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February 25, 2016 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Slide, February 18 8/10 We critics, overexposed to the good, the bad and the ugly, will die puzzling why the untalented X became a star and the gifted Y did not. Thankfully there is still time for the rest of the world to catch on to just how good Tim…

February 23, 2016 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Concert Hall, February 16 7/10 In the strange case of the incredible shrinking band Goran Bregovic’s 2008 Wedding and Funeral Orchestra comprised 37 people. Two years ago it was down to 19, and now to nine. In pessimistic mathematical terms the brilliant Serb may be leading no more than a…

February 20, 2016 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Presbyterian Hall, Springwood, February 13 8/10 No, surely not. Not vocally. Not that note. Not that high. Not now. She wouldn’t dare. Eeeeeee! She did, and she did it: became airborne; hit the stratospheric pitch amidships. Thrilling. You could feel the whole room lift with her, willing her on; exhilarated…