She was as improbable as a hummingbird, a creature that beats its wings 80 times a second, while its tiny heart pounds 1,260 times every minute. They have short lives. The wonder with Mexican Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was not just her revolutionary art, or that she was dead at 47,…
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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…