by Michael Coghlan | Nov 30, 2019 | Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ UK] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Fri 29 Nov. As Jethro Tull’s lead guitarist Martin Barre spent decades in the shadows of front man Ian Anderson. In the Martin Barre Band he is free to step forward and be the front man and it suits him. It’s always interesting...
by Catherine Blanch | Jul 6, 2019 | Adelaide Festivals, Guitars In Bars 2019, Interviews, Live Music
[GUITARS IN BARS ~ SA ~ACOUSTIC] by Catherine Blanch. The musicians of Adelaide four-piece outfit Acoustic Tull all have one major thing in common – a love for the music of Jethro Tull. Expanding from a three-piece in January, the group consists of Michael...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 16, 2019 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2019, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/FOLK ~ GBR] Church Of The Trinity, Thu 14 Mar. Streets Of London is 50 years old this year, and both the song and its composer are aging gracefully. Ralph McTell is a Londoner born and bred but learned to play guitar by listening to black American blues and...
by Michael Coghlan | Jun 20, 2014 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews
Artspace, Thu Jun 19 For much of his life Rod Davies has been a piano man. Among the stories he tells of his journey through music was a live show called The Piano Men. The classic Billy Joel ballad featured large, and his vocal rendition of this famous tune was in my...
