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January 24, 2015 / Album Reviews - Archive

Home (www.fredsmith.com.au) Perhaps Fred Smith’s twin career as a diplomat explains his not being taken quite as seriously as a singer-songwriter as is his due. Given its potency, the Dust of Uruzgan opus (about his time in Afghanistan) was a hard act to follow, and he has responded by shrinking…

January 22, 2015 / Features - Archive

rosenberg 3.0 – not violin music Jon Rose The Rosenberg Museum, $18.18 Were violins considered erotic this would be a book for voyeurs. Jon Rose has always been an unabashed provocateur as well being a pioneer and champion of improvised music, a famed player of outback wire fences and yes,…

January 20, 2015 / Features - Archive

When Maria Schneider formed her jazz orchestra in 1992 the members earned $25 a night, and she pocketed just $15. Now people travel to New York from around the planet to hear the band, and Schneider is acclaimed as one of the world’s leading jazz composers. But she doubts she…