John Shand | Music & Other Spheres Posts

August 18, 2018 / Album Reviews - Archive

ZEPHYRIX (Extra Celestial Arts) 9/10 With each album Barney McAll’s artistry currently seems to scale new heights. Certainly Zephyrix (Zephyr amalgamated with Phoenix) is his most ambitious composition to date: a suite for 15 players evoking the five birds of alchemy. The music is both programmatic and philosophical in intent,…

August 16, 2018 / Off The Cuff

This blast from my highly disreputable past has found its way on to YouTube: https://youtu.be/7hMipbxQwOU    

August 16, 2018 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Old Fitz Theatre, August 4 6/10 Do you remember being accused as a child, and feeling guilty when you were innocent? Or perhaps you convinced yourself of your innocence when you were guilty? Steve Rodgers’ King of Pigs is like a giant finger pointing at every male in the audience…