Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

November 23, 2021 / Concert Reviews - Archive

City Recital Hall, November 5 7/10 We were well into the concert when Jacqui Dark barely breathed “Ne me quitte pas.” Suddenly, after five months, you remembered why live music beats recorded music: you were no longer just another lost soul in a room, but part of a community of…

October 24, 2021 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Johnston St Jazz, September 23 7.5/10 This was a cunning solution. With most streamed concerts during lockdowns seeming to amplify the absence of an audience, Ben Hauptmann and Aaron “Baz” Flower headed outdoors. Central Coast residents, they picked locations around Pearl Beach and Macmasters Beach that they thought would be…

August 14, 2021 / Concert Reviews

Concourse Theatre, July 16 7/10 We now know what Jason Arrow does when he’s not playing Alexander Hamilton – not that he has much choice at the moment. The shame was that he only sang one song in this 75-minute show: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman’s They Just Keep Moving…