The Neilson, January 14 8.5/10 The sound cuts the air with the brightness of a sword: all ringing metal and attack. It comes from the tar, a Persian lute that Hamed Sadeghi has made a fixture of several Sydney Festivals, including his underscore for William Zappa’s unforgettable The Iliad Out…
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Concert Hall, December 4 8/10 This was almost a controlled scientific experiment. The first jazz to grace the revamped Concert Hall was being played by the same octet instrumentation Kamasi Washington brought to the room in 2018. On that occasion the density and volume overwhelmed the old Concert Hall’s capacity…
Opera House Forecourt, November 12 8/10 It’s only partly that he’s funny, zany and musical. Tim Minchin’s other layer comes in his lyrics and elongated between-song patter, when, somehow, he makes us feel better about being ourselves. Who else does this? The introverted songwriters beat themselves up (and make us…