by Adrian Miller | Feb 25, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Music, Reviews
The Garden Of Unearthly Delights, The Spiegeltent, Sat 20 Feb Whether the hometown crowd means that she knows she is among friends, or whether she is naturally comfortable on stage, the first thing that strikes you about Jo Lawry is her easy warm personality. She...
by Rosie van Heerde | Sep 6, 2015 | Classical, Music, Musical Theatre, Opera, Reviews
Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 5 Sep. From Rodgers and Hammerstein to Mozart, Bernstein to Bizet and all the greats in between, this production soared from the very beginning. Featuring the sublime vocals of bass baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Adelaide...
by Catherine Blanch | Apr 20, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Interviews, Music
by Catherine Blanch. In the 1990s, the unlikely duo of Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello collaborated to create a truly remarkable song, God Give Me Strength. They went on to write the Grammy Award-winning I Still Have That Other Girl from the 1998 album Painted From...
by Taissa Ceric | Feb 24, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
The Spire, Sun Feb 22 This was a very enjoyable way to spend a Sunday evening listening to four wonderfully skilled musicians showcasing the saxophone and creating music magic. The four saxophonists, who form the group SAXISM, have decades of knowledge and...
by Bobby Goudie | Jun 21, 2014 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews
Festival Theatre, Fri Jun 20 The King’s Singers are truly breathtaking. There is nothing outrageous about the concept they present – six men on stage singing a cappella – but it is the outstanding arrangements, vocal skill and beautiful sound produced as a group that...