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
PREVIEW Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues, November 3 – 5, 2017 The 28th Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues will be the first without Adrian Jackson at the helm as artistic director. Instead, the programming team consists of Adam Simmons and Zoe Hauptmann for jazz, and Scott Solimo and Frank Davidson for blues. This change led to some understandable concern on the part of … Continue reading WANGARATTA 2017: JAM-PACKED JAZZ
PREVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival, June 3 – 12, 2016 SOME of the main drawcards at this year’s festival are well-known knowns — Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding, Gary Bartz — but it’s a big program with plenty of other artists to be excited about. Stats don’t put flesh on the bones, but over 10 days the festival will stage 74 events involving 335 artists (75 international and 260 Australian), … Continue reading LONG LOOK AT A SHORTER FESTIVAL
