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January 24, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

  The Aurora, January 15 If you closed your eyes when the sound reared up like a massive wave you’d swear it was an orchestra, or at least a band. In fact it was just two men playing acoustic instruments. But then George Xylouris (Cretan lute) is a member of…

January 24, 2015 / Album Reviews - Archive

Home (www.fredsmith.com.au) Perhaps Fred Smith’s twin career as a diplomat explains his not being taken quite as seriously as a singer-songwriter as is his due. Given its potency, the Dust of Uruzgan opus (about his time in Afghanistan) was a hard act to follow, and he has responded by shrinking…

January 22, 2015 / Features - Archive

rosenberg 3.0 – not violin music Jon Rose The Rosenberg Museum, $18.18 Were violins considered erotic this would be a book for voyeurs. Jon Rose has always been an unabashed provocateur as well being a pioneer and champion of improvised music, a famed player of outback wire fences and yes,…