The Necks
From left to right it’s Tony Buck on drums, Lloyd Swanton on bass, and Chris Abrahams on piano. It’s the penultimate night of a four-night residency. For the first set, Chris takes the lead, almost tentative on the piano...
Category: Music
Donny McCaslin Group
A good portion of us in the front row weren’t there by accident. One year and five months ago, David Bowie released what would be his final album, Blackstar, which Donny McCaslin played on. Now, we get a chance to channe...
Queensland Music Festival 2017 set to unite the state in song
Katie Noonan has released her first program as Artistic Director of Queensland Music Festival (QMF), revealing a program that spans contemporary and classical music, large-scale community events and education programs, a...
Melbourne International Singers Festival 2017
Celebrating its 8th year, the School of Hard Knocks is thrilled to present the Melbourne International Singers Festival at Deakin Edge, Federation Square and the Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank from 8 to 12 June 2017...
Kammervolk: Immersion
After a sell-out debut concert in 2016, Melbourne art collective Kammervolk return with Immersion at Thornbury’s Neon Parlour on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 May 2017. Curated by composer Allison Wright, Immersion ...
Diamonds are for Trevor
Celebrating Shirley Bassey’s 80th birthday, Trevor Ashley brings back his acclaimed two-act show, Diamonds are for Trevor for one Gala evening on Thursday 18 May 2017 at Hamer Hall – Arts Centre Melbourne. Hot on t...
Archie Roach: Let Love Rule
Let Love Rule is Archie Roach’s Yirramboi Festival show drawing on his album of the same name. A good crowd turned out for a selection of these latest tunes. These fans seemed to not share the opinion of my guest and mys...
Tigerlilly
Since 2013, Tigerlilly has gone through a number of iterations, but for this special one-off performance in support and celebration of Yirramboi, it was pared down to its beating heart, Lydia Fairhall and Kali Blunt. On ...
