Drummer Jodie Michael (pictured) is the focus of the second feature in the series, Changing the Face of Jazz, which profiles young Australian women who have been making their names as jazz instrumentalists in the past few years. Jodie took up the drums in her early teens but within a couple of years was studying […]
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Hot on the heels of their new album, Paris Combo return to Sydney for only their second visit in 15 years to serve up their unique blend of gypsy jazz, French chanson and Latin rhythm, with a touch of Middle Eastern groove at City Recital Hall on Saturday 18 March. Six albums and two decades […]
This week’s Jazz Made in Australia includes the second in the series of profiles of young women instrumentalists, Changing the face of Jazz. Drummer Jodie Michael ( pictured)who was awarded the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013, is the focus. Jodie has made her musical homes in Wollongong, Sydney and New York. She also gives […]
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Image: Pianist Jann Rutherford performing in Sydney in the 1990s. Photo copyright Joe Glaysher Over the past decade the face of jazz in Australia has been changing, slowly but surely. While we are used to seeing women singers fronting bands, there have been few women playing the instruments we associate with jazz-trumpets, saxophones, pianos, basses. […]
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‘My Leonard Cohen’ was the toast of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016, with sold-out shows and rave reviews from critics and fans alike. The show returns to Sydney at the Sydney Opera House, Playhouse from Monday February 6 2017. Performed by Stewart D’Arrietta and a six-piece band, featuring some of Australia’s best rock musicians. D’Arrietta’s […]
Lennon – Through A Glass Onion returns to Sydney to celebrate 25 years on the international stage. The music, the mystery and the memory of John Lennon, starring John Waters and Stewart D’Arrietta. It’s been 25 years since John Waters and Stewart D’Arrieta first performed “Through A Glass Onion” on the small stage at Sydney’s […]
Nigel Kennedy, the world’s most famous classical, jazz and rock violinist will perform Vivaldi: The New Four Seasons + Dedications in Australia this summer at the Sydney Opera House. Some 26 years after releasing his breakthrough recording of Vivaldi’s The New Four Seasons, which sold over three million copies (the best-selling classical record ever), Nigel […]
Adapted from the incredible true story A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierly. In LION five-year-old Saroo finds himself alone and travelling on the wrong train away from his home in northern India. Frightened and bewildered, he ends up thousands of miles away, in chaotic Kolkata. Somehow he survives living on the streets, dodging all sorts of […]
Vince Jones and The Basement are synonymous with the best that jazz has to offer and it’s at The Basement that Vince can recall remarkable nights with exceptional bands and joyful audiences. “Retrospective – Till Now” sees Vince re-visiting songs born of this decades long artist/club relationship. Songs co-written with some of the Australia’s finest […]
On Arts Thursday 29 December 2016, Wesley Enoch, the Director of the Sydney Festival spoke with Maisy Stapleton. With over 150 programmed events brought together over the last 5 months, incoming Director Wesley Enoch is embarking on his first Sydney Festival this January. What motivates this passionate and articulate arts leader? What are his ideas […]
Sydney’s obsession with all things “market” is on the rise – whether you’re doing your weekly shopping at the local Farmer’s Market or you’re eating large at the Night Noodle Markets – our apparent addiction with stall-browsing is at an all time peak. One ‘out of the box’ organiser has taken the concept of market […]
On Saturday 10 December, Moore Park is turning 150 and you’re invited to celebrate this historic milestone at a free family event from 10am to 3pm. Over 70 organisations associated with Moore Park’s rich cultural and sporting past will come together on the day to celebrate the fantastic history of Moore Park – the green […]