by Michael Coghlan | Mar 23, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Event, Live Music, Music
A couple of weeks ago English comedian Alexis Dubus begrudgingly conceded that he was done with the Adelaide Fringe. He had watched it change into something that no longer met his needs and he no longer wanted to be part of it. At the risk of starting a bandwagon I...
by David Robinson | Mar 17, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Event, Live Music, Music, Reviews
WOMADelaide Musings: Sunday Adelaide Botanic Park, Sun Mar 13 Sunday. For some, it’s a day of rest. Not so at Botanic Park, where the WOMADelaide festival of world music steams into its third day. Will the thousands of people in attendance keep up the pace, or will...
by Matt Saunders | Mar 15, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Event, Live Music, Music, Reviews
Adelaide Botanic Park, Mon 14 Mar As I was rushing down Frome Road to make it to the Foundation Stage in time to catch Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro’s 5pm performance, my left sandal came apart. This isn’t really unusual, because my thongs are three years old and almost...
by David Robinson | Mar 15, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Event, Live Music, Music, Reviews
Adelaide Botanic Park, Mon 14 Mar The final stanza of this year’s WOMADelaide takes place under blue-ish skies; it is warm without being too hot. I’ve made the effort to arrive relatively early, as I want to catch Spiro’s 1pm session. There’s lots of space in front of...
by Bobby Goudie | Mar 15, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Event, Live Music, Music, Reviews
WOMADelaide, Stage 2, Mon 14 Mar As one of the headliners on the final day of WOMADelaide for 2016, John Grant certainly didn’t disappoint both his loyal fans and those coming across his honest, emotive and sometimes quite obscure music and lyrics for the first time....
