Category: Concert Reviews

May 22, 2025 / Concert Reviews

The Soda Factory, May 13 8/10 Imagine if those trying to sell Newcastle as a tourist destination had sent silverchair overseas, or those selling Sydney sent Midnight Oil, or those selling Melbourne used Hiatus Kaiyote right now. That would be much too radical when we have beaches, reefs, a rock…

March 27, 2025 / Concert Reviews

The Lounge, Chatswood Concourse, March 21 8.5/10 Ruthie Foster wasn’t just born to sing, she was probably already singing in the womb. Music pours from her mouth like water from a tap, and when she turns the tap on full, she makes an astounding sound: a huge, church-bred cry that…

March 10, 2025 / Concert Reviews

Concert Hall, March 3 8/10 The lights go down, and Luis Guerreiro’s dazzling Portuguese guitar splinters the silence. Mariza first appears as a silhouette: only her platinum hair and sparkly gown catching the dim light. Then she unleashes the phenomenon that’s her contralto voice; a voice that may have darkened…