The SMH ran a list of the most significant albums of the first quarter of the new century. This was my contribution: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Warners) 9.5/10 Having launched his hip hop revolution of musical theatre with In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda dared to dream higher still. What better…
Category: Album Reviews
Tapestry 8.5/10 Whether it is fans banging heads on a Metallica stage or tears streaming down faces at a Shostakovich concert, no other art form shakes us up like music. It alone can cast a spell that takes control of your central nervous system. In the case of Vazesh, that…
Where We Are Now 7/10 Following in the giant footsteps of Ten Part Invention comes Mosaic, a new Sydney band with the same 10-piece instrumentation, and with the same shared emphases on improvisation and original compositions (from both inside and outside the band). Formed at the Sydney Conservatorium by trombonist…