Review – Soundwave
If the line-up continues to be so impressive in the future, you can count on my presence year after year, subpar fish and chips or not.
Category: Music
Womad – Soweto Gospel Choir
They certainly celebrate god a little differently in South Africa. With rapturous flailing limbs, outrageously technicolour outfits and joyous musical outpourings, the Soweto Gospel Choir are quite an experience. Under the direction of Beverly...
WOMAD – Golonka
Adelaide-based Golonka are no ordinary gypsy folk band (if there is such a thing), mixing up traditional pieces with the more unorthodox (gypsy-ska-reggae anyone?)
Womad – Alim Qasimov Ensemble
With an International Music Council-UNESCO Music Prize to his name and an appearance in an, erm, Eurovision song contest final to his name, Azerbaijani musician Alim Qasimov has quite the career. Considered one of...
Womad – Vieux Farka Toure
The so-called “Hendrix of the Sahara” Vieux Farka Toure turned Botanic Park into his own little woodstock on Sunday. A small but appreciative crowd defied the heat of the mid-afternoon sun to dance away...
Womad – Volatinsky Trio
A melodic sample of Eastern Europe was offered up by Australian folk act the Volatinsky Trio. Made up of 2 musicians trained on folk instruments in Minsk (Lucy) & Kiev (Stephen), plus an improvisational...
Review – Monkey Puzzle Tree
Ensorceled, entranced, utterly engaged; the audience was moved to a well-earned standing ovation.
Review – Collage of the Arts
There aren’t a lot of reasons to check out a high school production if you don’t, in fact, go to school. Either you’re a parent of one of the kids or you’re hoping you might catch the next Snakadaktal before they go big.
Review – The Saints of British Rock
The premise of the show is that “the greatest rock band in the world” formed in 1959 disappeared in 1973 after a string of number one hits.
Review – Anthropoetry
Ben Mellor crafts clever anatomical polemics which take inspiration from our insides.
Review – The Girl Who Won’t Grow Up
Girl Who Won’t Grow Up is surprisingly quirky and refreshingly unique; a top-notch show from an emerging local talent.
10 (9) Quick Qs – The Correspondants (UK)
10 (actually 9) Quick Questions with UK outfit The Correspondents
WOMAD – The Cat Empire (Australia)
As Australia’s favourite ‘indie’ act for the most part of the last decade, not only have they consistently delivered great music, they have also enchanted audiences at their high-octane gigs.
