Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

September 23, 2020 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Downstairs at Avalon, August 29 8/10 That the band’s name means to blow softly already says much. The Persian culture, ravaged by the 1979 Iranian revolution, was one of poetry not only in words, but in music. Since moving to Australia Hamed Sadeghi has given us glimpses of this culture…

September 20, 2020 / Concert Reviews - Archive

The Joan, August 21 8/10 Why are Phil Scott and Jonathan Biggins getting two bites of the review apple only 54 days apart? Has a palm been greased with something more than hand-sanitizer? No, it’s because two months ago they were little people in a live stream on a screen,…

September 11, 2020 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Jazz: NOW Wired, August 15 8.5/10 Ellen Kirkwood gets it. She understands that this composing lark isn’t  really about just stringing notes and harmonies together; that, at its heart, music is a narrative art, and therefore the three simplest rules of story-telling apply: establish expectations, fulfil them and subvert them.…