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Liza Ohlback, Jo Elms & Kim Hart - First Ladies of Soul show

A TwIsT of CoOL Playlist 4 Feb 2012

PRESENTED BY:  Georgina Reed & Peter March  2:00-4:00pm Today, we’re giving away a double pass to see The First Ladies of Soul show at Notes Live in Newtown, next Sat 11 Feb. Call 9331 3000 to register your name in the draw.  We’ll be talking to the fabulous Jo Elms (one of Sydney’s First Ladies [...]

A Taste Of Honey Feb 2nd 2012

A Taste Of Honey Feb 2nd 2012

When I plan my shows for each week,its always a question of “not what do I put in?” BUT “what do I leave out?” and as Yul Brynner so aptly put it,from the movie ‘The King and I’….”IS A PUZZLEMENT!”…but its fun….. and finding a great Dorothy Dandridge track(pic.left) (she of Carmen Jones “” stardom) [...]

Forever French: playlist 01/02/12

Forever French: playlist 01/02/12

Tonight, you got a presentation of  the program of the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2012 in Sydney that will take place from March 6 to 25. To find when a movie is played and the many cultural events that will be organized for that occasion, check the official website of the festival here. You [...]

MIXED MARRIAGE: playlist 31/01/2012

MIXED MARRIAGE: playlist 31/01/2012

            Track name Artist Album Label Comin’ Home Baby Mel Torme unknown unknown Plena Organisation Positive Catastrophe Garabatos Vol I Cuneiform Back at the Jimmy Smith Back at the Blue Note Chicken Shack Chicken Shack Before the Journey Darek Oleszkiewicz Like a Dream Cryptogramophone Success Chiri The Return of Spring [...]

ARTS WEDNESDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2012

ARTS WEDNESDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2012

This week sees the start of a new series in the first half hour of the program: Uncollectible Art. It has been inspired by a talk scheduled for Art Month next month and the series begins with guest Eliza Muldoon, the Creative Director of the festival. In the coming weeks, I will talk to practitioners [...]

Elaine Campaner - Breakfast in Sydney, 2009, digital print on 100% cotton paper, 553 x 830 mm, edition of 10. Courtesy Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern.

Arts Monday 30 January 2012

ArtiFacts Eastside. Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program about art, poetry and literature specifically focused on Sydney. I’ll be joined by Damien Minton, Director of Redfern’s Damien Minton Gallery, and we’ll be talking about the gallery’s new exhibition called Five Bells – a Visual Ode to Sydney, which runs 1 through 18 February. Taking cues [...]

The New Thing 30/01/12 Playlist & Albums

The New Thing 30/01/12 Playlist & Albums

Here’s what albums were featured on The New Thing today and which tracks were played!           Steve Davis – Steve Davis Steve Davis only started singing when he was 18 while he was halfway through his plumbing apprenticeship, and the young man has now released his debut EP after working with [...]

A Taste Of Honey January 26 2012

A Taste Of Honey January 26 2012

 The passing of another “legend” this week reminds the music lovers that we are, of how lucky we have been to experience the likes of artistes such as Etta James. Born Jamesetta Hawkins 73 years ago,(Etta James -pic left)thrilled us with her emotional vocal performances from roots music to jazz versions of songs from the great American songbook.From [...]

EttaJames in flight...

A TWIST OF COOL: Playlist 28 Jan 2012

TODAY we celebrate the life & music of the late great ETTA JAMES… also the postumous birthday of ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM, with tributes to both of these influential and prolific creators of music. Plus our usual birthdays, gig information and fabulous music… tune in, chill out! PRESENTED BY:  Georgina Reed & Peter March  2:00-4:00pm Track [...]