by Cathy Tune | Mar 8, 2023 | Adelaide Festival 2023, Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Music, Musical Theatre, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ WORLD PREMIERE ~ AUS] Adelaide Town Hall, Tue 7 Mar, 2023. Our evening begins with an educative Welcome To Country where we learn about the extent of the Kaurna People’s land and get a quick pronunciation lesson. The first half of our concert tonight belongs...
by Adrian Miller | Mar 5, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Cabaret, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/World Music ~ SA] The Wheaty Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Sat 4 Mar, 2023. If I’m expecting a tribute show covering all the greats of French music, then a roll call of the usual suspects, Piaf, Maurice Chevalier, Jacques Brel et al, on a screen at the side...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 5, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Tribute/Cover Band ~ AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE ~ SA] Eliza Hall at Payinthi, Sat 4 Mar, 2023. Attempting to play the music of Dire Straits is a risky business. Band leader and vocalist Mark Knopfler is one of the few in rock music who carved out new territory. He...
by Adrian Miller | Mar 5, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Comedy, Multimedia, Music, Reviews, Spoken Word
[Comedy/Talk ~ WORLD PREMIERE ~ VIC] The Warehouse Theatre, Sat 4 Mar, 2023. If I had somehow gone along with the idea that this show would be an amusing but insightful talk about how to create the perfect music album, from an insider in the music industry with...
by Ian Bell | Mar 4, 2023 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ¬ AUS] Governor HIndmarsh Hotel, Fri 03 Mar, 2023 It’s been a good long while between albums by Tim Rogers & The Twin Set. What Rhymes With Cars & Girls came out in 1999 and this year the splendid Tines Of Stars Unfurled was rushed out a mere twenty...
by Ian Bell | Mar 1, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Comedy, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Comedy ~ AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE ~ UK] THE POPEYE, FEB 27, 2023 John Otway is not exactly a household name. I mean, he is in my house, but in general houses. Especially not in Australia. When I saw this show listed in the Fringe guide I initially thought “that’s...