by Michael Coghlan | Jul 15, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Guitar Festival 2023, Live Music, Reviews
[Music – Aus] The Music of Jeff Beck His Majesty’s Theatre, 14 July 2023 Jeff Beck’s name was first in the headlines as part of the British pop invasion of the mid 1960s. He was one of three guitarists who journeyed to the rock pantheon via The Yardbirds. The other...
by Dave Bradley | Dec 19, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Mick Wall (Hachette Australia) 2019, 310pp, paperback RRP $32.99 Indefatigable rock and roll biographer Wall has previously turned out very readable but somewhat conventional books upon Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Black Sabbath, Foo Fighters, Lou Reed, Prince and many...
by David Robinson | Apr 25, 2019 | Live Music, Reviews
Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Wed 24 Apr. Arlo Guthrie greets the audience with “Thank you for coming” as he takes his seat; the rest of his band join him on stage in front of a big Gov crowd. The show begins with a two-minute stab at The Motorcycle Song, a number that...
by Rosie van Heerde | Jun 25, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Music, Reviews
[ADELAIDE & INTERNATIONAL ~ ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE] Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 23 Jun. Well supported by a somewhat “grog loving” butler in the form of Irish comedian Eddie Bannon, Ali McGregor bid farewell to another chilly cabaret season in true...
by Adrian Miller | Jun 16, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews, Theatre
[AUSTRALIA] Dunstan Playhouse, Fri 15 Jun. Joni Mitchell’s Blue album would rate very highly on many people’s list of all time favourite albums, so there was some trepidation as to how these sensitive introspective folk songs would translate to the cabaret stage. What...
