by David Robinson | Mar 9, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
Adelaide Botanic Park, Sun Mar 8 It’s Sunday, and it appears that the biggest crowd of the weekend thus far has come to worship at the altar of World Music. I cruise past the irreverent Spandexx Ballet’s crowd-friendly workout routine, and watch a group of drummers...
by Adrian Miller | Mar 9, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
Adelaide Botanic Park, Sun Mar 8 Despite all that has gone before, we’re still only halfway through this WOMADelaide festival, so on the third day we rise again and head in for more. The wide range of food available is always a big draw-card at WOMADelaide but...
by David Robinson | Mar 8, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
Moreton Bay Stage, WOMADelaide, Sat Mar 7 It’s the middle of the afternoon and something has inexplicably drawn me to the Moreton Bay Stage. I’ve never heard of Sóley – not until I had a look at the WOMADelaide program in any case – but she sounds interesting. I sit...
by David Robinson | Mar 8, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
Adelaide Botanic Park, Sat Mar 7 My WOMADelaide day starts almost perfectly. I’m there early, specifically to see Emma Swift & Robyn Hitchcock. It’s an interesting collaboration, and I wonder how these two will mesh, musically speaking. I very much enjoy their...
by Adrian Miller | Mar 8, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
Adelaide Botanic Park, Sat Mar 7 After dropping a carload at the Zoo entrance to see Smashed, I find a park and make it back in time to catch the intoxicating sounds of Depedro on the main stage. I am reminded of seeing him at The Gov with Calexico, and make a mental...