Reviewed by Des Cowley. Mark Isaacs – Forgotten Fields (Gracemusic/MGM, Digital release) Pablo Picasso once famously said: “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child”. It strikes […]
Reviewed by Des Cowley. Vanessa Perica Orchestra – Love is a Temporary Madness (Independent) Big bands in jazz have a long and illustrious history. On the one side, we can point to the powerhouse swing […]
Reviewed by Des Cowley. Ross McHenry is an award-winning bassist, composer and producer, originally hailing from Adelaide. An innovative and restless musician, his music to date has genre-hopped across jazz, afrobeat, electronic, and chamber music. […]
Reviewed by Des Cowley. Harry Tinney is a young Melbourne guitarist, and recent graduate from Monash University jazz studies where he was awarded the 2018 Allan Zavod Composition Prize. He’s been making waves around the […]
This World – Mike Nock, Hamish Stuart, Julien Wilson, Jonathan Zwartz (Lionsharecords) By Des Cowley This album brings together four luminaries of the Australian jazz scene, all leaders in their own right. The simple fact […]
Review by Des Cowley. VARIOUS ARTISTS: We Like Ike: 100th Birthday Tribute to Jazz Guitar Legend Ike Isaacs (Triangle 7 / The Planet Company/MGM) While guitarist Ike Isaacs (1919-1996) is not exactly a household name, his […]
Xylouris White is a wondrously odd beast. A duo birthed in Melbourne, comprised of a Cretan lute devotee, and one of the most joyously unorthodox drummers in modern music, their immersive, deeply resonant records – a deep, […]
TRAVELIN’ THROUGH 1967-1969: THE BOOTLEG SERIES, VOL.15 By Michael Goldberg. Bob Dylan had vanished. In the midst of a 1966 world tour in which he played his recent rock music with the future members of […]
THE MCNAMARR PROJECT – HOLLA & MOAN (Only Blues Music) By Chris LambieSometimes you find the perfect recipe simmering right under your nose. When longtime friends Andrea Marr and John McNamara were encouraged to record […]
By Chris Familton. MICHAEL WAUGH – THE WEIR (Compass Bros Records) Michael Waugh’s last album The Asphalt & The Oval found him refining his blend of vivid Australian storytelling with impressive results. Now, just a […]
Copyright © 2022 | Rhythms Magazine Pty Ltd