Eastside’s Album of the Week show this week features the latest release from Kamaal Williams, and sweet indie-folk sounds out of Melbourne from Nat Vazer’s Is This Offensive and Loud?. Kamaal Williams made a name for himself back in 2016 after teaming up with Yussef Dayes to release Black Focus under the Yussef Kamaal name. The […]
At 10:40 am, historian Laila Ellmoos joins us for Part 6, the final part of Developing Sydney and in this last episode Laila talks about fire and the impact it had on Sydney’s development. Developing Sydney is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go […]
Time and Space has shifted its place on Eastside Radio to Thursdays. Join host Mick Paddon for two hours of contemporary jazz and jazz related music from midday to 2. As always,the show celebrates jazz as an international music with a distinctive Australian flavour. You will hear new takes on old standards and the music […]
Nicholas Menner is an electrician from Goolwa, South Australia who worked with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Malawi in mid-2019. He was involved in constructing the new operating theatre and inpatient ward opened in Blantyre in December 2019 to begin surgical treatment for cancer patients. What led you to apply for a role […]
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SmartFone Flick Fest is Australia’s international smartphone film festival for filmmakers of all ages. All you need is a phone or a tablet and a good story. Entries close for this year’s festival on midnight Saturday 1 August. Today we meet co-founder Angela Blake who’ll talk us through all the categories and prizes. This year […]
Eastside’s Album of the Week show this week features jazztronica legend Thundercat’s latest release, It is What it is, and The Haggis Horns 70s funk and soul sounds on Stand Up for Love. Thundercat is a name normally associated with soul, hip-hop and r’n’b. A grammy-winning bassist out of LA who has worked with the […]
This Thursday, Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers speak to Peter Morton who is recording an ongoing series on the collections in our state’s cultural institutions – museums, galleries and libraries. Today Peter is speaking to Richard Neville, Mitchell Librarian about the extraordinary holdings and the astonishing and diverse array of items in the State Library […]
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Laila Ellmoos returns at 10:40 am with Part 5 of Developing Sydney and this week she talks about the Devonshire Street resumption. The land resumed included the Devonshire Street Cemetery and other important buildings surrounding the old graveyard. Developing Sydney is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. […]
THE ALLAN SLAIGHT STUDIO LAUNCHES AT SYDNEY’S EASTSIDE RADIO 89.7FM Thanks to the donations of Sydney-based Marie Slaight, the Eastside Radio 89.7FM new broadcast studio is being named “The Allan Slaight Studio” to honour her father’s legacy as a broadcasting legend, philanthropist, media mogul, magician and Member of the Order of Canada. 89 year-old Allan […]
This Thursday, Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers join you to explore arts initiatives that have pushed through the Covid19 lockdown. First up we speak with Jo Jansyn, Cultural Development Coordinator at Woollahra Council about how Council has stayed active in the community over the last months with the development of Creative Hoardings ; the new […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Wednesday this week I speak to award winning actor, voiceover artist, writer, teacher, singer and coach Anni Finsterer about her upcoming book Radical Rock and Roll Resilience. Resilience is something that Anni has learnt the hard way. She talks about some of the tough times she’s had […]
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Four Bright Young Stars Announced to Compete for the Prestigious 2020 Freedman Classical Fellowship Prize Following a nation-wide search, four finalists have been selected to compete for the 2020 Freedman Classical Fellowship which, by chance, includes three musicians based in Victoria, violinist Harry Ward (24), cellists James Morley (24) and Richard Narroway (29) plus NSW violinist […]