Album of the week – Culture How Could You by Alice Night

  ‘Culture How Could You’ by Alice Night is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. An album that is full of freshness, unique sounds and Australian talent is the brand new release from Alice Night. With honest lyrics the Brisbane lady has stepped on her own specialty style of folk music, which she collaborates with […]

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Political Protest Songs, New Oh Pep! and Bello Winter Fest!

‘Tis a season of political madness. No matter where you stand or where you come from, there is plenty of action to debate. If there’s one thing folk musicians are great at it’s writing a passionate protest song, particularly in the days before internet trolling made everyone a little fearful. Canadian musician, Loudon Wainwright III […]

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Margaret of Anjou

During the course of July, Dr Anna Kamaralli presented a 5-part series on the fabulous Margaret of Anjou. Listen to the episodes below: Here is Part 1, where Anna gives us background to the Wars of the Roses and who Margaret was: And now Part 2, where we learn who Margaret was according to historical […]

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Marie Byles

On Arts Wednesday 6 July 2016, Sylvia’s guest was Anne McCleod, biographer of the wonderful Marie Byles in her book entitled The Summit of Her Ambition: The Spirited Life of Marie Byles. Listen to the conversation below: Above is Part 1: now for Part 2 of the conversation: And here is Part 3: To find […]

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Wolfgang Muthspiel Trio

Critically acclaimed in The New Yorker as “a shining light of the contemporary jazz-guitar generation,” Wolfgang Muthspiel is known worldwide for his daring musicality and dazzling technique. “Muthspiel combines a flawless technique honed by classical training with a restless musical imagination as likely to derive inspiration from Bach as from the blues or the Beatles” […]

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Vince Jones and the Astral Orchestra

When The Beatles moved to psychedelic rock and Bob Dylan went electric, Van Morrison hired New York’s finest jazz musicians and recorded two of the most classic albums of that golden era – Astral Weeks and Moondance. Both of these albums had an enormous impact on musicians and singers around the world, and Vince Jones […]

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Album of the week – One More Step by Henri-Pierre Noël

  ‘One More Step’ by Henri-Pierre Noël is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. Kicking off the month of July we are bringing you an album full of funky sounds, as pianist and singer/songwriter Henri-Pierre Noël works his fingers in a very special way to show us his tropical background of Kompa Funk. With disco and afro-funk elements blended […]

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Beat Generation Artists & Having Better Conversations-Arts Monday

Renowned artist, Ann Thomson and teacher, Anna McPherson are my guests today. Ann Thomson’s exhibition at the National Art School: ‘Ann Thomson & Contemporaries’ celebrates the heady times at East Sydney Tech in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a period which produced a significant group of Australian artists including Godfrey Miller, John Passmore, John Olsen, […]

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