by Ian Bell | Nov 12, 2022 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ AUS] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel. Fri 11 Nov, 2022. Tonight’s music evening opens with local singer-songwriter Alana Jagt armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar, some excellent songs and strong set of pipes. Check out her album launch at The Grace Emily on...
by Ian Bell | Mar 5, 2020 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2020, Interviews, Live Music
[MUSIC/Electronic ~ INT] by Ian Bell. Do you know what is weird? Interviewing somebody you have known for over thirty years. You have to keep getting back on topic when the temptation is to just shoot the breeze, talk about your kids and whatnot. I first met Simon...
by Michael Coghlan | Jun 8, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[CABARET/R&B ~ USA ~ IF YOU LOVE… MUSIC THAT MOVES YOU] Dunstan Playhouse, Fri 7 Jun. Grammy-winning powerhouse vocalist Ms Lisa Fischer comes with impeccable credentials. Anyone who has sung with The Rolling Stones, Sting, Tina Turner and their ilk is obviously...
by Michael Coghlan | Feb 19, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
The Garden Of Unearthly Delights – Magic Mirror Spiegeltent, Sat 18 Feb. Jo Lawry has been recording and touring with Sting since 2009, but her return visits to her hometown are as a star in her own right. Most of her material has elements from the world of...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Molly (Meldrum) with Jeff Jenkins (Allen & Unwin) 2016, 482pp, RRP $34.99 This jumbo follow-up to last year’s Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum autobiography The Never, Um, Ending Story (again with help from Jeff Jenkins and with the subject now just called MOLLY) feels...
