Eternity Playhouse, December 8 7/10 “Where,” Hayden Tee wondered aloud in the course of his cabaret show, “do the characters end, and you begin?” For many actors this might not be such an issue, but when one hits the stage performing as oneself after bouncing from role to role in…
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SUMMIT OVER (Earshift) 7/10 There’s nothing like new sounds to keep the ears young. Yes, you hear a wild spray of reference points in the music made by Sydney trio Holopeak on this debut album, but the totality of what they’re doing is unique. Having met when studying jazz at…
LOVE AND LIBERATION (Concord/Planet) 8.5/10 A month ago Veronica Swift’s incandescent singing lit up the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival, yet her recent album, Confessions, provided no preparation for this in-person agility, power, beauty, commitment and excitement, it being overproduced and her singing relatively constrained. What has this to do…