Music

Our own Aussie Winnie Su found her love for the piano at the age of 7 by listening to her neighbours playing next door. She was awarded her Licentiate Lmus.A Diploma at the age of 14, having made her concerto debut at 12. She has numerous awards to her name, not least of which is [...]Read More... from Musical Steps Founder Winnie Su

Neil James Murray is one of the founding member of the Warumpi band that has performed for 20 years and produced 3 ground breaking albums and held down a successful solo career since 1989. He was awarded the 2017 Port Fairy Folk Festival Artist of the Year and is regarded as one of Australia’s finest singer songwriters. Neil [...]Read More... from Neil Murray from Wurumpi band

Australian vocalist and composer Gregg Arthur follows in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, and Tony Bennett as one of the great interpreters of The Great American Songbook. He joined Eric Gyors and Virginia Lowe from Wenesday Drive to speak about his experience on stage, his last album and artists with whom he has [...]Read More... from Gregg Arthur’s Great American Songbook

Rebecca Scott combines a busy schedule of working as a music therapist and teaching privately with her role as a tutor for the Open Academy. She joined Dan Barnett from Blow to speak about the Open Academy program and her career as a musician and encourages anyone who wants to make music to sign up ! [...]Read More... from Rebecca Scott Vocal Coach @ The Con

PJ Morton is an uncommonly versatile soul singer, songwriter, performer and producer based in New Orleans. He is known for his own R&B, gospel, and pop albums, as well as extensive studio work for other performers. PJ Morton joined Joe Johnson from Love Soul to speak about his music mantra, his fascination with Prince and [...]Read More... from Interview with PJ Morton on Love Soul

In this Podcast Bondi Nights´Earl speaks with the Ladies that hosted the Hot Jazz Picnic. It was live in the episode of Bondi Nights on February 7, 2024. Lana and Madison revealed how they prepared for the event and spill the tea about how well they know Jazz music. [...]Read More... from Interview with Hot Jazz Picnic hosts Lana & Madison

Hamed Sadeghi is a Multi-ARIA award nominee composer and Tar (Iranian lute) virtuoso. With his band comprised of 6 world-class musicians, they create a soft and gentle music inspired by the Persian philosophy of sophism. Hamed joined Trevor and Ben from Found Sounds Lost Horizons to explain why his show is called Empty Voices, how [...]Read More... from Interview of Hamed Sadeghi About His Show Empty Voices

Patterson Hood is one of the founding member alongside Mike Cooley of the alt-country rock band Drive-By Truckers. Patterson began writing his songs at the age of eight and found much of his inspiration in his father’s, the famous David Hood, extensive record collection. Drive-By Truckers take to the stage at Bluesfest Festival on Thursday [...]Read More... from Interview With Patterson Hood From Drive-By Truckers

When Annette Brown was 15 years old, she was desperate to get on stage. One day, she finally met a “special teacher” that believed in her and let her took the stage of the Sydney Opera House. Since then, she has never forgotten that day. That is exactly what Sydney Eisteddfod is about. The cultural [...]Read More... from Sydney Eisteddfod : Interview With General Manager Annette Brown

On this episode of Changing the Face of Jazz, Mick Paddon is in conversation with Jodie Michael. Jodie Michael was the recipient of the 2013 Jann Rutherford Memorial Award. After gaining experience playing in jazz ensembles at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, Jodie earned multiple scholarships. After touring the USA with her local Jazz Orchestra, [...]Read More... from Changing the Face of Jazz with Jodie Michael

On this episode of Changing the Face of Jazz, Mick Paddon speaks with Ellen Kirkwood. Ellen Kirkwood is an award-winning composer, trumpeter, bandleader and educator. She an Australian-born person of British heritage, living on unceded Wangal Country in Sydney’s Inner West. [...]Read More... from Changing the Face of Jazz with Ellen Kirkwood

On this episode of Changing the Face of Jazz, Mick Paddon speaks with Hilary Geddes. Hilary Geddes is a guitarist, improviser and composer based in Eora/Sydney on Gadigal Land. She is the 2021 Freedman Jazz Fellow, a 2021 ABC Jazz Scholarship, and the 2019 recipient of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award. Hilary is the bandleader [...]Read More... from Changing the Face of Jazz with Hilary Geddes

