Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

March 21, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

City Recital Hall, March 11 There is always an edge to Richard Thompson’s work: only the keenness varies. Whether that edge is bittersweet, sarcastic, witty or devastating, it juts from his songs like his perennial black beret does from his head. That’s not to say the man lacks warmth. On…

March 17, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

  City Recital Hall, March 3 As has happened for countless generations, Toumani Diabate learned the kora from his father, Sidiki, and, in turn, taught his eldest son, also Sidiki. No one knows exactly how many centuries old the kora is, but what is undeniable is that all the accumulated…

February 24, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Camelot Lounge, February 15 So many jazz singers shoot themselves in the foot by suffering the delusion that they are also credible songwriters. Limping and bloodied they persist, and we, the forgiving audience, wear the tripe to hear the standards. Jo Lawry, the finest jazz vocalist Australia has produced (and…