ALMOST TOGETHER AGAIN

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

Vale John McBeath

Vale John McBeath Today at 2pm in Adelaide, family and close friends will farewell John McBeath, who many in the jazz community will know through his critiques of major festivals and the regular publication of his album reviews in The Australian. Not everyone was happy with what John wrote — that’s surely inevitable and appropriate for a music critic. But no one doubted his commitment … Continue reading Vale John McBeath

Suite for a shy revolutionary

“In music you are allowed more elbow room to find your own way to whatever you interpret the music to be. So I think that’s a kind of interesting wrinkle in music, that because of its abstract nature it actually allows the listener to participate maybe a bit more with their own creativity and their own spontaneity … “ INTERVIEW Ronan Guilfoyle talks about his … Continue reading Suite for a shy revolutionary