Camelot Lounge, July 17 The acoustic guitar’s very familiarity makes hearing the parameters of what is possible on it suddenly redefined all the more startling. That Dutchman Stochelo Rosenberg has taken Django Reinhardt’s legacy to an almost absurd level of virtuosity was a given. Less expected was that his young…
Category: Concert Reviews – Archive
Foundry 616, July 16 Film played a major role in liberating music from the shackles of genre, thanks to pioneering scores by the likes of Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Henry Mancini and Krzysztof Komeda. Otherwise we may never have enjoyed the breadth of work from such composers as New York’s…
Camelot Lounge, July 6 There are two Janis Siegels. One sings with the super-slick vocal group Manhattan Transfer and the other is a super-sophisticated jazz singer. Usually it is the first Siegel who comes to Australia, filling venues like the Opera House Concert Hall. This was the jazz singer Siegel’s…