Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

November 28, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Camelot, November 14 The last time I had this much fun at a gig predates my active memory. Monsieur Camembert helped kick-start the local Gypsy music craze in 1999, and is now the idiom’s benchmark. The personnel has evolved to the point where it is impossible to imagine a more…

November 22, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Paragon, Katoomba, November 13 Like a perfect match between food and wine, there was an idyllic partnership between the elegant tango-based music of Alturas met the equally graceful art-deco decor of the Paragon, designed by Henry White, who was also responsible for the State and Capitol Theatres in Sydney. And…

November 18, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

From the opening bar vitality spilt from this music like beer from a jug. The piece was the standard My Shining Hour, and it was certainly part of the shiniest hour I heard in this year’s Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. If the purpose of arts festivals is to expose…