Kaki King – The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body: …And The Music Is Her Voice ~ Adelaide Guitar Festival Review

by Clayton Werner | Aug 12, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Multimedia, Music, Reviews

[ADELAIDE PREMIERE ~ USA] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 11 Aug. Kaki King has a well-deserved reputation as an innovative guitar phenomenon, backed by years of performance. But it’s clear that her art is moving beyond that of a guitar player. This...

Pedro Javier González With Chrystian Dozza: Guitarists With A Passion For Composing And Performing Their Art ~ Adelaide Guitar Festival Review

by Janine Spearpoint | Aug 11, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Music, Reviews

[WORLD PREMIERE ~ SPAIN/BRAZIL] Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 10 Aug. Chrystian Dozza, an up and coming Brazilian composer and guitarist, brilliantly takes the stage first up with his own compositions with inspirations from prominent Brazilian...

Tony McManus & Richard Smith: A Double Act Of Celtic And Americana, Blues And Classical Guitar ~ Adelaide Guitar Festival Review

by Michael Coghlan | Aug 11, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Reviews

[WORLD PREMIERE ~ SCOTLAND/ENGLAND] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 10 Aug. Richard Smith [ENG] and Tony McManus [SCOT] are old friends. Guitarists extraordinaire, they were both born in the UK and now reside in North America. Interestingly, Smith...

Guitar Festival Symphony Gala: A Perfect Fusion Of Orchestra And Classical Guitar ~ Adelaide Guitar Festival Review

by Clayton Werner | Aug 11, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Music, Orchestra, Reviews

[ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE ~ AUSTRALIA/CHINA/RUSSIA] Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 10 Aug. I’m going to start at the finish, so to speak. The main feature act, but by no means the only one, was a collection of Joaquin Rodrigo pieces, collectively known as...

State Opera Of South Australia and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Present A Magnificent Production Of Richard Wagner’s The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg Act III ~ Opera Review

by Janine Spearpoint | Aug 5, 2018 | Classical, Music, Opera, Reviews

Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 4 Aug. Celebrating 20 years since they first brought Wagner’s Ring Cycle to life, State Opera of South Australia are commemorating this milestone with a magnificent production of Richard Wagner’s The Mastersingers Of...

CICADA by Shaun Tan: Modern Life Bugs Me ~ Book Review

by Dave Bradley | Aug 1, 2018 | Books, Reviews

Shaun Tan (Lothian) 2018, unnumbered pages, RRP $26.99 (hardback), $13.99 (eBook) The Aussie Tan won an Oscar in 2011 for his short film The Lost Thing (based upon his 2000 book) but these days works primarily as an author of children’s tomes, many of which have a...