Category: Concert Reviews

February 21, 2020 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Old 505 Theatre, February 6 8/10 Finding it on a map demands heavy use of the zoom function. The remote Italian island of Lampedusa actually lurks about half way between Malta and Tunisia – so nowhere near Sicily, let alone the main boot. But that’s where trumpeter/composer Nick Garbett recently…

February 14, 2020 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Concert Hall, January 25 9/10 You left Bunggul feeling both insignificant and elated, having been afforded a glimpse of a culture almost as old as time. We – that is, most Australians – have spent over 200 years ignoring that culture (when we haven’t been trashing it). Perhaps more of…

February 9, 2020 / Concert Reviews - Archive

City Recital Hall, January 24 9/10 Some song-writers wrap themselves in cloaks, whether of enigma or inanity, and some bare their souls. Then there’s Archie Roach. His recent autobiography and eponymous album, Tell Me Why, showed how inseparable are his life and his songs, and when he bares his soul…