20 Jan 2024
Music From the Strings of Mali – Derek Gripper Review
Mali is a country in West Africa. It is one of a group of countries that are home to the kora, or African harp. The kora is a traditional instrument with 21…
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26 Oct 2023
I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron ~ OzAsia Review
I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron is essentially performance poetry. Ngo King Kie has put the poems of Xu Lizhi to music in a sombre, sometimes bleak, sometimes…
25 Oct 2023
1988 ~ OzAsia Festival ~ Music Review
1988 was a big year for Australia. White Australia celebrated its bicentenary. It was also a big year for Dung Nguyen. He emigrated from Vietnam to join his…
23 Oct 2023
Mother Tongue, MotherLand – OzAsia Music Review
The title of today’s performance at Nexus Arts alerts us to the overriding themes of longing, dislocation, home and mothering. Four acclaimed jazz and…
17 Sept 2023
Semaphore Music Festival – Press Release
The Semaphore Music Festival in 2023 and will take place in two parts in two separate venues – Semaphore Worker’s Club Weekender and RIVER SONGS at Hart’s Mill…
5 Sept 2023
Muse Fest ~ A Deal With God: The Songs of Kate Bush
Shakespeare is credited with contributing a swag of new words to our language, and many new sayings. Kate Bush has her own ‘encyclopedia’ website, such is the…
18 July 2023
Antoine Boyer, Yeore Kim, Kathleen Halloran ~ Adelaide Guitar Festival ~ Review
Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim with special guest, Kathleen Halloran Dunstan Playhouse, 16 July 2023
15 July 2023
The Music of Jeff Beck ~ Adelaide Guitar Festival ~ Review
Jeff Beck’s name was first in the headlines as part of the British pop invasion of the mid 1960s. He was one of three guitarists who journeyed to the rock…
25 June 2023
The Desert Plea ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2023 Review
The desert is a desolate and dangerous place in this theatre piece by Fleur Green. She appears solo as composer and lyricist, a surprising beginning, when…
22 June 2023
Grit To Glitz – Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2023 Review
Many biographical cabaret shows relate the backstory of a well-known performer and knit the star’s life events to their famous songs. Tonight’s show however…
16 June 2023
The Fig Tree ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2023 Review
The laughs flow freely from the start in this modern musical by Gillian Cosgriff. She is consummately balanced by a cast of three more singers, all with strong…
11 June 2023
Kate Ceberano: My Life is a Symphony ~ Adelaide Cabaret Review
The 2023 Adelaide Cabaret Festival brings Adelaide’s turn to hear Kate Ceberano’s latest album My Life Is A Symphony , a selection of her favourite tracks from…