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 […]

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Album of the Week – ‘Stop Look Listen’ by Marta Ren and the Groovelvets

‘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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Italy’s Luca Gemma and ‘PLAYTHING’- Arts Monday

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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Sydney and Water

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.       […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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: […]

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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:   […]

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