Music – Reviews Archive

The Preatures brought their infectious blend of Gothic soul and rock and roll to The Rocks on Australia Day for the Festival of the Voice. We caught up with Gideon Bensen and Isabella Manfredi of The Preatures side of stage. Q. How are …

Most Sydneysiders sought refuge in air-conditioned offices or shopping centres on Friday when the temperature hit 45 degrees. Instead, I joined a sweaty, swarming crowd of 50, 000 music fans at the Big Day Out. With a bottle of sunscreen and a …

Billed as one of the world’s most sustainable, small footprint events, the Peats Ridge Sustainable Arts & Music Festival, is so much more than your run-of-the-mill music festivals. Jessica de Boer gives it a whirl this New Year’s. Call me crazy but I can’t think of …

“Mind the smell,” calls Isabella. “It’s a combination of poo, wee and dead rat.” Tim Da-Rin, the photographer, and I tentatively follow her through the back entrance to Hibernian House. The stench uncoils itself in our nostrils, sour green paint curls fingers …

With 2012 drawing to a close and the Xmas parties kicking into overdrive, the promise of a new year starts to fill our heads with optimism and lower our levels of productivity at work. Not only does the beginning of the year …

Renowned conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy breaches the divide to the master in this concert version of the Tchaikovsky opera last enjoyed by Sydney audiences in the 1979 Australian Opera production. The chilly despair of Tchaikovsky’s dark masterpiece, set in the aristocratic salons of …

  I was a bit surprised to find myself the winner of a double pass to Triple J’s Unearthed ARIA Music Week Showcase event last Tuesday. Previously, the most significant prize I’d ever won in my life was a yo-yo from a …

Among the slew of bedroom Beyoncés and pre-teen chirrupers that grind through the X-Factor/Idol/Voice talent quest mill, it is nice to see the occasional hardworking muso get up. It is also nice when success in these nationally broadcast spectacles pushes the career of …

Rising classical music star and guitarist extraordinaire Miloš Karadaglić gave his first public performance in Sydney to what was nearly a full house at the City Recital Hall in Angel Place last night. The charismatic 29-year-old from Montenegro delighted a diverse audience …

Resplendent in purple sequins and high-heeled boots, 65-year-old Sir Elton John still cuts a dashing figure. He is perhaps the only 5’7” gay man capable of inciting mass hysteria by tarting it up atop a piano in top hat and tails. The enigma …