by Ian Bell | Feb 27, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Cabaret, Comedy, Interviews, Live Music
[CABARET/Jazz ~ SA] by Ian Bell Adelaide’s Zooma Zooma is keeping the music of Louis Prima alive! Louis Prima was a super hep cat. Born in 1910 and by the time he was twenty the American Italian was playing New Orleans style jazz. In the 1930s he fronted a swing...
by Ian Bell | Feb 26, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Comedy, Interviews
[COMEDY ~ AUS/INT] Feel that, people…? That strange unfamiliar sensation that we live in a place that is an actual place with a cavalcade of things to do, shows to see, experiences to be experienced. It’s a nice feeling, isn’t it? For just a few scant weeks every year...
by Ian Bell | Feb 13, 2023 | Comedy, Reviews
[COMEDY ~ UK] Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Sun 12 Feb, 2023 Comedy giant Jimmy Carr is famous off the telly. He is the snarky host of 8 Out Of 10 Cats (and 8 Out 10 Cats Does Countdown), Big Fat Quiz and a regular guest on countless UK TV shows. But he is also a...
by Ian Bell | Feb 10, 2023 | Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Alt-Country ~ USA] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Wed 8 Feb, 2023. Tonight, after thirty years and several reschedules due to that whole ‘global situation’, The Cowboy Junkies have finally made it to Australia and delivered a performance that was sublime, unexpected...
by Ian Bell | Jan 28, 2023 | Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Rock ~ AUS] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Wed 25 Jan, 2023. EVEN: What a glorious balancing act of power-pop and Aussie pub rock. Fantastic tunes, brilliant lyrics and a catalogue of songs loved and adored by legions of fans across this wide brown land. Like the...