Cine Lounge: Latin America cinema, food and music

Presented by the 11th Sydney Latin American Film Festival (SLAFF), Cine Lounge is series of Latin American film and culture sessions held at the funky 107 Projects in Redfern starting from the 27th of July at 7pm. Featuring an amazing line-up of traditional and contemporary Latin influences in music, dance and film, these much loved sessions embrace […]

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2016 Freedman Jazz Fellowship Finalists Announced

The Music Trust announced today the three finalists for the prestigious Freedman Jazz Fellowship, Australia’s premier award for excellence in jazz. This year’s contenders for the annual scholarship are drummer James McLean and pianists Joe O’Conner and Luke Sweeting. The three finalists will have the opportunity to compete for a $20,000 cash prize in a […]

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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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