Trombone player, and band leader Alex Silver is featured in the Changing the Face of Jazz series .  The series focuses on young women instrumentalists who have been making their names in jazz in recent years. Alex tells how, when faced with a choice between playing glockenspiel and trombone in a school band, she opted [...]Read More... from Changing the Face of Jazz With Alex Silver

Bass player Jess Dunn  is the featured musician in this Changing the Face of Jazz.  Jess says of herself that she came to playing music fairly late, by which she means her late teens. She progressed from a hand-me-down electric bass to a stand-up acoustic one and then developed a taste for jazz. She graduated [...]Read More... from Jess Dunn Making Jazz in Australia

Over the past decade the face of jazz in Australia has been changing, slowly but surely. While we are used to seeing women singers fronting bands, there have been few women playing the instruments we associate with jazz-trumpets, saxophones, pianos, basses. There have been even fewer women leading jazz ensembles. That is now changing. This [...]Read More... from Changing The Face of Jazz

We follow up each episode of The Intersection with an interview with an expert on the topic. Our special guest for Episode 4 is historian and musicologist Kay Dreyfus. Her 2013 book,,’Silence and Secrets – the Weintraub Syncopators in Australia’, introduced many people to this extraordinary story. [...]Read More... from Ep 4, Part 2: Kay Dreyfus on Enemy Aliens

The Weintraub Syncopators were the hottest jazz band in Weimar Germany. But after the Nazi party passed the first anti-Jewish laws, the Syncopators decided to embark on what was perhaps the longest world tour by any band in history. It ended in an internment camp in rural Australia. This episode traces an epic journey of [...]Read More... from Ep 4, Part 1: Enemy Aliens

Ralph is back touring Australia. The “Streets of London” singer/songwriter sits down with David Barr to talk about his music and perform some songs. Ralph will be playing at The Concourse Chatswood on Friday 9 February as part of his Streets of Oz Tour 2024. [...]Read More... from A Chat with Ralph McTell

Interview by Joshua Duffy Scott Saunders is the founder of Sydney’s explosive 90s Groove outfit dig (Directions In Groove), a prolific film television and theatre composer, and a music teacher with a master in philosophy (music) publishing a study titled “An Aesthetics of Groove.” Scott has returned to the scene with a new Soul Jazz [...]Read More... from A Vinyl Direction in Groove w/ Scott Saunders

Our special guest is historian and activist Gary Foley. A Gumbayngirr man, Gary Foley has been at the forefront of Indigenous activism for over fifty years and was a key figure in the Bicentennial protests. [...]Read More... from Ep 3, Part 2: Gary Foley on 1988

1988 in Australia. On the musical front, it was seriously divided between the mainstream music industry and the alternative/underground scene, yet both sides had their eyes on the international stage. But there was a bigger issue; 1988 marked the Bicentennial of the British invasion of Aboriginal lands. Indigenous activists were waiting to protest any celebrations. [...]Read More... from Ep 3, Part 1: 1988

Shellie Morris, the powerhouse Indigenous singer-songwriter, effortlessly blends tradition with innovation, creating a sonic journey through her ancestral roots. Hailing from the Yanyuwa, Garrwa, and Gurdanji communities, Morris’ soulful melodies carry the weight of Indigenous stories, bridging the past and present. In the run up to, and immediately after Australia Day, Shellie and Elliott discussed [...]Read More... from Indigenous Singer-Songwriter, Shellie Morris Speaks with Elliott Wallace: Waralungku by Arrkula Yinbayarra

Our special guest is journalist and broadcaster John Highfield. Best known for his 35 years on ABC Radio, it is not so well known that John was a teenage employee of the Lee Gordon organisation in the early 1960s. His recollections are fascinating. Playlist  Chubby Checker: The Fly [...]Read More... from Ep 2, Part 2: John Highfield on Lee Gordon

Australia may have “turned to America” during WWII, but culturally, it was still doggedly British. This changed in the 1950s. We look at one arbiter of the change –  Lee Gordon –  an American with a shady backstory who arrived in Sydney in 1953 and within a year had created the Australian concert circuit! And [...]Read More... from Ep 2, Part 1: The Ginchiest

Our special guest to discuss the themes of the White Australia Blues episode is historian Deirdre O’Connell. She has written at length on the Sonny Clay tour and its background. Her extraordinary 2021 book, ‘Harlem Nights – the Secret History of Australia’s Jazz Age’ was hugely influential in the making of this episode. This interview [...]Read More... from Ep 1, Part 2: Deirdre O’Connell on White Australia Blues

The Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 heralded the White Australia Policy. This culture of whiteness would inevitably affect music in Australia. In this episode we look at the 1928 tour by Sonny Clay’s Colored Idea, the first African-American jazz band to tour Australia. We also look at ways the White Australia Policy continued to affect [...]Read More... from Ep 1, Part 1: White Australia Blues

A series focussing on the intersection between music and history, The Intersection traces the evolution of ideas, social norms and cultural forms in Australia – and the characters and events behind them. Sometimes shocking, with dramatic twists along the way, be prepared for an immersive journey into the surprising moments that shaped our lives and [...]Read More... from The Intersection – Trailer

Ausmusic T-Shirt Day is an annual day of fun and awareness on Thursday 30 November to celebrate Aussie music and raise urgently-needed funds for music workers in crisis. Funds raised from the campaign go towards helping Support Act continue its crucial work supporting musicians, managers, crew and music workers through crisis relief, mental health and [...]Read More... from Interview with Clive Miller; CEO of Support Act about Aus Music Month and Aus Music T-Shirt Day

Since 1974 the Open Academy at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music has opened the doors of the Conservatorium to the community through a wide range of programs, courses and workshops for school students, musicians, music teachers and to all those who are interested in learning more about music. Join Dan and Matt from Eastside’s ‘Blow’ [...]Read More... from In Conversation with the Conservatorium Open Academy

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HOT JAZZ PICNIC HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 2024. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION. Katie Thorne is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who was born and raised in rural NSW (Wiradjuri Country). She describes her music as “sing-in-the-car songs, cry-on-the-walk-home songs, songs so personal I can’t quite believe I’m sharing them.” Her unique sound blends jazz with [...]Read More... from Interview with Katie Thorne – Hot Jazz Picnic

Listen along to Matt and Dan making conversation with the ever so highly commended, London born, Australian raised Mark Isaacs. Be sure to catch a glimpse of the extensive collection of records Isaacs has produced, focussing on three of his latest six Songs Without Words, a set of variations on the English folksong The Snow It Melts [...]Read More... from Blow: In Conversation With Mark Isaacs

The podcast episode features a conversation between Mick Paddon and Renata Arrivolo. Mick is filling in for Phil James on the show “Philosophy of Jazz.” Renata Aravolo, a jazz pianist, is the special guest. They discuss the Open Academy at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, focusing on adult education and various courses related to jazz. [...]Read More... from The Philosophy of Jazz – Interview with Mick and Renata

Tessie Overmyer is a saxophonist primarily playing the alto sax. She has been making a huge impact on the Sydney and Australian jazz scenes in the past couple years.  In this profile she describes taking up the alto at school (though she might have been an oboe player if one had been available) .  She [...]Read More... from Alto player Tessie Overmyer: starting at the top with Charlie Parker

In the latest Episode of Found Sounds Lost Horizons, Blues and Soul singer Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges visits our Studio at the Bondi Pavilion. Together with Trevor and Ben, Eugene talks about his upcoming concerts in Sydney and in Australia. Eugene also plays some of his songs live on his guitar. [...]Read More... from Blues and Soul singer Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges at Found Sounds Lost Horizons

In this Episode of The Philosophy of Jazz, Phil James interviews Jazz musician and banjo player Bela Fleck about his tour together with his life partner, clawhammer banjo player and singer Abigail Washburn. Their tour starts on the 7th of March and goes until September. They play 5 shows in Australia, 2 in New Zealand [...]Read More... from Interview with Jazz Musician Bela Fleck for Philosophy of Jazz

Presented by Kathryn Yang TikTalk with Kathryn discusses the impacts of Tik Tok on the Music industry, revealing the good, the bad, and the ugly. It’s a Kathryn-one-time-production and throughout the Podcasts she delves into the ups and downs of virality and Gen-Z’s behaviour on TikTok, as well as dropping a few recent top hits! [...]Read More... from Tik TALK with Kathryn

Presented by Sumaya Sultana Gossip About the Grammys is a one-time production in light of the recent reveal of the 2023 Grammys nominees. Sumaya delves into past controversies about the Grammys and also covers this years Grammys and specific categories to look out for. Throughout the program she drops in different songs from these events [...]Read More... from Gossip About the Grammys

