“Everything new is old again?!” Yes they’re back! Following their brand new show for Sydney Festival at The Famous Spiegeltent, Mic Conway’s National Junk Band are back, presenting another new creation: “Vaudevillia”. Based on the old Vaudeville program intermingling segments of music, magic, dance, comedy, sight acts and more, the Junk Band have created a […]
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Tina Harrod @ The Sound Lounge March 2016 Reviewed by John Brewer The Sydney Improvised Music Association (SIMA) presented the Tina Harrod Quartet at the Sound Lounge on Saturday, providing a night of raw emotions and heartfelt music from Tina and her three supporting musicians. The quartet played a series of songs from her albums […]
Lucky Peterson is touring Australia again after 19 years. He is appearing at Bluesfest in Byron Bay and at the Basement in Sydney on the 22nd of March. David Barr spoke to Lucky about his music. Click under for the podcast! […]
This week Ed Lippmann makes a welcome return to Arts Wednesday with a new series of Sydney By Design for 2016. Ed kicks off the series at about 10:40 am talking about the Light Rail. At 11:00 am I will be joined in the studio by Australian soprano, Greta Bradman on the eve of her Australian […]
The inaugural Jackie Orszaczky Music Lecture, in conjunction with APRA AMCOS, will be held at The Basement in Sydney on Tuesday 10th May. Jackie Orszaczky – a Hungarian Australian bassist, bandleader and composer based in Sydney – had an enduring influence upon the musicians around him and it’s from these peers and players’ desire to honour Jackie’s memory that the concept […]
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Led by composer Jenna Cave and trombonist Paul Weber, the 19 musicians of Divergence Jazz Orchestra perform, promote and record new music by Jenna Cave and other Australian composers. Under Cave’s direction, the DJO brings the spirit and tradition of improvised jazz music to the 21st century big band. Captivating grooves, memorable melodies and expressive […]
‘Stop Look Listen’ by Marta Ren and the Groovelvets is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. The album is bursting at the seems with the hallmarks of the groups Soul and Funk counterparts of the 1960s, shaken up and revitalised by band leader Marta Ren on vocals. The album is a follow up to the […]
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Italian Musician, Luca Gemma, Writer, Simon Dodd, and Actor, Cherrie Whalen-David are my guests today. Simon Dodd is the writer of PLAYTHING – an absurdist one- act comedy that is a subtle mix of deep philosophical musings and toilet humour. Cherrie Whalen-David plays the female lead. The cast features some of Sydney’s most seasoned and […]
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Taj Mahal knows his way around a conversation in a career that spans 7 decades and countless releases. We’re very lucky that he shows few signs of ageing and no signs of slowing down on stage. He recently caught up with David Barr from Tuesday Drive where David was able to reminisce about past performances […]
During the course of February/March, Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney, was Sylvia’s guest, presenting a 6-part series entitled Sydney and Water. Listen to the 6 episodes here: This is Episode 1, where Laila introduces the series. This Episode 2 on Sydney’s sources of water in the early days of the colony. […]
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected […]
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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. […]