Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Skim by Coast on the Art As Catharsis label Taking inspiration from mixtapes pieced together by Minimal Miggy, Godtet, Mecca 83 and more, Coast note that Skim attempts to emulate a love for grazing music interaction – a love that becomes more and more evident as the record […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: 1st Jul – 4th Jul
The Sydney Soul Weekender is back this year in August! Bringing what you love – three days of beautiful soul music spun on original vinyl by Australia’s best Northern Soul and Modern Soul DJ’s. Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England in the late 1960s from the British mod scene as a particular style of black […]
EMBRACING DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALISM Escape the cold without leaving Sydney! A Haitian Latin Jazz Show with a French Creole Touch is coming to town and it’s going to be HOT! Songstress Athésia invites the public to an enchanting evening. Singing Haitian Creole songs, classic French songs and some of her own compositions from her latest album. […]
Read More… from Escape the cold with Athésia Quintet – Thurs 18th July 2019 City Recital Hall
Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony. This vibrant musical world is explored through recordings of early music, rare instruments, printed scores, and remarkable stories of people creating home through song. Step into grand houses, humble cottages, vast landscapes, pubs and […]
Internationally renowned performing ensemble Taikoz presents The Beauty Of 8, featuring Guest Artists dancer-drummer Chieko Kojima of the famed KODO taiko group and Shakuhachi Grand Master Riley Lee. Ex-Taikoz dynamo Anton Lock also returns to Australia to join Taikoz in a production that pulsates with energy and balances the Yin and Yang through the mystical […]
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At 10:40 this morning Dr Anna Kamaralli continues with Part 5 of Shakespeare and Company and this week, in Hooted at Like an Old Tale, she looks at Shakespeare’s sources for his plays. My special guest this week at 11:00 am is Dr Sarah Reeves, curator at the Powerhouse Museum, talking about the new exhibition Apollo […]
Wayne Shorter is 85. It is nice to be able to present his music on FreedomJazzDance while he is alive! On Saturday 6th July I will be presenting a full 2-hour show of his music. Wherever possible I will be playing his compositions. He is a prolific composer, so that won’t be hard. Unfortunately 2 […]
My name is Aidee Doyle, and for my year 10 work experience, I am attending and working with the people at Eastside radio station. I have always had a passion for music since when I can remember, this includes playing the piano and singing. When I was younger my friends always said I would have […]
Adelaide doctor Mark Awerbuch is at the gym, doing his standard 30 minutes on the rowing machine, when he notices something wrong. Within a month, he’s diagnosed with acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia and over the following months is told by his treating bone-marrow haematologist, “Mark, you have to decide how you want to die”. In his […]
Read More… from Flight of Hope and It’s Not Me, It’s Definitely You – Arts Monday
Eastside Radio’s Album of the week is Be Known Ancient/Future/Music by Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble was formed shortly after percussionist Kahil El’Zabar graduated from the school of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in 1976. He teamed up with tenor saxophonist Edward Wilkerson, Jr. to play music that combined contemporary […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: 13-19 June
One of the world’s leading traditional Flamenco players, Paco Peña will be bringing his Esencias tour to Australia in 2019. Paco Peña is part of the phenomenon that has transformed the perceptions around the world of Flamenco. He expands his horizons as a guitarist, composer, dramatist and producer, beautifying Flamenco with flamboyance, whilst remaining true […]