PREVIEWMelbourne International Jazz Festival 202320-29 October 2023 Jazz pops its head up again next month, this year in the wake of a referendum on whether to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the Australian constitution. Whether jazz finding its voice can dispel the pervasive gloom that surely will follow a divisive No campaign full of negativity and fearmongering remains to be seen, but the … Continue reading Jazz finds its voice
BREAKING NEWS Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 20-29 October 2023 Melbourne International Jazz Festival and the Australian Art Orchestra today announced that multi-award-winning Noongar woman and neo-soul singer-songwriter Bumpy has been selected as the recipient of their First Nations Artist Residency Program recipient for 2023. The residency program was launched in 2021 to support the career development of a First Nations musician, with a particular focus … Continue reading Noongar woman in key MIJF role
REVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival14-23 October 2022 Optimism flowed freely in the first Melbourne International Jazz Festival freed from covid-19 lockdowns, pouring into venues filled with animated crowds so gleeful to be waiting with others in anticipation of the live music in store. Surely the musicians, festival organisers, sponsors, volunteers and even hard-working staff at venues must have felt this surge in excitement, the buzz … Continue reading Great ways to escape a sack o’ woe
