David Barr from Drive Tuesday talks with Mikelangelo about his new album with the Black Sea Gentlemen. Titled After the Flood,the album is set around the Snowy Mountains Scheme in the 1950’s when thousands of workers from post war Europe came to Cooma to work on the scheme. The band stayed in Cooma to soak […]
Microbats with Leroy Gonsalves
On Arts Wednesday 27 April 2016, Sylvia’s guest was Dr Leroy Gonsalves, talking about his work with microbats. Follow the prompts to hear the conversation: Above is Part 1 of the conversation: now for Part 2: And now for Part 3: […]
Rob Thomas on The Dialogue Wednesday 27 April at 6pm
It’s January 1966 and the Top 40 chart has The Beatles We Can work it Out at Number 1, The Seekers are number 2 with The Carnival is Over and Rob Thomas is at number 10 as Bobbie Thomas and the Beaumen with Lavender Blue. Eastside Radio listeners will know Rob Thomas from his Jammin’ […]
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Arts Wednesday 27 April 2016
Music historian, Andy Bromberger, makes a welcome return to the program at about 10:40 am with a new series entitled Revolution, Reaction and Romanticism and she starts the season with a general introduction. My special guest at the 11:00 am spot is Dr Leroy Gonsalves, Biodiversity Research Officer with the Department of Primary Industry, talking […]
Album of the week – Cold Radish Coma by 30/70
‘Cold Radish Coma’ by 30/70 is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. Here at Eastside Radio we love originality and this weeks featured album is full of it. Melbourne is widely known for its music scene and for producing some of the finest artists in the country, a Melbourne collective that are starting to get […]
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Songhoy Blues at City Recital Hall
Oumar Touré, Aliou Touré, Garba Touré and Nathaniel “NAT” Dembele are Songhoy Blues – all hail from Gao in the north Of Mali. With growing unrest in the north of Mali these young men and their families were forced to take refuge in the southern town of Bamako. They turned crisis into opportunity by forming a band which they baptized Songhoy […]
‘Beneath My Wings’ Photography exhibition by Peta-Anne North
This April/May, the Moran Arts Foundation will be showing a photography exhibition by artist Peta-Anne North at Juniper Hall. The exhibition is a series of aerial shot photography that show off the excellence of the Australian landscape with lots of imagery and sites that come alive from the canvas. There is always a sense of […]
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Hiromi: The Trio Project
Following three sell-out performances during her Australian premiere at the 2012 Melbourne International Jazz Festival, the dazzlingly talented Hiromi makes her long-awaited Sydney debut. Dominating the next wave of jazz superstars, her credits include a gig with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra at age 14, a personal invitation to play with Chick Corea at 17 and […]
One Space Presents Tribu Luna
Tribu Luna Full Moon Party Step out of the city chaos and into the chilled Bondi Beach vibe. Calling the moon gypsy tribe of Sydney to gather and reconnect under the full moon’s energy. One Space have orchestrated yet another outstanding event with the aim of bringing you ‘home’ to a place of reconnection and restoration. One Space and Tribu […]
An Evening With Mr Paul Foot
Sydney Comedy Festival holds the 12th Annual Sydney Comedy Festival bringing comedians all over the world to perform to Sydney audiences from April to May. The one and only comedian who has the wittiest imagination and hilarious routine is UK Comedian Paul Foot. Paul Foot has performed Stand-up comedy for over 20 years and performed […]
Arts Thursday 21 April 2016
Arts Thursday, on 21 April gives air to both the visual arts and to sound-based performance art. First up is composer, broadcaster and writer Julian Day who joins me, Maisy Stapleton in the studio to talk about Super Critical Mass which is showcased in the exhibition CUSP, now making its return to Sydney to the […]
What Is Going On In Brazil 2016?
We recently caught up with Rafa Brasil from Vibez Brasil to talk about what’s going on in his homeland in 2016 and the colourful background of the country’s past. It’s a deep discussion that introduces us to the societal changes and international challenges this 5th largest country in the world has faced, typically at the […]