Blue Mountains Theatre, November 25 9/10 Too often in music where improvisation plays a central role a string section is merely used perfunctorily, providing sweetening, padding or wallpaper. Paul Cutlan’s writing for string quartet is infinitely more sophisticated. In place of either blandness or shock-tactics it pursues the nuanced development…
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Dear Guilt-Lovers, A million thanks to all who have so generously contributed towards having my play Guilt staged by Washington DC’s brilliant Scena Theatre in 2017. The finishing line is in sight. Alas it keeps moving! Following on from the unfortunate Trump Effect, the US Federal Reserve’s decision to hoist…
LET LOVE RULE (Liberation Music) 8/10 Countless songwriters use adversity as a catalyst for composing, even subconsciously wallowing in it because they can’t write without it. Archie Roach is one of the rare birds in this business to treat adversity as a challenge to be transcended. In Roach’s scheme it…