  One of the most gorgeously distinctive voices I’ve heard in a while, Lady Blackbird has proved a serious force with her debut album ‘Black Acid Soul’. Self-describing as a “true lover of music;” since launching Lady Blackbird she has drawn comparisons to Adele, Amy Winehouse and Celeste while also professing inspirations in the form [...]Read More... from Interview with Lady Blackbird – music, legacy and her debut album ‘Black Acid Soul’

Changing the Face of Jazz, is a series of profiles of  women, jazz instrumentalists.  The featured musician in this edition is saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist Loretta Palmeiro. Loretta has been a member of and soloist in a wide range of ensembles which have made an important impact on Australian music, including the Sirens, the Divergence [...]Read More... from Changing the face of Jazz with saxophonist Loretta Palmeiro

Chloe Kim is a drummer.  In this profile she beings by telling us why she describes herself as a drum kit specialist rather than  a percussionist.  Chloe started playing music when she was very young.  She switched to the drums as much, as she tells us, for the look of the kit as for the [...]Read More... from Chloe Kim’s Korean drumming Changing the Face of Jazz

Nadje Noordhuis is a trumpeter, flugel horn player and educator.  In this profile we hear her describing how she started playing music at a very early age but was introduced to jazz much later.  Her ears were opened to the music by the legendary Kenny Wheeler.  Moving from Australia to New York she talks about [...]Read More... from Changing the Face of Jazz -the inspiration of Nadje Noordhuis , from Kenny Wheeler to NYC

Sydney based jazz guitarist Hilary Geddes has been announced as the recipient of the Freedman Jazz Fellowship for 2021.  The  highly prestigious Fellowship is awarded annually to musicians under 35 years old.  The intention is to give established musicians financial and other support in taking their next, significant career steps.   In 2020,  Eastside’s Mick Paddon  [...]Read More... from The jazz journey of Hilary Geddes- 2021 Freedman Jazz Fellowship Winner

Vienna Dreaming has been a work in progress by saxophonist and composer Matt Keegan for a number of years.  He has composed this  suite of music  around the life of  his great grandfather, Heini Portnoj.   Heini, himself  a musician and composer, became a refuge from his home in  Vienna, when Austria was annexed by the [...]Read More... from Vienna Dreaming with Matt Keegan

Coupe has written the definitive biography on one of Australia’s greatest rock icons. His book, ‘The Man, The Music and the Life in Between’,  describes insights about the highs and lows of Kelly’s career from humble beginnings to the everlasting legacy we now know today. [...]Read More... from Paul Kelly by Stuart Coupe

The Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra has begun their 2020 and 7th concert season, with plans to impress the public with a series of concert performances, programming and engaging education programs. Thomas Adams got the chance to talk with Nicole van Bruggen, co-artistic director/principle clarinet, on Jazz Impressions to find out what’s coming up this [...]Read More... from ARCO Presents The Impressario

On Monday, 24 February 2020, Gypsy Hot Club’s host, Hannah Murray, had the amazing opportunity to sit down and discuss this year’s International World Cabaret with the talented and versatile performer, Dahlia Dior. Dahlia Dior is an international artists that has performed along with the likes of Ray Charles, Matt Monro, Blood Sweat and Tears, [...]Read More... from The International World Cabaret with Hannah Murray

On 16 January 2020, The Gypsy Hot Club with Hannah Murray was enthused to interview KermesZ à l’Est. KermesZ à l’Est is a band known for “Balkan melodies, metal, math rock, electro and free jazz” and have been rocking out at many art festivals around Europe for 10 years. This band will be performing at [...]Read More... from Womadelaide featuring KermesZ à l’Est on The Gypsy Hot Club

In association with Sydney Festival, Iron in the Rose is a musical adaptation of Robert Hugh’s the fatal shore. An eclectic mix of jazz orchestral sounds and visual projections, Jazz Impression’s Thomas Adams spoke with Jeremy Rose about what audiences can expect. Iron In The Blood is showing at the City Recital Hall on January [...]Read More... from Iron In the Blood on Jazz Impressions

American singer, pianist and music revivalist, Michael Feinstein talks his recent performances, his favourite music and choosing his repertoire with Dan Barnett from Thursday’s show, Blow. Michael recently performed at the Sydney Opera House and in Melbourne with guest Aussie musical theatre star Bobby Fox. In which they re-imagined some absolute classics from The Great [...]Read More... from Michael Feinstein Live Interview

