by David Robinson | Feb 28, 2020 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2020, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ SA] Osmond Terrace Function Centre at Norwood Hotel, Thu 27 Feb. Frank is back in the house tonight. Or, rather, Adelaide’s own Läther are once again performing an evening of works written and recorded by the singularly brilliant Frank Vincent Zappa. It’s a...
by David Robinson | Feb 24, 2020 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2020, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Rock ~ SA] Main Theatre at Goodwood Institute Theatre, Sun 23 Feb. Beatles tributes come in many shapes and forms. The music of the fab four continues to serve as an inexhaustible wellspring of resource for those wanting to have a go. Tonight, Gary Burrows...
by David Robinson | Dec 20, 2019 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC – UK] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Thu 19 Dec, 2019. It’s hot enough to fry an egg on the footpath outside, and the temperature inside The Gov is also rising. The place is packed. Adelaide’s searing heatwave appears to have done precisely nothing, in terms...
by David Robinson | Dec 13, 2019 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC – UK] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Thu 12 Dec, 2019. The Gov’s main room is gently filling, mostly with middle-aged men. Tonight’s show is from the highly regarded outfit known as The Sex Pistols Experience, paying tribute to the band of similar...
by David Robinson | Dec 6, 2019 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ US] Trinity Sessions, Thu 5 Dec, 2019. As the warm applause dies down, singer, storyteller and songwriter Steve Poltz lopes onto the Trinity stage. “How’s everybody doin’ tonight? Y’alright?” he drawls. Bathed in blue light, he begins with the beautiful Shine...