The full blast of a Katoomba winter westerly was rattling the windows. Dr Funkenstein tried to smile, and heard a disturbing cracking sound. Was it his teeth, or the long-unused muscles in his cheeks? He brooded before the fire; gulped his red wine without tasting it. Then his lady-love spun…
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One phone-call was all it took for Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre to have the thick-as-a-brick-pile rug pulled out from underneath him. That was in 2012 when Ian Anderson, the band’s singer, songwriter and flautist, rang and told Barre he was breaking up one of the world’s most famous rock…
The last time Lakecia Benjamin was in Sydney her alto saxophone was part of the sound surrounding comedian Craig Robinson. This time she’ll play jazz in an intimate club. That’s a perfect snapshot of a career that could be seen as swinging between rubbing shoulders with mega-stardom and digging deep…