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 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 Cathy Tune | Mar 3, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Cabaret ~ NSW] The Arch at Holden Street Theatres, Thu 2 Mar, 2023. It is not often you get to see and hear a bassoon solo in the middle of a song, or percussion coming from a China cup and spoon, but tonight The Loveys do just that with all the pizzazz they...
by Ian Bell | Mar 3, 2023 | Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Wed 1 Mar, 2023. How is Teaches Of Peaches 20 years old (actually 23 years old)? That doesn’t seem right, or even possible! And yet here we are The 20thAnniversay tour of one of the most popular ‘alternative’ albums of the 2000s....
by Adrian Miller | Mar 2, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Folk ~ SA] My Lover Cindi, Wed 1 Mar, 2023. The show also now known as The Woolgatherer & Her Lamb features the songwriting talents of performers Steph Daughtry and Alice Barker. Steph is heavily involved in producing and presenting local independent...
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...