Local Sydney singer/songwriter, Lannigan aka Ben Roach, joined Friday Drive for a live and exclusive performance of his brand new single, ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’. The song is the first single from Lannigan’s second EP, ‘I Don’t Know’, due for release in early 2020. Lannigan discusses songwriting, playing in a band and a [...]Read More... from Lannigan live and exclusive on Eastside Radio 89.7FM

In 2019, Dean Bourne entered his 22nd year of performing and paying the ultimate tribute to Roy Orbison showcasing all his massive hits together with a special celebration of ‘The Traveling Wilburys’. Listen to Stuart Rubin from A Taste Of Honey on Monday 4th of November interview Bourne about Orbison’s music and the legacy he [...]Read More... from An Interview with Dean Bourne

Brazilian singer and guitarist, Anna Setton, has performed all over the globe in iconic theatres and jazz festivals, from Rome to Barcelona and New York. Having shared the stage with peers like João Bosco and Toquinho, the beautiful São Paulo native modernizes the rich history of Brazilian music with a style that evokes the classics [...]Read More... from Anna Setton’s Performance on BLOW

We tried a different sound over here on The New Soul Scenario and we had indie artist Jack R. Reilly in the studio to chat about his new single ‘I Don’t Like To See Us Like This’ and his gig at The Hideaway Bar tonight (18/10). Jack is a singer/songwriter from down the South Coast [...]Read More... from Chat with Jack R. Reilly for New Soul Scenario

Megan Washington is curating and performing We Are Twenty, the 20th birthday concert for the City Recital Hall and joining her on the line up will be Queensland innovators Topology, the Luke Howard Trio and Electric Fields. Megan will be performing a brand new work with Topology based on the speeches of Swedish climate activist [...]Read More... from Megan Washington Talks About We Are Twenty

Live in studio performance and interview with musician Declan Kelly [...]Read More... from Declan Kelly Album Launch at Red Rattler

Listen to Gaz and Diana interview acclaimed jazz singer, Wilma Reading! Wilma has led a life worthy of a Hollywood film: boasting a 50-plus year career, she’s starred in musicals and was the first Aboriginal that bandleader Duke Ellington ever met, yet remains relatively unknown in her home country. Now, she speaks with Gaz and [...]Read More... from Wilma Reading on Arts Tuesday

Virginia Lowe talks with SIMA GM Amy Curl and guitarist Hilary Geddes on The Lowedown about the 2019 Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival, what’s being planned for it, and more! [...]Read More... from Amy Curl and Hilary Geddes on the Lowedown

Paco Peña is regarded as one of the world’s most foremost traditional flamenco players. He will be touring Australia with his Esencias Tour 2019 starting in October. Chelsea from The New Thing had the chance to have a chat with him before coming to Australia!   [...]Read More... from Interview with Paco Peña – Spanish Flamenco Composer and Guitarist

Sandy Evans is one of Australia’s most significant jazz musicians. She has a national and international reputation as a saxophonist, composer, band leader and educator. Her contribution to Australian music has been recognised in her award of the Order of Australia. Sandy has a long standing interest in Indian classical music, and completed a Doctorate [...]Read More... from The Taste of India in Sandy Evan’s Music

The catholics have been performing and recording for almost 29 years. Founder and band leader, Lloyd Swanton came into the Eastside Studios to talk with Mick Paddon from Time and Space about the band, its music and the upcoming gig on July 26th at Foundry 616 . Lloyd, until fairly recently a long time presenter [...]Read More... from the catholic tastes of Lloyd Swanton

Have you ever experienced a performance of taiko drumming? It’s very exciting. You can feel the drumming beating in your chest. It’s energetic, theatrical and uplifting. And Australia’s own internationally acclaimed drumming ensemble, Taikoz, will be performing Japanese taiko in their production, The Beauty of 8, at The Joan in Penrith on 20 July and [...]Read More... from Taikoz Artistic Director Ian Cleworth joined Claudia Chan Shaw on Arts Friday

Angela Davis is a Melbourne based saxophonist predominantly playing the alto. In this most recent profile in the series Changing the Face of Jazz Angela talks about her attraction to the instrument, and how she started playing jazz. Her commitment to the music took her from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music to New York, via [...]Read More... from Saxophonist Angela Davis Changing the Face of Jazz

