John Shand | Music & Other Spheres Posts

January 4, 2017 / Concert Reviews - Archive

The Sound Lounge, December 10 9/10 Had Lady Macbeth penned ballads rather than sleepwalking she may have bequeathed us some bonny wee ditties of daggers, ghosts and bloody hands. Happily others filled that particular need across the centuries, and these traditional English and Scottish ballads were collected in their hundreds…

January 2, 2017 / Features - Archive

At the age of three Steve Gadd was given a pair of drum sticks. Not only did it stop him using the family’s cutlery for the purpose, it set in train a process that would result in Gadd becoming the only musician on any instrument ever to play at the…

December 30, 2016 / Off The Cuff

Dear Guilty Parties, Massive thanks to all who have contributed to sending my play Guilt to Washington DC – hopefully just in time to rattle the Trump junta! The campaign ends on Saturday, and with our dollar still plummeting against the US, any last-minute donations could be life-savers: https://australianculturalfund.org.au/projects/john-shands-guilt/ Thanks…