13 Mar 2016
WOMADelaide 2016 continues into its second day. I’m in the park, anticipating more wondrous sonic immersion. It starts on a high; I arrive at the Zoo Stage and…
13 Mar 2016
Having rested up during the day after Friday night’s festivities had me writing deep into Saturday morning, I rocked up to WOMADelaide just in time to catch the…
13 Mar 2016
Introduced as the Middle East’s new soul diva, many in the audience may have been perplexed about what they are about hear from Ester Rada. The music is cross…
13 Mar 2016
Saturday early afternoon WOMADelaide crowds eager for a dance would have been thrilled to witness the gritty salsa grooves of Quarter Street . Seeing the…
12 Mar 2016
On Wed 9 Mar, musician, actor, Pirate King and Australian Rock Royalty, Jon English died following complications of Aortic surgery. Tributes have come from far…
12 Mar 2016
It is fantastic to hear live music in Adelaide played by Adelaide musicians and sung by Adelaide singers on a great night of Motown hits with the 11-piece band…
12 Mar 2016
My first ever WOMADelaide begins with a band I feared I’d never see again after a very public dispute over selling their music for advertising in 2007…
12 Mar 2016
Here we go again. The 2016 WOMADelaide caravan has rolled into town, and I am but one of many thousands of people who will be making what has become an annual…
11 Mar 2016
Luka Bloom greets the Gov crowd, announcing “It’s good to be home”, before launching into Diamond Mountain . The clarity is astounding. The guitar is clean and…
11 Mar 2016
Singer-songwriter Jamie MacDowell and beatboxer extraordinaire Tom Thum combine their magical musical powers to create a night of mind-blowing music.
10 Mar 2016
It’s an almost-full house at the Church and, despite the high ceilings, the venue’s air conditioning is losing the battle against the humidity. No matter, the…
8 Mar 2016
Wikipedia tells me Exquisite Corpse is an old parlour game where people used to take turns writing stories by building on the work of the previous player. For…