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Album of the Week – ‘Né So’ by Rokia Traoré
‘Né So’ by Rokia Traoré (Nonesuch Records/Warner Music) is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. Produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Tracy Chapman), ‘Né So’ (Home) is a raw and powerful sixth addition to the multi-instrumentalists recording career. The album travers seven years of inspiration starting from her travels back home in 2009 to Mali. Her […]
Italy’s Luca Gemma
Italian musician, Luca Gemma, joined Dr Margaux Dombkins on Arts, treating us to a live performance of songs from his latest CD, Blue Songs. Luca is on tour in Australia and Blue Songs is his first album performed entirely in English. Luca’s signature mash-up of rock, pop, soul and folk across voice, guitar, brass and electronic work […]
Kurt Elling @ City Recital Hall
Grammy Award winner Kurt Elling is among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. He has won the DownBeat Critics Poll for 14 consecutive years and was named Male Singer of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association on eight occasions. A truly international jazz award winner, he has also been Grammy nominated a dozen times. He is a renowned […]
Brodsky Quartet and Katie Noonan in ‘With Love And Fury’
Katie Noonan, one of Australia’s most versatile and beloved vocalists, joins the UK’s perpetually intrepid Brodsky Quartet in a stunning new collaboration. Inspired by the evocative poetry of Judith Wright, Katie Noonan and the Brodsky Quartet perform specially commissioned works by Australian composers including Iain Grandage, Richard Tognetti, Katie Noonan, Carl Vine, David Hirschfelder, Andrew Ford, Elena Kats Chernin, Paul Grabowsky, Paul Dean and John Rodgers. This is […]
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Vince Jones & Paul Grabowsky @The Basement
Vince and Paul have been making music together for as long as they can remember. Each will suggest, gently, and with a smile, that the other can be “a bit difficult”; but musically the respect for each other’s skills is unequivocal. Each has carved out remarkable careers and opportunities to get together difficult to arrange. […]
Vaudevillia by Mic Conway’s National Junk Band @Camelot Lounge
“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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Review: Tina Harrod @ The Sound Lounge
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’s interview
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! […]
Arts Wednesday 16 March 2016
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 Announced
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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Divergence Jazz Orchestra @Foundry 616
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 […]