John Shand Posts

Verbrugghen Hall, June 2 9.5/10 The theory is so simple: leave your ego and all your hours of practice at the door, and let the music play itself. Were it that easy, of course, everyone would do it. In fact shedding the baggage can be even harder than mastering the…

Concert Hall, May 26 8/10 Maybe this is the difference. The great artists and bands in any idiom would never dream of simply replicating their old work. That reeks of the mediocrity of being your own tribute band. No, the great ones can only investigate past material through the prism…