Mavis Staples – The Metro Theatre, George St. 5 March Reviewed by Nia Myrthil The iconic Mavis Staples absolutely killed her performance last Thursday night at The Metro Theatre in Sydney! She indulged the audience with some new and old hits, and proceeded to leave them in awe of her old school persona. Mavis Staples […]
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EVENT CANCELLED We regret to advise that due to the unprecedented circumstances surrounding COVID-19, Maria Farantouri and Assaf Kacholi have had to cancel their show at City Recital Hall on 30 April. We apologies for the inconvenience and please contact the venue to receive a full refund. _____________________________________________________________________ What Can Give Us Hope and Confidence Today? Two […]
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WOMADelaide Continuously Breaking Records Over 97,000 local, interstate and international guests streamed through the gates for WOMADelaide over the festival long weekend of 6-9 March in a record-breaking 28th year of the event. Surpassing the 2018 record of 96,000 attendances, WOMADelaide 2020 was an astonishing feast for the senses in Adelaide’s Botanic Park and enjoying […]
At 10:40 am, historian Laila Ellmoos returns with Part 3 of Developing Sydney and in this episode Laila talks about remembering old Sydney. My special guest at 11:00 am is Jonathan Bryant, heritage consultant to the State Theatre in Market Street. This grand old dame of theatre was built in 1929 and remains largely intact […]
EVENT CANCELLED We regret to advise that due to the unprecedented circumstances surrounding COVID-19, Rhiannon Giddens has had to cancel her show at Metro Theatre on Tuesday 17 March. We apologies for the inconvenience and you will receive a full refund within the next 7 business days. _____________________________________________________________________ Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi’s new album there is […]
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EVENT CANCELLED We regret to advise that due to the unprecedented circumstances surrounding COVID-19, Rhiannon Giddens has had to cancel her show at City Recital Hall on Wednesday 8 April. We apologies for the inconvenience and please contact the venue to receive a full refund. _____________________________________________________________________ Seeing the World More Clearly Since Buffy Sainte-Marie’s groundbreaking debut album, […]
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EVENT CANCELLED We regret to advise that due to the unprecedented circumstances surrounding COVID-19, Rhiannon Giddens has had to cancel her show at City Recital Hall on Wednesday 8 April. We apologies for the inconvenience and please contact the venue to receive a full refund. _____________________________________________________________________ Audiences Transcended Through Instrumental Pieces The Multiple Grammy Award-winning, jazz fusion […]
EVENT CANCELLED We regret to advise that due to the unprecedented circumstances surrounding COVID-19, the catholics have had to cancel their show with SIMA on Saturday 21st March. We apologies for the inconvenience and please contact the venue to receive a full refund. _____________________________________________________________________ Flooding the Stage With Happy-Go-Lucky Melodies Played by an All-Star Band The Sydney […]
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Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers The Sydney Chamber Choir and City Recital Hall are staging Handel’s Messiah. The choir, under Artistic Director Sam Allchurch, is taking a fresh approach to this longstanding piece and presenting a concert with a sound that, in effect, will express Handel’s original intent for this sublime music, […]
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EVENT CANCELLED We regret to advise that due to the unprecedented circumstances surrounding COVID-19, Rhiannon Giddens has had to cancel her show at Sydney Opera House on 18-20 March. We apologies for the inconvenience and please contact the venue to receive a full refund. _____________________________________________________________________ A Sonic Portrait of a Woman and an Exploration into Time, Memory, […]
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CELEBRATION OF BEETHOVEN, LAUGHS WITH MOZART & REDISCOVERING EBERL There is no question that the music of Mozart and Beethoven deserves its prominence on concert stages around the world today, but many of their contemporaries were also highly respected in the cultural circles of Classical Vienna and beyond. Marking 250 years since Beethoven’s birth, the […]