by Adrian Miller | Mar 4, 2020 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2020, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Jazz ~ SA] Nexus Arts, Tue 3 Mar. Zooma Zooma is a marvellously entertaining musical outfit dedicated to presenting the songs of Italian-American jazz singer and Las Vegas legend Louis Prima. Prima was seemingly driven to create a maximum of irreverent fun...
by Adrian Miller | Jan 19, 2019 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Fri 18 Jan. Beginning proceedings tonight is Belgian act WWWater, an electro-pop trio featuring vocalist Charlotte Adigéry, with drummer Steve Slingeneyer and synth player Boris Zeebroek. Charlotte is energetic and her vocal range impressive,...
by Nikki Fort | Feb 17, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Music, Reviews
The Garden Of Unearthly Delights – Le Cascadeur, Tue 16 Mar Adelaide’s own Michael Griffiths is an award-winning, highly talented and delightful, world-class performer. Embracing the character of the flamboyant, gifted composer, Cole Porter, Griffiths enchants us with...
by Nikki Fort | Oct 9, 2015 | Live Music, Orchestra, Reviews
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Thu 8 Oct There was a tsunami of grey hair and chrome domes in the capacity audience of Her Majesty’s Theatre that swept up onto the stage as well, missing only a few clever heads here and there. This glorious music from the Big Band Swing era...
by Nikki Fort | Sep 19, 2015 | Cabaret, Interviews, Live Music, Music
by Nikki Fort. Tommy Dorsey is one of the most influential names from the Big Band, swing, jazz era of the 1940s and ‘50s with more than twenty hits on the American charts. As a jazz trombonist, trumpeter, bandleader and composer, Dorsey created his own rich,...