Articles, including interviews, published in print in Melbourne’s Herald Sun or Sunday Herald Sun newspapers, as well as ruminations that appear only on the blog.
GIG PREVIEW: Double bill — Leigh Barker and the New Sheiks with Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts Sydney: 505, 280 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills, Thursday, December 6 at 8.30pm, $20 ($15) Melbourne: The Flying Saucer Club 4 St Georges Rd, Elsternwick, on December 16, 3pm until 6pm, $29 table bookings, $22 standing room bookings, $25 at the door Ausjazz Blog puts some questions to … Continue reading THE NEW SHEIKS TAKE A SWING AT THE FINER CUTS
REVIEW Ausjazz blog reviews the 2012 Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival, finding vocalists draw the crowds, but highlights come close to home and in collaborations with visiting artists Sunday morning at 10 is too early for jazz fans, so few gathered in the smaller venue at Wangaratta’s Performing Arts Centre to hear ABC presenter Gerry Koster let that perennial question loose on his panel of … Continue reading MUSICAL CONVERSATIONS SAY IT ALL
INTERVIEW The attraction of MAGNET lies in the collaboration of kindred spirits. As Roger Mitchell discovers, the quartet’s vocalist can play a right-handed drum kit the wrong way around, and its guitarist was dumped by text message during a recording session. More than one musician has likened improvisation to conversation, pointing out the ease with which we talk among friends, listening and speaking without planning … Continue reading WE DON’T SOUND LIKE CHARLIE PARKER
