Blue-eyed soul master, Allen Stone is back to Australia and he’ll play @ The Factory Theatre on the 30th of March. With 3 albums under his belt, singer/songwriter Allen Stone proves himself deeply devoted to making uncompromisingly soulful music that transcends all pop convention. Drawing inspiration from musical heroes including Stevie Wonder, Stone gracefully blends everything from […]
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Live-wired, straight-shootin, dirty-mouth’d, pelvis-pushing juke music. Vintage Trouble will be bringing this and a whole lot more @ The Factory Theatre in Sydney on the 31st of March. Since their formation in 2010, the self-branded “Trouble Makers” have built an immense, fervent fan base. Music Weekly named them 2011 Breakout Artist of the Year and HMV hailed […]
Bluesfest Touring welcomes back World/Folk/Hip-Hop/Rock music collective Nahko and Medicine for the People, who will be sharing their spiritual, socially conscious message through amazing music with their fervent ‘tribe’, as they call their fans. They’ll perform in Sydney the 30th of March at the Factory Theatre as part of the Bluesfest Touring. A multi-instrumentalist who […]
Rhiannon Giddens indisputably stole the show at the T Bone Burnett–curated 2013 Another Day, Another Time concert—a celebration of the early ’60s folk revival at New York City’s Town Hall. The Grammy Award–winning lead singer of African-American folk interpreters Carolina Chocolate Drops, having stepped out on her own, brought the star-studded audience to its feet […]
Do you agree future prosperity is a shared responsibility? That we need global effort and local action? If we address inequality and focus on social inclusion will we create more resilient cities? Join Mary Robinson (former President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate […]
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Bollywood’s defining singer and the world’s most recorded artist ever, the legendary 82-year-old Asha Bhosle returns to the Sydney Opera House stage after nine years for her final tour – a career-spanning celebration through film classics, crossover hits and euphoric Indian traditional. She’ll perform on the 14th of March at the Opera House. Honoured with […]
Musica Viva and Victorian Opera present the world premiere tour of the brand new chamber opera, Voyage to the Moon, starring leading singers Emma Matthews and Sally-Anne Russell. Musica Viva kicks off its 2016 Concerts Season in February with a sensational new co-production with Victorian Opera, Voyage to the Moon, a brand new chamber opera […]
A 200 Year Old Barber The world’s most loved comedic opera, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, celebrates its 200th anniversary on Saturday 20 February. To mark the occasion, Opera Australia has partnered with World’s Greatest Shave to donate a portion of ticket sales to the Leukaemia Foundation, in addition to offering a strictly limited 200 […]
Sydney 5 piece funk powerhouse, Gang of Brothers will perform live on Sunday the 13th of March, from 2pm till late @Soul Of Sydney. Other DJ’s will support for an afternoon of Feel-Good Funk, Soul, Disco, Afro-Beat, Old School party jams & beyond. : featuring Soul Of Sydney Dj’s & Friends, Dj Johnny Bones (Feat. Johnny […]
The Origins of Radio Eastern Sydney Co-operative Limited : A retrospect (4/1/16) By Dr Neil Runcie, Founder and Foundation Chairman, of Radio Eastern Sydney Association and of Radio Eastern Sydney Co-operative Ltd. Q. What were the origins of Radio Eastern Sydney? To quote what I said to the Registrar of Co-operatives leading to our incorporation […]
Since December last year when local resident Adnil Ramos came into the studio to talk about the impending loss of 700 significant trees in the Randwick area, Monday Drive has been following the drama surrounding these vintage arboreal guardians of our ecosystems. Unfortunately in January we lost 20 heritage trees along Maiden’s Row in Alison […]
today we’re split between ecstasy and environmental agony as we discuss everything from Miriam Lieberman’s beautiful new album, Birds Of the Moon, to the toxic reality of plastic rubbish filling up our oceans. At 4.30 rhino activist Ray Dearlove will tell us why we need rhinos, and describe some of the adventures he’s had as […]
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