Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

December 3, 2013 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Concert Hall, November 28 The relationship between father and son has been the stuff of Shakespearian drama and TV sit-com. It may have played its part in invading Iraq and in abrupt shifts of course for certain inherited business empires. It certainly coloured this night’s music, and too often the…

November 21, 2013 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Sound Lounge, November 16 Don’t miss this show if it returns. It gives a too-rare chance to hear pop singer Jade MacRae reveal her potential to be the finest jazz vocalist Australia has produced. This was the second incarnation of Bloodlines, a collaboration between MacRae, her pianist father Dave and…

November 15, 2013 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Clarendon Guesthouse, November 8 War artists have been around since ancient Egypt, glorifying carnage until people like Goya in Napoleon’s time and Mathew Brady in the American Civil War dared to depict truth. Ben Quilty’s powerful, confronting paintings from his time in Afghanistan join that lineage, matched by Fred Smith’s…