Category: Off The Cuff

July 25, 2022 / Off The Cuff

Dream of Falling at Flute Tree

Dreams of Falling, perhaps the only violin/harp/drums trio on the planet, is making a rare Sydney appearance (we usually lurk in the Blue Mountains) on Sunday July 31 at Flute Tree Studio, 1/111 Moore Street, Leichardt at 3pm sharp. Dreams of Falling consists of Rebecca Daniel (18th-century violin), Martyn Cook…

May 2, 2021 / Off The Cuff

Funk Klub Puts Bounce into Bouncing back from COVID

A little-known side-effect of the COVID pestilence was a lethal organism called Anti-Funk. This attacked red blood cells so savagely that musicians found themselves only able to play hymns, God-bothering country tunes and songs by Mariah Carey or Justin Bieber. Many burned their instruments in disgust, and became florists or…

January 9, 2021 / Off The Cuff

Barbara Shand 1924-2021

Barbara – an Evocation My mother was the most curious person I’ve ever known – and her sense of humour would have enjoyed the ambiguity inherent in that statement. Hers was a curiosity that was infectious, but too uniquely her own to be entirely contagious. Her idea of conversation was…