Factory Theatre, December 2 Mongolian culture is so intertwined with horses that their key traditional instrument, the bowed, two-string morin khuur (or horsehead fiddle), is decorated with a carved horse’s head at the top of the neck. The equine influence inhabits the music made, too, most obviously in the rhythms,…
Category: Concert Reviews
Camelot, November 14 The last time I had this much fun at a gig predates my active memory. Monsieur Camembert helped kick-start the local Gypsy music craze in 1999, and is now the idiom’s benchmark. The personnel has evolved to the point where it is impossible to imagine a more…
Paragon, Katoomba, November 13 Like a perfect match between food and wine, there was an idyllic partnership between the elegant tango-based music of Alturas met the equally graceful art-deco decor of the Paragon, designed by Henry White, who was also responsible for the State and Capitol Theatres in Sydney. And…