Discover a secret Sydney with co-curators Jim Moginie from Midnight Oil and Ross Heathcote, at a bespoke series of piano performances by iconic Australian artists in heritage Sydney spaces. Every Friday this July look forward to inspired and diverse music, through the original compositions, interpretations, and improvisations by four contemporary Australian musicians – Jim Moginie, Chris Abrahams ARIA-award winning jazz musician […]
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Michael Griffin, one of the elite players of Australian Jazz, will take lucky Sydneysider’s into his world of beautiful sound on Sunday Evenings in May at O’Malleys Hotel in Woolloomooloo. Griffin, a Semi-finalist at the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition in Washington D.C., was described in Downbeat Magazine as “Flaunting an assertive tone, with an advanced […]
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Hosted in the beautiful coastal suburb of Cronulla, this festival is staged across multiple locations and includes live music in beachside parks and participating venues, bars, food & retail stalls, a film festival, and plenty of family entertainment. With plenty of free concerts as well as special ticketed events there are 100+ performances over 5 […]
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Martha Wainwright is part of the McGarrigle/ Wainwright canadian musical clan. She is the daughter of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and sister of Rufus Wainwright. David Barr talks to her about her music and influences at the start of her 2024 Australian Tour. […]
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Sunday April 28 @ Centennial Vineyards Reviewed by Amber, Rory and Sam. Tim Bradshaw Photography A beautiful Autumn afternoon and evening awaited those who’d made their way to Bowral for an emotional farewell concert for this criminally underrated troubadour. To begin, James brought along 2 trio support acts the first of which was Ella Hooper. […]
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Martha Wainwright is beginning again. The beguiling performer and songwriter returns with her sixth studio album Love Will Be Reborn. Not since 2012’s Come Home to Mama has a Martha Wainwright record been so full of original written material. This May, Wainwright returns to Australian stages with her band – pianist Edwin de Goeij, bass player Morgan Moore, […]
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Australian vocalist and composer Gregg Arthur follows in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, and Tony Bennett as one of the great interpreters of The Great American Songbook. He joined Eric Gyors and Virginia Lowe from Wenesday Drive to speak about his experience on stage, his last album and artists with whom he has […]
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Gregg Arthur first commanded a concert stage with Maestro Tommy Tycho, soon after in Las Vegas with Vincent Falcone, and he’s been blowing audiences away ever since. Endorsed by the biggest names in jazz and praised by his contemporaries and the press, Australian vocalist and composer Gregg Arthur follows in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra, […]
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PsyconFest, the festival celebrating non-conventional approaches to music and experimental song writing, comes back for its 10th edition with a full venue takeover at 107 Projects, Redfern. Experience live 9 acts across 3 stages blending jazz fusion, psych, folk and ambient music : Seen Herbivore, Othrship, Mia Petra, Madame Rêve, Lulu Ilanda, Godriguez, Very Fast […]
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Cobargo Folk Festival – 1st to 3rd March 2024 Reviewed by Tony Roma Whilst a litany of reports in the media of late, decry an end for festivals due to poor attendance, that news has failed to reach the town of Cobargo where the 2024 Folk Festival was recently held. Some 5 hours south of […]
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Australian folk jazz trio, Elixir, featuring Katie Noonan, Zac Hurren, and Ben Hauptmann, come to Bondi Pavilion for one night only this March to perform their new album ‘A Small Shy Truth’. The band gives musical life to the philosophical lyrics of renowned poet and cartoonist Michael Leunig. Elixir have well and truly established themselves […]
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SydneySaturday 20 January, Centennial Park Calling all those with a penchant for curiosity and culture, So Frenchy So Chic returns in 2024 with our biggest program to date! For 10+ years, we’ve connected France to Australia through a day-long summer festival celebrating the Art of Living: French contemporary music, gastronomy, fashion, conviviality and lots of […]
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