Smoky vibes filled the church at the theatre venue Chapel Off Chapel for Mayfield’s chance at Chapel Summer Sessions. The heat of the afternoon lingered into the evening, and if you closed your eyes the tunes could take you to a…
The East Pointers are folk legends. Anyone who’s been to Woodford (i.e. not me) has heard their name flung about, usually accompanied by gushing over how good they are. I finally got to cure my FOMO with their recent gig…
Wild by name and wild by nature sums up The Ultimate Wild Tour so well. The nostalgic multi-platinum-selling CD series ‘WILD’ that filled my collection in the 90s is currently hosting a reunion tour across the country. Six of the biggest…
Melbourne Music Week has kicked it out of the park this year. Acclaim Magazine and Paradise curated one of my dream lineups for a night in the MMW hub for 2017, the ever-so-casual St Paul’s Cathedral. Unfortunately, I missed openers…
From the creative powerhouse behind 2D Life of Her, Fleur Elise Noble, Rooman is the breathtakingly beautiful yet heart-wrenching tale of a girl who fatefully encounters a half-man-half-kangaroo one night in her dreams… and falls in love. As I enter…
Melbourne Music Week is a feature of the year for any festival-loving Melburnian. The flagship music festival of the City of Melbourne, it has developed a reputation for innovation edgy-ness and out right ‘how are they doing this?!’. After a…
Feeling tired Melbourne? We are not surprised. You have just finished a mammoth three weeks laughing, crying, exploring mirror mazes, eating and drinking, and having your cultural boundaries pushed in the most interesting ways. That’s right – Melbourne Festival has…
The Khmer Rouge’s atrocious rule left 1.7 million dead in Cambodia. Today, the victims of the 1975-1979 genocide have become music. Composer Him Sophy has teamed up with filmmaker Rithy Panh to create A requiem for Cambodia: Bangsokol, a multi-disciplinary…
It’s time to get inspired: the Melbourne Festival brings the opportunity to connect with art, people, and ideas. Running from 4-22 October 2017, the festival has something in store for everyone. Be it dance, theatre, music, visual arts or multimedia…
It’s a little known fact that ancient Yiddish drinking songs mixed with Twenties Big Band sounds and edgy beats will bring any house down, even if the house happens to be a synagogue. YID was the band (a very big…