Arts Monday’s Jane Raffan chats with Rob Brooks, UNSW evolutionary biologist, about his fabulous book “Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll”. Rob makes the case for evolutionary factors shaping the modern world, including answers to such questions as: “Why do so many rock stars end up dead at 27?” As Rob sees it, Rock music […]
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Join me, Jane Raffan on Arts Monday 11 January for a program about sex and music! And in more detail, the nexus between evolutionary biology and Rock ‘n’ Roll! Yup, that’s right, Genes with a G, not a J (although rockers all do wear ’em!). It’s summer – which means book list time! Listen in […]
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‘Made in New York’ (Cakewalks Records) by Project Grand Slam is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. This jazz fusion extravaganza from the group is filled with original tracks by bassist and composer Robert Mill recorded in studio plus some very special live recordings at New York’s prestigious Blue Note. What makes this more than […]
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‘Soul to Soul’ (Afrasia Productions) by Carmen Lundy is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. From the writing process to the final project, this work for Lundy is some of her most innovative and inspiring to date. ‘Soul to Soul’ marks the artist’s 14th record of her career exploring the soulful side of jazz. As much as Lundy enjoy’s flexing […]
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The Residents are an American art collective best known for avant-garde music and multimedia works. Since their first official release, Meet the Residents (1974), the group has released over seventy albums, numerous music videos and short films, three CD-ROM projects, and ten DVDs. They have undertaken seven major world tours and scored multiple films. Pioneers […]
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Bluesfest Touring welcomes improvisational gospel- jazz supergroup The Word for their firts ever Australian tour! It’s secular. It’s certainly spiritual. It’s The Word and now it’s time, once again, to take the Word to the world! Featuring pedal-steel guitarist Robert Randolph, keyboardist John Medeski and two North Mississippi Allstars (guitarist Luther Dickinson and drummer Cody […]
Pine Street Creative Arts Centre is seeking youth interns to assist with our annual National Youth Week event, smart ARTS Festival. smart ARTS is an arts event designed for young people, by young people. smart ARTS features a range of events & creative opportunities for young people, including an art exhibition, artists talks, careers forums & […]
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Sydney’s free open-air cinema, Little Darlings Night Owls Kid’s Film Fest is on again this month! Perched and ready to nest at Sydney’s Darling Quarter from Friday 8 – Sunday 24 January, the Festival pops up beside one of Sydney’s most spectacular playgrounds, with more screenings than ever before. Children and their adult friends will have a hoot in the beautiful surrounds, […]
Melbourne- born Circus Oz rockets back under the Big Top this January with the red-hot return season of But Wait…There’s More. Having spent the last twelve months touring from Melbourne to Mildura; Penrith to Palm Island; across America and north to Montreal Circus Oz is punchier and gutsier than ever. Get ready for acrobatic stunts, soaring […]
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The Sydney-based pianist premiers his highly anticipated and brand new work at SYDNEY FESTIVAL, on January 9, 2016. The third in a series of critically acclaimed suites by composer/pianist Stu Hunter. Beginning with the muse (2007) and followed by the gathering (2010) – the migration lifts the roof off in it’s scope and intensity. Driving grooves and […]
After celebrating a 10th anniversary in 2014 and subsequent year off in 2015, the famed Gum Ball Music and Arts Festival will make a triumphant return back to its beloved Hunter Valley bushland home ‘Dashville,’ on 22-24 April 2016. The popular camping festival which in 2014 saw the Hoodoo Gurus headline a huge list of […]
All of us, at one point or another, have considered changing our diets to reflect a more sustainable way of eating. Yet time and time again, we can’t seem to find an easy way to maintain that lifestyle. We try our best at buying local or organic but always end up falling back into our old […]