by Michael Coghlan | Jul 15, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Guitar Festival 2023, Live Music, Reviews
[Music – Aus] The Music of Jeff Beck His Majesty’s Theatre, 14 July 2023 Jeff Beck’s name was first in the headlines as part of the British pop invasion of the mid 1960s. He was one of three guitarists who journeyed to the rock pantheon via The Yardbirds. The other...
by Ian Bell | Mar 14, 2022 | Adelaide Festival 2022, Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Event, Live Music, Music, Reviews, WOMADelaide 2022
[WORLD MUSIC/Contemporary/Dance ~ AUS/INT] Botanic Park, Sun. 13 Mar. Back in its traditional home of the incredible Botanic Park and with dancing back on the cards, the atmosphere at WOMADelaide this year is a little extra euphoric – so many happy faces, so much...
by Ian Bell | Oct 18, 2021 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC~ World Premiere ~ AUS] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Thu 14 Oct, 2021 A long time coming this re-scheduled evening was originally meant to be part of the Adelaide Guitar Festival back in July but was shut down because of….well, y’know – the...
by Adrian Miller | Mar 19, 2021 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2021, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Cabaret ~WORLD PREMIERE ~ SA] The Chamber at THE QUEENS, Thu 18 Mar. Carla Lippis follows her band on stage and immediately rips into an up-tempo no-holds-barred rock anthem. Had I been expecting light cabaret my illusions would have been shattered instantly,...
by Ian Bell | Feb 28, 2021 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2021, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ AUS] The Moa (open-air) at Gluttony, Sat 27 Feb. “He’s joined that stupid club,” Kurt Cobain’s mother is believed to have said on the news of her sons passing death in 1994. ‘The ‘club’ is a mythical clique of rockers who all died before their 28th Birthday:...