SNEAK PREVIEW: LYNCH MOB AT UPTOWN

GIG Yes, it hasn’t happened yet, but there are already pictures circulating. In a few hours, at 6.30pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012, Uptown Jazz Cafe will host a Lynch mob as guitarists Steve Magnusson and Ren Walters present a creative project which has been 12 months in the planning. With two musicians of such talent at work, the audience is guaranteed of twin peaks … Continue reading SNEAK PREVIEW: LYNCH MOB AT UPTOWN

BENEFIT GIG TODAY AT UPTOWN FOR DAVE ADES

BENEFIT GIG: For saxophonist Dave Ades, at Uptown Jazz Cafe, Melbourne, from 5.30pm Sunday, 26 August The word has spread far and wide, so Uptown Jazz Cafe in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy will be bulging at the seams this evening as Sonny plays host to a benefit concert for Dave Ades, who has been diagnosed with level 3 inoperable lung cancer. Scott Tinkler has said Dave … Continue reading BENEFIT GIG TODAY AT UPTOWN FOR DAVE ADES

SARCOPHILE — MARC HANNAFORD TRIO

CD REVIEW 4 stars Marc Hannaford piano, Sam Pankhurst bass, James McLean drums There’s meat in this music as well as in the PDF file that serves as liner notes to this digital only release. But, despite the title’s reference to a carnivorous animal, especially the Tasmanian devil, there is no hint of frenzied tearing at raw flesh. Rather these eight tracks are evidence of … Continue reading SARCOPHILE — MARC HANNAFORD TRIO