Sydney gypsy jazz band, Chasing the Moon plays the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with an energy and commitment that’s reminiscent of the great jazz of days gone by. The exuberant and romantic sounds of jazz manouche are blended with classic American swing and south of the border Latin to create an engaging and […]
Arts Thursday 3 November.
Cultural Leadership and the Wonders of Lake Eyre This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton to meet arts leader Cheryl Stock AM, the Director of Graduate Studies and Head of the Cultural Leadership Course at NIDA, the National Institute of Dramatic Art. Cheryl is a dancer by training and has had a stellar […]
Boiling Point 1st November 2016
Operation Crayweed and Sculpture by the Sea Missed tonight’s show? Plug into the podcast here:https://eastsidefm.org/boilingpoint/# or listen in here: Tonight we were joined by George and Lana from Operation Crayweed who talked us through what it takes to rehabilitate undersea forests off Sydney’s coastline and how you get involved at this year’s Sculpture by the Sea, […]
Arts Wednesday 2 November 2016
Food historian, Jacqui Newling, joins me today at about 10:40 am for e new 7 – Part series entitled Eat Your History and Part 1 is about bread. This week Nude: Art From the Tate Collection opens at the Art Gallery of NSW so, by way of background, at 11:00am I am repeating an interview […]
Opening Night of the Moran Arts Prizes
Reviewed by Catilin Fricot The 2016 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize exhibition has officially opened their doors for the 2016-17 show to showcase the incredible talent entered into their competition for its 28th year since its conception. I was lucky enough to be invited to the opening night this […]
Jazz Record Fair @ Foundry 616
As part of the Festival Fair Day on the last day of the Sydney Women’s International Jazz Festival, Foundry 616 (at 616 Harris St Ultimo) will host a Jazz Record Fair from midday to 4pm. The Fair coincides with some great free music on the nearby Goodsline which will see a roving group of musicians, […]
Community Billboard 31 October – 7 November 2016
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. […]
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Album of the Week – ‘A Seat at the Table’ by Solange
‘A Seat at the Table’ by Solange is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. This long awaited third album is described by the artist as “a project on identity, empowerment, independence, grief and healing.” The album melds together a miryd of infleunces that stretchs her musical boundaries and challenges her lyrical history opening up about […]
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Tuesday Drive Blog
And yet again we have blasted past another Tuesday Drive! We laughed, we cried, and we listened to a ten minutes live Muddy Waters song. What an afternoon. In a great start, we had the former premier of NSW Bob Carr on the show to talk with David about the state of politics in the US, […]
Diamant Noir – Film Review
Reviewed by Paul Goupille On the 26th October, Sydney will welcome for one month the Jewish International Film Festival, an occasion to discover the best of the Jewish cinema. One of the movies that’ll be presented is “Diamant Noir” by Arther Harari, a drama starring Niels Schieder and August Dhiel. It follows the story of […]
2016 Moran Prize Winners Announced
The winners of the prestigious Doug Moran Portrait Prize and the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize have been revealed at Juniper Hall in Paddington. Rewarding the best Australian artists, the Moran Prize is believed to be the world’s most valuable portrait prize. The winner of the 2016 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize is Megan Seres, for Scarlett […]
Bob Carr on the future of American Politics
Former Premier Bob Carr joined Tuesday Drive to talk to David about the future of American Politics. Covering a broad range, they talk about the political landscape of The United States post an almost inevitable Clinton win, discuss the power of the newly enfranchised demographic that put Trump in the Republican nomination, and what all this […]