Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

February 5, 2017 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Hotel Blue, February 4 7.5/10 It’s no coincidence that the 1920s and the 1960s gave us a swag of the last century’s best songs: these were the two most culturally revolutionary decades, sharing a mad optimistic energy that the world could be changed for the better. In the ’20s, of…

January 31, 2017 / Concert Reviews - Archive

City Recital Hall, January 19 8.5/10 Here was a genuinely audacious piece of festival programming. Canadian composer Nicole Lizee leaves you wondering whether you have just witnessed pop culture being turned into high art, or vice versa. The answer, of course, is that the line has been obliterated. Also a…

January 28, 2017 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Concert Hall, January 17 7.5/10 The 1967 referendum was merely a start, but it remains loaded with symbolism. Now, as its fiftieth anniversary approaches and the mood for further change – even a treaty – is in the air, this performance exuded a healthy optimism as it celebrated in song…