by Michael Coghlan | Feb 18, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Music, Reviews
The Jade Monkey, Wed 17 Feb It’s fortunate that Deborah Brennan fell in love with the music of Joni Mitchell as a teenager – that’s allowed her a long time to internalise the soul and spirit of the Canadian folk singer. And she’s done a remarkable job of...
by David Robinson | Nov 12, 2015 | Live Music, Reviews
Norwood Live, Sun 1 Nov A youthful crowd at Norwood Live eagerly awaits an evening of well-schooled entertainment. This is the Revolution Vocal Studio (RVS) Artist Development Launch, a three-hour concert of music made by studio clients, working in conjunction with...
by Catherine Blanch | Jun 22, 2015 | Cabaret, Interviews, Music
by Catherine Blanch. Perth singer, songwriter and recording artist Jen de Ness has been performing across the country and around the globe for more than 20 years. She has performed with some of the world’s finest musicians singing Jazz originals and classics, cabaret,...
by Adrian Miller | Jun 18, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Reviews
Banquet Room, Wed 17 Jun. For his first performance in Australia, Ian Shaw quietly slips in behind the piano while the lights are down and doesn’t leave it for the rest of the show. This is a one-man piano bar show that stands or falls on what he can deliver from the...
by Lynette Washington | May 15, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Interviews
by Lynette Washington. Looking for Lawson is an exciting contemporary take on the classic Australian poet Henry Lawson’s work. Composer and Musical Director John Thorn has taken Lawson’s much-loved poems and set them to music. He is joined on stage by highly respected...