WITH the trademark hat and tinted glasses in place, our man picked up the saxophone and welcomed his audience to this headline concert at Perth Festival.
COMPOSER and conductor Vincenzo Simmarano is in Scotland this weekend with a choir from Italy for performances of his own music and that of Antonio Vivaldi.
It began as a mad idea to recreate one of the most popular pieces of music of the past century on two acoustic guitars in a living room in a town just outside Sydney.
I CANNOT claim to know Indian music well enough to assess the authenticity of classical guitarist Simon Thacker's excursions, but I am satisfied that Thacker has the passion as well as the musical knowledge to justify every note.
HE puts on a fine live show, does little Jamie Cullum, and perhaps one day it will be captured on a recording, because his studio work has never really reflected that – and this new one is, if anything, a step back.
Get a bass player, I thought as I noted that, like Keane, Edinburgh three-piece Collar Up made music driven by piano and vocals, with backseat guitars and drums.
22 May 2013
22 May 2013
