The Sydney Festival at Carriageworks

Force Majeure brings a new dance work, The Last Season to Carriageworks as part of the Sydney Festival. Arts Monday chats to dramaturg, Tom Wright about his extensive career and the art of collaboration. This intergenerational conversation stars Pamela Rabe, Paul Capsis and the powerhouse Irish actor Olwen Fouéré, as well as a troupe of 9-14 year […]

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FNL Alive & Unlocked!

Starring Paul McDermott and Catherine Alcorn Thursday 28, Friday 29 & Saturday 30 January Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Fast n’ Loud? Freaky n’ Libidinous? Fanciful n’ Luscious? What the effen’ hell is ‘FNL … Alive and Unlocked!’? Originally live streamed as ‘Friday Night Live!’ from the bowels of Paddington Town Hall’s The Reservoir Room during the […]

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Album of the Week: Dimensional Stardust ⁠— Rob Mazurek / We Will Always Love You — The Avalanches

Album art for Rab Mazurek's Dimensional Stardust

This week’s Album of the Week show features the spacey inter-dimensional sounds of both American jazz legend Rob Mazurek, and the long-awaited latest release from the Avalanches. Rob Mazurek has released a space exploration that blends jazz improvisation, sampling and electronic production on his latest release Dimensional Stardust. The album is a journey and when listened […]

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Arts Wednesday 16 December 2020

Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play a recording of an interview between Mark Mordue and Michaela Kalowski about Mark’s new book Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave. It’s a fabulous conversation covering a lot of ground; from music, love, death, friendship, the role of art in life and finding your way around […]

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From unseen to resilient – 10 December 2020

Join Maisy Stapleton and our special guests to explore stories behind the arts and behind the COVID Lockdown. We first meet artist Wendy Sharpe, whose new exhibition Ghosts, will open soon at the Mosman Art Gallery. Wendy’s family was steeped in the psychic, with previous generations well-known for their psychic ability. While Wendy’s gifts might […]

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Monsieur Camembert’s Leonard Cohen Show

Ring the Bells: Triple ARIA Winners to perform their acclaimed Leonard Cohen Show at The Sydney Opera House With special guests Abby Dobson (Leonardo’s Bride), Angela Fabian (The Voice 2020), Gregg Arthur, Susie Bishop, Bukhu, Victor Valdes & more! “An uplifting tribute…Yaron Hallis’ singing brings joie de vivre to the originals. Monsieur Camembert does justice […]

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AOW: Daylight Savings ⁠— Surprise Chef / Idiot Prayer (Nick Cave Live at Alexandra Palace) — Nick Cave

Album art for Surprise Chef's album Daylight Savings

This week’s Album of the Week show is an all-Aussie affair, with jazz-funk sounds from Melbourne locals Surprise Chef, and the latest live release by Australian music royalty Nick Cave, with Idiot Prayer (Nick Cave Live at Alexandra Palace). Released on the verge of a city re-awakening, Surprise Chef’s Daylight Savings speaks to vintage funk in a […]

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::FREE LIVE STREAM:: Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Music

  How is music assisted, improved, impacted or threatened by the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Discover the Second event in the #CreativeAI series this Friday 27 November 2020 at 6pm: Assoc Prof Goetz Richter (Sydney Conservatorium of Music) and Dr Oliver Bown (UNSW) will be in conversation with Jochen Gutsch (Goethe-Institut). Artificial intelligence (AI) […]

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MANY STORIES – 26 November 2020

Arts Thursday  Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers and our special guests to explore stories behind the arts. Our first guest is Baptiste Cornillier, who has been our music curator over the last few years. French-born Baptiste works for the Sydney Opera House as Tours Operations Supervisor. While we hear so much about the Opera […]

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