REVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 1 – 10 June 2018 Paul Grabowsky AO wrote Tokyo Overpass with Haruki Murakami’s novel IQ84 as inspiration — the story of a young woman who climbs down a ladder from an elevated highway when her taxi is stuck in a traffic jam and enters a parallel universe. That could be a metaphor for this festival’s engrossing opening concert, The … Continue reading SUSTENANCE FOR THE SOUL
PREVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 1-10 June, 2018 The 21st MIJF, which over 10 days in almost 100 events will feature almost 400 Australian, international and emerging artists, is only a day away. Already many concerts — An Evening with Branford Marsalis and Sun Ra Arkestra at Melbourne Recital Centre, and the 7pm outing by Nubya Garcia at The Jazzlab — are sold out. A … Continue reading STANDING ROOM ONLY
DOUBLE PREVIEW Monash Art Ensemble CD launch: Barney McAll’s Zephryix, 7.30pm Thursday, April 19, Bird’s Basement, Tickets from $29 + booking fee John McAll’s Black Money launches new album, Secular, 5pm Sunday, April 22, Bird’s Basement, Tickets from $27 + booking fee You don’t often catch the brothers McAll together on stage, but this week they are coming close to that congruence — performing in the … Continue reading ALMOST TOGETHER AGAIN
