Following last year’s smash hit Melbourne debut, SHIR MADNESS (The Jewish Music Festival) returns to Sydney and its Bondi Pavilion home this year on Sunday 18 September from 12pm to 10pm. With more than 30 acts on 4 stages, there will be something for everyone. The final artists to be revealed are disco party fun band […]
Schofield King Lawyers
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WouldMan at Sydney Fringe Festival
A stage. One man in a wooden suit, looking like a mixture of a lay figure and some misplaced superhero. Entertaining his audience all by himself. This September for the Sydney Fringe Festival, Justin Buchta is presenting his one-man show called WouldMan at the Old 505 Theatre. The show is a mixture of narrative, mime, dance and […]
Women at Wang
The programme of performers at this year’s Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues has been released. The Festival’s artistic director, Adrian Jackson, says that this years “theme” is the diversity in the number of female soloists and bandleaders who will be playing. Adrian, who has been artistic director of every festival since it started in 1990, talks with Thursday Drive’s […]
Interview with Corey Harris
David Barr from Drive Tuesday talks with Corey Harris about his acoustic blues music and his collaboration with Malian desert blues musician Ali Farka Toure. Corey is currently touring Australia and appeared at The Basement on Thursday night. […]
Branford Marsalis interviewed by Phillip James
American saxophonist, bandleader and composer Branford Marsalis, is a member of the distinguished musical family. Here he talks with Monday Jammin presenter Phillip James about his diverse experiences from working with Art Blakey to Sting. They also explore the stories behind several tracks from Branford’s celebrated quartet’s latest album “Upward Spiral”, with vocalist Kurt Elling. […]
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Jazz Made in Australia- 29 August 2016- Barney McAll’s ‘Mooroolbark’
Pianist and composer Barney McAll was born and raised in a town about 37 kilometers east of Melbourne named Mooroolbark and his latest recording, released in 2015, is also called Mooroolbark and as Barney says he decided to call the album by that name because, “for many reasons Moroolbark is why I play music.” Barney […]
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Missing Persons
On Wednesday 24 August 2016, Sylvia’s guest was Inspector Shantel Cogno, Manager of the Missing Persons Unit of the NSW Police. Listen to the two parts of the conversation below: That was Part 1 and here is Part 2 of the conversation: […]
Album of the week – Iron in the blood by Jeremy Rose and the Earshift Orchestra
‘Iron in the blood’ by Jeremy Rose and the Earshift Orchestra is Eastside radio’s album of the week. Now this is an album that not only contains some excellent sounds and hosts a wide range of musicians but most importantly tells a story. ‘Iron in the Blood’ is a record that explores the rich tapestry of […]
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Boiling Point Tues 23rd August 2016
Drum Roll…..Boiling Point is back on the airwaves. Tonight Luke explored early evidence supporting the long held belief major depressive orders are hereditary, with researchers finding 15 associated loci https://www.technologyreview.com/…/23andme-pulls-off-massiv… … And Danny gave us 12 months to plan observation of the 2017 total solar eclipse- best visible from the USA! (Or live streamed) https://www.sciencenews.org/…/astronomers-prepare-2017-sola… […]
Arts Wednesday 24 August 2016
At 10:40 am Ed Lippmann continues our SBD series on Sydney and this week Ed talks about Parramatta. At 11:00 am my special guest is Inspector Shantel Cogno, Manager of the Missing Persons Unit of the NSW Police. I asked Shantel who is a missing person, why do people go missing and which groups in our community […]
‘KOOZA’ Cirque Du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil Company Manager, Genevieve Deslandes in conversation with Dr Margaux Dombkins on Arts. Cirque du Soleil’s new production, KOOZA, is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil that combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. KOOZA tells a story of human connection and the world of […]