by Janine Spearpoint | Jun 10, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE ~ AUS ~ IF YOU LOVE… TO LAUGH] The Blue Room, Sun 9 Jun. In the darkness three hooded figures make their way to the stage with just their faces lit up by their phones – as you do when telling horror stories in the midnight hours – and music like...
by Michael Coghlan | Jun 8, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[CABARET/R&B ~ USA ~ IF YOU LOVE… MUSIC THAT MOVES YOU] Dunstan Playhouse, Fri 7 Jun. Grammy-winning powerhouse vocalist Ms Lisa Fischer comes with impeccable credentials. Anyone who has sung with The Rolling Stones, Sting, Tina Turner and their ilk is obviously...
by Ian Bell | Jun 8, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Music, Reviews, Theatre
[WORLD PREMIERE ~ AUS ~ IF YOU LOVE… TO REMINISCE] Space Theatre, Fri 7 Jun. Anna May Wong was Hollywood’s first Chinese movie star. She gained fame in the silent movie era and appeared in one of the first feature films made in colour, The Thief Of Baghdad...
by Adrian Miller | Jun 8, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[ADELAIDE PREMIERE ~ AUS ~ IF YOU LOVE… MUSIC THAT MOVES YOU] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 7 Jun. On stage a grand piano and an acoustic guitar. Paul Grabowsky enters and jokes that he is tired of being a mere accompanist and tonight will be...
by Adrian Miller | Jun 5, 2019 | Interviews, Live Music, Music
[MUSIC ~ SA/VIC] Compiled by Adrian Miller. Adelaide organisation SCALA (Songwriters, Composers And Lyricists Association) has been nurturing local original music for more than 30 years. On Thu 13 Jun, SCALA will hold a special event, Showcasing Aboriginal Artists,...
by Adrian Miller | May 30, 2019 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Tue 28 May. Jen Cloher opens her short set with a beautiful version of Regional Echo, from her recent self-titled CD. She has everyone’s attention. Her songs are perfectly suited to this stripped back format and are warmly received. Her set...
