Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play an interview with co-curators of an exhibition called Indonesia Calling 2020, Felicia Cindyagatha and John Cruthers. Held at 16albermarle Project Space, the exhibition includes works by 30 artists from Bandung, Yogyakarta, Bali and Jakarta. The contemporary art in Indonesia calling 2020 is made in response to the […]
GREAT SOUTHERN NIGHTS PRESENTS ATHÉSIA! TRAVEL THE WORLD WITHOUT LEAVING SYDNEY! Athésia, the Haitian French Canadian singer-songwriter, will be performing with her band at The Lazybones Lounge on Sunday 29th of November 2020. Be prepared to enjoy a unique and intimate atmosphere. Singing in French, English, Portuguese and Creole, you will be touring the world without […]
“Jazz and bluegrass are in my blood. Daddy raised me on big band and my auntie was a bluegrass gospel singer” Originally from Virginia, USA, vocalist Dianne Cripps obtained her music degree from George Mason University, USA and studied with Australian jazz luminaries Judy Bailey and Michelle Nicolle. She has performed around the world in […]
CRUSH By Branch Nebula Part DIY shed, part Medieval research centre, part obsessive Bunnings shopping spree, CRUSH blows up the boundaries of the physical body and mind. Are you ready to test your limits? Helpmann Award winning Australian company Branch Nebula (High Performance Packing Tape, Concrete & Bone Sessions, Paradise City) artists Lee Wilson, Mirabelle Wouters, Mickie Quick […]
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers and our special guests on Arts Thursday 12 November 2020 to explore three aspects of the visual arts – painting, drawing and photography. Firstly, we speak to Jacqualine Breakspear and Samantha Tidbeck whose joint exhibition Observations and Venerations, opens this week at Project Gallery 90 in Paddington until 25th […]
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Head On Photo Festival is an annual event open to local and international photographers, now in its 11th year. Initially they had to reimagine this year’s festival as the world’s 1st online photo festival. However the recent relaxation of COVID restrictions now allows audiences to view the Festival in 25 venues across Sydney. Primary […]
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Bonjour, Good Morning beautiful souls! On today’s show, we will have a special NAIDOC segment on where to go and what to do and I will talk quickly about Fanforce Virtual Indigenous Films. Prepare yourself to travel into a musical journey where Jazz meets the Suave Rhythms of Latin America and Mother Africa. Mixed with some […]
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1,000 COVID-Safe live gigs rockin’ across NSW this November More than 2,500 artists and 300-plus live music venues across NSW are primed for the Australian-first music event, Great Southern Nights, with tickets for over 900 gigs now on sale. A NSW Government initiative, Great Southern Nights has been created to kick-start the recovery of the […]
Eastside’s Album of the Week show this week features an afrofuturism double whammy; with Polish group EABS reinventing the psychic sounds of Sun Ra, and Colombian outfit Ghetto Kumbé – a ‘psychedelic African tribe from the 21st century’. EABS have made waves in the Polish jazz scene of late, earning them a cult-like following for […]
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Tim Freedman brings one of his rare solo tours to City Recital Hall to launch The Whitlams’ new single “Ballad of Bertie Kidd”, a six minute crime caper that describes a little known escapade in the long career of one of Australia’s most notorious criminals. Tim will settle in with his piano to tell tales, reinvent […]
An Opportunity to Deliver Temporary Public Art Projects in the Heart of the City Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next – Arundati Roy, The Pandemic is a Portal, Financial […]
Sydney Opera House Announces New Season of UnWrapped Celebrating Independent Voices & Contemporary Australian Work The Sydney Opera House has announced the latest offering of live music and physical theatre as part of its UnWrapped season of diverse, rarely seen and critically acclaimed work curated by Sydney Opera House Director of Programming, Fiona Winning. Launched in […]