On Thursday 20 June 2019 classical trained soprano Sara Macliver joined Gemma on Thursday Drive to chat about her current performance; a song recital with Ian Munro on the piano titled Songs My Mother Taught Me – a selection of well-known and not-so-well-known songs to champion women, their stories and their music. A homage to [...]Read More... from Sara Macliver (Songs My Mother Taught Me) on Thursday Drive

Don Was and Justin Seltzer at Eastside The President of Blue Note records, Don Was, has been in Sydney as part of his world tour celebrating the 80th birthday of this iconic jazz label. With Blue Note’s Vice President Justin Seltzer, he joined Mick Paddon in the Eastside studios during Time and Space. Don Was [...]Read More... from Don Was Celebrates 80 years of Blue Note Records with Eastside Radio

Matt McMahon chats to Billy Childs ahead of the Sydney Con Jazz festival taking place on June 2. [...]Read More... from Billy Childs speaks to Matt McMahon

No other musician has shaken the foundations of folk, alt-country and rock n’ roll more than Bob Dylan. His career spans 6 decades and has amassed a back catalogue of some of the world’s most loved and iconic songs. Songs that made a generation and changed the world. Bob Dylan Revisited is a night filled [...]Read More... from Bob Dylan Revisited Interview With John Waters + Wendy Matthews

Guitarist Bill Frisell has been described as one of the most important, pioneering and panoramic musicians at work today. A consummate jazz player, composer and improviser, over a career or more than 40 years he has performed with most of the jazz greats across a wide range of interpretations of jazz and appears on more [...]Read More... from Phil James talks with the great jazz guitarist Bill Frisell

Famous musicians Dahlia Dior and Courtney Severini joined  The Gypsy Hot Club host Hannah to chat about their get together and the creation of Cafe Continentale. The show they describe as Luscious Latin from Italy, Spain and Beyond. Listen to them speaking about how they got into singing, their spectacular story of how they have [...]Read More... from Dahlia Dior & Courtney Severini chat Cafe Continentale on The Gypsy Hot Club

Nora Fischer chats with Eastside’s Elsen Price about her experience joining the Silkroad Ensemble. Nora Fischer is challenging the way we listen to the voice. The Amsterdam-based singer is renowned for her adventurous approach to live performance and her innovative projects fusing classical and contemporary repertoire. This can range from traditional concert programs to genre-defying collaborations [...]Read More... from Interview With Silkroad Ensemble Vocalist Nora Fischer

Angélique Kidjo from Benin has changed from the femme fatale of Afro-Funk to the new Mama Africa as successor to Miriam Makeba. In the Australian premiere of her latest project, she remains unpredictable: transforming the iconic Talking Heads album Remain in Light. Angélique chats with Eastside’s Matt McMahon during his show Blow on the 7th [...]Read More... from Interview With Grammy Award Winner Angélique Kidjo

Jazz musician Sean Wayland sat down for a chat with Matt and Dan on their show Blow at Eastside FM on Thursday the 7th of February discussing the legendary Horst Liepolt. Horst Liepolt, immigrated from Germany in 1951 and after a period in Melbourne, where he opened the club Jazz Centre 44, came to Sydney [...]Read More... from Horst Liepolt: Instrumental in Growing Australian Jazz Scene for Decades

Elaine Chia the CEO of City Recital Hall joined us at Eastside FM for an interview by Virginia Lowe on Arts Wednesday. Chia tells Eastside how though she’s always had a passion for music, her degree was actually in interior architecture. During her time studying she worked at The Princess Theatre in Melbourne as an [...]Read More... from CEO Elaine Chia Previews 2019 City Recital Hall Season

With it’s hypnotic hip-hop vibe and punk-rock energy, BCUC taps in to the spirits of it’s ancestors and the creative rebellious energy of it’s hometown, Soweto. This outspoken and outstanding seven-member band uses ïncantations” in Zulu, Sotho and English, funky modulations and more to bring to the world the voice of their people. There are [...]Read More... from Bantu Continua Uhuru Conciousness Singer Jovi on Dial Afrika

Wolfgang Muthspiel is one of the most influential jazz guitarists of his generation. After graduating from the New England Conservatory and Berklee College of Music Wolfgang recorded multiple albums with his brother Christian and toured with musicians like Gary Burton and Mick Goodrick. Muthspiel and musicians Slava and Leonard Grigoryan  are currently touring Australia. He talked to Thomas Adams on [...]Read More... from Interview with Guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel

