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ARTICLES, JAZZ FESTIVALS, MWIJF 2015

STRINGS ATTACHED — AND LOVING IT

REVIEW: Xani Kolac Project, Bennetts Lane, Sunday 6 December, 8pm Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival Dec 3 — 13, 2015 Line-up: Xani Kolac electric violin/vocals, Arlene Fletcher double bass, Nat Grant percussion/vibraphone, Leah Zweck viola and guest Mark Leahy on drum kit I first encountered Xani Kolac back in April 2010 when she played her electric violin solo from a tiny, elevated “secret space” in … Continue reading STRINGS ATTACHED — AND LOVING IT

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ARTICLES, JAZZ FESTIVALS, MWIJF 2015

FOCUS OFF, FUN ON

GALLERY: Xani Kolac Project is warm and very fuzzy Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival 2015 Last night, Sunday 6 December, the Xani Kolac Project delighted the audience in the small room at Bennetts Lane. Before long lots of clear pictures will be added to a gig review  (more likely a rave), but in the meantime it seemed worthwhile to add a gallery, in colour, of some very … Continue reading FOCUS OFF, FUN ON

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ARTICLES, WANGARATTA JAZZ 2015

MUSICAL COLOSSUS LEAVES AN INDELIBLE MARK

REVIEW: Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues 2015 MICHAEL Ondaatje, in his novel The Cat’s Table, paints a view of life in which “there is a story ahead of you, barely existing”. He says “only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it” so that “you find in this way the path of your life”. It is a stretch, perhaps, to compare this view … Continue reading MUSICAL COLOSSUS LEAVES AN INDELIBLE MARK

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