Found Sounds Lost Horizons host Ben Fink chats with the legendary singer, author, actor, producer Steve Earle about the Byron Bay Bluesfest, boogie boards, Bernie Sanders, Taylor Swift, Treme, Trump and much much more. His Sydney shows are Rooty Hill RSL Weds 16th March and the Metro theatre Thurs 17th March. […]
The Last Waltz @ Sydney Opera House
This April, Tim Rogers, Paul Dempsey, Richard Clapton, Kevin Borich Olympia, Vika & Linda Bull and The RocKwiz Orkestra will revisit a significant rock and roll music event: The Last Waltz. Originally held at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco as The Band’s farewell concert, The Last Waltz brought together rock and roll royalty to pay tribute to everyone’s favourite […]
The WOMADelaiders are GO!
Eastside Radio is excited to be sending our presenters from Queen Kafe, Hide Seek & Play and Merchants of Sound to WOMADelaide this weekend. We’ll be giving you a 360 virtual tour of this massive 4day festival starting tomorrow; live performances, up close with the artists, audience vox pops, snippets of the best workshops and talks. We’re […]
Imagine A City
On 9 March 2016, Dr Charles Pickett was Sylvia’s guest, talking about the exhibition he has curated called Imagine a City, marking 200 years of the Government Architect’s Office. Listen to the conversation: Above is Part 1 of the conversation and here is Part 2: And here is Part 3: […]
Vintage Trouble Interview
Ty Taylor is the rock star demigod lead singer of soul blues band Vintage Trouble with dance moves, stylish suits and a volcanic voice to prove he’s the next in line for the throne. The band is tight with a heavy rhythm and able to take centre stage just as much as Ty with their […]
Grayson Perry
Recently Rachel Kent, Chief Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney was Sylvia’s guest on Arts Wednesday, talking about My Pretty Little Art Career, the exhibition of Grayson Perry’s work she curated. Follow the conversation below: Above is Part 1 of the conversation and now for Part 2: And here is Part 3: […]
Arts Thursday Leaves Town.
If you’re travelling north to Brisbane or heading north west towards Armidale, it’s well worth noting two fabulous exhibitions which are presently on show at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) in Brisbane and at the New England Regional Art Museum in Armidale. First stop on Arts Thursday is Armidale, to […]
Catch it by the tail- Episode 15
Some songs to lay back and listen to and others you can jump up and down to – Blackie the cat gets a mention, kids at the library share their jokes, there’s some counting, some good advice and some stuff that’s silly. And lots more. Email jokes, poems, requests etc to catchitbythetail@eastsidefm.org, or visit the […]
Arts Wednesday 9 March 2016
Laila Ellmoos joins me at about 10:40 am for Part 6, the final part of our series on Sydney and Water and this week we talk about toilets. At 11:00 am I am joined by Dr Charles Pickett, curator of Imagine a City, an exhibition at the State Library of NSW marking 200 years of […]
Bitcoin
Recently on Arts Wednesday, Sylvia spoke to Dr Eric Lim about Bitcoin. Hear the conversation: This is Part 1. Now for Part 2: And here is Part 3: […]
Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling in the Eliza Fraser Folklore
Arts Monday’s Jane Raffan chats with Larissa Behrendt, lawyer, and professor of Indigenous Research at the University of Technology Sydney, and author of a new critique of the Eliza Fraser story: Finding Eliza: Power & Colonial Storytelling. Larissa Behrendt’s book is a reference-rich deconstruction of the tropes in the Eliza Fraser ‘captivity narrative’ that have […]
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Paris Interviews The Residents
One of the most intriguing, diverse and ultimately creative musical acts/artistic collectives to emerge from the US, THE RESIDENTS are returning to Sydney in March. This radical group’s members have remained completely anonymous for almost six decades whilst continuing to tour, release music and make art. Recently, Paris Pompor from Eastside Radio caught up with […]