upcoming Global Rhythms artists ! Next stop the Miriam Lieberman Trio ! Hi Miriam, how would you describe 2016 for you so far? I would say may 2016 has been an […]
There are some images that only an Australian can identify as normal. A giant pink cockatoo, a large white symbol of a kangaroo against a red background splashed across a plane, undies hanging on a clothesline, people hanging around a dingy old takeaway shop. Those are images that most Australians can relate. Artist Trent Mitchell […]
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The Necks’ pianist Chris Abrahams releases his tenth solo album and his fifth solo piano album, Climb. Drawing from a deep reservoir of hundreds of hours of recorded works, the end result is a stunning album of meticulously curated pieces that stretch over a decade of solo piano work from one of Australia’s most highly regarded pianists. “Climb […]
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Paco Pena is one of the most respected guitar virtuosos and a Spanish cultural icon. He is an accomplished guitarist, composer, dramatist, producer and artistic mentor and has transformed perceptions of the archetypal Spanish guitar and the much loved Spanish dance – the Flamenco, one of the most recognised dance forms in the world. Bringing […]
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Leigh Carriage is a very talented singer songwriter and a consummate performer and musician, she is also an educator. Her latest and 8th album called ‘Weave’ is the one to open the program with this week. Leigh has written all the music on the album and invisited some other lyric writers to collaborate with her […]
Read More… from Jazz Made In Australia- 5th September 2016- Leigh Carriage ‘Weave’
This is a documentary made with the support of the Community Radio Network. The documentary discusses the importance of a support for people with disabilities to have a voice on the radio. It tells the history of Making Airwaves, its relationship with Eastside Radio, the challenges faced and its plans for the future. We hear […]
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On Arts Wednesday 31 August 2016, Fred Smith was Sylvia’s guest. They talked about his book Dust of Uruzgan and played music from his album of the same name. We began with the title song Dust of Uruzgan: Then Part 1 of the conversation: Now listen to Fred singing Sapper’s Lullaby from the album: […]