This was more like it: as well as smaller, quirkier shows, Sydney Festival was back to the extravaganzas only it could host. Frida Kahlo: The Life of an Icon, created by Barcelona’s Layers of Reality, was a cutting-edge audiovisual exploration of this revolutionary Mexican artist. Virtual-reality headsets let you plumb…
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It’s been a year since Dreams of Falling, perhaps the only violin/harp/drums trio on the planet, last played in the Mountains. Now Rebecca Daniel (1741 violin, vocals), Martyn Cook (electric Irish harp) and the Walkley Award-winning John Shand (words, percussion) are back, with plenty of new material as well as…
If you were lucky enough to know John Pochee, it merely confirmed the qualities palpable in his music-making behind the drums: the warmth of heart, the glint-in-the-eye wit, the raconteur’s instinct, the congeniality and the deep affection for people and for jazz. His drumming had a vibrancy that picked the…