Sydney Town Hall, January 13 7/10 Our ears are cunningly designed to detect a sound’s source. Perhaps the greatest wonder of Ellen Fullman’s long string instrument (LSI) – so called because of its 25-metres length – is that it fooled the ears. The vibrating strings were too long to have…
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Village Stage, January 7 7/10 At last. With the arrival of the Village Stage Sydney Festival is finally featuring Australian bands, the event having ignored local musicians to a scandalous degree for years. It is a free, sit-on-the-lawn affair, but despite being outdoors (with a stiff breeze) the sound was…
The smoke curling from the tiny terrace in Erskineville might have resulted from some chemical reaction rather than cigarettes. Inside was Jackie Orszaczky’s crucible of music: relentless practising, composing, arranging and rehearsing. His influence continues to bubble away in dozens of acts including Boy and Bear, Petulant Frenzy, Lucie Thorne…