Schedule

Sounds of the Bush. Stories of the Bush. What is the Bush?Come find out on Bush Television.Bringing Blue Gum tunes from around the world to the big smoke. Catch Bush Television every Wednesday 12:30am.

Thursday night's are for the unserious and unpolished. Tune in every Thursday 11:30pm - 12:30am for Vinyl Virgins with Lee and Nathan.Two jazz & blues amateurs respectfully and audaciously review EastsideFM’s jazz & blues record collection.Lee is a 90's pop kid and Nathan is as Gen Z as they come, neither of them have touched a turntable... until now. Get ready to either passionately disagree with them or, hopefully, find them charmingly curious. It'll be a cat's meow of a time.

Join Ben, as he explores the history and quirky facts of Sydney suburbs. Tune in for a handpicked playlist capturing the sound, the vibe, and the atmosphere of our beautiful city.

Nightshift at Eastside keeps you company through the night.To contact Nightshift - Thursday email us at nightshiftthursday@eastsidefm.org

The Mix is Eastside's specially curated blend of songs handpicked for your enjoyment. To contact The Mix email us at themix@eastsidefm.org

Jazz Down the Line is a specialist music program celebrating the enduring influence of jazz on contemporary global music. The show explores how jazz continues to shape and inspire genres like soul, R&B, hip-hop, funk, and beyond. Each episode takes listeners on a dynamic musical journey, weaving together the work of emerging artists such as Olivia Dean, Ezra Collective, and Tash Sultana with the timeless artistry of legends like Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, and Amy Winehouse, alongside crossover voices like Jorja Smith, Anderson Paak, and Celeste.

Returning to the mike after a break working on his golf handicap, Peter Dowling is back with his eclectic mix of Jazz-based breakfast music.With a history in music, journalism, sailing and roadie work Peter has the ability to make the mundane interesting and the awful better.To contact Jammin’ Friday, send an email to jamminfriday@eastsidefm.org

Oh yeah. Give it to me! Give it to me! Join George Washingmachine and his partner in time Clare O’Meara every Friday morning as they take you on a genre bending journey across the entire musical spectrum. Something’s Burning is sometimes hot, sometimes smoking and all the time filling. So blacken up your teeth and prepare to be scalded* by these two musical encyclopaedia’s and their unique selections of songs. *Listening to this show will not actually cause you to get burned.To contact Something’s Burning please send an email to somethingsburning@eastsidefm.org

Arts Friday is an arts magazine program produced and presented by Angela Stretch. The show features local creative and cultural events, trends in the arts, in-depth profile interviews, produced stories and insights from special guests on current issues in the arts.Angela will be sharing the latest in arts and cultural based issues with insight from specialist guests. She will navigate you to some unexpected places, and to other more familiar spaces that will keep you entertained.FB page: https://www.facebook.com/artsfriday/To contact Arts Friday send an email to artsfriday@eastsidefm.org@artsfriday#artsfridayangela stretch is a Sydney based poet, curator, writer and organiser from Christchurch, New Zealand. The artist uses language and poetry through different mediums and has been exhibited and published nationally, and internationally. She is the director of Poetry Sydney, intelligent animal, and is the secretary of the Surry Hills Business Partnership. She holds a Masters in Journalism, UTS and has been producing radio for more than a decade. She is an administrator at Arts Law Centre of Australia.

The Gumbo Sessions is a jazz, roots and fusion experience celebrating the music of planet Earth. Join Dave T in digging into the diversity of the musical universe with a particular focus on collaborations between musicians bringing different cultural influences. Expect to hear music from across the world, blended and combined in fresh and interesting ways and of course, jazz and blues are never far away. Whilst the Gumbo covers a wide range of styles it aims to create a listening experience that makes intuitive sense. Gumbo by name and gumbo by nature.To contact The Gumbo Sessions email us at thegumbosessions@eastsidefm.org

