Boiling Point 9th August 2016

Missed tonight’s show? Plug into the podcast here:https://eastsidefm.org/boilingpoint/# Tim brought us the latest in nostril news, where the answer to fighting superbugs might just be lurking right under our noses: https://www.sciencenews.org/arti…/nose-knows-how-fight-staph … And Chantelle took a look into the history and hype of hypnotism – and what happens in the brain when you are hypnotised? […]

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Tenderfoot and the Top 10 Alt-Country albums of all time!

So, yesterday monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, Paste, took on the tricky task of naming the top 50 alt-country albums of all time. Not easy for a number of reasons. Firstly, these things are entirely subjective and there’ll always be cries of “how could you forget this album?”, but even more difficult is the […]

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GIG REVIEW – Julien Wilson Quintet at SIMA Sound Lounge, Sydney 6th August 2016.

Julien: tenor sax, Carl Dewhurst: electric guitar, Barney McCall: piano, Jonathan Zwartz: bass, Hamish Stuart: drums. I knew this wasn’t going to be just another gig! Five of Australia’s top artists all on the one stage was guaranteed to create fireworks! Ostensibly this was a CD launch of ‘This Narrow Isthmus’ which was recorded in […]

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Album of the Week – Sensations Wind, Waves, Birds, and Fire by Margaret Brandman

‘Sensations Wind, Waves, Birds, and Fire’ by Margaret Brandman is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. The album we are focusing on this week across the station is one that hosts some lengthy experience and talent, this Australian artists’ career in the music industry spans over 40 years. A lady who has been awarded the International […]

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A haunting soundtrack to a movie not yet made…on Monday Drive

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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Corey Harris: Blues With All The Roots and Branches

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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