John Shand Posts

February 19, 2025 / Concert Reviews

Blue Mountains Theatre, February 15 9/10 Thirty-eight years on, the wonder only increases that The Necks’ simple formula results in music without limits. It’s not just a formula for long-form improvisations with evolving cells of repeated information, it’s a formula of musical personalities, and pianist Chris Abrahams, bassist Lloyd Swanton…

February 17, 2025 / Features
February 14, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

  Wharf 1 Theatre, February 7 8/10 Vera hasn’t changed the name on the buzzer for her New York apartment in the 10 years since her husband died. It still reads “Joe Joseph”. Her grandson, Leo, meanwhile has just cycled 4,000 miles, from Seattle to New York via Kansas. Ostensibly…