What were they thinking? Technologically diabolical live sound should be a thing of the past, like overheating cars. So to encounter this phenomenon plaguing five high-profile concerts in five different rooms in 2016 was disgraceful. The worst offender was the delightful Esperanza Spaulding’s Emily’s D+Evolution in the Joan Sutherland Theatre.…
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At the age of three Steve Gadd was given a pair of drum sticks. Not only did it stop him using the family’s cutlery for the purpose, it set in train a process that would result in Gadd becoming the only musician on any instrument ever to play at the…