Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

March 8, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

City Recital Hall, March 5  There are only two types of singers: the fakes and the real ones, and those wretched TV talent quests have only served to widen the gap. Buika is about as real as you can get. There is no assumed persona; no desire to impress; no…

March 6, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Joan Sutherland Theatre, March 3 Playing in the Concert Hall as guests of Brian Eno was one thing. Playing in the Joan Sutherland Theatre under their own name was a clearer indication of the growing hometown respect for the Necks, after 27 years of hearing them in smaller rooms. Although…

March 5, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

The Factory Theatre, March 2 This double shot of Irish music provided living, breathing proof of the idiom’s breadth and malleability. Lunasa showed how feisty and energetic it may be, before Altan dug deep into the tradition – particularly that of Donegal and the north – with a sound defined…