Jazz evolved as a form of communication between different cultures and developed in the 20th century with the rapid movement of people from country to country. With the invention of the pianola and gramophone, jazz quickly spread to every corner of the globe, including Asia.The J Z Club features some of the latest and greatest jazz from China, Japan, Korea, The Phillipines, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the rest. Australia is also part of Asia and we too, have some world class jazz artists here down under that will be part of this exciting program.Please join me every Friday afternoon at 1.30 as we explore the eclectic world of Asian jazz.Send’er Down HuieA graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium High School, John began writing and producing music for a variety of music ensembles and bodies such as; The Sydney Choral Society, The Australian Film Commission, The Australia Council and the ABC. He also worked with Jimmy and the Boys, Free Beer and The Posh before moving to Hong Kong in 1991 to score for a string of Asian film companies also appearing as a guest presenter on radio RTHK.In 1997, John composed and produced ‘The Honourable Retreat’, a musical tribute to the handover of Hong Kong to China. Released by HMV, the concert and CD featured some of the finest Chinese instrumentalists in the territory and became the unofficial Hong Kong handover CD.Moving to Shanghai in 2002, John spent three years researching jazz styles of Shanghai in the 1930’s resulting in the albums “Shanghai Jazz” 1 and 2, released by EMI. Legendary New York based film duo, Merchant Ivory included much of this music in the feature film, “The White Countess” released by Sony in 2005. In 2006 John wrote and produced ‘New Shanghai’. Also with EMI, this music was inspired by the 15th century eunuch admiral, Zheng He and the voyages of the Chinese treasure fleet.Returning to Australia in 2009 he created the annual Chinese Garden Chamber Music Festival in Sydney and released the albums, ‘Butterfly Lovers’, ‘Preludes of the Revolution’ and later, ‘Third Culture’ with flutist, Jane Rutter.To contact The J Z Club email us at thejzclub@eastsidefm.org

Take One: your weekly guide to what’s happening on Sydney’s live music scene. Taking a cross section of the Eastside sound and tells you where you can find them performing LIVE at a venue near you. Want to know more? Tune in for interviews with everyone from the artists themselves to those working behind the scenes to help bring Sydney’s live music scene to life. Previous guests include Julian Curwin (Tango Saloon, Mango Saloon, Romeo Records), Emily Wurramara, Ellen Kirkwood (Fat Yahoozah, Mister Ott, On the Stoop, Sirens Big Band) and Sarah McKenzie (Impulse! Records).To contact Take One email us at takeone@eastsidefm.org

Let this improbable duo of Emilie and John drive you home every Friday between 4 and 6pm. Emilie is a talented writer and broadcaster from France who now calls Sydney home. John is a deft hand with media and has a passion for community radio. Each week they talk local government happenings with one of the Mayors from the eastern suburbs councils. As well they speak to the editor of The Big Issue Magazine, Amy Hetherington, about each new edition, plus food and wine expert and all-round bon vivant Mike Bennie about what to eat and drink this weekend. Every Friday get your share of jazz and fun facts about France and Australia as John and Emilie take you along for your drive home. Vive la difference!To contact Friday Drive please send an email to fridaydrive@eastsidefm.org

Slide into your Friday evenings with Soul Serenade…a potpourri of soul and soul-inspired music from across the decades to soothe your soul and put some groove into your heart.To contact Soul Serenade email us at soulserenade@eastsidefm.org

This is the sound of black America pressed on wax! Sounds of Soul is all about bringing you the tracks beyond the ever-popular Soul classics, celebrating the rarer songs of an extraordinary era. Fortunately there was a surplus of great music produced in the heyday of Soul, including countless regional hits, some fabulous near misses and completely unheard of records – all of which comprise the repertoire of Sounds Of Soul. Like most popular music, Soul mirrored the times, adopting contemporary sounds and styles, which is what makes it such a diverse genre, and why this program is so rich in variety.To contact Sounds of Soul email us at soundsofsoul@eastsidefm.org

Presented by Agent “Double O” Soul, Groove Line is your guide to groove. To contact Groove Line email us at grooveline@eastsidefm.org

Originally striving to put rap within its proper historical and musical context, the Big Payback has stretched out to embrace a broad range of beat-based genres and styles.For more than a decade host and DJ Graflex Flash has featured slices from his formidable vinyl collection, throwing some shine on the artists and influences that have formed the basis for some fifty years of dance music. Flash is often joined by the Shady Lady, and her unique vibe of bass and boogie-driven soul.Expect to hear funk, lounge, soul, dancehall, breaks, soca, disco, reggae, R&B, rock, jazz, electronica, house, hip-hop, blues and . . . well, you get the idea.Now get some Payback!To contact The Big Payback mail us at thebigpayback@eastsidefm.org

Join us in the Boogie Dance Cafe every Friday night as we serve up jazz-funk treats, disco delights, boogie beverages and afro-funk goodies to our diners – with a side order of soul sauce.Tune in to your DJs and waiters – Harry Sounds, Manky and Mr Webster – every Friday night from 11pm until 12:30am on Eastside Radio 89.7FM as we cook up sounds to get your party started right.Special love to the original Boogie Dance baristas, Brut Boss and Mikey Miutante. xoEmail: boogiedancecafefm@gmail.com or boogiedancecafe@eastsidefm.org