Joshua and Josh from the band Hello Tut Tut joined Hannah on The Gypsy Hot Club last night. Hello Tut Tut are fun, dynamic and daring when it comes to creating original music. To find out more about them click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a8qHc233AY   [...]Read More... from Gypsy Hot Club chats with Hello Tut Tut

Keppie Coutts was recently on Cathy’s show “The Last Walz” to talk about her upcoming new show  “The Mysteries of Mad River – A Swamp-Folk Operetta”. It is an eccentric, freudian, and sparkling piece of musical theatre, that is one-part cabaret, one-part murder mystery. The show takes place on the 30th November at 7pm at the [...]Read More... from The Mysteries of Mad River – A Swamp-Folk Operetta

Pianist/composer Helen Sung hails from Houston, TX, where she attended the High School for the Performing & Visual Arts.  Now based in New York City, Sung has worked with a “Who’s Who” in Jazz, including the late Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis, and MacArthur Fellow Regina Carter. Like many of New York’s top [...]Read More... from Helen Sung showcases her newest project, ‘Sung’ With Words

Allysha Joy has been making a name for herself over the last few years. Alongside Horatio Luna, Ziggy Zeitgeist and the rest of her incredibly talented 30/70 family, their music has taken them around Australia, through Europe and even further through the waves of the internet, emphasised further by the backing of London-based label Rhythm Section. But Acadie [...]Read More... from Interview with Allysha Joy – The New Thing

Mojo Juju is a Melbourne-based artist who has been present within the Australian music scene for well over a decade. She created music that harked to more bluesy, jazz-influenced traditions; which gained her a respectable fan base and an highly coveted record deal with ABC Music. But with the release of Mojo’s riveting third solo album [...]Read More... from The New Thing Interview with Mojo Juju: “I Think I’ve Arrived”

Ambre Hammond is a woman of many talents! Not only is she an international keynote speaker, who is the founder of humanitarian project “Girl Piano Truck” and a proud ambassador of the Peace Program for the United Nations Association of Australia, but she is also a talented classical pianist and composer! Amber has performed throughout [...]Read More... from Ambre Hammond’s Album Launch Interview on Blow

Sydney Symphony Orchestra presents the Disney classic, Mary Poppins – in Concert. The Oscar award-winning film will be played on the big screen, with the Orchestra performing every note of the charming musical score, including the favourites: Let’s Go Fly a Kite, Chim Chim Cher-ee and A Spoonful of Sugar. The conductor, Erik Ochsner, landed [...]Read More... from Erik Ochsner Interview – Mary Poppins In Concert

Live Interview with Juan Carmona talking about his coming up shows at the Sydney Opera House. Authentic Flamenco tradition meets the Symphony Orchestra for an experience like no other! Juan Carmona and his troupe of fellow artists: guitars, bass guitar, flute, percussion, singer and dancer. The Juan Carmona Septet will begin the concert with a [...]Read More... from Juan Carmona Interview!

Live Interview with Jade de Silva writer and performer of the Show: “Stories And Songs Of The Big Mummas!” The Big Mumma’s is a soulful journey from the women who started it all. Often going without any acknowledgement, their music was loud, raunchy and big. Many of their songs made famous by men. ‘You Ain’t Nothing [...]Read More... from Jade de Silva Interview. Stories And Songs Of The Big Mummas!

Harmonica, mouth organ, harp – whatever you call it, it’s an instrument that crosses many genres and despite its small size, is very complex. Andrew Banks, player and teacher, was Sylvia’s guest on Arts Wednesday 8 August 2018. Listen to their conversation (with music) here. [...]Read More... from The Harmonica with Andrew Banks

The 18 piece Count Basie Orchestra is the real deal, a who’s who of the best swing players the world has to offer. Directed by veteran trumpeter Scotty Barnhart and featuring special guest vocalist, the remarkable Carmen Bradford, Gill Falson was lucky enough to have both performers pop into Playing Favourites ahead of their Sydney Opera House performance on [...]Read More... from The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra

There will not be too many Australian musicians who can list jazz legends Roy Haynes and Dave Holland as their collaborators in a jazz trio recording. Pianist and composer Mark Isaacs was thirty when he recorded the album Encounters with them in 1988. This year he celebrates his 60th birthday with a performance at the [...]Read More... from Pianist Mark Isaacs celebrating 60

