The Shadow Knows What He Knows
After eight years Bob Dylan returns with his first double album of original songs since Blonde On Blonde and it’s an absolute masterpiece. By Michael Goldberg. Bob Dylan is 79 years old and he knows it. […]
Reviews
Loretta Palmeiro and Mark Isaacs – All Who Travel With Us (Independent, Digital release)
By Des Cowley. As I write, we’ve been living under a cloud for some three months. The last gig I attended was on 15 March, a performance by Sydney bassist Joseph Franklin held at Jazzlab […]
Mark Isaacs – Forgotten Fields
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 […]
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Vanessa Perica Orchestra – Love is a Temporary Madness
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 […]
Ross McHenry – Nothing Remains Unchanged (First Word Records)
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. […]
Harry Tinney – Kingsnake (Independent)
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 […]
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Cedric Burnside – Live Hill Country Blues
By Samuel J Fell. Cedric Burnside / Warren Earl Band – Mullumbimby RSL – March 12, 2020. The rain has stopped. Mullumbimby gleams under street lights, the odd car moving slowly down the main drag […]
Port Fairy – Crowd Surfing, Special Events and Virtuosity.
44th Port Fairy Folk Festival – 6-9th March 2020 Rhythms subscriber Alan Calder sums up his Port Fairy experience. Award-winning Canadian modern folk trio The East Pointers may well have just endangered the somewhat staid stereotype of the Port Fairy […]
Womadelaide 2020 – A Smorgasbord of Musical Delights
By TONY HILLIER (Photos by Rob Sferco) If the age-old aphorism is accurate in suggesting that variety is indeed the spice of life, last weekend’s WOMADelaide 2020 festival served up a smorgasbord of delights sufficient […]
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Nick Lowe @ The Forum
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets – Forum Theatre, Melbourne – Tuesday February 18, 2020 By Brian Wise. In an alternative universe somewhere, Nick Lowe is packing large arenas and outdoor venues like Elton John is […]