Enjoy some extraordinary melodicism and dazzling technique in-studio with me next week, when Monday afternoon gets hot and high octane with a visit from Wolfgang Muthspiel, one of the world’s greatest jazz musicians. In town with his trio for one gig at the Sydney Recital Hall, Muthspiel’s last recording, Bright Side, was described as “gorgeous, […]
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On Arts Wednesday 3 August 2016, Sylvia played an interview she recorded with Ann Moss at the The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Listen to the conversation below: That was Part 1 of the conversation and here is Part 2: […]
With one foot in tradition and the other in contemporary experimentation, Corey Harris is a truly unique voice in contemporary music. He is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and bandleader who has carved out his own niche in blues. Beginning his career as a New Orleans street singer, he traveled through the Southern US before spending […]
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Fight Against Pedestrian Deaths in Sydney & the Eastern Suburbs Australia is on track in 2016 to equal the number of pedestrian fatalities recorded in 2015 which grew for the third consecutive year. The Australian Road Safety Federation (ARSF) has extended an initiative it hopes will reverse the statistics and start to see a decline […]
Missed tonight’s show? Plug into the podcast here:https://eastsidefm.org/boilingpoint/# Tim talked about turning a new leaf in solar-generated syngas https://www.abc.net.au/…/humans-and-wild-birds-talk-…/7650038 … Chantelle reported in from tropical Panama with an interview with Dr. Graham Zemunik on soil driven vegetation assemblages and the role of manganese in reducing growth rates of tropical trees https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Graham_Zemunik And Luke led us […]
This week at 10:40 am, we start a new series of Sydney By Design – our second for 2016 and this series Ed devotes to the city of Sydney and the challenges we face. At 11:00 am, I will play an interview I recorded some weeks ago when I was in Philadelphia visiting the Barnes […]
Shimmering drum performance claims Australia’s most lucrative jazz prize Drummer and composer James McLean has taken out Australia’s most lucrative jazz prize when he was last night named the 2016 Freedman Jazz Fellow. McLean succeed in claiming the $20,000 cash prize against pianists Joseph O’Connor and Luke Sweeting following an epic play off at Freedman […]
One of the planet’s most uplifting musicians Michael Franti and his band Spearhead will be bringing their dynamic new music to The Croxton in Melbourne on Wednesday 28th September 2016 and the Metro Theatre in Sydney on Thursday 29th September 2016. Michael Franti has dedicated his life to spreading the joy of music and positivity […]
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¡VAMOS A CELEBRAR! SYDNEY LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED! From the tender and wonderful to the strange but true – say hola to the 11th annual Sydney Latin American Film Festival (SLAFF) this September (08-12). Returning to Dendy Opera Quays, the Festival will screen the very best in award-winning Latin American cinema: eight feature films and […]
On the surface, it may not seem like a banjo duo allows for many possibilities. However, when the two artists are Abigail Washburn and Béla Fleck, the possibilities are endless. Abigail Washburn is a multi-Grammy winning folk artist with the earthy sophistication of a post-modern, old-time singer and songwriter. Béla Fleck is a banjo virtuoso with […]
‘Live at Uptown’ by the Paul Williamson Quartet is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week! To kick off this week’s album of the week review, we give you three great reasons to read on: Long time listeners of the station will know that jazz music is the canon that the station was founded on. We also […]
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Cirque du Soleil Company Manager, Genevieve Deslandes, Filmmaker, Tel Benjamin, and Cabaret artist, Chrissie Swan are my guests today. 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 […]