Music Has No Gender is a new 37 minute documentary produced, written and recorded by Eastside Radio’s Mick Paddon from Thursday Drive. Its starting point is that while music doesn’t have a gender, musicians do. Sandy Evans, who has been described as a national treasure and awarded an Order of Australia for her contributions to [...]Read More... from Music Has No Gender

With a menagerie of traditional folk instruments surrounding her on stage, Julia offers a selection of new songs, written in a burst of inspiration this year. Last year Julia released her debut solo single ‘Melissa’ and toured it nationally, also supporting Abbe May and performing in a season at Melbourne Fringe Festival. Julia will soon [...]Read More... from Julia Johnson on the Last Waltz

“Diamond Duck” are James Daley (mandolin) and Brian Campeau (acoustic guitar) joined Cathy Kirkpatrick in the Eastside studio this week, for “The Last Waltz”, performing songs live “Enemy of Reason” and “Middle of a Song” from their debut EP.    Usually a duo,  this performance will feature some very special guests including, Oliver Miller on [...]Read More... from Diamond Duck on the Last Waltz

William Crighton dropped by Eastside FM for a chat with Cathy Kirkpatrick about his brand new ablum “Empire”, and played “Happiness” and “Morning Song” live on The Last Waltz.  This extraordinary artist was born in the Riverina, now living in Hunter Valley, songs are fuelled with enormous passion and hope for a better, brighter future.    [...]Read More... from William Crighton on the Last Waltz

2017 Freedman Jazz Fellowship Award winner Emma Stephenson has been living and working in New York for the past eight months. She was briefly back in Sydney in April to attend a couple of weddings which gave Mick Paddon, presenter of Time and Space a chance to catch up with her to ask about how [...]Read More... from Emma Stephenson from New York to Time and Space

Published just a few weeks ago, Girls at the Piano, is , in part, a memoir of a young girl’s infatuation with the piano which over the years into her adolescence becomes a burden rather than a source of pleasure. It is also the story of her grandmother, a singer and pianist who emigrated to [...]Read More... from Girls at the Piano

Transforming tradition with vigour, curiosity, humour and spark, this trio from Prince Edward Island wielding bodhrán, acoustic guitar and violin plays seamless, polished, barrel-drum-tight, rhythmically innovative and wildly entertaining music. Singing both French and English, they were awarded “World Music Recording of the Year” (2015) by East Coast Music Association, been nominated for two Canadian [...]Read More... from Ten Strings & A Goat Skin Here In Sydney

Songwriter and vocalist, Tina Harrod, releases a breathtaking new album CITY OF LONGING. Tina’s fifth album takes her songwriting and mind-blowing vocal skills to another plane. City of Longing is an emotionally charged, soul-wrenching set with real musical depth, performed by creative and adventurous musicians as well as being co-written and produced by brilliant composer/pianist Stu [...]Read More... from Tina Harrod and “City Longing”

Lamine Sonko & The African intelligence burst onto the Australian music scene back in 2014 delivering a crowd-stopping performance to over 50,000 at Federation Square in Melbourne. A big band sound of African roots music, jazz and reggae, the 10 piece ensemble capture ancient pulsing rhythms accented by talking drum and virtuosic electric guitar. The band is [...]Read More... from Lamine Sonko LIVE!

Mama Kin Spender on their musical affinity, finding remedy and taking risks with Golden Magnetic “[Tommy and I] have been friends for about 16-17 years now. You get less than that for most major crimes these days…” It’s a playful sentiment that echoes throughout Golden Magnetic, the debut album conceived by Mama Kin (Danielle Caruana) [...]Read More... from Mama Kin Spender

Frances Madden has been described as a rising star of jazz. As a talented young vocalist and pianist, her shows feature original tunes consisting of irresistible swing, beautiful ballads, and smokey blues, as well as distinctive covers of timeless classics. Ahead of her upcoming show at The Basement, Francis was interviewed on Drive Friday with [...]Read More... from Frances Madden Interview and Live Performance

UK saxophonist YolanDa Brown is touring Australia with her jazz, soul and reggae album Love Politics War. She joined Thursday Drive to speak about the real-life inspirations for her record and what it’s like being a musician, a mum, and also a children’s book writer. Listen to her interview below. Find YolanDa Brown’s upcoming shows here and her incredible album here. [...]Read More... from YolanDa Brown: Love Politics War